KR102108574B1 - System and method for providing image file containing copyright information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an image file providing system and method including copyright information. To this end, the image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides an authoring tool capable of uploading image data to a client terminal through an Internet network, and receives image data and copyright information from the client terminal through the authoring tool. An image file generation server that generates copyright image data including copyright information, and an image file providing server that transmits URL information of copyright image data to the client when a request is made from the client, and generates an image file The server may receive attribute information on at least one area of copyright image data from a client terminal, and store attribute information in copyright image data.

Description

System and method for providing an image file including copyright information {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE FILE CONTAINING COPYRIGHT INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to an image file providing system and method, and more particularly, to an image file providing system and method including copyright information.

In the case of sound source files, DRM technology and the like have been developed to effectively protect copyrights, but in the case of digital image files, protection against copyrights has not been effectively implemented. Therefore, there are more and more cases where an image is inadvertently downloaded and used on the web and a copyright owner is warned of copyright infringement. However, in the case of a digital image file, even a user who intends to compensate and use it has a problem in determining who is the copyright holder.

In addition, companies operating newspapers or shopping malls require tens to hundreds of thousands of digital images to manage their homepage. However, each of these images needs to be downloaded and managed, which consumes a lot of system resources and traffic due to access by numerous users. There is an increasing problem.

KR 2003-0055189 A

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems as described above, and its purpose is to provide an image file providing system and method for effectively displaying copyright information on a digital image, effectively utilizing system resources, and reducing traffic. have.

To this end, the image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides an authoring tool capable of uploading image data to a client terminal through an Internet network, and image data and copyright information from the client terminal through the authoring tool An image file generation server that receives and inputs copyright image data including copyright information; And an image file providing server that transmits URL information of the copyright image data to the client when the copyright image data is requested from a client, wherein the image file generation server includes at least the copyright image data from the client terminal. Attribute information for one or more areas may be input and stored by including the attribute information in the copyright image data.

The copyright image data may be data in which at least one of copyright information, information on the content of the image data, and price information is further added to the image data in the form of meta information.

The image file providing server provides a download tool to allow the client to download the copyright image data, and the client uses the download tool to obtain the copyright image data on a screen of a terminal used by the client. When dragging or copying to a location, URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to the required location, so that the client can view the copyright image data through the URL information.

The image file providing server may display the copyright information on a screen of the terminal when a preset input is input to the terminal used by the client.

The at least one area may be a person area, a product area, or a background area of the copyright image data.

The image file providing server may display the copyright image on the screen of the client terminal, but may display an icon indicating that the at least one area exists in parallel to the copyright image.

The image file providing server, when a selection command indicating that the icon or the at least one region is selected from the client terminal is input, the attribute information corresponding to the selected icon or the at least one region is displayed on the screen of the client terminal. Can be displayed.

The attribute information is URL information corresponding to product information in the product area, and when a command for selecting the URL information is input from the client terminal, a link screen corresponding to the URL information may be displayed on the screen of the client terminal. have.

In addition, the method for providing an image file according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving image data, attribute information for at least one area of the image data, and copyright information of the image data from a client terminal through an Internet network. ; Generating copyright image data including the copyright information based on the image data and the copyright information; Storing the generated copyright image data; And when requesting the copyright image data from a client, transmitting URL information of the copyright image data to the client.

In the generating of the copyright image data, at least one or more of the copyright information, information about the content of the image data, and price information may be added to the image data in the form of meta information.

In addition, the image file providing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of providing a download tool to enable the client to download the copyright image data; When the client uses the download tool to drag or copy the copyright image data to a required but location on a screen of a terminal used by the client, URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to the required location, so that the The method may further include allowing a client to view the copyright image data through the URL information.

In addition, the method for providing an image file according to the present invention may further include displaying the copyright information on the screen of the terminal when a preset input is input to the terminal used by the client. have.

The at least one area may be a person area, a product area, or a background area of the image data.

