TW202009756A - Method and system of using instant messaging software to subscribe to electronic journals in batches capable of effectively integrating electronic journals subscribing and reading mechanism with operation interface of instant messaging software - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system of using instant messaging software to subscribe to electronic journals in batches. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: (A) providing a main user in connection to a content server storing a plurality of electronic journals, wherein the main user is a group platform on an instant messaging software; (B) providing the main user to select subscriptions to electronic journals from the content server and set a total number of browsing points; (C) providing click links of the electronic journals to the main user; and (D) providing sub-users who joins the group platform of the main user, whereby the main user clicks the link on the message display page of the instant messaging software to browse the electronic journals, so as to enable the reading permission for allowing the sub-users to read the electronic journals, and correspondingly generate a browsing usage point, in which, when the number of browsing usage points reaches the total number of browsing points, the browsing permission is disabled.

Description

Method and system for subscribing electronic publications in batches with instant communication software

The invention relates to a method and system for subscribing to electronic journals, in particular to a method and system suitable for subscribing to electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software.

Due to the increasing popularity of electronic mobile devices and the rapid progress of network platforms, not only has the overall electronic publications been read, but also the demand for electronic digital publications has been increasing.

However, at present, the common subscription methods for general electronic publications are often based on the business-to-consumer (B2C) model, that is, the general consumers are different from the e-book subscription providing platform, and they are selected one by one according to their reading preferences and needs. Order to read e-books. In this way, the direct subscription mechanism for supplying only the upstream sources of electronic journals to the general consumers lacks the business-to-business (B2B) subscription model for electronic journals at the middle level, which makes it difficult for ordinary companies or groups to directly provide platforms for electronic books and periodicals for batching. Order to provide the employees or group members of the affiliated company for reading.

On the other hand, for direct consumers who actually read e-books, the current subscription method of e-books does not provide an operation mechanism for ordinary consumers to directly subscribe to e-books through the communication software in the electronic device. It lacks the immediacy and convenience of consumer-to-business (C2B) browsing usage patterns.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a method and system for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software, which can provide a business-to-business (B2B) subscription model, so that general enterprises or groups can conveniently batch electronic journals through instant messaging software Subscription, and also provide enterprise employees or group members can use the communication software in the electronic device to conduct consumer-to-business (C2B) reading usage mode to directly browse the batch of subscribed e-books, so as to effectively subscribe e-books And the reading mechanism is integrated with the communication software operation interface.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and system for batch-subscribing electronic journals with instant messaging software, so that electronic journals can be provided to general enterprises or groups for bulk subscription according to actual needs, and at the same time, the employees or group members of the affiliated enterprises are opened for Reading rights for bulk-subscribed e-books.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software, including the following steps: (A) providing a primary user to connect to a content server, and the content server stores a plurality of electronic journals, and the primary The user is a group platform on the instant messaging software; (B) provides the main user to select and subscribe to at least one electronic publication from the content server, and set at least one electronic publication to view the total number of points; (C) provides at least one electronic publication One click link to the main user; and (D) provide at least one sub-user who joins the main user's group platform to browse at least one electronic publication through the main user's click link on the message display page of the instant messaging software to open At least one sub-user has the right to view at least one electronic publication, and correspondingly generates a reading usage point; when the reading usage point accumulates to the total number of reading points, the opening of the right to view at least one electronic publication is stopped. In this way, the method disclosed in the present invention will provide a business-to-business (B2B2C) e-book subscription mechanism, and at the same time provide a more flexible and convenient way to manage e-books.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, another aspect of the present invention provides a system for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software, which includes a content server with multiple electronic journals, a user interface, and a processing unit , A counting unit and a storage unit, which stores a program, wherein, when the processing unit executes the program, the following operations are performed: controlling the user operation interface to display a plurality of electronic publications, so as to provide a main user to choose to subscribe to at least one electronic publication, and Set the total number of reading points of at least one electronic publication; the main user is a group platform on the instant messaging software; when the main user selects to subscribe to at least one electronic publication, the processing unit generates a click link of at least one electronic publication according to the correspondence; And at least one sub-user who joins the main user's group platform browses at least one electronic publication by the main user's click link on the message display page of the instant messaging software to open at least one sub-user to browse at least one electronic publication In the case of authority, the counting unit correspondingly generates a reading usage point; when the counting unit accumulates the number of browsing usage points up to the total number of reading points, the processing unit stops opening the reading authority for browsing at least one electronic publication. In this way, the system disclosed in the present invention can communicate with the main user and the sub-users through instant messaging software, thereby achieving a business-to-business (B2B2C) e-book subscription mechanism and providing more Flexible and convenient way to manage e-books and periodicals.

