KR20130123019A

KR20130123019A - Method and system for providing interactive image data

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Publication number: KR20130123019A
Application number: KR1020120046104A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 우철규
Original assignee: 우철규
Priority date: 2012-05-02
Filing date: 2012-05-02
Publication date: 2013-11-12

Abstract

A method and a system for providing interactive image data are disclosed. The method for providing interactive image data according to one desirable embodiment of the present invention comprises: receiving, from a client, request information about image data reconstruction and a request for reconstructed image data transmission; generating metadata using the received request information about image data reconstruction; and transmitting, to the client, the requested image data and the generated metadata. The method is characterized by transmitting metadata recognition information to an image providing server by the client and transmitting image data according to the metadata recognition information by the image providing server if the metadata is recognized. According to the present invention, a user is allowed to select the contents of image data and to watch the image data with the selected contents, and the contents of a drama, a movie, an advertisement, etc. are capable of developing variously, thereby increasing user’s interest in the relevant image data. [Reference numerals] (406) Metadata

Description

Method and system for providing interactive image data {Method and system for providing interactive image data}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing image data, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing an interactive image reflecting a user's request in providing image data provided through a communication network.

With the recent development of communication technology, services that provide various types of video data such as drama, movies, and user created contents (UCC) are widely spread through communication networks such as the Internet and mobile communication networks. It is becoming.

Such a video data providing service transmits a specific video data file itself selected by a user to a terminal such as a user's computer or a mobile terminal, and the user views a specific video data by driving a player, which is a program for playing image data installed in the terminal. Download methods and streaming methods that play in real time without such downloads are widely used.

On the other hand, in the production of dramas, movies, commercials, etc., the tendency to reflect the opinions of various viewers from the production stage is increasing.

In recent years, UCCs such as video data produced by users, not only reflecting simple opinions, are widely used on the Internet.

Some of these UCCs are produced by users, but so-called 'parody' productions, which users reconstruct using existing dramas, movies, and advertisements, also take a large part.

However, in producing video data such as dramas, movies, and advertisements, it is difficult to accommodate the demands of numerous viewers and audiences. There is a problem with one-way that can not be viewed as it is.

In addition, the so-called 'parody' production, which is reconstructed using existing dramas, movies, and advertisements, is possible only when the user has a certain knowledge and skills in editing image data, so that general users can use existing dramas, movies, and advertisements. There is a problem that it is difficult to re-create the image data by using.

In order to solve the conventional problems as described above, the present invention provides a method and system for providing interactive image data having interactiveness between a user and an image producer, in which the user can select the content and ending of the image data according to his or her taste. Is to suggest.

In addition, the present invention proposes a method and system for providing image data that enables an ordinary user to easily reconstruct image data using an existing drama, movie, advertisement, or the like.

Still other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description of the embodiments.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in a method of providing interactive image data performed by the image providing server in an image data providing system including a client and an image providing server, reconstruction of image data from the client (A) receiving a request for transmission of the request information and the reconstructed image data; Generating meta data using the reconstruction request information of the received image data; And transmitting (c) the requested video data and the generated metadata to the client, wherein the client transmits the metadata recognition information to the video providing server when the metadata is recognized. And the image providing server transmits image data according to the metadata recognition information.

As described above, according to the method and system for providing interactive video data according to the present invention, the user can select the content of the video data and view the video data of the selected content.

In addition, the general user can easily reconstruct the image data using an existing drama, movie, advertisement, and the like.

In addition, it is possible to develop dramas, movies, advertisements, and the like in a variety of contents, thereby increasing the user's interest in the corresponding image data.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an interactive image data providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of configuring interactive image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flow chart showing a procedure for constructing interactive image data according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a configuration of interactive image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a configuration of interactive image data according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing interactive image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface in a sequence of implementing interactive video data providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing interactive image data.

In the step (c), the video data and the meta data may be transmitted to the client using different protocols of different layers.

The metadata may be information including at least one of branching point information and reconstruction information of image data, and the client may recognize the metadata corresponding to the branching point information included in the metadata.

The client may recognize the meta data while receiving the frame data constituting the image data.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the image data providing system comprising a client and an image providing server, the method of providing interactive image data performed by the image providing server,

Receiving (a) receiving reconstruction request information of the image data and the reconstruction request of the reconstructed image data from the client; Generating meta data using the reconstruction request information of the received image data; (C) inserting the generated metadata into the requested transmission image data; And (d) combining new image data with the inserted meta data by using the meta data when the meta data is inserted.

The metadata may be information including at least one of branch point information and reconstruction information of the image data, and the step (c) may be performed by generating a field in the image data corresponding to the branch point information included in the metadata. Can be.

