KR20150106479A - Contents sharing service system, apparatus for contents sharing and contents sharing service providing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a content sharing service system, a content sharing device thereof, and a content sharing service providing method, capable of extracting and recommending a sharing medium, used for content, from the previous content sharing history when sharing the content, including at least one among a video, an audio, and an image, between users is requested. When sharing specific content is requested, the content is analyzed to extract content information about the requested content, at least one highly associated sharing medium is extracted and provided from a content sharing history of a corresponding user to the user based on the extracted content information, and the specific content is transmitted through a selected sharing medium.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a content sharing service system, a device for sharing contents, and a content sharing service providing method.

The present invention relates to a content sharing service that enables users to share content including at least one of video, audio, and images. More particularly, the present invention relates to a content sharing service, Extracting and recommending a content sharing service system, a device for sharing contents, and a content sharing service providing method.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the present embodiment and do not constitute the prior art.

Recently, due to the remarkable development of information communication technology and semiconductor technology, the spread and use of mobile terminals are rapidly increasing. In particular, recent mobile terminals have achieved a mobile convergence step by upgrading their performance to the area of other terminals without staying in their traditional unique areas.

Typically, the mobile communication terminal may be provided with a TV viewing function (for example, a mobile broadcasting such as DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)), a music playback function (e.g., MP3 MPEG Audio Layer-3), a picture taking function, and an Internet access function.

In addition, recent mobile communication terminals have developed various types of convenience and enjoyment by developing various types of user functions based on an open OS, such as a smart phone capable of arbitrarily installing the user functions. The open market enables various functions It is easy to get applications, and it can handle many functions that are processed by PC with high performance.

As a service universally used in mobile communication terminals, there are various types of content sharing and community services for communicating and sharing contents among users. As a content sharing service available in such mobile communication terminals, there are basically SMS (Short Message Service) and multimedia message service. In accordance with the emergence of a smart phone equipped with an open OS, instant content sharing or mobile Content sharing services such as content sharing, e-mail services, social network services (SNS), blogs, and online community services. Such content sharing and community services are lower in cost than the call service and can easily transmit their intention or message to the other users or share content including video, audio, and image, Is very high.

However, SNS, blog, and online community services are made up of a certain number of unrelated friends or a lot of unspecified friends. In this way, .

Most users use different media such as a variety of content sharing and community services to distribute doctors and share content. Media used by each user are different from each other. Also, even if the same user uses different media .

However, in the conventional content sharing method, when a content desired to be shared is selected, the user simply lists and provides a shared medium having already been registered or an account is set up. It is inefficient because it provides both.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0033219, published on Apr. 03, 2013 (name: computer-readable recording medium on which a reference recommended program using a mail transmission frequency and a recommended program using a mail transmission frequency are recorded)

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for sharing contents, which are used in association with the contents, from a previous contents sharing history when sharing a content including at least one of video, audio, A content sharing service system for extracting and recommending media, a device for sharing contents, and a method for providing a content sharing service.

More specifically, according to the present invention, when sharing of a specific content is requested, the specific content is analyzed, and content information related to the content requested to be shared is extracted. Based on the extracted content information, The present invention provides a content sharing service system for extracting and sharing the above-mentioned shared medium to a user and transmitting the specific content through a selected shared medium, a device for sharing the content, and a method for providing a content sharing service.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store content including at least one of image, video, audio, and a user's content sharing history via one or more shared media; A communication unit for transmitting and receiving data for content sharing in cooperation with a content sharing service apparatus through a communication network; An output unit for outputting content sharing on a user interface screen; An input unit for receiving a user request related to content sharing; And extracts content information related to the content requested to be shared, extracts one or more shared media from the content sharing history based on the extracted content information, And a control unit for transmitting the content through the shared medium.

Here, the one or more shared media may include one or more of e-mail, instant messenger, social network service (SNS), online community site, and blog.

In addition, in the terminal device for content sharing according to the present invention, the control unit analyzes tag or meta data of a specific content, extracts content information, recognizes an image included in the content using an image processing technique, Extracts the information of the extracted image as content information, converts the voice included in the content using the voice-to-text conversion technology into text, extracts one or more keywords from the converted text, and provides the extracted keyword as content information .

