WO2018208016A1

WO2018208016A1 - Method of producing and issuing photo ticket, photo ticket device and photo ticket server and photo ticket system for method, and computer-readable medium having program for executing method recorded thereon

Info

Publication number: WO2018208016A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/004098
Authority: WO
Inventors: Dong Hwan Yoon; Su Ji Lee; Sung Hee Jung
Original assignee: Cj Cgv Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2017-05-11
Filing date: 2018-04-06
Publication date: 2018-11-15
Also published as: KR20180124337A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method of producing and issuing a photo ticket, wherein a photo ticket may be edited based on before-watching state information and after-watching state information, a customer may perform various edit functions on a photo ticket and share a motion of an edited photo ticket, and a photo ticket to which a printable number limit, an information exposure prevention function or a cheating prevention function has been assigned may be issued, a photo ticket terminal/server and a photo ticket system for the method, a computer-readable medium on which a program for executing the method has been recorded.

Description

METHOD OF PRODUCING AND ISSUING PHOTO TICKET, PHOTO TICKET DEVICE AND PHOTO TICKET SERVER AND PHOTO TICKET SYSTEM FOR METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING METHOD RECORDED THEREON

The present invention relates to a method of producing and issuing a photo ticket having a movie memory, a photo ticket terminal, a photo ticket server and a photo ticket system for the method, and a computer-readable medium on which a program for executing the method has been recorded.

As leisure life increases, pieces of performance, such as a movie, a play and a concert, are frequently held. Furthermore, recently, a ticket for watching such performance is frequently booked through a mobile device or a personal computer.

Conventionally, the tickets of person who have booked the same performance are different only in information, such as a performance date or seat, but are the same in the form of the tickets or images printed on the tickets.

There has recently emerged a "photo ticket" on which a unique image is printed and which can be produced on the Internet so a watching memory can be left other than a thicket having such a uniform form. For example, Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2006-0072192 (June 28, 2006) discloses such a photo ticket issue system and method.

In the conventional photo ticket issue system and method, when a customer books a ticket, an on-demand ticket (corresponding to a "photo ticket") is produced based on the booked ticket. After a first user computer requests an on-demand ticket issue server to produce the on-demand ticket, the customer can download content (e.g., a ticket image and avatar image for a layout) necessary to produce the ticket, and can produce the desired on-demand ticket using the content.

In the conventional technology, one of provided ticket layout data is selected, the selected layout data is used as the layout of the on-demand ticket, and content, such as the customer's photo or avatar, is inserted into a specific location of the selected ticket layout. However, the conventional technology has a problem in that various edit functions (e.g., the editing of the color or light and shade of some of or the entire image) for the inserted content are not realized.

Furthermore, the conventional photo ticket issue system and method has not implemented a method of leaving memory in a ticket after a customer watches performance because an on-demand ticket for only a booked ticket is produced.

[Prior Art Document]

[Patent Document]

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2006-0072192 (June 28, 2006) entitled "Method of publishing a ticket on demand and apparatus thereof"

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing and issuing a photo ticket having a movie memory, a photo ticket terminal, a photo ticket server and a photo ticket system for the method, and a computer-readable medium on which a program for executing the method has been recorded, wherein a customer can produce a photo ticket according to circumstances even after performance watching in addition to before the performance watching.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing and issuing a photo ticket having a movie memory, a photo ticket terminal, a photo ticket server and a photo ticket system for the method, and a computer-readable medium on which a program for executing the method has been recorded, wherein when an image and text requested by a customer are inserted into a photo ticket, a color and light and shade can be freely edited in some of or the entire inserted image and text.

Furthermore, yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing and issuing a photo ticket having a movie memory, a photo ticket terminal, a photo ticket server and a photo ticket system for the method, and a computer-readable medium on which a program for executing the method has been recorded, wherein a photo ticket can be produced by inserting content into the front of the ticket and advance purchase information or watching information can be written in the rear of the ticket in order to leave a watching memory.

Furthermore, yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing and issuing a photo ticket having a movie memory, a photo ticket terminal, a photo ticket server and a photo ticket system for the method, and a computer-readable medium on which a program for executing the method has been recorded, wherein color drawing, font scaling and the SNS sharing of a photo ticket can be provided in an edit region.

Furthermore, yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing and issuing a photo ticket having a movie memory, a photo ticket terminal, a photo ticket server and a photo ticket system for the method, and a computer-readable medium on which a program for executing the method has been recorded, wherein some information drainage or an image form of a photo ticket is made different depending on whether a paper type ticket has been issued.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for a photo ticket terminal to produce a photo ticket, including receiving before-watching state information and after-watching state information including possible production date information of a first photo ticket depending on whether a customer has watched a movie based on movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of the customer from a photo ticket server, and displaying the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information on a screen; executing click information for photo ticket making of a movie selected based on the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information; generating an image edit region for image insertion, a text edit region for text insertion, and an edit tool region including edit tool icons for editing an image and text inserted into the image edit region and the text edit region based on the executed click information, and displaying the image edit region, the text edit region and the edit tool region on a screen; generating photo ticket edit information of edited results when the inserted image and text are edited using the displayed edit tool icon; and transmitting the generated photo ticket edit information to the photo ticket server over a communication network.

In one embodiment, the edit tool icons may include a filter menu for representing the inserted image in a plurality of different colors, a rotation menu for rotating the inserted image, a "blurring" menu for adjusting the inserted image to be blurred, a "brightness" menu for adjusting brightness of the inserted image, a sticker menu including sticker information mapped to some of any one of the image edit region, the text edit region, the inserted image and the text. The filter menu may include a filter color region including the plurality of different colors and a scroll bar region for displaying a plurality of images on a screen by mapping a plurality of first colors selected in the filter color region to the image. The "blurring" menu may blur any one of some image region selected from the inserted image, wherein the "blurring" menu includes options "No", a "straight-line form" and a "circle" shape in order to select the some image region, and the remaining image regions other than the image region, and may display a blurred image region on a screen.

In one embodiment, the edit tool region may include a drawing menu providing a drawing function capable of selecting and drawing a specific color through a finger or pen of the customer and a font scaling menu for adjusting the font of the inserted text and an interval between the fonts in addition to the color and arrangement of the inserted text.

In one embodiment, the method of producing a photo ticket may further include receiving a photo ticket having the photo ticket edit information disposed at the front of the photo ticket and the movie advance purchase information or the movie watching information disposed at the rear of the photo ticket from the photo ticket server and assigning a motion effect to the received photo ticket and sharing the photo ticket through an external channel including an SNS.

In one embodiment, the movie advance purchase information may include at least one of an advance purchase type, a movie title, a film screening date and time, a movie seat, the number of advance purchase persons, and an advance purchase number.

