KR20130082988A - System and method for providing contents by using app arrangement area - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A content providing system and a method thereof are provided to provide various contents to a user by utilizing an empty space of an application arrangement space of a user terminal, thereby improving a ripple effect of advertising contents. CONSTITUTION: A database server (13) stores and manages information about an application arrangement space per user. The application arrangement space where contents are arranged includes multiple slots. A database server stores and manages information about the contents. A meta data managing unit (113) obtains the contents from the database server. A content recommending unit (114) selects a recommended content from the contents obtained by the meta data managing unit and provides the recommended content to a user. A content arrangement status managing unit (111) checks a slot of which a state is empty in the application arrangement space. A slot managing unit (112) obtains size information including the length and height of the slot and provides the size information to the meta data managing unit. [Reference numerals] (11) Web management server; (111) Content arrangement status managing unit; (112) Slot managing unit; (113) Meta data managing unit; (114) Content recommending unit; (121) Batch database; (122) Slot database; (123) Content database; (124) Folder database; (13) Database server

Description

Content providing system using app layout space and method thereof {System and method for providing contents by using app arrangement area}

The present invention relates to a content providing method, and more particularly, to a content providing system and method using an app layout space.

Recently, due to the development of portable terminals and communication technologies, the spread of smart phones that provide more advanced advanced functions such as computers is increasing. Smartphones can connect directly to the Internet using the wireless Internet, as well as various ways to access the Internet using various browsing programs. In addition, users can create their own application software, that is, applications (hereinafter referred to as 'apps') by themselves, implement various interfaces for users through various apps, and between smartphones with the same operating system. It has many advantages, such as sharing apps. Accordingly, the development of various apps that can be used on a smartphone is increasing, and a user can receive various kinds of apps through an app market and use them on his smartphone.

In general, in order to use an installed app more conveniently in a smartphone, icons corresponding to the app are displayed on the main screen of the smartphone. The user may select to display only an icon corresponding to a desired app on the main screen, and may execute a corresponding app and receive a desired service by simply clicking an icon.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing content including an app or an advertisement, based on an app layout space in which icons corresponding to an app are displayed on a mobile terminal.

The content providing system according to an aspect of the present invention for the above problem, and stores and manages information about the app placement space including a plurality of slots in which the content is arranged for each user, and stores and manages information on a plurality of content Database server; A metadata management unit obtaining at least one content having a size corresponding to a size of at least one slot in which no content is disposed in the app placement space from the database server; And a content recommendation unit for selecting recommended content from the content obtained by the metadata management unit and providing the recommended content to the user.

Here, when there are a plurality of empty state slots in which the content is not arranged, the metadata management unit may include content corresponding to the sum of the slots of the plurality of empty state, and among the plurality of empty state slots. The content recommender may provide at least one of contents corresponding to the sum of the set number of slots and contents corresponding to the slot size of one empty state.

In addition, the content providing system includes a content placement status management unit for finding an empty slot in the app placement space; And a slot manager configured to obtain size information including a length and a height of the empty slot and provide the metadata to the metadata manager.

Here, the arrangement state of the slot may be an empty state in which no content is placed, an installation state indicating that content installed by the user is arranged, a recommendation state indicating that the content recommended by the system is arranged, and at least one. It may have at least one state of a folder state indicating a folder including the content of the.

On the other hand, when a slot in a folder state is selected in the app placement space, the slot manager checks the number of contents included in the folder, and determines the number of slots in the first direction of the app placement space. The number of recommended content may be calculated by subtracting the number, and the metadata management unit may select content corresponding to the calculated number of recommended content and provide the content to the content recommendation unit. In addition, the metadata management unit may select and provide the content recommendation content as many as the number of the recommended content from among the contents belonging to the category related to the folder name of the selected folder.

On the other hand, when the recommended content is placed in the empty state slot of the app placement space in the user terminal provided with the recommended content, the state of the empty state of the slot may be changed to the recommended state.

