KR101834358B1 - Authoring apparatus for scalable application service and authoring method using the authoring apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A device and method for authoring a scalable application service are provided. The authoring device for a scalable application according to an embodiment of the present invention includes SADL integrated contents in which all or a part of existing contents is replaced with a Scalable Application Description Language (SADL) component that adaptively changes according to a characteristic information condition, A data processing unit for generating the data processing unit, and a user interface for interacting with the data processing unit and the author. The data processing unit may include an existing content processing unit for analyzing existing content by components and displaying the same through a user interface, a feature information condition to be applied to a component selected by the author through a user interface among the existing content components analyzed by the existing content processing unit And a component editing unit for setting other resources for replacing the resources of the selected components of the existing contents in accordance with the property information condition edited in the condition editing unit.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an authoring apparatus and method for a scalable application service,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a scalable application service, and more particularly, to a device and a method for a scalable application service capable of producing contents optimized for various usage environments using existing contents.

With the development of information and communication technology, the kinds of electronic devices have been diversified. Diversification of types is applied not only to fixed electronic devices but also to mobile electronic devices. In the case of electronics, desktop computers, which are typical fixed electronic devices, have been continuously improved in performance, and the types of products have been diversified according to performance. Conventional analog electronic devices (e.g., televisions) are rapidly digitized, and other home and office electronic devices (such as home electronic devices such as washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, and office electronic devices such as fax machines and printers) As the information and communication technology is applied, not only the performance is improved but also the type of product is diversified according to the performance or purpose.

Diversification of the types of electronic devices is especially prominent in mobile devices. For example, a laptop computer, a cellular phone, an MP3 player, a digital camera, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, a portable game machine, an electronic dictionary, E-book reader and DMB receiver have already become popular. In recent years, smart phones, smart pads and tablet PCs have emerged, and related industries are rapidly expanding. Not only are these types of mobile devices diverse, but the types of products of the same mobile devices are also varying depending on their performance and purpose of use.

Such fixed and / or mobile electronic devices vary in their types and types, while some functions used in electronic devices are integrated with each other. For example, a camera function, a GPS function, a multimedia playback function, and the like are currently employed in most electronic devices, so that an application based on these functions is installed in each of these electronic devices, An environment is provided for installation in accordance with the present invention. In particular, most of these electronic devices have a communication function using a wired / wireless network.

Some of these electronic devices have the same platform and service framework environment, but most electronic devices have different platforms and service framework environments. In addition, electronic devices have different characteristics or performances depending on their functions, and there are also differences in age, sex, and preferences of users of electronic devices. In addition, the use environment of the same electronic device also varies depending on the surrounding environment, user's taste, network environment, and the like. In the case of a service that simply provides multimedia contents such as a multimedia streaming service or a web service, a scalable service is provided in consideration of the characteristic characteristics of various terminals (for example, terminal performance, display size, support resolution, Efforts have been made to

In recent years, with the IPTV service using the Internet network being activated, the broadcasting service has changed not only from unidirectional service providing multimedia contents to viewers but also from service objects. . Accordingly, efforts are being made to provide applications that can run on various terminals as well as video, audio, image, and web contents. And now IPTV service is getting ready for mobile IPTV service using mobile communication network. As the mobile IPTV service becomes a reality, IPTV service will evolve into an IP convergence service that can be supported by both wired and wireless. In particular, since the mobile IPTV service can be provided using all the terminals equipped with the communication function through the mobile communication network, it is predicted that the IPTV service will be developed as a service capable of simultaneously supporting various terminals.

Currently, web contents, applications, advertisements, digital contents, graphic user interfaces (GUIs), and the like are provided in a single format regardless of the type and characteristics of terminals, and various user viewing environment information Standardization, and technology development have not yet been sufficiently achieved with respect to a method of providing contents optimized for viewing performance, user information, network environment, etc., viewing environment, service policy, etc.). For example, the multimedia contents provided through the IPTV service are determined as the characteristics (for example, image quality or sound quality, security level, type and number of contents constituting the GUI, accessible range, etc.) And does not adaptively provide the contents by individually reflecting various user viewing environment information.