In addition, in the terminal device for content sharing according to the present invention, when one or more pieces of content information are extracted with respect to a specific content, the controller assigns a weight to one or more pieces of content information based on the reliability of the extracted content information , It is possible to extract valid content information from one or more content information in consideration of the weighted value. Here, the reliability may be set based on the reliability of the analysis result of the analysis technique used for extracting the corresponding content information.

In addition, in the terminal device for content sharing according to the present invention, the control unit may further extract and provide the partner to transmit the content through the extracted shared medium, and transmit the content to the selected partner through the selected shared medium.

In addition, in the terminal apparatus for content sharing according to the present invention, the control unit may sort and output one or more extracted shared media on the basis of the frequency of use and the latest usage time of the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system comprising: a communication unit for communicating with two or more terminal devices via a communication network to transmit and receive data for a content sharing service; A storage unit for storing a content sharing history of a user using one or more shared media; Extracts one or more shared media to be recommended from the content sharing history based on the content information of the content requested to be shared from the terminal device in response to a request of the terminal device connected through the communication unit, And a service providing unit.

In the service apparatus for content sharing according to the present invention, the service providing unit may extract the content information by analyzing the content after receiving the content requested to be shared from the terminal apparatus, To the selected shared medium.

In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content sharing method, comprising: analyzing content to be shared, extracting content information related to the content, and using the extracted content information, And one or more shared media extracted from the content to be shared from the service device according to the content sharing request of the user, and outputs the received one or more shared media And a terminal device for transmitting the content through a selected one of the output one or more shared media.

Further, the present invention provides, as still another solution to the above-mentioned problem, a terminal device, comprising: storing a content sharing history of a user via one or more shared media; Analyzing a specific content and extracting content information related to the specific content when a sharing request for the specific content is input; Extracting one or more shared media to be recommended from the content sharing history based on the extracted content information; And providing the extracted one or more shared media to the user.

In the content sharing service providing method according to the present invention, the step of extracting content information may include extracting content information by analyzing tag or meta data of a specific content; Recognizing an image included in the content using the image processing technique and extracting information of the recognized image as content information; And extracting one or more keywords from the converted text, and extracting the extracted keyword as content information, after converting the voice included in the content using the voice-to-text conversion technology into text.

Further, in the method of providing a content sharing service according to the present invention, the step of extracting content information may include extracting one or more pieces of content information with respect to the specific content, Assigning a weight to the content information; And extracting valid content information from the extracted one or more pieces of content information in consideration of the weighted value.

In the method of providing a content sharing service according to the present invention, providing the one or more shared media to a user may sort and provide the extracted one or more shared media based on the frequency of use of the user and the latest usage time .

In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service providing method comprising: storing a content sharing history of a user using at least one shared medium; Extracting one or more shared media to be recommended from the content sharing history based on the content information related to the specific content requested to be shared according to the request of the terminal device; And providing the extracted one or more shared media to the terminal device.

The method for providing a content sharing service according to the present invention may further include analyzing specific content requested to be shared and extracting content information related to the specific content.

In addition, it is possible to further provide a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the content sharing service providing method described above is recorded.

The present invention provides a contents sharing service for sharing contents including at least one of image, video, and audio through e-mail, instant messenger, social network service (SNS) By extracting and recommending a shared medium used in association with the content, the user can more easily use the content sharing.

In particular, the present invention analyzes specific content requested to be shared, extracts content information related to the content requested to be shared, and extracts one or more shared media having high relevance from the content sharing history of the user based on the extracted content information And transmits the specific content through the selected shared medium. Accordingly, a medium having a high possibility of being selected by the user among various media for various contents sharing and community services can be provided to the user. As a result, Can be further improved.

1 is a block diagram of a content sharing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device in a content sharing service system according to embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus in a content sharing service system according to embodiments of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a content sharing service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a content information extraction process in a content sharing service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a content sharing history used in a content sharing service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen illustrating a process of providing a content sharing service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. It should be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed to be limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings and the inventor is not limited to the concept of terminology for describing his or her invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Also, when referring to a component being "connected" or "connected" to another component, this means that it can be connected or connected logically or physically. In other words, it is to be understood that although an element may be directly connected or connected to another element, there may be other elements in between, or indirectly connected or connected.