Here, the database server stores information indicating what content is arranged in each slot of the app deployment space for each user, and the deployment database to which the user identification information, the slot identification information, the arrangement status of the slot, and the content identification information correspond. ; A slot database that stores the location of the slot, the length of the slot, the height of the slot, and the size of the app layout space in each app layout space; A content database storing information including content identification information, a content title, a category to which the content belongs, and a length and height of an icon corresponding to the content for each content; And information indicating what kind of content is included for each folder generated for each user, and may include a folder database including user identification information, folder identification information, folder name, and content identification information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content providing method, wherein the content providing system comprises: an app arrangement space of a user, wherein the app arrangement space includes a plurality of slots in which the content is placed. Identifying at least one slot in a tee state; Acquiring, by the content providing system, at least one content having a size corresponding to the size of the empty slot from a content database including content and content size information; And selecting recommended content from the obtained content and providing the recommended content to the user terminal.

When there are a plurality of empty state slots in which the content is not arranged, the acquiring of the content may include content corresponding to a sum of sizes of the plurality of empty state slots and slots of the empty state. At least one of the contents corresponding to the sum of the set number of slots and the contents corresponding to the slot size of one empty state may be obtained.

Here, when the recommended content is placed in the empty state slot of the app placement space by the user terminal provided with the recommended content, the step of changing the state of the empty state of the slot to the recommended state may be further included.

In addition, the content providing method according to another aspect of the present invention, the content providing system, the app placement space of the user-the app placement space includes a plurality of slots in which the content is arranged, at least one content Confirming that a slot corresponding to the containing folder is selected; Checking the number of contents included in the folder of the identified slot, and subtracting the number of the identified contents from the maximum number of slots in the first direction of the app layout space to calculate the number of recommended contents; Selecting contents corresponding to the calculated number of recommended contents; And selecting recommended content from the selected content and providing the recommended content to the user terminal.

The selecting of the content may include selecting as many contents as the number of recommended contents from among contents belonging to a category related to a folder name of the selected folder.

The selecting of the content may include selecting as many contents as the number of recommended contents from among folder names of the selected folder or contents related to information of contents belonging to the folder.

In the content providing system and method according to the present invention having such a feature, the content may include at least one of an app, a widget, and an advertisement.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, various contents may be provided to the user by utilizing an empty space of the app arrangement space of the user terminal. The user can easily be provided with various contents such as apps, widgets, and advertisements, and can also improve the ripple effect of various apps or advertising contents.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a content providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary view showing an app layout space according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a batch database according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a slot database according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a content database according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a folder database according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an exemplary view illustrating a content arrangement state on an app deployment space of a predetermined user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a content recommendation method according to a first embodiment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram illustrating an association operation between components of a system when a content recommendation method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is performed.
11 is an exemplary view showing an app deployment space recommending content having a fluid size.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure.
13 is an exemplary view illustrating a screen for selecting a folder in an app layout space.
14 is a diagram illustrating an association operation between components of a system when a content providing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention is performed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, a method and a system for providing content according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the content providing system 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is connected to a plurality of user terminals 3 through a network (including all types of networks accessible by the Internet, etc.). , To provide content. Here, the content refers to various types of services including an application (application, app), widget, and advertisement provided through the system.

The content providing system 1 includes an app management server 11 for providing an app for each user and managing an app provided for each user, and a database server 12 for storing data for app management and content provision. It may further include (13). Here, although the advertisement providing server 13 is illustrated as being included in the content providing system 1, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the advertisement providing server 13 may be formed in an independent form from the content providing system 1. It may be implemented. The advertisement providing server 13 may store and manage advertisements to be provided to the user terminal 3, and provide the advertisement management server 11 to the user terminal 3.

The user terminal 3 is a device capable of receiving a wired or wireless communication service through the network 2, and for example, a smart terminal capable of receiving a wireless communication service including an app service may be used.

