RU2628992C1 - System of providing systematization, ordering, distribution, processing and working with content of library system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: system contains the means of interaction, which are internet resources and mobile applications for the technical means of the user's work, and also technical means of processing information and means of storing the content. The technical information processing means include a system core comprising a content processing and management module, a license management module, a statistics processing module, a content delivery preparation module, a delivery mapping module, a rating processing module, and means for storing content information and data for its administering and controlling access to the core modules.

EFFECT: expansion of tools for processing content, marketing tools, expansion of the arsenal of means for the same purpose.

16 cl, 2 dwg

Description

State of the art

The invention relates to complex automated automation systems and, in particular, to automation systems of library activities.

The inventive system can be conditionally classified as electronic library systems (EDS).

EBS is an obligatory element of library and information support for university students provided for by federal state educational standards of higher professional education (FSES HPE) of Russia, which is a database containing editions of educational, teaching and other literature used in the educational process, and corresponding to substantial and quantitative characteristics established by the order of Rosobrnadzor dated November 05, 2012 No. 1953.

Examples of well-known library systems:

1. ELS "Infra-M" (http://znanium.com) [LLC "Scientific and Publishing Center Infra-M" 2011-2015]

2. EBIS “IVIS” (http://online.eastview.com) [2013 East View Information Services]

3. Electronic Library System “BIBCOM” (http://bibkom.ru) [2003-2014 OJSC “Central Collector of Libraries BIBCOM”]

4. ELS “BiblioRossica” (http://www.bibliorossica.com) [2011-2015, Academic Studies Press.]

5. ELS "Doe" (http://e.lanbook.com) [2010 Electronic library system "Publishing houses" Doe ".]

The disadvantages of known systems.

- Some of the well-known EBS systems have a number of technical and organizational limitations that do not allow interacting with content using the same algorithms as with a paper book.

- Some of the known systems contain only electronic text documents.

- Known systems have limitations for service organizations regarding the formation of funds for the needs of their own users.

- Some well-known systems require service organizations to buy the assigned amount of the same type of each content in the fund.

- Some well-known systems require service organizations to monitor compliance with copyrights and control the removal of user copies of content after the end of their use and the subsequent return to the fund of the service organization.

- Some systems allow replenishment and expansion of the content catalog only in manual mode.

- In some of these systems, users do not have (or are extremely limited) a set of settings for changing the display environment of the content. For example, when reading an e-book, there is no way to change the size / font of the text, color, background, automatic word wrap, etc.

- Lack of “transparency” of the work - not all systems provide statistics on key performance indicators; there are also restrictions on access to statistics of representatives of service organizations.

- There is no possibility of tight integration with other systems regarding directories, and / or storages, and / or content, etc.

As the closest analogue selected EBS "Infra-M".

The technical result, to which the claimed technical solution is directed, is to increase the completeness of the reproduction of the library process, expand the capabilities for administering the library process, expand the tools for processing content, marketing tools, expand the arsenal of tools for the same purpose.

The task of the invention is to expand service capabilities, increase the number of automated procedures in the technological process of processing content and supporting information, increase opportunities to expand the system, integrate with other systems.

Known technical solutions do not allow to obtain the claimed technical result.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

To achieve the claimed technical result, an automated library system is proposed, a system for providing and maintaining work with content, including means for interacting with the system, technical means for processing information, means for storing content, means for storing user data, means for maintaining the system, an interface for connecting all of the above technical means and other tools for the operation of the claimed system.

Distinctive features of the system are the following.

Technical information processing tools include at least the core of the system, data storage, Internet resources (devices with an application running, connected to a local area network (LAN) and / or the Internet, and mobile applications (mobile devices with an application running).

The core of the system includes at least

- content processing and management module;

- license management module;

- statistics processing module;

- issuing preparation module;

- issuance display module;

- module for interaction with other systems;

- module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews.

It is possible to connect additional modules and subsystems.

Storage facilities include:

- DB of service organizations;

- content database;

- DB content directory;

- database of funds;

- DB of the history of movement of each instance of content (LOG file of the history of movement of each instance of content);

- DB of rights / permissions;

- user database;

- DB of representatives of service organizations;

- A database of representatives of the aggregator.

It is possible to connect additional modules and subsystems.

Internet resources and mobile applications are used to provide work with individual subsystems.

Content storage media contains at least content information along with data for its administration and access control.

Each copyright holder of the content - books, media or other content - provides the aggregator with the right to distribute a certain number of simultaneously used copies of the content for a certain period of time. For each content, additional individual conditions for the distribution and calculation of license payments (royalties) can be established.