One method of providing an optimized application service reflecting various user viewing environment information is to allow a service provider to create and store contents in a plurality of formats in consideration of various user viewing environments and to find and provide corresponding contents when receiving a request will be. For example, when browsing a web page on a mobile device having a small-sized display, a service provider accesses a web page tailored to a mobile device in order to express the web according to each terminal. However, in this case, contents of various formats must be created and stored in advance in the service server, which increases the burden on the service provider and increases the service cost. In addition, it is practically impossible to pre-store optimized contents for all terminals having various characteristics.

On the other hand, in some web services, only the content preferred by the user is selected from the entire contents. For example, the service provider may provide a my news function that allows the user to select only the articles of the media they prefer on the main web page. However, in order to provide such service, the service provider has to provide the user with a function of selecting contents, as well as a content which is not selected by the user, and the user must select and store his or her favorite contents in advance. In addition, if the contents stored in the user's computer are erased, the user has to select and store his or her favorite contents again.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for adaptively providing all or some of components such as multimedia contents, applications, advertisements, news, GUIs (Graphic User Interface) And to provide a authoring device and a authoring method for a good application service.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a authoring apparatus for a scalable application, which is configured to replace all or a portion of existing contents with a Scalable Application Description Language (SADL) component that adaptively changes according to a characteristic information condition. And a user interface for interacting with the data processing unit and the author. The data processing unit may include an existing content processing unit for analyzing the existing content by each component and displaying the analyzed existing content through the user interface, a control unit for selecting, from among the components of the existing content analyzed in the existing content processing unit, A condition editing unit for editing the condition information condition to be applied to the component, and a component editing unit for setting another resource for replacing the resource of the selected component of the existing content corresponding to the characteristic information condition edited in the condition editing unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the data processing unit may further include a SADL processing unit for analyzing and displaying the SADL component included in the existing content or inserted in the existing content by the authoring apparatus.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the data processing unit generates the scalable content including the resource set by the component editing unit according to the characteristic information condition edited in the condition editing unit, and displays the scalable content including the saddle SADL) preview unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the user interface further comprises a condition wizard for editing the property information condition to be input to the condition editor, and a component wizard for editing the resource to be input to the component editor, .

According to another aspect of the present invention, the existing content processing unit assigns an identifier for each component of the existing content, the user interface includes a configuration item view for displaying the component and the identifier assigned to the component, And may further include an existing content preview for displaying the content.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the condition editing unit may classify the characteristic information into a plurality of groups, and then, the characteristic information condition may include one or more detailed conditions for the characteristic information condition of each group, Can be edited.

According to another aspect of the embodiment, the existing content may be object-based content capable of componentizing the included items. For example, the object-based content may have any one of HTML, XHTML, JAVA, and FLASH formats.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for authoring a scalable application service, the method comprising: (A) confirming a format of an existing content to be input; (B) (C) selecting a component to which scalability is to be assigned among the components of the existing content displayed in the step (B); (D) selecting a component to be applied to the selected component And (E) setting a resource for replacing a selected component of the existing content in accordance with a detailed condition of the characteristic information group selected in the step (D) . ≪ / RTI > This authoring method can be performed using the authoring apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention described above.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the existing content format identified in step (A) is in the SADL format, analyzing and displaying the SADL component included in the existing content may be performed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step (E) may further include the step of displaying the set resource in advance in accordance with the detailed condition of the characteristic information.

According to another aspect of the embodiment, in the step (B), the component and the identifier assigned to the component can be displayed.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in the step (D), the characteristic information is firstly divided into a plurality of groups, and then the characteristic information condition of each group is classified into the characteristic Information conditions can be edited.

According to another aspect of the embodiment, the existing content may be object-based content capable of componentizing the included items. For example, the object-based content may have any one of HTML, XHTML, JAVA, and FLASH formats.

