KR100342400B1 - Electronic publication system and method for selling and managing electronic publication - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic publication system and a method for selling and managing electronic publications. The system includes an electronic publication operating server for storing electronic publications produced and edited as digital data of various publications, user IDs and passwords for a plurality of buyers are registered, and providing the electronic publications to buyers through the Internet; And a user ID and password connected to the electronic publication operating server through the Internet, having a unique ID code, and registered and encrypted with the same user ID and password as registered on the electronic publication operating server, and downloading the electronic publication as an original publication. And a portable terminal for restoring and displaying the electronic publication operating server. The electronic publication operating server downloads the electronic publication to the portable terminal when the user ID and password input through the Internet are the same as the registered user ID and password. The user ID and password are included in the downloaded electronic publication as an encryption code, and the portable terminal includes the unique ID code in the downloaded electronic publication, and a user ID and password corresponding to the unique ID code are registered. Only downloaded above The electronic publication is displayed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to activate the dissemination of electronic publications by protecting the electronic publications from copyright infringement.

Description

Electronic publication system and method for selling and managing electronic publication

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic publication system, and more particularly, to an electronic publication system in which the contents of an electronic publication are specifically encoded and coded so that the contents can be viewed only in a specific portable terminal.

In general, an electronic publication refers to a publication produced by digitally encoding publications including texts, drawings, photographs, and graphic data such as poetry, education textbooks, and periodicals. However, the conventional electronic publication is not encrypted, and there is a possibility that the possibility of unauthorized copying and its contents may be changed. For this reason, there is a problem that the electronic publication is difficult to activate the distribution compared to the existing paper publication.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic publication system in which the contents of an electronic publication are specifically encoded and coded so that the contents can be viewed only in a specific portable terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for selling and managing an electronic publication through a download to a member portable terminal.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic publication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the portable terminal shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a block diagram of an electronic publication system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of the electronic publication online vending machine shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart of a method of selling and managing an electronic publication using the electronic publication system of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object,

An electronic publication operating server for storing electronic publications produced and edited as digital data of various publications, user IDs and passwords for a plurality of buyers are registered, and providing the electronic publications to buyers through the Internet; And a user ID and password connected to the electronic publication operating server through the Internet, having a unique ID code, and registered and encrypted with the same user ID and password as registered on the electronic publication operating server, and downloading the electronic publication as an original publication. It includes a portable terminal for restoring and displaying,

The electronic publication operating server downloads the electronic publication to the portable terminal when the user ID and password input through the Internet are the same as the registered user ID and password, and downloads the user ID and password to the downloading electronic publication. Include it as an encryption code,

The portable terminal includes the unique ID code in the downloaded electronic publication, and displays the downloaded electronic publication only when a user ID and password corresponding to the unique ID code are registered. Is provided.

In order to achieve the above other object,

Digitally produced and edited various publications including at least one of text, pictures, photographs, and graphic data, and various multimedia information including at least one of music videos, movies, music, maps, and animations. In a method of making a publication available on a personal digital assistant,

(a) registering a unique ID of a member who wants to download the electronic publication; (b) selecting and paying the bill for the purchase of the electronic publication selected by the member; (c) encrypting the electronic publication so that the electronic publication purchased by the member can be viewed on the portable terminal of the member; And (d) downloading the electronic publication purchased by the member to a personal portable terminal through a communication means.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic publication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic publication operation server 10 stores electronic publications in which various publications are produced and edited digitally, user IDs and passwords for a plurality of buyers are registered, and the electronic publications are provided to buyers through the Internet. In this case, the term "provided" includes paid or provided for free.

In addition, the electronic publication operating server 10 downloads the electronic publication to the portable terminal 14 when the user ID and password input through the portable terminal 14 are the same as the registered user ID and password, and the user. An ID and password are included as an encryption code in the downloaded electronic publication.

The electronic publication operating server 10 includes an editing means, a storage means and an operation means (all not shown).

Editing means include electronic publications containing at least one of text, pictures, photographs, or graphic data of at least one of novels, magazines, technical books, poetry, educational texts, periodicals, newspapers, and at least films, music, games, maps, and animations. Create, edit, and encrypt multimedia data that includes one or more of them.

The storage means stores the electronic publication and the multimedia data.

The operation means enables a buyer who wants to purchase electronic publications or multimedia data stored in the storage means to search through the Internet, and introduces, sells or manages the electronic publications and multimedia data.

Here, the process of producing and editing the electronic publication in the electronic publication operating server 10 will be described.

First, the publication in the state of the original manuscript is input and edited using the editing means of the electronic publication operating server 10. The editing means has a scanner input device for inputting the content of the publication using a scanner and converting the content of the publication into an electronic publication, and a keyboard input device for directly inputting the content of the publication through a keyboard input device. At this time, the content of the publication inputted by the keyboard input device is a display for classifying a page division code, which is a page division code when the general paper publication is printed, and a unit that the portable terminal 14 can display on the display screen at one time. Insert the code that separates the display page. At this time, the page code of the general paper publication and the display page code of the portable terminal 14 may be the same or different according to the displayable size of the display means of the portable terminal 14.

In this way, the publication can be printed on plain paper or used as an electronic publication for the portable terminal 14 by the first manuscript input operation. If the display page, which is a unit that can be displayed on the portable terminal 14 at one time, cannot display all of a single page of a paper publication on one screen, the page division in the portable terminal 14 is divided into the portable terminal 14 at once. Regardless of the display page that can be displayed, it is the same as the page of a general paper publication. In this case, when the page of the general paper publication is displayed on the display means of the portable terminal 14, it becomes a display page of two or more screens. Therefore, if a specific page of a general paper publication is found by the page search function of the portable terminal 14, the page starts with the same contents.

