KR101963451B1 - Method for providing electronic book service with storage and function seperation between medium and device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing an electronic book service by separating storage and driving functions between a storage medium and a terminal. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: providing a user login interface on a page provided by an electronic book service providing server using a rental terminal when a storage medium which can be identified by including an identification code is inserted; mapping and storing the identification code and user information when user information is input from the rental terminal through the user login interface; performing a payment from a user account of the rental terminal when an event for downloading a selected electronic book occurs in the rental terminal; transmitting data on the electronic book in which a downloading even occurs, to the rental terminal; and designating a storage place and controlling storage to allow the data corresponding to the electronic book to be stored in the storage medium inserted into the rental terminal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an e-book service by separating storage and drive functions between a storage medium and a terminal,

The present invention relates to a method of providing an electronic book service by separating storage and drive functions between a storage medium and a terminal. By separating functions of a medium and a terminal, a consumer can read an electronic book from his / ≪ / RTI >

An electronic book is a digital book that can be read on a computer or an electronic device. The concept of a recent electronic book is a book, a magazine, a blog, an electronic dictionary, an audio book, etc. It is expanding to include all content published in digital format. The e-book created by the digital file is downloaded to the terminal through wired / wireless communication, and can be read by a dedicated e-book reader provided by the e-book provider or publisher or through various types of e-book reader application do.

At this time, along with the expansion of the e-book market, competition for initiative between multi-purpose general-purpose terminals such as an e-book exclusive use terminal device and a tablet personal information terminal is intensifying. In this connection, Korean Prior Art Patent Publication No. 2012-0043456 The electronic book information provided from the electronic book provider is registered and managed, a list of the electronic book information stored in the database is transmitted at the request of the mobile device, and an electronic book corresponding to the selected list according to the list selected from the user Discloses a configuration in which information is retrieved from a database and transmitted to a mobile device to charge for use.

However, according to the standard published in the DRM policy, when the e-book is read in the same place as the smart terminal of the user rather than the e-book exclusive terminal, focusing on the compatibility of the heterogeneous terminal, At the same time, the operation on the heterogeneous terminal is not performed properly. Since the dedicated terminal uses only the electronic book service as the main function, the price is low, the hardware is light and simple, but separately purchasing the dedicated terminal causes extra expenditure, The purchase rate is not so high because it is useless otherwise.

In an embodiment of the present invention, since a user can rent a dedicated terminal without purchasing a dedicated terminal and provide a space for reading and using the terminal only as a dedicated terminal, the complexity with respect to copyright program compatibility is reduced, , The rental terminal is loaded with only the drive function so as not to store the data at all and stores it in the storage medium so that the consumer can borrow the terminal anywhere in the country and read the book. It is possible to provide a method of providing e-book service through separation. It should be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic book service providing server for renting a user login interface on a page provided by an electronic book service providing server when an identifiable storage medium including an identification code is inserted, A step of mapping the identification code and the user information when the user information is inputted from the rental terminal through the user login interface, storing the mapping information in the storage unit, and when an event for downloading the electronic book selected from the rental terminal occurs, Performing a payment from the user account, transferring the electronic book in which the download event has occurred to the rental terminal, and designating and storing the storage location so that the data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in the storage medium inserted in the rental terminal .

According to any one of the above-described objects of the present invention, since the space for reading and renting a dedicated terminal is provided without the user having to buy a dedicated terminal, and only the dedicated terminal is used, The development unit cost can be lowered and the lending terminal can be loaded with only the drive function so as not to store the data at all and can be stored as a storage medium so that the consumer can borrow the terminal from anywhere in the country and read the book.

1 is a view for explaining a system for providing an electronic book service through separation of a storage medium and a terminal storage and a drive function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic book service providing server included in the system of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an embodiment in which an e-book service is implemented by separating storage and drive functions between a storage medium and a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a process in which data is transmitted and received between the respective components included in the electronic book service providing system by separating the storing and driving functions between the storage medium and the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an e-book service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "including" an element, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well as other elements, And does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

The terms "about "," substantially ", etc. used to the extent that they are used throughout the specification are used in their numerical value or in close proximity to their numerical values when the manufacturing and material tolerances inherent in the stated meanings are presented, Accurate or absolute numbers are used to help prevent unauthorized exploitation by unauthorized intruders of the referenced disclosure. The word " step (or step) "or" step "does not mean" step for. &Quot;

In this specification, the term " part " includes a unit realized by hardware, a unit realized by software, and a unit realized by using both. Further, one unit may be implemented using two or more hardware, or two or more units may be implemented by one hardware.