2 is a diagram showing a specific structure of a content providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The app management server 11 includes a content arrangement status management unit 111, a slot management unit 112, a metadata management unit 113, and a content recommendation unit 114 as shown in FIG. 2.

The content placement status management unit 111 manages and confirms the information placement status of each app and the content placement status for each user. Here, the content arrangement state indicates what content is arranged for each slot on the entire screen that can be displayed through the user terminal. In this case, the slot represents a space for displaying an icon corresponding to content such as a menu or an app for selecting a predetermined function on the screen. Hereinafter, a space including these slots and displaying icons corresponding to contents such as an app is referred to as an "app layout space". The maximum number of slots that can be included in each row and column of the app layout space is determined. An icon corresponding to the content including the app is substantially disposed in the app layout space, but for convenience of description, it is assumed that the content is disposed in the slot of the app layout space.

3 is an exemplary view showing an app layout space according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The content arrangement state according to an embodiment of the present invention may include four states. That is, it includes an installed state, an empty state, a recommended state, and a folder state.

The installation state indicates that a user directly installs a content corresponding to a menu or an app in a corresponding slot, and may be referred to as a first state. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the application (eg, Talking tom) installed by the user is disposed (I).

The empty state indicates that no content is placed in the slot, and may be referred to as a second state. For example, as shown in Fig. 3, the empty slot I2 in which no content is arranged is empty.

The recommendation state indicates that an app or advertisement content recommended by the system 1 is arranged, not by the user, and may also be referred to as a third state.

The folder state indicates that the content disposed in the slot corresponds to the folder, and may also be referred to as a fourth state. A user can create a folder and install multiple apps in that folder. In this case, an icon corresponding to the folder may be arranged in the app arrangement space as shown in FIG. 3, and when the folder I3 is clicked, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of apps included in the folder are displayed.

The content arrangement status management unit 111 finds slots of a second state, that is, empty state, in the user's app placement space. For example, the user identification information may be acquired based on the information from the accessing user terminal 3, and the slots of the empty state may be found based on the information related to the placement state on the app placement space corresponding to the obtained user identification information. have.

The slot manager 112 manages slots constituting an entire screen, that is, an app layout space, in which contents including a menu or an app are arranged and an icon corresponding to the contents can be displayed. Manages location, slot location and space information. The slot manager 112 arranges content for each slot of the app deployment space and stores and manages the deployment related information in the corresponding database server 12. In addition, the slot manager 112 obtains information on the slot of the empty state found by the content arrangement status manager 111 and provides it to the metadata manager 113.

The metadata manager 113 manages metadata including a name of a content to be used for advertisement and recommendation, a category to which the content belongs, and an icon size. In addition, the metadata management unit 113 finds information on related contents based on the information on the slots in the empty state and provides the information to the content recommendation unit 114.

The content recommendation unit 114 selects recommended content to be provided to the user from among the contents provided from the metadata management unit 113. The content recommendation unit 114 selects, for example, contents suitable for a user's disposition as recommended contents from among the provided contents, or selects contents downloaded by many users as recommended contents.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the database server 12 includes a batch database 121, a slot database 122, a content database 123, and a folder database 124.

4 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a batch database according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a structure of a slot database according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a content database according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a folder database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The deployment database 121 stores information indicating what content is arranged for each user of each slot of the app deployment space. To this end, as shown in FIG. 4, the placement database 121 stores user identification information USER_ID, slot identification information SLOT_ID, placement status, and content identification information CONTENTS_ID.