According to the authoring device and the authoring method of the present invention, a service provider can provide a Scalable Application Description Contents (SADL), which can be replaced with other contents adaptively according to various user viewing environments, You can easily create integrated content. In addition, the service provider can provide optimized contents to the user in consideration of various user environments, even if the service provider does not create and store all contents suitable for various user viewing environments.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a network system in which a scalable application service according to an embodiment of the present invention can be provided.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a schematic operation of a tenderer for a scalable application service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a authoring apparatus for a scalable application service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view partially showing an example of a state where an existing content is processed by an HTML processing unit and displayed through an HTML tag view.
5 is a view showing an example of a form displayed on the screen by an HTML tag view, an HTML preview unit, and a SADL information view.
6 is a diagram partially showing an example of a state in which existing contents are processed by the SADL processing unit and displayed through the SADL information view.
7 is a diagram showing an example of the condition wizard.
8 is a diagram showing an example of a component wizard.
9 is an example of the SADL preview screen provided through the SADL preview.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for authoring a scalable application service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The terms used are terms selected in consideration of the functions in the embodiments, and the meaning of the terms may vary depending on the user, the intention or custom of the operator, and the like. Therefore, the meaning of the terms used in the following embodiments is defined according to the definition when specifically defined in this specification, and unless otherwise defined, it should be interpreted in a sense generally recognized by those skilled in the art.

Before describing the authoring apparatus for a scalable application service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the authoring apparatus may be provided using SADL (Scalable Application Description Language) integrated contents created using a authoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention The configuration of the network system for the scalable application service will be described first. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of such a network system. Referring to FIG. 1, a network system includes a server 10 and a plurality of terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N. The network system may further include a repeater 30 for relaying communication between the server 10 and the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N.

Each of the plurality of terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N may be a variety of digital devices capable of configuring a home network system at home or using various services through the home network system. However, the present embodiment is not limited to the home network system, but may be applied to other systems configured using a predetermined communication network (which is not limited to a wired network or a wireless network but may be a mobile communication network, a short-range communication network, It is possible. The plurality of terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N may be a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a hand- (GSM) phone, a WCDMA phone, a CDMA200 phone, a Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone, and the like. Such as a mobile device or a PC device such as a personal computer (PC), a laptop computer, a tablet PC or the like, or a TV device such as a digital TV (TV).

A plurality of terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., and 20_N are connected to the server 10 through wired and / or wireless communication so as to be able to communicate with the server 10, respectively. At this time, the plurality of terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N may be directly connected to the server 10 or may be connected to the server 10 through the repeater 30 of the network system. In the former case, communication between the plurality of terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N and the server 10 is performed directly, but in the latter case, the plurality of terminals 20_1, 20_2, Communication via the repeater 30 is performed. The repeater 30 performs a relay function with respect to all the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N or a plurality of repeaters (in this case, the number of the repeaters 30 is 20_1, 20_2, May be divided for one or more terminals to perform a relay function.

The server 10 is a service server for providing a scalable application service for providing optimized contents to the one or more terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N that have requested a service. The server 10 directly receives the service from the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N at the time of the service request so as to provide optimized contents to the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., (DC), which is data indicating the user viewing environment of the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N received through the repeater 30, can be applied. Alternatively, the server 10 may apply not only the received characteristic information but also the characteristic information DC of the terminal 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N, which is stored in advance. All or some of the characteristic information DC of the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N may be transmitted to the server 10 (for example, characteristic information DC related to the privacy of the individual) ). ≪ / RTI > Alternatively, all or a part of the characteristic information DC is delivered to the server 10 by the service policy or the request from the server 10, but is transmitted to the server 10 as anonymous, .

In order to provide contents optimized for each terminal, the server 10 may use all or some of the existing contents, such as multimedia contents, applications, web pages, advertisements, GUIs or the like, To the SADL component. SADL integrated content can be described as a SADL workbook. To this end, the server 10 may be provided with an authoring tool 100. The SADL document or the scalable content produced by the authoring apparatus 100 may be stored in a storage device of the server 10 or may be stored in a separate storage server. The construction and operation of the authoring apparatus 100 will be described later in detail.