In this specification, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by a terminal, a device, or a device may be performed instead in a server connected to the terminal, device, or device. Likewise, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by the server may also be performed in a terminal, device or device connected to the server.

In this specification, some of the operations or functions described in the mapping or matching with the terminal are used for mapping or matching the unique number of the terminal or the identification information of the individual, which is the identification data of the terminal . ≪ / RTI >

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view for explaining a system for providing an electronic book service through separation of a storage medium and a terminal storage and a drive function according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic book service providing system 1 for separating storage and driving functions between a storage medium and a terminal includes at least one rental terminal 100, an electronic book service providing server 300, (400), a merchant terminal (500), and a storage medium (600). However, since the system 1 for providing the electronic book service through the separation of the storage medium and the storage function between the storage medium and the terminal shown in FIG. 1 is merely an embodiment of the present invention, no.

At this time, the respective components of FIG. 1 are generally connected through a network 200. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, at least one rental terminal 100 may be connected to the electronic book service providing server 300 and the merchant terminal 500 through the network 200. The electronic book service providing server 300 may be connected to at least one of the rental terminal 100, the content providing server 400 and the merchant terminal 500 through the network 200. Also, the content providing server 400 may be connected to the electronic book service providing server 300 through the network 200. The merchant terminal 500 may be connected to at least one rental terminal 100, the electronic book service providing server 300 and the content providing server 400 through the network 200. [

Here, the network means a connection structure in which information can be exchanged between each node such as a plurality of terminals and servers. Examples of such a network include RF, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, Long Term A Wide Area Network (WAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and a Wide Area Network (WAN) , A Personal Area Network (PAN), a Bluetooth network, an NFC network, a satellite broadcast network, an analog broadcast network, a DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) network, and the like.

In the following, the term at least one is defined as a term including the singular and plural, and even though the term " at least one " does not exist, it is to be understood that each constituent may exist singly or plurally, It will be self-evident. It is to be noted that the constituent elements may be provided singularly or plurally in various manners depending on the embodiment.

At least one rental terminal 100 can rent a user (customer) who rents an e-book using a web page, an app page, a program, or an application related to the e-book service through separation of storage and drive functions between the storage medium and the terminal May be a terminal. At this time, the at least one rental terminal 100 may be a terminal that is registered and identified in each of the affiliated terminal 500, and records the basis for counting the time and calculating the fee when the user rents the terminal. In addition, at least one rental terminal 100 may be a terminal that stores, stores, deletes, and deletes all of the history generated in at least one rental terminal 100 in the storage medium 600. The at least one rental terminal 100 stores the history, login information, user account information, and user account information generated in the at least one rental terminal 100 with the inserted storage medium 600 when the storage medium 600 is inserted, Log information, and the like. That is, at least one rental terminal 100 does not have a storing function, and only a driving function can be mounted. Of course, it does not exclude that it is equipped with a storage function.

Here, the at least one rental terminal 100 may be implemented as a computer capable of connecting to a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a navigation device, a notebook computer equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), a desktop, a laptop, and the like. At this time, at least one rental terminal 100 may be implemented as a terminal capable of connecting to a remote server or terminal through a network. At least one rental terminal 100 is a wireless communication device that is guaranteed to be portable and mobility, for example, a navigation system, a PCS (Personal Communication System), a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) (PHS), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, a W-CDMA A handheld based wireless communication device such as a handheld device, a smartphone, a smartpad, a tablet PC, and the like.

The electronic book service providing server 300 may be a server for providing an electronic book service web page, an app page, a program, or an application by separating a storage medium and a terminal between storing and driving functions. The electronic book service providing server 300 receives and registers at least one rental terminal 100 from the merchant terminal 500 and identifies each rental terminal 100. In the rental terminal 100, When a log-in event and an e-book download event occur, the server may provide the e-book to the rental terminal 100 in response to the generated event. At this time, the e-book service providing server 300 manages the period, the period, and the membership of the book purchased from the rental terminal 100, and stores the contents in the storage medium 600 inserted in the rental terminal 100 If the expiration of the predetermined period has elapsed, it may be a server for deleting the deleted period. At this time, the deletion process can be performed by the DRM, but it does not exclude the use of another technique for deleting after a predetermined period of time. The electronic book service providing server 300 requests the contents providing server 400 to request the electronic book requested by the rental terminal 100 and receives the electronic book data in response to the electronic book data to be displayed on the rental terminal 100 And a server that pays a commission corresponding to the commission or the contents, and receives a fee for the member recruitment and advertisement to settle the commission.