In addition, the method for providing an image file according to the present invention comprises the steps of displaying an icon indicating that the copyright image and the at least one area exist on a screen of the client terminal; When the selection command to select the icon or the at least one area is input from the client terminal, the method further includes displaying attribute information corresponding to the selected icon or the at least one area on the screen of the client terminal. You can.

In addition, in the method for providing an image file according to the present invention, the attribute information is URL information corresponding to product information in the product area, and when a command for selecting the URL information is input from the client terminal, it corresponds to the URL information The method may further include displaying a link screen on the screen of the client terminal.

According to the image file providing system and method according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively protect the copyright of the digital image file by effectively displaying the copyright information of the digital image file.

In addition, the present invention can effectively use Internet resources by storing a copyright image file on a web server and transmitting URL information to a required client, and has the effect of lowering traffic to a website operated by the client.

In addition, the present invention can provide personal information and product information of a copyright image file to clients, and in particular, provide URL information such as a shopping mall of product information to clients, so that clients can store shopping malls of products of interest through copyright image files. There is an advantage that can be easily connected to the back. With this configuration, it is possible to generate a profit model in connection with the image file providing system of the present invention and an external shopping mall.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic flowchart of an image file providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 20 are exemplary views showing a method for generating and providing a copyright image file using an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

The embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art, and the following embodiments can be modified in various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is It is not limited to the following embodiments. Rather, these examples are provided to make the present disclosure more faithful and complete and to fully convey the spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art. Terms used herein are used to describe specific embodiments, and the present invention It is not intended to limit. As used herein, singular forms may include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Also, as used herein, “comprise” and / or “comprising” is to specify the shapes, numbers, steps, actions, elements, elements and / or the presence of these groups. , Does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other shapes, numbers, actions, elements, elements and / or groups. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the listed items.

Although terms such as first and second are used herein to describe various members, regions, and / or parts, it is obvious that these members, parts, regions, layers and / or parts should not be limited by these terms. Do. These terms do not imply a specific order, top or bottom, or superiority, and are only used to distinguish one member, region or site from another. Accordingly, the first member, region, or site to be described below may refer to the second member, region, or site without departing from the teachings of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings schematically showing embodiments of the present invention. In the drawings, deformations of the illustrated shape can be expected, for example, according to manufacturing technology and / or tolerances. Therefore, embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as limited to a specific shape of a region shown in the present specification, and should include, for example, a change in shape caused by manufacturing.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a web server 200 and a DB server 300.

Specifically, the web server 200 includes an image file creation server 202 and an image file providing server 240, and receives new image data and copyright information corresponding to the image data from a client, and generates a new format. Creates copyright image data of and shares it with multiple clients.

The image file generation server 202 provides an authoring tool for uploading image data to a client terminal through an Internet network, and receives image data and copyright information from the client terminal through the authoring tool, and includes copyright information. It plays a role in generating image data.

At this time, the copyright image data may be data in which copyright information, information on the content of the image, price information, etc. are added in the form of meta information to a digital image file in a format such as JPEG. In addition, as will be described later, the copyright image data may include and store attribute information for at least one area of the copyright image data. At this time, the attribute information may also be added in the form of meta information, and the at least one area may be one of a person area, a product area, and a background area of copyright image data.

The attribute information may be personal information of a person when the at least one area is a person area, may be detailed information of a product and URL of a shopping mall in the case of a product area, and may be place information of a background in the case of a background area. However, this is only an example, and the attribute information may include various other information according to the setting.

Generally, when a client photographs a digital image with a smart device such as a smartphone, the shooting date, GPS information, etc. are basically recorded as meta information. In addition, the present invention is to generate a new copyright image file by adding copyright information, information on the content of the image, price information, and the like as meta information.

