KR101607114B1 - Method of providing object-combined E-book service, and computer-readable recording medium for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a technique for servicing an electronic book, which is generally digital contents. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for distributing and managing e-book contents that exist in the form of digital electronic codes in combination with physical objects (e.g., books, cards) having physical objects capable of being directly touched and held by a user, In addition to convenience as an e-book, it also satisfies both dominance as a physical object and free content sharing in off-line, free from illegal copying, and enables e-book sales by utilizing existing sales systems of offline stores (eg bookstores and convenience stores) Object-type electronic book service technology in object shape.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an electronic book service method for object-shaped objects and a computer-readable recording medium for the same,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a technique for servicing an electronic book, which is generally digital contents. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for distributing and managing e-book contents that exist in the form of digital electronic codes in combination with physical objects (e.g., books, cards) having physical objects capable of being directly touched and held by a user, In addition to convenience as an e-book, it also satisfies both dominance as a physical object and free content sharing in off-line, free from illegal copying, and enables e-book sales by utilizing existing sales systems of offline stores (eg bookstores and convenience stores) Object-type electronic book service technology in object shape.

Electronic books (e-books) refers to digital contents that publish knowledge and information in the form of digital data instead of conventional paper media. It can be viewed through a tablet computer equipped with a viewer program or a dedicated terminal device. . Such electronic books can be applied to all kinds of publications such as general books, guides, workshops, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, professional books, and promotional materials.

Ebooks have the advantage that they can save production and distribution costs and have no inventory burden. For buyers, they can buy them at any time, and they can get books that have already been purchased. In addition, e-books are less prone to damage to the book and are easy to update. In order to purchase an e-book, a user accesses an e-book sales site through a terminal device (tablet computer, a dedicated terminal device) capable of accessing the Internet, searches e-book contents to be purchased by himself, You can buy through.

Despite these advantages, e-books are not much more active than books (book-type books).

First, the publisher is concerned about the collapse of the offline bookstore distribution network, publishes the new book first, then publishes the e-book only if certain conditions are satisfied. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an electronic book sales policy in the prior art. In general, the sale of a book-type book is not allowed until a predetermined level (break-even point, BEP) is reached. Because of this, if the sale of books is not enough, ebooks will not even be published, so the total amount of ebooks is small. In addition, if an e-book is published, sales of the book-like book have already been made considerably, and therefore the demand for e-book content is inevitably low.

Secondly, e-books are very sensitive to duplication because they are digital data. Digital copy protection technology and DRM technology have been applied to cope with this problem. However, in case of illegal copying, the damage is large, but it is very difficult to receive relief.

Third, due to anti-piracy technology, e-books are extremely difficult to share books and share information with people around them. If you buy a booklet, you will be able to share it with other people, but e-books will be effective only for the buyer. Due to these differences, there are quite a few consumers who prefer booklet-type books over e-books.

Fourth, because e-books are purchased online, it is not easy to access e-books that are unfamiliar with these payment methods or have a negative feel for online payment due to the leakage of personal information (for example, elderly people). These tiers tend to buy books more actively than young people, and e-books are not absorbing them as customers.

Therefore, there is an urgent need in the related industry for a technology capable of solving the above problems and activating e-books.
The prior art documents related to the present invention are summarized as follows.
1. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0120305 entitled "e-book with information sharing function and e-book content providing system capable of online information sharing"
2. Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0015787 "Electronic book that enables communication between readers and its service method and system"
3. Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0426225 "Electronic book distribution system and its distribution method"
4. Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0781895 "Processing of copyrighted e-book and method of online sales transfer service"
5. Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1120160 "Electronic book electronic commerce system and method thereof"

delete

An object of the present invention is to provide an e-book reader capable of storing e-book contents existing in the form of a digital electronic code with a physical object (e.g., a book, a card) having a physical object capable of being directly touched and held by a user, (Eg bookstores, convenience stores), as well as the convenience of the contents of the e-book, as well as the sense of dominance as a product and free content sharing in off-line as well as free from piracy problems. To provide an object-coupled e-book service technology of the present invention.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic book service method for managing distribution by combining electronic book contents with a specific object having a physical form. The electronic book service method includes the steps of: issuing a content tag in which a content identification information for a specific e- ; A second step of the CMS system managing the CMS database by reflecting the issued content tag; A third step of the CMS system coupling the content tag to a specific object related to the e-book content; A fourth step of the CMS system receiving a download request of e-book content corresponding to the content identification information read from the content tag via tagging from an external e-book terminal device tagged with the content tag; A fifth step of the CMS system inquiring the download request to the CMS database and verifying the download request; And if the verification is passed, the CMS system downloads and provides the requested e-book contents to the electronic book terminal device.