Next, the edited electronic publication inserts an encryption code in addition to the original manuscript. At this time, the encryption code includes information such as <copyright owner>, <publishing rights holder>, <production date>, <version (version) number>, <publication contents inspection code>, <published serial number. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the contents of the electronic publications from being damaged unnecessarily and to use it as a means for proving it in the future.

In particular, the encrypted electronic publication is additionally attached with unencrypted header information, and the header information is distinguished by a code indicating a header start and header end. The header information includes <encryption notification code> for notifying that it has been encrypted and <registration whether or not> for notifying whether registration has been performed.

The electronic publication after the encryption operation is stored in the storage means of the electronic publication operation server 10, and the operation means of the electronic publication operation server 10 is a buyer who wants to purchase the electronic publication stored in the storage means through electronic commerce on the Internet. It allows users to search through the Internet and introduces, sells, and manages the electronic publications.

The portable terminal 14 is connected to the electronic publication operating server 10 through the Internet, has a unique ID code, and the same user ID and password as registered in the electronic publication operating server 10 are registered and encrypted and stored. Download the electronic publication and restore the original publication for display. In addition, the portable terminal 14 includes the unique ID code in the downloaded electronic publication, and displays the downloaded electronic publication only when a user ID and password corresponding to the unique ID code are input. Here, the unique ID code is a unique code given to one terminal, and is made up of, for example, <terminal manufacturer code> and <terminal serial number>.

In the system of FIG. 1, the portable terminal 14 downloads the electronic publication operating server 10 electronic publication through a PC 12 that can be connected to the Internet, but does not pass through the PC 12. Electronic publications may be downloaded directly from the publication operation server 10.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the portable terminal shown in FIG. 1.

The display means 20 displays any one or more of text, pictures, pictures, graphic data or image data. Here, the display means 20 is preferably implemented by a touch screen method.

The video processing means 22 causes the display means 20 to display the electronic publication or multimedia data encrypted by the encryption processing means 24 which will be described later.

The encryption processing means 24 processes the electronic publication with the encryption code so that the contents can be viewed only by the corresponding portable terminal 14.

The temporary storage means 26 is capable of writing and erasing the encryption processing means 24 temporarily storing data for encryption processing, or the central control processing means 32 to be described later temporarily storing data for controlling various functions. However, when the power is turned off, the stored contents are erased.

The internal storage means 28 is a memory that stores data, writes and erases, and does not erase stored contents even when the power is turned off.

The auxiliary storage means 30 may move and store the contents stored in the internal storage means 28, move the stored contents to the internal storage means 28, write and erase, and the contents are not erased even when the power is turned off. Not memory. Auxiliary storage means 30

For example, the present invention may be implemented as a plurality of smart media cards, a plurality of PCMCIA memory cards, a plurality of multimedia memory cards, and the like.

PC connection means 34 is connected to the PC 12, copy the contents stored in the PC 12 to the internal storage means 28 or the secondary storage means 30, or the internal storage means 28 or secondary storage It is possible to copy the contents stored in the means 30 to the PC 12. The PC connection means 34 may use, for example, a universal serial bus (USB) and an IEEE 1394 method.

The audio processing means 36 includes an audio codec circuit, a decoding circuit and an audio output circuit (all not shown).

The audio codec circuit converts an analog audio signal input through a microphone (not shown) into digital audio data and compresses and stores it in the auxiliary storage means 30 or the internal storage means 28, or the auxiliary storage means 30 or The digital audio data compressed and stored in the internal storage means 28 is converted into the original analog audio signal. The decoding circuit decodes the digital audio data stored in a certain compressed format. The audio output circuit amplifies the analog audio signal output from the audio codec circuit so that it can be heard through earphones or speakers.

On the other hand, the audio processing means 36 may further include a circuit for processing MIDI music data by MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) method and a circuit for decoding music data compressed by MP3 method. In this case, the central control processing means 32 allows the music stored in the MIDI method in the internal or auxiliary storage means 28 and 30 to be heard as the original music through the audio processing means 36.

The portable terminal 14 may further include an FM radio receiver, in which case it is possible to listen to the FM radio broadcast through the audio output circuit of the audio processing means 36.

The power control means 38 cuts off the power supplied to the display means 20 when there is no input from the user to the portable terminal 14 for a predetermined time after the power is supplied to the portable terminal 14.

Rechargeable battery means 40 is a removable battery power supply to the portable terminal 14, is a battery means that can be recharged. This can be implemented, for example, with a lithium ion battery.

Meanwhile, the portable terminal 14 may further include a DC power connector (not shown) for connecting with an external DC power source. At this time, when the power control means 38 is connected to the external DC power supply through the DC power connection device, the charging battery means 40 is to be automatically charged. In addition, at the same time, the power supplied to the portable terminal 14 is supplied from the external DC power source and when the DC power connection device is disconnected from the external DC power source, the power is automatically supplied to the charging battery means 40.

In addition, when the power supply control means 38 checks the amount of power remaining in the charging battery means 40 of the portable terminal 14 and is below a certain level, it is automatically controlled by the central control processing means 32. The amount of power remaining and the available time can be displayed via the display means 20, and the audio processing means 36 can generate a warning sound.

The portable terminal 14 may further include a GPS function controller (not shown) for processing a GPS (Global Positoning System) function. The GPS function controller analyzes the current position of the portable terminal 14 through wireless data communication to display the current position through the display means 20.

In addition, the portable terminal 14 further includes a solar cell sensor (not shown), so that the power control means 38 powers the power input to the portable terminal together with the rechargeable battery means to power the portable terminal. Can be supplied.