Here, the electronic book service providing server 300 may be implemented as a computer capable of connecting to a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a navigation device, a notebook computer equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), a desktop, a laptop, and the like.

The content providing server 400 may be a server of a company or an individual who supplies an electronic book using a web page, an app page, a program, or an application related to the electronic book service through separation of storage and drive functions between the storage medium and the terminal . In addition, the content providing server 400 may be a server that receives a fee from the electronic book service providing server 300 and pays a commission corresponding to advertisement or membership recruitment. The content providing server 400 may be a server which extinguishes the e-book data so that the e-book data can no longer be displayed or displayed after a predetermined period of time has elapsed. Here, the content providing server 400 may be implemented as a computer capable of connecting to a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a navigation device, a notebook computer equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), a desktop, a laptop, and the like.

The merchant terminal 500 is a terminal of a merchant that rents the rental terminal 100 to a customer using a web page, an app page, a program, or an application related to the e-book service through separation of storage and drive functions between the storage medium and the terminal . At this time, the merchant terminal 500 may be a POS terminal that rents the rental terminal 100 to a customer according to various charging policies such as hourly, weekly, monthly, flat fee, . At this time, the merchant terminal 500 may be in the form of a kiosk when operated as an unattended person, or may not be provided when paying a fee using the user's mobile terminal without the merchant terminal 500 itself.

Here, the merchant terminal 500 may be implemented as a computer capable of connecting to a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a navigation device, a notebook computer equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), a desktop, a laptop, and the like. At this time, the merchant terminal 500 may be implemented as a terminal capable of connecting to a remote server or terminal through a network. The merchant terminal 500 is a wireless communication device that is guaranteed to be portable and mobility, for example, as a navigation device, a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), a personal digital cellular (PDC) Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) A handheld based wireless communication device such as a smartphone, a smartpad, a tablet PC, and the like.

The storage medium 600 may be a memory chip inserted into the rental terminal 100. The storage medium 600 may be a medium for extracting and storing all data generated by the rental terminal 100 or data corresponding to a predetermined type. Since the storage medium 600 includes a unique identification code and is mapped with the user and stored, the electronic book having the history of the user can be deleted. have. The storage medium 600 may include a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory, and an external memory, and may include MMC type, SD type, and CF type memory cards. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and any storage medium capable of reading and writing and capable of destroying data by DRM will be apparent.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic book service providing server included in the system of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an electronic book service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention, Service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the electronic book service providing server 300 includes a providing unit 310, a storing unit 320, an executing unit 330, a transmitting unit 340, a control unit 350, and a log unit 360, . ≪ / RTI >

The electronic book service providing server 300 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention or another server (not shown) operating in cooperation with the electronic book service providing server 300 may include at least one of the rental terminal 100, the content providing server 400, When the electronic book service application, the program, the application page, the web page, and the like are transmitted through the separation of the storage medium and the storage function between the storage medium and the terminal, the at least one rental terminal 100, the content providing server 400, The terminal 500 can install or open an e-book service application, a program, an app page, a web page, or the like through separation of storage and drive functions between the storage medium and the terminal. Also, the service program may be driven by at least one of the rental terminal 100, the content providing server 400, and the merchant terminal 500 using a script executed in the web browser. Here, a web browser is a program that enables a WWW (World Wide Web) service, and is a program for receiving and displaying hypertext described in hypertext mark-up language (HTML), for example, Netscape (Netscape) An Explorer, chrome, and the like. Further, the application refers to an application on the terminal, for example, an app (app) running on a mobile terminal (smart phone).

Referring to FIG. 2, when the storage medium 600 including the identification code is inserted, the providing unit 310 rents a user login interface to a page provided by the electronic book service providing server 300, (100).

When the user information is inputted from the rental terminal 100 through the user login interface, the storage unit 320 can store the mapping information between the identification code and the user information.

The executing unit 330 can perform settlement from the user account of the rental terminal 100 when an event for downloading the electronic book selected by the rental terminal 100 occurs.