The method may further include storing the downloaded e-book content in the storage, the e-book content being downloaded after the sixth step; Performing an authorization check based on the tagging of the content tag while the e-book terminal device is loading the e-book content from the storage; The electronic book terminal apparatus may further include a step of normally displaying the e-book contents when the authority check passes.

In the present invention, the e-book terminal device sets the expiration period for the e-book content while storing the downloaded e-book content in the storage, and when the e-book reader device loads the e-book content from the storage, It is preferable that the electronic book terminal device updates the validity period when it passes the authority check.

In the first step, the CMS system records the tag identification information and the content identification information in the content tag. In the second step, the CMS system links and stores the tag identification information and the content identification information in the CMS database, The download request includes the tag identification information and the content identification information read from the content tag through the tagging by the electronic book terminal device. In the fifth step, the CMS system reads the tag identification information and the content identification information included in the download request from the CMS database It is desirable to verify the download request in correspondence with whether or not it matches with the download request.

In the first embodiment of the authority check for e-book content in the present invention, the e-book terminal apparatus re-tags the content tag and re-reads the content identification information; Requesting the CMS system to re-verify the e-book contents to be loaded using the content identification information re-read by the electronic book terminal device; The CMS system retrieves the content identification information according to the re-verification request and the identification information of the loaded e-book content in the CMS database, and provides the revalidation result to the electronic book terminal device.

In the second embodiment of the authority check for the electronic book content in the present invention, the electronic book terminal apparatus re-tags the content tag to read the tag identification information and the content identification information again. Comparing the tag identification information and the content identification information re-read by the electronic book terminal device with the tag identification information and the content identification information stored in the storage in correspondence with the electronic book content to be loaded; And deriving a result of the authority check according to the comparison result by the electronic book terminal device.

In the fourth step, the download request further comprises terminal identification information for the electronic book terminal device. The connection managed type electronic book service method for an object in the object shape of the present invention is performed after the sixth step, A seventh step of linking the terminal identification information of the electronic book terminal device with the electronic book content and storing the linked information in the CMS database after the CMS system downloads and provides the electronic book content; When the CMS system receives the second download request including the tag identification information, the content identification information, and the terminal identification information from the second electronic book terminal device with respect to the electronic book contents downloaded and provided, the tag identification information And in the case where the content identification information agrees with the CMS database, the e-book content is downloaded to the second electronic book terminal device corresponding to the second download request and the terminal identification information included in the second download request is linked with the e-book content And updating the CMS database by storing the CMS database.

Further, the connection management type electronic book service method for object-shaped objects according to the present invention is a method for providing a connection management type electronic book service for an object of an object shape according to the present invention, wherein the electronic book terminal device performs a lock request to a CMS system Transmitting; Locking the CMS system against the e-book content requested to be locked in the CMS database in response to the lock request; And rejecting the download request received from the external electronic book terminal device with respect to the locked e-book contents by the CMS system.

On the other hand, a computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention records a program for executing a connection management type electronic book service method for an object having the object shape as described above.

According to the present invention, e-book contents can be sold through a sales system built in an offline store (bookstore, convenience store), enabling both the e-book market and the offline store to be activated. Therefore, there is no fear that the offline bookstore distribution network will be collapsed by the e-book, so it is advantageous that the booklet type book and the e-book can be released at the same time when the publisher releases the new book.

In addition, since e-books can be purchased through general payment means (e.g., cash or credit card) in an offline store, it is possible to attract customers who have not been accommodated (for example, elderly people) It has the advantage of greatly expanding the demand base of books.

In addition, according to the present invention, the problem of illegal copy, which is a major obstacle to electronic book publishing, is solved by combining and managing an electronic book as a digital electronic code with a specific physical object (e.g., a book, a card). That is, in the present invention, since it is not possible to copy and listen to an electronic book in an unlimited manner separately from the object, there is no possibility of illegal copying at all.