In addition, step (d) may be performed by determining frame data constituting the image data to be positioned next to the metadata.

According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a recording medium recording a program for implementing the interactive image data providing method.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the image data providing system including a client and an image providing server, it is executed by the digital processing apparatus so that a method of providing interactive image data performed by the image providing server is implemented. A recording medium in which a program of instructions can be tangibly embodied and recorded in a program that can be read by a digital processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving reconstruction request information of reconstructed image data and a request to transmit reconstructed image data from the client ( a); And generating (b) metadata using the reconstruction request information of the received image data, wherein the requested transmission image data and the generated metadata are transmitted to the client, and the client transmits the metadata. If the data is recognized, the metadata recognition information is transmitted to the image providing server, and the image providing server transmits the image data according to the metadata recognition information. Provided is a recording medium having recorded thereon a program.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a digital processing apparatus is implemented so that a method of providing interactive image data performed by the image providing server is implemented in an image data providing system including a client and an image providing server. A recording medium on which a program of executable instructions is tangibly embodied and which records a program which can be read by a digital processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving reconstruction request information of reconstructed image data and a request to transmit reconstructed image data from the client; (a); Generating meta data using the reconstruction request information of the received image data; (C) inserting the generated metadata into the requested transmission image data; And (d) combining new image data using the inserted metadata when the metadata is inserted. The recording medium is provided with a program for implementing an interactive image data providing method. .

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be.

On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

First, an interactive image data providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an interactive image data providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an interactive image data providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a client 100 and an image providing server 120.

The client 100 is a device capable of transmitting a request for receiving image data to the image providing server 120 through the communication network 110 and receiving image data from the image providing server 120.

Meanwhile, although only one database is illustrated in FIG. 1, it is obvious that data may be stored by including a plurality of databases or by dividing each area in one database according to the type of data to be stored.

The image providing server 120 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention should be able to reconstruct the image data selected by the user and provide the same to the user according to the reconstruction request of the image data requested by the user.

To this end, the present invention generates the image data reconstruction request received by receiving the user's image data reconstruction request as meta data and reconstructs the image data using the generated metadata.

Hereinafter, an order of configuring interactive image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 illustrates a case in which reconstruction of image data requested by a user is performed by inserting meta data into the image data itself so that other image data is combined using the inserted metadata.

On the contrary, in FIG. 3, the image data and the meta data are transmitted to the client, respectively, so that the image data is reproduced on the client. The case where the image data is reproduced correspondingly is illustrated.

First, FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of constructing interactive image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, when meta data is inserted into the image data itself and other image data are combined using the inserted metadata, the meta data is generated using the received image data reconstruction request information of the user. (S200).

Meanwhile, when meta data is generated but not included in the image data, an order of configuring interactive image data will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of configuring interactive image data according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, even when the meta data is not included in the image data, as shown in FIG. 2, the meta data is generated using the first received image data reconstruction request information (S300).

Meanwhile, when the meta data is generated, the image data is transmitted according to the user's request for image data transmission, but not only the image data but also the meta data (S302).

Meanwhile, the image data and the meta data may be transmitted to the client of the user using different protocols, and each protocol may be a protocol used in different layers.

When the meta data generated by the user's image data reconstruction request is included or the meta data is transmitted using another protocol, the configuration of the image data transmitted to the client of the user will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. .

4 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the image data when the meta data is included in the image data, Figure 5 is a configuration of the image data and the meta data when the meta data is transmitted using a separate protocol without including the image data It is an exemplary diagram illustrating the following.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the metadata generated according to the reconstruction request of the user's image data may be located between each frame constituting the image data.

The frame of the image data in which the meta data is located is a branch point as described above, and the branch point may be set by the user or preset by an operator of the image providing server.

On the other hand, the metadata located between the frames constituting the image data determines the frame data to be placed next to the metadata, so that the entire image data can be composed.

For example, in FIG. 4, when the metadata is positioned instead of the frame 3 to be positioned after the frame 2, the frame 4 is positioned instead of the frame 3 by the information included in the metadata, thereby reconstructing the image data requested by the user. It will be able to provide.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the meta data is not included in the image data and is transmitted using a separate protocol, for example, frame data constituting the image data is sequentially transmitted using protocol 1, and the layer is Meta data may be transmitted using another protocol 2. However, when meta data is transmitted and read from the user's client, frame data according to the metadata information may be received.

A process of implementing the interactive image providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 with reference to an example of generation and structure of image data using such meta data.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing interactive image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a sequence of implementing the method of providing interactive image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure shown using an illustration.

