KR100708089B1 - System and method for controlling a function of sound track contents add on - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for content add on over a network. In particular, when providing contents such as a movie through a recording medium, a user selectively transmits background music contents of a sound track after sale of the recording medium. The present invention relates to a soundtrack content add-on system and method capable of receiving and recording a recording medium.

According to the present invention, the soundtrack contents are purchased and recorded on the disc independently of the copyright fees of the movie and video at the user's choice, so that only users who need to purchase the background music can pay and purchase the copyright fees for the soundtrack contents. Therefore, the user has a wider choice of background music purchases.

Description

System and method for controlling a function of sound track contents add on}

1 is a block diagram of a soundtrack content add-on system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the music provider server (sound track content supply server) shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a diagram illustrating a business concept according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram for explaining a concept according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart of a soundtrack content add-on method according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 shows a recording format in which the recording contents for each area of the recording medium to which the present invention is applied are classified.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for content add on over a network. In particular, when providing contents such as a movie through a recording medium, a user selectively transmits background music contents of a sound track after sale of the recording medium. The present invention relates to a soundtrack content add-on system and method capable of receiving and recording a recording medium.

In general, in the case of producing and selling a movie video disc, part of the movie music is recorded as the background music mixed with the voice and sound effects of the movie as the background music. Accordingly, the user had to purchase a CD (Compact Disc) containing the background music separately if the user likes the background music used in the movie after watching the movie using the recording / playback apparatus.

Alternatively, the sound track content used for the movie may be recorded in advance on the disc as music information separate from the movie in a specific area of the disc so that the user may enjoy the background music of the movie.

However, in the former case, the CD can be used to feel different from the movie, and the user must also purchase music not used in the movie at the time of the CD purchase and the musical atmosphere of the album containing the corresponding song. Was different from the movie, there was a problem that can halve the effect.

In addition, in the latter case, a movie player contains a soundtrack regardless of the user's intention, and purchases a disc at a price that includes copyright fees for movie music recorded on the soundtrack. There was a problem that should be.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an area for recording additional content after release when producing a recording medium such as a movie in order to solve the above problems, the user has the option of purchasing the soundtrack content of the movie The user purchases the contents of the background music used in the movie separately through the network such as the Internet and records them in the recordable area of the recording medium containing the movie, and reconstructs the screen having high correlation with the background music. A sound track content add-on system and method for recording and playing back main scenes of a movie when playing background music is provided.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the soundtrack content add-on system according to the present invention is a soundtrack add-on system via a network, which is accessible to the network and generates control signals by data transmission / reception and data analysis. A user track connected to the user computer for recording the soundtrack contents to be optionally added according to the control signal in a predetermined area of a recording medium, and playing back the background music. A recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing image data reconstructed appropriately for transmitting the soundtrack contents related to the title information of the recording medium to the user computer via the network by a predetermined process. Soundtrack con And a content supply server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a soundtrack content add-on method according to the present invention, comprising: (a) a background music related to title information of a recording medium through a network to a user computer; Accessing a sound track content supply server for providing sound track content, (b) transmitting additional service menu screen information including at least a sound track add-on menu from the sound track content supply server to the user computer; (c) analyzing menu selection information and data input from the user computer using the menu screen information, and executing a predetermined process for transmitting the selected soundtrack content to the user computer according to the analysis result; And (d) the user com Characterized in that it comprises the step of recording the recordable area of the recording medium by the recording / reproducing apparatus connected to the soundtrack teoro content delivery to the user computer.

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

First, the basic business concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The video provider pays a copyright fee to the music provider (②), and then produces a movie using (1) the movie music, which is copyrighted by the music provider, and records it on a recording medium such as a DVD and sells it on the market.

Then, the user pays only the video copyright fee to the video provider (④) and purchases the video recording medium for the movie (③). Then, if the user is willing to purchase the soundtrack content used as the movie music, the user pays the copyright fee for the soundtrack content to the music provider (⑥) and then transmits the soundtrack content supplied by the music provider over the network. (⑤) You can enjoy the background music along with the main scenes of the movies recorded and edited on the recording media.

At this time, the recording medium is recorded according to the disc standard as shown in FIG.