In addition, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to share the purchased e-book with the surrounding people, thereby contributing to a healthy culture of the book, as well as improving the favorability of the e-book itself. In the present invention, since a specific object and an electronic book are purchased and purchased, if the object is provided to a neighboring person, the person can listen to the electronic book with his / her terminal device while holding the object.

As described above, the present invention manages an electronic book by combining it with a specific physical object, and can derive various advantages through the management. The advantage of the present invention is to solve all the problems that have been obstacles in terms of both the publisher and the consumer in activating the e-book market. Accordingly, according to the present invention, It is possible to bring about the ultimate effect that can be activated.

1 is a diagram showing an electronic book sales policy in the prior art,
[Fig. 2] conceptually shows an object-combined type e-book content in the form of an object according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 conceptually illustrates an electronic book distribution management system for implementing a connection management type electronic book service method for object-shaped objects according to the present invention;
4 is a diagram conceptually showing the issuance of a content tag in the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of distributing object-shaped electronic books in an object shape according to the present invention;
6 is a flowchart showing a process of loading and displaying e-book contents stored in a storage in an electronic book terminal apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing authority transfer of object-shaped electronic books in an object shape in the present invention;
8 is a flowchart showing a lock process for e-book content in the present invention.

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

[Fig. 2] conceptually shows an object-associated type e-book content in the form of an object according to the present invention. In the present specification, the term 'physical object' is used to mean a physical object such as a booklet type book 100 or a plastic card 102 that can be directly touched and held by the user in the real world.

Accordingly, in the present invention, the "object-shaped object-combining electronic book content" in the present invention refers to an electronic book content existing in the form of a digital electronic code linked with a physical object such as a book-like book 100 or a plastic card 102 . That is, a user who owns the booklet type book 100 or the plastic card 102 can use the corresponding e-book content, and if the object is not carried, the corresponding e-book content can no longer be used .

At this time, as the link between the object and the e-book contents, electronic marks 101 and 103 called tags can be used. The tags 101 and 103 are provided in combination with the objects 100 and 102 by, for example, laminating, printing, inserting, attaching, bonding or the like. The user can tag the tags 101 and 103 with the electronic book terminal device 200 and download the corresponding electronic book contents from the remote server. Considering that active proximity field communication (NFC) technology is being actively introduced in smartphones, NFC tags can be preferably applied.

In the present invention, the object may be implemented in various forms, but hereinafter, the booklet-type book 100 is referred to for convenience. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the book 100 corresponds to an object of an e-book content 201 called 'Steve Jobs'. However, the plastic card 102 on which the cover of the book is printed or objects different from these may be implemented.

3 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an electronic book distribution management system for implementing a connection management type electronic book service method for object-shaped objects according to the present invention. 3, the electronic book distribution management system according to the present invention includes a tag providing system 400, a contents providing system 500, a CMS system (contents management system) 300, and an object selling system 600 .

The tag providing system 400 represents a section for producing and supplying tag parts to be used in the present invention, and the contents providing system 500 represents a section for supplying various e-book contents to be served through the present invention.

The CMS system 300 is responsible for all operations relating to management of content tags 101 and e-book content in the present invention. In particular, the CMS system 300 issues the content tag 101, manages the e-book content and related DRM information, manages the content tag 101 and the information about the e-book content in the CMS database 340, It is determined whether or not to download the e-book when a request for downloading an e-book is received from the outside, and the e-book content is downloaded and provided to the e-book terminal device 200 as needed, the record relating to the download is managed, Verifying whether or not the re-verification request from the electronic book terminal device 200 is to be re-verified with respect to the e-book content that has been re-verified.

The CMS system 300 for performing the above operation includes a judgment control unit 310, a tag issuing unit 320, an electronic book downloading unit 330, and a CMS database 340. The CMS database 340 includes tag identification information 341, content identification information 342, DRM information 343, and terminal identification information 344.

The judgment control unit 310 is a module for controlling the overall operation of the CMS system 300. In particular, the judgment control unit 310 judges whether or not to download the electronic book contents when a download request is received. In addition, if a re-verification request comes in with respect to the e-book content that has been previously downloaded and provided, it is determined whether or not the re-verification is performed. If a lock request is received for a specific e-book content, And performs an operation.