Copyright information refers to personal information such as the name of the copyright holder, and information about the content of the image refers to information about the type of subject when a person, animal, object, etc. appears in the image, and price information refers to the copyright holder's image When distributing files to other people, it means the amount of information according to whether they are distributed for free or for a fee.

The DB server 300 serves to store copyright image data generated in this way. Although FIG. 1 shows that the DB server 300 is separate from the web server 200, it is natural that the DB server 300 may be located inside the web server 200.

The format of the 'copyright image file' generated by the image file generation server 202 will be referred to as 'ipeg' for convenience. This is derived from collectively referencing the web server 200 and DB server 300 according to the present invention as an 'Image Tank'.

The image file providing server 204 serves to transmit URL information of the copyright image data to the client when a request for copyright image data is made from the client. That is, the conventionally used method was to transmit the image file itself whenever necessary, but instead of directly transmitting the file, the present invention transmits only the address of the location where the copyright image file is stored, that is, URL information to the client. Use

In addition, the image file providing server 204 provides a download tool that allows the client to download copyright image data, and the client uses the download tool to transfer the copyright image data to a required location on the screen of the terminal used by the client. When dragging or copying, the URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to a required location, so that the client can view the copyright image data through the URL information.

Further, the image file providing server 204 may display copyright information on the screen of the terminal when a preset input is input to the terminal used by the client.

In addition, the image file providing server 204 may collect information about a client that receives URL information of copyright image data and use it in a billing policy.

Referring to FIG. 1, image data and copyright information are uploaded from the client terminals 110 and 120, and the image file creation server 202 generates a copyright image file, and the image file providing server 204 has multiple clients The concept of providing an image file by transmitting URL information to terminals 410, 420, and 430 is illustrated.

Hereinafter, a specific operation of the image file providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 20.

2 is a schematic flowchart of an image file providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the method for providing an image file according to the present invention, the image file generation server 202 first provides the authoring tool to the client terminal (S510). In this case, the term 'authoring tool' may be an application on a smartphone or an editing platform on a web browser on the desktop. That is, the client may access the web server 200 through the Internet network through a terminal such as a smartphone, laptop, or desktop owned by the client, and be provided with the authoring tool provided by the image file generation server 202. .

When the client uploads image data and copyright information corresponding to the image data using the authoring tool, the image file generation server 202 receives the image data and copyright information (S520), and generates copyright image data ( S530).

At this time, the copyright image data may be formed by further adding a layer in which copyright information, image content information, price information, etc. are stored in the form of meta information to image data in a format such as JPEG, as described above. Creates it in a new format for 'ipeg'.

The image file creation server 202 stores the generated copyright image file data in the DB server 300 (S540).

Next, the image file providing server 204 provides a download tool to download the copyright image data through the Internet network, and when the client requests the copyright image data using the download tool, receives it (S550), The URL information of copyright image data is transmitted to the corresponding client.

The present invention can effectively generate the copyright information of the digital image in this way, store it in a database on a web server, and then provide the image file while effectively using system resources by providing only the URL information to the necessary clients.

3 to 20 are exemplary views showing a method for generating and providing a copyright image file using an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 to 17 show a method of generating a copyright image file using a smartphone application.

3 shows a screen of the smartphone 10 when an application for a smartphone provided by the image file providing system of the present invention is installed. The icon marked "Image Tank 12" immediately represents the application.

When the user clicks the corresponding icon, the photo image stored in the smartphone 10 is loaded and displayed as shown in FIG. 4. That is, in FIG. 4, a picture of a female entertainer is displayed on the screen 13 of the smartphone 10 as an example.

If the user of the smartphone 10 is the copyright holder who took the celebrity picture, the user of the smartphone 10 touches a certain portion of the screen 13 and the icons for various operations of the application are vertically displayed as shown in FIG. 5. Is displayed.