For example, assume that icons related to menus, folders, or apps used by a user having user identification information of "USER_ID_0001" are arranged in the app deployment space as shown in FIG. 8. 8 is a diagram illustrating a content arrangement state on an app deployment space of a predetermined user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the state where predetermined contents are arranged in slots of the app layout space, when the contents are not disposed in the slot having the slot identification information of “SLOT_ID_0002”, the layout database 121 may include FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 2, slots “SLOT_ID_0002” among slots used by the user “USER_ID_0001” indicate that an empty state is stored so that content is not disposed in the slot. In addition, an installed state is displayed in the slot "SLOT_ID-0001", and an app installed by the user is placed in the corresponding slot, and the deployed app stores information indicating that the content has identification information of "CON_ID_0001". In this state, when a user directly places a new app in the empty slot "SLOT_ID_0001", as shown in the arrow direction of FIG. 8, the placement state of the corresponding slot is changed to the installed state and installed in the deployed app. Corresponding content identification information "CON_ID_0020" is stored.

Through the layout database 121 having such a structure, it can be seen that the layout status of the corresponding slots and what contents are arranged for each available slot for each user.

The slot database 122 stores information of each slot. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, for each slot, the X position corresponding to the coordinate on the X axis indicating the position of the corresponding slot in the app layout space, the Y position corresponding to the coordinate on the Y axis, the length of the slot, the height of the slot, It stores the size of the app placement space. Herein, the size of the app layout space may represent a displayable pixel size, for example, 640 × 960, and the length and height of the slot may be expressed in pixel units. Based on the slot information stored in the slot database 122, it is possible to determine what kind of content can be displayed in the corresponding slot.

The content database 123 stores information of contents. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, each content includes content identification information, a content title, a category to which the corresponding content belongs, and a length and height of an icon corresponding to the corresponding content. The length and height may be expressed in pixel units.

 For example, in FIG. 6, information about the content displayed in the slot "SLOT_ID_0002" may be stored in the content database 123, in which case the content has the identification information "CON_ID_0001" and the title is "real-time search". , Information indicating that the size of an icon corresponding to the displayed content is a size having a length "50" and a height "50" is stored in the database 123.

Based on the content information stored in the content database 123, it is possible to know what size is required when each content belongs to which category and is displayed on the slot. Accordingly, when new content is to be displayed in a slot in an empty state, content having an appropriate size may be selected according to the size (length and height) of the corresponding slot.

Folder related information is stored in the folder database 124, and information indicating what kind of content is included for each folder created for each user. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, user identification information, folder identification information, folder name, and content identification information are stored. For example, a folder "FOLDER_ID_001" created by the user "USER_ID_0001" has a folder name "Game", and information indicating that contents having identification information of "CON_ID_0001" and "CON_ID_0006" are stored in the folder. do.

Next, a content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on such a structure.

When the user terminal 3 accesses the content providing system 1 via the network 2 and receives an app or content, information about the provided app or content is stored and managed in the content providing system 1. In addition, icons corresponding to the app or content provided on the screen of the user terminal 3, that is, the app arrangement space are displayed. In general, the apps are stored and managed for each folder on the user terminal 3. The user may create new folders and correspond to the apps provided corresponding to the folders. For example, a folder called "game" may be created and a plurality of apps related to the game may be provided to the content providing system 1 and used. Folders created by the user and content information corresponding to the provided app are stored and managed in the database server 12 of the content providing system 1.

Contents such as an app selected by the user are displayed on the main screen of the user terminal 3, that is, the app arrangement space.

First, a description will be given of a method of providing content to an empty slot, that is, empty slots without an icon in an app arrangement space of the user terminal 3.

9 is a flowchart of a content recommendation method according to a first embodiment according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for recommending a content according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Figure showing the association operation.

As shown in FIG. 9, the content arrangement status management unit 111 obtains identification information of the user (S100). For example, the content arrangement status management unit 111 of the content providing system 1 may determine the user's information based on information (eg, a terminal identification number, etc.) obtained from the user terminal 3 connected through the network 2. Identification information can be obtained.

The content placement status manager 111 searches the placement database 121 based on the acquired identification information of the user and checks the placement state of each slot of the app placement space of the corresponding user (S110).