The tag issuing unit 320 controls the issuance of the content tag 101 according to the present invention, which will be described with reference to FIG. 4, which conceptually shows the issuing process of the content tag 101. [ The tag providing system 400 is provided with an empty tag 401 in which no distinct data is recorded in relation to the present invention and is provided with various e-book contents 501 and related contents DRM information 502 is provided. The tag issuing unit 320 combines these pieces of information to generate the content tag 101. [ That is, the tag issuing unit 320 issues the content tag 101 by recording the information on the specific e-book content 501 in the specific tag hardware 401. At this time, this information (tag identification information, content identification information, DRM information) is stored and managed in the CMS database 340.

The issued content tag 101 is provided to, for example, an external publishing company printing shop or a card manufacturing factory so that a physical object 100 having relevance to the electronic book content, for example, a booklet booklet or a booklet Is affixed to the printed plastic card.

The e-book downloading unit 330 downloads and provides e-book contents in response to a download request from the outside. At this time, the determination control unit 310 determines whether or not to download and provide the electronic book contents.

The CMS database 340 manages various information related to the issuance of the content tag 101, the management of the e-book content, the downloading of the e-book content, etc. For this purpose, the tag identification information 341, the content identification information 342, DRM information 343, and terminal identification information 344.

First, when a specific e-book content is combined with a specific object 100 to issue the content tag 101, the CMS database 340 stores the tag identification information for the content tag 101 and the content Identification information is stored and managed. Further preferably, DRM information corresponding to the provision condition for the corresponding e-book content is further stored. These pieces of information are effectively used to determine whether or not to provide e-book content when a download request for a specific e-book content is received from the outside.

Next, when a specific electronic book content is downloaded to a specific electronic book terminal device 200, the CMS database 340 writes the terminal identification information in the item concerning the electronic book content. This can manage the history related to the pre-occupancy of the object 100, and can be effectively utilized for tracking the concerned person in a copyright dispute such as a dispute related to the loss of the object 100 or hacking thereafter. In addition, it can be utilized for determining which electronic book terminal device 200 is locked with respect to the e-book content related to the lock setting described later.

The object selling system 600 is a system for selling the object 100 to which the content tag 101 is attached, and preferably consists of an off-line sales distribution network. For example, assuming that the content tag 101 is linked to the booklet-type book 100, the object selling system 600 may be a bookstore or a convenience store. Since a settlement system using cash or a credit card is established in such a store, it is possible for anyone to purchase the object 100.

A user who purchases the object 100 tags the content tag 101 attached to the object 100 using the electronic book terminal device 200 that can be used, for example, a tablet computer or a smart phone. Various information recorded in the smart tag 101 is read by the electronic book terminal device 200 through the tagging operation. The read information includes tag identification information for displaying the smart tag 101, content identification information for displaying the electronic book content, and DRM information for defining the providing condition of the electronic book content.

The electronic book terminal device 200 requests downloading of e-book contents while presenting the information (tag identification information, content identification information) read from the content tag 101 through tagging to the CMS system 300. [ At this time, although it is possible to simply request downloading while presenting only the content identification information, it is preferable to provide a combination of the tag identification information and the content identification information.

As described above, in the process of issuing the content tag 101, a combination of the tag identification information and the content identification information is stored in the CMS database 340. Therefore, the CMS system 300 can verify the download request of the electronic book terminal device 200 by referring to the CMS database 340 for the combination of the tag identification information and the content identification information included in the download request. When the download verification is passed, the e-book downloading unit 330 of the CMS system 300 downloads the e-book content, and the e-book terminal device 200 downloads the e-book content and stores it in the storage 210.

The storage 210 is a module for providing a space for storing the data of the electronic book contents of the electronic book terminal 200. The storage 210 is a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, an MRAM (Phase change RAM), a FRAM (ferroelectric RAM), a web disk, a cloud disk, or the like. It is advantageous in terms of convenience to be provided inside the electronic book terminal apparatus 200, but it is not limited thereto.

The user wants to read the e-book contents previously downloaded from the CMS system 300 and stored in the storage 210 at a desired time. At this time, the electronic book terminal device 200 performs the authorization check based on the tagging of the content tag 101 while loading the e-book content from the storage 210, and normally displays the e-book content only when the authorization check passes .