For example, when the icon at the bottom right is touched, a screen for entering copyright information may overlap as shown in FIG. 6. Referring to FIG. 6, a region 14 for inputting copyright information while the blurring of a celebrity's photo is blurred on the background of the screen 13 of the smartphone 10 and the basic photo information 15 of the image overlaps It can be seen that it is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the user of the smartphone 10 can enter the name of the copyright holder, an email address, model information of the image, and price information. After inputting copyright information and the like, when the “UP Cloud” icon is touched as illustrated in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG. 9, 'ipeg' with the “it” logo inserted at the upper left of the screen 13 As the copyright image file of the format is generated, it is stored in the DB server 300. Here, "it" is an abbreviation of 'Image Tank' and indicates that the corresponding image file is a copyright image file.

10 to 17 illustrate a method of inputting attribute information on at least one or more regions of image data as a function according to another embodiment provided by an application according to the present invention, and using the same.

FIG. 10 shows a female celebrity image, which may be copyright image data in which the preceding copyright information is inserted or image data before the copyright information is inserted.

At the top of the screen 13 of the smart phone 10 is shown a tool icon and tagging text to select at least one area of image data.

The square icon is a tool that sets a specific area into the rectangle's border, and an icon that looks like a starfish is an icon that allows the user to set an arbitrary area with a touch. It is an icon to enter the attribute information for the area after the "Tagging" area is set.

In FIG. 10, it can be seen that the face portion of the female entertainer is selected as a rectangular area (A), and when area A is selected, when "Tagging" is touched, a screen for entering attribute information of the corresponding area is displayed as shown in FIG. , In FIG. 11, a screen including a name, a profile, and an email address can be confirmed.

9 and 10 illustrate that at least one or more areas are areas representing person information, and the attribute information may be personal information of the person.

In FIG. 12, it can be seen that the user selects the starfish-shaped icon and selects the clothes worn by the female celebrity, thereby selecting the area B. At this time, when the "Tagging" icon is also touched, a screen for inputting information on the clothes, price, and shopping mall address may be displayed as shown in FIG.

13 illustrates that the type of clothes, price, and shopping mall information is input, but other information may be added.

12 and 13 illustrate that at least one or more areas are product information, and attribute information may be a type of product, a price, and a shopping mall address.

After inputting attribute information for at least one or more areas as above, touching the OK icon generates copyright image data as shown in FIG. 14.

The " it " icon displayed at the upper left of the screen 13 in Fig. 14 indicates that copyright image data is inserted into the image data as described above, and the " ⒤ " icon displayed on the left side of the person's face and clothes. Indicates that attribute information for the corresponding area is inserted.

FIG. 15 shows a screen in which attribute information is scrolled from the top to the bottom of the screen 13 when the user touches the “⒤” icon on the 촤 side of the person's face, and FIG. When the icon is touched, it indicates that the property information of the clothes is displayed on the screen 13.

In FIG. 16, when the user touches the link of the shopping mall address, the screen is switched to the actual shopping mall address as shown in FIG. By doing this, the user can check the copyright image file, check the attribute information of the person or product information in the copyright image file, and easily move to the related site.

The character area and the product area are exemplified above, but it is obvious that there may be various areas such as a background area.

In particular, by linking the address of the shopping mall to the attribute information, and allowing the user to easily move to the shopping mall by touching the address, the user can facilitate shopping, the copyright holder of the copyright image data, or the image according to the present invention It is possible to provide a platform that allows a provider of a file providing system to generate revenue in connection with a shopping mall.

18 to 20 are views illustrating a method of editing an article using a download tool 25 provided by the web server 200 on a laptop or desktop.

Referring to FIG. 18, a screen 20 of a laptop or desktop is shown, and a download tool 25 is executed. The download tool 25 may be an editing tool provided by a website or an application.

On the right side of the screen 20, a window for searching photos stored in the DB server 300 is displayed as another window, and the user drags the image A with a mouse to edit the download tool 25 You can move it to any location you like.

