KR20230031739A - Method and system for providing contents - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing free content from a content providing service through a voucher. In accordance with the present invention, the content providing method includes the following steps of: providing a page including a thumbnail corresponding to content to a user terminal; receiving a selection for the thumbnail from the user terminal; providing an episode list for at least one episode included in the content corresponding to the thumbnail to the user terminal; when one item in the episode list is selected from the user terminal, checking whether a voucher for a specific episode corresponding to the item exists in a user account logged in the user terminal; and providing the specific episode to the user terminal, based on the checked result. Therefore, the present invention is capable of inducing the user to use the episode through the voucher.

Description

Method and system for providing content {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS}

The present invention relates to methods and systems for providing content.

As technology develops, utilization of digital devices is increasing. In particular, electronic devices (eg, smart phones, tablet PCs, etc.) have various functions such as web surfing using the Internet, listening to music, and watching videos, as well as communication functions such as phone calls and text messages.

Thanks to the popularization of electronic devices, unlike traditional content consumption media, consumption of content provided through electronic devices such as PCs and mobile devices is rapidly increasing. As an example, there is a webtoon.

As the consumption of such content steadily increases, various operators (or content-related operators) are developing services that allow more users to use their content.

For example, in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0069281 (Webtoon Multilingual Support System and Method), the webtoon user's language is determined and the webtoon booklet method and language are changed according to the language used, It provides a way for users to use web contents without language restrictions.

In this way, in order to induce consumption and interest of consumers for content, various studies have been conducted. Furthermore, there is still a need to attract more consumers by improving consumers' purchase intention for content and at the same time to maintain continuous consumption of content.

The present invention relates to a method and system for intuitively providing content-related usage right information to a user.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to a content method and system for managing content of interest to a user and providing information related to the content of interest.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing content that enables continuous consumption of content.

In order to solve the problems described above, a content providing method according to the present invention includes providing a page including a thumbnail corresponding to content to a user terminal, receiving a selection for the thumbnail from the user terminal Step, providing the user terminal with an episode list for at least one episode included in the content corresponding to the thumbnail, if any one item from the episode list is selected from the user terminal, to the user terminal Checking whether the logged-in user account has a right to use a specific episode corresponding to any one of the items, and providing the specific episode to the user terminal based on the check result, wherein the Thumbnails include a plurality of information display areas, each disposed at different locations, and one of the plurality of information display areas includes usage right information on a usage right available in the content, and whether the usage right exists In the checking step, it is possible to check whether a use right corresponding to the use right information displayed in any one area exists in the user account.

Furthermore, the content providing system according to the present invention provides a page including a storage unit for storing information on a user account, a communication unit for communicating with a user terminal corresponding to the user account, and a thumbnail corresponding to the content to the user terminal and a control unit providing an episode list for at least one episode included in content corresponding to the thumbnail to the user terminal when receiving a selection for the thumbnail from the user terminal. and when any one item of the episode list is selected from the user terminal, it is checked whether a user account logged in to the user terminal has a right to use a specific episode corresponding to the one item, Based on the confirmation result, the specific episode is provided to the user terminal, and the thumbnail includes a plurality of information display areas respectively disposed at different locations, and in any one of the plurality of information display areas, the content The right to use information on the right to use available in is included, and to check whether the right to use exists, it is possible to check whether the right to use corresponding to the right to use information displayed in any one area exists in the user account.

Furthermore, a program executed by one or more processes in an electronic device according to the present invention and stored in a computer-readable recording medium provides a page including thumbnails corresponding to contents to a user terminal; Receiving a selection for the thumbnail from the user terminal, providing the user terminal with an episode list for at least one episode included in the content corresponding to the thumbnail, from the user terminal, the episode list If any one of the items is selected, checking whether the user account logged in to the user terminal has the right to use a specific episode corresponding to the one item, and based on the check result, the user terminal includes instructions for performing the step of providing the specific episode, wherein the thumbnail includes a plurality of information display areas respectively disposed at different locations, and in one of the plurality of information display areas, the content In the step of checking whether the right to use is included, and whether the right to use exists, it is possible to check whether the right to use corresponding to the right to use information displayed in any one area exists in the user account.

As described above, the method and system for providing content according to the present invention checks whether the user account has the right to use the content, and provides a specific episode based on the right to use, so that the user uses the episode through the right to use. can be induced to do so.

Furthermore, the method and system for providing content according to the present invention include and provide information on the right to use available in the content in the thumbnail corresponding to the content, so that the user can intuitively recognize the content available through the right to use the user possesses. can make it possible

Furthermore, the method and system for providing a right to use for reading content according to the present invention can induce continuous consumption of the user's content by providing information on the user's interest content to the user terminal.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a user environment in which content is provided in a method and system for providing a right to use according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram for explaining a content providing system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a right to use according to the present invention.
4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the genre of content according to the present invention.
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method of issuing a use right in the content providing system according to the present invention.
13a, 13b, 13c, 14, 15, and 16 are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method of providing content that can be viewed with a license.
17 are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method of guiding information related to a right to use.
18 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method according to the present invention.
19 to 21 are conceptual diagrams for explaining the use right service page provided in the present invention.
22 is a flowchart for explaining a content providing method according to the present invention.
23, 24 and 25 are conceptual diagrams for explaining thumbnails provided in the present invention.
26 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a user page provided in the present invention.
27, 28, 29 and 30 are conceptual diagrams for explaining notification information provided in the present invention.

Hereinafter, the embodiments disclosed in this specification will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the same reference numerals will be assigned to the same or similar components regardless of reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. The suffixes "module" and "unit" for components used in the following description are given or used together in consideration of ease of writing the specification, and do not have meanings or roles that are distinct from each other by themselves. In addition, in describing the embodiments disclosed in this specification, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the embodiment disclosed in this specification, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the accompanying drawings are only for easy understanding of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, the technical idea disclosed in this specification is not limited by the accompanying drawings, and all changes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention , it should be understood to include equivalents or substitutes.

Terms including ordinal numbers, such as first and second, may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. These terms are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

It is understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in the middle. It should be. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another element, it should be understood that no other element exists in the middle.

Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In this application, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to designate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features It should be understood that the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof is not precluded.

The present invention relates to a method for providing a right to use for reading content and a system therefor, which can improve consumption of content by inducing use of the content.

The content providing system 100 described in the present invention is a system that includes or is connected to the content providing system, and the license issued through the content providing system 100 can be used to browse the content provided by the content providing system. can

In the present invention, using the term “content providing system 100”, a method of issuing a license for reading content provided by the content providing system is described, but this license issuing function is performed in the “content providing system”. In this case, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the “contents providing system 100” can also be referred to as a “contents providing system”.

Meanwhile, types of content to which the present invention can be applied may be very diverse. For example, at least one of contents such as webtoon, webnovel, music, e-book, video, image, etc. can be read through the use right issued in the present invention.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, contents corresponding to webtoons will be described as an example. Here, a webtoon is a combination of a web and a cartoon, and means a cartoon or cartoon provided through an Internet communication network.

Such content may be composed of a plurality of sub-contents. A plurality of sub-contents may constitute a series of contents.

Here, a series may mean a continuous project or content.

In the present invention, in order to avoid confusion between terms of content and sub-content, “sub-content” is named “episode”.

These episodes may be composed of any one product type of “free product type” and “paid product type”.

"Episodes with free product type" may refer to episodes that can be used immediately without payment of electronic money (or digital currency), coupons, or tickets (or reading tickets) in order for the user to use (or view) the episode. there is.

Conversely, "episode with a paid product type" may mean an episode that can be used only when the user pays electronic money, coupons, or tickets (or viewing rights) to use (or view) the episode. .

Among a plurality of episodes constituting specific content, a product type of a specific episode having a paid product type may be converted into a free product type based on elapse of a predetermined time related to product type conversion. The preset time associated with the product type conversion may be set by the manager of the content providing system 100 according to the present invention.

The voucher issued by the content providing system 100 according to the present invention can be used to view episodes corresponding to the paid product type.

Hereinafter, a method and system for issuing a license to view contents composed of episodes having the paid product type described above will be described in more detail along with the accompanying drawings. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a user environment in which content is provided in a method and system for providing a right to use according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket provided in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention is used through a page related to the use of the ticket (or can be named “screen”, 300) on which information related to the content is output. It can be.

The page 300 related to the use of the right to use may be displayed on the terminal 200 through an application or a web browser. Through the application, a series of processes related to the use of the right to use paid in the content providing system according to the present invention can be performed. In this case, the application is at least part of the functions performed in the content providing system 100 as described above. can be performed.

The page 300 related to the use of a license includes at least one of a first area 310 including information related to a voucher paid to a user account and a second area 320 including information related to content, as illustrated. can do.

In the first area 310, information related to the vouchers paid to the user account, for example, information on the number of vouchers (or free passes) held, information on the remaining time until voucher payment (or charging), voucher payment (or charging) standard Information (eg, time, number, etc.) may be output. Information related to the right to use may be updated and output when the right to use is paid or the right to use is deducted.

In the second area 320, information related to the content, for example, thumbnails of the content, author name information of the content, and information related to the number of views of the content may be displayed.

The user may select a region corresponding to any one content among information related to content included in the second region 320 . When there is such a user selection, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention may provide list information corresponding to a plurality of episodes constituting the selected content to the terminal.

Here, the list may include a plurality of items 330 corresponding to each of a plurality of episodes. In addition, episode status information (or current status information) may be matched to episode items 330 respectively corresponding to a plurality of episodes.

Episode status information includes i) information indicating that the episode can be viewed with a pass (eg, “PASS FREE”, 340), ii) information related to viewing conditions for paid episodes (eg, electronic money deducted from viewing (cookies) ), at least one of 350).

The episode item matched with information notifying that the episode can be viewed with the pass (for example, “PASS FREE”, 340) is an episode that can be viewed using the pass, and information indicating that the episode can be viewed with the pass (for example, “PASS FREE”). ”, 340) may be episodes that cannot be viewed with a subscription.

On the other hand, the controller 130 may limit the viewing by the right to use for an episode that satisfies a preset condition among episodes having a plurality of paid product types uploaded.

At this time, the episode that satisfies the pre-set condition in which viewing is restricted through the right of use may be at least one episode most recently updated in the server of the content providing service. That is, in the present invention, viewing of the latest episode of paid products can be restricted through a use right.

As shown in FIG. 1, the episode item 340 to which “PASS FREE” is matched is an episode that can be viewed through a pass, and the item 350 to which “PASS FREE” is not matched can be viewed through a pass. There may be no episodes.

The user can view an episode item (eg, 195: dollar Bill Heart, 360) to which the information 340 indicating that the episode can be viewed with the ticket is matched using the paid ticket.

On the other hand, in FIG. 1, information 340 indicating that the episode can be viewed with a subscription is displayed for each item corresponding to the episode, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

That is, information notifying that it is an episode can be displayed on at least one of a thumbnail of the content or a detailed information page (or content entry page, 1360) for the content reviewed together with FIG. 13C to be described later.

In this case, for each episode item, even if the information 340 indicating that it is an episode is not displayed, if the specific content is content that can be viewed with a license, the user uses the license held in the user account to use the specific episode item corresponding to the specific content. can be read.

Meanwhile, even in this case, even if the specific content is viewable with the right to use, at least some of the episodes included in the specific content that satisfy the preset conditions may not be available through the right to use.

As described above, the episode satisfying the preset condition may be at least one episode most recently updated in the server of the content providing service. That is, in the present invention, viewing of the latest episode of paid products can be restricted through a use right.

In this way, the user can browse the content through the use right provided by the use pass issuance and payment system 100 according to the present invention. Hereinafter, a series of processes of providing the right to use to the user account and providing the right to use to the user account based on the user's request will be described in more detail with reference to drawings.

2 is a block diagram for explaining a content providing system according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a method for providing a right to use according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining genres of content according to the present invention. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method of issuing a use right in the content providing system according to the present invention, and FIG. 13a , FIGS. 13b, 13c, 14, 15, and 16 are conceptual diagrams for explaining a method of providing contents that can be viewed with a use right, and FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for guiding information related to a use right. . 18 is a flowchart for explaining a content providing method according to the present invention, and FIGS. 19 to 21 are conceptual diagrams for explaining a right to use service page provided in the present invention. 19 to 21 are conceptual diagrams for explaining the use right service page provided in the present invention. 22 is a flowchart for explaining a content providing method according to the present invention, and FIGS. 23, 24 and 25 are conceptual diagrams for explaining thumbnails provided in the present invention. Furthermore, FIG. 26 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a user page provided in the present invention, and FIGS. 27, 28, 29, and 30 are conceptual diagrams for explaining notification information provided in the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the content providing system 100 may include at least one of a communication unit 110 , a storage unit 120 and a control unit 130 .

