Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of digital book to upgrade distribution method and system; This method and system can carry out personalization selection and purchase to the download content of e-book; To realize that the reader only carries out more newly downloaded to the update content in whole the digital books; Thereby effectively reduce network traffics, reduce bandwidth demand.
For addressing the above problem, the present invention provides a kind of digital book to upgrade distribution method, comprising:
Author's client is made amendment to the existing digit books, and server end marks formation modification unit to revising content;
Reader's client is selected to download all or part of modification unit, and the modification unit that will download and the new digital book of local digital books merging formation
Further, in said method, said server end marks formation modification unit according to Fixed Time Interval to revising content.
Further, in said method, said server end marks formation modification unit according to author's triggering command to revising content.
Further, in said method, said modification unit comprises the granted unit of needs paying download and/or the free unit of free download.
Further, in said method, said granted unit comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies.
Further, in said method, said granted unit also comprises the modification time sign.
Further, in said method, said granted unit also comprises the expense sign.
Further, in said method, said free unit comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies.
Further, in said method, said free unit also comprises the modification time sign.
Further, in said method, the step that reader's client is selected to download all or part of modification unit comprises:
Modification to be updated unit is confirmed in more said local digital books and said modification unit;
If said modification to be updated unit all is free unit, said reader's client selects to download whole modifications to be updated unit;
If said modification to be updated unit all is a granted unit, said reader's client selects to download all or part of modification to be updated unit according to account balance;
If said modification to be updated unit comprises free unit and granted unit, said reader's client selects to download the full comp unit in the modification to be updated unit, and selects to download all or part of granted unit in the modification to be updated unit according to account balance.
According to more said local digital books of modification time and said modification unit.
According to more said local digital books of location revision and said modification unit.
According to another side of the present invention, provide a kind of digital book to upgrade dissemination system, comprising: author's client, server end and reader's client, wherein,
Said author's client comprises:
Modified module is used for the existing digital books are made amendment;
Sending module is used for the modification content is sent to said server end;
Said server end comprises:
Logging modle is used for marking formation modification unit to revising content;
Said reader's client comprises:
Download module is used to select to download all or part of modification unit;
Update module is used for modification unit of downloading and local digital books are merged the new digital book of formation.
Further, in said system, said clothes logging modle marks formation modification unit according to Fixed Time Interval to revising content.
Further, in said system, said logging modle marks formation modification unit according to author's triggering command to revising content.
Further, in said system, said modification unit comprises the granted unit of needs paying download and/or the free unit of free download.
Further, in said system, said granted unit comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies.
Further, in said system, said granted unit also comprises the modification time sign.
Further, in said system, said granted unit also comprises the expense sign.。
Further, in said system, said free unit comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies.
Further, in said system, said free unit also comprises the modification time sign.
The present invention marks formation modification unit through server end to revising content; So that the follow-up quick selection of reader's client is downloaded all or part of modification unit and is formed new digital book; Avoided existing content in the repeated downloads reader client terminal local digital book; Thereby effectively reduce network traffics, reduce bandwidth demand, reduce the issuing cost of publisher and reader's reading cost.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment the digital book that the present invention proposes is upgraded distribution method and system's further explain.
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of digital book upgrades distribution method, comprising:
Step S1, author's client is made amendment to the existing digit books, and server end marks formation modification unit to revising content.Specifically; Said existing digital books can be the digital books of unmodified mistake; Also can be to have revised to generate to revise the digital book that the unit need be revised once more; The author can abridge or revises the existing content in the old digital book of author's client; Also can increase a part of content newly; Server end is split as several granted units with the modification content of each position in the digital book; This method for splitting and traditional chapters and sections partitioning are different, as long as the author revises the content of original digital book, server end just can form the modification unit through the modification content of digital book being carried out special marking; The content of said modification unit can comprise unit modification content, location revision sign (for example being at which row of which section of which chapter to revise), modification time sign (for example being that in such a month, and on such a day the some time revises in certain year), expense sign (for example being each required expense of downloading), so that the follow-up modification unit that will download that finds fast according to downloading mode.
Step S2, reader's client is selected to download all or part of modification unit, and the modification unit that will download and the new digital book of local digital books merging formation.Specifically; The reader selects earlier which content that need read of subsequent download, for example before reader's client is upgraded the local digital books; The reader can will upgrade downloaded contents in to digital book and carries out personalization and select and buy through downloading mode is set in reader's client; In the e-book of reader's client which server end can calculate according to said downloading mode and revise the unit needs and upgrade, and the modification unit that will download then also sends to reader's client, modification unit that reader's client will be downloaded and the new digital book of local digital books merging formation; Avoid the existing content of repeated downloads reader client; Thereby effectively reduce network traffics, reduce bandwidth demand, reduce publisher's cost and reader's reading cost.
