KR100367824B1 - Method to provide contents service on Internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a content service method through the Internet, wherein an Internet site providing a content service through the Internet uses a technology of streaming voice information related to the selected content item when a user selects a specific content item. It is configured to transmit in real time to the user's computer.

Using the present invention, voice information can be included in various contents provided through the Internet. In particular, since the voice information is transmitted in real time from the moment the user clicks on a desired content item, the voice information is output from the speaker of the user. Therefore, the visually impaired can use the Internet content service more conveniently.

In addition, since it is easy to inform the contents of the content through the Internet, it can be very efficiently applied to each content service such as politician's announcement, popularity vote, e-commerce, help function.

Description

Method of providing contents through the Internet {Method to provide contents service on Internet}

The present invention relates to a content service method through the Internet. In particular, the present invention provides various contents including voice information through an internet site, wherein the voice information is used by a user using a streaming technology when the user clicks on a corresponding content item. The present invention relates to a service method for transmitting voice to a content item using a text or an image in real time.

Currently, the Internet is not limited to a specific field but is widely used, and as a part of real life, the number of Internet users using the Internet is rapidly increasing. Accordingly, the number of Internet sites that provide various contents such as politicians' opinions, popular votes, photo contests, and e-commerce (shopping malls) is rapidly increasing.

In order for an Internet site that provides a content service to obtain a user's response, the quality of each content item constituting the content is very important, and the way in which users access the content is as important as the content. That is, each content item should be configured so that users can easily understand the content of the content. In particular, in a highly competitive service such as a site providing an e-commerce service, or a service in which a content transfer effect is very important, such as a site providing a political opinion, a method of composing the content becomes more important. .

Therefore, Internet sites that provide various types of contents are currently trying to customize the appearance of the site screen and the design of each content item to the user's taste. However, such an attempt is only related to the appearance or content of each content item, and a service for effectively delivering the content of each content item through voice has not yet been initiated.

On the other hand, the specific content in the music-related site has a function that allows the user to listen to the music associated with the content item (eg MP3 music file). However, even in this case, the user can only download all the music files to his computer and then listen to the music playing program embedded in his computer. However, this process makes the user feel very bored because the music file is large and takes a long time to download. In addition, there is also the inconvenience that each user should have a music playback program built into their computer.

In general, providing visual and voice information at the same time is the most desirable means of information delivery, and information transmission by voice becomes a very important factor when there is a limit in visual information transmission such as visually impaired people. In particular, contents related to the politician's opinion, contents related to the introduction of the people who participate in the popular vote, contents related to the help, and the like are very effective to be provided with voice. Therefore, there is a great need to effectively combine voice with content provided through the Internet.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides various contents including voice information through an internet site, but the voice information is a streaming technology when a user clicks a corresponding content item. It is an object of the present invention to provide a service method that can effectively combine voice with a content item using text or images by transmitting to a user in real time.

In order to achieve the above object, in the content service method through the Internet according to the present invention, when a user selects a specific content item, voice information related to the selected content item is transmitted to the user's computer in real time using a streaming technology. Characterized in that configured to.

The present invention includes steps 2-1 for storing each content item and voice information related thereto in a database; Transmitting the content items to the computer of the user, transmitting the link information of the voice information associated with each content item together; Step 2-3 of monitoring whether the user selects one of the content items transmitted in step 2-2; Step 2-4 of receiving link information about the selected content item from the computer of the user when the user selects a specific content item in step 2-3; And 2-5-5, referring to the link information received in step 2-4, transmitting the voice information stored in the database related to the selected content item to the user's computer in real time using a streaming technology. It may be preferably implemented by including a step.

On the other hand, the Internet site provides a service for the user to participate in the content configuration, the content input window to send to the user for the input of the content item to be provided with a user interface means to the content item input by the user It is more preferable to configure the voice information related to the input of the user interface means.

In this case, the user interface means is configured to include a record button, a stop button, a play button, a delete button, and a storage button, wherein step 2-1 includes whether one of the components of the user interface means is clicked. Monitoring step 4-1; Step 4-2, when the recording button is clicked in step 4-1, receiving voice information input to the user's computer in real time using a streaming technology and temporarily recording the data in the database; Step 4-3, stopping the step 4-2 when the stop button is clicked in step 4-1; Step 4-4, when the play button is clicked in step 4-1, real-time transmission of the voice recorded to the database to the user's computer using streaming technology; Step 4-5, when the delete button is clicked in step 4-1, deleting the voice recorded up to now in the database; And when the storing button is clicked in step 4-1, step 4-6 of storing the temporarily recorded voice to the database through step 4-2. can do.