That is, the recording medium is largely composed of a reproduction-only area and a recordable area. The reproduction-only area contains contents related to a movie recorded at the time of production of the recording medium, and specifically, the copy protection information area 61 and Internet access. A content information area 62 in which related information is stored, a content menu area 63 in which title information is stored, and a content area 64 in which content relating to a movie or drama is stored. The recordable area includes a menu add-on area 65 in which a menu relating to added sound track add-on content information is stored, a sound track content area 66 in which the sound track content is added, and a sound track content to be added. An authentication information area 67 stores authentication information necessary for reproduction, and an additional information area 68 storing additional information related to a title.

In particular, when reproducing sound track content on a specific track of the sound track content area 66, scenes of some screens having a high correlation with background music are edited, reconstructed, stored, and stored. Use as.

As shown in FIG. 1, the soundtrack content add-on system according to the present invention includes a network 100, a video provider server 110, a music provider server (also called a soundtrack content supply server 120), and a user computer 130. And a recording / reproducing apparatus 140.

The user may purchase the movie provider server 110 to record the movie content and record it on the DVD using the recording / playback device 140, or to purchase a movie DVD already made into a disc and watch the movie. When the user wants to separately purchase the soundtrack content used as the background music of the movie after watching the movie, the user accesses the soundtrack content supply server 120 and receives the corresponding soundtrack content as follows.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sound track content supply server 120 includes a firewall server 201, a web server 202, a database 203, a controller 204, and an application program 205. have.

The network 100 may use an internet network used worldwide. The Internet network is a communication network that connects computers worldwide through the web. In order for a user of the user computer 130 to provide an Internet service, an Internet Protocol (IP) address is assigned using a point-to-point protocol, which is software for Internet access. Using this, the Internet service can be used through the World Wide Web browser. At this time, in order to receive the World Wide Web Service, a web browser such as Netscape Nevigater and Microsoft Internet Explorer is started and connected to a server of a desired website to receive desired information.

In this manner, the user computer 130 connects to the soundtrack content supply server 120 according to the present invention, which is one of the website servers, via the network 100 of the Internet network.

First, the operation of the detailed configuration means constituting the sound track content supply server 120 will be described.

The firewall server 201 is composed of hardware and software for protecting the information assets inside the soundtrack content supply server 120 when exchanging information using the Internet network and blocking harmful information from the outside. For example, an illegal information leakage is protected by a program that restricts external access by using an IP address, a user authentication number, and a port number.

The web server 202 is an additional service menu screen information including a sound track add-on menu when the user computer 130 is connected to the sound track content supply server 120 through a network 100 constructed through the Internet. And the user computer 130 by a transmission protocol that uses data commonly used in the network 100 for the result of executing the process by the application program 205 corresponding to the menu and input data selected from the menu screen information. ) Is used to send.

The database 203 stores sound track contents related to title information of a recording medium.

The controller 204 collectively controls the sound track content supply server 120, analyzes the menu selection and data inputted, and starts the application program 205 corresponding to the analyzed result to transmit the selected sound track content. It executes a series of processes.                     

The application program 205 is stored in a memory, and is a variety of programs for retrieving and transmitting sound track content from the sound track content supply server 120.

Next, the recording / reproducing apparatus 140 is a device for recording / reproducing video / audio signals. For example, the recording / reproducing apparatus 140 may be implemented as a DVD R / W.

First, the basic concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, when original Movi-Contents except sound track contents are recorded in a play-only area of the disc, a user who purchases a movie disc wants to purchase additional sound track contents. Accesses the sound track content supply server 120 to receive sound track contents 1, 2, and 3 for the movie and records them in a recordable area of the disc.

At this time, impressive scenes having a high correlation with the background music recorded on the sound track are extracted, reconstructed, and stored in the recordable area of the disc to be used as a background screen when playing the sound track contents.

Next, the soundtrack content add-on method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5.

First, when the user wants to add the soundtrack contents as an option to a recording medium on which a movie or the like is recorded, the soundtrack contents supply server 120 through the network 100 configured by the Internet network using the user computer 130. A connection is attempted at step 501.                     

As described above, the Internet access information for accessing the sound track content supply server 120 is initially stored in the content information area 62 of the recording medium, for example. When selected by the operation of the key button, it is possible to access the sound track content supply server 120 via the user computer 130.

When the user computer 130 is connected to the sound track content supply server 120, the sound track content supply server 120 transmits home page screen information to the user computer 130 (step 502).