By checking the arrangement state for each slot of the app placement space to determine whether there is an empty state slot, and extracts the empty state slot (S120). The content arrangement status management unit 111 provides the slot management unit 112 with identification information of the extracted empty slots.

The slot manager 112 searches the slot database 122 based on the identification information of the empty slots and checks the size, that is, length and height of the corresponding slot (S130). In addition, size information including the length and height of the identified empty slots is provided to the metadata management unit 113.

The meta data manager 113 searches the content database 123 based on the size information of the provided slots to find contents having a size corresponding to the size information of the slots (S140). For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the slot management unit 112 is provided with size information (length: 50, height: 50) corresponding to a slot having an empty state, for example, a slot having “SLOT_ID_0002”. The metadata management unit 113 selects contents having a length and a height corresponding to the size information, that is, "CON_ID_0005" and "CON_ID_0006" having a length of 50 and a height of 50.

In addition, the metadata management unit 113 finally removes contents (eg, contents of CON_ID_0005) that are already used by the corresponding user from among contents having a length and height corresponding to the size information of empty slots. To obtain the content to be recommended (S150). Hereinafter, the content to be referred to as "recommended candidate content". The metadata manager 113 provides the content recommender 114 with information about the acquired candidate candidate contents.

The content recommendation unit 114 selects recommended content to be provided to the user from among the recommended candidate contents (S160). If there is one recommendation candidate content, the content recommendation unit 114 provides the corresponding content as the recommended content to the user terminal 3, and when there are a plurality of recommendation candidate contents, the content recommendation unit recommends a set number of contents according to the setting recommendation conditions. The content is selected and provided to the user terminal 3. For example, the most downloaded content among the recommended candidate contents may be selected as the recommended contents and provided to the user.

On the other hand, in step S110, as a result of confirming the arrangement of the slots, if there is no slot in the empty state, the above-described content providing process may not be performed.

In the above-described embodiment, it is described that content having a size corresponding to the corresponding slot is recommended for each empty slot. However, the recommended content is not limited to one slot size. Based on the size, the content to be recommended can be selected in consideration of the size of the empty space. That is, when a plurality of empty slots are identified, the content may be selected in consideration of the total size of the empty slots.

11 is an exemplary view showing an app deployment space recommending content having a fluid size.

For example, if there are two empty slots, as shown in FIG. 11, the content C1 (eg, an app, a widget, or an advertisement banner, etc.) corresponding to the size of the two empty slots is added. ) Can be recommended. In this case, the metadata management unit 113 searches the content database 123 based on the size information of the provided slots, and not all of the empty slot sizes in the current empty state. Consider the contents. For example, if there are three empty slots, the content having a size corresponding to the size of the three slots, the content having a size corresponding to the size of the two slots, the content having a size corresponding to one slot size You can find each The various sizes of the found contents can be provided to the user, and appropriately sized contents can be additionally placed in the app layout space according to the user's selection. Alternatively, content having a predetermined size among contents of various sizes may be recommended to a user or arranged in an app placement space according to a condition determined by the system 1.

Through this method, content having a flexible size rather than a fixed size can be additionally arranged in the app layout space, and in particular, the advertisement content can be easily additionally arranged.

Next, a method of providing content for each folder will be described.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 13 is an exemplary view illustrating a screen for selecting a folder in an app layout space. 14 is a diagram illustrating an association operation between components of a system when a content providing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention is performed.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the user clicks on a folder in the app layout space (S300), the content providing system 1 displays the folder name of the clicked folder among the folders created corresponding to the identification information of the user, and The number of stored contents corresponding to the folder is extracted (S310).

