KR101969761B1 - Method and device for content consecutive output - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content continuous output method and apparatus for continuously outputting a plurality of separated contents.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of continuously outputting content includes obtaining information of a first content from a first link and obtaining information of a second content from a second link; Storing information of the first content and information of the second content in a memory; Outputting at least a part of information of the first content; And outputting at least a part of the second contents in connection with at least a part of the first contents when the predetermined area of the first contents is outputted.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a content continuous output method,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a content continuous output method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a content continuous output method and apparatus for continuously outputting a plurality of separated contents.

Generally, the contents of the webtoon service are composed of a plurality of individual times per work. The content composed of a plurality of individual times is provided to the user through each link. Users can access each link through a list of content and use the content contained in the individual content.

However, in order to receive a content composed of a plurality of individual episodes, users have to perform tasks for repeatedly receiving contents and wait for each time the contents are provided, so that a lot of time and user actions are consumed.

In addition, since the users want to listen to a large number of user actions at the same time, the user can not concentrate on one webtoon from the first time to the last time.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a content continuous output method and apparatus capable of continuously outputting content on a screen by connecting individual times of content.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of acquiring information of a first content from a first link and acquiring information of a second content from a second link; Storing information of the first content and information of the second content in a memory; Outputting at least a part of information of the first content; And continuously outputting at least a part of the second contents in connection with at least a part of the first contents when a predetermined area of the first contents is outputted .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a communication unit for acquiring information of a first content from a first link and acquiring information of a second content from a second link; A storage unit for storing information of the first content and information of the second content; An output unit for outputting information of the first content and information of the second content; And a control unit for controlling to continuously output at least a part of the first content and at least a part of the second content when the predetermined area of the first content is output from the output unit, A continuous output device is provided.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of contents corresponding to links of different individual times can be viewed consecutively with one content selection, which is convenient.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of contents can be connected and appreciated without scrolling the user through the automatic scroll function, which is convenient.

1 is a block diagram of a content continuous output system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a configuration diagram of an output apparatus of a content continuous output system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an output portion changing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a memory management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of content continuous output according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in this specification will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term, not on the name of a simple term, but on the entire contents of the present invention.

When an element is referred to as " including " an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Also, the terms " part, " " module, " and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. 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.

1 is a block diagram of a content continuous output system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a content continuous output system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an output apparatus 110 and a server 120.

The output device 110 obtains content information and list information of contents from the server 120 and outputs the information. In addition, the output device 110 may include an input device for receiving a request from the user, and may output the content in response to the request of the user. In an embodiment, when the first content is requested from the user, the output device 110 may obtain the information of the first content from the server 120 and output the information.

The server 120 stores content information and list information of contents. The server 120 may provide content information and list information of content to the output device 110 at the request of the user. The server 120 can manage the information of the content through the link. The link includes the address where the information of the content is stored. In one embodiment, the first link includes a memory address in which information of the first content is stored, and the second link may include a memory address in which information of the second content is stored. The server 120 may store information on a plurality of contents including the first content and the second content, and may include a plurality of links including the first link and the second link.

2 is a configuration diagram of an output apparatus of a content continuous output system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, an output apparatus 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 210, a storage unit 220, a control unit 230, and an output unit 240.

The communication unit 210 can acquire the list information of the content from the server 120 based on the input from the user. The output unit 110 may further include an interface unit (not shown) for receiving a request for content use from the user. When the content usage request signal is received by the interface unit, The server 120 may request the list information of the contents.

The interface unit may receive a continuous output request signal from the user. The continuous output request signal is a signal requesting to output a plurality of contents corresponding to different links on a continuous screen.

The consecutive request signal may include information about the content at which the continuous output starts. For example, the user may request that the content be output from the second content. In this case, the first content may not be output, and the third content may be output following the second content.

Also, the content to be continuously output can be specified in the continuation request signal. For example, the user may request that the first content, the second content, and the fourth content be continuously output.

When a continuous output request is received from a user, the communication unit 210 requests the server 120 for information about a plurality of contents, and receives information about a plurality of contents from the server 120. [ At this time, the communication unit 210 can identify the content to be continuously output or the content designated to be continuously output based on the information included in the continuous output request signal. When the continuous output request signal does not include information on the content in which the continuous output starts, the communication unit 210 can determine the content in which the continuous output is started based on the content usage history of the user. For example, if the fourth content is lastly output to the user, the communication unit 210 may determine to continuously output the fifth content.

Meanwhile, when a continuous output request signal is not received at the interface unit and an output request signal of a specific content is received, the communication unit 210 can acquire only information of a specific content from the server 120. [

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user can select only one content and the continuous output as in the conventional art, and can meet all the various requirements of the user.

The interface unit may receive a scroll movement signal requesting a change of the output portion from the user. A detailed description of the change of the output portion will be given later with reference to Fig.

The storage unit 220 may store information of the content acquired by the communication unit 210. When the output of the content from the output unit 240 is completed, the storage unit 220 can delete information of the output content. A detailed description thereof will be given later with reference to FIG.

The control unit 230 may control the communication unit 210, the storage unit 220, and the output unit 240. The control unit 230 can control so that the content corresponding to the user's request is acquired and output. In addition, the control unit 230 may control the output unit to be changed in response to the user's request, or may be controlled such that the content is connected and output continuously.

When a user requests continuous output, the controller 230 checks whether a predetermined range of the first content is output. If a predetermined region of the first content is output, at least a part of the second content and at least a part of the first content So that the output unit 240 can be controlled to be connected.

In addition, when a scrolling movement signal is received from the user, the control unit 230 may control the output unit 240 to change the output portion corresponding to the scroll movement. In one embodiment, the controller 230 may generate a scrolling movement signal at predetermined time intervals without the user's input, and the scrolling movement signal may include the scrolling range information for changing the output range.