Here, the communication unit 110, from the user terminal 200, may play a role of receiving a use request for the right to use.

As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 200 is not limited in its type, and includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, and a slate PC. , tablet PC, ultrabook, desktop computer, digital broadcasting terminal, PDA (personal digital assistants), PMP (portable multimedia player), navigation, wearable device (for example, , watch type terminal (smartwatch), glass type terminal (smart glass), HMD (head mounted display)), and the like. In the present invention, a terminal may be used interchangeably with an electronic device, and the same code '200' as the terminal may be given to the electronic device.

Next, the storage unit 120 may store user information subscribed to a service provided by the content providing system 100 (or a right to use system) according to the present invention (eg, a system to provide a right to use a webtoon).

Such user information may include information about a user account (eg, ID (identification)). The user can use the webtoon content using the right to use by logging in to the service provided by the content providing system (or the right to use) using a user account according to the present invention.

Furthermore, the storage unit 120 includes at least one history server 100a or a history DB (data base) including history information including various information related to the right to use allocated to the user account (or various information related to the use of the right to use). ) may be included.

The history server 100a that stores a plurality of pieces of history information may exist as a separate component from the storage unit 120 . In this case, the content providing system 100 may refer to the history server 100a to issue a right to use for a user account.

Next, the control unit 130 may perform a series of controls for allocating use rights to user accounts.

Hereinafter, together with the above configuration, a method of issuing (paying or charging) a license used for viewing content in the present invention will be described.

The content providing system 100 according to the present invention may provide usable use rights for each content genre to a user account subscribed to a content providing service.

More specifically, the method of providing a right of use according to the present invention includes, for a user account subscribed to a content providing service, a right of use of a first type usable for reading content of a first genre and content of a second genre different from the first genre. A process of providing a predetermined number of second-type vouchers available for viewing may proceed (S310).

In the present invention, the content to which the right of use is applied may be classified into at least one genre among a plurality of genres for the content. The controller 130 may match information related to at least one genre among a plurality of genres to each content.

Here, the content genre may be a criterion for classifying content similar in subject, content (or plot), atmosphere, form, etc. into the same group.

Such a content genre may include a main genre, which is a higher level concept, and a sub-genre, which is a lower level concept of the main genre. In the present invention, for convenience of description, a plurality of main genres are referred to as a first genre and a second genre. That is, in the present invention, for convenience of description, the genre of the content is described as an example of the first genre and the second genre, but the genre of the content may exist in various ways.

As shown in FIG. 4 , content may be primarily classified into at least one of a first genre 410 and a second genre 420 . For example, content may be classified into one of a first genre (NOVEL or novel, 410) and a second genre (COMIX, or comic, 420). The content classified as the first genre (NOVEL, 410) is at least one of a plurality of sub-genres 430 such as 'romantic fantasy genre', 'martial arts genre', 'period drama genre', and 'romance genre'. can be classified as In addition, the content classified as the second genre (COMIX, 420) is at least one sub-genre 440 of a plurality of sub-genres 440 such as 'genre of romance', 'boy genre', 'drama genre', and 'martial arts genre'. It can be classified by genre.

Information related to any one main genre and sub-genre among a plurality of genres may be matched to each content. Information related to the genre matched to the content may be set by a manager of the content providing system (or the right to use system 100).

As such, information related to at least one of the first genre and the second genre may be matched to the content applied in the present invention. In the present invention, the content matched with information related to the first genre is named 'contents of the first genre', and the content matched with information related to the second genre is named 'contents of the second genre'.

On the other hand, the controller 130 may initially provide a predetermined number of first-type usage rights available for viewing contents of a first genre and second-type usage rights available for viewing contents of a second genre with respect to a user account. there is.

At this time. An initial point in time at which the right to use is provided to the user account as many as the preset number may be defined in various ways. For example, the initial time point is i) when a specific service that can use the first type of pass and the second type of pass is launched, ii) when a user account is subscribed (created) to a content providing service, iii) In the user account, it can be defined in various ways, such as the time when the specific service is to be used for the first time.

Here, the preset number may mean the maximum number of first-type usage rights and second-type usage rights that can be held in the user account. The preset number may be set to the same number for the first type of use right and the second type of use right, or may be set to be different from each other. In the present invention, for convenience of description, it is described as an example that the preset number of the first type of use right and the second type of use right are set to be the same. Furthermore, this preset number may be set by a manager of the content providing system 100 according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the controller 130 controls a plurality of users (eg, a first user 510, a second user 520, a third user 530, and a fourth user) subscribed to a content providing service. In each user account of the user 540, '6' (511, 521, 531, 541) tickets of the first type available for browsing the content of the first genre and a second ticket available for viewing the content of the second genre are provided. '6' tickets (512, 522, 532, 542) of the type can be provided, respectively.

The users 510, 520, 530, and 540 may browse content corresponding to the use right type by using the use right granted to the user account. The user (510, 520, 530, 540) can view the content of the first genre using the first type of ticket (511, 521, 531, 541) granted to the user account, and the second type of ticket ( 512, 522, 532, 542), content of the second genre can be viewed.

The controller 130 may deduct a usage right held in the user account based on a request to use a usage right received from a user terminal logged into the user account, and provide content of a genre matched to the deducted usage right.

In this way, the control unit 130 may provide a predetermined number of usage rights to user accounts subscribed to the content providing service at the time of the first payment of the usage rights.

As described above, the 'time of first payment of the right to use' may be set by the administrator of the content providing system 100 according to the present invention. For example, the control unit 130 may collectively provide a predetermined number of first-type and second-type vouchers to all user accounts subscribed to the content providing service at the time of launching the voucher issuance service. can Furthermore, the control unit 130, for the user account subscribing to the content providing service at the time after the subscription payment service is launched, provides the first type and second type of usage rights by a predetermined number at the time when the subscription to the content providing service is completed. each can be provided.

On the other hand, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention may repeatedly provide additional tickets matched to different genres to the user account every time the ticket is paid.

More specifically, the method of providing a use right according to the present invention provides a first type of use right and a second type of use right to a user account after the first type of use right and the second type of use right are paid to the user account. A process of paying each at a predetermined time interval may proceed (S320).

In the present invention, the plurality of times occurring at each predetermined time interval may be referred to as a first use right payment time point and a second use right payment time point. The first use right payment time and the second use right payment time may be terms expressing any two points of time having a preset time interval.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when a plurality of voucher payment points are repeated every 2 hours (0:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00… 20:00, 22:00), 18:00 ( 610) and 20 o'clock 620, 18 o'clock 610 may be the first voucher payment time point and 20 o'clock 620 may be the second voucher payment timing. In addition, in the relationship between 20:00 620 and 22:00 630, 20:00 620 may be a first use voucher payment time and 22:00 630 may be a second use voucher payment time.

In order to specify the time of payment of the right to use, the controller 130 may perform counting for a preset time. When the counted time corresponds to the preset time, the controller 130 may initialize (or reset) the counted time and perform counting for the preset time again.

The control unit 130 may determine that an event allocation event has occurred at each repeated point of payment of the voucher. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a ticket allocation event 640 occurs every 2 hours (0:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00… 20:00, 22:00) can happen The control unit 130 may perform a process for providing a license related to payment of a license for each user account based on the license allocation event 640 that occurs every 2 hours.

On the other hand, the use right paid to the user account may be processed for payment of the use right only when the user uses it for viewing actual episodes. Tickets paid in the content providing system 100 may have respective serial numbers, and information on the tickets may further include content and episode information for which the tickets are used. That is, the vouchers issued to the user account at each point of payment of the plurality of vouchers may represent information on the vouchers available in the user account, and the actual payment of the vouchers may be made when a request to view content (or episodes) is received from the user terminal. can be made based on

Meanwhile, the use right payment process may refer to a process of determining whether each user account satisfies the use right payment standard and providing the use right only to user accounts that satisfy the use right payment standard. A more detailed description will be given later.

Meanwhile, in the method for providing a right to use according to the present invention, a process of receiving a viewing request related to reading specific content from a user terminal corresponding to a user account may proceed (S330).

As described above with reference to FIG. 1 , the control unit 130 may output list information corresponding to a plurality of episodes constituting content to the user terminal 200 . The user may select a region corresponding to an episode to be viewed from among list information output to the user terminal 200 . When there is a selection of one area by the user, the controller 130 may determine that there is a request to view an episode corresponding to the one area selected by the user from the user terminal.

A viewing request for such an episode may be received through a page provided by the content providing service according to the present invention. Such a page may be a screen displaying an episode list discussed in (b) of FIG. 1 above.

Furthermore, the page on which the viewing request for the episode is received may be a page related to the use of the right to use.

As described above with reference to FIG. 1 , the controller 130 may provide the user terminal 200 with a page 300 related to the use of a right to use. The page 300 related to use of a license may include at least one of a first area 310 including information related to a use right paid to a user account and a second area 320 including information related to content.

The user may request selection of specific content by selecting a region corresponding to any one content among information related to content included in the second region 320 .

Based on the selection request for specific content received from the user terminal 200, the control unit 130 transmits list information including items 330 corresponding to each of a plurality of episodes constituting specific content to the user terminal 200. can be provided to

The user may input a selection for a specific item corresponding to a specific episode from list information displayed on the terminal 200 . Selection of a specific item corresponding to a specific episode of the user may be received through the communication unit 110 according to the present invention.

Here, selection of a specific item corresponding to a specific episode may mean a request to view the specific episode.

For example, in the list information shown in FIG. 1, if the user selects the area 360 corresponding to “195: dollar Bill Heart”, the controller 130 determines the “195: dollar Bill Heart” It can be judged that there is a reading request.

A method of providing a right of use according to the present invention is a process of deducting any one of a first type of right of use and a second type of right of use held in a user account, based on a request to view specific content received from a user terminal. This may proceed (S340).

When receiving a selection for a specific item corresponding to a specific episode, the controller 130 may determine whether the specific episode is an episode that can be viewed according to the right to use. That is, the controller 130 may determine whether the episode specified by the viewing request is an episode that can be viewed by the right to use.

Information on whether the episode is viewable by the right of use may be included in status information corresponding to each episode. Based on this status information, the control unit 130 may determine whether a specific episode for which a viewing request is made is an episode that can be viewed through a use right held in a user account.

As described above, the status information of the episode is i) information indicating that the episode can be viewed with a pass (eg, “PASS FREE”, 340), ii) information related to viewing conditions for paid episodes (eg, deducted when viewing The number of electronic money (cookies) to be used, 350) may include at least one. Furthermore, if the specific episode is one of the most recently updated episodes in the server of the content providing service, the controller 130 may determine that the specific episode is an episode whose viewing is restricted by the right to use. That is, in the present invention, viewing of the latest episode can be restricted through a use right.

The control unit 130 may determine that the episode specified by the reading request is an episode that can be viewed by the usage right, when the state information of the episode specified by the viewing request includes information indicating that the episode can be viewed by the usage right.

If the episode specified by the reading request is an episode that can be viewed with the right to use, the controller 130 determines which genre of the first genre and the second genre is the genre corresponding to the episode (or specific content) specified by the reading request. You can check. That is, the controller 130 may specify a genre corresponding to specific content as one of the first genre and the second genre.

When a genre corresponding to a specific content is specified, the controller 130 may check whether a usage right of a type corresponding to the specified genre exists (holds) in the user account. In this case, the user account may be a user account that has requested viewing of specific content.

As a result of checking, if there is (possessed) a usage right of a type corresponding to the specified genre in the user account, the controller 130 may deduct the usage right of the type corresponding to the specified genre. Specifically, the control unit 130, if the genre corresponding to the specific content corresponds to the first genre and the user account has the first type of use right that can be used to browse the content of the first genre, the first type of right of use can be deducted.

For example, when there is a request to view content corresponding to the first genre from the first user account 510, the controller 130 provides the first user account 510 with information available in the content of the first genre. It may be checked whether the first type of right of use exists.

And, as a result of the check, if the first type of use right exists in the first user account 510, the controller 130 deducts the first type of use right held in the first user account 510 by the number of reading requests. And, a specific episode of specific content corresponding to the reading request may be provided to the user terminal. Also, as illustrated, the control unit 130 may change information on the number of tickets of the first type matched to the first user account 510 from '6' (511) to '5'.