The central control unit 32 controls and operates the overall functions of the portable terminal 14. The function of the central control processing means 32 will be described in more detail below.

The central control processing means 32 causes the display means 20 to display a menu board for selecting at least reading, music, voice recording, video, and keyboard when the portable terminal 14 is turned on. When the reading menu, music menu, voice recording menu, and video menu are selected, the list of electronic publications stored in the internal or auxiliary storage means 28, 30, the name of the music data file, the name of the voice recording file, the video file To be displayed on the display means 20, respectively. Here, the moving image file may be compressed and stored in, for example, MPEG or other digital data compression.

When the keyboard menu is selected, a keyboard capable of inputting letters and numbers is displayed on the display means 20 so that the central control processing means 32 controls various functions by selecting specific letters or numbers of the displayed keyboard. Allows you to enter the required data.

When the electronic publication, music data file, voice recording file, or video file displayed by each menu selection is selected, the contents of the corresponding file are automatically displayed on the display means 20 or the audio processing means 36 is turned off. To be handled.

Then, the newly input voice is compressed into a digital code through the audio processing means 36 and selectively stored in the internal or auxiliary storage means 28 and 30.

In addition, when the electronic publication, music data file, and video file are selectively stored in the internal or auxiliary storage means 28 and 30, the stored electronic publication is read, the music data file is music, and the voice recording file is voice recording. Therefore, the video file is automatically classified into the video menu and included.

On the other hand, the display means 20 may further include an external data input processing means (not shown) for inputting characters and pictures with an electronic pen or other input tool, the operation of the central control processing means 32 at this time Is as follows.

When the portable terminal 14 is turned on, a menu board for selecting a document function is displayed on the display means 20.

When a menu board for selecting the document function is selected, a list of document files input to the external data input processing means stored up to now is displayed.

When a menu for inputting a new document is selected, the external data input processing means causes the electronic pen or other input tool to input the document on the display means 20.

In addition to storing the document input by the electronic pen or other input tool on the display means 20, the stored document file is automatically included in a menu for selecting the document function. In addition, when the corresponding document file is selected from the document function menu, its contents are automatically displayed on the display means 20.

In addition, the portable terminal 14 may be equipped with a shutter for taking a picture and an image input unit (not shown) for inputting an image through a lens, and digitally encoding the input image for viewing through the display means 20. It may further include an image processing means having an image control unit (not shown). The operation of the central control processing means 32 at this time is as follows.

An image storage function menu is displayed on the display means 20 so as to store an image input to the image processing means. When the image storage function menu is selected, the list stored up to now is displayed among the image file list input to the image processing means.

In addition, when a menu for selecting a new image is selected to input new image data, the image processing means causes the image to be input through the lens, and presses the shutter on a specific image to be stored while looking through the display means 20. The data of the specific image is compressed and stored in a specific manner in the internal or auxiliary storage means 28, 30. In addition, the stored image file is automatically included in a menu for selecting an image storage function, and when the image file is selected as the image storage function menu, the stored image file is automatically decompressed and displayed on the display means 20.

The portable terminal 14 shown in FIG. 2 can make the main body into a notebook or a book size which is easy for an individual to carry.

On the other hand, the central control processing means 32 stores the compressed image stored in the image processing means by using the JPEG image still image compression method, the internal storage means 28 or the auxiliary storage means 30 The still image data compressed by the JPEG method stored in the A-type can be automatically classified and decoded. The decoded JPEG digital still picture data is displayed on the display means 20 as an original image through the video processing means 22 of the portable terminal 14.

In addition, the central control processing means 32 causes the display panel 20 to display a menu board for selecting an Internet connection function when the portable terminal 14 is turned on.

When the menu board for selecting the Internet connection function is selected, it is automatically determined whether the PC 12 capable of internet connection is correctly connected to the PC connection means 34. Thus, if the PC 12 cannot connect to the Internet or the PC 12 is not correctly connected to the PC connection means 34, the contents thereof are displayed. If the PC 12 is connected to a PC capable of connecting to the Internet, an Internet-enabled web browser is displayed. Is displayed on the display means 20.

When the keyboard menu board is selected, it is possible to input letters or numbers for interconnection with the electronic publication operating server (10).

The multimedia content and the electronic publication in the electronic publication operating server 10 may be directly downloaded to the internal or auxiliary storage means 28 and 30 by the Internet electronic commerce means.

Meanwhile, the portable terminal 14 may further include a personal wireless communication device connection processing means or an independent wireless data communication means for connecting the personal wireless communication device. In this case, the central control processing means 32 performs the following control.

When the portable terminal 14 is turned on, a menu panel for selecting an internet connection function is displayed on the display means, and when a menu panel for selecting the internet connection function is selected, a web browser capable of automatically using the internet is displayed on the display means. To be displayed.

When the keyboard menu board is selected, it is possible to input letters or numbers for interconnection with the electronic publication operating server (10).

By means of the Internet electronic commerce means, the multimedia content and the electronic publication in the electronic publication operating server 10 can be directly downloaded to the internal or auxiliary storage means 28 and 30.

In addition, the portable terminal 14 may further include independent wireless data communication means, in which case the central control processing means 32 performs the following control.

When the portable terminal 14 is turned on, a menu panel for selecting an internet connection function is displayed on the display means, and when a menu plate for selecting the internet connection function is selected, a web browser capable of using the internet automatically is displayed on the display means ( 20).

When the keyboard menu board is selected, letters or numbers for interconnecting with the electronic publication management server can be input.

The multimedia content and the electronic publication in the electronic publication operating server 10 may be directly downloaded to the internal or auxiliary storage means 28 and 30 by the Internet electronic commerce means.