At this time, the authority check is a process of checking whether the user still holds the object 100 and has the right to read the e-book contents. The authority check may be performed every time the electronic book terminal device 200 loads e-book content from the storage 210. [ However, in order to avoid hassles, it is possible to configure a certain period of validity (for example, one month) and perform an authorization check if the e-book content is loaded after the validity period has expired. At this time, if the authority check passes, the validity period is updated again. Preferably, it is convenient to notify the user in advance that it is necessary to update the validity period through the authority check from a predetermined period (for example, one week) before the validity period expires.

In the present invention, the authority check for the e-book content is performed based on the tagging of the content tag 101. [ When the user tags the content tag 101 attached to the object 100, the electronic book terminal device 200 reads the tag identification information and the content identification information again from the content tag 101, Performs authorization checks using the combination.

In the present invention, two types of authority checking can be considered.

In the first embodiment, the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 requests the re-verification of the e-book contents to be loaded from the storage 210 while providing the tag identification information and the content identification information read again from the storage 210 to the CMS system 300 will be. The CMS system 300 searches the CMS database 340 for the tag identification information and the content identification information provided in response to the re-verification request, To the device (200).

In the second embodiment, the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 compares the tag identification information and the content identification information read again from the content tag 101 with the tag identification information and the content identification information stored in the storage 210. [ To this end, the electronic book terminal device 200 stores the tag identification information and the content identification information, which are used when the electronic book content is downloaded and stored in the storage 210, I will.

As a result, the authority check is a process of confirming whether the tag identification information used for downloading the e-book content and the content tag 101 in which the content identification information is recorded, i.e., the object 100 is occupied. The first embodiment is disadvantageous in that the CMS system 300 performs security checking because the CMS system 300 performs security checking, but operates only online. The second embodiment is disadvantageous in that there is no way to cope with the case where the software of the electronic book terminal device 200 is hacked while the electronic book terminal device 200 itself performs authorization checking.

5 is a flowchart showing a process of distributing object-shaped electronic books in an object shape according to the present invention.

First, in step S11, the CMS system 300 records information on specific e-book content in the public tag 401 to issue the content tag 101, and in association with the issued content tag 101 (Tag identification information) of the tag hardware and the identification information (content identification information) of the electronic book contents to the CMS database 340 to manage the information of the content tag 101. [ At this time, preferably, the CMS database 340 also records the DRM information regarding the conditions for providing the electronic book contents to the electronic book terminal apparatus 200.

In step S12, the CMS system 300 transmits the issued content tag 101 to a specific physical object 100 having relevance to the corresponding electronic book content, for example, by laminating, printing, inserting, attaching, . A binding process between the content tag 101 and the object 100 will be performed at a publisher print shop or a card manufacturing factory actually contracted with the CMS system 300. [

In step S13, the off-line sales system 600 preferably sells the object 100 through normal trading means.

The user who purchased the object 100 (e.g., booklet type book, plastic card) in step S14 tags the object 100 using the electronic terminal device 200. [ The user tags the object 100 but actually tags the content tag 101 that is bound to the object 100. [ Through the tagging operation, the electronic tag terminal device 200 reads the content identification information recorded in the content tag 101, and preferably reads the tag identification information for security.

In step S15, the electronic book terminal device 200 that has obtained the content identification information by tagging the content tag 101 requests the CMS system 300 to download the e-book content corresponding to the content identification information.

In step S16, the CMS system 300 inquires the CMS database 340 about the information included in the download request, for example, the tag identification information and the content identification information, and verifies whether the download request is legitimate. When the content tag 101 is issued in step S11, a combination of the tag identification information and the content identification information is recorded in the CMS database 340 with respect to the validly issued content tag 101. [ Therefore, if the user presents a valid combination of the tag identification information and the content identification information, it is assumed that the user actually occupies the object 100.

In step S17, the CMS system 300 downloads the e-book content to the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 for the verified download request. Then, in step S18, the CMS system 300 updates the CMS database 340 by reflecting download records (tag identification information, content identification information, and terminal identification information).