1‧‧‧Bulk subscription system for electronic journals with instant messaging software

2‧‧‧Content server

3‧‧‧User interface

4‧‧‧Processing unit

5‧‧‧Counting unit

6‧‧‧Storage unit

7‧‧‧Main user device

8‧‧‧Sub-user device

8_1‧‧‧The first sub-user device

8_2‧‧‧Second sub-user device

8_n‧‧‧nth sub-user device

9‧‧‧Internet

10‧‧‧Display unit

31‧‧‧E-book browsing area

32‧‧‧point purchase area

41‧‧‧Click link

71‧‧‧Touch display screen

81‧‧‧Message display page

A‧‧‧Read the bookcase field

B, B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4, B_5, B_6

E_1, E_2, E_3, E_4, E_m, E_n‧‧‧Electronic publications

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20‧‧‧ Method for subscribing electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software

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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for batch-subscribing electronic journals using instant messaging software according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operation of a system for batch-subscribing electronic journals using instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3A to 3B are schematic diagrams illustrating the operation of the system for subscribing electronic journals in batches using instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4E are schematic diagrams illustrating the operation of a system for subscribing electronic journals in batches using instant messaging software according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for batch-subscribing electronic journals using instant messaging software according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Before the method and system for batch subscribing electronic journals with instant messaging software of the present invention are described in detail in this embodiment, it should be particularly noted that in the following description, similar components will be represented by the same component symbols. Furthermore, the drawings of the present invention are only for illustrative purposes, they are not necessarily drawn to scale, and all the details are not necessarily presented in the drawings.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 simultaneously, which respectively show a schematic structural diagram and an operational schematic diagram of a system for batch-subscribing electronic journals with instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a system 1 for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software includes a content server 2, a user interface 3, a processing unit 4, a counting unit 5, and a storage unit 6. Among them, the processing unit 4 of the system 1 for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software is connected to a main user device 7 via an instant messaging software on an Internet 9, and at the same time, the main user device 7 can be accessed through instant messaging software There are a plurality of sub-user devices 8 on the Internet, and the sub-user devices 8 include a first sub-user device 8_1, a second sub-user device 8_2, ... to an n-th sub-user device 8_n.

However, in this embodiment of the invention, the main user device 7 and the sub-user devices 8 use a tablet electronic viewing device as an example, but it can also be a handheld mobile electronic device (such as a smart phone, and Suitable for electronic devices such as tablet computers, etc.), notebook computer devices or desktop computer devices. Secondly, those with ordinary knowledge in the present invention may also know that the instant messaging software system is loaded and operated in each individual memory and microprocessor (not shown) of the main user device 7 and the sub-user devices 8, and The instant messaging software is also loaded and operated in the system 1 through the storage unit 6 and the processing unit 4. Furthermore, the account of the main user in the main user device 7 is an enterprise or group group platform on the instant messaging software, for example: the official account of the WeChat communication platform or the Line communication platform.

Furthermore, the processing unit 4 in the system 1 executes a system program stored in the storage unit 6, and then communicates with the main user device 7 through instant messaging software. Therefore, when the main user communicates with the system 1 through the instant messaging software, the processing unit 4 can display the user operation interface 3 through the system program on the touch display screen 71 connected to the main user device 7, and at the same time A plurality of electronic publications E_1, E_2, ... to E_n stored in the content server 2 are connected and displayed in the electronic book browsing area 31 of the user operation interface 3, to provide the main user browsing and bulk subscription needs Electronic publication.

Secondly, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic publications E_1, E_2, ... to E_n can be arranged and displayed one by one in the electronic book browsing area 31 of the user operation interface 3 according to the relevance of their subject content, For example: science and technology, English and American literature, travel magazines, psychological inspiration, etc., to provide a quick selection of main users to subscribe to these electronic publications.

In addition, the user operation interface 3 may further include a one-point purchase area 32. When the main user selects and subscribes the required electronic publications in batches (for example: electronic publications E_1 to E_m), the point purchase area 32 provides the main user to set the total number of viewing points to be purchased, and set the opening reading time limit (for example: 30 days).