In addition, the central control processing unit 32 causes the display unit 20 to display a menu board for selecting a mail function, and the text inputted to the external data input unit of the portable terminal 14 by the selection of the mail function menu. It is possible to send a picture or to search a document stored in the document file and send the selected document file.

On the other hand, the portable terminal 14 may further include MPEG processing means for processing digital data of the MPEG method by having an MPEG decoder circuit for decoding data compressed by the MPEG method and an MPEG encoder circuit for compressing the MPEG method.

The MPEG decoder circuit decodes the data compressed by the MPEG method input to the wireless data communication means, and the decoded MPEG audio data is converted into the original analog audio signal by the audio processing means 36.

The decoded MPEG audio data is displayed by the video processing means 22 through the display means 20 as an original image. The MPEG encoder circuit compresses the image input through the image processing means by the MPEG method and simultaneously compresses the audio signal input by the audio processing means 36 by the MPEG method.

In this case, the central control processing means 32 transmits the image data and the audio data encoded by the MPEG encoder circuit in real time to the specific counterpart portable terminal using the wireless data communication means.

Herein, the personal wireless communication device means or the wireless data communication means may be implemented by PCS, cellular, IMT 2000, or the like.

Now, a process of encrypting and producing an electronic publication in the electronic publication operating server 10 and displaying it on the portable terminal 14 is as follows.

First, in addition to the original manuscript, the information is encrypted with information such as <copyright owner>, <publishing right owner>, <production date>, <version number>, and <printing content inspection code>.

The unencrypted header information is additionally attached to the encrypted electronic publication, and the header information is distinguished by a code indicating a header start and a header end. The header information includes an encryption notification code for notifying that it is encrypted and a registration code for notifying registration. Include it.

In this case, the operation of displaying the electronic publication in which the central control processing unit 32 is encrypted or unencrypted will be described as follows.

If it is determined that the electronic publication is not encrypted by the encryption notification code, the electronic publication is displayed on the display means 20 without passing through the encryption processing means. If it is determined that the electronic publication is encrypted by the encryption notification code, the electronic publication is displayed on the display means 20 through the encryption processing means.

Meanwhile, a process of displaying the encrypted electronic publication by the central control processing unit 32 is as follows.

If it is determined that the registration is not registered by the registration status code, the unique ID code of the portable terminal 14 in the encryption processing means 24 is additionally included in the encrypted electronic publication to be displayed and then displayed on the display means 20. In addition, the registration status code is converted into a registered code.

If it is determined that the registration is already registered by the registration status code, a comparison is made whether the unique ID code of the portable terminal 14 included in the encrypted electronic publication is the same as the unique ID code of the portable terminal to display the currently encrypted electronic publication. Only when the same, the encrypted electronic publication is displayed on the display means 20.

3 is a block diagram of an electronic publication system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The system of FIG. 3 is identical to the system of FIG. 1 except that the electronic publication online vending machine is connected to the electronic publication operating server 10.

4 is a block diagram of the electronic publication online vending machine shown in FIG.

The electronic publication online vending machine 16 shown in FIG. 4 includes a dedicated wire connection means 50, a display means 40, a display control means 42, a payment settlement means 44, and an auxiliary storage medium processing means 46. And control processing means 48.

The dedicated line connecting means 50 is connected to the electronic publication operating server 10 online through a dedicated line. The display means 40 displays the user's operation instructions and information, for example, can be implemented as a touch screen monitor. The display control means 42 allows the display means 40 to display a variety of information.

The use price payment processing means 44 pays the use price by cash or credit card.

The secondary storage medium processing means 46 allows the user to write and erase the contents of the electronic publication to be purchased and to provide the secondary storage medium in which the stored contents are not erased even if there is no power.

The control processing means 48 is in charge of controlling the respective means and is in charge of mutual information processing with the electronic publication operating server 10.

Thus, the electronic publication online vending machine 16 can search for the electronic publication, and if the appropriate credit card is received or the approved credit card is input through the payment processing means 44, the user can select the electronic publication. Download and sell to secondary storage media.

Referring to Figures 3 and 4 will be described the process of selling the electronic publication produced in the electronic publication operating server 10 through the electronic publication online vending machine (16).

First, in the electronic publication online vending machine 16, if a user selects a book selection menu from the menu items displayed on the display means 40 by hand, the user can select one of the author, title, publisher, new book, and keyword input menu. Allows the user to select the desired menu.

Next, when the user selects the author, a keyboard displaying letters and numbers for inputting the author's name is displayed on the display means 40. Then, when the user inputs the desired author name through the keyboard, the author name is input in the blank.

When the input is completed and the completion menu is selected, the information is transmitted from the electronic publication operating server 10 so that the information is displayed on the display means 40 and the user selects a list of electronic publications to purchase.

Entering titles, publishers, new books, keywords, etc. can be done in the same way.

When the electronic publication operating server 10 transmits the most recently input price information and information on the electronic publication among the electronic publications selected by the user through a dedicated line, the electronic publication online vending machine 16 displays this information. Display on (40).

When the user purchases and selects the desired electronic publication, the electronic publication online vending machine 16 allows the user to input a unique user ID and password. The electronic publication operating server 10 registers a new user ID if the input ID and password are an unregistered user ID or an already registered user ID.

If the input user ID and password are correct, the user is required to select and pay by cash or credit card corresponding to the price of the electronic publication.

In this case, when the user selects cash as a means of payment, the cash is placed in the cash receiver installed in the electronic publication online vending machine 16, and if the analyzed cash is corrected, the electronic publication operating server 10 tells the electronic publication contents. Request the transmission of Here, if the amount of cash deposited in the cash drawer is not enough for the price of the electronic publication to be purchased, wait for a certain time until the amount is equal to or exceed the amount, and if the cash is not deposited anymore, return the already paid cash and return the time. The electronic publication online vending machine 16 returns to the initial start menu when it is exceeded.