Also, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprising "or" having ", as used herein, are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, It should be understood that the foregoing does not preclude the presence or addition of other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, the 'content sharing service' described below refers to a service that enables users to transmit and share contents including at least one of video, audio, and image on a server-based or P2P communication basis. For example, e-mail, instant messenger, social network service (SNS), online community site, and blog.

The configuration and operation of the present invention for providing such a content sharing service will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a content sharing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a content sharing service system according to the present invention may include one or more terminal devices 100 and a service device 200 connected through a communication network 10.

The terminal device 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention refers to a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 10 in response to a key operation of a user and includes a tablet PC, May be any one of a personal computer (PC), a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and a mobile communication terminal.

The terminal device 100 is a terminal that performs voice or data communication using the communication network 10 and includes a browser for communicating with the service device 200 via the communication network 10, And a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs. That is, if the terminal device 100 can execute the content sharing service through the interworking between the service device 200 and the service device 200, any terminal can be used, and a communication computing device such as a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, It is a broad concept that includes everything. Meanwhile, the terminal device 100 is preferably manufactured with a touch screen, but is not limited thereto.

In particular, the terminal device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention stores a content sharing history that a user performs through various methods, analyzes content selected when the content sharing service is requested, and extracts content information related to the content Extracts one or more shared media from the content sharing history based on the extracted content information, and provides the extracted one or more shared media to the user. More specifically, the terminal device 100 may recommend one or more shared media having a history of sharing contents similar to the content among the shared media used in the content sharing history.

Here, the terminal device 100 may collect and store the content sharing history performed by the terminal device 100, or may receive and store the content sharing history from the service device 200. In particular, the contents may include contents including one or more multimedia elements such as video, audio, and images, and may be various contents such as a moving picture, a photograph, and a music file. The present invention can extract the content information related to the content in various ways, and the method of extracting the specific content information can be easily understood by referring to a content sharing service providing method to be performed later. In addition, when at least one of the one or more shared media provided to the user is selected, the terminal device 100 may transmit the selected information through the selected shared medium. For example, when a community account such as a specific SNS account or a blog account is selected as a shared medium, the terminal device 100 uploads the selected content to the selected account.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the terminal apparatus 100 may receive content or content information to be shared with the service apparatus 100 to receive one or more recommended shared media from the service apparatus 100.

The service apparatus 200 according to the embodiments of the present invention is configured to provide a content sharing service in cooperation with one or more terminal devices 100 through the communication network 10, A program or an application related to the shared service may be provided and installed so that the content sharing service can be provided in cooperation with the terminal device 100 or the content sharing service can be provided on a web basis.

Basically, the service apparatus 200 can relay transmission and reception of information designated by the receiver among the terminal apparatuses 100. [ In addition, in one embodiment of the present invention, the service device 200 may store the content sharing history indicating the transmission / reception history of information on a user-by-user basis and provide the content sharing history upon request of the terminal device 100.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the service device 200 may transmit content to be shared from the terminal device 100 while providing a content sharing service for transmitting and receiving information between two or more terminal devices 100 And extracts content information related to the content or receives content information from the terminal device 100 and determines whether sharing of the similar content is possible based on the content sharing history by referring to the content information And may provide the terminal 100 with the extracted one or more shared media.

The terminal device 100 and the service device 200 are interworked through the communication network 10. The communication network 10 can be connected to the Internet using the various wired / wireless communication technologies such as the Internet network, the intranet network, the mobile communication network, Which can transmit and receive data. The communication network 10 may be a closed network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), an open network such as the Internet, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), a WCDMA The concept is called the next generation network and computing network that will be implemented next, such as Multiple Access, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

In the content sharing service system configured as above, the configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device 100 in a content sharing service system according to embodiments of the present invention.

2, the terminal device 100 may include a control unit 110, an input unit 120, a communication unit 130, a storage unit 140, and an output unit 150. Of course, the terminal device 100 may further include other components such as a sensor, a GPS receiver, etc., in addition to the above-described configuration, but these are not directly related to the present invention, and the description and the description are omitted.

Interworking between the functions and configurations of the respective constituent elements provided in the terminal device 100 according to the present invention will be described concretely.