In one embodiment, the inserted image may include at least one of a first image downloaded from a server associated with a social network service, a second image stored in memory, and a third image captured by a camera.

In one embodiment, the inserted image may further include at least one of a fourth image downloaded from the photo ticket server, a fifth image provided by a theater operation system, and a sixth image provided by an online server.

In one embodiment, the displaying of the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information may include displaying movie advance purchase information indicating that an advance purchase ticket of the customer has been issued as a paper type ticket, and displaying a sentence reading that the customer needs to enter a theater using the paper type ticket not a photo ticket when the customer enters the theater.

Furthermore, another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for a photo ticket server to issue a produced photo ticket, including receiving photo ticket edit information produced by a customer; generating front information by disposing the received photo ticket edit information at the front of a second photo ticket; generating rear information by disposing movie advance purchase information or movie watching information at a read of the second photo ticket; and issuing the second photo ticket based on a number of printable second photo tickets including the front information and the rear information corresponding to an advance purchase number of the movie advance purchase information when a request to issue the second photo ticket is received from the photo ticket issue terminal.

In another embodiment, the issuing of the second photo ticket may include displaying an advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket if the customer can enter a theater using the second photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued and not displaying the advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket after the paper type ticket is issued.

In another embodiment, the issuing of the second photo ticket may include issuing the second photo ticket having a different image form at the front of the second photo ticket in order to prevent cheating depending on whether the paper type ticket has been issued.

Furthermore, yet another embodiment of the present invention provides a photo ticket terminal, including a watching state processing unit configured to receive before-watching state information and after-watching state information including possible production date information of a first photo ticket depending on whether a customer has watched a movie based on movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of the customer from a photo ticket server and to display the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information on a screen; a click information processing unit configured to execute click information for photo ticket making of a movie selected based on the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information; an edit region processing unit configured to generate an image edit region for image insertion, a text edit region for text insertion, and an edit tool region including edit tool icons for editing an image and text inserted into the image edit region and the text edit region based on the executed click information and to display the image edit region, the text edit region and the edit tool region on a screen; an edit information generation unit configured to generate photo ticket edit information of edited results when the inserted image and text are edited using the displayed edit tool icon; and an edit information transmission unit configured to transmit the generated photo ticket edit information to the photo ticket server over a communication network.

In another embodiment, the edit tool icons may include a filter menu for representing the inserted image in a plurality of different colors, a rotation menu for rotating the inserted image, a "blurring" menu for adjusting the inserted image to be blurred, a "brightness" menu for adjusting brightness of the inserted image, a sticker menu including sticker information mapped to some of any one of the image edit region, the text edit region, the inserted image and the text. The filter menu may include a filter color region including the plurality of different colors and a scroll bar region for displaying a plurality of images on a screen by mapping a plurality of first colors selected in the filter color region to the image. The "blurring" menu may blur any one of some image region selected from the inserted image, wherein the "blurring" menu includes options "No", a "straight-line form" and a "circle" shape in order to select the some image region, and the remaining image regions other than the image region, and may display a blurred image region on a screen.

In another embodiment, the edit tool region may include a drawing menu providing a drawing function capable of selecting and drawing a specific color through a finger or pen of the customer and a font scaling menu for adjusting the font of the inserted text and an interval between the fonts in addition to the color and arrangement of the inserted text.

In another embodiment, the edit tool region may further include a font scaling menu for adjusting the font of the text and an interval between the fonts in addition to the color and arrangement of the inserted text.

In another embodiment, the photo ticket terminal may further include a photo ticket reception unit configured to receive a photo ticket having the photo ticket edit information disposed at the front of the photo ticket and the movie advance purchase information or the movie watching information disposed at the rear of the photo ticket from the photo ticket server; and a photo ticket sharing unit configured to assign a motion effect to the received photo ticket and to share the photo ticket through an external channel including an SNS.

In another embodiment, the movie advance purchase information may include at least one of an advance purchase type, a movie title, a film screening date and time, a movie seat, the number of advance purchase persons, and an advance purchase number.

In another embodiment, the inserted image may include at least one of a first image downloaded from a server associated with a social network service, a second image stored in memory, and a third image captured by a camera.

In another embodiment, the inserted image may further include at least one of a fourth image downloaded from the photo ticket server, a fifth image provided by a theater operation system, and a sixth image provided by an online server.

In another embodiment, the screen may further displays movie advance purchase information indicating that an advance purchase ticket of the customer has been issued as a paper type ticket and a sentence reading that the customer needs to enter a theater using the paper type ticket not a photo ticket when the customer enters the theater.

Furthermore, yet another embodiment of the present invention provides a photo ticket server, including an information transmission unit configured to transmit before-watching state information and after-watching state information including possible production date information of a first photo ticket depending on whether a customer has watched a movie based on movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of the customer to a photo ticket terminal over a communication network; an edit information reception unit configured to receive photo ticket edit information generated by the photo ticket terminal using an image edit region for image insertion, a text edit region for text insertion, and an edit tool region including edit tool icons for editing an image and text inserted into the image edit region and the text edit region; a ticket mapping unit configured to generate front information by disposing the received photo ticket edit information at the front of the second photo ticket and to generate rear information by disposing at least one of movie advance purchase information and movie watching information at the rear of the second photo ticket; and a ticket issue unit configured to issue the second photo ticket in response to a request for the issue of the second photo ticket from the photo ticket issue terminal.

In yet another embodiment, the photo ticket server may further include an information transmission unit configured to transmit the second photo ticket issued by the ticket issue unit to the photo ticket issue terminal over the communication network.

In yet another embodiment, the ticket mapping unit may confirm whether the advance purchase number information of the customer provided by the photo ticket issue terminal is identical with the advance purchase number of the movie advance purchase information stored in a database in response to a request from the customer, and may allow the photo ticket issue terminal to issue the mapped second photo ticket when the advance purchase number information is identical with the advance purchase number.

In yet another embodiment, the ticket issue unit may include an output number adjustment unit configured to issue the photo ticket through the photo ticket issue terminal based on the advance purchase number of movie advance purchase information corresponding to the number of printable photo tickets including the front information and the rear information when the customer requests the issuing of the photo ticket through the photo ticket issue terminal.

In yet another embodiment, the ticket issue unit may further include an advance purchase number exposure limit unit configured to display an advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket if the customer can enter a theater using the second photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued and to not display the advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket after the paper type ticket is issued.

In yet another embodiment, the ticket issue unit may further include a cheating prevention unit configured to output the second photo ticket having a different image form at the front for cheating prevention depending on whether the paper type ticket has been issued.