1, the repeater 30 relays communications between the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N and the server 10. [ At this time, the repeater 30 may simply relay the communication between the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N and the server 10, or relay the communication after performing predetermined processing on the received data .

For example, the repeater 30 may transmit a service request to the server 10 except a part of the characteristic information DC included in the service request received from the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N. Alternatively, the repeater 30 may further include the characteristic information DC stored therein when the repeater 30 transmits the service request from the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N to the server 10. The relay device 30 transmits the content or the SADL integrated document received from the server 10 to the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N simply or to the SADL integrated document received from the server 10 The optimized content or the optimized SADL integrated document can be delivered to each terminal by applying the characteristic information DC of the terminal. Communication between the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N and the server 10 may be performed only through one repeater 30 or through two or more repeaters 30. [

Depending on the configuration of the network system, the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N can receive content optimized for itself from the server 10 or the repeater 30. In this case, the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N can reproduce and execute the received contents as it is. However, according to the embodiment, all or a part of the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N may directly apply the own characteristic information DC to the SADL integrated document received from the server 10 or the repeater 30, And then reproduce and execute the content. For example, the terminals 20_1, 20_2, ..., 20_N may transmit the characteristic information DC to the received SADL integrated document without transmitting the characteristic information DC related to privacy among the characteristic information DC to the server 10, May be directly applied.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the authoring apparatus 100 for a scalable application service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Although the authoring device 100 is shown in FIG. 2 as being distinct from the service server 10, this is merely exemplary. That is, the authoring apparatus 100 may be a module (see FIG. 1) constituting the service server 10 or a module provided in another apparatus installed separately from the service server 10. Although the SADL integrated document is shown as being stored in the service server 100 in FIG. 2, this is also an example, and the SADL integrated document may be stored in a separate database (storage server).

Referring to FIG. 2, the authoring apparatus 100 replaces all or a part of existing content (represented by an existing content document) to provide different contents corresponding to the DC condition of the user and / or the terminal (Represented as a SADL document) that contains scalable components that can be used to create SADL integrated content. More specifically, the authoring apparatus 100 may include an existing content document (for example, a JAVA script, a FLASH document, or an XHTML document) in a predetermined format for describing existing contents, a DC condition, And generates a SADL integrated document by receiving and processing contents (resources) to be provided to the user correspondingly.

The characteristic information DC of the 'DC Condition' among the data input to the storage device 100 includes device capability information related to the performance of the user terminal 20 (see FIG. 1) User information related to a user such as a user's age, preference, occupation, sex, and area of origin, a service policy related to a policy of a service provider providing a scalable application service, And viewing state information related to the state (battery residual amount or position, etc.). The 'content corresponding to the numerical value in the characteristic information condition' refers to a content (resource) to be provided differently according to the characteristic information condition value, and the 'existing content document' refers to a document describing the existing content An existing web page description document). In addition, the SADL integrated document generated by the authoring device 100 may be a document including all or some of the existing content document (e.g., an XHTML document) in place of the SADL component described in SADL.