First, the control unit 110 is configured to perform overall control of the terminal device 100, and may include one or more processors. The processor may be a single-threaded processor, and in other embodiments, the processor may be a multithreaded processor. Further, the control unit 110 can operate by processing instructions stored on the memory or storage device via the one or more processors. The instructions may include interpreted instructions or executable code such as, for example, JavaScript or ECMAScript commands, or other instructions stored in a computer-readable medium.

Specifically, when the power is turned on, the control unit 110 executes an OS (Operating System) program stored in the storage unit 140 to establish an execution environment in which another application program can be executed, An application program can be executed to perform a predetermined function.

In particular, in the present invention, the controller 110 may perform an operation related to content sharing. For this purpose, the controller 110 may include a content sharing module 111. [ Here, the module refers to a component that is implemented by software or hardware or a combination of software and hardware to perform a certain function, and the content sharing module 111 according to the present invention is a module for allowing a processor Service-related application program to perform the functions described below. The application program can be downloaded from the service device 200 or stored in the terminal device 100 by default.

Specifically, the controller 100 activates and activates the content sharing module 111 in response to a request from the user, and performs a process for content sharing through the activated content sharing module 111. Particularly, when the specific content stored in the terminal device 100 is selected and requested to be shared through another application program (for example, a web browser, an image viewer, etc.), the content sharing module 111 analyzes the selected content Extracts content information related to the content, and extracts and outputs one or more shared media from the past content sharing history based on the extracted content information. In addition, the content sharing module 111 uploads or transmits the selected content to one or more shared media selected from the output one or more shared media.

In particular, in extracting the content information through the content sharing module 111, the controller 100 may analyze the tag or metadata of the specific content to extract the content information. For reference, metadata is information to follow and to associate with the data in order to analyze and classify certain data and add additional information. For example, the metadata attached to a photo file may store metadata such as time of shooting, exposure, whether to use the flash, resolution, photo size, shooting location, title, etc., The metadata is provided as keywords or classification information. The information or data provided in this way can be easily accessed, easily retrieved, exposed and classified, or provided with other data And makes it easy to network.

Therefore, content information can be extracted by analyzing the metadata and the tag attached to the content.

Also, the content sharing module 111 can recognize the image included in the content using the image processing technique and extract the information of the recognized image as the content information. With the recent development of image processing technology, it is becoming possible to track and recognize objects included in images. The present invention makes use of this point, and can analyze a specific frame or image of a moving image, recognize an object represented by the image, and extract the recognition result as content information.

In addition, the contents sharing module 111 may convert the voice included in the contents using the voice-to-text conversion technique into text, extract one or more keywords from the converted text, . This can be applied to content containing audio. The audio (for example, speech) included in the content can be converted into text using a text to speech (TTS) technique, and valid keywords can be extracted from the converted text and provided as content information.

When one or more pieces of content information are extracted from the content, the content sharing module 111 assigns a weight to the one or more pieces of content information based on the reliability of the extracted pieces of content information, It is possible to extract valid content information from among the content information. At this time, the reliability may be set based on the reliability of the analysis result of the analysis technique used for extracting the corresponding content information. For example, the weight of the content information extracted from the metadata and the tag can be made highest, and then weighted in the order of the content information derived through the speech recognition technology and the content information detected through the image analysis.

In addition, if the extracted shared medium is a service capable of transmitting contents to a plurality of specific contents such as a messenger service, an MMS, etc., the contents sharing module 111 may transmit a recommendation recipient to transmit the contents through the extracted shared medium Can be extracted and provided. This can be done by extracting a party whose similar content has been shared based on the content sharing history on the corresponding shared medium as a recommendation recipient.

In addition, the controller 110 may sort and output one or more shared media extracted through the content sharing module 111 based on the frequency of use of the user and the latest usage time. That is, it is possible to arrange that the recently used shared medium among the extracted shared medium is displayed first.

The communication unit 120 may communicate with the service device 200 through the communication network 10 to transmit and receive data for content sharing among the configurations of the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention . Specifically, the communication unit 120 may transmit the selected content or the content information extracted from the selected content to the service device 200, and receive one or more shared media lists extracted from the service device 200. In addition, the communication unit 120 may transmit the selected content through the shared medium selected by the recipient.

The communication unit 120 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 120 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 120 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively.