Content can be protected by any suitable known technical means, for example, DRM protection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%E5%F5%ED%E8%F7%E5%F1%EA%E8%Е5 % F1% F0% E5% E4% F1% F2% E2% E0% E7% E0% F9% E8% F2% FB% E0% E2% F2% EE% F0% F1% EA% E8% F5% EF% F0 % E0% E2 1998). As part of the preferred embodiment of the claimed technical solution (library system), the following approach to protecting books has been applied: copy prohibition, the ability to read only pages by page, while the contents of the book on the user's device are encrypted to prevent copying of the book from the device’s memory.

System participants may have different time limits for working with the system. In order to control their work, various electronic certificates, licenses, encryption keys, etc. are used. These relationships are regulated by the module for accounting authority and access of the reader (user) to the content.

A service organization is a shared library or corporate library, university, school, other enterprise, other organization that provides and regulates access to literary works in audiovisual form or other content to users or visitors to the library.

This is an organization that works with the aggregator, on the one hand, and with the end user - individuals or legal entities - on the other. She receives content from the aggregator and provides it to users. In the described preferred embodiment, this is a library that offers its readers to read electronic books and to listen to audio books from the aggregator catalog. To do this, copies of the necessary e-books are placed in the library fund, and then transferred to readers for temporary or permanent (unlimited) use.

The funds have kept marks on the movement of content units, i.e. a mark on the transfer and consolidation of units (copies) of content from a common database (DB) of content for the fund or for the reader. The organization of the fund is similar to a regular library, where such records exist in a paper journal, in which all the books that were handed out and returned are written down.

DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHIC MATERIAL

In FIG. 1 shows one of the possible logical structures of the interaction of the functional devices of the system.

In FIG. Figure 2 shows the logical diagram of one of the possible options for combining the resources of several systems (clusters) into a single composite system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Accepted designations and terms.

Aggregator is an organization that works with content owners, on the one hand, and with service organizations or end users, on the other. The aggregator provides the collection, processing, systematization, accounting and distribution of electronic content across all available channels in a convenient manner.

A service organization is a shared library or corporate library, university, school, other enterprise, other organization that provides and regulates access to content, for example, literary works in audiovisual form (or other content) to users and / or visitors to the library. The database for each service organization contains a detailed description, connected funds, available content, related content instances, a list of related users, access permissions and other settings.

This is an organization that works with the aggregator, on the one hand, and with the end user - individuals or legal entities - on the other. She receives content from the aggregator and provides it to users. In the preferred embodiment described, this is a library that offers its readers to read electronic books and listen to audio books from the aggregator catalog (for example, the LiteRes aggregator). To do this, copies of the necessary e-books are placed in the library fund, and then transferred to readers for temporary or permanent (unlimited) use.

User devices 1.1 - end-user hardware used to interact with electronic content.

Devices of representatives of the service organization 1.2 - technical means of representatives of the service organization used to fill the content fund, delimit access rights, maintain financial accounting and other interactions related to content management.

Devices of representatives of the aggregator 1.3 - technical means of representatives of the aggregator used to administer the system for interacting with content.

DB / storage 4 - a set of software and hardware tools consisting of databases, file storages, backup and storage systems used in the system. Among all the information contained in the claimed database, the following group of key data can be distinguished:

- serving organizations,

- content catalog,

- funds

- Content instances

- rights / permissions,

- users

- representatives of service organizations,

- representatives of the aggregator.

Internet resources (sites) 2.2 - web sites and other resources located on the network (global Internet and / or local area network) through which system participants interact with content (system administration, viewing, downloading, editing, commenting etc.).

Content catalog - a list of content held by the aggregator. From this list, subsets of content are available that are available in certain funds / Internet resources / mobile applications.

Content - any informationally significant or informative content of an information resource or website. Content includes texts, multimedia, video, graphics. As a special kind of content, mobile content is distinguished. Mobile content refers to digital content that is addressed to mobile device owners. The content implies:

- text files;

- digital pictures, (for example, in .gif or .tif format and

other);

- sound files (.midi, mp3 and others);

- video files (.avi, .mp4, .red and others);

- as well as other digital files that can be downloaded to mobile or stationary devices using wired or wireless communications.

In this document, the concept of content additionally includes a set of information containers containing text, audio, video, photo, media, etc. materials, as well as additional related data. For each of them (in the databases / storages of the system) contains related information - a detailed description, link to the authors, copyright holders, Internet resources, etc. In the described system, the content instance is the basic unit operated by the system participants.

Mobile applications 2.1 - mobile devices with a running application - a software product or a web application installed on users' devices (service organizations, aggregators) that allow interacting with content (administer the system, view, download, edit, comment, etc.).

A module is a set of software and hardware tools for performing a task in accordance with its purpose.

Rights / permissions - lists of all access rights, licenses, certificates and other parameters in relation to individual individuals or legal entities, foundations, content, etc., affecting the permission / prohibition of various actions in the system.