In yet another embodiment, the movie advance purchase information may include at least one of an advance purchase type, a movie title, a film screening date and time, a movie seat, the number of advance purchase persons, and an advance purchase number.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have advantages in that a customer can insert text into a photo ticket in addition to images provided in various environments and can also insert a different image and text into a photo ticket based on conditions before or after watching or memory.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that colorful and various photo tickets can be produced because some region of an image and text to be inserted into a photo ticket can be designated and the designated some region or the entire region of the image and text are capable of light and shade and/or color adjustment.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that a customer can recollect memory because more information is registered with a limited photo ticket by disposing an image and text produced through editing at the front of the photo ticket and disposing advance purchase information and/or watching information at the rear of the photo ticket.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that a customer can rapidly edit a photo ticket using the edit functions for the light and shade and/or color adjustment of an image and text through a convenient user interface having an icon, a menu and a scroll adjustment bar form.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that more colorful photo tickets can be produced by assigning the drawing function and the font control function to the edit tool region.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that photo ticket service activation and a corresponding profit can be maximized because a produced photo ticket is shared with an external channel, such as SNS, by assigning a motion effect to the photo ticket.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention have advantages in that information of a customer can be protected and the unlimited issue of a photo ticket can be prevented by limiting the printable number of photo tickets or determining the exposure of an advance purchase number depending on whether the ticket is a paper type ticket.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention have an advantage in that a cheating prevention effect can be achieved because an image form of front information of a second photo ticket is different and output depending on whether a paper type ticket has been issued.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the aforementioned effects, and other effects not described above may be evidently understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The accompanying drawings are provided to help understanding of the following embodiments and provide the embodiments along with the detailed description. However, the technical characteristics of the present invention are not limited to a specific drawing, and the characteristics disclosed in the drawings may be combined to form a new embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of producing a photo ticket according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the state in which a photo ticket terminal for realizing the method of producing a photo ticket of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment has been connected.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams illustrating information forms generated in a process of producing a photo ticket according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the filter menu of edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the rotation menu of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the "blurring" menu of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the brightness menu of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the sticker menu of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for illustrating menus added to an edit tool region according to an embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of front information and rear information of a second photo ticket according to an embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an additional example of a method of producing a photo ticket according to an embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the photo ticket terminal according to an embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing additional elements of the photo ticket terminal of FIG. 13 according to an embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a photo ticket system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of issuing a photo ticket according to an embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a photo ticket server according to an embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a ticket issue unit according to an embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of guidance sentences in a paper type ticket according to an embodiment.

200/410: photo ticket terminal

210: watching state processing unit

220: click information processing unit

230: edit region processing unit

240: edit information generation unit

250: edit information transmission unit

310/420/500: photo ticket server

320: advance purchase device

330/430: photo ticket issue terminal 400: photo ticket system

510: information transmission unit

520: edit information reception unit

530: ticket mapping unit

540: ticket issue unit 541: output number adjustment unit

542: advance purchase number exposure limit unit

543: cheating prevention unit 550: database

Terms disclosed in the following embodiments are used to merely describe specific examples and are not restricted by the specific examples.

For example, it is to be noted that a suffix "unit" disclosed in this specification is assigned or interchangeable by taking only the ease of writing this specification into consideration, but in itself is not given a different meaning or role.

Furthermore, it should be understood that "and/or" disclosed in the following embodiments includes a specific and all possible combinations of one or more of related enumerated items.

Furthermore, unless explicitly described to the contrary, a term "include (or include or have)" disclosed in the following embodiments will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated element but not the exclusion of any other elements.

Furthermore, an expression of the singular number "the" used in the description of the following embodiments and the claims may be construed as including an expression of the plural number unless clearly defined otherwise in the context.

A photo ticket disclosed in the following embodiments provides a mechanism through which a customer can produce a photo ticket for only a movie, but may be extended to play watching, concert watching and sports watching in addition to movie watching.

Furthermore, in the following embodiments, a photo ticket terminal for producing a photo ticket may have various forms of terminals depending on a communication aspect. For example, the photo ticket terminal may include various devices, such as a personal computer (PC), a notebook, a wireless communication terminal, a smartphone, a portable media player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet PC, a set-top box, and smart TV.

Hereinafter, various aspects for producing a photo ticket or issuing a produced photo ticket are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of producing a photo ticket according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the state in which a photo ticket terminal for realizing the method of producing a photo ticket of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment has been connected. FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams illustrating information forms generated in a process of producing a photo ticket according to an embodiment.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are adjunctively cited when FIGS. 1 and 2 are described.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the method of producing a photo ticket according to an embodiment includes step 110 to step 150 in order for the photo ticket terminal to produce a customer's customized photo ticket.

As shown in FIG. 2, the photo ticket terminal configured to perform the steps may provide a customer with basic information and a tool related to the customer and received from a photo ticket server connected to a communication network so that the customer can easily edit a photo ticket, may edit the photo ticket based on the basic information and tool, and may provide the edited photo ticket to the photo ticket server.

Accordingly, the photo ticket server may receive the edited photo ticket from the photo ticket terminal, may provide the edited photo ticket to a photo ticket issue terminal connected to the communication network, and may provide a photo ticket service so that a photo ticket completed by the customer can be issued to the customer at any time.

The communication network means a network of a wide concept, including a wired or wireless communication network connected between the photo ticket server and the photo ticket terminal and the photo ticket server and the photo ticket issue terminal and a series of communication devices connected between communication networks or at ends.

A processing process for the photo ticket terminal to perform step 110 to step 150 is as follows.

The photo ticket server according to an embodiment may receive movie advance purchase information of a customer including a record of a ticket advance purchase process and movie watching information regarding whether the customer has watched a movie from a performance company server and/or the advance purchase computer of a performance company or the photo ticket terminal (or customer device) over the communication network.

For example, when a customer wants to book a ticket through the Internet in order to watch a movie at a desired theater, the performance company server and/or the advance purchase computer of the performance company or the photo ticket terminal (or customer device) may generate movie advance purchase information by processing a series of processes for the ticket advance purchase, may transmit the movie advance purchase information to the photo ticket server connected to the communication network, may generate movie watching information by processing a series of processes regarding whether the customer has watched the movie after the ticket advance purchase, and may transmit the movie watching information to the photo ticket server.

However, the present invention is not limited to the above example. The photo ticket server does not receive the movie advance purchase information and the movie watching information from the performance company server and/or the advance purchase computer or the photo ticket terminal (or customer device), but may generate the movie advance purchase information and the movie watching information through a series of processing processes while operating in conjunction with its own device.

The movie advance purchase information may include at least one of an advance purchase type, a movie title, a movie screening date and time, a movie seat, the number of advance purchase persons, and the advance purchase number (e.g., barcode information), but is not essentially limited thereto.

In contrast, the movie watching information may include normal watching completion information if a customer who has booked a ticket for a movie has normally watched the movie at a theater on a designated date and time, and may include incomplete watching information if the customer has not watched the movie.

