WO2015119317A1

WO2015119317A1 - Digital content management method, digital content management server for performing same, and recording medium for storing same

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Publication number: WO2015119317A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/001108
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김대영; 김주엽
Original assignee: (주)네이블커뮤니케이션즈
Priority date: 2014-02-10
Filing date: 2014-02-11
Publication date: 2015-08-13
Also published as: KR20150094817A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a digital content management method performed by a digital content management server connected to a plurality of digital content provision terminals operated by different providers. The digital content management method comprises the steps of: predefining a service log common to the plurality of digital content provision terminals; allowing the digital content provision terminals to access the digital content management server to provide the service log in a process of using digital contents; and determining a purpose of use of the digital contents on the basis of the service log. Thus, the present invention can efficiently manage use information of the digital contents through log data.

Description

Digital content management method, digital content management server performing the same, and recording medium storing the same

The present invention relates to a digital content management technology, and more particularly, a digital content management method capable of efficiently managing usage information of digital content through log data, a digital content management server performing the same, and a recording medium storing the same. It is about.

Video assets can be downloaded or viewed for a certain amount of video on a legitimate site or paid for as a flat fee. In order to protect the copyright of a video work, a method of embedding a digital watermark in a video file has been studied. Digital watermark is a technology for efficiently protecting the copyright of the author by inserting information that can prove the author or the signature of the author of the digital media.

Korean Patent No. 10-0917997 discloses a file reconstruction technique for copyright protection of a file, a pitupi system capable of protecting the rights of copyright holders, and a method of implementing a distribution detection system of illegal copyright files. Such a technique can block illegal files currently being traded through P2P services and can reduce social losses caused by the distribution of illegal copyright files.

Korean Patent No. 10-1240467 discloses a video copyright protection device, a video copyright protection method, and a recording medium capable of decomposing a video into a unit video and inserting copyright information into the unit video to protect the copyright of the video. Such a technology can identify copyright infringement by checking copyright information when a video is illegally distributed and prevent illegal distribution of the video.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a digital content management method that can efficiently manage the use information of digital content through log data.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a digital content management method that can calculate the amount of use of digital content by managing log data according to the purpose of use of the digital content.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a digital content management method capable of managing log data for digital content by linking digital content with Universal Content Identifier (UCI).

Among the embodiments, the digital content management method is a digital content management method performed in a digital content management server connected to a plurality of digital content providing terminals operated by other operators, (a) providing a plurality of digital content Defining a service log common to the terminals in advance; (b) allowing the digital content providing terminal to access the digital content management server and provide the service log in the course of using the digital content; and (c) the service. Determining the purpose of use of the digital content based on the log.

In an embodiment, the method may further include providing statistical information of a service log according to the purpose of use to each of the other service providers.

In an embodiment, the step (a) may include defining the plurality of digital content providing terminals by associating the service log with a Universal Content Identifier (UCI) code.

The step (a) may include storing the service log for each purpose of using the digital content. The step (a) may include generating an interface according to a purpose of using the digital content for each digital content providing terminal.

In an embodiment, the step (b) may include counting the use of the digital content after allowing the digital content providing terminal to provide a service log.

The step (b) may include the step of blocking the permission and transmitting a push message for re-access to the digital content providing terminal if the use of the digital content is not counted within a predetermined time.

In one embodiment, step (c) may comprise analyzing the UCI code associated with the service log to determine the purpose of use of the digital content.

In an embodiment, the step (d) may include calculating statistical information of the service log according to the usage period of the digital content set for each digital content providing terminal.

Among the embodiments, the digital content management server is a digital content management server connected to a plurality of digital content providing terminals operated by other operators, the service log common to the plurality of digital content providing terminals in advance Determining the purpose of using the digital content to determine the purpose of use of the digital content based on the service log definition unit, the service log allowance unit allowing the digital content providing terminal to provide the service log in the process of using the digital content; Contains wealth.

In an embodiment, the service provider may further include a service log statistics unit providing statistical information of the service log according to the purpose of use to each of the other operators.

Among the embodiments, the recording medium for storing the computer program for the digital content management method is a computer for a digital content management method performed in a digital content management server connected to a plurality of digital content providing terminals operated by other operators. A recording medium storing a program, the function of defining a service log common to the plurality of digital content providing terminals in advance, the digital content providing terminal accesses the digital content management server to the service log in the process of using the digital content; A function of allowing the provision and a function of determining the purpose of use of the digital content on the basis of the service log.

