KR100869493B1 - Web server for offering community service on internet and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

An Internet community service based on music CD is provided to enable a music CD buyer access the musician's web community by adding the web community access program in the music CD. A music CD includes a program for accessing the musician's web community. Or, a user can buy the web community access program on Internet, and the CD buyers, or online web community access program buyers only can access the musician's webserver. The CD or access program buyers can use the Internet community and additional multimedia contents, thereby increasing the sales of the music CD, and creating additional profits.

Description

Web server for providing community services on the Internet, and a method therefor {Web Server for offering community service on Internet and Method therefor}

1 is a block diagram of a web server for providing a community service on the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary view showing the function of a program according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a community service on the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an execution state when a program accesses a web server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an execution state when a program does not access a web server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Until recently, the sales market for sound sources was mostly through CD purchases or mp3 purchases through Internet music sites such as Bugs and Sori Sea.

Conventionally, sound sources that have been sold in an analog manner are being changed to purchase digital sound sources such as mp3 files or internet streaming, rather than purchasing offline CD records in line with the recent situation in which various information is digitized. In addition, the device for listening to music, apart from the existing analog player such as a CD player, based on the mp3 file representing the digital sound source, the most popular mp3 player, and various devices such as PMP and mobile phone support As a result, the purchase of sound sources is rapidly moving from CD to mp3. In addition, the CD recording market is shrinking, and the sales market through mp3 is relatively reduced in the cost of reinvestment to the music producers as the promotion cost through the music portal site increases, resulting in a deterioration of the overall music market. It became. In addition, as music files of various types such as mp3 files have been illegally copied and shared on the Internet, users can easily obtain sound sources without purchasing music CDs, and thus, the purchase of music CDs is decreasing. to be.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and includes a program that can access a web server providing a community service centered on the singer in a music CD containing a singer's song, or the program. To purchase and download separately from the Internet, and to access the web server only for the user who purchased the music CD or the user who purchased and downloaded the music CD to use the Internet community and additional multimedia contents. It is a system and method for increasing sales volume of music CDs and generating additional profits.

Web server providing a community service on the Internet according to the present invention for achieving the above object.

A web server providing a community service on the Internet, the web server comprising: a client connection unit for allowing a user computer to be connected through the Internet by a stored program including authentication information on a music CD in which a singer's music is stored; And a user authentication unit that restricts connection of unauthorized computers by checking authentication information of a computer of a user connected to the client connection unit. A database for storing information to be provided to the user; And a community manager for providing a space of the database to share data necessary for formation, maintenance, and management of a community to a user connected to the client connection unit, and managing the same.

The program includes a community management function for allowing a connected user to form a community, and includes a function for creating and managing a community related to the singer in association with the community manager.

The apparatus may further include a program downloader configured to download the program from the web server to the user computer through the Internet.

In addition, an affiliated partner interlocking unit for interlocking with the affiliated partner server for providing the content information related to the singer, the program installed in the user's computer includes the function to enable the service provided by the affiliated partner Characterized by using a service provided by the partner server through the company interlocking unit.

In addition, the program installed in the user computer performs an interface function to interwork with the multimedia device, it is characterized in that to transmit the multimedia content information of the singer to the multimedia device.

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

1 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The web server of the present invention is composed of a download unit, a user authentication unit, a community management unit, a client connection unit, a database, a partner company interworking unit, and the like. The information provided by the web server may be prevented from being accessed by a user through a general Internet browser or other programs, and the users may be configured to receive information through the program provided by a service provider.

The client connection unit connects the user's computer with the web server via the Internet. A program is required for the user computer to access the client connection. The program is a separately prepared program for accessing the web server, not a normal web browser or other Internet program. In the present invention, it is preferable that the program is additionally stored in a music CD in which the singer's music is stored so that the program can be used when the user purchases the music CD. In addition, the program can be made available for purchase by downloading from the web server.

The user authentication unit checks whether user computers requesting access to the client connection unit are users who are allowed to access the web server.