Users, users of the system 1.1.1-1.1.4 - lists of all users with whom the system interacts. For each user there is a set of parameters and settings. Personalized records of his actions and preferences are also maintained to formulate individual recommendations for the content.

Representatives of service organizations 1.2.1-1.2.5 - lists of all representatives of service organizations with which the system interacts. For each of them there are parameters that describe in detail the capabilities of the service organization attached to it in the system.

Representatives of the aggregator 1.3.1-1.3.4 - lists of all representatives of the aggregator with whom the system interacts. For each of them, there are parameters that describe in detail the capabilities of the aggregator depending on its role in the system.

Funds - lists of copies of content assigned to certain service organizations. For each fund, there are a number of parameters that describe its current content, access settings, the possibility of replenishment with new instances, and a number of other parameters.

Content Instances — A list of all virtual content units contained in all collections. For each instance there is a set of parameters that describe its current state (license term, binding to a specific user, fund, etc.).

The core of the system 3 is a set of software and hardware tools that provide technical implementation of the system.

To achieve the claimed technical result, an automated library system is proposed, a system for providing (tracking) work with content, including the availability of means for user interaction with the system, technical means for processing information, means for storing content, means for storing user data, means for maintaining the system, and an interface for connecting all the listed technical means for the operation of the claimed system.

Distinctive features of the system are the following.

Information processing tools include the core of the system, data storage, Internet resources and mobile applications.

The core of the system includes at least:

- content processing and management module;

- license management module;

- statistics processing module;

- module for issuing extradition;

- issuance display module;

- module for interaction with other systems;

- module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews;

- financial processing module;

- module for managing funds and sites;

- module for interaction with mobile applications;

- newsletter module.

It is possible to connect additional modules and subsystems.

Storage facilities include:

- DB of service organizations;

- content database;

- DB content directory;

- database of funds;

- DB of the history of movement of each instance of content (LOG file of the history of movement of each instance of content);

- DB of rights / permissions;

- user database;

- DB of representatives of service organizations;

- A database of representatives of the aggregator.

It is possible to connect additional storage media.

Means of storing content contain at least content information along with data for its administration and access control. Additionally, content storage facilities may contain information about relations with other content, comments, bookmarks, notes, and related materials and tools that can improve the interaction of system participants with content or increase its information content or usefulness.

Internet resources and mobile applications are made in the form of interfaces and are intended for the interaction of system participants with its individual subsystems.

The preferred scenario for the interaction of participants and the system on the example of electronic books is as follows.

The aggregator concludes agreements with publishers and authors on the right to distribute electronic versions of books (text, as well as audio books) and receives from them source materials for future content (paper or electronic materials, descriptions, etc.). The aggregator pays a commission (periodic royalties or lump sum).

The aggregator carries out (carries out) preparation for sale - digitizes the source materials (if necessary), prepares them, annotates them, assigns a registration number, embeds them in the electronic library databases and thus expands their catalog with the received electronic books and audio books.

Municipal libraries, interested in attracting new readers, have the opportunity to expand their library funds through the catalog of e-books of the aggregator. To do this, they conclude an appropriate agreement with the aggregator and get accounts for their librarians and readers.

Municipal libraries assign accounts to their readers to access the book catalog on the aggregator’s website. Readers use this website to order books of interest. In case of confirmation of the order by the librarian, the ordered book is placed in the virtual library fund and immediately assigned to the reader for a fixed appointed period during which he can read it online (online) or offline (offline) on the website or on his mobile device. After the expiration of the designated time allotted for reading, the reader’s access to the book is closed and a notification is sent to the library fund that the copy of the book is free and this copy can be given to another reader. At the same time, the library does not additionally pay for the reuse of this instance of content.

To implement the described scenario, the system operates as follows.

Main functions:

- Preparation, design and adding content to the database.

- View and search for content in the directory (funds).

- Content request.

- Delivery of content.

- Content retrieval.

- Interaction with content (reading, viewing, copying, changing, distributing, combining, commenting, rating, etc.).

- Setting the environment for interacting with content (color, size, background, brightness, automatic or manual bookmarks, volume, operation timers, playback intensity, subtitles, links to additional materials, etc.).

- Viewing and processing statistics of interaction with content; formation of ratings, reviews, reviews.

- Communication with other participants in the system (comments, reviews, ratings, newsletters).

- Maintaining financial relationships.

The main operations performed by participants in the system or the system itself to implement the above basic and a number of auxiliary functions, within which there is interaction with data from the database and storages:

Adding / editing / deleting content.

A participant in the system goes to an Internet resource or a mobile application, where through the content processing module [3.3] he adds, edits or deletes content [4.2] from the database / storages.

Rights / permissions / settings management.

A participant in the system goes to an Internet resource or a mobile application, where through the license module [3.5] he sets up rights / permissions [4.6] and saves the changes to the database / storages.

Formation of content catalogs available for various funds.