Furthermore, when there is another request to view content corresponding to the first genre from the first user account, the controller 130 similarly controls the first user account 510 to view the first genre. It is possible to check whether there is a first type of use right available in the content of .

And, as a result of the check, if the first type of use right exists in the first user account 510, the controller 130 deducts the first type of use right held in the first user account 510 by the number of reading requests. And, a specific episode of specific content corresponding to the reading request may be provided to the user terminal. And, as illustrated, information on the number of tickets of the first type matched with the first user account 510 may be changed from '5' to '4' (711). On the other hand, if there is a request to view content corresponding to the second genre from the first user account 510, the controller 130 sends the first user account 510 It is possible to check whether there is a second type of use right available in the content.

And, as a result of the check, if the second type of use right exists in the first user account 510, the control unit 130 deducts the second type of use right held in the first user account 510 by the number of reading requests, , A specific episode of specific content corresponding to the reading request may be provided to the user terminal. And, as illustrated, the control unit 130 may change information on the number of tickets of the second type matched to the first user account 510 from '6' 512 to '5' 712 (see FIG. 7 ). ).

On the other hand, if the user account does not have a use right of a type corresponding to a specific genre of the specific content corresponding to the reading request, the control unit 130 determines that even if a use right of a genre different from the specific genre exists in the user account, the user account may not deduct the use rights available in other genres held in Specifically, the controller 130 responds to a request to view the content of the first genre from the user account, and as a result of checking the right to use held in the user account, the first type of right available for viewing the content of the first genre does not exist. And, if there is only the second type of right to use for browsing the content of the second genre, none of the right to use may be deducted.

That is, the control unit 130 may deduct the right of use held in the user account only when there is a right of use of a specific type that can be used to view contents of a specific genre corresponding to a specific content in the user account. As such, the ticket issued by the content providing system 100 according to the present invention can be used only for content of a genre corresponding to the ticket type, and cross-use for other genres may not be possible.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12 , the number of first-type vouchers held in the third user account 530 is '0' (1210), and the number of second-type vouchers is '4' (1220 units). ), the control unit 130 does not deduct the first type of use right and the second type of use right even if there is a request to view the content corresponding to the first genre from the third user account 530. may not be

Furthermore, the control unit 130 checks whether there is a right to use corresponding to a genre corresponding to the specific content in the user account, and if there is no right to use a genre corresponding to the specific content in the user account, the user terminal displays a specific episode. Information on payment methods available in the user account can be provided for viewing.

Here, the payable means may be "digital currency" used for content use. Digital currency is a form of money that is used digitally (stored in a computer or used on a network), and may also be referred to as “cyber money.” Such digital currency may refer to money in which monetary value is stored in an electronic form. For example, digital currency may be named by any name such as bean, bean, acorn, or corn.

On the other hand, in the method of providing the right to use according to the present invention, when the right to use held in the user account is deducted, a process of providing a specific episode of specific content specified by the reading request to the user terminal 200 may proceed (S350). ).

In this case, the control unit 130 may provide the user terminal 200 with information notifying that the use right of the type corresponding to the genre of the specific content has been deducted, together with the specific episode. For example, information such as "The right to use the comic genre has been deducted" may be controlled to be output to the user terminal 200 .

In this way, the user can browse the content through the use right issued by the content providing system 100 according to the present invention. To this end, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention repeatedly grants the user account the right to use each genre to view content of each genre.

Through the use right issuing service according to the present invention, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention can induce users to consume content and maintain interest in the content continuously.

Meanwhile, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention may grant a user account a right to use only when a predetermined criterion for payment of a right to use is satisfied so that the user's interest in the content may lead to paid payment. Hereinafter, a detailed description of the use right payment standard for paying the use right will be given.

The content providing system 100 according to the present invention may issue a use right to a user account at this point in time, which is repeated every preset time.

The controller 130 may issue a use right to the right of use account when the number of each of the first type and second type of use tickets held in the user account at the time of payment of the use pass is less than a preset number.

To this end, the control unit 130 may determine whether at least one of the number of first-type and second-type usage rights held in the user account is less than a preset number at the time of payment of the usage rights.

As a result of the determination, the control unit 130 determines that, at the time of payment of the voucher, if the number of vouchers of the first type and the voucher of the second type held in the user account is less than the preset number, the number corresponds to less than the preset number. A specific number of vouchers of a type may be provided to a user account.

In addition, as a result of the determination, the control unit 130, if the number of at least one type of the first type of use ticket and the second type of use right held in the user account is a preset number, the type of use voucher corresponding to the preset number. Users may not pay.

That is, the maximum number of first-type and second-type usage rights that can be held in the user account may be as many as the preset number.

According to this determination, the control unit 130 either pays both the first type and the second type of pass to the user account (case 1), or ii) provides both the first and second type of pass (case 2), iii) only the first type of voucher can be paid (case 3), or iv) only the second type of voucher can be paid (case 4).

Looking at the case where both the first type and the second type of pass are paid (case 1), the control unit 130 determines that the first and second type of pass held in the user account are If all of them are less than the preset number, a specific number of first-type and second-type vouchers may be provided to the user account.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , the number of first-type vouchers held in the first user account 510 is '4' (711) and the number of second-type vouchers is '5' (712). In this case, as shown in FIG. 8 , the controller 130 assigns the first type 811 and the second type 812 to the first user account at the time of the first pass payment (20:00, 620). Each can be paid for one.

Next, looking at the case where both the first type and the second type of pass are not paid (case 2), the control unit 130 uses the first type and the second type of pass held in the user account at this time. If all of the use rights of are the preset number, the first type of use right and the second type of use right may not be additionally provided to the user account.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , when the number of first-type and second-type usage tickets held in the second user account 520 is '6' (721, 722), the same as shown in FIG. Similarly, the control unit 130 may not provide additional use rights to the second user account 520 at the first use right payment point (620 at 20:00). That is, for a user account having the maximum number of use rights that can be held in a user account, the number of use rights may not increase even if the time of payment of the use rights has elapsed.

Next, looking at the case in which only the first type of voucher is paid (case 3), the control unit 130 determines that the number of vouchers of the first type held in the user account is less than the preset number and the voucher of the second type at this point in time. When the number of holdings is a predetermined number, only the first type of use rights may be provided to the user account by a specific number, and the second type of use rights may not be provided.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , when the number of first-type vouchers possessed by the third user account 530 is '4' (731) and the number of second-type vouchers is '6' (732). , As shown in FIG. 8 , the controller 130 may additionally provide only the second type of voucher 813 to the third user account 530 at the first voucher payment point (20:00, 620). .

Next, looking at the case where only the second type of use right is paid (case 4), the control unit 130 determines that the number of first type use rights held in the user account is a preset number and the second type of use right at this point in time. If the number of holdings is less than the preset number, only the second type of use vouchers may be provided to the user account by a specific number without providing the first type of use vouchers.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , when the number of first-type vouchers possessed by the fourth user account 540 is '6' (741) and the number of second-type vouchers is '4' (742). , As shown in FIG. 8 , the controller 130 may additionally provide only the second type of voucher 814 to the fourth user account 540 at the first voucher payment point (20:00, 620).

Meanwhile, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention repeatedly issues a use right to a user account at a point in time when the right to use is repeated at predetermined time intervals.

To this end, the controller 130 may perform time counting for the lapse of a preset time. The control unit 130 may specify a time point for payment of the voucher using the result of performing the counting.

Here, counting for the lapse of a preset time may mean counting the time until the counting information reaches the preset time.

The controller 130 may initialize counting information for the lapse of a preset time when the point of time for payment of the voucher is specified. At this time, initializing the counting information may mean a preparation step for starting a new counting by initializing the counted time to '0 (eg, 00 minutes and 00 seconds)'.

Regarding this counting information, the controller 130 may limit time counting from being stopped or counting information from being initialized, except when the counted time corresponds to a preset time.

That is, in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention, control is performed so that the point of time for payment of the pass is specified based only on counting information counting for the lapse of a preset time, and other events that occur (eg, deduction of the pass (or use), payment of the right to use, or non-payment of the right to use).

In detail, the controller 130 may maintain time counting for the lapse of a predetermined time from the point of payment of the first type of pass even if the first type of pass and the second type of pass are not paid to the user account. When the first type of use voucher and the second type of use right are not paid to the user account, it may be the case that the first type of use voucher and the second type of use voucher held in the user account at the time of payment of the use voucher are a preset number, respectively. .

Here, maintaining time counting for the lapse of a preset time means performing counting for a preset time based on the time of payment of the voucher, and initializing the counting information when the counting information corresponds to the preset time. , may mean re-performing counting for a preset time elapsed. For example, the controller 130 may initialize counting information and restart time counting for the lapse of a preset time, even if the first type of use right and the second type of use right are not paid to the user account.

That is, the control unit 130 controls the first type of use right and the second type of right of use held in the user account at the time of the second use right when a predetermined time has elapsed from the time of payment of the first use right, regardless of whether the use right is not paid to the user account. The confirmation of the number of possessions of each right of use may be performed again. The voucher payment process according to the confirmation result may repeat the process described above.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8 , at the point of time (20:00, 620) when the first use pass is given, the first user 510 is provided with the first type use pass 811 and the second type use pass 812, and Even if the first type of pass and the second type of pass are not paid to the user account 2, the controller 130 initializes the counting information at the point of payment of the first pass (20:00, 620) and performs time counting for a preset time. can be done again.

Furthermore, the controller 130 performs time counting for the lapse of a preset time, even if at least one of the first type of use right and the second type of use right held in the user account is deducted (or used). can keep

As described above, maintaining time counting for the lapse of a preset time means performing counting for a preset time based on the point of payment of the voucher, and initializing the counting information when the counting information corresponds to the preset time. After that, it may mean re-performing the counting for the lapse of a preset time. For example, the controller 130 may control the counting of the preset time to not be interrupted even when an event of deducting the right to use held in the user account occurs while counting the preset time.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 , at a point in time (20:45, 621) between the first pass payment point (20:00, 620) and the first pass pass payment point (22:00, 630). , A deduction event 910 for '1' tickets of the first type held in the second user account 520 occurs, or an event for deducting '3' tickets of the second type held in the third user account 530. Even if step 920 is generated, counting for the elapsed time (2 hours) may be continuously performed without stopping.

On the other hand, in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention, a specific number of usage rights may be provided to a user account.

Here, the specific number may be the number of first-type or second-type vouchers that are issued to the user account at each point in time when the voucher is paid. This specific number may be set differently or the same for each of the first type of use right and the second type of right of use. In the present invention, for convenience of explanation, the specific number of the first type of use right and the second type of use right will be described as an example. This specific number may be set by the administrator of the content providing system 100 according to the present invention.

This specific number may be the same regardless of the deducted number of the use rights held in the user account between the time of payment of the first use right and the time of payment of the second use right.

That is, even if the first type of voucher is deducted from the user account after the first voucher is paid, the deducted number is greater than a specific number, or the voucher is not deducted, the second voucher is paid during the payment of the plurality of vouchers. At a point in time, a user account may be provided with a specific number of first-type vouchers.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 , after the first voucher issuance time (20:00, 621), i) the first user account 510 and the third user account 530 have a first type of When the right to use is not deducted, ii) when '1' number of first-type deduction events 910 occur in the second user account 520, iii) '3' number of points in the fourth user account 540 There may be a case where one type of ticket deduction event 930 occurs. In any case, as shown in FIG. 10 , one first type of voucher 1010 , 1020 , 1030 , and 1040 may be provided at the second voucher issuance point (22:00, 630 ).

Meanwhile, in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention, the maximum number of issuable tickets that can be issued to the user account for a certain period of time may be specified in the user account.

The maximum number of issuable vouchers may be set differently for the first type of voucher and the second type of voucher, or set identically for the first type of voucher and the second type of voucher. In the present invention, for convenience of description, an example in which the maximum issuable number of use tickets set for the first type and the second type is the same will be described. The maximum number of issuable tickets may be set by the manager of the content providing system 100 according to the present invention.

At the time of payment of the pass, the control unit 130 determines whether the first type of pass held in the user account is less than the preset number, and the first type paid to the user account for a certain period of time (for example, from 0:00 to 24:00). If the number of vouchers of the type is the maximum number of vouchers that can be issued, the first type of vouchers cannot be provided to the user account.

To this end, the control unit 130 may perform counting of the number of times of payment of the first type and the number of payments of the second type, respectively, in relation to the user account.