The transfer unit 340 can transfer the electronic book in which the download event is generated to the rental terminal 100. [

The control unit 350 can control storage location designation and storage so that data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in the storage medium 600 inserted in the rental terminal 100. [ At this time, if the log or data exists in the form of a cache in the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory provided in the rental terminal 100 itself, the controller 350 can track and delete the log or data. At this time, the storage medium 600 may be in the form of a memory chip, and may be coupled to the socket of the rental terminal 100 by being fitted into the groove.

When an event for downloading an e-book selected by the rental terminal 100 occurs, when the user makes a payment from the user account of the rental terminal 100, the implementing unit 330 may charge the e-book for a predetermined period in the user account It is possible to grasp the period during which the flat fee has been paid and to confirm the current time requested by the rental terminal 100 for downloading. In addition, the implementing unit 330 can approve and complete the settlement processing when the current time is included in the period in which the flat fee is staked. For example, assuming that a member can receive unlimited contents for a period of 6 months, such as 3,000 won per month, it is possible to know whether the current time and date are included within 6 months.

The log unit 360 controls the storage location specification and storage so that the data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in the storage medium 600 inserted into the rental terminal 100 in the control unit 350, The at least one page and the display may be mapped to be recorded in the storage medium 600. In this case,

The log unit 360 controls the storage location designation and storage so that the data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in the storage medium 600 inserted into the rental terminal 100 in the control unit 350, 100 to display the last page of the electronic book, and when the user login of the rental terminal 100 is terminated, the page and time at the time when the user login is terminated are synchronized and recorded in the storage medium 600 Can be controlled. Accordingly, it is possible to extract, based on user accounts or user information, information such as when a user has read a certain book, how many pages have been read, how many pages are displayed on a note or a highlight, and the like.

On the other hand, the electronic book service providing server 300 receives the contents corresponding to the electronic book from the contents providing server and transmits the contents to the rental terminal 100, and charges the fee including the royalty for the received contents to the contents providing server . However, it is obvious that the charge policy is not limited to the above, since it can be changed according to the contract relationship. In addition, the rental terminal 100 does not have the storage function or the memory function disabled, blocked, or not, which is described above. The rental terminal 100 is registered and identified in the electronic book service providing server 300 and the page provided by the electronic book service providing server 300 is operated or operated by another mobile terminal or a fixed terminal other than the rental terminal 100 It can be an inaccessible page. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a separate space for viewing the book, enable rental only in this place, and when the rental terminal 100 is out of a preset space based on the position coordinates designated by the merchant terminal 500, May be set to ring, or may be programmed to defeat all functions by themselves to be disabled.

The storage medium 600 may be a medium in which a history log of at least one event occurring in the rental terminal 100 is mapped to content corresponding to the electronic book in which the event occurs. The content corresponding to the electronic book stored in the storage medium 600 may be the content which is deleted when the preset period expires. In this case, the deleted algorithm may be DRM as described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

At this time, IDPF, an e-book format standardization organization, announced Readium SDK v1.0, an eBook viewer standard platform and related SDK that can be run on various operating systems through a standardized organization, It provides C ++ -based libraries to easily develop EPUB or viewer applications on iOS, Android, and Linux-based operating systems. In addition, a Readium LCP (Lightweight Content Protection) specification has been developed and implemented to provide a DRM function for the purpose of preventing illegal copying of EPUB ebooks. However, despite the simplicity of the Readium LCP specification, the interaction between the Readium SDK and the LCP module that provides the DRM function is still not simple due to the complexity of the Readium SDK itself. However, In order to solve a plurality of DRM interworking problems in the Readium SDK, the storage medium 600 may include a plurality of various DRM technologies based on a ContentModule standard supported by a Readium SDK and a Readium SDK, a compatibility model , And can be based on eDraw DRM's Content Protection Framework (CPF) model, which allows multiple e-book DRM solutions to be easily interoperable with the Readium SDK through library.

At this time, the rental terminal 100, which is a client for the DRM function, can identify which DRM technology is used by the DRM-ID encrypted EPUB file, identifies the encrypted resource, identifies whether a specific resource in the EPUB is encrypted, User authentication You can request and authenticate user authentication information, validate the license inside the license validation EPUB, validate that the license is granted to the user, and extract the key to the content. Encrypted resource And a function of decrypting the resource decrypted and encrypted resource. However, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to those described above, and that various configurations can be used.