A participant in the system goes to an Internet resource or a mobile application, where through the content processing module [3.3] he sets up lists of content available in different content directories [4.3].

Creation and management of funds.

A participant in the system goes to an Internet resource or a mobile application, where through the fund / site management module [3.4] he creates records of new ones and changes the available data about service organizations [4.1], sets up their funds [4.4]; binds to them user accounts [4.7], representatives of the service organization [4.8] and responsible persons of the aggregator [4.9].

Request for access to content.

A participant in the system goes to an Internet resource or a mobile application, where through the modules of preparation [3.7] and display of output [3.8] he looks through the content catalog [4.3], and then through the license module [3.5] he makes a request for a copy of the content [4.5].

Processing a request for access to content.

A participant in the system goes to an Internet resource or a mobile application, where, through the modules for preparing [3.7] and displaying results [3.8], he scans a list of requested copies of content [4.5]. When the request is satisfied through the financial processing module [3.11], the participant of the system pays (or receives free of charge) a copy of the content [4.5], places it in the fund [4.4], and then assigns it to the requesting person for the required term through the license module [3.5], which fixed in the rights / permissions [4.6].

Using an instance of content.

A participant in the system accesses an Internet resource or a mobile application where, through the training modules [3.7] and the output display [3.8], he is given access to copies of the content [4.5] assigned to him. When the license module [3.5] fixes the end of the right to interact with this instance, the instance is taken from the participant of the system and returned to the appropriate fund [4.4].

Providing data from the database / storage.

Each time the system (or its module) needs to transfer some data from the database / storage to an Internet resource or to a mobile application, the module for preparing the output is used [3.7]. If at the same time it is necessary to ensure interaction with a participant in the system, then an extradition display module is used [3.8].

 Use of mobile applications.

An additional module for interacting with mobile applications [3.1] is used every time a mobile application is activated in the system.

Communication between the system and its participants.

An additional distribution module [3.2] is used every time when the system needs to provide automatic or semi-automatic communication between the system and / or its participants (letters by e-mail, SMS, push-notifications, chats, reminders, recommendations and other notifications).

Communication with other systems.

An additional module of interaction with other systems [3.9] is used every time it is necessary to organize joint work (integration) of such technical means of aggregators, serving organizations, users or third parties.

Conducting statistics and accounting.

The additional statistics module [3.6] contains a set of mechanisms for documenting (reporting) all system events, collecting and processing statistics, accounting for financial relationships (using the financial processing module [3.11]), as well as generating and issuing reports (using the license module [3.5 ]).

Conducting statistics and accounting.

An additional module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews [3.10] is responsible for accounting and control of materials logically related to content (reviews, reviews, comments, notes, bookmarks, etc.). For some of them, means of automatic or semi-automatic moderation by participants in the system are used.

Each of these modules individually can be performed in several ways. The performance and, in some cases, the convenience of working with the system depend on the specific implementation of each module. The functioning of the system as a whole does not depend on the quality of execution (programming) of individual modules.

Due to the module of work with other systems [3.9], the system allows organizing joint work (integration) of similar hardware of aggregators 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, combined into clusters 5.1, 5.2, which provides increased fault tolerance and expanding the total content catalog, and, if necessary, combining financial assets intended for filling funds. At the same time, the technical means of any one or several aggregators can be distributed at several remote sites.

Due to the module [3.9], the system can also support the placement of part or all of its elements on distributed (remote) computing power, including using cloud computing (technology). This approach allows you to save on the amount of hardware resources used, provide fast scaling of the system and guarantee a high level of availability (reliability, fault tolerance) of the system.

The funds of several service organizations can be logically combined to expand the volume of content provided.

The devices of the aggregator, service organization and user can be equipped with tools that ensure the safe, licensed and controlled use of content.

The devices of the aggregator, the service organization and the user can independently or with the help of the aggregator control the duration and intensity of the use of content (i.e., the limited management mode), control their interaction with the system (i.e. the full administration mode).

By using specialized technical means on the devices of the aggregator, the service organization and the user, it is possible to ensure the safe, licensed and controlled use of content. At the same time, owners (owners) of content have the ability to independently (or using an aggregator) control the duration and intensity of use of the content. Usually within the limits of his authority.

Access to content may not require a permanent connection to a LAN and / or the Internet.

The system can be implemented fully or partially distributed, i.e. technical means to ensure almost all functions can be located on the hardware of any designated system participants, as well as on hardware from third parties. This applies, inter alia, to financial relationships, means of protection (certification), localization (directory sites in languages other than Russian) and synchronization (reconciliation of directories / repositories for relevance).

The hardware of the aggregator, and / or the service organization, and / or the user may contain a full or partial set of content management tools (add, edit, delete, etc.).