As described above, the program is additionally stored in the music CD or can be used by downloading from a web server. The user is provided with an authentication apparatus that can authenticate the user in the process of acquiring the program. The authentication device is a commonly used authentication device that can identify a user, and provides an authentication key to input an authentication key when installing a program, or when entering a web server by registering with an authentication key. Various authentication devices can be used, such as storing them in a database on the server and then receiving the authentication information each time the user logs in and comparing it with the stored authentication key.

The community management unit serves to actually provide information to the user in the web server of the present invention. The community management unit is based on the form of an Internet bulletin board, and exchanges information with a connected user computer.

The information provided by the community manager is about a singer who produced the music CD, and provides various types of multimedia content information about the singer. The multimedia content information is information about the singer in the form of music, a video, a photo, and the like, and is provided to the user in the form of a digital file that can be transmitted through the Internet. For example, new music not included on a music CD, photos of a singer, videos, song lyrics, etc. can be downloaded to provide content information to users connected to the community. The multimedia content information provided by the web server is information in the form of music, video, pictures, and the like, and is a digital file format that can be transmitted through the Internet. Content information provided to users may be provided to users free of charge, or may be sold separately.

In addition, the community management unit not only allows information and data sharing among users, but also enables information exchange between users and information providers. Providing messages of singers to users, schedule bulletin boards that show the activities of singers, discussion forums for discussing music or singers, pen-letter transmissions, and real-time chats between users and singers. Improves user satisfaction by providing intimate services online.

The database stores the data of the web server. The database stores user authentication information and user personal information managed by the user authentication unit. In addition, the database stores various content information provided to the users by the community unit, information of the singer provided to the users, and information shared by the users. Then, the program of the present invention provided by the download unit is stored. It is desirable that the data stored in the database be configured to be updated whenever necessary.

Affiliate interworking unit provides an affiliate service by forming a partnership with an affiliate company that provides a service related to the contents provided by the web server manager. The alliance service is a mobile communication service provider that provides services such as ringtones and coloring of mobile phones, or a homepage management company that provides Internet homepages and provides background music (BGM) services, and the Internet that sells mp3 files on the Internet. It is a service that provides multimedia contents information from music sales service companies. For example, the company may cooperate with a service provider that provides a mobile phone ringtone using music contained in the music CD, and purchase a mobile phone ringtone directly on a user computer on which the program is installed. In addition, by partnering with a service provider that provides an Internet homepage, you can directly purchase BGM (Background Music) used on the homepage.

The download unit serves to separately provide the program to the user on the Internet. For those who have not purchased the music CD and want to receive the additional content information service provided by the web server, the program can be sold on the web server and the user can download the program. It is desirable that the program downloaded from the web server have the same rights as the users who purchased the music CD, and like the music CD, it is recommended that the user be granted a unique authentication device so that it can not be used by anyone other than the purchaser. desirable.

On the other hand, the program is basically installed in the user computer serves to access the web server through the Internet. The program is installed on the user's computer and acts as an Internet browser, and delivers various information provided by the web server to the user. The program is basically embedded in the singer's music CD, and for the user who wants to use the community service without purchasing the music CD, the service provider can purchase it from the homepage provided by the web server and download it to the user's computer. It is also possible.

The program is preferably installed on the user's computer to download the contents such as video, music, photos, song lyrics, etc. provided by the web server to enable the self-play. In addition, it is desirable to make the community service provided by the web server itself available in the program.

As described above, it is preferable that only the user who actually purchases the music CD or purchases the music CD or downloads the web server by installing a unique authentication device as described above.

In addition, the program performs an interface function to interwork with an external device, so that the multimedia content information can be used in various devices. External devices are MP3 players, PMPs, mobile phones, and various devices capable of playing multimedia content information. For example, the contents of a music CD are automatically encoded in MP3 and transmitted to an MP3 player, linked with a mobile phone to a mobile phone, and music videos or other videos are transmitted to PMP. In addition, it is possible to play a role of transmitting the multimedia content information received from the web server to the various external devices.

The music CD of the present invention contains a singer's songs, and is not limited to a CD (Compact Disk) medium in which the program is additionally stored in a storage medium that can be played by a conventional playback device, that is, a CD player or the like. , DVD (Digital Video Disk), and other recording media that can store digital files. The program stored in the music CD is installed and used in a user computer. When the music CD is inserted into the CD-ROM drive installed in the user's computer, the operation of automatically installing the program is preferably executed.