Hereinafter, an operation process according to the configuration of the medical consulting service providing server of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. It should be apparent, however, that the embodiments are only examples of the various embodiments of the present invention.

3 is a space similar to an E-Book café where the merchant terminal 500 is located and renting the rental terminal 100. The Kyobo Book is a contents providing server 400, 500). At this time, each company name is assumed to use the situation, but it is not limited to this.

At this time, if the sample provides a service for renting the rental terminal 100 to the consumer, the consumer pays a fee corresponding to the service. In addition, if a company called a sater (tentative name) gives an advertisement, the company pays a fee to a sater in a samon, and a terminal such as the rental terminal 100 is supplied from a company called iRiver, for example, . If the content is provided by the Kyobo Bookstore, the royalties will be paid and the amount including the royalties and fees can be paid.

The rental terminal 100 can be named as a sample tap and the storage medium 600 can be named as Samic, which has no memory function (there may be some additional memory function such as e-Book download history) Samchicks are provided to consumers so consumers can use e-books in a way that they insert Samchicks into SamTap. If they find Samchon anywhere they carry it, they can borrow SamTap to read. In other words, consumers can view e-books that they have downloaded or read new e-books from anywhere in the nation. At this time, the sametime is required to be combined with the sampler as a storage device for reading and downloading. Sametime stores all the history of the electronic book read by the consumer. Sametime stores the electronic book stored in the sametime.

In the method according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the login interface is a universal method of using settlement, only the login interface is assumed, and the login interface is not absolutely essential, and may be deleted. In other words, in the case of the elderly, it may be difficult to create a user account, and in order to expand the user accessibility and the customer base, it is possible to download the book anonymously without login, In other words, it may be the same as or similar to a non-member ordering and payment system currently in use. However, there may be a method of making settlement at the POS of the merchant without making a login or an electronic settlement. In this case, there is a need to retain the download history in the rental terminal 100, so that there may be a function of recording this. In addition, since anonymous downloading is possible, a device that can not be used outside the franchisee may be required. To this end, if the user leaves the preset coordinates using the GPS of the rental terminal 100, it can be changed to the disabled state. Alternatively, if the communication between the rental terminal 100 and the merchant terminal 500 is broken, it may be programmed to change to the unusable state.

In such a case, since it is not necessary to log-in or electronic payment, it is possible to provide high convenience to the users, particularly those who are not able to make a computer or electronic payment, and it is easy for the merchant to distribute the settlement profit of the north.

2 and 3, a method for providing an e-book service by separating the storage and drive functions between the storage medium and the terminal is not described in detail with reference to FIG. 1, The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process in which data is transmitted and received between the respective components included in the electronic book service providing system by separating the storing and driving functions between the storage medium and the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an example of a process of transmitting and receiving data between the respective components will be described with reference to FIG. 4. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, It is apparent to those skilled in the art that the process of transmitting and receiving data can be changed.

4, the electronic book service providing server 300 maps and registers the rental terminal 100 and the merchant terminal 500 when the rental terminal 100 and the merchant terminal 500 are linked (S4100, S4200) (S4300), the rented terminal is mapped with the user and stored (S4400).

Then, the merchant terminal 500 transmits the rented time to the rental terminal 100, and counts the time to be driven or the time when it is driven (S4500).

When the e-book service providing server 300 logs in at the rental terminal 100 (S4700), the electronic book service providing server 300 checks whether the e-book has been requested (S4710) If the current date is included in the period of payment, the electronic book is requested to the content providing server 400 and transmitted to the rental terminal 100 (S4730-S4750).

The rental terminal 100 stores the electronic book data in the storage medium 600 (S4800), displays the electronic book (S4810), stores all the events inputted through the interface while the user reads the book , And records the history. Also, the recorded history may be shared with the electronic book service providing server 300 (S4820).

On the other hand, when the user logs off, the rental terminal 100 records a history in the storage medium 600 (S4840), and stores user information or electronic book data in various history logs such as the cache of the rental terminal 100 Check to see if it remains and destroy it. Of course, although the rental terminal 100 does not have a storing function and data does not remain in the memory, there is a possibility that the data may be recorded in a log such as a cache, so that the above-mentioned functions are further included so as to delete all the data .

The order between the above-described steps S4100 to S4840 is only an example, but is not limited thereto. That is, the order between the above-described steps S4100 to S4840 may be mutually varied, and some of the steps may be executed or deleted at the same time.