If the user selects a soundtrack add-on menu (or also called a movie music menu) to purchase soundtrack content and additionally record it to the disc by using the home page screen information transmitted to the user computer 130 (step 503), The user computer 130 transmits data requesting title information transfer (step 504). Then, the user computer 130 transmits a command to access the title information to the connected recording / reproducing apparatus 140 (step 505). Accordingly, the recording / reproducing apparatus 140 transmits the information about the title recorded on the loaded disc in the content menu area 62 of the disc shown in FIG. 6 to the user computer 130 (step). 506).

The user computer 130 transmits the title information accessed by the recording / reproducing apparatus 140 to the sound track content supply server 120 (step 507). The information about the title to be transmitted is composed of information on the title or ID of the title, whether or not a version update, illegal copying, and the like.                     

Then, the sound track content supply server 120 retrieves the sound track content lists related to the input title information from the database 203 and transmits it to the user computer 130 (step 508).

When the user clicks and selects the sound track contents to be purchased from the list of sound track contents related to the title transmitted to the user computer 130 (step 509), in order to confirm whether there is enough recording space for recording the selected sound track contents. Transfer the available recording area confirmation request data to the user computer 130 (step 510), thereby controlling the recording / reproducing apparatus 140 to access information related to the recordable area of the recording medium, thereby recording the recording medium. If the size of the available area is larger than the size of the content to be recorded, the user computer 130 requests the soundtrack content supply server 120 to transmit the soundtrack content requested for purchase (steps 511 to 513).

The sound track content supply server 120 accesses copy protection information before taking sound track content to the user computer 130 and takes measures to prevent illegal copying. In other words, as a method for preventing illegal copying, the copy protection information loaded on the disk is accessed to take measures for preventing illegal copying.

At this time, request for verification of illegal copy protection information, form unique key based on unique ID, user's information, title information, etc. of the disc recorded on the recording medium, and combine with existing key, etc. After roughness, authentication information is formed (steps 514 to 517).                     

After taking measures to prevent illegal copying, the soundtrack content supply server 120 transmits the soundtrack content that the user applied for purchase to the user computer 130. Then, the user computer 130 transmits the transmitted contents to the recording / reproducing apparatus 140 and records them in the sound track contents area of the recordable area of the recording medium (steps 518 to 519).

After the user finishes transmitting the selected soundtrack content, the user requests payment for the content supply, and only after the user executes the payment, the soundtrack content supply server 120 displays the transmitted soundtrack content. Authentication information for access so that it can be reproduced is transmitted to the user computer 130, and recorded in the authentication information area 67 of the recordable area of the recording medium (steps 520 to 522).

According to the above operation, the movie disc buyer does not pay the copyright fee according to the purchase of the soundtrack contents unilaterally, and only the users who need the soundtrack contents purchase the background music contents separately from the video royalty fee, Recorded and available.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an application program for executing the soundtrack content add-on function is embedded in the soundtrack content supply server so that the corresponding process can be executed using a web browser without installing an application program separately from the user computer. In some cases, an application program for executing the soundtrack content add-on function may be recorded on a recording medium or used in a memory of a user computer.

As described above, according to the present invention, the soundtrack contents are purchased and recorded on the disc independently of the copyright fees of the movie and video by the user's selection, so that only users who need to purchase the background music have the copyright fees for the soundtrack contents. Since it can be purchased by paying the price, the user has a wider choice of background music purchases.