1 is a service configuration diagram according to the present invention,

2 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an example of the screen configuration when the present invention is applied to the announcement;

4 is a screen configuration example when the present invention is applied to a photo contest;

5 shows a flowchart relating to a second embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: Computer 11: Monitor Screen

12-1,12-2: Speaker 20: Internet

30: Internet site 40: voice playback means

41,513: Play Button 42,512: Play Stop Button

500: content input window 510: user interface means

511: Record button 514: Delete button

515: Save button

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

1 is a diagram illustrating a service according to the present invention, in which an Internet site 30 provides various contents to users through the Internet 20. At this time, when the Internet site 30 transmits the content to users connected to it through the Internet 20, the Internet site 30 also transmits link information that designates the location of the voice information associated with each content item. Then, the content items sent from the Internet site 30 are displayed on the monitor screen 11 of the user, but the link information is not displayed on the screen.

When a user clicks on a specific content item, the link information transmitted with the content item is transmitted to the Internet site 30. Then, the Internet site 30 transmits the voice information related to the corresponding content item to the user's computer 10 in real time using a streaming technology. This voice information is output in real time from the speakers 12-1 and 12-2 provided in the user's computer 10. That is, the user can hear the related voice message from the moment of clicking the corresponding content item.

Here, since a streaming technology for transmitting voice data in real time is a commonly used technology, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, and users can record anywhere regardless of time and place by encoding / decoding data in real time on the Internet. And play.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention, and an example of implementing the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart.

First, the Internet site stores voice information related to each content item together with each content item provided by the Internet site (S210).

This process is often performed as a process of building a database on the Internet site 30. If the Internet site providing an e-commerce service, a variety of product-related content items are recruited, and in addition to the conventional text or image, voice information indicating the product is stored together in a database.

Now, the Internet site 30 transmits a screen composed of content items provided by the user to users connected to the Internet through the Internet 20. The Internet site 30 also transmits link information of voice information related to each content item. S220).

Here, the link information means the position of the voice information associated with each content item, and the voice information is not transmitted to the user yet. That is, as a process of transmitting content items consisting of text and images, the content items appearing on the user's monitor screen 11 are preferably displayed to indicate that they have voice information. For example, an underline may be displayed on a content item in a text form or a speaker-shaped image may be displayed around the content item. This indication allows the user to know that the content item has voice information.

The Internet site 30 monitors whether the user selects a specific content item (S230). That is, from the user's point of view, it is a process of viewing a screen composed of the contents sent from the Internet site 30 and clicking an item of interest.

When the user clicks on a specific content item in step S230, link information included in the corresponding content item is transmitted from the user's computer 10 to the Internet site 30 (S240).

Then, the Internet site 30 retrieves the voice information corresponding to the link information from the database, and then transmits the retrieved voice information to the user in real time using a streaming technology (S250). This voice information is output in real time through the speakers 12-1 and 12-2 provided in the user's computer 10.

Through the procedure as described above, the user can hear the voice information from the moment of clicking the content item of interest. For example, in the case of content related to electronic commerce, information related to the selected product can be immediately heard by voice. In addition, if such a service is applied to a politician's home page, the user can hear the politician's announcement from the moment of clicking the politician's related information.

3 is an example of a screen configuration in which the present invention is applied to the announcement of the present invention, and an example in which the present invention is applied to a content service including the contents of the announcement of the politician by referring to the present invention will be described.

If the content of a politician is composed of a picture column, a biographies, and a text presentation column as shown in Fig. 3, the audio reproducing means 40 is provided at an arbitrary position on the screen. At this time, the voice reproducing means 40 may be composed of a play button 41 and a play stop button 42.

The user clicks the play button 41 when he wants to hear the politician's opinion by voice. Then, the link information is transmitted to the internet site 30 that provides the content service, and the internet site refers to the link information in real time using the streaming technology to contain voice information containing the politicians stored in the database. Send it to the user. Therefore, the user hears the politician from the moment he clicks the play button.

On the other hand, the user clicks the stop playback button 42 when he wants to stop listening to the view. Then, the Internet site 30 stops transmitting the voice information.

4 illustrates an example of a screen configuration when the present invention is applied to a photo contest, and illustrates an example in which a user is notified that voice information is included as an image of a speaker and underscores 43-1 and 43-2. That is, when the user clicks the corresponding part, as in the case of clicking the play button 41 in FIG. 3, the voice of the contest participant can be immediately heard. In addition, when the user clicks on the corresponding portion 43-2, the voice reproducing means 40 composed of a separate window appears, and the play button 41 and the play stop button 42 are displayed in the window 40. It can also be configured to appear.

However, in the case of the content service, the content items that are unilaterally recruited from the Internet site are serviced to the user, but the content is often collected and provided from each user. That is, when each user, such as a popular vote or a photo contest, becomes a subject for providing a content item, a voice for applying the present invention in addition to receiving text or an image (user's photo, etc.) necessary for participation from each user through the Internet. You need to receive information.

In this case, the Internet site 30 provides a service so that the user can participate in the database construction of the content item, but the user interface means 510 is provided in the content input window 500 for transmitting to the user. By means of the means 510, the user can receive a content item including voice information from the user and store it in the database.