On the other hand, when a user selects a credit card as a means of payment, the information of the credit card entered in the credit card input unit installed in the electronic publication online vending machine 16 is sent to the electronic publication operating server 10. The electronic publication operating server 10 checks this and notifies the electronic publication online vending machine 16 if the credit card is payable. The electronic publication online vending machine 16 requests the electronic publication operation server 10 to transmit the contents of the electronic publication. However, upon receipt of the disapproval of the use of the credit card from the electronic publication operating server 10, the credit card is returned and the credit card cannot be used, and the electronic publication online vending machine 16 returns to the initial start menu.

In addition, the electronic publication operating server 10 includes the user ID and password entered by the user in the electronic publication to be purchased by the user as an encryption code.

If the user does not select a payment method for a predetermined time or does not operate the purchase cancellation menu, the user is notified that the time has been exceeded and returns to the initial start menu of the electronic publication online vending machine. When the user selects the purchase cancellation menu and selects the corresponding information selection menu to obtain other information, the user outputs the corresponding information to the display means 40.

In this way, when the user is finally allowed to purchase the electronic publication, the contents of the transmitted electronic publication can be written to the secondary storage medium that can be written and erased and the contents are not erased even when the power is turned off. Of course, after the electronic publication is downloaded to the auxiliary storage medium, if the amount of cash deposited is greater than the price of the purchased electronic publication, the balance is returned.

Meanwhile, another example applicable to the electronic publication system of the present invention will be described.

In the system of FIG. 1 or 3, the electronic publication is not downloaded to the portable terminal but is downloaded to the PC and then downloaded to the portable terminal. The following describes a method of selling electronic publications through the Internet in this system.

First, the buyer or user must install the application software necessary to purchase the electronic publication on his PC. In addition, an electronic function connected to the application software is connected to the electronic publication operation server 10 to select an electronic publication to be purchased and make a purchase selection. Then, the electronic publication operating server 10 to enter the unique buyer ID and password of the buyer. At this time, if the buyer ID is not registered or the buyer ID is already registered by another person, the new buyer ID should be registered.

If the buyer ID and password are correct, enter the credit card number and credit card password to pay for the electronic publication.

If the credit card is a valid payable card, the buyer ID and password entered by the buyer are encrypted and included in the electronic publication that the user intends to purchase.

If the buyer ID and password entered are incorrect or the credit card is invalid, the buyer is notified of the contents.

After the above procedure, the electronic publication is completed and is transferred to the electronic publication purchase directory of the application software installed on the user's PC.

After downloading to your PC, download it back to your mobile device.

The electronic publication operation server 10 records and stores the purchaser ID and password and the transaction details of the purchased electronic publication. By doing so, even if the purchaser has lost, damaged or deleted the electronic publications already purchased, the electronic publication management server 10 can check the record and transmit the electronic publications again.

5 is a flowchart of a method of selling and managing an electronic publication using the electronic publication system of the present invention.

5 includes a step 500 of registering member information, a payment payment step 520, an electronic publication encryption step 540, an electronic publication download step 560, and a member management step 580.

Registering the member information 500 is a step of registering the user's unique user ID (hereinafter referred to as a member) and necessary information about the member to the electronic publication operation server. Specifically, the user ID is registered with at least one of unique ID and unique group ID. If registered with a unique personal ID, the electronic publication can be viewed only by the portable member of the individual member, and if registered with a unique group ID, the purchased electronic publication can be viewed by all portable terminals of the registered group member group. .

The user ID is the member's unique ID. In addition, the unique individual ID is a unique ID of the individual member and the unique group ID means the joint ID of the group member. A unique group ID is an ID that can be used jointly by one or more various groups or groups, such as a school, a company, and a public office. By doing so, it is possible to use the electronic publication jointly, thereby maximizing the utilization efficiency of the electronic publication.

In addition, there are the following advantages by assigning the above unique ID.

When an electronic publication is purchased from one or more electronic publication operating servers (e.g., when an electronic publication operating server is operated by several different operators or by one operator, the electronic publication is purchased from a separate operating server). E-publishing servers need to be distinguished from the same user ID registered with other e-publishing servers. In this case, connecting all electronic publications operating servers online is difficult because of the high cost or the interests of different operators. However, as in the method of the present invention, each unique electronic publication operating server can be solved by assigning its own unique ID to the user ID.

On the other hand, the user ID is generally not limited to a user ID (User ID) of about 6-8 characters. Broadly, the concept may include various types of digital signature authentication concepts for member authentication. In addition, the user ID may be included in the electronic publication to be downloaded and used for a specific encryption of the electronic publication, or may be used as an encryption key for viewing the encrypted electronic publication. As a result, the member information registration step 500 includes all procedures for authenticating the uniqueness of the member and the member.

Payment payment step 520 is a step to select the payment for the purchase of the electronic publication selected by the member to pay. Here, the means for making a payment may include at least a credit card means, a cash card means, a payment amount for a certain period of time, an automatic withdrawal method from a member bank account, a giro billing method, a prepaid card means, a debit card means, an electronic money means And one or more methods such as a monetary means in the virtual cyberspace of electronic commerce, an equivalent monetary means obtained by bonus points, and a subscription means for a specified period.

In addition, a member accesses the electronic publication operation server through a www (worldwide web) means to view a predetermined advertisement and replaces the payment price of the electronic publication and inserts and downloads a predetermined advertisement in the electronic publication to be purchased. There may be a method of substituting payment for the electronic publication. This method pays the royalties from the advertising commission income of the commissioning company, which can be beneficial for both the buyer, the electronic publishing operation server operator, and the commissioning company.