Here, counting the number of times of payment of the use right may mean counting the number of times of payment whenever the right to use is paid to the user account. For example, when the first type of voucher is issued to the user account, the control unit 130 changes information related to the number of times the first type of voucher is issued from '0' to '1', and assigns the second type of voucher to the user account. When the use right is paid, information related to the number of times the second type of use right is paid may be changed from '0' to '1'.

Furthermore, the controller 130 initializes the information related to the number of times of payment of the first type of voucher and the information related to the number of times of payment of the second type of voucher to '0' based on the elapse of a certain period of time (eg, one day). can do.

In this way, if the number of times of issuance of the first type of pass is the maximum number of issuances of the pass, the control unit 130 assigns the first type of pass to the user account even if the number of the first type of pass is less than the preset number. may not pay.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11, even if the number of first-type usage rights held in the first user account 510 is '5' at the time of payment of the second usage rights (22:00, 630), the first When the user account 510 has been issued with the maximum number of first-type usage rights, the first type of usage rights may not be issued (1110).

As such, the voucher issuance system 100 according to the present invention limits the number of first-type vouchers and second-type vouchers that can be provided to a user account for a certain period of time, and limits the first-type vouchers and the second-type vouchers. By restricting the cross payment of the right to use, it is possible to induce users to consume not only content corresponding to a specific genre, but also content corresponding to other genres.

On the other hand, the number of vouchers given above may also be expressed as the number of vouchers used, and the control unit 130 may limit the maximum number of vouchers that can be used in a user account for one day (day) for each genre. For example, For example, the controller 130 may control so that 12 vouchers for each genre can be maximally used, that is, provided. As a result, the user can use 12 episodes of the first genre and 12 episodes of the second genre as a ticket, respectively.

Hereinafter, a method and system for providing information related to the use of the right of use for the specific content for which the use of the above “right of use” is permitted will be described in more detail along with the accompanying drawings.

The control unit 130 may provide the user terminal with a basic page (or can be named “basic screen”, 1310) related to a content providing service or a ticket issuance (or use) service, as shown in FIG. 13A. .

Such a basic page 1310 may be output on a user terminal through an application or a web browser.

The basic page 1310 may include a menu associated with a page providing various functions related to a content providing service or a ticket issuance (or use) service. For example, as shown in FIG. 13A , the basic page 1310 may include a menu (free BOX, 1311) specialized for use of a voucher.

Here, a menu (free box icon, 1311) specialized for use of a pass may be a menu associated with a pass service page (free box page, 1320) that provides services related to the pass.

The user may select a menu (1311, free BOX icon) specialized for use of a pass on the basic page 1310. The controller 130 may receive a request for selecting a menu (1311, free BOX icon) specialized for use of the right to use from the user terminal.

When receiving a request to select a menu (1311, free BOX icon) specialized for use of a pass from the user terminal, the controller 130 provides a pass service page (free BOX page, 1320) to the user terminal as shown in FIG. 13B can do.

As shown in FIG. 13B, the right to use service page 1320 includes i) a first area 1330 including information on the right to use held in the user account, ii) thumbnails of contents corresponding to the preferred genre of the user account a second area 1340 including (thumbnail) and iii) a third area 1350 receiving a user input for displaying thumbnails of content in a genre different from the preferred genre on the second area. can

First, the first region 1330 will be described in more detail. The configuration of the first region 1330 is only an example and can be modified in various ways.

In the first area 1330, a first graphic object 1331 indicating the number of first type usage rights held in the user account and a second graphic object indicating the number of the second type usage rights held in the user account ( 1332) may be output.

The control unit 130 can intuitively provide the user with information related to the number (or quantity) of tickets held by the user by displaying the number of tickets of the first type and the number of tickets of the second type, respectively, held in the user account. there is. As an example, as shown in FIG. 13A , the control unit 130 determines the number (4) of the maximum number of first-type use tickets held in the user account among the maximum number of first-type use tickets (6), and the maximum The number (6) of the number (6) of the second type of use vouchers that can be held in the user account may be displayed as graphic objects (1331 and 1332).

To this end, the control unit 130, when there is a request for selecting a menu (1311, free BOX icon) specialized for use of a pass from the user terminal, checks the number of first-type and second-type passes matched to the user account. can

Furthermore, the controller 130 changes the visual appearance of the first graphic object 1331 and the second graphic object 1332 output to the first area based on the change in the type and number of tickets held in the user account. can As an example, when the controller 130 pays the first type of use right and the second type of use right to the user account based on the occurrence of the use right payment event, the first graphic object 1331 and the second graphic object ( 1332) can be updated by the number to which a specific number is added.

Further, in the first area 1310, information 333 regarding time counting for counting the point of time of payment of the voucher according to a preset time interval may be displayed.

Here, the time counting information 1333 is time information counted from the first voucher payment point to the present time, or, as shown in FIG. 13B, information related to the remaining time from the current time point to the second voucher payment time can

The controller 130 may update time counting information 1333 output on the first area 1330 based on the counting of time.

Meanwhile, the controller 130 may configure the second area 1340 and the third area 1350 of the subscription service page 1320 differently according to the user's preferred genre.

To this end, the control unit 130 receives a request for selecting a menu (1311, free BOX icon) specialized for use of a pass from the user terminal, the user matched with the user account among the first genre and the second genre provided by the content providing service. You can check your account's preferred genre.

Here, the preferred genre matched to the user account may be understood as a genre that the user prefers relatively more among the first genre and the second genre corresponding to each of the contents provided by the content providing service.

The controller 130 may specify a preferred genre of the user account based on contents of contents viewed in the user account, and match the preferred genre of the specified user account to the user account.

For example, the controller 130 may specify the first genre as the preferred genre of the user account when the number of times that the content corresponding to the first genre is viewed in the user account is greater than the number of times that the content corresponding to the second genre is viewed. can As another example, when content corresponding to the second genre is last viewed in the user account, the controller 130 may specify the second genre as the preferred genre of the user account.

Meanwhile, one subpage among a plurality of subpages may be displayed in the second area 1340 according to the user's preferred genre.

The subpage displayed in the second area 1340 includes a first subpage including thumbnails (Thumbnail, 1341, 1342) of contents included in the preferred genre of the user account and contents included in genres other than the preferred genre. It may be any one of second subpages including thumbnails.

The first subpage and the second subpage may be associated with the first graphic object 1351 and the second graphic object 1352 of the third area 1350 , respectively. The first graphic object 1351 is a first tab associated with the first sub-page including thumbnail information of content corresponding to the preferred genre, and the second graphic object 1352 is the content corresponding to a genre different from the preferred genre. It may be a second tap associated with a second subpage including thumbnail information.

The control unit 130 outputs the first subpage corresponding to the preferred genre of the user account to the second area 1340 and arranges the first graphic object 1351 ahead of the second graphic object 1352. It can be set to the default value (default value). That is, in the present invention, thumbnails of contents corresponding to the user's preferred genre may be first exposed to the user on the subscription service page 1320 .

The user may apply an input to the second graphic object 1352 of the third area 1350 on the subscription service page 1320 in order to check information (thumbnail) of content corresponding to a genre other than the preferred genre.

When the user input is applied to the second graphic object 1352, the controller 130 controls thumbnails of contents corresponding to the preferred genre to disappear from the second area, and displays contents corresponding to genres different from the preferred genre. You can control the display of thumbnails. That is, the controller 130 may output the second subpage to the second area 1340 based on the user's input to the second graphic object 1352 .

As such, the controller 130 may change information output to the second area based on selection of the graphic objects output to the third area.

14 and 15, the user-customized subscription service page 1320 will be described in more detail.

For example, the preferred genre matched to the first user account ('Hyostar') is the first genre (NOVEL), and the control unit 130 is configured to specialize in the use of the right from the first user account ('Hyostar'). When a menu (1311, free BOX icon) selection request is received, thumbnails 1411 and 1412 of contents included in the first genre (NOVEL) are displayed in the second area 1340 as shown in FIG. , 1413, 1414) may be displayed first. This first subpage may be a subpage associated with the first graphic object 1351 of the third region 1350 . When input is applied to the second graphic object 1351 of the third area 1350 from the first user account ('Hyostar'), the controller 130, as shown in (b) of FIG. 14, The second subpage associated with the second graphic object 1351 can be controlled to be output to the second area 1350 . This second subpage may include thumbnails (1421, 1422, 1423, 1424) of contents included in a second genre (COMIX) different from the preferred genre of the first user account ('Hyostar'). can By applying an input to the first graphic object 1351 of the third region 1350, the user displays thumbnails 1411, 1412, 1413, and 1414 of contents included in the first genre NOVEL, which is a preferred genre, as a second graphic object 1351. Area 1340 can be output again.

As another example, the preferred genre matched to the second user account (byeol) is the second genre (COMIX), and the control unit 130 provides a menu specialized for use of a pass from the second user account (byeol) (1311, Free BOX icon), thumbnails 1511, 1512, 1513, and 1514 of contents included in the second genre (COMIX) are displayed in the second area 1340 as shown in (a) of FIG. ) may be displayed first. This first subpage may be a subpage associated with the first graphic object 1351 of the third region 1350 . When an input is applied to the second graphic object 1351 of the third region 1350 from the second user account ('star'), the controller 130 displays the first graphic object 1351 as shown in FIG. 2 The second subpage associated with the graphic object 1351 can be controlled to be output to the second area 1350 . This second subpage may include thumbnails 1521, 1522, 1523, and 1524 of contents included in a first genre (NOVEL) different from the preferred genre of the second user account ('Star'). there is. By applying an input to the first graphic object 1351 of the third area 1350, the user displays thumbnails 1511, 1512, 1513, and 1514 of contents included in the second genre (COMIX), which is a preferred genre, as a second graphic object. Area 1340 can be output again.

In addition, thumbnails 1511 and 1512 of recommended content corresponding to the preferred genre (COMIX) matched to the second user account (byeol) are displayed in one area 1530 of the first subpage, and the first subpage Thumbnails 1513 and 1514 of popular content corresponding to a preferred genre (COMIX) matched to the second user account (Byul) may be displayed on another area 1540 of . In addition, thumbnails 1521 and 1522 of recommended content corresponding to a genre (NOVEL) different from the preferred genre matched to the second user account (byeol) are displayed in one region 1550 of the second sub-page. Thumbnails 1523 and 1524 of popular content corresponding to a genre (NOVEL) different from the preferred genre matched to the second user account (Byul) may be displayed on another area 1560 of the subpage.

Meanwhile, the thumbnail of the content displayed on the second area 1340 may be a thumbnail corresponding to a content included in at least one sub-genre among a plurality of sub-genres included in the preferred genre of the user account.

Here, as described above, the sub-genre may be understood as a sub-concept of each of the first genre and the second genre, which are the main genres. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 , the sub-genre of the first genre (NOVEL, 410) includes a plurality of sub-genres such as 'romantic fantasy genre', 'martial arts genre', 'period drama genre', and 'romance genre'. At least one of the genres 430, and the sub-genres of the second genre (COMIX, 420) include a plurality of sub-genres (440 ) may be at least one of

The controller 130 controls a plurality of sub-genres (eg, 'romantic fantasy genre', 'martial arts genre') included in the preferred genre (eg, NOVEL) of the user account based on the contents of the contents viewed in the user account. ', 'period drama genre', 'romance genre', 430) corresponding to at least one sub-genre (eg, 'romantic fantasy genre', 'romance genre') may be specified.

For example, the control unit 130 determines the number of viewings of content corresponding to the 'romantic fantasy genre' and 'romance genre' among the plurality of sub-genres 430 included in the preferred genre (NOVEL) of the user account in the user account. If the number of readings of content corresponding to other sub-genres is relatively greater, 'romantic fantasy genre' and 'romance genre' may be specified as at least one sub-genre among a plurality of sub-genres included in the preferred genre of the user account. .

The controller 130 may output a thumbnail corresponding to content included in the specified subgenre to the second area 1340 .

On the other hand, if there is an input to the second graphic object 1352 in the third area 1350 from the user terminal, the controller 130 displays a thumbnail of content corresponding to a genre different from the preferred genre of the user account in the second area ( 1340) can be exposed.

The controller 130 controls a plurality of sub-genres included in a genre (COMIX) different from the preferred genre of the user account (eg, 'genre of romance', 'genre of boys', 'genre of drama', 'genre of martial arts', 440). A sub-genre corresponding to at least one of the sub-genres (eg, 'genre of genuine' and 'genre of boys') may be specified.