Please refer to FIG. 3A simultaneously, which illustrates a schematic diagram of the operation of the system for batch-subscribing electronic journals with instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, after the purchase of the main user point is completed, the processing unit 4 in the system 1 clicks on the link 41 according to one of the electronic publications corresponding to the batch subscription, and the click link can be displayed on the main user The information display page 81 (for example: the homepage of the WeChat communication platform's official account) on the instant messaging software is in a function option column.

More specifically, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3B simultaneously. The system 1 may further include a display unit 10, wherein the display unit 10 may display a reading bookcase field A in the instant messaging software, and the main user has subscribed in batches to the electronic The introduction text and video bar list of books and periodicals E_1 to E_m are displayed in column A of the reading bookcase, providing sub-users with a simple and convenient way to quickly select the electronic publications required for reading.

In this way, the system 1 can provide sub-users who join the main user's group platform (for example: the public account of the WeChat communication platform), and can log in to the main user through their own sub-user devices 8 and connect via the Internet 9 On the message display page 81 of the instant messaging software, the user enables the sub-user to view the electronic publications that the main user has subscribed to, so that the sub-users can select from the electronic books E_1 to E_m subscribed by the main user to view or download online Read.

However, in this embodiment, the viewing authority of the chapter unit of the electronic publication corresponds to a viewing usage point, for example: each time a child user opens the reading authority of one of the chapter units of the electronic publication, the required reading usage is required. The number of points is 0.1 points. In other words, every time a child user selects and clicks one of the chapter units of any e-book on the message display page 81 of the instant messaging software, the number of viewing usage points counted by the counting unit 5 corresponds to an increase of 0.1 points, and then When the sub-user continues to click on the next chapter, the number of viewing usage points counted by the counting unit 5 automatically increases by 0.1 points progressively.

However, when the total number of browsing usage counted by the counting unit 5 reaches the upper limit value of the opened reading unit, that is, the number of browsing usage points accumulated by the counting unit 5 has reached the total number of browsing points set by the main user, the processing unit 4 The right to read any chapter of this batch of electronic publications will be immediately stopped for any user. On the other hand, the counting unit 5 also closes the reading rights of the sub-users according to the reading time limit set by the main user when subscribing to the electronic publication. For example, when the counting time of the counting unit 5 has exceeded the 30-day validity period, the processing unit 4 will turn off the child The user's reading authority.

Please refer to FIGS. 4A to 4E, which are schematic diagrams illustrating the operation of the system for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Among them, the main difference between the second embodiment of the present invention and the system disclosed in the first embodiment above is that the display unit 10 disclosed in the second embodiment of the present invention can subscribe the main user to electronic journals in bulk, according to their The theme content respectively generates a plurality of theme reading bookcase field embedding links for embedding and displaying in the instant messaging software, and at the same time the counting unit 5 is based on the sub-user clicking each e-book or each theme reading bookcase field embedding link, and Generate and count the reading usage points corresponding to the reading authority corresponding to the field of the particular electronic book or subject reading bookcase.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4A, the processing unit 4 in the system 1 displays the click link 41 in the option pull page of the function option field of the message display page 81 of the main user on the instant messaging software. In this embodiment, the click link 41 displays, for example, the option of "recommended bookcase". Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, when the sub-user clicks on the click link 41 on the message display page 81 of the sub-user device 8, the display unit 10 subscribes in bulk to the electronic publication of the main user on the message display page 81 according to The theme content generates a theme reading bookcase field embedded link B, which may include, for example, a plurality of theme reading bookcase field embedded links B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4, B_5, B_6, etc., corresponding to contemporary literature, art design, and finance, respectively Content topics such as finance, psychological inspiration, religious culture, and tourism customs are arranged and displayed on the information display page 81.

However, regarding the aspect of opening the reading authority and counting the use points of reading in this embodiment, the system 1 may, according to the actual design requirements, cause the child user to click the topic reading bookcase field to embed one of the links B. The unit 4 can open to the sub-users the right to browse the electronic journals of their specific corresponding topic content. For example, when the child user clicks on the topic reading bookcase field to embed the link B_1, the processing unit 4 can immediately open the child user to view all electronic books and periodicals that belong to the topic category of "contemporary literature". In addition, the counting unit 5 also synchronously generates and registers to count the number of viewing usage points for opening the topic content category, for example: 1 point, however, the number of viewing usage points required for opening each topic content category can be based on the actual application design. Increase and decrease adjustment.