The input unit 130 is a configuration for operating the terminal device 100. Specifically, the input unit 130 may include a user input for controlling a function or an operation of the terminal device 100, And transmits the generated signal to the control unit 110. The input unit 130 may be implemented as a variety of input means that are currently commercialized or may be commercialized in the future. For example, the input unit 130 may include a general input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a touch screen, Gesture input means for generating a specific input signal, and voice recognition means for recognizing the user's voice. In particular, the input unit 130 may be used for a content sharing request and a selection of a shared medium.

The storage unit 140 is a structure for storing data or programs executed or processed by the control unit 110. [ Basically, the storage unit 140 may include an operating system (OS) for operating each of the above-described configurations of the terminal 100, various user functions, for example, A user function for playing a sound source, an MP3 user function for playing a sound source, an image outputting function for reproducing an image such as a photograph, and an application program for supporting a moving image playback function, respectively. In particular, the storage unit 140 may store an application program for content sharing. In addition, the storage unit 140 may store the content sharing history executed in the terminal device 100. [ Here, the content sharing history may include content identification information, shared medium information and shared time information, as shown in FIG. The shared medium information may include at least one of SNS account information, blog account information, e-mail account information, instant messenger account information, and counterpart information. In addition, content information related to the content may be further included by mapping the content identification information.

The storage unit 140 may be an optical storage medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Video Disk) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory. In addition, the storage unit 140 may store a key map or a menu map for the touch screen operation when the output unit 150 is configured as a touch screen. Here, the key map and the menu map may be various types. That is, the key map may be a keyboard map, a 3 * 4 key map, a QWERTY key map, or the like, and may be a control key map for controlling the operation of the currently activated application program. In addition, the menu map may be a menu map for currently operating application program control.

Finally, the output unit 150 is provided to allow the user to recognize the operation result or status of the terminal device 100. For example, the output unit 150 may include display means for visually outputting the result through the screen, audio output Means. In particular, in the present invention, the output unit 150 may output a user interface screen for content sharing, which is driven by the terminal device 100, through the user interface screen, And one of them can be selected.

Next, the configuration of the service apparatus 200 according to the present invention will be described in detail in a content sharing service system.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus in a content sharing service system according to embodiments of the present invention.

3, the service apparatus 200 may include a communication unit 210, a service providing unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

The communication unit 210 can transmit and receive data for content sharing service with one or more terminal devices 100 through the communication network 10. [ The communication unit 210 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 210 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 210 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively.

The service providing unit 220 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention controls operation for content sharing service by interworking with two or more terminal devices 100 through the communication network 10 and is functionally connected to the communication unit 210, The terminal devices 100 can transmit and receive information composed of one or more of text and files.

In addition, the service providing unit 220 may further provide the recommendation function according to the present invention during the provision of the content sharing service. Specifically, the service providing unit 220 extracts content information related to the content from the content selected by the terminal device 100 according to a request of the terminal device 100 connected through the communication unit 210, After receiving the content information related to the content to be shared from the terminal device 100, extracts one or more shared media from the past content sharing history of the user with reference to the content information, (100). The extracted one or more shared media may be a shared medium in which content similar to the content to be shared is mainly shared.

In addition, after the service provider 220 recommends one or more shared media to the terminal device 100, the service provider 220 may process the content to be shared through the shared medium selected by the terminal device 100. For example, the content may be uploaded to the selected SNS account, and the content may be transmitted to other registered users through the association function of the SNS account. In addition, the contents can be transmitted to a plurality of parties specified through the selected instant messenger account.

The storage unit 230 of the service apparatus 200 is a structure for storing data and programs necessary for providing a content sharing service. Specifically, the storage unit 230 stores the content sharing history transmitted / received between the terminal devices 100 on a user-by-user basis. The content sharing history 20 may include content identification information, shared media information, and sharing time information, as shown in FIG. The shared medium information may include at least one of SNS account information, blog account information, e-mail account information, instant messenger account information, and counterpart information. In addition, content information related to the content identification information may be further included. Therefore, it is possible to extract the similar content sharing history related to predetermined content information from the content sharing history 20, and to select one or more shared media to be recommended among the extracted similar content sharing histories.

The storage unit 230 may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Video Disk) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

Next, a method for providing a content sharing service based on the communication service system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a content sharing service according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a content information extraction process in a content sharing service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a content sharing history used in a content sharing service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a content sharing service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

Each step of the method for providing the communication service described below can be performed through any one of the terminal device 100 and the service device 200. Hereinafter, .