The Scalable Application Description Language (SADL) may be a markup language of an existing predetermined format developed to provide a scalable application service as a kind of markup language or a new markup language to be developed in the future. SADL is a language described to enable sharing of application programs (contents) between various digital devices based on MPEG-21 DID (Digital Item Declaration) element structure. The SADL workbook may be created using an authoring tool according to an embodiment of the present invention in accordance with a pre-defined schema. The predetermined schema may be a DC Condition schema, which can be located at a position such as a statement element among the existing MPEG-21 DID schema and the DID element. That is, the SADL defines a DC element, which is a new element that can use a stack function based on MPEG-21 DID, and additionally uses it to provide a scalable application service Up language.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, all or a part of components described in an existing content document (e.g., XHTML document) is replaced with a SADL component described in SADL using the authoring apparatus 100 as shown in Fig. , It is possible to provide the scalability to all or some of the existing contents (for example, a news area or advertisement area of the portal site). For example, using the authoring apparatus 100 of FIG. 2, the server 10 may use the SADL integrated document prepared to include the SADL component, according to the age, sex, and / or preference of the user and / Whether the user is a user or a user who pays a fee), and the like. Alternatively, if the SADL integrated document prepared to include the SADL component using the authoring apparatus 100 of FIG. 2 is used, other news or information may be displayed depending on the user's age, sex, favorite, location, time, Content can be serviced. Using the authoring device 100 of FIG. 2, the SADL integrated document prepared to include the SADL component can be used to determine the network status, the type of sensor included in the terminal, whether the multimedia codec is supported, the type of the supported codec, The contents can be served with different resolutions or different screen sizes.

3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the authoring apparatus 100 of FIG. The authoring apparatus 100 of FIG. 3 is a block diagram when used as a tool for creating a SADL integrated document in which all or some of the components are replaced with SADL components when an existing content document is an HTML document described in HTML However, this is only an example. For example, the authoring device of FIG. 3 can be applied to any kind of object-based content that can constitute existing contents as contents described in JAVA scripts or included items such as FLASH contents. 3, the authoring apparatus 100 includes an HTML processing unit 121, a SADL processing unit 122, a condition editing unit 123, a component editing unit 124, , And a data processing unit 120 including a SADL preview unit 125. [ The authoring apparatus 100 includes a user interface 110 for inputting and outputting signals and / or data between the data processing unit 120 and an author (not shown). The authoring apparatus 100 also includes a database for storing data necessary for authoring such as an existing content document (HTML document), classification of DC condition, content to be added (resource), and / (database) 130, which is merely illustrative. The database 130 may be a separate component distinct from the authoring device 100 or may be a component of a service server (see FIG. 1).

The HTML processing unit 121 is for loading existing content (e.g., web content), and for processing and analyzing existing content that has been loaded. Here, the HTML processing unit 121 is an example of an 'existing content processing unit', and corresponds to the case where the existing content is content described in HTML. Therefore, when the existing content is the FLASH content or the content described in the JAVA script, the name of the HTML processing unit 121 may be changed accordingly. The existing content loaded by the HTML processing unit 121 and the analysis information thereof are displayed on the screen through the HTML preview unit 111b and the HTML tag view 111a of the user interface 110, .

More specifically, the HTML processing unit 121 analyzes the loaded existing content document, and then assigns a predetermined identifier (ID) to each tag of the analyzed existing content document. The information of the existing content analyzed by the HTML analyzing unit 121 (for example, the correspondence information of the identifier (ID) and the tag (TAG)) is displayed on the display through the HTML tag view 111a of the user interface 110 . In this case, the lower contents of the selected contents can be displayed on the screen in the form of a tree. Here, the HTML tag view 111a is an example of an existing content tag view, and corresponds to a case where the existing content is described as HTML. Therefore, when the existing contents are FLASH contents or contents described by JAVA script, the name of the HTML tag view 111a may be changed accordingly. FIG. 4 is a diagram partially showing an example of a state where existing contents are processed by the HTML processing unit 121 and displayed through the HTML tag view 111a.

The HTML processing unit 121 may load the existing content and display it through the HTML preview unit 111b of the user interface 110. [ The HTML preview unit 111b is an example of an 'existing content preview unit', and corresponds to a case where existing content is content described in HTML. Therefore, in the case where the existing contents are FLASH contents or contents described in a JAVA script, the name of the HTML preview unit 111b may be changed accordingly. Existing content may be stored in the database 130 or received from outside. The HTML preview unit 111b displays existing content (a document created in HTML) and displays it on a screen as seen in a browser. Therefore, the producer who creates the SADL integrated contents can select an area (one component of the existing contents) to insert the SADL component in the HTML preview unit 111b.