Further; Said server end both can mark to form and revised the unit revising content according to Fixed Time Interval (as every at a distance from five minutes), and said server end also can mark and forms the modification unit revising content according to author's triggering command (needing send instructions under the author).Specifically; The author is author's client holds the existing digital books to make amendment to the author before; Confirm the logging mode of good subsequent modification earlier; That is be to mark the timing mode of formation modification unit or mark the Passive Mode that the unit is revised in formation to revising content revising content, according to the real-time triggering command of author according to Fixed Time Interval.Wherein, under timing mode, server end can produce automatically according to the time interval and revise the unit; And under Passive Mode, the author can initiatively trigger revising in a period of time or newly-increased content generation modification unit, forms new digital book fast so that follow-up reader's client downloads is revised the unit.
Further, said modification unit comprises needs the pay granted unit downloaded and/or the free unit of free download.Wherein, granted unit is the unit that the reader need pay when downloading, and free unit then is the unit that the reader need not pay when downloading.Said granted unit for example comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies, and said location revision sign is used for writing down the modification content and the location revision thereof of each position of digital book.Said granted unit can also comprise the modification time sign, is used for writing down the modification time of each position of digital book.Said granted unit can also comprise expense sign, the modification that is used for writing down certain position of digital book be charge and What are your rates.Said free unit comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies, and said free unit further comprises the modification time sign.The author is before author's client is made amendment to the existing digital books; Confirm the cost model whether good subsequent modification will charge earlier; If cost model is a charging mode; When then the server end modification content that writes down the digital book of author's client automatically form to be revised the unit, in each expense sign, write down What are your rates; If cost model is a free mode, then revise the unit and need not comprise the expense sign, revise the unit for follow-up reader's client downloads and form new digital book fast.
As shown in Figure 2, in the present embodiment, the step that reader's client is selected to download all or part of modification unit specifically comprises:
Step S21; More said local digital books and said modification unit; Confirm modification to be updated unit, wherein, modification unit to be updated comprises free unit to be updated and granted unit to be updated; Detailed; The reader before reader's client is upgraded the local digital books, can reader's client through be provided with downloading mode to digital book in downloaded contents to be updated carry out that personalization is selected and buy, server end can confirm that in the digital book of reader's client which revise the unit needs and upgrade according to said downloading mode server end; Said local digital books can be the digital books that never upgraded; Also can be to have upgraded the digital book that the needs of revising the unit upgrade once more, can be according to more said local digital books of modification time and said modification unit, also can be according to more said local digital books of location revision and said modification unit.Detailed; Said downloading mode comprises more new model and purchasing model; Said more new model is used for by the definite modification unit that will download of different choice; Comprising granted unit and free unit, said purchasing model is used in the said modification unit that will download by the definite granted unit that will buy of different choice.Wherein, said more new model comprises automatic renewal, regularly upgrades, quantitatively upgrades and position renewal, and said purchasing model comprises automatic purchase, quantitatively buy, regularly buy and the position is bought.Specifically; The reader can be according to the reading habit of oneself; Select more new model to upgrade automatically, regularly upgrade, quantitatively upgrade and position renewal; Wherein, upgrading automatically is that the modification unit that the reader selects never to upgrade begins all to download, and regularly upgrading is that the modification unit that does not upgrade after the reader selects to put is sometime downloaded; Revising the modification time of unit can find from the time marking of revising the unit; Quantitatively upgrading is that the reader selects several modification unit that do not upgrade to download, and position renewal is that the reader selects the modification unit of certain position not renewal afterwards or the modification unit that does not upgrade of certain several ad-hoc location to download, and revises the location revision of unit and can from the station location marker of revising the unit, find.In addition; The reader also need be provided with purchasing model and buy automatically, quantitatively buys, regularly buys and the position is bought when new model is set more; Automatically buying is that the reader selects to begin all to buy from first granted unit of not buying; Quantitatively buying is that the reader selects several granted units of not buying to buy; Regularly buy is that the reader is chosen in the granted unit of not buying after certain time point and buys; The modification time of granted unit can be found from the time marking of granted unit, and it is that the reader selects the granted unit of certain position not purchase afterwards or the granted unit of not buying of certain several ad-hoc location to buy that the position is bought, and the location revision of granted unit can be found from the station location marker of granted unit.