In this case, the controller 13 may specify at least one sub-genre among a plurality of sub-genres included in genres different from the preferred genre of the user account, based on at least one of gender and age of the user corresponding to the user account. there is.

Based on the user's input to the second graphic object 1352 of the third area 1350, the controller 130 outputs a thumbnail corresponding to the content included in the specified subgenre to the second area 1340. can

For example, as shown in FIG. 16, when the user account's preferred genre is 'NOVEL' (1610), the first sub-page ('NOVEL tab', 1611) displays content corresponding to a sub-genre included in the NOVEL genre. Thumbnails of are exposed, and on the second sub page ('COMIX tab', 1612), thumbnails of content corresponding to a sub-genre specified based on the user's gender 1613 may be exposed.

As another example, as shown in FIG. 16, when the user account's preferred genre is 'COMIX' (1620), the first sub-page ('COMIX tab', 1621) displays content corresponding to the sub-genre included in the COMIX genre. Thumbnails of are exposed, and on the second subpage ('NOVEL tab', 1622), thumbnails of content corresponding to a sub-genre specified based on the user's gender 1624 may be exposed. Meanwhile, the control unit 130 displays a persona corresponding to the user account when there is no information about the subgenre stored in association with the user account (for example, when there is no content viewed in the user account). It is possible to specify the preferred genre of the user account by using. Specifically, the controller 130 may predict the preferred genre of the user account based on at least one of gender and age of the user corresponding to the user account.

In this way, according to the present invention, the custom subscription service page 1320 may be provided according to the user's preferred genre so that the user can easily and intuitively access the preferred content.

Meanwhile, each of the first subpage and the second subpage described above may include a plurality of regions. In the first area of the plurality of areas, thumbnails of content corresponding to the preferred genre matched to the user account described above are displayed, or preferences predicted (expected) that the user will prefer based on the user's information (age, gender, etc.) Thumbnails of content corresponding to the genre may be displayed. Also, in a second area of the plurality of areas, thumbnails of popular content in the content providing service may be displayed.

On the other hand, the controller 130 displays a thumbnail on the subscription service page 1320 when there is no information about the subgenre stored in association with the user account (for example, when there is no content viewed in the user account, 1630). may not be exposed. In this case, content may not be displayed in the first area as described above, and thumbnails of popular content may be displayed in the second area.

Meanwhile, the controller 130, when one of the thumbnails 1341 (thumbnail of 'remarried empress') is selected from the thumbnails 1341 and 1342 displayed in the second area from the user terminal, as shown in FIG. 13C. , a content entry page 1360 providing specific content corresponding to the selected thumbnail may be provided to the user terminal.

As shown in FIG. 13C, such a content entry page 1360 includes: i) an area 1362 where information related to a specific content 1361 ('Remarried Empress') is output, ii) the type of use right held in the user account and an area 1363 where information related to the number is output, iii) an area where a plurality of items 1364a and 1364b respectively corresponding to a plurality of episodes included in the specific content 1361 ('Remarried Empress') are output, and vi) It may include any one of areas where a function icon 1365 for directly accessing a specific episode (eg, the first episode or the next episode of an episode viewed in a user account) among a plurality of episodes is displayed.

The user may select one of the plurality of items 1364a and 1364b displayed on the content entry page 1360. When receiving a selection for any one of the plurality of items 1364a and 1364b from the user terminal, the control unit 130 may check whether an episode corresponding to the corresponding item is an episode that can be viewed according to the right to use. If the selected episode can be read based on the usage right, the controller 130 may determine whether a specific type of usage right corresponding to a genre matched to the selected episode exists in the user account. If the specific type of usage right exists in the user account, the controller 130 may deduct the specific type of usage right and provide the selected episode to the user terminal.

Here, "selection of one item" may be understood as the reception of a "request to view a specific episode" corresponding to the one item from the user terminal.

Meanwhile, a function icon 1365 for directly accessing a specific episode (eg, the first episode or the next episode of an episode viewed in a user account) among a plurality of episodes will be described.

When an episode item corresponding to the latest serialized episode is placed at the top of the episode list, a user who wants to use the first serialized episode may have to scroll through the episode list. Therefore, in the present invention, in order to provide convenience, a function icon 1365 may be provided to provide a function of directly accessing the first serialized episode.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13C , a function icon 1365 for access to a specific episode among a plurality of episodes constituting specific content may be provided in one area of the content entry page 1360. . Here, the specific episode may be the first serialized episode among a plurality of episodes.

Meanwhile, when the function icon 1365 is selected, the controller 130 may provide content corresponding to a specific episode matched to the function icon 1365 on the electronic device. Here, the specific episode matched with the function icon 1365 may be the first serialized episode among a plurality of episodes constituting specific content.

Alternatively, a specific episode based on user history information may be matched to the function icon 1365 . Here, the specific episode based on the user history information may be an episode of which the user most recently browsed among a plurality of episodes constituting the specific content. Alternatively, the specific episode based on the user history information may be an episode corresponding to the next (or next episode) of the episode the user most recently viewed among the plurality of episodes constituting the specific content. there is.

In this way, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention provides a user-customized subscription service page 1320 to provide convenience so that the user can more easily access the preferred genre and continue to consume the user's content. can induce

On the other hand, the use right provided in the present invention may include use rights having different properties (subject to use (contents that can be viewed), payment method (or payment condition) of use right, expiration date of the use right, etc.). In the present invention, for convenience of explanation, the usage rights having different attributes are named as the usage rights of the first attribute and the usage rights of the second attribute.

As described above, the right of use of the first attribute may include a right of use of the first type used to view contents included in the first genre and a right of use of the second type used to view contents included in the second genre. there is.

Such use rights of the first attribute may be provided at repeated preset times, when the number of each type of use vouchers held in the user account is less than the preset number.

In addition, the right to use of the first attribute is content included in a genre (eg, first genre NOVEL) corresponding to the right to use of the first attribute (eg, the first type of right to use). Among them, the right to use may mean the right to use content matched with information indicating that the right to use is available.

That is, the use right of the first attribute may be used for a plurality of specified contents (or episodes).

Meanwhile, the right of use of the second property may mean a right of use usable only for one specific content.

As shown in FIG. 17 , the right to use the second attribute may be paid to a user account through a content entry page 1360 of specific content (eg, 'Remarried Empress'). The controller 130 may output information 1710 and 1720 related to the payment of the second attribute along with the content entry page 1360 of specific content (eg, 'Remarried Empress').

The control unit 130 controls the selection of the information 1710 and 1720 related to the payment of the voucher of the second property, which is output from the user terminal on the content entry page 1360 of specific content (for example, 'remarried empress'). In this case, the right to use the second attribute usable for viewing specific content may be provided to the user account.

The right to use of the second attribute may also differ from the right to use the first attribute in a payment method (or payment condition). For example, the right to use the second attribute may be provided at a specific time (eg, 22:00 every day). Alternatively, the control unit 130 provides information 1710 related to the use right of the second property on the content entry page 1360 of a specific content (eg, 'Remarried Empress') at a specific time (eg, every day at 22:00). output can be controlled.

On the other hand, when both the right to use the first attribute and the right to use the second attribute have been provided to the user account, the controller 130 determines the right to use the first attribute and the right to use the second attribute based on the viewing request for the specific episode received from the user terminal. Any one of the 2 property rights can be deducted.

At this time, the right of use of the first property deducted based on the request to view a specific episode is a type of right of use that can use a genre matched to the content of a specific episode, and the right of use of the second property is a type of right of use that can use the content of a specific episode. Of course, it is the right to use.

The controller 130 may deduct any one of the first attribute usage right and the second attribute usage right based on a preset usage right deduction order. For example, the controller 130 may preferentially deduct a right of use having a shorter validity period among the right of use of the first attribute and the right of use of the second attribute. As another example, a use right with an early payment point may be preferentially deducted, or a use right selected by a user account may be deducted with priority. In this case, the control unit 130 receives a selection for an item corresponding to a specific episode from the user terminal in order to receive a selection of a right to use of the first attribute or a right to use of the second attribute from the user account, the user terminal Information for receiving a selection of one of the right of use of the first attribute and the right of use of the second attribute may be output.

The controller 130 may deduct any one of the first attribute and the second attribute based on a preset order of deduction of the right to use, and output an episode corresponding to the selected item to the user terminal.

Meanwhile, the right of use of the second attribute above may also be referred to as the right of use of the third type.

That is, the user account may be provided with a third type of use right having payment conditions different from those for the above-described first type of use right and the second type of use right.

For example, the first type of voucher and the second type of voucher may be vouchers paid at predetermined time intervals, and the third type of voucher may be issued only at a specific time (eg, every night at 10:00). ) may be a paid voucher.

In addition, the first type of usage right and the second type of usage right may be available only for content of a specific genre, and the third type of usage right may be a usage right that can be used regardless of the genre of the content.

On the other hand, the use right payment conditions for which the third type of use right is paid may be made based on time (or timing). At this time, the timing at which the third type of voucher is paid can be variously modified, and it is paid to the user account at a predetermined specific time of the day (eg, 10:00 every night), or at a predetermined time interval (eg, 24-hour intervals) may be credited to the user's account.

That is, the preset use right payment condition for providing the third type of use right may be related to a preset time interval. In this case, a preset time interval at which the third type of voucher is paid may be different from a preset time interval at which the first type of voucher and the second type of voucher are supplied.

For example, the third type of vouchers may be issued every 24 hours, and the first and second types of vouchers may be paid every 2 hours.

The controller 130 may provide a predetermined number of third-type use rights to the user account when the current time satisfies the use right payment condition for which the third type of use right is paid.

On the other hand, when specific content is set to be viewable through any one of the first type of use right and the second type of use right or the third type of use right, a viewing request for a specific episode included in the specific content Based on this, the controller 130 may deduct any one of the first to third types of use rights held in the user account.

In this case, the controller 130 may check the genre of the specific content when deducting the first and second types of usage rights, and subtract the usage rights of a usable type from the identified genre.

On the other hand, even if there is no use right available for the genre of the specific content among the first type of use right and the second type of use right in the user account, the specific content is the third type of use right held in the user account. It can be made available for reading through.

Furthermore, if there are multiple use rights available for a specific content in the user account, as discussed above, based on various priorities (eg, issuance time, expiry date, etc.), any one use right is preferentially deducted. can do.

As such, in the present invention, in order to induce the user's interest in various contents, it is possible to provide a right to use of different properties, and the right to use any one of these different properties can be used to view the content.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may set a priority for exhaustion (usage) of the use rights for a plurality of different use rights held in the user account according to the attributes (or types) of the use rights. In this case, the control unit 130 checks the usage rights held in the user account when there is a request to view the episode, and if there are a plurality of available usage rights as a result of the check, based on the order of exhaustion of the usage rights set among the usage rights, Tickets can be exhausted sequentially.

For example, if the episode for which the request to open is received is content of a first genre, the user account has a first type of license available for the content of the first genre and a second type of license available regardless of the genre of the content as described above. Assume that there are three types of right of use.

Furthermore, the priority order of exhaustion of usage rights among usage rights may be set so that the third type usage rights available regardless of the genre of the content is higher than the first type usage rights (or the second type usage rights) available according to the content genre. .

In this case, the control unit 130 checks the usage rights held in the user account when there is a request to view the episode, and as a result of the check, if both the third type usage rights and the first type usage rights exist in the user account, the user The third type of right of use may be exhausted (deducted) from the account first, and the episode may be provided to the user terminal. That is, between the first type of use right, the second type of use right, and the third type of use right, a specified order of deduction of the use right may exist.

Therefore, the controller 130 checks the usage rights held in the user account based on the viewing request for the episode, and as a result of the confirmation, the user account has different types of usage rights usable for viewing the specific episode. If there is, any one of the different types of usage rights held in the user account may be deducted with priority based on the order of deduction of the usage rights.

In this case, the order of deduction of the use right may be set so that the use right of the third type is deducted before the right of use of the first type or the right of the second type.

Such information on the order of deduction of usage rights and rules for using usage rights may be stored and present in the storage unit.

Meanwhile, in the content providing service according to the present invention, a method of providing a right to use so that the user can view the content through the right has been described so far. Hereinafter, a method and system for providing a user with specific content permitted to use a right of use so that the user can view the content through the right of use held in the user account described above will be described in more detail together with the accompanying drawings.

First, in the content providing method according to the present invention, a process of receiving a request for selecting a menu (1311, free BOX icon) specialized for use of a license from a user terminal may proceed (S1810, see FIG. 18).