In step S19, the electronic book terminal device 200 downloads the e-book content and displays it on the display screen, and preferably stores it in the storage 210 for subsequent e-book viewing. Preferably, the validity period is set for the e-book content stored in the storage 210. [ According to the present invention, when the electronic book terminal device 200 loads and displays e-book contents stored in the storage 210 to enhance security of the e-book content, the user performs an authority check. At this time, Use the expiration date to mitigate to some extent.

6 is a flowchart showing a process of loading and displaying e-book contents stored in the storage 210 by the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 according to the present invention. According to the present invention, when the electronic book terminal device 200 loads the electronic book content from the storage 210, it performs an authorization check based on the tagging of the content tag 101, and when the authorization check passes, Display. When the authority check is performed every time, the user may feel somewhat uncomfortable. FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which the user's inconvenience is somewhat alleviated by applying the concept of the validity period.

The electronic book terminal apparatus 200 starts loading the e-book contents from the storage 210 in step S21.

In step S22, the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 checks whether the expiration date has expired. If the expiration date has not expired, the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 proceeds to step S27 to display the e-book contents normally without carrying out another permission check . For example, if the validity period is one month, the authority check is performed about once every month.

If the valid period has expired as a result of the check in step S22, the process proceeds to step S23 to perform the authority check.

In step S23, the electronic book terminal device 200 tags the content tag 101. [ That is, in the present invention, in order to continuously enjoy the e-book content, the object 100 must be retained. As a result, concerns about a situation in which the e-book contents are copied unauthorizedly from the object 100 are prevented.

In step S24, the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 performs an authority check on the e-book content based on the information obtained by tagging the content tag 101. [ The on-line method and the off-line method, which are two embodiments for implementing authority checking, are described in detail with reference to FIG.

In step S25, the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 checks the authority check result, and if the authority check fails, the flow proceeds to step S28 to display an error.

If it is determined in step S25 that the authority check has been passed, the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 resets the validity period of the e-book content to update (S26), and normally displays the e-book content (S27).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of transferring authority to an object-type e-book in the form of an object in the present invention. 7 differs in that the e-book terminal apparatus requests downloading from the other electronic book terminal apparatus to the e-book contents having history that have already been downloaded to the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 through the process of Fig.

At this time, the transfer of authority may be temporary, such as lending for a while, or permanent, such as a used transaction. It is also possible that only the electronic book terminal apparatus 200 is changed, for example, the same user newly purchases the terminal apparatus. In this specification, there is no particular distinction.

First, in step S31, occupancy of the object 100 is transferred offline between users. 7 assumes a case in which occupancy is transferred as if the object 100 were rented or sold as used. For convenience of explanation, the terminal of a new user who has been occupied is referred to as a second electronic book terminal apparatus 200 '.

In step S32, the new user reads the tag identification information and the content identification information by tagging the object 100, which has been occupied by the second electronic book terminal device 200 ', in order to download the electronic book content.

Then, in step S33, the second electronic book terminal apparatus 200 'requests the CMS system 300 to download the electronic book contents while presenting the tag identification information, the content identification information, and the terminal identification information.

In step S34, the CMS system 300 inquires the CMS database 340 about the tag identification information and the content identification information included in the download request, and verifies whether the download request is legitimate.

In step S35, the CMS system 300 downloads the electronic book content to the second electronic book terminal apparatus 200 'for the verified download request. Then, in step S36, the CMS system 300 updates and stores the CMS database 340 by reflecting download records (tag identification information, content identification information, and terminal identification information of the second electronic book terminal).

[Fig. 8] is a flowchart showing a lock process for e-book contents in the present invention. When the lock process is performed on the e-book content, the CMS system 300 does not download the e-book content to different e-book terminal devices. Such a locking process can be usefully used for reporting a loss to the object 100. [ It can be unlocked through a specific process, or it can be made up of a temporary lock that can be unlocked and a permanent lock that can not be unlocked.

First, in step S41, the electronic book terminal device 200, which downloaded specific e-book contents and stored in the storage 210, transmits a lock request to the CMS system 300 for the electronic book contents.

If the CMS system 300 accepts the lock request via the preset validation procedure, the CMS system 300 locks the contents of the requested e-book to the CMS database 340 in step S42.

If the lock setting is made in the CMS database 340, the CMS system 300 rejects the download request received from the external electronic book terminal device with respect to the locked electronic book content in step S43.