Please refer to FIGS. 4C to 4E synchronously. When the sub-user clicks on the topic reading bookcase field to embed the link B_1 (for example: contemporary literature), the display unit 10 is displayed on the information display page 81 of the sub-user device 8 in a bar format A summary of the newsletters of each electronic book E_1, E_2, E_3, E_4, etc. belonging to the topic of "contemporary literature".

However, as for another aspect of opening the reading authority and counting the reading usage points in this embodiment, the system 1 can also cause the current user to click on one of the e-books E_4 to carry out the full content according to actual design requirements During reading, the processing unit 4 will grant the child user its right to read the electronic book E_4. In addition, the counting unit 5 also generates and registers the reading usage points of the e-books E_4, for example: 0.1 points. However, the number of reading usage points corresponding to the opening of each e-book can be increased or decreased according to the actual application design. Adjustment.

Thus, as shown in FIGS. 4D to 4E, after the sub-user selects and clicks the e-book E_4 to read the entire book, the display unit 10 performs a step to display the catalog chapter of the e-book E_4 on the message display page 81 of the sub-user device 8 . In this way, after the sub-user further selects and clicks the first chapter E_41 of the electronic book E_4, the display unit 10 then displays the full text content of the first chapter E_41 of the electronic book E_4 on the message display page 81 of the sub-user device 8.

In summary of the above embodiments, the technical aspects of opening the reading authority and counting the reading usage points disclosed by the present invention include individual users (for example: sub-user login accounts) and batch electronic publications (for example: having the same subject Content of the e-bookcase), a single e-book, or even a single chapter or page to be opened and counted.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which illustrates a flowchart of a method 20 for subscribing electronic journals in batches using instant messaging software according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the method 20 can be used in the above-mentioned system 1 for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software. The method 20 includes a connection step (A), which provides a main user through the main user device and the instant messaging software it loads with the content server 2 in the system 1 with electronic publications E_1, E_2, ... to E_n Internet connection, and the main user is a group platform on instant messaging software (for example: the official account of WeChat communication platform). However, the method can be further classified and displayed according to the theme content of the electronic publications E_1, E_2, ... to E_n, so as to provide the main user with more convenient bulk subscription of the required electronic publications.

Secondly, the method 20 further includes a selection setting step (B), which provides that the main user can connect to the content server 2 from the user operation interface 3 displayed on the main user device 7, and then can batch according to actual needs Subscribe to electronic publications E_1 to E_m. At the same time, the method 20 also provides the main user through the user operation interface 3 to correspondingly set the total number of reading points and the opening reading time limit of the electronic subscription of the bulk subscription, wherein in this embodiment, the main user sets the total number of reading points to Corresponding to the determined upper limit of the number of reading accounts for the bulk subscription of electronic journals. In this way, when the total number of sub-users opened reaches the number of reading accounts, method 20 stops opening the right to read the at least one electronic publication; on the other hand, when the open reading time limit of the electronic subscription of the bulk subscription reaches the opening reading time limit, Method 20 uniformly stops the browsing rights of all sub-users, thereby effectively controlling the number of browsing accounts and the effective browsing period.

Furthermore, the method 20 further includes a link generation step (C), which generates a corresponding click link 41 according to the electronic publications E_1 to E_m subscribed by the main user in bulk and provides it to the main user, so that the click link 41 is displayed in instant messaging The information on the software is displayed in the function option field of page 81.

In addition, the method 20 further includes an activation counting step (D), which provides sub-users who join the group platform following the main user, each of which can be connected to the main user's message display in the instant messaging software through their sub-user devices 8 On page 81, and by clicking the click link 41, the reading rights of the batch-subscribed electronic publications E_1 to E_m are enabled, and a reading usage point is correspondingly generated and counted, while the introduction texts and images of the electronic publications E_1 to E_m are It can be displayed in the sub-user device 8 by a bar-type presentation in a reading bookcase field. At the same time, in the opening counting step (D), the method 20 also registers the total number of sub-users who have opened the reading authority according to the sub-user's login account in the instant messaging software to activate the reading permission, and each logged-in sub-user will correspond A reading usage point is generated. In this way, the method 20 can be based on actual design and usage requirements for user accounts (for example: login account of instant messaging software), bulk electronic publications (for example: with the same subject content), a single e-book, or even Use the attributes of a single chapter or page to open the reading authority and count the number of points used for reading.

The above embodiments are only examples for the convenience of description, and the scope of rights claimed by the present invention should be subject to the scope of the patent application, and not limited to the above embodiments.