Here, a menu (free box icon, 1311) specialized for use of a pass may be associated with a specific page related to use of a pass. In the present invention, a specific page related to use of a license may be named a license service page (free BOX page, 1320).

In the content providing method according to the present invention, based on a request for selecting a menu (free BOX icon, 1311) specialized for use of a right to use, among a plurality of different genres corresponding to the contents provided in the content providing service, logged in user terminals A process of checking the preferred genre matched to the user account may proceed (S1820, see FIG. 18).

Here, the preferred genre matched to the user account may be understood as a genre that the user prefers relatively more among the first genre and the second genre corresponding to each of the contents provided by the content providing service.

The user account may be matched with information about a specific preferred genre preferred by the user account. Such a preferred genre may be specified based on a preset preferred genre specific condition.

For example, the controller 130 specifies a genre with a greater number (or frequency) of being viewed in the user account among the first genre and the second genre as the preferred genre of the user account, and transmits information on the specified preferred genre to the user account. can be matched to The preset preference genre specific condition is not limited thereto.

Next, in the content providing method according to the present invention, based on the confirmation of the preferred genre matched to the user account, a specific page (service voucher page, 1320) linked to the menu is displayed in the user terminal. Page 1320), a process of providing thumbnails of content corresponding to the information on the right to use held in the user account and the preferred genre may proceed (S1830, see FIG. 18).

Here, the information on the tickets held in the user account includes the type (or types) of tickets held in the user account, the maximum number of tickets that can be held in the user account (or the maximum number of tickets that can be held for each ticket type), It may include the number of licenses held in the license account (or the number of licenses held for each license type), time information related to payment of licenses, and the like.

The information on the right to use held in the user account is exposed in the first area 1330 (FIG. 13B) of the service right page 1320, so that the user can intuitively receive information related to the right to use that he/she possesses.

Meanwhile, the controller 130 may display thumbnails of contents corresponding to the preferred genre in the second area 1340 (refer to FIG. 13B) of the service voucher page 1320. If the preferred genre matched to the user account is the first genre (or second genre), the controller 130 may display thumbnails of content corresponding to the first genre (or second genre) on the second area 1340. there is.

At this time, the control unit 130, among a plurality of contents corresponding to the preferred genre matched to the user account, displays thumbnails of contents usable through a use right held in the user account on the second area 1340. You can control it.

More specifically, the controller 130 may check status information matched to each of a plurality of contents corresponding to a preferred genre matched to a user account. The control unit 130 may control a thumbnail of content including information indicating that the episode is viewable with a license in the status information to be exposed on the second area 1340 .

That is, in the present invention, by providing the user terminal with thumbnails of content that can be viewed free of charge through the user's right of use among genres preferred by the user, the user can more intuitively access the preferred content consumption through the right of use.

Hereinafter, content for which use of a right of use is allowed will be described as an example. First, the controller 130 according to the present invention may provide a page (or screen) configuration as shown in FIG. 19 .

The control unit 130, based on the user's request (execution of an application, connection through a web browser, selection of a menu specialized for use of a use right, etc.) A subscription service page 1320 may be provided as shown in FIG. 19 .

As shown in FIG. 19 (a), the use right service page 1320 includes i) a first area 1920 containing information on the right to use held in the user account, ii) corresponding to the preferred genre of the user account. Among the second areas 1940 and 1950 including thumbnails of contents, iii) a third area 1930 that receives a user input for displaying thumbnails of contents of a genre different from the preferred genre on the second area. may include at least one of them.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the first to third regions 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1950 are collectively referred to as first type regions 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1950.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 19(a), the subscription service page 1320 may further include a second type area 1910 that is distinguished from the first type area 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1950. there is.

The area 1910 of the second type may include a first graphic object 1911 , a second graphic object 1912 , and graphic objects 1911 and 1912 . In the present invention, in order to distinguish the plurality of graphic objects 1911 and 1912 of the second type area 1910 from the previously described graphic objects, a third graphic object 1911 and a fourth graphic object 1912 are provided. let it be named

The third graphic object 1911 and the fourth graphic object 1912 may be associated with different pieces of information displayed on the first type regions 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1950, respectively.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 19(a), the third graphic object 1911 includes information on the use right held in the user account (or information displayed in the first area 1920) and information related to the thumbnail of the content. (or information displayed on the second areas 1940 and 1950) and information related to the graphic object associated with the content thumbnail (or information displayed on the third area 1930, 1390).

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 21 , the fourth graphic object 1912 may be associated with list information (List, 2100) including at least one piece of usage right information that a user account may possess.

The control unit 130 may set exposure of information associated with the third graphic object 1911 on the right to use service page 1320 as a default value (default value). That is, if there is a user's request (execution of an application, connection through a web browser, or selection of a menu specialized for use of a license, etc.), the control unit 130 displays the third graphic object 1911 along with the license service page 1320. Relevant information can be exposed.

When a user input is applied to the fourth graphic object 1912 in a state in which information associated with the third graphic object 1911 is exposed on the right to use service page 1320, the control unit 130 determines the second type It is possible to control so that list information (List, 2100, see FIG. 21) including at least one piece of right-of-use information that can be held by a user account is exposed in the area.

The list information 2100 may correspond to a list including items corresponding to contents that can be viewed free of charge with a usage right.

On the other hand, the use right information that the user account can hold may refer to use right information on content that the user can browse free of charge through the use right.

Such use right information may be provided through a service page termed “gift box” or “gift box”. In FIG. 21, although the use right information is provided in the form of a list, such use right information may be displayed as thumbnails of contents for which the right to use can be provided.

Furthermore, the control unit 130 displays list information (List, 2100, see FIG. 21) including at least one piece of usage right information that can be held by a user account in the second type area on the usage right service page 1320, in a state in which it is exposed. , When a user input is applied to the third graphic object 1911, information associated with the third graphic object 1911 may be controlled to be exposed in the second type area.

Meanwhile, as shown in 19(b), the first type area 1910 may be fixed and output on the user terminal regardless of whether the second type area 1960 is scrolled. That is, the controller 130 can scroll the second type area 1920 , 1930 , 1940 , 1950 , and 1960 without changing the output position of the first type area 1910 .

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 19(b), when the second type area 1960 is scrolled, a graphic object 1970 related to thumbnail conversion is displayed (or overlaps) on the second type area 1960. It can be.

When a user's input is applied to the graphic object 1970 related to thumbnail conversion, the controller 130 displays a thumbnail of the currently displayed content and a thumbnail of another content in the second type area 1960. You can control it.

For example, the control unit 130 displays a graphic object related to thumbnail conversion in a state where thumbnails of content corresponding to the preferred genre NOVEL corresponding to the main genre of the user account are displayed in the second type area 1960. When a user's input is applied to (1970), the second type area (1960) can be controlled to display thumbnails of content corresponding to a main genre (COMIX) different from the preferred genre of the user account.

When thumbnails of contents corresponding to a main genre different from the preferred genre of the user account are displayed in the second type area 1960, thumbnails of contents corresponding to at least one sub-genre belonging to the different main genre may be displayed. there is. In this case, thumbnails of content corresponding to a preferred genre matched to a user account among at least one sub-genre belonging to the other main genre may be displayed in the second type area 1960 .

For example, in a state where thumbnails of content corresponding to the preferred genre (NOVEL) corresponding to the main genre of the user account are displayed in the second type area 1960, the graphic object 1970 related to thumbnail conversion is displayed. When a user's input is applied, content related to a main genre (COMIX) different from the preferred genre (NOVEL) corresponding to the main genre is displayed in the second type area 1960 . At this time, a thumbnail of content corresponding to a preferred genre (drama, romance, comedy) matched to the user account among at least one sub-genre belonging to the 'COMIX' genre may be displayed in the second type area 1960.

On the other hand, as described above, the control unit 130 sets the display of the sub-page related to the thumbnail of the content corresponding to the preferred genre of the user account on the subscription service page 1320 as a default value (default value). can

For example, as shown in (a) of FIG. 20, when the user account's preferred genre is 'NOVEL', on the subscription service page 1320, a subpage related to content thumbnails of the 'NOVEL' genre (or 'NOVEL tab', 1931) may be displayed first. On the other hand, as shown in (b) of FIG. 20, when the user account's preferred genre is 'COMIX', on the subscription service page 1320, a subpage related to the content thumbnail of the 'COMIX' genre (or 'COMIX tab ', 1932) may be displayed first.

In addition, thumbnails of contents corresponding to a preferred genre (drama, romance, comedy) matched to a user account among at least one sub-genre belonging to the 'COMIX' genre may be displayed in the second type area 1960.

Meanwhile, in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention, when the user account has the right to use, content (episode) can be provided to the user account based on the user's request. Hereinafter, a method and system for providing content (episode) to a user terminal through a use right held in a user account will be described in more detail with accompanying drawings.

In the method for providing content according to the present invention, a process of providing a page including a thumbnail corresponding to the content to the user terminal may proceed (S2110, see FIG. 22).

As described above, “a page containing thumbnails corresponding to content” may mean a subscription service page (free BOX page, 1320, see FIG. 23) that provides services related to usage rights, regardless of usage rights. It may be a page providing thumbnails corresponding to content.

In the present invention, for convenience of description, a subscription service page (free BOX page, 1320, see FIG. 23) will be described as an example of a page including thumbnails corresponding to content.

The right to use service page 1320 may include thumbnails of content corresponding to any one of the first genre and the second genre. In this case, one of the first genre and the second genre may be a preferred genre matched to the user account, and the other may be a genre different from the preferred genre matched to the user account.

The controller 130 may set, as a basic value (default value), that a thumbnail of a content corresponding to a preferred genre matched to a user account is provided on the subscription service page 1320 .

Furthermore, the control unit 130, in a state where a thumbnail of a content corresponding to a preferred genre matched to a user account is exposed on the subscription service page 1320, when an input is applied to one area of the subscription service page 1320, Thumbnails of content corresponding to genres different from the preferred genre may be displayed on the subscription service page 1320 .

Meanwhile, in the content providing method according to the present invention, a process of receiving a selection for a thumbnail from a user terminal may proceed (S2120, see FIG. 22).

The user may select one of the plurality of thumbnails displayed on the subscription service page 1320 (eg, the thumbnail of the 'remarried empress') (see FIG. 13B ). The user's selection of the thumbnail may be received through the communication unit 110 according to the present invention.

Based on the selection of the thumbnail received from the user terminal, the controller 130 may provide the user terminal with an episode list for a plurality of episodes included in the content corresponding to the selected thumbnail (S2130).

Here, the episode list (or list, list information) may include a plurality of items 330 corresponding to each of a plurality of episodes.

For example, when receiving a user's input for a thumbnail of specific content (eg, a thumbnail of 'remarried empress') from the user terminal, the controller 130 displays information included in the specific content ('remarried empress'). A list including a plurality of items 1364a and 1364b respectively corresponding to a plurality of episodes may be provided to the user terminal (see FIGS. 13B and 13C).

The user may input a selection for a specific item corresponding to a specific episode from the episode list displayed on the terminal 200 . Selection of a specific item corresponding to a specific episode of the user may be received through the communication unit 110 according to the present invention.

Here, selection of a specific item corresponding to a specific episode may mean a request to view the specific episode.

Next, in the content providing method according to the present invention, when any one item from the episode list is selected from the user terminal, a process of confirming whether or not the user account logged in to the user terminal has the right to use a specific episode is performed. It can (S2140).

In the present invention, "the user account has the right to use a specific episode" may mean that the right to use corresponding to the right to use information matched to the specific episode is matched to the user account.

Here, that the usage right corresponding to the usage right information matched to a specific episode is matched to the user account can be explained in two meanings. First, it is a case where the user account has the right to use the specific episode. In this case, the controller 130 may determine that the user account has the right to use a specific episode based on the deduction of the right to use. Second, the user account has acquired the right to use the specific episode through deduction of the right to use. The user account may acquire the right to use the specific episode within a predetermined period or permanently through deduction of the right to use.

When the use right corresponding to the use right information matched to the specific episode is matched with the user account, the controller 130 may determine that the user account has the use right for the specific episode.

Next, in the present invention, based on the confirmation result, the specific episode may be provided to the user terminal (S2150).

The controller 130 may transmit a specific episode to the user account when the user account has permission to view the specific episode. At this time, the control unit 130 may deduct the use right held in the user account. However, if the user account requests re-viewing of the specific episode for which the user account has already obtained the right to use, the right to use is not deducted.