The digital content management method according to an embodiment of the present invention can efficiently manage usage information of digital content through log data.

The digital content management method according to an embodiment of the present invention can manage the log data according to the purpose of using the digital content to settle the amount of use of the digital content.

The digital content management method according to an embodiment of the present invention may manage log data for digital content by linking digital content with Universal Content Identifier (UCI).

1 is a block diagram illustrating a digital content management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a digital content management server in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a digital content management process performed by the digital content management server of FIG. 1.

4 is a diagram illustrating an upload log managed by a digital content management server of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a download log managed by the digital content management server of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a monitoring log managed by the digital content management server of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a settlement log managed by the digital content management server of FIG. 1.

Description of the present invention is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, since the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, the objects or effects presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effects, the scope of the present invention should not be understood as being limited thereby.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as "first" and "second" are intended to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it should be understood that there may be other components in between, although it may be directly connected to the other component. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring to", should be interpreted as well.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as "comprise" or "have" refer to a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or feature thereof. It is to be understood that the combination is intended to be present and does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

In each step, an identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of description, and the identification code does not describe the order of the steps, and each step clearly indicates a specific order in context. Unless stated otherwise, they may occur out of the order noted. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium, and the computer readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data can be read by a computer system. . Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like, and are also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Generally, the terms defined in the dictionary used are to be interpreted to coincide with the meanings in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless clearly defined in the present application.

Referring to FIG. 1, the digital content management system 100 includes a digital content providing terminal 110 and a digital content management server 120.

The digital content providing terminal 110 is operated by a business operator. For example, the business operator may correspond to Melon CEO, Mnet CEO, Bucks CEO, YouTube CEO, and the like.

The digital content providing terminal 110 may be connected to the digital content management server 120 through an online network environment to define a service log by the digital content management server 120. For example, the user terminal 110 may correspond to a computing device such as a PC having a central processing unit, a memory device, and input / output means, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a tablet PC. When the service log is defined by the digital content management server 120, the digital content providing terminal 110 may call an interface for using digital content from the digital management server 120.

In one embodiment, the digital content providing terminal 110 may receive statistical information of a service log according to the use of digital content from the digital content management server 120.

The digital content management server 120 may be connected to at least one digital content providing terminal 110 at the same time through an online network environment to define a service log in the digital content providing terminal 110. Here, the digital content management server 120 may be implemented as a plurality of computing devices capable of distributed processing without being limited to a single computing device.

The digital content management server 120 is connected to the digital content providing terminal 110 through an interface generated according to the purpose of using the digital content, and provides statistical information of the service log according to the use of the digital content to the digital content providing terminal 110. Can provide. Hereinafter, the digital content management server 120 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the digital content management server 120 includes a service log definer 210, a service log allower 220, a digital content use purpose determiner 230, a service log statistics unit 240, and a controller ( 250).

The service log defining unit 210 previously defines a service log common to the plurality of digital content providing terminals 110. The service log is implemented with a set of at least one identifier for identifying digital content.

The service log defining unit 210 may define a plurality of digital content providing terminals 110 by associating a service log with a universal content identifier (UCI) code. The UCI code is an identifier assigned to each digital content so as to identify the digital content, and includes metadata about the digital content. The UCI code can be linked with the Integrated Copyright Number (ICN) to ensure a systematic copyright management and distribution system for digital content. ICN includes copyright-related information on digital contents to protect the rights of operators and provides various service models in copyright distribution environment. In one embodiment, the service log definition unit 210 may define the service log and the UCI code in a database implemented inside each of the plurality of digital content providing terminals 110 by associating the service log with the UCI code. .

The service log defining unit 210 may store a service log for each purpose of using digital content. The purpose of using digital content may be classified into upload (or register), download (or use), monitoring, settlement and statistics.

The service log definition unit 210 may generate an interface according to a purpose of using digital content for each digital content providing terminal 110. That is, the service log definition unit 210 may include an upload interface, a download interface, a monitoring interface, a settlement interface, and a statistics interface. The interface may be connected to enable interaction between each of the plurality of digital content providing terminals 110 and the digital content management server 120.