Before requesting / accessing the content, the user has the opportunity, with the help of the preparation modules [3.7] and the output display [3.8], to get acquainted not only with the description of the content, but also directly with its fragment (for example, listen to a fragment of an audiobook or watch a part of a movie )

In the normal mode of operation of the system, each copy of the content assigned to the fund can be repeatedly provided simultaneously and / or alternately for use by several users. Additional system settings allow (using the license module [3.5]) to change this rule, for example, to limit the number of uses of content instances or to allow simultaneous use of a content instance by several users.

Settings of financial processing modules [3.11] and licenses [3.5] allow flexible and individual adjustment of which participants in the system and to what extent bear material and copyright obligations when using content. For example, the end user, when interacting with content, can be completely separated from financial and copyright issues, because service providers and / or aggregators act as payers and responsible persons.

User settings allow you to combine several of their existing accounts (stored in the user database [4.7]) related to various funds or catalogs of aggregators. After such a combination, the system provides the user with extended rights and permissions [4.6], and also gives the user the opportunity to independently decide where and in which of the available funds / catalogs to request and receive content. With this approach, the user is offered the freedom to choose the best available option. If none of the presented service organizations could satisfy the user’s requests, the user has the opportunity to directly contact the aggregator’s Internet resource [2.2] and acquire the content of interest for exclusive use at his own expense.

System settings allow you to provide the service organization the opportunity to compensate for a portion of the financial costs of the fund at the expense of users. To do this, in the fund settings [4.4] indicate the level of financial obligations of the service organization, and the financial processing module [3.11] recalculates the cost of using the content for the user. The financial processing module includes modules for paying for the content used due to indirect monetization (advertising, collection of profiles, paid subscription, etc.), which is provided by additional modules or third-party services that can be connected through the module for interaction with other systems [3.9].

System participants can act as content creators by placing it in the aggregator directory. For this, a participant in the system goes to an Internet resource [2.2] or a mobile application [2.1], where through a content processing module [3.3] he adds, edits content [4.2] from the database / storages. Such participants acquire the status of a copyright holder and in the event of paid distribution of their content, they are entitled to rely on royalties from the use of its content, calculated using the financial processing module [3.11].

System settings allow you to work with content not only on Internet resources and mobile applications of system participants, but also on third-party devices / resources / programs. For example, content with video materials can be copied by a user and viewed using a conventional DVD player, if rights and permissions controlled by the license module allow this [3.5].

The aggregator can provide the service organization with a trial period of use, within which all functionality is available with the ability to access the entire content catalog.

The system can use various methods of authorization and identification of system participants (accounts, multi-step authentication, biometrics, etc., customizable in the database of rights and permissions [4.6]), as well as various methods of transferring means and tools of authorization / identification to new system participants (e -mail with accounts, SMS messages, etc., provided by the distribution module [3.2]). System settings also eliminate the need for authorization. For example, employees of a service organization may not be authorized when working with the fund / content through the local network of the enterprise; in this case, the license module provides access to the content in terms of indirect authentication attributes, such as, for example, the IP address of a user’s device.

An example of a manual method: representatives of a service organization / aggregator go to the website of a service organization / aggregator, log in under the account of a librarian / administrator, view the user's applications for books and decide independently whether to satisfy them or not.

User access to content can be controlled by the aggregator and / or service organization in manual and / or automatic mode.

An example of an automatic method: representatives of the service organization / aggregator go to the website of the service organization / aggregator, log in under the account of the librarian / administrator and configure the system so that the user can independently select the desired amount of content of the selected type without confirmation from the service organization / aggregator.

Examples of user devices: mobile phone (smartphone, communicator), personal computer (laptop, all-in-one, tablet), e-book, SmartTV, personal gadgets, portable devices, peripheral input-output devices, network wired and wireless communications (switches, routers, concentrators), etc.

An example of the use of a device: a user from his workplace or device goes to the aggregator’s website, where using an account (received from a service organization) he gets access to the content that interests him.

Examples of devices of representatives of the service organization: server, file storage, personal computer (laptop, all-in-one, tablet), mobile phone (smartphone, communicator), electronic book, SmartTV, personal gadgets, portable devices, peripheral input-output devices, wired and network tools wireless communications (switches, routers, hubs), etc.

Example of using the device: a representative of a service organization on his working device or using his password goes to the aggregator’s website, where he delimits access rights to content for end users using an account (received from the aggregator).

Devices belonging to the service organization can be provided for temporary use by end users or representatives of the aggregator.

Examples of aggregator devices: server, file storage, personal computer (laptop, all-in-one, tablet), mobile phone (smartphone, communicator), electronic book, SmartTV, personal gadgets, portable devices, peripheral input-output devices, network tools for wired and wireless communications (switches, routers, hubs), etc.

An example of using the device: the representative of the aggregator from his device adds new material to the content catalog (for example, an audiobook), and then gives access to it to service organizations and end users.