For example, when the user clicks an icon corresponding to the folder F1 in the app deployment space as illustrated in FIG. 13, the content placement status management unit 111 corresponds to the layout database 121 from the deployment database 121 as shown in FIG. 14. From the slots corresponding to the user identification information "USER_ID_0001", the identification information of the slot "SLOT_ID_0004" in which the clicked folder is disposed is obtained, and the arranged contents of the slot, that is, the identification information "FOLDER_ID_001" of the folder, are obtained. Then, the acquired identification information of the folder is transmitted to the slot manager 112, and the slot manager 112 searches the folder database 124 based on the received identification information of the folder to extract the folder name and the number of contents corresponding to the folder. do. That is, the slot manager 112 obtains the folder name "game" corresponding to the folder identification information "FOLDER_ID_001" from the folder database 124, and acquires, for example, two (CON_ID_0005, CON_ID_0006) number of contents of the corresponding folder. .

In this case, the number of contents of the folder is for judging whether the contents can be additionally arranged in the folder. Here, it is assumed that related contents are arranged in a line in order when a folder is created. Accordingly, since the maximum number of slots that can be placed per row of the app placement space is already known, the number of slots that are already placed in the folder can be subtracted from the maximum number of slots that can be placed in the folder. have. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and as shown in the first embodiment, the number of slots that can be additionally arranged may be known by checking the empty slots based on the arrangement of the slots corresponding to the folder.

Therefore, the slot manager 112 checks the number of slots that can be additionally disposed in the folder based on the number of contents of the folder and calculates the number of recommended contents based on the number of slots. The calculated number of recommended contents and folder names are provided to the metadata managing unit 113 (S320).

 Next, the content providing system 1 selects recommended content to be recommended to the user based on the obtained folder name. In detail, as shown in FIG. 14, the metadata manager 113 searches the content database 123 and selects a category similar to a folder name (S330). In operation S340, the contents are found and belong to the selected category. The content recommendation unit 114 selects as many contents as the number of recommended contents from among the contents provided from the metadata management unit 113 and provides them to the user terminal 3 (S350).

At this time, the content recommendation unit 114 selects, for example, the number of recommended contents from among contents belonging to a category corresponding to the folder name, or the number of contents downloaded by other users as the number of recommended contents. It can be selected and recommended to the user terminal 3.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the contents of the corresponding category are provided based on the folder name. However, in addition to the folder name, the recommended content may be selected and provided based on the information of the contents belonging to the corresponding folder.

For example, based on information including a description related to an app included in a folder selected by a user, content providing similar information may be selected and provided as recommended content. For example, when a folder includes content such as an English dictionary or a Japanese dictionary, the content having similar characteristics such as "Japanese of the day" may be provided as the recommended content based on the folder name or the information of the content.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, efficient content recommendation is made by using an empty space of the app arrangement space of the user terminal, and in particular, the advertisement can be more effectively performed.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, although the content providing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is separated from the user terminal 3 and performs the content providing and recommendation as described above through the network, the content providing described above is provided. It is also possible to implement the system 1 as a device operating in the user terminal 3.

For example, based on the structure of the content providing system 1, while checking the slot of the empty state in the app layout space on the user terminal 3 itself, while transmitting the identification information and the user identification information for the confirmed slot A processing device for requesting content recommendation may be implemented. When the user clicks on the folder in the app placement space, the processing device may request content recommendation while transmitting identification information and user identification information of the clicked folder. When such a processing device is implemented in the user terminal 3, the content providing system 1 receives a request transmitted from the user terminal 3, and receives the user identification information and the slot identification information or the folder identification information from the received request. The extracted content may be selected and provided to the user based on the recommended content. This process can be implemented by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments described above, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described apparatuses and / or methods, but may be implemented through a program for realizing functions corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium on which the program is recorded And such an embodiment can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

Claims (15)