At step 110, the photo ticket terminal according to an embodiment may receive movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of a customer, transmitted from a performance company server and/or the advance purchase computer of a performance company or the photo ticket terminal (or customer device) to the photo ticket server or generated by the photo ticket server in conjunction with its own device, and a photo ticket app or a photo ticket generation website from the photo ticket server over the communication network.

In this case, the movie advance purchase information and the movie watching information may be downloaded to the photo ticket terminal, for example, when the photo ticket app is driven.

At step 110, the photo ticket terminal may drive the photo ticket app received from the photo ticket server, may generate before-watching state information and after-watching state information that is necessary for a customer to produce a first photo ticket based on the movie advance purchase information and movie watching information received from the photo ticket server when the photo ticket app is driven and that includes possible production date information of the first photo ticket depending on whether each movie has been watched, and may display the before-watching state information and the after-watching state information on a screen.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if a customer has normally watched a movie "Huntsman", the photo ticket terminal may assign a comment "Site ticket issue" to the movie "Huntsman" and assign a comment "28 days are left" in a first photo ticket-possible production date as after-watching state information. If a movie "Captain America" has not reached a designated time, the photo ticket terminal may assign a comment "Before-watching" to the movie "Captain America" and assign a comment "37 days are left" in a first photo ticket-possible production date as before-watching state information.

Furthermore, at step 110, although not shown, the photo ticket terminal may receive movie advance purchase information, indicating that the advance purchase ticket of the customer has been issued as a paper type ticket, from the photo ticket server, and may display the received movie advance purchase information on a screen along with the before-watching state information and the after-watching state information.

In this case, a sentence reading that the customer must enter a theater using the paper type ticket not a photo ticket may be further displayed on the screen. Such an example is shown in FIG. 19.

As described above, in the present embodiment, a customer can usefully produce a photo ticket having a different memory based on before-watching state information and after-watching state information before or after the customer watches a movie. Although a ticket has been issued as a paper type ticket, an environment in which a photo ticket can be produced can be further provided.

At step 120, the photo ticket terminal according to an embodiment may generate click information for photo ticket making when a specific movie (or poster) for producing a photo ticket based on the movie before-watching state information and movie after-watching state information generated at step 110 is selected.

For example, if a list related to before-watching state information and movie after-watching state information is displayed on a screen, when a customer selects a specific movie whose first photo ticket is to be produced in the list, the photo ticket terminal may generate click information by recognizing the selection.

The click information is a signal indicating that a customer has started to produce a first photo ticket, and may be executed when a "＋" mark 1 shown in FIG. 3 is selected.

At step 130, the photo ticket terminal according to an embodiment may generate an image edit region 10 that is an edit region necessary to produce a first photo ticket and a text edit region 20 for text insertion, may store the image edit region 10 and text edit region 20 in memory, and may display the image edit region 10 and text edit region 20 stored in the memory on a screen in response to the execution of the click information, as shown in FIG. 4.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the photo ticket terminal may further generate an edit tool region 30, including edit tool icons 31 capable of editing an image 11 and text 21 inserted into the image edit region 10 and the text edit region 20, may store the edit tool region 30 in the memory, and may display the edit tool region 30 stored in the memory on a screen in response to the execution of the click information.

In FIG. 4, the edit tool region 30 has been illustrated as being disposed on the upper side of the screen, the text edit region 20 has been illustrated as being disposed on the lower side of the screen, and the image edit region 10 has been illustrated as being disposed between the text edit region and the edit tool region, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this case, the image 11 and the text 21 that are inserted into the image edit region 10 and the text edit region 20, respectively, and edited may include at least one of a first image downloaded from a server associated with a social network service, a second image previously stored in the memory, and a third image captured by the camera of the photo ticket terminal.

The social network service, such as Facebook, has been widely known, and thus a description thereof is omitted.

Furthermore, the image 21 inserted into the image edit region 10 and edited may further include at least one of a fourth image downloaded from a database for content images within the photo ticket server, a fifth image provided by a theater operation system, and a sixth image provided by an online server.

The edit tool icons 31 may include at least one of a filter menu for representing the image 11 inserted into a

corresponding region

10, 20 in a plurality of different colors, a rotation menu for rotating the image 11 to be inserted, a "blurring" menu for making the inserted image 11 blurred, a "brightness" menu for brightly adjusting the inserted image 11, and a sticker menu including sticker information inserted into part of any one of the image edit region, the text edit region, the inserted image 11, and the inserted text 21.

However, the present invention is not limited to the menu forms. Furthermore, an example of the edit tool icons 31 is described in more detail later.

As will be described later, the photo ticket edit tools can maximize the adjustment of a color, light and shade for the image 11 and text 21 inserted into the corresponding regions, and can set and control various sizes for the image 11 and the text 21.

At step 140, the photo ticket terminal according to an embodiment may generate photo ticket edit information, that is, the results of the editing of a customer, when the customer edits the image 11 inserted into the image edit region 10 and the text 21 inserted into the text edit region 20 using the edit tool icons 31 displayed on a screen.

At step 150, after payment between the photo ticket terminal and the photo ticket server is completed, the photo ticket terminal may transmit the generated photo ticket edit information to the photo ticket server over the communication network. In this case, the payment has been widely known, and thus a description thereof is omitted.

Accordingly, the photo ticket server according to an embodiment can map photo ticket edit information, received from the photo ticket terminal, to the front of a second photo ticket, and can also map at least one of movie advance purchase information and movie watching information, previously generated based on the photo ticket edit information received from the photo ticket terminal, to the rear of the second photo ticket.

Furthermore, the photo ticket server may transmit already generated front information and rear information of a second photo ticket to the photo ticket issue terminal connected to the communication network in response to a request from a customer.

The request of the customer is a request signal generated from the photo ticket issue terminal. The request signal may mean a signal for issuing a second photo ticket including front information and rear information into which an edited image and text have been incorporated and movie advance purchase information or movie watching information has been incorporated, for example.

In this case, the customer requires special authentication in order to receive the second photo ticket issued by the photo ticket issue terminal. For example, the customer may receive the second photo ticket when the customer normally inputs an advance purchase number, incorporated into the rear information of the booked ticket and/or the second photo ticket, to the photo ticket issue terminal.

In other words, when advance purchase number information input to the photo ticket issue terminal in response to a request from a customer is received from the photo ticket issue terminal, the photo ticket server may identify whether the received advance purchase number information is identical with an advance purchase number written in rear information of a second photo ticket to be issued.

For example, if the received advance purchase number information is identical with the advance purchase number written in the rear information of the second photo ticket to be issued, the photo ticket server may transmit front information and rear information of the second photo ticket to the photo ticket issue terminal in accordance with the received advance purchase number information, so the photo ticket issue terminal can normally issue the second photo ticket.