The terminal device 100 collects and stores data on the content sharing history 20 shown in FIG. 6 before performing the following process. At this time, the content sharing history 20 may be collected and stored every time content sharing is executed in the terminal device 100, collected in the service device 200, and then provided to the terminal device 100. As shown in FIG. 6, the content sharing history 20 may include content identification information, information about a shared medium, and sharing time information. The content sharing history 20 may map the content identification information, More information can be stored.

Referring to FIG. 4, at least one content may be selected in the terminal device 100 according to the present invention (S105). Here, the content selection may be performed during execution of another application program, for example, during a web surfing using a web browser or while viewing a moving picture or a picture using a viewer program.

In this case, the terminal device 100 confirms whether there is a sharing request for the selected content (S110). The sharing request can be made by selecting a GUI element requesting sharing via the input unit 130. [

When a sharing request for the selected content occurs, the terminal device 100 analyzes the selected content and extracts content information related to the specific content (S120). Here, the content information includes content identification information (file name, URL address, etc.), keywords related to content, and the like. The content information can be extracted in various ways. Specifically, referring to FIG. 5, , Analyzes the tag or metadata of the selected content, extracts the content information (S205), recognizes the image included in the content using the image processing technique, and extracts the information of the recognized image as the content information (S210). After converting the speech included in the contents using the speech-to-text conversion technology into text, one or more keywords are extracted from the converted text, and the extracted keyword is extracted as the content information (S215 ). The terminal device 100 may extract one or more pieces of content information by performing at least one of S205, S210, and S215. In addition, for this purpose, it can be linked with other analysis algorithms such as a video processing program and a speech recognition program.

At the time of extracting the content information through steps S205 through S215, one or more pieces of content information may be extracted.

When one or more pieces of content information are extracted, in particular, when different pieces of content information are extracted through steps S205 to S215, the terminal device 100 transmits the one or more pieces of content The information may be weighted (S220). In step S225, the terminal device 100 extracts valid content information from the extracted one or more pieces of content information in consideration of the weighted value. At this time, the reliability may be set based on the reliability of the analysis result of the analysis technique used for extracting the corresponding content information. For example, the weight of the content information extracted from the metadata and the tag can be made highest, and then weighted in the order of the content information derived through the speech recognition technology and the content information detected through the image analysis. In addition, when the extracted shared medium is a service for transmitting contents to a designated recipient such as an instant messenger, the terminal device 100 may transmit a content Can be further extracted.

Then, the terminal device 100 provides the user with a shared media list composed of one or more shared media extracted as described above (S130). The output unit 150 may be configured to display the shared medium list.

At this time, the terminal device 100 may sort and output the extracted one or more shared media based on the frequency of use and the latest usage time of the user. Accordingly, the terminal device 100 can further improve the user accessibility to the shared medium, which is likely to be selected by the user.

Thereafter, the terminal device 100 confirms whether at least one of the one or more shared media is selected (S135).

As a result, when one or more shared media are selected, the terminal device 100 transmits the selected content through the selected shared medium (S140). Here, the content transmission may be performed in a designated manner on the selected shared medium. For example, if the shared medium is an SNS account, the content may be uploaded to a plurality of other users registered through the association function of the SNS account after the content is uploaded. If the shared medium is a blog account, the content is uploaded to the blog account so that an unspecified number of other users connected to the blog account can view the content. In the case where the shared medium is shared by specifying a specific multiple such as an instant messenger, at least one recommended recipient extracted together with the corresponding shared medium may be provided together with the selected recipient in step S125, Is transmitted.

The method for providing a content sharing service according to the present invention may be implemented in a form of software readable by various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions to be recorded on a recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. For example, the recording medium may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital video disk (DVD) Includes a hardware device that is specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, do. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. Such a hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen illustrating a process of providing a content sharing service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The content sharing service process according to the present invention can be understood more easily.

FIG. 7A is a view illustrating a screen for selecting contents to be shared among the contents sharing service providing process according to the present invention.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7A, while displaying a plurality of photo files 71 stored in the terminal device 100 through an image viewer or the like, a specific photo can be selected as shown in the figure.

When the specific content is selected as described above, the selected photo 72 is enlarged and displayed, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), to request sharing with the function buttons that can process the photo 72 A button 73 can be provided.