2 is an exemplary view showing the role of a program installed in a user computer.

The program basically has the function of a multimedia player. It plays a role of playing music stored in the music CD, and also plays a music video stored inside the music CD, and plays a role of playing music or music video downloaded from the web server.

In addition, the program serves to show the user the community information provided by the web server. On the screen of the program, the news, announcements and schedules of the singer are posted mainly through the Internet bulletin board, and the space for the fan letter can be directly delivered to the singer. The satisfaction of the user who purchased the CD can be greatly increased.

The program also allows downloading of multimedia content information provided by a web server. It allows you to download songs from music CDs as MP3 files from a web server, provide scores of songs on music CDs, and download pictures of stars as computer wallpaper. In addition, it works with affiliated servers to allow mobile phone backgrounds, coloring, ringtones, or background music on Internet homepages.

In addition, the program interoperates with an external device to enable multimedia contents on various devices. Automatically encodes the contents of music CDs into MP3s and transfers them to MP3 players, interlocks with mobile phones to mobile phones, and transfers music videos and other videos to PMP. In addition, it expands the range of devices that can utilize multimedia content information through interworking with other devices.

Next, the preferred implementation method of the present invention will be described using Figs.

3 is a flow chart of a method for providing a community service on the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The music CD containing the singer's music is embedded in a program that can access a web server providing community information on the Internet. When the music CD is inserted into a device capable of reading a CD medium such as a CD ROM driver installed in a user's computer, the program is installed. The user's computer is connected to the web server by the installed program (step S101). The web server provides the information storage space of the Internet community to the users connected through the Internet by the program (step S102). The information of the community is information related to the singer, such as the schedule of the singer and the music information of the singer provided to the users by using the Internet bulletin board or the like, information related to the singer shared among the users, or thoughts and opinions of the singer. Etc. In addition, the web server provides the multimedia content information to the connected user (step S103). The multimedia content information is information about the singer in the form of music, a video, a photo, and the like, and is provided to the user in the form of a digital file that can be transmitted through the Internet. On the other hand, the program is installed in the user's computer, it connects the web server and the user's computer, and serves to play the multimedia content information on the user's computer. The multimedia content information provided from the web server is reproduced directly on the program (step S104). On the other hand, the web server provides an affiliate service in conjunction with the affiliate server (step S105). The affiliated service is a mobile communication service provider that provides services such as ringing and coloring of a mobile phone as described above, or a homepage management company that provides an Internet homepage and provides a background music (BGM) service, and mp3 on the Internet. It is a service that provides multimedia contents information from an Internet music sales service company that sells files. On the other hand, among the users who did not purchase the music CD to add a procedure for selling the program to the user on the homepage provided by the web server for the user who wants to receive the service provided by the web server of the present invention, Purchase a program to download and install on your computer. In the above process, it is preferable to provide authentication information to obtain the same rights as the program stored in the music CD in the program downloaded from the web server.

4 shows a process of executing a program in a state in which the program operates in connection with the Internet.

By the user's selection, a menu using the Internet is executed (step S201). When the menu using the Internet is executed, the web server first transmits a screen for recommending login to the program to confirm whether the user has purchased a music CD and authenticates the user (step S202). If the user is confirmed, the program receives the initial screen information from the web server and displays it on the screen on which the program operates (step S203). Prior to the actual operation of the program, an automatic update is set to automatically update the version through the improvement of the program (step S204).

The menu linked with the web server and program can be divided into four categories: real-time chat module, multimedia content download, internet bulletin board, and external company linked menu.

First, a chat menu is called from the users in order to use the chat function between the users or the user and the singer (step S205). In order to use the chat menu, a chat module should be installed in the user's computer. First, the web server checks whether the chat module is installed and checks the version of the real-time chat module installed in the user computer (step S206). If the latest version of the real time chat module is not installed in the user's computer, the web server transmits the latest version of the real time chat module (step S207), and proceeds to the next step. If the latest version of the real-time chat module is installed on the user's computer, the web server executes a chat service (step S208).

Meanwhile, in order to access a community provided by a web service, a community access menu is requested by the user (step S209). The user computer requests the latest community information of the web server and receives it. The user computer displays the received community on the user's screen (step S210).