Devices belonging to the aggregator can be provided for temporary use by representatives of service organizations or end users.

Examples of mobile applications: iOS® - an application for reading electronic books, Android® - an application for listening to music or audio books, WindowsPhone® - an application for watching movies, etc.

An example of using a mobile application: a user installs a mobile application on his device in which he gets access to the electronic book of interest to him.

All participants in the system can be divided into three key groups:

- Representative of the aggregator (device representative representative of the aggregator 1.3).

- The representative of the service organization (device representative of the service organization 1.2).

- End user (user device 1.1).

Since the system provides flexible configuration, one person can perform several functions and thus belong to several groups, having the rights corresponding to them. For example, a representative of a service organization may also be the end user.

Among the Internet resources described in the system, there are several key categories:

- An Internet resource for representatives of the aggregator involved in managing funds, finances, creating and maintaining user accounts and service organizations, tracking statistics, etc. Example: whub.litres.ru;

- An Internet resource for representatives of the aggregator involved in managing the catalog, expanding it with new positions, setting access to content, tracking license licensing terms for content, moderating reviews, etc. Example: hub.litres.ru;

- An Internet resource for representatives of a service organization where they work with the fund, applications for the issuance of content, statistics, self-service modes, etc. Example: biblio.litres.ru;

- An Internet resource for users, where they select and use content, leave feedback, notes, etc. Example: biblio.litres.ru.

The given examples of one web-site or several web-sites are conditional. In one of the possible variants of execution, all the described functionality can be placed on one web-site (for example, with one domain - litres.ru), in the other - distributed on several different web-sites: one for the administrative service of the aggregator, the other for librarians, the third for users, the fourth for users in a foreign language, etc.

Examples of Internet resources: a set of software and hardware, a public web site with a content catalog, a service web site with content processing tools, a service web site with administration tools.

Example of using an Internet resource: a representative of a service organization visits the system’s public website, logs in to it, and issues the requested copies of the content to users.

The core of the system 3 is a set of software and hardware tools that provide technical implementation of the system. In addition to auxiliary, it includes the following main groups of modules:

Interaction module with mobile applications 3.1 - an application programming interface (API) that allows mobile applications or other third-party programs to interact with the system modules and the data of their database / system storages;

Distribution module 3.2 - a set of software and hardware tools that provides automatic or semi-automatic communication between the system and / or its participants (letters by e-mail, SMS, push-notifications, chats, reminders, recommendations and other notifications).

Content Processing Module 3.3 - a set of software and hardware tools and tools that allows you to administer content (digitization of content, preliminary preparation, editing of materials, placement / deletion of content files and its descriptions in storages, directories, etc.).

Fund / site management module 3.4 - a set of software and hardware tools allows you to administer funds (create / edit / delete), link them to service organizations, fill them with content sets and configure which Internet resources (sites) or mobile applications will be provided to them access.

License module 3.5 - a set of software and hardware tools that allows you to control the terms of licenses, the availability of certificates, access rights and other parameters that affect the permission / prohibition of various actions in the system.

Example No. 1: Content has a copyright holder who has granted the aggregator the right to distribute this content for a specified period. The license module allows you to automatically withdraw from the funds or from users those instances of content that have expired the permitted distribution / use period.

Example No. 2: Content instances can be protected by various technical means (for example, DRM protection (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%E5%F5%ED%E8%F7%E5%F1%EA% E8% E5% F1% F0% E5% E4% F1% F2% E2% E0% E7% E0% F9% E8% F2% FB% E0% E2% F2% EE% F0% F1% EA% E8% F5% EF% F0% E0% E2 1998). In this case, the license module performs the function of protecting copyright and monitors the legitimacy of the use of copies of the content.

Example 3: Service organizations / users may have access to various parts of a common content catalog. The license module provides the separation of access rights, not allowing access to unauthorized content.

Statistics module 3.6 - a set of software and hardware tools that allows recording and logging all system events, collecting and processing statistics, generating and issuing reports, and (together with financial processing module 3.11) accounting for financial relationships - calculation of expenses, royalties of content owners, etc. .

Module for the preparation of the issuance (controller) 3.7 - in accordance with the requests of the participants in the system, a set of software and hardware tools organizes the collection, processing and output of data from the database / storages for subsequent use by other modules or the output of these data through the display module 3.8.

Display module 3.8 - a set of software and hardware is responsible for how and how the data prepared by the module for issuing the issue will be displayed on Internet resources or mobile applications of the system;

The module of interaction with other systems 3.9 - a set of software and hardware allows you to organize the joint work (integration) of similar hardware tools aggregators 1.1.1-1.1.4 clustered in 5.1, 5.2. For a partial or even full functionality of integration / integration, a third-party software and hardware service / system that is not part of the technical means of a participant in the system may also be responsible. At the same time, the module coordinates possible scenarios for combining catalogs, funds, databases and other elements of subsystems, providing flexible configuration for collaboration. This module also allows you to place all or part of the components of the system on distributed (remote) computing power, including using cloud computing (technology). This allows you to save on the amount of used hardware resources, ensure fast scaling of the system and guarantee a high level of availability (reliability, fault tolerance) of the system.