When the user selects the button 73, the terminal 100 analyzes the tag 72 or the metadata of the photo 72 or analyzes the photo 72 using the image processing technique, And one or more shared media having similar contents among the previous contents sharing history are extracted based on the extracted content information and displayed as shown in FIG. 7 (c). At this time, the shared media list 74 composed of one or more displayed shared media is selected on the basis of the relation with the photo 72. In the past, the same shared media have been displayed for all users and all contents. In the invention, when the content to be selected is changed or the user is changed, the contents are changed together.

The user may then select one of the shared media lists 74 to share the selected photo 72 with other users via the shared medium.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Furthermore, although specific terms are used in this specification and the drawings, they are used in a generic sense only to facilitate the description of the invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Although the present specification and drawings describe exemplary device configurations, the functional operations and subject matter implementations described herein may be embodied in other types of digital electronic circuitry, or alternatively, of the structures disclosed herein and their structural equivalents May be embodied in computer software, firmware, or hardware, including, or in combination with, one or more of the foregoing. Implementations of the subject matter described herein may be embodied in one or more computer program products, i. E. One for computer program instructions encoded on a program storage medium of the type for < RTI ID = 0.0 & And can be implemented as a module as described above. The computer-readable medium can be a machine-readable storage device, a machine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a composition of matter that affects the machine readable propagation type signal, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing.

The term "system" in the present invention encompasses all apparatus, apparatus, and machines for processing data, including, for example, a programmable processor, a computer or a multiprocessor or computer. The processing system may, in addition to the hardware, comprise code that forms an execution environment for a computer program upon request, such as, for example, code comprising a processor firmware, a protocol stack, a database management system, an operating system, .

A computer program (also known as a program, software, software application, script, or code) that is loaded on an apparatus according to the present invention and which implements the method according to the present invention may be a compiled or interpreted language or a program containing a priori or procedural language Language, and may be deployed in any form including standalone programs or modules, components, subroutines, or other units suitable for use in a computer environment. A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file in the file system. The program may be stored in a single file provided to the requested program, or in multiple interactive files (e.g., a file storing one or more modules, subprograms, or portions of code) (E.g., one or more scripts stored in a markup language document). A computer program may be deployed to run on multiple computers or on one computer, located on a single site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communications network.

Computer-readable media suitable for storing computer program instructions and data include semiconductor memory devices such as, for example, EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory devices, such as magnetic disks such as internal hard disks or external disks, And DVD-ROM disks, including non-volatile memory, media and memory devices. The processor and memory may be supplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logic circuits.

Implementations of the subject matter described herein may include, for example, a back-end component such as a data server, or may include a middleware component, such as an application server, or may be a web browser or a graphical user, for example a user, who may interact with an implementation of the subject- Front-end components such as client computers with interfaces, or any combination of one or more of such back-end, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system may be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication, such as, for example, a communications network.

Although the specification includes details of one or more specific implementations, it should be understood that they are not to be construed as limitations on the scope of any invention or claimable, but rather as a description of features that may be specific to a particular embodiment of a particular invention Should be understood. Certain features described herein in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments, either individually or in any suitable subcombination. Further, although the features may operate in a particular combination and may be initially described as so claimed, one or more features from the claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, Or a variant of a subcombination.

Likewise, although the operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, it should be understood that such operations must be performed in that particular order or sequential order shown to achieve the desired result, or that all illustrated operations should be performed. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Also, the separation of the various system components of the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the described program components and systems will generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products It should be understood.

The description sets forth the best mode of the invention, and is provided to illustrate the invention and to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the invention. The written description is not intended to limit the invention to the specific terminology presented. Thus, while the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above examples, those skilled in the art will be able to make adaptations, modifications, and variations on these examples without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the described embodiments but should be defined by the claims.

The present invention provides a contents sharing service for sharing contents including at least one of image, video, and audio through e-mail, instant messenger, social network service (SNS) By extracting and recommending a shared medium used in association with the content, the user can more easily use the content sharing.

In particular, the present invention analyzes specific content requested to be shared, extracts content information related to the content requested to be shared, and extracts one or more shared media having high relevance from the content sharing history of the user based on the extracted content information And transmits the specific content through the selected shared medium. Accordingly, a medium having a high possibility of being selected by the user among various media for various contents sharing and community services can be provided to the user. As a result, Can be further improved.