The electronic publication encryption step 540 is to encrypt the electronic publication when the member purchases the electronic publication purchased on the member's specific portable terminal, so that the electronic publication can be copied, distributed, or tampered with, and protected by the electronic publication. It's a step.

The encryption step 540 may be an essential step to protect the copyright and copyright of the electronic publication edited and produced by the electronic publication operation server, and the terminal of the member or group member to download the electronic publication to be downloaded by the member. This is to make it visible only through.

The key to encryption lies in the encryption key that encrypts the electronic publication. If this encryption key is the same for everyone or cannot be distinguished, encryption is meaningless. Therefore, the present invention encrypts an electronic publication by including at least a code unique to a portable terminal or a unique code such as the user ID. Of course, it can also be encrypted by a combination of all or a combination of the unique codes described above, or all combinations. For example, the unique contents of the electronic publication to be purchased may be encrypted by including a user's unique authentication means based on the public key, and at least one ID or at least one of a unique terminal ID or a user ID of the member together with the contents of the electronic publication. It can also be encrypted, including. In addition, at least one of a copyright holder code, a distributor code, or a serial code unique to the electronic publication may be encrypted together with the contents of the electronic publication. Of course, it is also possible to encrypt all of the above combinations as appropriate. Here, the serial number, title of the book, and the like unique to the copyright holder, the publisher, and the electronic publication are used as proof of the original electronic publication in preparation for copying or damaging the electronic publication by applying watermarking technology.

It is also possible to use a fingerprint reader as a means for encryption. That is, the fingerprint of the buyer can be stored in the electronic publication operating server directly through a portable terminal or through a fingerprint recognition means connected to a PC, and can be used as a key for decrypting or encrypting the electronic publication.

The electronic publication download step 560 is a step in which the electronic publication purchased by the member is connected to the www (worldwide web) means of the electronic publication operation server through a specific communication means and downloaded to the portable terminal of the member. The specific communication means may include satellite communication means provided in the portable terminal, synchronous means such as IMT2000, asynchronous CDMA wireless data communication module means, and the like.

When using the portable terminal, the unique ID of the communication means can be used as the terminal unique ID.

Here, the following method may be used to reduce the price of the portable terminal. First, the personal mobile phone terminal may be connected to the personal mobile phone terminal through a personal mobile phone terminal connection device provided in the mobile terminal and used. Second, the portable terminal may be provided with a PC connection means and connected to a PC through the PC connection means to access the www (World Wide Web) means of the electronic publication system. In addition, in the electronic publication download step, a user authentication means may be added to the original contents of the electronic publication to be purchased, and then encrypted.

Member management step 580 is a step of storing and managing the purchase content and transaction date of the member's electronic publication, and other content necessary for member management. For example, if a member's purchase of electronic publications is good, there may be a way to make certain electronic publications free of charge if certain qualifications are met. In addition, a portable terminal may be provided to a member by a method of renting free or for a certain period of time. In addition, even if the contents of the electronic publication once purchased are damaged due to a member's mistake or deleted due to lack of storage means of the portable terminal, the contents of the electronic publication of the member may be downloaded again with reference to the purchase contents and transaction date.

Through the above steps, a member who desires to be a writer can be evaluated by a number of writers, so that a new artist with a certain qualification can distribute the work to the member through the electronic publication operation server. There is an opportunity to view electronic publications at an affordable price. In addition, since new artists can be paid a certain royalty without incurring the cost of publishing, there is an advantage that can contribute to the discovery of competent new artists and the development of domestic publishing culture.

In addition to the above steps, a mobile terminal registration step of registering a unique terminal ID, which is a unique identification code of the portable terminal of the member, may be further included in order to view the purchased electronic publication only as a specific portable terminal.

Here, the unique terminal ID is a unique terminal number possessed by the portable terminal, and may include information such as at least a company unique code for distinguishing a terminal manufacturer and a terminal unique serial code for each terminal manufacturer. The unique terminal ID can be used for copy protection and encryption to protect copyrights or publication rights by allowing the downloaded electronic terminal to be viewed only by the downloaded portable terminal when the electronic publication is downloaded to the corresponding portable terminal. However, in some cases, it is not necessary to have the unique terminal ID when the portable terminal is manufactured and produced. For example, when an electronic publication operation server generates a unique terminal ID and downloads it to a portable terminal along with the downloaded electronic publication, the electronic publication registers the unique terminal ID in a specific storage space inside the portable terminal to view the electronic publication only through the corresponding portable terminal. You can do that. In addition, a member unique ID registered in the member information registration step 500 is stored in a small and thin secure storage means for authenticating a member such as a specific portable multimedia memory card or a smart card that the member possesses. Afterwards, the encrypted electronic publication can be viewed with the encryption key stored in the security authentication storage means in a portable terminal or a PC equipped with a device capable of reading the contents of the security authentication storage means. In this case, the security authentication storage means includes at least a member-specific encryption key for viewing the contents of the encrypted electronic publication, and may further include information for the operation of the validity period and other electronic publications operation server.

In the method of registering the unique terminal ID, when the unique terminal ID is displayed on the outside of the portable terminal or is not displayed on the outside, when the unique terminal ID is present in the portable terminal, the member is registered on the electronic publication operation server at www (World Wide Web) You can register the terminal's unique number directly by connecting through the means. Alternatively, the portable terminal may be connected to the electronic publication operating server through a communication means, and the electronic publication operating server may automatically read and register the unique terminal ID of the portable terminal. In addition, when the unique terminal ID is not present in the portable terminal, the terminal specific ID created by the electronic publication operating server together with the contents of the electronic publication to be downloaded is downloaded to the portable terminal. The unique terminal ID can be registered. The unique terminal ID may allow the unique terminal ID to be registered in the electronic publication operating server when the member purchases the portable terminal, thereby eliminating the need for the member to register the unique terminal ID. As a result, the unique terminal ID is determined by each portable terminal manufacturer or an electronic publication operating server operator, and its purpose is used for encryption authentication such as copyright protection and copy protection.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and of course, modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the claims in the present invention will not be defined within the scope of the detailed description, but will be limited to the claims below.