The output unit 240 may output the content information and the content list information under the control of the controller 230.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an output portion changing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step S301, the interface unit receives the scroll movement signal. The scrolling movement signal may include change range information as a signal input to change the output portion from the user. In one embodiment, a scrolling movement signal can be automatically generated at predetermined time intervals without the user's input. At this time, the period in which the scroll movement signal is generated can be arbitrarily designated by the user. For example, the user can set the output of the next part of the output every 10 seconds.

In step S302, the control unit 230 changes the output portion based on the scroll movement signal. The control unit 230 can change the output portion based on the change range information included in the scroll movement signal.

When the output of the predetermined area of the first content is completed by the scroll moving signal, the control unit 230 connects the beginning of the second content to the end of the first content to continuously output the first content and the second content do.

In step S303, the output unit 240 can change the output part according to the control of the control unit 230 and output it.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a memory management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step S401, when the continuous output request signal is received, the communication unit 210 receives information of a plurality of contents to be continuously output from the server 120 and stores the information.

In step S402, the output unit 240 changes the output portion according to the scroll movement signal, and deletes the information of the first content from the memory when all the first contents are output. For example, when a scrolling signal that scrolls down from the user is received, the output unit 240 may change the output portion and output the next portion. Thereafter, when the user continuously scrolls down and outputs all of the first contents, the storage unit 220 deletes the information of the first contents from the memory. As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the case of continuous output of contents, if one content is output, it is deleted from the memory, thereby efficiently managing the memory and coping with various browsers used by the user.

In step S403, when a scrolling movement signal that scrolls upward from the user is received, the output unit 240 can change the output part and output the previous part. Thereafter, when the user continuously scrolls up and outputs the start portion of the second content, the communication unit 210 requests the server 120 for information of the first content.

In step S404, the communication unit 210 acquires the information of the first content again from the server 120. [ The storage unit 220 stores the deleted first content information again, and the output unit 240 may output at least a part of the stored first content and at least a part of the second content.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of content continuous output according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 5, it is assumed that the user requests continuous output of the first content and the second content corresponding to different links.

 As shown in Fig. 5A, a part of the first content is initially output.

When the user moves the scroll down, the output portion of the first content changes as shown in FIG. 5B.

When the user continuously scrolls down and outputs the end portion of the first content, the end portion of the first content and the start portion of the second content are connected and output as shown in FIG. 5C.

When the user continues to scroll down to move down, the first content disappears from the screen and only the second content is output. At this time, the information of the first content can be deleted from the memory.

Also, if the output portion of the content is changed, the information of the content corresponding to the disappearing output portion on the screen can be deleted from the memory.

The above embodiments are merely examples of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The image display method as described above can also be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording media in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the disk management method can be easily deduced by the programmers of the present invention.

The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

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Claims (12)

Obtaining information of the first content from the first link and obtaining information of the second content from the second link;
Storing information of the first content and information of the second content in a memory;
Outputting at least a part of information of the first content;
Outputting at least a part of the second contents in connection with at least a part of the first contents when the predetermined area of the first contents is outputted;
Obtaining list information including the first content and the second content;
Outputting the list information; And
Receiving a continuous output request signal from a user corresponding to the output of the list information,
Wherein the continuously outputting comprises:
And deleting information of the first content from the memory when a predetermined area of the second content is continuously output in connection with at least a part of the first content when the first content is completely output,
Wherein the continuous output request signal includes information on contents for which continuous output is started as a continuous output request signal for requesting continuous output of a plurality of contents corresponding to different links on one screen, When the content to be output is designated and the information about the content in which the continuous output is started is not included in the continuous output request signal, content to be continuously output can be determined based on the content usage history of the user And outputting the continuous content. delete 2. The method of claim 1,
When a continuous output request signal requesting the user to successively output a plurality of contents corresponding to different links on a screen is received, at least a part of the first contents and at least a part of the second contents are connected and output And outputting the contents to the user terminal. 2. The method of claim 1,
And changing an output portion corresponding to the movement of the scroll when the scroll moving signal is received. 2. The method of claim 1,
And generating a scroll movement signal including change range information at a predetermined time without inputting a user. delete A communication unit for acquiring information of the first content from the first link and acquiring information of the second content from the second link;
A storage unit for storing information of the first content and information of the second content;
An output unit for outputting information of the first content and information of the second content;
A control unit for controlling to continuously output at least a part of the first content and at least a part of the second content when the predetermined area of the first content is output from the output unit; And
And an interface unit for receiving a continuous output request signal for requesting continuous output of the first content and the second content from a user,
Wherein,
When a predetermined area of the second content is continuously output in connection with at least a part of the first content, if the first content is completely output from the output unit, the storage unit deletes the information of the first content ≪ / RTI >
Wherein the continuous output request signal includes information on contents for which continuous output is started as a continuous output request signal for requesting continuous output of a plurality of contents corresponding to different links on one screen, When the content to be output is designated and the information about the content in which the continuous output is started is not included in the continuous output request signal, content to be continuously output can be determined based on the content usage history of the user And outputting the continuous content. delete 8. The apparatus of claim 7,
When a continuous output request signal for requesting continuous output of a plurality of contents corresponding to the different links is received, at least a part of the first contents and at least a part of the second contents are connected and output continuously And controls the output unit. 8. The method of claim 7,
The interface unit receives the scroll movement signal,
Wherein the control section controls the output section to change the output section in response to the movement of the scroll. 8. The apparatus of claim 7,
And generates a scroll movement signal including change range information at predetermined time intervals. delete

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