Herein, the content input window 500 may be arbitrarily configured. In FIG. 4, user information such as an image file name, a user's name, an e-mail address, an age, etc. containing a user's own photo is shown. An example consisting of an input portion, a user interface means 510 capable of recording a user's own voice, and a self-introduction column by text is illustrated.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to this, when configuring a content item about a user in a photo contest related service such as the example shown in FIG. 4, FIG. A process of transmitting one's own voice information to an Internet site will be described in detail.

First, the Internet site 30 transmits the content input window 500 as described above to the user, and the content input window 500 is provided with a user interface means 510 (S610). In the example shown in FIG. 4, the user interface means 510 is composed of a record button 511, a play stop button 512, a play button 513, a delete button 514, and a save button 515. .

If the user wants to record his / her voice, the user clicks the corresponding button among the buttons provided in the user interface means 510 (S620).

When the user wants to record his introduction by voice, in step S620, the recording button 511 is clicked. When the recording button 511 is clicked, the recording procedure S630 is performed. That is, the user clicks the record button 511 and inputs a self-introduction by voice using a microphone provided in his computer (S631). The voice input into the microphone in step S631 is transmitted in real time to the Internet site 30 using a streaming technology (S632), and recorded in a database of the Internet site 30 (S633). At this time, the voice recorded in the database is recorded in the temporary storage, the user can modify the previously recorded content.

In addition, the user clicks the stop button 512 when the recording procedure (S630) to stop recording. When the stop button 512 is clicked, the recording procedure (S630) ends.

On the other hand, the user often wants to listen to the voice recorded in advance, in this case, the user clicks the play button 513 and the playback procedure (S650) proceeds. In other words, the Internet site 30 transmits the voice which has been temporarily recorded in the database to the user's computer 10 in real time using streaming technology (S651). The voice transmitted in real time from the Internet site 30 is immediately output to the speakers 12-1 and 12-2 provided in the user's computer 10, and the user can listen to the voice recorded by the user ( S652).

If the user wants to delete the question recorded so far, click the delete button 514, and if the delete button 514 is clicked, the Internet site 30 deletes the voice that has been temporarily recorded in the database. (S660).

However, when the user normally records all of the self-introductions, the user clicks the save button 515, and when the save button 515 is clicked, the storage procedure (S670) proceeds. That is, the Internet site 30 stores the voice temporarily recorded in the database so far in the database (S671). Then, the Internet site 30 transmits a message indicating that the voice is normally stored in the database to the user's computer 10 (S672).

The user interface means 510 described above may be arbitrarily configured for the convenience of the user.

Each of the embodiments described above is not intended to limit the present invention thereto, and the content that is the subject of the present invention is not limited.

According to the present invention, voice information can be included in various contents provided through the Internet. In particular, since the voice information is transmitted in real time from the moment the user clicks on a desired content item, the voice information is output from the speaker of the user. That is, since it is easy to announce the contents of the content by voice through the Internet, it can be applied very efficiently to each content service such as politician's announcement, popularity voting, e-commerce, help function.

In addition, the visually impaired can use the Internet content service more conveniently, the user can be more interesting than the content provided only by text or image, and the content can be imprinted more quickly and deeply to the user.

In other words, the user can receive a quality content service, and the subject providing the content item can more easily communicate the information to the user through the content item. In addition, the Internet content providers applying the present invention can increase the revenue due to this effect.

Claims (4)

In a service for providing content through the Internet, the Internet site providing the service may be configured to perform real time streaming of voice information related to the selected content item when a user selects a specific content item. Content service method through the Internet, characterized in that configured to transmit to the user's computer. According to claim 1, The content service method through the Internet, Step 2-1 of storing each content item and related voice information in a database; Transmitting the content items to the computer of the user, transmitting the link information of the voice information associated with each content item together; Step 2-3 of monitoring whether the user selects one of the content items transmitted in step 2-2; Step 2-4 of receiving link information about the selected content item from the computer of the user when the user selects a specific content item in step 2-3; And Referring to the link information received in step 2-4, step 2-5 of transmitting voice information stored in the database associated with the selected content item to the user's computer in real time using a streaming technology; Content service method through the Internet, characterized in that comprises a. According to claim 1 or 2, wherein the Internet site provides a service for the user to participate in the content composition, the content input window to send to the user for input of the content item to be provided with a user interface means, The voice information regarding the content item input by the user is configured to receive the input via the user interface means. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface means is configured to include a record button, a stop button, a play button, a delete button, and a save button, Step 2-1 includes: step 4-1 of monitoring whether one of the components of the user interface means is clicked; Step 4-2, when the recording button is clicked in step 4-1, receiving voice information input to the user's computer in real time using a streaming technology and temporarily recording the data in the database; Step 4-3, stopping the step 4-2 when the stop button is clicked in step 4-1; Step 4-4, when the play button is clicked in step 4-1, real-time transmission of the voice recorded to the database to the user's computer using streaming technology; Step 4-5, when the delete button is clicked in step 4-1, deleting the voice recorded up to now in the database; And When the storing button is clicked in the step 4-1, the method comprises a step 4-6 of storing the temporarily recorded voice to the database through the step 4-2 Content service method through internet.