The service log permission unit 220 allows the digital content providing terminal 110 to access the digital content management server 120 and provide a service log in the process of using the digital content. In detail, the service log permitting unit 220 calls the interface associated with the service log to provide the service log defined in the digital content providing terminal 110 to the digital content management server 120. Can be allowed.

In one embodiment, the service log allower 220 identifies the digital content providing terminal 110 based on the identification code of the digital content providing terminal 110 to register the copyright service for the digital content providing terminal 110. You can check. For example, the service log permission unit 220 may block the access of the digital content providing terminal 110 when the identification code of the digital content providing terminal 110 is not registered in the digital content management server 120.

The service log permission unit 220 may count the use of the digital content after allowing the digital content providing terminal 110 to provide the service log. For example, the service log allower 220 may count the use of the digital content for each service division (eg, mobile, web) for the digital content.

If the use of the digital content is not counted within a predetermined time, the service log permitting unit 220 blocks the provision of the service log by the digital content providing terminal 110 and sends a push message for re-access to the digital content providing terminal 110. Can transmit The predetermined time may be set by the operator of the digital content management server 120. In this case, the use of the digital content not being counted means that an error has occurred in the digital content management server 120.

The digital content use purpose determination unit 230 determines the purpose of using the digital content based on the service log. The digital content use purpose determination unit 230 may determine the purpose of using the digital content by analyzing log data included in the service log received from the digital content providing terminal 110. For example, the digital content use purpose determination unit 230 may include [number, upload time, content title, file name, content ID, file size, affiliation status, rights holder ID, etc.] in the service log received from the digital content providing terminal 110. Name, upload ID, and price], you may decide to use the digital content for upload.

In one embodiment, the digital content use purpose determination unit 230 may analyze the UCI code associated with the service log to determine the purpose of use of the digital content. Since the UCI code includes metadata about digital content, the digital content use purpose determination unit 230 may analyze the metadata to determine the purpose of use of the digital content.

The service log statistics unit 240 provides statistical information of the service log according to the purpose of use to each of the other operators. The statistical information may include information about digital content used by the plurality of digital content providing terminals 110 or the corresponding digital content providing terminal 110.

The service log statistics unit 240 may calculate statistical information of the service log according to the usage period of the digital content set for each digital content providing terminal 110. For example, the service log statistics unit 240 is 1 day, 1 month, 1 year in the digital content providing terminal 110, if the digital content providing terminal 110 is set to 1 day, 1 month or 1 year. Statistical information of a service log of digital content used for months or one year may be calculated and provided.

The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the digital content management server 120, and includes a service log definer 210, a service log allower 220, a digital content use purpose determiner 230, and a service log statistics unit ( Control flow or data flow between the 240 may be controlled.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service log defining unit 210 previously defines a service log common to the plurality of digital content providing terminals 110 (step S301).

In one embodiment, the service log definition unit 210 may define the service log and the UCI (Universal Content Identifier) code in association with the plurality of digital content providing terminals 110.

The service log defining unit 210 may store a service log for each purpose of using digital content. The purpose of using digital content may be classified into upload (or register), download (or use), monitoring, settlement and statistics. For example, in FIG. 4, the service log (upload log) according to the upload includes a number, upload time, content title, file name, content ID, file size, affiliation status, owner ID, owner name, upload ID, and price. It may include. In FIG. 5 (a), the service log (hereinafter referred to as a download log) according to the download includes a payment date and time, a digital content providing terminal name, an order ID, a payment code, a content name, a price, a purchase ID (sale ID), a service classification, It may include IP information and registration date and time. In FIG. 6A, the service log (hereinafter, the monitoring log) according to the monitoring includes a number, a digital content providing terminal name, a content name, a normal price, a publication number, a date, a time, an email sending, an email sending time, a shot, and It may include the presence or absence of deletion. In Figure 7 (a), the service log according to the settlement (hereinafter, settlement log) is the payment date, digital content providing terminal name, order ID, payment code, content name, price, purchase ID (sales ID), service classification, It may include IP information and registration date and time. The service log (hereinafter, referred to as a statistic log) according to the statistics may include statistical information obtained by statistically realizing the upload log, the download log, the monitoring log, and the settlement logs in real time, day, month, year, or a specific period.

The service log permission unit 220 allows the digital content providing terminal 110 to access the digital content management server 120 and provide the service log in the course of using the digital content (step S302).