The edit tool icons implemented at step 130 and the state of a finally edited photo ticket are described in detail below.

The following menus show examples of menus displayed on a screen of the photo ticket terminal.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the filter menu of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5, the filter menu 31a of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment may mean a function for representing the image 11 to be inserted into the image edit region 10 and/or the text 21 to be inserted into the text edit region 20 in a plurality of different colors based on a customer's selection.

To this end, the filter menu 31a of the edit tool icons 31 may include a filter color region 31a-1 including a plurality of different colors and a scroll bar region 31a-2 for displaying a plurality of images 12 on a screen by mapping a plurality of first colors selected by a customer in the filter color region 31a-1 to the image 11 inserted by the customer and displaying a specific image 12a selected from the plurality of images 12 on the screen.

In such an implementation, the photo ticket terminal according to an embodiment may generate the plurality of images 12 and the image 12a of the plurality of images 12 selected by the customer in colors of various forms with respect to an edited image.

Accordingly, the customer can receive an issued photo ticket having a plurality of images whose colors have been adjusted according to his or her taste.

Referring to FIG. 6, the rotation menu 31b of the edit tool icons may include a function for rotating the image 11 inserted into the image edit region 10 and/or the text 21 inserted into the text edit region 20. For example, the function for rotating the image 11 may be implemented in the scroll bar form 31b-1 so that each rotation angle is reached. The image 13 rotated by the scroll bar 31b-1 may be rotated at a corresponding angle and displayed.

Referring to FIG. 7, the "blurring" menu 31c of the edit tool icons may include a function for blurring some region of the image 11 inserted into the image edit region 10 and/or the text 21 inserted into the text edit region 20.

The "blurring" menu 31c may adjust any one of a specific region 31c-2 selected in the image 10 and/or the text 20 and the remaining regions other than the region 31c-2 to be blurred (blurred compared to the other region), and may display it on a screen of the photo ticket terminal.

In this case, the "blurring" menu has three options for selecting a region: i) No, ii) a circle, and iii) a straight-line form.

In the three options, the "No" means that the "blurring" function is not used. The "circle" means that a selected region is set as the circle 31c-2. The "straight-line form" means that a region two straight lines is selected.

When the "blurring" adjustment is completed, the selected region maintains the original clear state, and regions outside the selected region are displayed in a blurred (i.e., contour is not clear) image form.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the brightness menu 31d of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, the "brightness" adjustment menu 31d of the edit tool icons is for adjusting the brightness of the image 11 inserted into the image edit region 10 and/or the text 21 inserted into the text edit region 20.

The degree of brightness may be divided into several steps and selected by a horizontal bar.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the sticker menu 31e of the edit tool icons according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, the sticker menu 31e of the edit tool icons may include sticker information 31e-1 that overlaps the image 11 or text 21 inserted into the image edit region 10 or the text edit region 20 and is inserted thereto.

The sticker information 31e-1 is provided from the photo ticket server to the photo ticket terminal. A customer may select one of provided stickers and attach the selected sticker to any place of desired image text. When the customer selects the sticker information 31e-1 and moves it, sticker information 31e-2 mapped to a corresponding location may be displayed on a screen of the photo ticket terminal.

In this case, the sticker information may include information into which text, such as 4DX or IMAX, has been inserted, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 10, the edit tool region may further include a drawing menu 31f and a font scaling menu 31g.

When a specific color is selected by a finger or pen of a customer, the drawing menu 31f may provide a drawing function for attaching the selected color to an image and/or text inserted into a corresponding region in response to the selection.

Alternatively, when a specific color is selected by a finger or pen of a customer, the drawing menu 31f may further provide a drawing function for drawing an empty region neighboring an inserted image and/or text in the specific color in response to the selection.

The font scaling menu 31g may provide a function for adjusting the color, arrangement and size of a font of text inserted into the text edit region.

As described above, the present embodiment has an advantage in that a more colorful photo ticket can be produced by assigning the drawing function and the font control function to the edit tool region.

Referring to FIG. 11, front information 40 of the second photo ticket shows the state 17 into which photo ticket edit information finally edited by a customer has been incorporated. Rear information 50 of the second photo ticket shows a word mark state 18 into which movie advance purchase information or movie watching information has been incorporated.

A photo ticket produced as described above according to an embodiment of the present invention has an advantage in that a customer can record a memory of a watched movie along with information edited by the customer.

The method of providing a photo ticket service may be implemented in the form of program instructions capable of being executed by various computer elements and recorded on a computer-readable medium.

The computer-readable medium may be a specific medium accessible to a processor. The medium may include volatile, nonvolatile, detachable and fixed computer storage media.

Referring to FIG. 12, the method of producing a photo ticket according to an additional embodiment may further include step 160 and step 170 of sharing a photo ticket produced in the photo ticket terminal with an external channel.

At step 160, the photo ticket terminal may receive a second photo ticket edited by a user from the photo ticket server over the communication network.

At step 170, the photo ticket terminal may assign a motion effect to the received second photo ticket and share the second photo ticket through an external channel, for example, a friend SNS.

To this end, the photo ticket terminal includes a sharing menu and a menu for selecting a corresponding SNS, and may transit a second photo ticket to which a motion effect has been assigned through the SNS.

As described above, in the present embodiment, a motion effect can be assigned to a photo ticket produced by a customer and the photo ticket can be shared with a friend through a social network service.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the photo ticket terminal according to an embodiment. FIGS. 3 and 4 are adjunctively cited in describing FIG. 13.

Referring to FIG. 13, the photo ticket terminal 200 includes a watching state processing unit 210, a click information processing unit 220, an edit region processing unit 230, an edit information generation unit 240, and an edit information transmission unit 250.

The watching state processing unit 210 may receive movie advance purchase information or movie watching information of a customer, and a photo ticket app or a photo ticket generation website from the photo ticket server 310 over the communication network.

In this case, the movie advance purchase information or the movie watching information may be downloaded to the photo ticket terminal 200, for example, when the photo ticket app is driven.

Next, the watching state processing unit 210 may generate before-watching state information and after-watching state information, including possible production date information of a first photo ticket, based on the movie advance purchase information or movie watching information received from the photo ticket server 310, and may display the before-watching state information and after-watching state information on a screen.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if a customer has normally watched a movie "Huntsman", the watching state processing unit 210 may assign a comment "Site ticket issue" to the movie "Huntsman" and assign a comment "28 days are left" in a first photo ticket-possible production date as after-watching state information. If a movie "Captain America" has not reached a designated time, the photo ticket terminal may assign a comment "Before-watching" to the movie "Captain America" and assign a comment "37 days are left" in a first photo ticket-possible production date as before-watching state information.