As such, in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention, if the user account has the right to use specific content (or specific episode), the specific content (or specific episode) can be provided to the user terminal.

The user can browse the content using the use right held in his/her user account. Hereinafter, a method of providing usage right information matched to content will be described in more detail so that the user can intuitively use the content corresponding to the usage right held in his/her user account.

Meanwhile, in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention, information of different properties may be displayed and provided on thumbnails corresponding to content so that the user can intuitively check information related to the content.

As shown in FIG. 23 , the controller 130 may provide a thumbnail 2210 having a rectangular shape on the subscription service page 1320 . In different corners of the thumbnail 2210, first to fourth areas 2220, 2230, 2240, and 2250 displaying information may be disposed.

The controller 130 may control information of different attributes related to the content to be displayed on each of the first to fourth regions 2220, 2230, 2240, and 2250. In the present invention, the first to fourth areas 2220, 2230, 2240, and 2250 may be referred to as a plurality of display areas.

Meanwhile, information displayed in the first to fourth areas 2220, 2230, 2240, and 2250 minimizes the thumbnail corresponding to specific content. For example, information displayed in the first to fourth areas 2220, 2230, 2240, and 2250 may be displayed with a predetermined transparency. Accordingly, even if information is displayed in the first to fourth areas 2220, 2230, 2240, and 2250, the user can accurately check the content of the thumbnail.

Specifically, the controller 130 may control the first area 2220 to include the first attribute information. The first attribute information may include usage right information regarding a usage right available for specific content.

Here, the use right information on the use right available for specific content may include at least one use right information available for reading the content corresponding to the thumbnail among a plurality of use rights of different types.

As described above, the use right provided in the present invention may include a plurality of use rights of different attributes (types). A plurality of usage rights of different attributes (types) may be usage rights different from each other in at least one of a payment condition of the usage rights and a payment timing of the usage rights. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the use rights having different at least one of the payment conditions of the use right and the payment timing of the use right will be referred to as a plurality of use rights of different types (a first type of use right and a second type of use right). .

For each of the contents provided in the present invention, information on a usable right to view the corresponding contents may be matched. If a corresponding content can be viewed through any one of a plurality of different types of tickets, information on a plurality of tickets of different types may be matched with the content.

In order to provide a thumbnail corresponding to the content to the user terminal, the controller 130 may check information on the right to use matched with the content. Based on the confirmation result, the controller 130 may control the first area 2220 of the thumbnail to include usage right information.

In this case, if the types of usage rights matched with the contents are different, the controller 130 may control usage rights information having different graphic objects (or icons) to be included in the first area 2200 .

For example, the content corresponding to the thumbnail 2310 shown in FIG. 24 (a) is matched with information on the first type of right to use, and the thumbnails shown in FIGS. 24 (b) and 24 (c) Assume that information on the second type of right of use is matched to each of (2320 and 2330). The controller 130 may control the first area 2311 of the thumbnail 2310 shown in FIG. 24(a) to include the first type of usage right information ('FREE'). Unlike this, in the first areas 2321 and 2331 of the thumbnails 2320 and 2330 shown in FIGS. 24(b) and 24(c), information on the second type of use right (a 'clock-shaped graphic' object) can be controlled to include.

A user may intuitively recognize a usage right available for reading content corresponding to a thumbnail through a graphic object (or icon) included in the first area of the thumbnail.

Meanwhile, the controller 130 displays second attribute information related to the source of the content in the second area 2230 of the plurality of information display areas of the thumbnail, and displays distribution of the content in the third area 2240. It can be controlled to include third attribute information related to .

An example of the second attribute information related to the source of the content may be the name of the content (the title of the work), the name of the author of the content, and the like. Also, an example of information related to content distribution may be the number of downloads (or number of views) of the content. However, this is only an example, and the second attribute information may include various information related to the source of the content, and the third attribute information may include various information related to distribution of the content.

Meanwhile, the controller 130 may control content-of-interest information to be included in a fourth area among a plurality of information display areas included in the thumbnail.

Such content-of-interest information may mean information indicating whether the content corresponding to the thumbnail is set as the content-of-interest of the user account.

Here, “set as the content of interest of the user account” may mean that identification information of the content is matched with the user account and stored as content of interest list information. In the present invention, "set as the content of interest of the user account" may be used interchangeably with "registered as the content of interest of the user account".

In addition, deleting identification information of content that is matched with a user account and stored as content-of-interest list information may be referred to as “unsetting the content of interest” or “removing the content of interest” in the present invention.

Meanwhile, the controller 130 may check a user input for the fourth area 2250 . To this end, the controller 130 may control the fourth area 2250 to receive a user input from the user terminal. At this time, the user's input may be a user's touch input or a mouse click. The communication unit 110 according to the present invention may receive a user's input for the fourth area 2250.

The controller 130 may change whether the content is set as the content of interest of the user account based on the user's input to the fourth area 2250 .

More specifically, the controller 130 sets the content as the user account's content of interest when receiving the user's first input to the fourth area 2250 in a state where the content is not set as the content of interest of the user account. can

Unlike this, the controller 130 may cancel the setting of the content of interest when the user's second input for the fourth area 2250 is received while the content is set as the content of interest of the user account.

That is, the controller 130 may store or delete content identification information in a user account as interest content list information based on a user input to the fourth area 2250 .

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 24 , the controller 130 may control the first graphic object 2410 to be included in the fourth area 2250 when the content is set as the content of interest of the user account.

In addition, if the content is not set as the content of interest of the user account, the control unit 130 displays a second graphic object 2420 having a visual appearance different from that of the first graphic object 2410 in the fourth region 2250. can be controlled to be included.

The controller 130 may set display of the second graphic object 2420 in the fourth region 2250 as a basic value (default value).

Furthermore, if the controller 130 receives the user's first input for the fourth area 2250 in a state where the first graphic object 2410 is included in the fourth area 2250, the fourth area 2250 The first graphic object 2410 included in ) may be controlled to be converted into the second graphic object 2420.

In addition, if the controller 130 receives the user's second input for the fourth area 2250 in a state where the second graphic object 2420 is included in the fourth area 2250, the fourth area 2250 The second graphic object 2410 included in ) can be controlled to be converted into the first graphic object 2420.

In this way, the user can not only register or cancel the content as the content of interest through an input to the fourth area 2250 of the thumbnail, but also determine whether or not the content is set as the content of interest through a graphic object included in the fourth area 2250. can be intuitively recognized.

Meanwhile, the controller 130 may control information about the content to be included in the user page 2500 when the content is set as the content of interest of the user account.

Here, the user page 2500 may be a page including user information related to a user account. User information included in the user page 2500 may include content information viewed (or purchased) in a user account, information on a content list of interest matched to the user account, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 26 , the controller 130 may control the user page 2500 to include interest content list information 2510 and 2520 matched to the user account. The control unit 130 updates the content-of-interest list information 2510 and 2520 based on the user's input to the fourth area 2250 (ie, content identification information is stored as content-of-interest list information or identification information of stored content). is deleted), the updated content list information 2510 and 2520 can be controlled to be included in the user page 2500.

As such, the controller 130 may control content information for each content of interest included in the content of interest list information 2510 and 2520 to be displayed on the user page 2500 . Through this user page 2500, the user can check content information registered as content of interest in the user account.

Furthermore, the user page 2500 may include graphic objects 2531 , 2532 , 2533 , and 2534 corresponding to the contents of interest 2511 , 2512 , 2513 , and 2524 included in the contents of interest list information 2510 and 2520 , respectively. can

The graphic objects 2531 , 2532 , 2533 , and 2534 respectively corresponding to the contents of interest 2511 , 2512 , 2513 , and 2524 may receive user input.

The controller 130 may monitor a user's input for any one of the graphic objects 2531 , 2532 , 2533 , and 2534 corresponding to each of the contents of interest 2511 , 2512 , 2513 , and 2524 .

The controller 130 may delete the content of interest 2514 corresponding to the graphic object 2524 having the user's input from the content of interest list information. That is, the control unit 130 may release the setting of the content of interest for the content selected by the user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 26(a), the user sets the content of interest in the user page 2500 for the graphic object 2534 corresponding to the content (“Ghost Fight”, 2514). input can be entered. Based on the user's input, the control unit 130 may release the setting of the content of interest for the selected content ("combat for a ghost", 2514). That is, the controller 130 may delete the identification information of the selected content ("Ghost Battle", 2514) from the content list information 2510 of interest in the user account.

When the identification information of the selected selected content (“Ghost Fight”, 2514) is deleted from the existing content-of-interest list information 2510, as shown in FIG. 2520) can be controlled to be displayed on the user page 2500.

In this way, the user can change whether to set the content of interest through the user page 2500 as well as change whether to set the content of interest in the page 1320 including the thumbnail of the content. A user can conveniently change settings for a plurality of content of interest through the user page 2500 .

Meanwhile, the content providing system 100 according to the present invention may provide notification information related to content of interest to a user terminal.

Notification information related to the content of interest may be information related to the event that occurred when various events related to the content of interest occur.

For example, the notification information related to the content of interest may include i) update of the content of interest (new episode serialization (or upload) news information, ii) information related to the right to use the content of interest (eg, product type of the content of interest) conversion, iii) information related to the payment of the right to use the content of interest, information related to the status of holding the right to use the content of interest), and the like.

When content is set as content of interest for a user account, the controller 130 may check notification setting information matched to the user account and notification setting information of a terminal to which the user account is logged in.

Here, the notification setting information matched with the user account may mean information related to whether the user account receives notification information provided by the content providing service according to the present invention.

The controller 130 may determine whether to transmit notification information to the user account based on notification setting information matched to the user account.

When the notification setting information matched with the user account is in a reception permission state (eg, a notification receiving on state), the controller 130 may transmit notification information to the user account.

In contrast, when the notification setting information matched with the user account is in a reception rejection state (eg, a notification receiving off state), the controller 130 may not transmit notification information to the user account.

Meanwhile, the notification setting information of the terminal to which the user account is logged in may be information related to whether notification information transmitted to the user account is output from the terminal. When the notification setting information of the terminal is in a reception rejection state (eg, notification receiving off state), even if the notification information is transmitted to the user account, the notification information may not be output on the terminal to which the user account is logged in.

Hereinafter, “notification setting information” or “notification setting information related to a user account” may collectively refer to notification setting information matched to the user account and notification setting information of a terminal to which the user account is logged in.

The control unit 130 checks notification setting information related to the user account, and if the notification setting information includes information related to refusal to receive notifications (eg, notification receiving off state), notification is set to the user terminal. Guidance information leading to information change may be provided.

Furthermore, the controller 130 may monitor a user input for one area of the screen on the user terminal when guidance information for inducing a change in notification setting information is output to the user terminal.

The controller 130 notifies information related to refusal to receive notifications included in the notification setting information (eg, receiving notifications OFF state) based on the monitoring of a user's input on one area of the screen from the user terminal. It can be changed to information related to reception permission (eg, notification reception on state).

For example, when the notification setting information matched to the user account includes information related to notification refusal, the controller 130 changes the notification setting information matched to the user account, as shown in FIG. It is possible to control so that inducing information ("work update notification is OFF. Would you like to receive notification by changing it to ON?", 2610) is output on the user terminal. When the user wants to receive the notification information, he or she may apply an input to one area of the guidance information (eg, “I'll change it!”, 2620). Based on the user's input, the controller 130 may change notification setting information so that notification information is received.

As another example, when notification setting information of a terminal to which a user account is logged in includes information related to refusal to receive notifications, as shown in FIG. Guidance information (for example, “Device notification settings are off. Please change device notification settings first and then try again”, 2630) that induces a change in setting information can be controlled to be displayed as a pop-up on the user terminal . When the user wants to receive the notification information, he or she can apply an input to one area (“setting”, 2640) of the induction information. Based on the user's input, the controller 130 may provide a screen (eg, a user terminal setting screen) related to changing notification setting information of the user terminal to the user terminal.

So far, a method of providing guidance information for changing notification information so that the user can receive notification information related to the content of interest when content is set as content of interest in a user account has been described. Based on these contents, a method of providing notification information related to content of interest will be described below.

When a specific content is set as the content of interest of the user account, the controller 130 may check whether the user account has a right to view the content of interest.

In detail, the controller 130 may check whether a user account has a right to use the type corresponding to the genre of the content of interest.

When the user account holds a usage right of a type corresponding to the genre of the content of interest, the controller 130 may provide the user terminal with notification information for inducing viewing (or use) of the content of interest.