An example of the form displayed on the screen by the HTML preview unit 111b is shown in Fig. 5 (more specifically, a web screen displayed in the central area of Fig. 5). Referring to FIG. 5, the HTML preview unit 111b displays an HTML document on a screen in the form of a web page. The creator of the scalable content can select a component to be changed to the SADL component from the display screen of the existing content provided by the HTML preview unit 111b. The selected components may be displayed together on the screen (the left area of FIG. 4 or FIG. 5) displayed by the HTML tag view 111a. In FIG. 5, the screen displayed by the HTML tag view 111a is shown as being disposed on the left side of the screen provided by the HTML preview unit 111b, but this is merely an example.

The SADL processing unit 122 processes the SADL component inserted in the HTML document (for example, the SADL component previously inserted into the existing content or the SADL component inserted in the authoring process) by loading the existing content, Can be displayed through the information view 112. The existing content may be stored in the database 130 or may be input from the outside, and when the SADL component is included in the existing content, it may be displayed through the SADL information view 112. 6 is a view partially showing an example of a state in which two SADL components (TAG ID 151 and TAG ID 505) are processed by the SADL processing unit 122 and displayed through the SADL information view 111a. In FIG. 5, the screen displayed by the SADL information view 112 is shown on the right side of the screen provided by the HTML preview unit 111b, but this is only an example.

6, the SADL processing unit 122 processes the SADL component inserted in the existing content, and outputs the DC information and the resource information allocated for each characteristic adjustment condition value through the SADL information view 112 Show. That is, the SADL information view 112 shows the SADL component inserted in the existing contents. The SADL information view 112 displays the SADL and the resource information corresponding to the characteristic information condition and the characteristic information condition value for each inserted component. For example, if the SADL component is associated with showing different content of advertisement content by age, the SADL information view 112 may include a property information condition (e.g., age range) that displays particular ad content and a corresponding age range (Storage path) where advertisement contents (resources) to be provided are stored.

3, the condition editing unit 123 is an example of a characteristic information condition (characteristic information condition group) for inserting a SADL component and a functional unit for defining concrete conditions of each group condition. The condition editing unit 123 allows the author to interact with the author through the condition wizard 113 of the user interface 110, which is a wizard window (GUI) for defining the characteristic information condition group and specific conditions of each group can do. The application maker can predefine a characteristic information condition group to be used in a specific area through the condition wizard 113 and can filter the characteristic information using the characteristic information function (DC Function) defined in the SADL schema and the operator Conditions can also be defined and modified.

More specifically, the condition editing unit 123 and the condition wizard 113 can set a characteristic information condition (DC Condition) group for the selected content and a previously set characteristic information condition (DC Condition) group . The condition editor 123 and the condition wizard 113 can set a new DC condition group if necessary and confirm the set DC condition group on a source basis.

An example of the condition wizard 113 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 7, the creator of the SADL integrated contents can select a DC condition group to be defined in a condition group. 7, the device type (G_DeviceType) among the characteristic information condition groups included in the condition group, for example, G_Favorite, G_Hobby, G_DeviceType, and G_UserLevel is selected by the content creator . Then, the content creator sets a condition for the case where the device is a portable telephone from the device type (G_DeviceType).

Referring to FIG. 3, the component editing unit 124 is a functional unit that sets contents (resources) to be displayed in a selected area (component) of existing contents according to a characteristic information condition value. The component editing unit 124 can interact with the author through a component wizard 114, which is a user interface for selecting a resource (content) corresponding to a detailed condition in a condition group set in the condition editing unit 123 have. Accordingly, the application maker can select the condition group of the characteristic information and the detailed condition in the corresponding group through the component wizard 114, and then select and set the content (resource) to be provided to the user having the selected detailed condition.

The component wizard 114 and the component editing unit 124 can insert a SADL component by selecting a specific region in existing HTML. The component wizard 114 and the component editing unit 124 may generate a new SADL component using a predetermined condition or modify or delete a previously defined SADL component. In addition, using the component wizard 114, a SADL component generated for a specific characteristic information condition can be previewed.