The service log permission unit 220 may count the use of the digital content after allowing the digital content providing terminal 110 to provide the service log. If the use of the digital content is not counted within a predetermined time, the service log permitting unit 220 blocks the provision of the service log by the digital content providing terminal 110 and sends a push message for re-access to the digital content providing terminal 110. Can transmit

The digital content use purpose determination unit 230 determines the purpose of using the digital content on the basis of the service log (step S303). For example, the digital content use purpose determination unit 230 may include [number, digital content providing terminal name, content name, normal price, publication number, date, time, email] in a service log received from the digital content providing terminal 110. Send, e-mail sending time, snapshot, and deletion] can be monitored by monitoring the purpose of the digital content.

The service log statistics unit 240 provides statistical information of the service log according to the purpose of use to each of the other operators (step S304).

For example, in Figure 5 (b), the service log statistics unit 240, the payment date of the download log [digital content providing terminal name, order ID, payment code, content name, price, purchase ID (sale ID) , Service classification, IP information, and registration date and time] may provide download statistics of digital content in a table form. In Figure 6 (b) the service log statistics unit 240 [number, digital content providing terminal name, content name, normal price, posting number, date, time, email sending, email sending time, snapshot and deletion of the monitoring log Presence or absence] can provide the monitoring statistics information of the digital content in the form of a table. In Figure 7 (b), the service log statistics unit 240, the settlement date of the settlement log [digital content providing terminal name, order ID, payment code, content name, price, purchase ID (sale ID), service classification, IP information and registration date and time] may provide settlement statistical information of digital content in the form of a table.

The service log statistics unit 240 may calculate statistical information of the service log according to the usage period of the digital content set for each digital content providing terminal 110. For example, the service log statistics unit 240 is the digital content used for one month in the first digital content providing terminal 110 if the period of use of the digital content in the first digital content providing terminal 110 is set to one month. Statistical information of the service log for may be calculated and provided. For another example, the service log statistics unit 240 uses the digital content used for one year in the second digital content providing terminal 110 when the usage period of the digital content is set to one year in the second digital content providing terminal 110. Statistical information of the service log for the content may be calculated and provided in units of one month.

Although described above with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present application, those skilled in the art various modifications and changes to the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

Claims

In the digital content management method performed in a digital content management server connected to a plurality of digital content providing terminals operated by other operators,

(a) defining service logs common to the plurality of digital content providing terminals in advance;

(b) allowing the digital content providing terminal to access the digital content management server and provide a service log in the process of using the digital content; And

(c) determining the purpose of using the digital content based on the service log.
The method of claim 1,

(d) providing statistical information of a service log according to the purpose of use to each of the other operators.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (a)

And associating the service log with a Universal Content Identifier (UCI) code to define the plurality of digital content providing terminals.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (a)

And storing the service log for each purpose of using the digital content.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (a)

And generating an interface according to a purpose of using the digital content for each of the digital content providing terminals.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (b)

And counting the use of the digital content after allowing the digital content providing terminal to provide a service log.
The method of claim 6, wherein step (b)

If the use of the digital content is not counted within a certain time, blocking the permission and transmitting a push message for re-access to the digital content providing terminal.
The method of claim 3, wherein step (c)

And analyzing the UCI code associated with the service log to determine a purpose of the digital content.
The method of claim 2, wherein step (d)

And calculating statistical information of the service log according to the usage period of the digital content set for each of the digital content providing terminals.
In the digital content management server connected to a plurality of digital content providing terminals operated by other operators,

A service log defining unit which defines a service log common to the plurality of digital content providing terminals in advance;

A service log allowance unit allowing the digital content providing terminal to provide a service log in the process of using the digital content; And

And a digital content use purpose determining unit configured to determine a use purpose of the digital content based on the service log.
The method of claim 10,

And a service log statistics unit for providing statistical information of a service log according to the purpose of use to each of the other operators.
Claims [1] A recording medium for storing a computer program relating to a digital content management method performed by a digital content management server connected to a plurality of digital content providing terminals operated by other operators.

A function of defining service logs common to the plurality of digital content providing terminals in advance;

A function of allowing a digital content providing terminal to access the digital content management server and provide a service log in the course of using the digital content; And

And a computer program relating to a digital content management method comprising the function of determining a purpose of use of the digital content based on the service log.