Furthermore, although not shown, the watching state processing unit 210 may receive movie advance purchase information, indicating that the advance purchase ticket of the customer has been issued as a paper type ticket, from the photo ticket server, and may display the received movie advance purchase information on a screen along with the before-watching state information and the after-watching state information.

When a movie for photo ticket making is selected, the click information processing unit 220 may generate click information for photo ticket making.

For example, if a list related to before-watching state information and movie after-watching state information is displayed on a screen, when a customer selects a specific movie whose first photo ticket is to be produced in the list, the click information processing unit 220 may generate click information by recognizing the selection.

The click information is a signal indicating that a customer has started to produce a first photo ticket, and may be executed when the "＋" mark 1 shown in FIG. 3 is selected.

The edit region processing unit 230 may generate the image edit region 10, that is, an edit region necessary to produce a first photo ticket, and the text edit region 20 for text insertion, and may display them on a screen, as shown in FIG. 4.

Furthermore, the edit region processing unit 230 may generate the edit tool region 30, including the edit tool icons 31 capable of editing the image 11 and text 21 inserted into the image edit region 10 and the text edit region 20, and may display the edit tool region 30 on a screen.

The edit tool region 30 may be disposed on the upper side of the screen, the text edit region 20 may be disposed on the lower side of the screen, and the image edit region 10 may be disposed between the text edit region and the edit tool region, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this case, the image to be inserted into the image edit region 10 and to be edited may be selected from a first image downloaded from a server associated with a social network service, a second image previously stored in the photo ticket terminal, and a third image to be captured by the camera of the photo ticket terminal.

Furthermore, an image to be inserted into each region and to be edited may be at least one of a fourth image stored in the database of the photo ticket server, a fifth image provided by a theater operation system, and a sixth image provided by an online server.

The edit tool icons 31 include at least one of the filter menu for representing images inserted into corresponding regions in a plurality of different colors, the rotation menu for rotating the image to be inserted, the "blurring" menu for making blurred some region of the inserted image, the "brightness" menu for adjusting the brightness of the inserted image, and the sticker menu including sticker information that overlaps some of any one of the image and text inserted into the image edit region or the text edit region and that is inserted thereto.

The forms of the menus have been sufficiently described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 11, and thus a description thereof is omitted.

Accordingly, the present embodiment have advantages in that the color, definition and brightness of some of or the entire inserted image and text can be properly adjusted and the size of the image and text can be set and modified in various ways using the photo ticket edit tools.

When a customer edits an image inserted into the image edit region 10 or text inserted into the text edit region 20 using the edit tool icons 31 displayed on a screen, the edit information generation unit 240 may generate the results of the editing of the customer as photo ticket edit information.

The edit information transmission unit 250 may transmit the photo ticket edit information, generated by the edit information generation unit 240, to the photo ticket server 310 over the communication network.

As described above, when the photo ticket edit information is transmitted to the photo ticket server 310, the customer can subsequently receive the second photo ticket issued by the photo ticket issue terminal 330 associated with the photo ticket server 310. The state of front information and rear information of the issued second photo ticket is the same as that of FIG. 11, and thus a description thereof is omitted.

Referring to FIG. 14, the photo ticket terminal 200 may further include a photo ticket reception unit 260 and a photo ticket sharing unit 270.

In one embodiment, the photo ticket reception unit 260 may receive a second photo ticket, including front information and rear information in which photo ticket edit information has been disposed at the front of a second photo ticket and movie advance purchase information or movie watching information has been disposed at the rear of the second photo ticket, from the photo ticket server over the communication network.

The photo ticket sharing unit 270 may assign a motion effect to the received second photo ticket and share it through an external channel, such as an SNS.

To this end, the photo ticket sharing unit 270 may include a sharing menu and a menu for selecting the corresponding SNS on a screen.

As described above, in the present embodiment, a specific motion effect can be assigned to a photo ticket produced by a user, and the photo ticket can be shared with a friend using a service, such as a social network.

Referring to FIG. 15, the photo ticket system 400 according to an embodiment may include a photo ticket terminal 410, a photo ticket server 420 and a photo ticket issue terminal 430. The photo ticket terminal 410 and the photo ticket server 420 have the same configurations as the photo ticket terminal and photo ticket server described above other than their reference numerals, and thus a description thereof is omitted.

Additionally, the photo ticket server 420 may generate a second photo ticket in which photo ticket edit information received from the photo ticket terminal 410 has been disposed at the front of the second photo ticket.

That is, the second photo ticket may include front information and rear information. The photo ticket edit information may be mapped as the front information. At least one of movie advance purchase information and movie watching information may be disposed at the rear of the second photo ticket as the rear information.

In one embodiment, a customer may request the photo ticket server 420 to issue a second photo ticket through authentication, such as inputting the advance purchase number of a booked ticket to the photo ticket issue terminal 430. The photo ticket server 420 transmits front information and rear information of the second photo ticket corresponding to the advance purchase number to the photo ticket issue terminal 430 over the communication network.

Referring to FIG. 16, the method of issuing a photo ticket according to an embodiment may include step 610 to step 640 for the photo ticket server 420 to issue a produced photo ticket.

At step 610, after the payment of the photo ticket terminal 410 is completed, the photo ticket server 420 may receive photo ticket edit information produced by a customer. The photo ticket edit information has been sufficiently described above, and thus a description thereof is omitted.

At step 620, the photo ticket server 420 may generate front information by disposing the photo ticket edit information received at step 610 at the front of a second photo ticket.

At step 630, the photo ticket server 420 may generate rear information by disposing movie advance purchase information or movie watching information at the back of the second photo ticket.

At step 640, when a photo ticket issue request is received through the photo ticket issue terminal 430 over the communication network, the photo ticket server 420 may issue the second photo ticket through the photo ticket issue terminal 430 based on the number of printable second photo tickets corresponding to the advance purchase number of the movie advance purchase information.

Furthermore, at step 640, the photo ticket server 420 may issue the second photo ticket in such a manner that an advance purchase number (e.g., barcode) included in movie advance purchase information is displayed at the rear of the second photo ticket if a customer can enter a theater using the second photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued, and may issue the second photo ticket in such a manner that the advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information is not displayed at the rear of the second photo ticket after the paper type ticket is issued.

For example, if a customer can enter a theater using a photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued, the photo ticket server 420 may issue the photo ticket by displaying an advance purchase number (e.g., barcode) at the rear of the photo ticket. After the paper type ticket is issued, the photo ticket server 420 may not display the advance purchase number (e.g., barcode) in the issued second photo ticket because the customer can enter the theater using the paper type ticket.

As described above, the present embodiment can protect customer information and prevent the unlimited issue of a ticket by limiting the number of printable photo tickets or determining whether or not to display an advance purchase number depending on whether a paper type ticket is issued or not.