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delete For soundtrack add-on systems over a network, A user computer connectable to the network and generating a control signal by data transmission / reception and data analysis; And a recordable area, wherein the recordable area includes a menu add-on area for storing a menu relating to sound add-on content information to be added, a sound track content area for storing sound track content to be added, and an additional recordable area. A recording medium allocated to an authentication information area for storing authentication information required to play sound track contents; The sound when the data connected to the user computer, the data including sound track contents and authentication information to be optionally added by the control signal, are recorded in a corresponding area of the recording medium, and the sound track contents are reproduced. A recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing image data reconstructed for background music of a track; And A sound track content supply server connected to the network for transmitting the sound track content related to title information of the recording medium to the user computer via the network by a predetermined process. Add-on system. delete 3. The reproduction-only area of the recording medium is a copy protection information area, a content information area in which information related to Internet access is stored, a content menu area in which title information is stored, and content related to a movie or drama. Sound track content add-on system, characterized in that it comprises a content area. 3. The soundtrack content add-on system according to claim 2, wherein the recordable area of the recording medium further comprises an additional information area for storing additional information related to the title. The soundtrack contents add-on system of claim 2, wherein the image data reconstructing a scene having a high correlation with background music of the soundtrack is stored in a recordable area of the recording medium. The method of claim 2, wherein the sound track content supply server A database for storing sound track contents related to title information of a recording medium; A web server for transmitting a result of the processing in response to a request by the user computer connected to the sound track content supply server by a transmission protocol commonly used in the network; And And a controller for analyzing menu selections and data inputted from the network, running an application program corresponding to the analyzed result, transmitting the searched soundtrack contents, and controlling the system as a whole. Add-on system. 8. The firewall as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sound track content supply server protects the information assets inside the sound track content supply server when exchanging information through the network, and comprises a firewall composed of hardware and software for blocking harmful information from the outside. And a server further comprising a server. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the application program executes a process of transmitting additional service menu screen information including a soundtrack content add-on menu when the user computer is connected to the soundtrack content supply server. Soundtrack content add-on system. 8. The soundtrack content add-on system according to claim 7, wherein the application program executes a process for preventing illegal copying by accessing copy protection information before transmitting soundtrack content to the user's computer. In the soundtrack add-on method through the network, (a) accessing a sound track content supply server for providing sound track content that becomes background music related to title information of a recording medium to the user computer through the network; (b) transmitting additional service menu screen information including at least a sound track add-on menu from the sound track content supply server to the user computer; (c) analyzing menu selection information and data input from the user computer using the menu screen information, and executing a predetermined process for transmitting the selected soundtrack content to the user computer according to the analysis result; ; And (d) recording the sound track content transmitted to the user computer to a recordable area of a recording medium to which a data storage area related to sound add-on content information is allocated through a recording / reproducing apparatus connected to the user computer. Soundtrack content add-on method. 12. The process of claim 11, wherein the predetermined process is (c1) when the sound track add-on menu is selected, requesting the user computer to transmit title information recorded on the recording medium; (c2) transmitting the title information read from the recording medium to the soundtrack content supply server; (c3) retrieving a list of contents related to the title information and transmitting the contents list to the user computer; And and (c4) retrieving the soundtrack contents selected from the contents list in a database and transmitting them to a user computer. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined process further comprises a process for preventing illegal copying before transmitting soundtrack content from the soundtrack content supply server to the user computer. 12. The soundtrack of claim 11, wherein the predetermined process further comprises a process of identifying an available recording area of the recording medium before transmitting soundtrack content from the soundtrack content supply server to the user computer. How to add content. The method of claim 11, wherein after transmitting the soundtrack content from the soundtrack content supply server to the user computer, transmitting authentication information capable of playing the soundtrack content only when the user computer executes payment. The soundtrack content add-on method further comprising. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein step (a) (a1) reading the Internet access information stored in the read only area of the recording medium when a sound track add-on function key is input; And (a2) using the internet access information, the user computer connecting to a soundtrack content supply server that provides the soundtrack content related to title information of a recording medium. A method of recording soundtrack add-on content on a recording medium using a recording / playback apparatus in a network, the method comprising: (a) reading title information from the recording medium corresponding to the sound track add-on service information request data input through the network and outputting the title information to a content supply server; (b) receiving add-on sound track contents transmitted by a user's selection among sound track contents for the title information stored in the content supply server; And (c) recording the add-on sound track contents received in the step (b) in a recordable area of the recording medium to which a data storage area related to sound add-on content information is allocated. How to add track content. In the recording medium applied to the soundtrack add-on system via a network, The recording medium includes a play-only area and a recordable area, wherein the recordable area includes a menu add-on area for storing a menu about additional sound add-on content information and a sound track content for storing additional sound track content. And an authentication information area for storing authentication information necessary for playing the added sound track content. 19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the reproduction-only area of the recording medium includes a copy protection information area, a content information area in which information related to Internet access is stored, a content menu area in which title information is stored, and content related to a movie or drama. A disk comprising a predetermined content area. 19. The disc of claim 18, wherein the recordable area of the recording medium further comprises an additional information area for storing additional information related to the title. 19. The disk of claim 18, further comprising a region for storing image data reconstructing a scene having a high correlation with background music of the sound track in a recordable region of the recording medium.

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