The method of providing the e-book service by separating the storage medium and the storage function between the storage medium and the terminal of FIG. 4 is not described in the first to third embodiments, The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an e-book service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. Referring to FIG. 5, when an identifiable storage medium including an identification code is inserted, the electronic book service providing server provides a user login interface to a terminal provided to a page provided by the electronic book service providing server (S5100) .

When the user information is inputted from the rental terminal through the user login interface, the electronic book service providing server maps and stores the identification code and the user information (S5200), and an event for downloading the electronic book selected from the rental terminal is generated , A payment is made from the user account of the rental terminal (S5300).

In addition, the electronic book service providing server transmits the electronic book in which the download event is generated to the rental terminal (S5400), and designates and stores the storage location so that data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in the storage medium inserted into the rental terminal (S5500).

5, the method of providing the e-book service by separating the storage and drive functions between the storage medium and the terminal is not described in the first to fourth embodiments, The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

5, a method of providing an e-book service by separating a storage medium and a storage function between a storage medium and a terminal according to an embodiment includes instructions executable by a computer such as an application program module or a program module executed by the computer The present invention may be embodied in the form of a recording medium. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer readable medium may include both computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data.

A method for providing an electronic book service by separating a storage medium and a storage function between a storage medium and a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may be an application installed basically in a terminal (which is included in a platform, Program) and may be executed by an application (i.e., a program) installed directly on the master terminal by a user via an application provision server, such as an application store server, an application or a web server associated with the service have. In this regard, a method of providing an e-book service by separating a storage medium and a storage function between a storage medium and a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is basically installed in a terminal or directly installed by a user (i.e., a program) And may be recorded on a computer readable recording medium such as a terminal.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

Claims (9)

A method of providing an electronic book service executed in an electronic book service providing server,
Providing a user login interface to a terminal on a page provided by the electronic book service providing server when an identifiable storage medium including an identification code is inserted;
Mapping and storing the identification code and the user information when the user information is inputted from the rental terminal through the user login interface;
Performing payment from a user account of the rental terminal when an event for downloading an electronic book selected from the rental terminal occurs;
Transferring the electronic book in which the download event is generated to the rental terminal; And
Controlling storage location designation and storage so that data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in a storage medium inserted in the rental terminal,
The rental terminal is registered and identified in the electronic book service providing server,
A page provided by the electronic book service providing server is a page which can not be operated or accessed by another mobile terminal or a fixed terminal other than the rental terminal,
A warning sound is generated at the rental terminal when the rental terminal is out of a predetermined space based on the position coordinates designated by the merchant terminal, and all functions of the rental terminal are programmed to be disabled
A method of providing an electronic book service by separating storage and drive functions between a storage medium and a terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the storage medium is in the form of a memory chip.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of performing settlement from the user account of the rental terminal when an event for downloading the electronic book selected from the rental terminal occurs,
Determining a period during which the flat fee is paid if the user account has paid for the e-book for a predetermined period of time;
Confirming a current time requested by the rental terminal to download;
Approving and completing the settlement processing when the current time is included in the period in which the flat fee is staked;
The method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a storage medium;
The method according to claim 1,
After the step of controlling storage location designation and storage so that data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in a storage medium inserted into the rental terminal,
Mapping the at least one page and the display to be recorded on the storage medium when the at least one page of the electronic book is displayed on the rental terminal;
Further comprising: storing the storage medium in a storage medium;
The method according to claim 1,
After the step of controlling storage location designation and storage so that data corresponding to the electronic book is stored in a storage medium inserted into the rental terminal,
Wherein the control unit controls the rental terminal to display one page constituting the electronic book and to synchronize the page and the time when the user log-in ends when the user's log- ;
Further comprising: storing the storage medium in a storage medium;
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the electronic book service providing server receives a content corresponding to the electronic book from a content providing server and transmits the content to the rental terminal,
And a fee including a royalty fee for the received content is settled to the content providing server, wherein the storing and driving function between the storage medium and the terminal are separated.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the storage medium is a medium in which a history log of at least one event occurring in the rental terminal is mapped to a content corresponding to the electronic book in which the event is generated and stored. A method for providing an electronic book service through separation.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the content corresponding to the electronic book stored in the storage medium is a content that is deleted when a predetermined period of time expires.

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