First, as shown in FIG. 6, when a user selects specific image data using a client, the image providing server receives an image data selection signal and receives reconfiguration request information of the image data requested by the user.

A method of providing such interactive image data will be described with reference to FIG. 7, which is illustrated using an exemplary diagram of a user interface.

FIG. 7 illustrates a case in which various dramas are provided to the user and the user reconstructs and reproduces the contents of each drama.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, a user accesses an image providing server using a client and selects a drama to be watched.

Meanwhile, although not shown in the image providing system of FIG. 1, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that a web server for selecting a drama or a web server providing a web page for user authentication may be further included in addition to the image providing server. It will be omitted.

Drama information is displayed on the screen of the client of the user and when the user selects a drama, the selected drama is displayed (S700).

Each branch point information of the selected drama is displayed to display the overall configuration of the drama according to each branch point (S702).

Meanwhile, the branch point information may be set in advance by an administrator of the image providing server as described above, but may be set by the user through the image providing server.

As shown in FIG. 7, the drama can form a tree structure according to each branch point.

When the user selects the contents he / she wants on the tree structure, the selected contents are displayed, and when the user finally requests playback, a drama based on the contents selected by the user is provided (S704).

Therefore, as the branch point increases, the contents of the drama can be more variously developed, and the user can watch a drama including various contents in one drama.

For example, in the exemplary diagram of the user interface screen of step 702 in FIG. 7, the branch points of the dramas are 700a, 700b and 702a, 702b, 702c, 702d, and 702e.

The image data connected at such a branch point may be prepared in advance by an administrator of an image providing server and registered and provided to the user, but the user may arbitrarily use different image data.

For example, if you want to compose an entire drama using other video data you have or UCC, which is your own video data, upload the video data so that your video data is located at the corresponding branch point. By generating the data and using the meta data, it is possible to watch a drama of a completely new structure using the original image data and other image data owned by the user.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. The appended claims are to be considered as falling within the scope of the following claims.

Claims

A method of providing interactive image data performed by the image providing server in an image data providing system including a client and an image providing server,
Receiving (a) receiving reconstruction request information of the image data and the reconstruction request of the reconstructed image data from the client;
Generating meta data using the reconstruction request information of the received image data; And
(C) transmitting the requested video data and the generated metadata to the client,
If the metadata is recognized, the client transmits the metadata recognition information to the image providing server,
Wherein the image providing server transmits image data according to the metadata recognition information.

The method of claim 1,
In step (c),
And the video data and the metadata are transmitted to the client using different protocols of different layers, respectively.

The method of claim 1,
And the meta data is information including at least one of branch point information and reconstruction information of image data.

The method of claim 3,
And the client recognizes the metadata in response to the branch point information included in the metadata.

The method of claim 3,
And the client recognizes the meta data during the reception of the frame data constituting the image data.

A method of providing interactive image data performed by the image providing server in an image data providing system including a client and an image providing server,
Receiving (a) receiving reconstruction request information of the image data and the reconstruction request of the reconstructed image data from the client;
Generating meta data using the reconstruction request information of the received image data;
(C) inserting the generated metadata into the requested transmission image data; And
And (d) combining new image data using the inserted metadata when the metadata is inserted.

The method according to claim 6,
And the meta data is information including at least one of branch point information and reconstruction information of image data.

The method of claim 7, wherein
The step (c)
And generating a field in the image data corresponding to the branch point information included in the meta data.

The method of claim 7, wherein
The step (d)
And determining frame data constituting the image data to be positioned next to the meta data.

An image providing system for providing interactive image data connected to a client through a communication network,
A receiving module configured to receive reconstruction request information of the image data and a retransmission request of the reconstructed image data from the client;
A meta data generation module generating meta data using the reconstruction request information of the received image data; And
Including a transmitter for transmitting the transmission request image data and the generated metadata to the client,
The client transmits the metadata recognition information to the receiving module when the metadata is recognized.
And transmitting the image data according to the received metadata recognition information through the transmitting unit.

The method of claim 10,
The transmitting unit,
And the image data and the meta data are transmitted to the client using different protocols of different layers, respectively.

The method of claim 10,
And the meta data is information including at least one of branch point information and reconstruction information of image data.

The method of claim 12,
And the client recognizes the metadata in response to the branch point information included in the metadata.

The method of claim 12,
And wherein the client recognizes the meta data during the reception of the frame data constituting the image data.

An image providing system for providing interactive image data connected to a client through a communication network,
A receiving module configured to receive reconstruction request information of the image data and a retransmission request of the reconstructed image data from the client;
A meta data generation module generating meta data using the reconstruction request information of the received image data; And
And a video data generation module for inserting the generated metadata into the requested video data and combining new video data using the inserted metadata.