According to the present invention, by specifically encrypting the contents of the electronic publication to be able to see the contents only in a specific portable terminal has the following effects.

First, after the purchaser's unique ID and password are encrypted and included in the electronic publication, the same ID and password as those of the purchaser's ID and password registered in the electronic publication can be downloaded to the portable terminal for the possibility of unauthorized duplication. Can be excluded at source.

Second, it can be provided cheaply and quickly anywhere anytime through a portable terminal in the Internet. Therefore, there is no improvement in the seller's perspective according to the sales prediction error, the author can increase the profitability by supplying a large amount at a low price, and the electronic publication can be provided at a low price for the consumer.

Third, the <copyright owner>, <publishing right owner>, <production date> and <version number> are included in the encryption code of the electronic publication, so that the rightful unauthorized person cannot tamper with the contents of the electronic publication. Also, there is no possibility that the contents can be changed. In this case, it serves as a means for facilitating verification in the event of a dispute due to copyright infringement.

Fourth, it is possible to sell and manage electronic publications safely and conveniently through various communication means through the electronic publication sales and management method of the present invention.

As a result, electronic publications can be widely distributed.

Claims (31)

An electronic publication operating server for storing electronic publications produced and edited as digital data of various publications, user IDs and passwords for a plurality of buyers are registered, and providing the electronic publications to buyers through the Internet; And The electronic publication management server is connected to the Internet through the Internet, has a unique ID code, and the same user ID and password as registered in the electronic publication management server are registered and encrypted and stored, and the electronic publication is downloaded and restored to the original publication. It includes a portable terminal for displaying by The electronic publication operating server downloads the electronic publication to the portable terminal when the user ID and password input through the Internet are the same as the registered user ID and password, and downloads the user ID and password to the downloading electronic publication. Include it as an encryption code, And the portable terminal includes the unique ID code in the downloaded electronic publication, and displays the downloaded electronic publication only when a user ID and password corresponding to the unique ID code are registered. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic publication operating server At least one of novels, magazines, technical books, poems, educational texts, periodicals, newspapers, electronic publications containing text, pictures, photographs or graphic data, and at least one of films, music, games, maps, and animations Editing means for producing, editing and encrypting the multimedia data comprising a unique encryption method for each portable terminal manufacturer; Storage means for storing the electronic publication and multimedia data; And And an operation means for allowing a purchaser who wants to purchase electronic publications or multimedia data stored in the storage means to search through the Internet, and introduce, sell or manage the electronic publications and multimedia data. Electronic publication system, characterized in that. The method of claim 2, wherein the editing means is for inputting the contents of the publication. An electronic publication system comprising a scanner input device for inputting the content of a publication using a scanner and converting the publication into an electronic publication, and a keyboard input device for directly inputting the content of the publication through a keyboard input device. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the editing means When the electronic publication is produced, a "page" classification code, which is a page division when printed as a general paper publication, and a code for separating "display page" for separating a unit that can be displayed on the display screen of the portable terminal at the same time are inserted together. Electronic publication system, characterized in that. The method of claim 2, The electronic publication operating server If a transaction is made, the user ID and password and the transaction details of the purchased electronic publication are recorded and stored together, When the purchaser has lost, damaged or deleted the already purchased electronic publications, the electronic publication system checks the records of the electronic publication operating server and transmits the electronic publications again to the portable terminal. The method of claim 1, The electronic publication operating server encrypts at least one or more of a copyright holder, a publishing rights holder, a production date, a version number, and a publication content inspection code when the electronic publication is produced. The method of claim 6, The encrypted electronic publication additionally attaches unencrypted header information, and distinguishes the header information with a code indicating a header start and header end. The header information includes an encryption notification code for notifying that it has been encrypted and a registration code for notifying whether or not to register. The method of claim 1, The electronic publication operating server is an electronic publication system, characterized in that to register a new user ID if the user ID and password is a user ID that is not registered or already registered user ID. The method of claim 1, Dedicated line connecting means connected to the electronic publication operating server online through a dedicated line; Display means for displaying a user's operation instructions and information; Display control means for displaying various information on the display means; Use payment processing means for paying the use price by cash or credit card; An auxiliary storage medium processing means for writing and erasing the contents of the electronic publication to be purchased by the user and providing them in an auxiliary storage medium in which the stored contents are not erased even if there is no power; And a control processing means for controlling the respective means and for mutual information processing with the electronic publication operation server. An electronic publication online vending machine for searching for the electronic publication and downloading and selling the electronic publication desired by the user to the auxiliary storage medium when a proper credit amount is received or an approved credit card is input through the payment processing means. Electronic publication system further comprises. The electronic publication online vending machine of claim 9, wherein If the user selects a book selection menu from the menu items displayed on the display means by hand, at least one of the author, title, publisher, new book, and keyword input menu is displayed. When the user inputs the necessary items through the displayed menu and selects the completed menu, the corresponding information is transmitted from the electronic publication operating server and displayed on the display means, and the user selects a list of electronic publications to purchase, When the electronic publication operation server transmits the most recently input price information and information on the electronic publication among the electronic publications selected by the user through a dedicated line, the electronic publication online vending machine displays the information on the display means. , When the user purchases and selects the desired electronic publication, the electronic publication online vending machine prompts the user to input a unique user ID and password. If the entered user ID and password are correct, the user is required to select and pay by