A database server that stores and manages information on an app deployment space including a plurality of slots in which content is arranged for each user, and stores and manages information on a plurality of contents;
A metadata management unit obtaining at least one content having a size corresponding to a size of at least one slot in which no content is disposed in the app placement space from the database server; And
Content recommender to select the recommended content from the content obtained by the metadata management unit to provide to the user
Including, the content providing system. The method of claim 1, wherein
When there are a plurality of empty slots in which the content is not arranged,
The metadata management unit may include content corresponding to the sum of the slots of the plurality of empty states, content corresponding to the sum of the set number of slots among the slots of the empty states, and slots of one empty state. A content providing system for providing at least one of the content corresponding to the size to the content recommendation unit. The method of claim 1, wherein
A content placement status manager for finding an empty slot in the app placement space; And
The slot manager which obtains size information including the length and height of the empty slot and provides the metadata to the metadata manager.
Further comprising, the content providing system. The method of claim 3, wherein
The arrangement state of the slot
An empty state where no content is placed,
Installation status indicating that user-installed content has been deployed,
A recommendation state indicating that the content recommended by the system is arranged;
Folder status indicating a folder containing at least one content
A content providing system having at least one state. The method of claim 4, wherein
When the slot of the folder state is selected in the app placement space,
The slot manager checks the number of contents included in the folder, subtracts the number of the identified contents from the maximum number of slots in the first direction of the app layout space, and calculates the number of recommended contents.
The metadata management unit selects content corresponding to the calculated number of recommended content and provides the content to the content recommendation unit. The method of claim 5, wherein
And the metadata management unit selects the content as many as the recommended content number from among contents belonging to a category related to the folder name of the selected folder and provides the content to the content recommendation unit. The method of claim 4, wherein
When the recommendation content is placed in the empty state slot of the app placement space in the user terminal provided with the recommended content, the state of the slot of the empty state is changed to the recommended state. The method according to any one of the preceding claims.
The database server
A layout database in which information indicating what content is arranged for each slot of the app layout space for each user is stored, and the user identification information, the slot identification information, the layout status of the slot, and the content identification information correspond to each other;
A slot database that stores the location of the slot, the length of the slot, the height of the slot, and the size of the app layout space in each app layout space;
A content database storing information including content identification information, a content title, a category to which the content belongs, and a length and height of an icon corresponding to the content for each content; And
A folder database containing information indicating what kind of content is included for each folder created for each user and including user identification information, folder identification information, folder name, and content identification information.
Including, the content providing system. The method according to any one of the preceding claims.
The content includes at least one of an app, a widget, an advertisement. Identifying, by the content providing system, at least one slot in an empty state in which content is not disposed, in an app placement space of the user, wherein the app placement space includes a plurality of slots in which the content is placed;
Acquiring, by the content providing system, at least one content having a size corresponding to the size of the empty slot from a content database including content and content size information; And
Selecting recommended content from the obtained content and providing the recommended content to a user terminal;
Including a content providing method. The method of claim 10
When there are a plurality of empty slots in which the content is not arranged,
Acquiring the content,
Contents corresponding to the sum of the sizes of the slots in the empty state, Contents corresponding to the sum of the set number of slots in the plurality of empty states, Contents corresponding to the slot sizes in one empty state Obtaining at least one of the content providing method. The method of claim 11, wherein
When the recommended content is placed in the empty state slot of the app placement space in the user terminal provided with the recommended content, the step of changing the state of the slot of the empty state to the recommended state, content providing method . Determining, by the content providing system, that a slot corresponding to a folder including at least one content is selected in an app placement space of the user, wherein the app placement space includes a plurality of slots in which the content is placed;
Checking the number of contents included in the folder of the identified slot, and subtracting the number of the identified contents from the maximum number of slots in the first direction of the app layout space to calculate the number of recommended contents;
Selecting contents corresponding to the calculated number of recommended contents; And
Selecting recommended content from the selected content and providing the recommended content to a user terminal;
Including a content providing method. The method of claim 13, wherein
The selecting of the content may include selecting as many contents as the number of recommended contents from among contents belonging to a category related to a folder name of the selected folder. The method of claim 13, wherein
The selecting of the content may include selecting as much content as the number of the recommended content from among contents associated with a folder name of the selected folder or information of contents belonging to the folder.

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