Meanwhile, a download menu is requested by the user in order to receive new multimedia content (step S211). The program requests the latest multimedia content list from the web server, receives the received multimedia content list, and displays the received latest multimedia content list on the user's screen (step S212). The multimedia content is downloaded at the user's request (step S213).

Finally, in order to use mobile phone ringtones, coloring, or Internet homepage background music services, etc., serviced by an external company, an external company linked menu is executed by the user (step S214). The web server makes a connection with the affiliate server at the request of the user (step S215), receives the necessary screen and delivers it to the user (step S216). In this process, the web server only connects the affiliate server and the user computer, and the process of providing the actual service is performed in the affiliate server.

5 shows how the program operates without connecting to a web server through the Internet. Functions that do not connect to the web server are largely linked to external devices and players of music CDs.

Part A in FIG. 6 shows a role of interworking with an external device. First, the external device interworking menu is called by the user (step S301). When the external device interworking menu is called, the program checks whether there is an external device connected to the computer (step S302). If no external device is connected, the program outputs an error message (step S303). If there is an external device connected, the program requests the selection of the file format used by the device (step S304). If a file format is requested, the program checks whether a music CD is included (step S305), and if there is a music CD, converts the music contained in the music CD to the selected file format and transmits the converted file to each external device (step S306). . If no music CD is inserted, a screen for connecting to a web server is displayed (step S307), the music is downloaded through a login and the next step is performed (step S308).

 Part B of FIG. 5 shows a process of acting as a music player. First, the music player is selected and executed by the user (step S309). The executed music player checks whether a music CD is in the user's computer (step S310). If a music CD is contained, a list of music contained in the CD is displayed (step S313), and the user plays music desired (step S314). If no music CD is inserted, a screen for connecting to a web server is displayed (S311), and the user can download and listen to music through user authentication (S312).

Although the Internet community service system and method thereof using the music CD of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, this is merely a specific example for clarity and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. . In addition to the embodiments disclosed herein, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention may be implemented.

Internet community service system and method using the music CD according to the present invention having the configuration as described above, the music CD is embedded in the music CD containing the singer's songs to access the Internet community to enjoy additional content Since the customer's satisfaction is improved by allowing the user to receive additional services continuously after purchase, there is an effect of increasing the user's purchase motivation compared to the conventional music CD. In addition, because of the constant exchange of information due to the Internet community, the popularity of the singer increases, which can be expected to have a positive effect on music CDs to be produced later.

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delete delete An authentication unit for allowing access to a web server only when a user who purchases a music CD containing music of a predetermined singer inputs authentication information; A connection unit for allowing a user PC to be connected through the Internet; A management unit providing multimedia content information about the predetermined singer and managing information shared by users; And A database for storing authentication information of the authentication unit, personal information of a user, multimedia content information provided by the management unit, information of the predetermined singer, and information shared by users; And It includes an interlocking unit for interlocking with the affiliate server for providing multimedia content information about the predetermined singer, The connection of the connection unit is executed by a predetermined program stored in the music CD. When the user inputs predetermined authentication information, the program is installed in the user PC. The program stores information managed by the management unit in the form of a web browser. Apparatus for providing a community service on the Internet provided through the interface, to provide a separate interface inside the interface of the web browser so that the user can use the service provided by the affiliate server. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the program provides a web browser-type interface interworking with the multimedia device to provide multimedia content information of the predetermined singer to the multimedia device. . delete Authorizing access to a web server only when a user who purchases a music CD containing music of a predetermined singer inputs authentication information; Providing, by a user PC, multimedia content information about the predetermined singer to a user connected through the Internet, and managing information shared by the users; And Interworking with an affiliate company server that provides multimedia content information about the predetermined singer; And Storing the authentication information, user's personal information, information of the predetermined singer, and information shared by users, The connection is executed by a predetermined program stored in the music CD. When the user inputs predetermined authentication information, the program is installed in the user PC. The program uses a web browser interface to manage information managed by the management unit. On the Internet to provide a separate interface inside the web browser type interface so that a user can use the service provided by the affiliate server, and provide the web browser type interface in which the multimedia content is played. How to provide community services. delete delete

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