The present invention can also be embodied in the form of computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. At this time, the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave . The computer-readable recording medium can also be stored and executed by a computer-readable code in a distributed manner on a networked computer system. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily deduced by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention. And is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100, 102: object (booklet type book, card)
101, 103; Content tag
200: electronic book terminal device
201: Ebooks
210: Storage
300: CMS system (content management system)
310:
320: tag issuing unit
330: Electronic book downloading section
340: CMS database
341: Tag identification information
342: Content identification information
343: DRM information
344: terminal identification information
400: Tag providing system
401: Empty tag
500: Content providing system
501: eBook content
502: Content DRM
600: Object selling system

Claims (9)

(Hereinafter referred to as a " physical object ") and an electronic book content in the form of a digital electronic code are linked and managed in a database, whereby the electronic book content Book distribution method comprising the steps of:
A first step of issuing a content tag in which a content management system (hereinafter referred to as a "CMS system") records content identification information and tag identification information for a specific electronic book content;
A second step of the CMS system linking the tag identification information and the content identification information to the CMS database;
A third step of the CMS system physically and integrally combining the content tag with a specific physical object associated with the e-book content;
Wherein the CMS system receives from the first external electronic book terminal apparatus tagged with the content tag the tag identification information read by the first electronic book terminal device through the tagging and the electronic book contents corresponding to the content identification information, A fourth step of receiving a first download request including terminal identification information (hereinafter, referred to as " first terminal identification information ") of the first electronic book terminal apparatus;
A fifth step of the CMS system verifying the first download request by checking whether the combination of the tag identification information and the content identification information included in the first download request matches the stored information of the CMS database;
A sixth step of the CMS system downloading the e-book contents according to the content identification information to the first electronic book terminal device if the verification of the first download request is passed;
The CMS system linking the first terminal identification information with the content identification information and storing the first terminal identification information in the CMS database;
An eighth step of the first electronic book terminal device setting a specific valid period while storing the downloaded e-book content in the storage;
The CMS system reads tag identification information and content identification information read by the second electronic book terminal apparatus from the external second electronic book terminal apparatus tagged with the content tag through the tagging, A ninth step of receiving a second download request for the e-book content including identification information (hereinafter referred to as " second terminal identification information ");
When the combination of the tag identification information and the content identification information included in the second download request matches the storage information of the CMS database, the CMS system reads the e-book content in response to the second download request, A step of downloading to the terminal device and updating the CMS database by storing the second terminal identification information in link with the content identification information;
An eleventh step of starting loading of the e-book contents stored in the eighth step from the storage in response to a user operation of the first electronic book terminal apparatus;
(B) loading the e-book content from the storage and displaying it normally when the validity period set for the e-book content by the first electronic book terminal device has not expired;
The first electronic book terminal device re-tags the content tag and re-reads the tag identification information and the content identification information when the validity period set by the first electronic book terminal device for the electronic book content has expired And transmits the re-read tag identification information and the content identification information to the CMS system to request the CMS system to re-verify the e-book content to be loaded, and the content identification information and the tag And a revalidation result according to whether the combination of the identification information and the identification information of the electronic book content to be loaded matches the stored information of the CMS database is received from the CMS system to perform the authorization check based on the tag of the content tag Step 13;
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic book terminal device loads the e-book content from the storage and displays the electronic book content normally when the first electronic book terminal device passes the authority check.
(E) updating the validity period of the e-book content if the first electronic book terminal device passes the authority check;
The first electronic book terminal apparatus fails to process the loading of the electronic book contents if the authority check fails;
Wherein the electronic book service method comprises the steps of:
delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The first electronic book terminal apparatus re-tags the content tag to re-read the tag identification information and the content identification information, and transmits the re-read tag identification information and the content identification information to the first e- Wherein the authority checking result is further derived according to a result of comparison with the tag identification information and the content identification information stored in the storage in response to the electronic book content to be loaded. .
delete The method of claim 6,
The method of claim 1,
The first electronic book terminal device transmits a lock request to the CMS system for a specific e-book content stored in the storage;
Locking the CMS system against the lock requested e-book content in the CMS database in response to the lock request;
The CMS system rejecting a download request received from another external ebook terminal device for the locked ebook content;
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing a connection management type electronic book service method for an object having an object shape according to any one of claims 1, 6, and 8.

Images