The module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews 3.10 - a set of software and hardware is responsible for accounting and control of related materials that are logically related to content (reviews, reviews, comments, notes, bookmarks, etc.). For some of them, means of automatic or semi-automatic moderation by participants in the system are used.

Financial processing module 3.11 - the module is responsible for all financial interactions of system participants and third parties.

The inventive system is significantly different from systems known from the prior art. The main differences are as follows.

1. When using the inventive system as a library system, the user and representatives of service organizations work with funds and copies of content in the same way as with familiar paper books. The processes of obtaining a copy of the content in the fund, its transfer to the user and return to the fund after use are completely analogous to the analog work of the library with its readers. Other EBS have a number of technical and organizational limitations that do not allow interacting with content using the same algorithms as with an analogue (paper) book;

2. The content catalog contains not only electronic documents / texts, but also a wide variety of other content formats (electronic audio, video, photo, media and other materials). Due to this, the target audience of users is expanding, as well as the possibility of using content by persons with disabilities (for example, listening to audio books).

The main types of supported content.

- E-books and documents.

- Audiobooks.

- Audio content (music).

- Video, TV content and related files (additional audio tracks, subtitles, etc.)

- Photo content and other graphic materials.

- Games.

- Software.

- Files.

3. Service organizations can form funds not from fixed, predefined collections of content instances, but from any instances from the catalog.

4. Service organizations are not required to buy a certain amount of the same type of each content in the fund. Only copies that are of interest to users get into the fund and are paid.

5. Representatives of the service organization are not required to monitor copyright compliance and control the seizure of copies of content from the user after the end of their use and the subsequent return to the fund of the service organization. The system provides this independently in a fully automatic mode.

6. The aggregator provides the service organization with a trial period of use, within which all the functionality is available with the ability to access the entire content catalog.

7. Filling and expansion of the content catalog can take place automatically, which ensures its timely updating with new content.

8. To access the content, the user just needs access to the Internet or a local network. Then the user has the opportunity to use content on a wide range of devices, including by downloading all the necessary data to a local device for subsequent use online (online) or offline (offline).

9. The user has a wide range of settings, allowing him to individually customize the content display environment. For example, when reading an e-book, you can configure not only the size / font of the text, but also indicate the brightness of the background in night reading mode, display text in several columns, automatically save selected notes, transfer bookmarks to other devices, etc.

10. The participants of the system have access to detailed statistics and reports on working with the catalog and funds, as well as to the tools for its processing.

11. The inventive system provides for the possibility of close integration with other systems (catalogs, content repositories, etc.).

12. When updating content, the claimed system allows you to automatically update content instances to the current version directly on the devices of the system participants.

13. The system, if necessary, may contain a module to support the function of placing part or all of its elements on distributed (remote) computing capacities, including using cloud computing (technologies).

This approach allows you to save on the amount of hardware resources used, provide fast scaling of the system and guarantee a high level of availability (reliability, fault tolerance) of the system.