At this time, the control unit 130 indicates that the content of interest can be viewed as much as the number of tickets held in the user account (the number of tickets of the type corresponding to the genre of the content of interest) in the notification information for inducing viewing of the content of interest. Guiding information may be included.

Furthermore, the controller 130 may monitor a user input for one area of the screen of the user terminal of the user terminal in a state in which notification information for inducing viewing of the content of interest is output on the user terminal.

The controller 130 may provide a content entry page 1360 providing content of interest to the user terminal, based on the monitoring of a user's input to a region of the screen from the user terminal.

Here, the content entry page 1360 may display list information corresponding to a plurality of episodes included in the content of interest. The user can view an episode by selecting an item corresponding to an episode to be used among the episode list information displayed on the content entry page 1360 (see FIG. 13c).

For example, as shown in FIG. 28, the genre of the content of interest (eg, “The Country of the Wind”) is the 'NOVEL' genre, and '6' tickets of the type corresponding to the 'NOVEL' genre (2710 ) is held in the user account. Based on the content being registered as the content of interest, the control unit 130 provides notification information for inducing viewing of the content of interest on the ticket service page 1320 (for example, “A free pass ticket for 'The Country of the Wind' as a work of interest). You can watch it 6 times!”, 2720) can be controlled to be output as a pop-up.

When the user wants to use the content of interest, he or she may apply an input to one area (eg, “go to see free pass” 2730) of the notification information 2720. The controller 130 may provide a content entry page 1360 providing content of interest to the user terminal based on the user input for the portion 2730 .

Meanwhile, the controller 130 may provide notification information for inducing viewing (or use) of the content of interest to the user terminal when the right to view the content of interest is paid to the user account.

The control unit 130 confirms that the content is the content of interest to the user account and that the user account has the right to use the content, and if the user account does not have the right to use the type corresponding to the genre of the content, the user terminal , Notification information related to payment of at least one of the first type of voucher and the second type of voucher may be provided.

Here, the notification information may include information notifying that a use right of a type corresponding to the genre of the content has been paid to the existing user account.

That is, the control unit 130 may provide the user terminal with a use right of a type corresponding to a genre of content among the first type of use right and the second type of use right granted to the user account.

More specifically, the control unit 130 controls the type of usage rights corresponding to the genre of the content of interest in a state in which the user account does not hold (ie, the number of usage rights of the type is '0'), When the user account is paid, notification information that induces viewing (or use) of the content of interest may be provided to the user terminal.

For example, assume that the genre of the content of interest (eg, “The Country of the Wind”) is the ‘NOVEL’ genre, and the user account does not have a usage right of a type corresponding to the ‘NOVEL’ genre. As shown in FIG. 28, the controller 130 controls the number of tickets of the type corresponding to the 'NOVEL' genre held in the user account when a usage ticket of the type corresponding to the 'NOVEL' genre is paid to the user account. is changed from '0' to '1', 2810), notification information (for example, “Noble subscription has been charged! You can watch 'Nara' one more time with the free pass ticket!”, 2820) can be controlled to be displayed as a pop-up.

When the user wants to use the content of interest, he or she may apply an input to one area (eg, “go to see free pass” 2830) of the notification information 2820. The controller 130 may provide a content entry page 1360 providing content of interest to the user terminal based on the user input for the portion 2830 .

On the other hand, the control unit 130, when the content registered as the content of interest is converted from a state in which it is not available to a state in which it is usable with a license held in the user account, provides notification information for inducing viewing of the content of interest to the user. can be provided to the terminal.

The controller 130 may determine whether the content of interest is in a state in which it is usable with the right to use held in the user account, based on the status information matched to the content of interest.

More specifically, if the user account has the first type of right to use, but the content of interest is not matched with information indicating that the right to use the first type is available, the control unit 130 controls the content of interest to be held in the user account. It may be judged that the use right is not available.

In contrast, when information indicating that the content of interest is usable with the first type of license matches the content of interest, the controller 130 may determine that the content of interest is in a state in which it is usable with the license held in the user account.

For example, as shown in FIG. 30, the content of interest in the user account (eg, “The Country of the Wind”) is converted into a usable state with a license (eg, free pass) held in the user account. In this case, the control unit 130 provides notification information for inducing viewing of the content of interest on the subscription service page 1320 (for example, ““The Kingdom of the Wind”, a work of interest, has been registered as a free pass work! Go see it quickly”, 2910) can be controlled to be output as a pop-up.

When the user wants to use the content of interest, he or she may apply an input to one area (eg, “go to see free pass” 2920) of the notification information 2910. The control unit 130 may provide a content entry page 1360 providing content of interest to the user terminal based on the user's input to the portion 2920 .

As such, in the content providing system 100 according to the present invention, it is possible to induce the user to consume the content of interest by providing notification information for inducing the use of the content of interest registered in the user account.

As described above, the method and system for providing content according to the present invention checks whether the user account has the right to use the content, and provides a specific episode based on the right to use, so that the user uses the episode through the right to use. can be induced to do so.

Furthermore, the method and system for providing content according to the present invention include and provide information on the right to use available in the content in the thumbnail corresponding to the content, so that the user can intuitively recognize the content available through the right to use the user possesses. can make it possible

Furthermore, the method and system for providing a right to use for reading content according to the present invention can induce continuous consumption of the user's content by providing information on the user's interest content to the user terminal.

As described above, the method and system for providing content available free of charge through the use right according to the present invention provides the content available for free through the use right to a user account, so that the user can more conveniently and easily obtain the use right. content can be made available through

More specifically, the method and system for providing a right to use for reading content according to the present invention confirms the user's preferred genre matched to the user account, and provides content corresponding to the user's preferred genre, thereby providing convenient access to the user's preferred content. and make it easily accessible.

Furthermore, the method and system for providing a right to use for reading content according to the present invention can induce continuous consumption of content by a user by providing user-customized content.

Furthermore, the present invention described above can be implemented as computer readable codes or instructions in a medium on which a program is recorded. That is, the present invention may be provided in the form of a program.

On the other hand, the computer-readable medium includes all types of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable media include Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Solid State Disk (SSD), Silicon Disk Drive (SDD), ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc. there is

Furthermore, the computer-readable medium may be a server or cloud storage that includes storage and can be accessed by electronic devices through communication. In this case, the computer may download the program according to the present invention from a server or cloud storage through wired or wireless communication.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the above-described computer is an electronic device equipped with a processor, that is, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and there is no particular limitation on its type.

On the other hand, the above detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all respects and should be considered as illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the equivalent scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

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As a method for providing content in a content providing service,
providing a page including a thumbnail corresponding to content to a user terminal;
receiving a selection of the thumbnail from the user terminal;
providing an episode list for at least one episode included in content corresponding to the thumbnail to the user terminal;
If any one item from the episode list is selected from the user terminal, checking whether a user account logged in to the user terminal has a right to use a specific episode corresponding to the one item; and
Based on the confirmation result, providing the specific episode to the user terminal;
The thumbnail,
Includes a plurality of information display areas respectively disposed at different locations;
Any one of the plurality of information display areas includes usage right information on a usage right available in the content,
In the step of checking whether the use right exists,
and confirming whether there is a usage right corresponding to the usage right information displayed in any one of the fields in the user account. According to claim 1,
The thumbnail has a rectangular shape,
The plurality of information display areas included in the thumbnail include first to fourth areas respectively disposed in different corner areas of the thumbnail;
Wherein each of the first to fourth areas displays different attribute information related to the content. According to claim 2,
A first area of the plurality of information display areas includes first attribute information corresponding to the usage right information;
In a second area of the plurality of information display areas, second attribute information related to the source of the content is displayed;
A content providing method characterized in that a third area of the plurality of information display areas includes third attribute information related to distribution of the content. According to claim 3,
The usage right information includes information on at least one usage right available for reading the content among a plurality of usage rights of different types. According to claim 4,
The method of providing content, characterized in that the plurality of use tickets of different types are distinguished based on at least one of a use right payment condition and a use right payment timing. According to claim 3,
In a fourth area of the plurality of information display areas,
and content-of-interest information indicating whether the content corresponding to the thumbnail is set as the content-of-interest of the user account. According to claim 6,
When the content is set as the content of interest of the user account,
Wherein a user page displaying user information related to the user account includes information about the content. According to claim 6,
When the content is set as the content of interest of the user account, the fourth region includes a first graphic object;
and when the content is not set as the content of interest of the user account, the fourth area includes a second graphic object having a visual appearance different from that of the first graphic object. According to claim 8,
The fourth area is made to receive a user input from the user terminal,
and based on the user input for the fourth area, whether or not the content is set as the content of interest of the user account is changed. According to claim 1,
At least some of the contents provided by the contents providing service correspond to a first genre, and the remaining parts correspond to a second genre;
The above license is
A first type of usage right available for viewing the contents of the first genre and a second type of usage right available for viewing the contents of the second genre different from the first genre,
The step of checking whether the use right exists,
checking the genre of the content corresponding to the thumbnail; and
and checking whether there is a use right of a type corresponding to a genre of the content corresponding to the thumbnail among the first type of use right and the second type of use right in the user account. According to claim 10,
The method of providing content, characterized in that the first type of use voucher and the second type of use voucher are provided to the user account at predetermined time intervals. According to claim 11,
If the content is the content of interest of the user account and as a result of checking whether the right to use exists, the right to use of the type corresponding to the genre of the content does not exist in the user account.
In the user terminal, notification information related to payment of at least one of the first type of ticket and the second type of ticket is provided,
In the notification information,
Information indicating that a right of use corresponding to the genre of the content has been paid to the user account is included;
The notification information,
The content providing method according to claim 1 , wherein a use right of a type corresponding to a genre of the content among the first type of use right and the second type of use right is provided to the user terminal based on being paid to the user account. According to claim 12,
The thumbnail is displayed on a specific page provided by the content providing service,
The specific page,
a first area containing information on the right to use held in the user account;
a second area including the thumbnails; and
and a third area for receiving a user input for displaying thumbnails of content of a different genre from the content corresponding to the thumbnail included in the second area. According to claim 13,
In the first region,
A first graphic object representing the number of use rights of the first type held in the user account; and
A second graphic object representing the number of the second type of use rights held in the user account is included;
The content providing method, characterized in that the visual appearance of the first graphic object and the second graphic object is changed based on the type and number of usage rights used in the user account. According to claim 14,
In the first area,
The method of providing content, characterized in that displaying information on time counting for counting the point of time of payment of the voucher according to the preset time interval. According to claim 1,
The content consists of at least one episode,
Each of the at least one episode,
Has any one product type of a paid product type that can be viewed through payment of digital currency and a free product type that can be viewed without payment of the digital currency;
The above license is
Content providing method characterized in that used to view the episode corresponding to the paid product type. According to claim 16,
A product type of a specific episode having a paid product type among the at least one episode is converted into a free product type based on a lapse of a predetermined time. As a content providing system providing a content providing service,
a storage unit for storing information about a user account;
a communication unit communicating with a user terminal corresponding to the user account; and
A control unit providing a page including thumbnails corresponding to content to a user terminal;
The control unit
When receiving a selection for the thumbnail from the user terminal, providing the user terminal with an episode list for at least one episode included in content corresponding to the thumbnail;
When any one item of the episode list is selected from the user terminal, it is checked whether a user account logged in to the user terminal has a right to use a specific episode corresponding to the one item,
Based on the confirmation result, providing the specific episode to the user terminal;
The thumbnail,
Includes a plurality of information display areas respectively disposed at different locations;
Any one of the plurality of information display areas includes usage right information on a usage right available in the content,
To check whether the above permission exists,
and confirming whether a usage right corresponding to the usage right information displayed in any one of the fields exists in the user account. A program that is executed by one or more processes in an electronic device and stored in a computer-readable recording medium,
said program,
providing a page including a thumbnail corresponding to content to a user terminal;
receiving a selection of the thumbnail from the user terminal;
providing an episode list for at least one episode included in content corresponding to the thumbnail to the user terminal;
If any one item from the episode list is selected from the user terminal, checking whether a user account logged in to the user terminal has a right to use a specific episode corresponding to the one item; and
Based on the confirmation result, including instructions for performing the step of providing the specific episode to the user terminal,
The thumbnail,
Includes a plurality of information display areas respectively disposed at different locations;
Any one of the plurality of information display areas includes usage right information on a usage right available in the content,
In the step of checking whether the use right exists,
A program stored in a computer-readable recording medium, characterized in that for confirming whether there is a usage right corresponding to the usage right information displayed in any one of the fields in the user account.

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