Furthermore, at step 640, the photo ticket server 420 may issue the second photo ticket having a different image form of front information in order to prevent cheating depending on whether a paper type ticket is issued or not.

For example, the second photo ticket may also play the role of an "entrance ticket" through which a customer can enter a theater. Accordingly, a photo ticket having a different form of an issue image may be issued in order to prevent cheating depending on whether a paper type ticket has been issued or not.

Accordingly, the present embodiment can achieve a cheating prevention effect because front information of a second photo ticket is differently output depending on whether a paper type ticket has been issued or not.

Referring to FIG. 17, the photo ticket server 500 according to an embodiment may include an information transmission unit 510, an edit information reception unit 520, a ticket mapping unit 530, a ticket issue unit 540 and a database 550.

The information transmission unit 510 may transmit before-watching state information and after-watching state information, including possible production date information of a first photo ticket depending on whether a customer has watched a movie or not based on movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of the customer, to the photo ticket terminal over a communication network.

The movie advance purchase information may include at least one of an advance purchase type, a movie title, a film screening date and time, a movie seat, the number of advance purchase persons, and an advance purchase number. In this case, the advance purchase number may be barcode information.

The edit information reception unit 520 may receive photo ticket edit information generated by a photo ticket terminal over the communication network.

In this case, the form of the communication network, the movie watching information, the form of the before-watching state information and the after-watching state information, a process of generating the photo ticket edit information, and a process of generating the second photo ticket have been sufficiently described above, and thus a detailed description thereof is omitted.

The ticket mapping unit 530 may generate front information by disposing the photo ticket edit information, received from the photo ticket terminal, at the front of the second photo ticket, and may generate rear information by disposing at least one of the movie advance purchase information and the movie watching information at the rear of the second photo ticket. The generated second photo ticket information is stored in the database.

When the customer requests the issue of the second photo ticket through the photo ticket issue terminal, the ticket issue unit 540 confirms whether an advance purchase number input by the customer is identical with an advance purchase number stored in the photo ticket server, reads the second photo ticket including the front information and the rear information from the database, and issues the second photo ticket.

The information transmission unit 510 transmits the second photo ticket information issued by the ticket issue unit to the photo ticket issue terminal over the communication network.

Accordingly, the customer can receive the requested second photo ticket issued by the photo ticket issue terminal.

The database 550 may store the results processed by the information transmission unit 510, the edit information reception unit 520, the ticket mapping unit 530 and the ticket issue unit 540, and may store data indexed by control.

The database 550 is a concept including a computer-readable recording medium, and includes a database of a wide meaning including data records based on a file system in addition to a database of a narrow meaning. If data can be extracted by searching a database for even a single set of logs, the corresponding database may be included in the category of the database according to the present invention.

The ticket issue unit 540 of the aforementioned elements is described in more detail below.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the ticket issue unit according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 18, the ticket issue unit 540 may include an output number adjustment unit 541, an advance purchase number exposure limit unit 542 and a cheating prevention unit 543.

In one embodiment, when a customer makes a photo ticket issue request through the photo ticket issue terminal connected to the communication network, the photo ticket may be issued through the photo ticket issue terminal over the communication network based on the number of printable second photo tickets, including front information and rear information, corresponding the advance purchase number of movie advance purchase information.

The advance purchase number exposure limit unit 542 may issue a second photo ticket in such a manner that an advance purchase number (e.g., barcode) included in movie advance purchase information is displayed in rear information if a customer can enter a theater using the second photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued, and may issue the second photo ticket without displaying the advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket after the paper type ticket is issued.

For example, if a customer can enter a theater using a second photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued, the second photo ticket may be issued by displaying an advance purchase number (e.g., barcode) in rear information. After the paper type ticket is issued, the advance purchase number (e.g., barcode) may not be displayed in the issued second photo ticket because the customer can enter the theater using the paper type ticket.

As described above, the present embodiment can protect customer information and prevent the unlimited issue of a ticket by limiting the number of printable photo tickets or determining whether or not to display an advance purchase number depending on whether a paper type ticket has been issued or not.

The cheating prevention unit 543 may issue a second photo ticket having a different image form of front information in order to prevent cheating depending on whether a paper type ticket is issued or not.

For example, the second photo ticket may also play the role of an "entrance ticket" through which a customer can enter a theater. Accordingly, a photo ticket having a different form of an issue image may be issued in order to prevent cheating depending on whether a paper type ticket has been issued or not

Accordingly, the present embodiment can achieve a cheating prevention effect because an image form of front information of a second photo ticket is differently output depending on whether a paper type ticket has been issued or not.

As described above, although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will appreciate that the present invention may be implemented in other detailed forms without departing from the technological spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the aforementioned embodiments should be construed as being only illustrative from all aspects not as being restrictive.

Claims

A method for a photo ticket terminal to produce a photo ticket, comprising:

receiving before-watching state information and after-watching state information comprising possible production date information of a first photo ticket depending on whether a customer has watched a movie based on movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of the customer from a photo ticket server, and displaying the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information on a screen;

executing click information for photo ticket making of a movie selected based on the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information;

generating an image edit region for image insertion, a text edit region for text insertion, and an edit tool region comprising edit tool icons for editing an image and text inserted into the image edit region and the text edit region based on the executed click information, and displaying the image edit region, the text edit region and the edit tool region on a screen;

generating photo ticket edit information of edited results when the inserted image and text are edited using the displayed edit tool icon; and

transmitting the generated photo ticket edit information to the photo ticket server over a communication network.
The method of claim 1, wherein the edit tool icons comprise:

a filter menu for representing the inserted image in a plurality of different colors,

a rotation menu for rotating the inserted image,

a "blurring" menu for adjusting the inserted image to be blurred,

a "brightness" menu for adjusting brightness of the inserted image,

a sticker menu comprising sticker information mapped to some of any one of the image edit region, the text edit region, the inserted image and the text;

the filter menu comprises:

a filter color region comprising the plurality of different colors, and

a scroll bar region for displaying a plurality of images on a screen by mapping a plurality of first colors selected in the filter color region to the image; and

the "blurring" menu blurs any one of some image region selected from the inserted image, wherein the "blurring" menu comprises options "No", a "straight-line form" and a "circle" shape in order to select the some image region, and remaining image regions other than the image region, and displays a blurred image region on a screen.
The method of claim 1, wherein the edit tool region comprises:

a drawing menu providing a drawing function capable of selecting and drawing a specific color through a finger or pen of the customer, and

a font scaling menu for adjusting a font of the inserted text and an interval between the fonts in addition to a color and arrangement of the inserted text.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a photo ticket having the photo ticket edit information disposed at a front of the photo ticket and the movie advance purchase information or the movie watching information disposed at a rear of the photo ticket from the photo ticket server; and