1‧‧‧Bulk subscription system for electronic journals with instant messaging software

2‧‧‧Content server

3‧‧‧User interface

4‧‧‧Processing unit

5‧‧‧Counting unit

6‧‧‧Storage unit

7‧‧‧Main user device

8‧‧‧Sub-user device

8_1‧‧‧The first sub-user device

8_2‧‧‧Second sub-user device

8_n‧‧‧nth sub-user device

9‧‧‧Internet

10‧‧‧Display unit

Claims (10)

A method for subscribing electronic journals in batches with instant messaging software, including the following steps: (A) providing a primary user to connect to a content server; the content server stores a plurality of electronic journals; the primary user is on the instant messaging software A group platform; (B) providing the main user to select and subscribe to at least one electronic publication from the content server and setting the total number of points for viewing at least one of the electronic publications; (C) providing one point of reading for the at least one electronic publication Link to the main user; and (D) provide at least one sub-user who joins the main user's group platform to view the at least one electronic publication through the click link on the message display page of the instant messaging software by the main user , To enable the at least one sub-user to view the at least one electronic publication's viewing authority, and correspondingly generate a viewing usage point; wherein when the viewing usage point accumulates to the total viewing point, stop opening the reading of the at least one electronic The right to read the publication. For example, the method for batch-subscribing electronic journals with instant messaging software according to claim 1, wherein, in the step (B), the method further includes: setting a reading time limit for one of the at least one electronic journal. For example, the method for batch-subscribing electronic journals with instant messaging software according to claim 1, wherein in step (A), the method further includes: providing the main user to subscribe the electronic journals in batches according to the subject content of the electronic journals; and In step (D), the method further includes: according to the theme content of the electronic publications subscribed in batches, a plurality of theme reading bookcase column embedded links are generated correspondingly, wherein each theme reading bookcase column embedded link provides the at least one sub The user clicks to display an electronic publication with the same theme, and then the at least one sub-user selects to browse. For example, the method of subscribing to electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software in claim 3, wherein, in step (D), the method further includes: according to the clicks embedded in the links of each electronic book or each subject reading bookcase field, counting and corresponding opening The reading usage points of the reading authority. For example, the method of subscribing to electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software according to claim 1, wherein step (D) further includes: counting the corresponding access rights of the browsing authority based on the login account of the at least one sub-user in the instant messaging software Use points for reading. A system for subscribing electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software, including; a content server, including a plurality of electronic publications; a user interface; a processing unit; a counting unit; and a storage unit, which stores programs; , When the processing unit executes the program, the following operations are performed: controlling the user operation interface to display the plurality of electronic publications, so as to provide a main user to select and subscribe to at least one electronic publication, and set one of the at least one electronic publication to view the total point The main user is a group platform on the instant messaging software; when the main user selects to subscribe to the at least one electronic publication, the processing unit correspondingly generates a click-through link of the at least one electronic publication; and when joining the main At least one sub-user of the user's group platform views the at least one electronic publication through the click link on the message display page of the instant messaging software by the main user to enable the at least one sub-user to view the at least one electronic publication For the reading authority, the counting unit correspondingly generates a reading usage point; when the counting unit accumulates the reading usage point cumulatively reaches the total viewing point, the processing unit stops opening the reading of the at least one electronic publication Reading authority. As in claim 6, a system for batch subscription of electronic journals with instant messaging software, wherein the user operation interface further includes providing the primary user to set a time limit for opening of one of the at least one electronic journal. For example, the system for subscribing electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software according to claim 6, wherein the user operation interface displays the electronic publications in categories according to the subject content of the electronic publications, so as to provide the main user with a bulk subscription to the electronic publications ; And, the system further includes a display unit, the display unit is used to categorize the subject content of the electronic subscription of the bulk subscription, correspondingly generate a plurality of theme reading bookcase field embedded links, and display it in the instant messaging In the software, each of the subject reading bookcase fields embeds a link to provide the at least one sub-user to click to display an electronic publication with the same subject, and then provides the at least one sub-user to select for reading. For example, the system of batch subscription of electronic journals with instant messaging software in claim 8, wherein the counting unit counts the reading usage points corresponding to the opening of the reading authority according to the reading of embedded links in each electronic book or each subject reading bookcase field number. For example, according to claim 6, a system for subscribing electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software, wherein the counting unit counts the number of browsing usage points corresponding to the opening of the viewing authority according to the login account of the at least one sub-user in the instant messaging software.

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