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Claims (20)

A storage unit for storing content including at least one of image, video, audio, and a user's content sharing history via one or more shared media;
A communication unit for transmitting and receiving data for content sharing in cooperation with a content sharing service apparatus through a communication network;
An output unit for outputting the content sharing on a user interface screen;
An input unit for receiving a user request related to the content sharing; And
When the specific content is requested to be shared through the input unit, the specific content is analyzed to extract content information related to the content requested to be shared, and one or more shared media are extracted from the content sharing history based on the extracted content information A control unit outputting the content through the output unit and transmitting the content through the selected shared medium;
And a terminal device for content sharing. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more shared media
An e-mail, an instant messenger, a social network service (SNS), an online community site, and a blog. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
And extracts the content information by analyzing the tag or meta data of the specific content. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Wherein the image processing apparatus recognizes the image included in the content using the image processing technique and extracts the information of the recognized image as the content information. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
The method comprising: converting a voice included in the content into text using a voice-to-text conversion technique, extracting one or more keywords from the converted text, and providing the extracted keyword as the content information Terminal device. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
The method according to claim 1, wherein when at least one content information is extracted in association with the specific content, the at least one content information is weighted based on the reliability of each extracted content information, And extracting the content from the terminal device. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the reliability is set to the reliability of the analysis result of the analysis technique used for extracting the corresponding content information. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Further extracting and providing a sharer to transmit the content through the extracted shared medium, and transmitting the content to a selected sharer through the selected shared medium. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit
And sorting and outputting the extracted one or more shared media based on the frequency of use of the user and the latest usage time. A communication unit that communicates with two or more terminal devices through a communication network to transmit and receive data for content sharing service;
A storage unit for storing a content sharing history of a user using one or more shared media;
Extracting one or more shared media to be recommended from the content sharing history based on the content information of content requested to be shared from the terminal device at the request of the terminal device connected through the communication unit, A service providing unit provided to the terminal device;
And transmitting the service request to the service providing apparatus. The method of claim 10, wherein the service providing unit
Wherein the content information is extracted by analyzing the content after receiving the content requested to be shared from the terminal device. The method of claim 10, wherein the service providing unit
And transmits the content to a shared medium selected from the terminal device among the extracted one or more shared media. Extracts content information related to the content, extracts one or more shared media to be recommended from the content sharing history using one or more shared media used by the user based on the extracted content information, A service device for providing the above shared medium; And
And a terminal device for receiving and outputting one or more extracted shared media from contents to be shared by the service device according to a content sharing request of the user and transmitting the contents through a selected shared medium among the output one or more shared media Content sharing service system. In the terminal device,
Storing a user's content sharing history via one or more shared media;
Analyzing the specific content and extracting content information related to the specific content when a sharing request for the specific content is input;
Extracting one or more shared media to be recommended from the content sharing history based on the extracted content information;
Providing the extracted one or more shared media to a user;
And providing the content sharing service. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the extracting of the content information comprises:
Analyzing tags or metadata of the specific contents to extract the contents information;
Recognizing an image included in the content using the image processing technique and extracting the information of the recognized image as the content information; And
Extracting one or more keywords from the converted text, and extracting the extracted keyword as the content information, after converting the voice included in the content using the voice-to-text conversion technology into text, Wherein the content sharing service providing method comprises: 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the extracting of the content information comprises:
Assigning a weight to the one or more contents information based on the reliability of the extracted contents information when the one or more contents information is extracted in association with the specific contents;
Further comprising extracting valid content information from at least one extracted one or more pieces of content information in consideration of a given weight. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein providing the one or more shared media to a user comprises:
And sorting the extracted one or more shared media based on the frequency of use and the latest usage time of the user. A service device,
Storing a content sharing history of a user using one or more shared media;
Extracting at least one shared medium to be recommended from the content sharing history based on content information related to the specific content requested to be shared according to a request from the terminal device;
Providing the extracted one or more shared media to the terminal device;
The method of claim 1, 19. The method of claim 18,
Further comprising analyzing the specific content requested to be shared and extracting the content information related to the specific content. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the content sharing service providing method according to any one of claims 14 to 19 is recorded.

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