Then, the URL information B is inserted as shown in FIG. 19, and the user sees a screen in which the image A is actually displayed, as shown in FIG. That is, an interface is provided so that only the URL address is copied, not the actual image A is downloaded by the operation of dragging the image A.

Of course, this method is only one possible embodiment of various possible interfaces, and provides a real URL text information to the user, and a method for allowing the user to directly display the image by inserting the URL text information into a desired location of the editing tool. And so on.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. However, this is merely for the purpose of illustrating the present invention and is not intended to limit or limit the contents of the present invention. Therefore, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and equivalents therefrom. It will be possible to practice one other embodiment, and therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the technical matters of the appended claims.

200: web server
202: image file creation server
204: image file providing server
300: DB server

Claims (17)

An image file that provides copyright authoring tools for uploading image data to a client terminal through an internet network, and generates copyright image data including copyright information by receiving image data and copyright information from the client terminal through the authoring tool Generating server; And
And an image file providing server that transmits URL information of the copyright image data to the terminal when a request is made from the terminal used by the client,
The image file generation server,
Receiving attribute information for at least one area of the copyright image data from the client terminal, storing the attribute information in the copyright image data,
The image file providing server,
Provides a download tool to download the copyright image data to the terminal, and when the terminal drags or copies the copyright image data to a required location on the screen of the terminal using the download tool, the copyright image An image file providing system, characterized in that the URL information of the data is transmitted to the required location so that the client can view the copyright image data through the URL information.
According to claim 1,
The copyright image data,
An image file providing system characterized in that copyright information is added to the image data in the form of meta information.
According to claim 2,
The copyright image data,
The image file providing system, characterized in that the information or price information on the content of the image data is data added in the form of meta information.
delete According to claim 1,
The image file providing server,
When a preset input is inputted to the terminal, the copyright information is displayed on the screen of the terminal.
According to claim 1,
The at least one area is a person area, a product area, or a background area of the copyright image data.
The method of claim 6,
The image file providing server,
An image file providing system, wherein a copyright image is displayed on a screen of the client terminal, and an icon indicating that the at least one area is present is displayed in parallel with the copyright image.
The method of claim 7,
The image file providing server,
When a command to select the icon or the at least one area is input from the client terminal,
And displaying attribute information corresponding to the selected icon or at least one area on a screen of the client terminal.
The method of claim 8,
The attribute information is URL information corresponding to product information in the product area,
When a selection command for the URL information is inputted from the terminal, an image file providing system characterized in that a link screen corresponding to the URL information is displayed on the screen of the terminal.
Receiving image data, attribute information for at least one area of the image data, and copyright information of the image data from a client terminal through an Internet network;
Generating copyright image data including the copyright information based on the image data, the attribute information, and the copyright information;
Storing the generated copyright image data;
Providing a download tool to download the copyright image data to a terminal used by a client; And
When the client drags or copies the copyright image data to a required location on the screen of the terminal using the download tool, the URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to the terminal, so that the client receives the URL information. And providing the copyright image data through the image file providing method.
The method of claim 10,
The step of generating the copyright image data,
A method of providing an image file, wherein copyright information is added to the image data in the form of meta information.
The method of claim 11,
The step of generating the copyright image data,
And adding information on the content of the image data or price information in the form of meta information to the image data.
delete The method of claim 10,
And when the preset input is input to the terminal, displaying the copyright information on a screen of the terminal.
The method of claim 10,
The at least one area is a person area, a product area, or a background area of the copyright image data.
The method of claim 15,
Displaying an icon indicating that a copyright image and the at least one area exist on a screen of the client terminal; And
When the selection command indicating that the icon or the at least one area is selected is input from the client terminal, further comprising displaying attribute information corresponding to the selected icon or the at least one area on the screen of the client terminal. How to provide image files.
The method of claim 15,
The attribute information is URL information corresponding to product information in the product area,
And when a command for selecting the URL information is input from the terminal, displaying a link screen corresponding to the URL information on the screen of the terminal.

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