cash or credit card corresponding to the price of the electronic publication, When the appropriate credit card is presented or the appropriate cash is paid, the electronic publication online vending machine requests the electronic publication operation server to transmit the contents of the electronic publication. The electronic publication operating server includes the user ID and password entered by the user in the electronic publication to be purchased by the user as an encryption code and transmits the electronic publication to the online publication vending machine. The electronic publication online vending machine, the electronic publication system, characterized in that the contents of the electronic publication received, can be written and deleted and downloaded to the secondary storage medium that the contents are not erased even if the power is off. The method of claim 10, If the user selects cash as a means of payment, the cash is deposited in the cash receiver installed in the electronic publication online vending machine, and if the analyzed cash is corrected, the electronic publication operation server is requested to transmit the contents of the electronic publication. If the amount of cash deposited in the cash drawer is not enough for the price of the electronic publication to be purchased, wait until the amount is equal to or exceed the amount, and if the cash is not deposited anymore, return the already paid cash and time out. Electronic publications online vending machine is characterized by the return to the first start menu. The method of claim 10, If the user selects a credit card as a means of payment, the information of the credit card entered in the credit card input machine installed in the electronic publication online vending machine is sent to the electronic publication operation server, and the electronic publication operation server checks the credit card. If the payment is a card that can be notified to the electronic publication online vending machine, the electronic publication online vending machine requests the electronic publication operating server to transmit the contents of the electronic publication, If the electronic publication operation server receives a disapproval of the use of the credit card, the electronic publication system returns the credit card, notifies that the credit card cannot be used, and returns to the first start menu of the electronic publication online vending machine. The method of claim 10, If the user does not select a payment method for a certain time or do not operate the purchase cancellation menu, the user is notified that the time has been exceeded, and returns to the initial start menu of the electronic publication online vending machine. And a user selecting the cancel purchase menu and selecting the corresponding information selection menu to obtain other information, and outputting the corresponding information to the display means. Digitally produced and edited various publications including at least one of text, pictures, photographs, and graphic data, and various multimedia information including at least one of music videos, movies, music, maps, and animations. In a method of making a publication available on a personal digital assistant, (a) registering a unique ID of a member who wants to download the electronic publication; (b) selecting and paying the bill for the purchase of the electronic publication selected by the member; (c) encrypting the electronic publication so that the electronic publication purchased by the member can be viewed on the portable terminal of the member; And and (d) downloading the electronic publication purchased by the member to a personal portable terminal through a communication means. The method of claim 14, wherein step (a) And registering the member's unique ID by a unique individual ID or a unique group ID. If registered with the unique personal ID, carry the electronic publication personally Make it available only on your device, If the unique group ID is registered, the sale and management method of the electronic publication, characterized in that the registration to view the purchased electronic publications to all the portable terminal of the registered group member group. The method of claim 14, At least, the method of selling and managing electronic publications further comprising the step of storing and managing the content and transaction date of the member's electronic publications, and other contents necessary for member management. The method of claim 14, wherein step (a) In addition to the user ID, including the registration of the electronic publication system unique ID, A method of selling and managing electronic publications, wherein the members can be distinguished even when the user IDs are registered in the electronic publication system operated separately from each other. The method of claim 14, And registering a unique terminal ID, which is a unique identification code of the member's portable terminal, so that the purchased electronic publication can be viewed only by a specific portable terminal. The method of claim 18, The unique terminal ID includes at least one of a company unique code for distinguishing a terminal manufacturer and a terminal unique code for each terminal manufacturer. The method of claim 18, wherein step (c) And encrypting at least one of at least one of a unique terminal ID and a member's unique ID together with the contents of the electronic publication. The method of claim 14, wherein step (b) Selling and managing electronic publications comprising the step of making a payment for the purchase of the electronic publication by inserting and downloading a specific advertisement to the electronic publication to be purchased. The method of claim 14, wherein step (c) And encrypting at least one of a copyright holder code, a distributor code, and a serial code unique to the electronic publication together with the contents of the electronic publication. The method of claim 14, wherein step (d) And selling the electronic publication to be purchased to a portable terminal through satellite communication means, IMT2000 communication means, or a wireless modem. The method of claim 14, wherein step (d) And selling the electronic publication to be purchased through a PC to a portable terminal. The method of claim 14, wherein step (d) And selling the electronic publication to be purchased through a personal portable terminal connection device provided in the portable terminal. The method of claim 14, The method further includes automatically calculating and storing a certain percentage of the royalty (cognitive fee) according to the sale of the electronic publication to the author of the electronic publication together with the contents of the sale. The method of selling and managing electronic publications, characterized in that the author can check the stored content. The method of claim 14, The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of downloading a specific electronic publication free of charge according to the member's electronic publication purchase results. The method of claim 14, Further comprising registering and storing the fingerprint of the buyer, Selling and managing electronic publications, characterized in that for use as a key to solve the encryption or encryption of the electronic publication. The method of claim 14, Uploading a work created by a member aspiring to the artist on a communication network; Distributing the uploaded work to members for evaluation by a plurality of writers; And The method of selling and managing the electronic publication further comprising the step of paying a certain royalty to the member who uploaded the work. The method of claim 29, wherein the work, At least fiction, poetry, eponymous, nursery rhymes, reviews, essays, photos, movies, animation, music, Method of selling and managing electronic publications, including any one or more of music videos, compositions, arrangements. The method of claim 29, Registering a member who uploaded the work as a special member; Requesting a special member to review the uploaded electronic publication; And A method of selling and managing electronic publications, comprising the step of paying a special member a review fee.