If said modification to be updated unit all is free unit, said reader's client selects to download whole modifications to be updated unit (shown in step S221); If said modification to be updated unit all is a granted unit, said reader's client selects to download all or part of modification to be updated unit (shown in step S222) according to account balance; If said modification to be updated unit comprises free unit and granted unit; Said reader's client selects to download the full comp unit in the modification to be updated unit, and selects to download all or part of granted unit (shown in step S223) in the modification to be updated unit according to account balance.
The present invention can guarantee that reader's client is selectively downloaded the modification unit and the local digital books merge the new digital book of formation; Thereby avoid the existing content of repeated downloads reader client; Effectively reduce network traffics; Reduce bandwidth demand, reduce publisher's cost and reader's reading cost.
Detailed, as shown in Figure 3, it is following that the digital book of present embodiment upgrades the distribution operation flow process:
T11 is provided with logging mode and cost model and sends to server end in author's client;
T12, author make amendment to form to the existing digital books in said author's client and revise content;
T13, said server end writes down formation modification unit according to said logging mode and cost model to the modification of each position in the modification content of said existing digital books;
T14 is provided with downloading mode and sends to said server end to trigger renewal in reader's client;
T15, said server end will carry out the position relatively with the local digital books of reader's client and the modification unit of server end according to said downloading mode, confirm the modification unit that will download in the said local digital books;
T16 is if comprise the granted unit that will charge in the modification unit that will download, so in the modification unit that will download, further confirm the granted unit that will download;
T17, in order to save and control mail downloading charge usefulness, need be according to the account balance further definite granted unit that will buy in the said granted unit that will download of reader;
T18; Calculate modification unit to be updated according to the said modification unit that will download and the said granted unit that will buy; Comprising free unit and the granted unit that needs charge to download, and the modification unit that these are to be updated is distributed to said reader's client;
T19, reader's client is accomplished the renewal of the local digital books of reader's client according to the modification unit said to be updated that receives.
As shown in Figure 4, according to another side of the present invention, the present invention also provides a kind of digital book to upgrade dissemination system, comprises author's client 1, server end 2 and reader's client 3.
Said author's client 1 comprises modified module 11 and sending module 12, and modified module 11 is used for the existing digital books are carried out said modification, and sending module 12 is used for the modification content is sent to server end.
Said reader's client 3 comprises download module 31 and update module 32, and download module 31 is used to select to download all or part of modification unit, and update module 32 is used for modification unit of downloading and local digital books are merged the new digital book of formation.
Said server end 2 comprises logging modle 21; Said logging modle 21 is used for marking formation modification unit to revising content; Said logging modle 21 can mark formation modification unit to revising content according to Fixed Time Interval; Also can mark formation modification unit to revising content according to author's triggering command, said modification unit comprises the granted unit of needs paying download and the free unit of free download, and said granted unit comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies; Said granted unit also comprises the modification time sign; Said granted unit also comprises the expense sign, and said free unit comprises that content is revised in the unit and location revision identifies, and said free unit further comprises the modification time sign.
Said server end 2 also comprises computing module 22; Said computing module 22 is used for downloading the modification unit according to the selection of download module 31; Calculate modification unit to be updated, avoided existing content in the repeated downloads reader client terminal local digital book, thereby effectively reduced network traffics; Reduce bandwidth demand, reduce the issuing cost of publisher and reader's reading cost.
The present invention marks formation modification unit through server end to revising content; So that the follow-up quick selection of reader's client is downloaded all or part of modification unit and is formed new digital book; Avoided existing content in the repeated downloads reader client terminal local digital book; Thereby effectively reduce network traffics, reduce bandwidth demand, reduce the issuing cost of publisher and reader's reading cost.
Need to prove that each embodiment adopts the mode of going forward one by one to describe in this instructions, what each embodiment stressed all is and the difference of other embodiment that identical similar part is mutually referring to getting final product between each embodiment.For the disclosed digital book renewal of embodiment dissemination system, because corresponding with the disclosed digital book renewal of embodiment distribution method, so description is fairly simple, relevant part is partly explained referring to digital book renewal distribution method and is got final product.
The professional can also further recognize; The unit and the algorithm steps of each example of describing in conjunction with embodiment disclosed herein; Can realize with electronic hardware, computer software or the combination of the two; For the interchangeability of hardware and software clearly is described, the composition and the step of each example described prevailingly according to function in above-mentioned explanation.These functions still are that software mode is carried out with hardware actually, depend on the application-specific and the design constraint of technical scheme.The professional and technical personnel can use distinct methods to realize described function to each certain applications, but this realization should not thought and exceeds scope of the present invention.Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to invention and not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Like this, if of the present invention these revise and modification belongs within the scope of claim of the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention also is intended to comprise these change and modification.