assigning a motion effect to the received photo ticket and sharing the photo ticket through an external channel comprising an SNS.
The method of claim 1, wherein the inserted image comprises at least one of a first image downloaded from a server associated with a social network service, a second image stored in memory, and a third image captured by a camera.
The method of claim 5, wherein the inserted image further comprises at least one of a fourth image downloaded from the photo ticket server, a fifth image provided by a theater operation system, and a sixth image provided by an online server.
The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information comprises:

displaying movie advance purchase information indicating that an advance purchase ticket of the customer has been issued as a paper type ticket, and

displaying a sentence reading that the customer needs to enter a theater using the paper type ticket not a photo ticket when the customer enters the theater.
A method for a photo ticket server to issue a produced photo ticket, comprising:

receiving photo ticket edit information produced by a customer;

generating front information by disposing the received photo ticket edit information at a front of a second photo ticket;

generating rear information by disposing movie advance purchase information or movie watching information at a read of the second photo ticket; and

issuing the second photo ticket based on a number of printable second photo tickets comprising the front information and the rear information corresponding to an advance purchase number of the movie advance purchase information when a request to issue the second photo ticket is received from the photo ticket issue terminal.
The method of claim 8, wherein the issuing of the second photo ticket comprises:

displaying an advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket if the customer is capable of entering a theater using the second photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued, and

not displaying the advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket after the paper type ticket is issued.
The method of claim 9, wherein the issuing of the second photo ticket comprises issuing the second photo ticket having a different image form at the front of the second photo ticket in order to prevent cheating depending on whether the paper type ticket has been issued.
A computer-readable medium on which a program for executing a method of producing a photo ticket or a method of issuing a photo ticket according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is recorded.
A photo ticket terminal, comprising:

a watching state processing unit configured to receive before-watching state information and after-watching state information comprising possible production date information of a first photo ticket depending on whether a customer has watched a movie based on movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of the customer from a photo ticket server and to display the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information on a screen;

a click information processing unit configured to execute click information for photo ticket making of a movie selected based on the received before-watching state information and after-watching state information;

an edit region processing unit configured to generate an image edit region for image insertion, a text edit region for text insertion, and an edit tool region comprising edit tool icons for editing an image and text inserted into the image edit region and the text edit region based on the executed click information and to display the image edit region, the text edit region and the edit tool region on a screen;

an edit information generation unit configured to generate photo ticket edit information of edited results when the inserted image and text are edited using the displayed edit tool icon; and

an edit information transmission unit configured to transmit the generated photo ticket edit information to the photo ticket server over a communication network.
The photo ticket terminal of claim 12, wherein the edit tool icons comprise:

a filter menu for representing the inserted image in a plurality of different colors,

a rotation menu for rotating the inserted image,

a "blurring" menu for adjusting the inserted image to be blurred,

a "brightness" menu for adjusting brightness of the inserted image,

a sticker menu comprising sticker information mapped to some of any one of the image edit region, the text edit region, the inserted image and the text;

the filter menu comprises:

a filter color region comprising the plurality of different colors, and

a scroll bar region for displaying a plurality of images on a screen by mapping a plurality of first colors selected in the filter color region to the image; and

the "blurring" menu blurs any one of some image region selected from the inserted image, wherein the "blurring" menu comprises options "No", a "straight-line form" and a "circle" shape in order to select the some image region, and remaining image regions other than the image region, and displays a blurred image region on a screen.
The photo ticket terminal of claim 12, wherein the edit tool region comprises:

a drawing menu providing a drawing function capable of selecting and drawing a specific color through a finger or pen of the customer, and

a font scaling menu for adjusting a font of the inserted text and an interval between the fonts in addition to a color and arrangement of the inserted text.
The photo ticket terminal of claim 12, further comprising:

a photo ticket reception unit configured to receive a photo ticket having the photo ticket edit information disposed at a front of the photo ticket and the movie advance purchase information or the movie watching information disposed at a rear of the photo ticket from the photo ticket server; and

a photo ticket sharing unit configured to assign a motion effect to the received photo ticket and to share the photo ticket through an external channel comprising an SNS.
The photo ticket terminal of claim 12, wherein the inserted image comprises at least one of a first image downloaded from a server associated with a social network service, a second image stored in memory, and a third image captured by a camera.
The photo ticket terminal of claim 16, wherein the inserted image further comprises at least one of a fourth image downloaded from the photo ticket server, a fifth image provided by a theater operation system, and a sixth image provided by an online server.
The photo ticket terminal of claim 12, wherein the screen further displays:

movie advance purchase information indicating that an advance purchase ticket of the customer has been issued as a paper type ticket, and

a sentence reading that the customer needs to enter a theater using the paper type ticket not a photo ticket when the customer enters the theater.
A photo ticket server, comprising:

an information transmission unit configured to transmit before-watching state information and after-watching state information comprising possible production date information of a first photo ticket depending on whether a customer has watched a movie based on movie advance purchase information and movie watching information of the customer to a photo ticket terminal over a communication network;

an edit information reception unit configured to receive photo ticket edit information generated by the photo ticket terminal using an image edit region for image insertion, a text edit region for text insertion, and an edit tool region comprising edit tool icons for editing an image and text inserted into the image edit region and the text edit region;

a ticket mapping unit configured to generate front information by disposing the received photo ticket edit information at a front of the second photo ticket and to generate rear information by disposing at least one of movie advance purchase information and movie watching information at a rear of the second photo ticket; and

a ticket issue unit configured to issue the second photo ticket in response to a request for the issue of the second photo ticket from the photo ticket issue terminal.
The photo ticket server of claim 19, further comprising an information transmission unit configured to transmit the second photo ticket issued by the ticket issue unit to the photo ticket issue terminal over the communication network.
The photo ticket server of claim 20, wherein the ticket issue unit is configured to:

confirm whether an advance purchase number information provided by the photo ticket issue terminal is identical with an advance purchase number of the movie advance purchase information stored in a database, and

issues the second photo ticket if the advance purchase number information is identical with the advance purchase number.
The photo ticket server of claim 19, wherein the ticket issue unit comprises an output number adjustment unit configured to issue the second photo ticket based on a number of printable second photo tickets corresponding to an advance purchase number of the movie advance purchase information
The photo ticket server of claim 22, wherein the ticket issue unit further comprises an advance purchase number exposure limit unit configured to display an advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket if the customer is capable of entering a theater using the second photo ticket before a paper type ticket is issued and to not display the advance purchase number included in the movie advance purchase information at the rear of the second photo ticket after the paper type ticket is issued.
The photo ticket server of claim 23, wherein the ticket issue unit comprises a cheating prevention unit configured to output the second photo ticket having a different image form at the front for cheating prevention depending on whether the paper type ticket has been issued.