An example of the component wizard 114 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 8, the content creator selects a condition group and detailed conditions of the condition group, and then selects a content (resource) to be provided corresponding to the detailed condition of the selected characteristic information DC You can find and set it. In FIG. 8, it is exemplarily shown that setting the corresponding content (apartment advertisement and marriage fair advertisement) when the preference (G_Favorite) is selected as the condition group and the female topic world (FTopic_world) is selected under the detailed condition have. On the right side of FIG. 8, a document describing the SADL component generated through the component wizard 114 and the component editing unit 124 is shown.

The SADL previewing unit 125 previews the scalable contents to be provided for a predetermined characteristic information condition by inserting a SADL component using a condition editing unit 123 and a component editing unit 124 in a specific area of an existing HTML document . The scalable contents provided by the SADL previewing unit 125 may be displayed through the SADL pre-loader 115 of the user interface 110. [ The SADL previewing unit 125 provides a test environment in which a content creator can verify a scalable or scalable application created while changing a characteristic information condition applied using a SADL parser. Therefore, the content creator can check and verify the prepared scalable application while changing the conditions of various characteristic information (DC) inserted in the existing HTML.

Using the SADL preview unit 125 and the SADL preview 115, the SADL component inserted into the existing content can be previewed and previewed using the authoring apparatus 100, Thus, a change in the content to be provided to the service requester can be tested. In addition, by using the SADL previewing unit 125 and the SADL previewing unit 115, the SADL integrated contents into which the SADL component is embedded in the existing HTML can be viewed as a document type (SADL integrated document).

FIG. 9 is an example of a SADL preview screen provided through the SADL preview 115. FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, it can be seen that the advertisement in the center portion is changed as compared with the screen in FIG. This reflects the property information DC selected according to the condition group G_Favorite and G_Hobby in FIG. 9, and parses the corresponding contents (resource) in the SADL previewing unit 125 to preview the SADL 115).

Using the authoring device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the author can select a region (component (s)) to which the scalability is to be applied in an HTML view (e.g., WEB screen in Fig. 5) ) Can be selected. The author can set the characteristic information condition group to which the scalability can be applied and the detailed condition in the condition group through the condition wizard 113 and provide it in accordance with each detailed condition through the component wizard 114 The new content (resource) to be selected can be selected. In this case, the author can create SADL integrated contents by inserting the SADL component according to the characteristic information condition into all or a part of the existing contents.

10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for authoring a scalable application service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The authoring method shown in FIG. 10 may be performed in the authoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited thereto. Hereinafter, in order to prevent unnecessary duplication, the matters not described above will be mainly described. Therefore, the matters not described in detail in this embodiment can be equally applied to the embodiment described above in connection with the tending device of FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 10, in step 131, when an existing content document is input to the authoring apparatus of FIG. 3, the format of the inputted existing content document is confirmed (132). For example, the format of an existing content document can be confirmed by checking whether the inputted existing content document is in a predetermined format (e.g., HTML). If the existing content is not in the HTML format, it can be checked whether the existing content is a SADL format (i.e., a SADL integrated document) (133). Alternatively, in step 132, even if the existing content is in the HTML format, a process of checking whether a SADL component is included in a part of the existing content may be additionally performed.

If the existing content document is the HTML format in step 132 or the existing content document is in the SADL format in step 133, the authoring device 100 performs the HTML parsing (134). The HTML parsing of this step may be performed in the HTML processing unit 121 of the authoring apparatus 100. If the existing content document is in SADL format (i.e., all or some of the existing content document is a SADL component), SADL parsing may be performed 135 in addition to HTML parsing 134. As a result of such parsing, HTML preview, HTML tag view, and SADL information view as shown in FIG. 5 may be displayed on the display (136). Subsequently, when the content creator selects (137) the content (component) applying the scalability from the web page displayed in the HTML preview, the selected content may appear on the display (138). In the HTML tag view, the identification information (ID) and the tag of the selected content can be displayed. If the selected content is a SADL component described in SADL, the corresponding information may be displayed in the SADL information view.