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The system of support and maintenance of work with content, containing means of interaction with the system, which are Internet resources and mobile applications for technical tools for the user, as well as technical means of processing information and means of storing content, while technical means of processing information include the core systems containing at least a content processing and management module containing a set of software and hardware tools for administering content in the system, a license management module containing a set of software and hardware tools that allows you to control the timing of user access in accordance with their rights and permissions to the system databases, a statistics processing module containing a set of software and hardware tools that records and logs all events in the system when content is maintained, a content delivery preparation module containing a set of software and hardware for collecting, processing and outputting data from a database in accordance with user requests for subsequent use by other kernel modules, an output display module comprising a set of software and hardware for providing data prepared by the modules for display on Internet resources, a module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews, containing a set of software and hardware tools for accounting and control of related materials, logically related to content, the system includes credential storage facilities representing databases / storages, including databases of service organizations, content databases, content catalog databases, funds databases, movement history databases for each content instance, user rights / permissions database for accessing the system, user databases, The aggregator database is designed to interact with Internet resources and mobile applications, and content storage tools are designed to store content information and data for its administration and regulation of access but to the kernel modules. 2. The system according to p. 1, characterized in that it further comprises remote technical means of interaction with the system. 3. The system according to p. 2, characterized in that the remote technical means include at least user devices; devices of representatives of the service organization; device representatives of the aggregator. 4. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the core further comprises a module for interacting with mobile applications. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the core further comprises a fund / site management module. 6. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes the technical means of two or more aggregators from one or more clusters for joint work as part of a single integrated system. 7. The system under item 1, characterized in that the funds of several service organizations are logically combined. 8. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the devices of the aggregator, the service organization and the user are equipped with means that ensure the safe, licensed and controlled use of content. 9. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the core of the system further includes a module for interacting with other systems. 10. The system according to p. 1, characterized in that the devices of the aggregator, the service organization and the user are equipped with means that independently or with the help of the aggregator control the duration and intensity of the use of content within the assigned authority. 11. The system according to p. 1, characterized in that the technical means of the aggregator, and / or the service organization, and / or the user contain a complete or partial set of content management tools. 12. The system according to p. 1, characterized in that it further comprises a module for controlling user access to content from the side of the aggregator and / or service organization in manual and / or automatic mode. 13. The system according to p. 1, characterized in that it further comprises a module that provides the location of part or all of its elements on distributed computing power using cloud computing. 14. A system for providing and maintaining work with content, containing means for interacting with the system, which are Internet resources and mobile applications for technical means for user work, as well as technical means for processing information and means for storing content, while technical means for processing information include a kernel systems containing at least a content processing and management module containing a set of software and hardware tools for administering content in the system, a license management module containing a set of software and hardware tools that allows you to control the timing of user access in accordance with their rights and permissions to the system databases, a statistics processing module containing a set of software and hardware tools that records and logs all events in the system when content is maintained, a content delivery preparation module containing a set of software and hardware for collecting, processing and outputting data from a database in accordance with user requests for subsequent use by other kernel modules, an output display module comprising a set of software and hardware for providing data prepared by the modules for display on Internet resources, a module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews, containing a set of software and hardware tools for accounting and control of related materials, logically related to content, the system includes credential storage facilities representing databases / storages, including databases of service organizations, content databases, content catalog databases, funds databases, movement history databases for each content instance, user rights / permissions database for accessing the system, user databases, The aggregator database is designed to interact with Internet resources and mobile applications, and the content storage facilities are designed to store information and data for its administration and access control, moreover, Internet resources and mobile applications, at least, are provided for interaction with the means of representatives of the aggregator and the means of representatives of the service organization. 15. The system of support and maintenance of work with content, containing means of interaction with the system, which are Internet resources and mobile applications for technical tools for user work, as well as technical means of processing information and means of storing content, while technical means of processing information include the core systems containing at least a content processing and management module containing a set of software and hardware tools for administering content in the system, a license management module containing a set of software and hardware tools that allows you to control the timing of user access in accordance with their rights and permissions to the system databases, a statistics processing module containing a set of software and hardware tools that records and logs all events in the system when content is maintained, a content delivery preparation module containing a set of software and hardware for collecting, processing and outputting data from a database in accordance with user requests for subsequent use by other kernel modules, an output display module comprising a set of software and hardware for providing data prepared by the modules for display on Internet resources, a module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews, containing a set of software and hardware tools for accounting and control of related materials, logically related to content, the system includes credential storage facilities representing databases / storages, including databases of service organizations, content databases, content catalog databases, funds databases, movement history databases for each content instance, user rights / permissions database for accessing the system, user databases, The aggregator database is designed to interact with Internet resources and mobile applications, and the content storage facilities are designed to store information and data for its administration and access control using mations database kernel modules required user facility to operate without access to the local area network and / or Internet. 16. The system of support and maintenance of work with content, containing means of interaction with the system, which are Internet resources and mobile applications for technical means for user work, as well as technical means of processing information, means of storing content, means of maintaining content, while technical means information processing includes the core of the system, data storage, Internet resources and mobile applications; the core of the system includes at least a content processing and management module containing a set of software and hardware tools for administering content in the system, a license management module containing a set of software and hardware tools that allows you to control the timing of user access in accordance with their rights and permissions to the system databases, a statistics processing module containing a set of software and hardware tools that records and logs all events in the system when content is maintained, a content delivery preparation module containing a set of software and hardware for collecting, processing and outputting data from a database in accordance with user requests for subsequent use by other kernel modules, an output display module comprising a set of software and hardware for providing data prepared by the modules for display on Internet resources, a module for processing ratings, reviews, reviews, containing a set of software and hardware tools for accounting and control of related materials, logically related to content, the system includes credential storage facilities representing databases / storages, including databases of service organizations, content databases, content catalog databases, funds databases, movement history databases for each content instance, user rights / permissions database for accessing the system, user databases, The aggregator database is designed to interact with Internet resources and mobile applications, and the content storage facilities are designed to store information and data for its administration and access control, moreover, these technical means of information processing and means of storing content to ensure the functions of the system are fully or partially distributed on the hardware of two or more of any designated participants in the system and / or on the hardware of one or more third parties, and the license management module is designed to fix the deadline for receiving access to databases.

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