Then, the content creator confirms whether the selected content is the desired content (Step 139). If it is determined that the selected content is the desired content, the content creator proceeds to Step 140. Otherwise, the content selection process proceeds to Step 138 again. If the selected content is the desired content, the content creator selects the condition group and detailed condition of the characteristic information DC to provide the scalability using the condition wizard 114 of the user interface 110, (Content) corresponding to each of the detailed conditions of the selected characteristic information DC can be set using the component wizard 115 of the interface 110 (140). Then, the detailed conditions of the characteristic information (DC) condition group set in step 140 and information related to the corresponding resource can be added to the inputted existing document (141). In step 142, it is determined whether additional resource setting is required for other detailed conditions of the property information condition group DC. If it is determined that addition is necessary, the process of step 137 and subsequent steps may be repeatedly performed .

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A data processing unit for generating SADL integrated contents by replacing all or a part of existing contents with a Scalable Application Description Language (SADL) component adaptively changing according to a characteristic information condition; And
And a user interface for interaction between the data processing unit and the author,
The data processing unit
An existing contents processing unit for analyzing the existing contents by components and displaying the analyzed contents through the user interface;
A condition editor for editing a characteristic information condition to be applied to a component selected by the author through the user interface, among the components of the existing content analyzed and displayed by the existing content processor; And
And a component editing unit for setting other resources for replacing the resources of the selected components of the existing contents in accordance with the characteristic information condition edited by the condition editing unit,
The user interface
A condition wizard for the author to edit a characteristic information condition to be input to the condition editor; And
And a component wizard for editing the resource to be input to the component editing unit by the author. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the data processing unit further comprises a SADL processing unit for analyzing and displaying a SADL component included in the existing content or embedded in the existing content by the authoring apparatus. . The method according to claim 1,
The data processing unit may further include a saddle (SADL) previewing unit for generating scalable contents including resources set by the component editing unit according to the characteristic information condition edited in the condition editing unit and displaying the generated scalable contents through the user interface Wherein the apparatus comprises: delete The method according to claim 1,
The existing content processing unit assigns an identifier for each component of the existing content,
The user interface
A component item view for displaying the component and the identifier assigned to the component; And
Further comprising an existing content preview for displaying the existing content. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the condition editing unit firstly divides the characteristic information into a plurality of groups and then edits the characteristic information condition so that one or more detailed conditions are included in the characteristic information condition of each group. Authoring device for application services. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the existing contents are object-based contents capable of componentizing the included items. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the object-based content has a format of HTML, XHTML, JAVA, or FLASH. (A) checking a format of an existing content to be input;
(B) parsing the existing content according to the format of the existing content and analyzing and displaying the existing content according to the component;
(C) selecting a component to which the scalability is to be assigned among the components of the existing content displayed in the step (B);
(D) selecting a characteristic condition group to be applied to the selected component and a detailed condition in the corresponding group; And
(E) setting a resource for replacing a selected component of the existing content in accordance with a detailed condition of the characteristic condition group selected in the step (D)
Wherein the authoring method is performed using the authoring apparatus of claim 1. delete 10. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising the step of analyzing and displaying the SADL component included in the existing content when the format of the existing content identified in the step (A) is the SADL format . 10. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising the step of: displaying, in step (E), a preset resource corresponding to a detailed condition of the characteristic information so that the resource can be previewed. 10. The method of claim 9,
And displaying the component and an identifier assigned to the component in the step (B). 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein in the step (D), the characteristic information is firstly divided into a plurality of groups, and then the characteristic information condition is edited such that one or more detailed conditions are included in the characteristic information condition of each group Authoring Method for Scalable Application Service. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the existing contents are object-based contents capable of componentizing the included items. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the object-based content has one of a format of HTML, XHTML, JAVA, or FLASH.

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