KR20000050028A - Method of producing private computer-readable media via internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for producing a personal record media using the internet is provided to perform services according to objects, by classifying general contents production of a standard form into professional contents production of an application software provider(ASP) program, when members produce contents of a personal homepage, an electronic album, a personal data custody, and a portfolio on the internet. CONSTITUTION: A method for producing a personal record media comprises the steps as follows. If the user is connected to a web server, the web server confirms members. If a member chooses general contents production, the web server supplies the user contents producing page, and the user produces the general contents, by using the producing page. The produced contents are previewed. The user demands the record media production to settle accounts. The web server stores the contents to confirm the settlement. The web server transmits the contents and members information to the computer for producing the record media. And the record media is produced in the computer.

Description

Method of producing private recording media via internet {Method of producing private computer-readable media via internet}

The present invention relates to a method for a user to directly create a recording medium, such as a promotion, CD for business cards through the Internet.

Recently, a recording medium business has been operated to produce and sell recording media such as CD-ROMs for advertisements or business cards of companies through the Internet or offline. Among the recording media used for this purpose, CD is commonly referred to as shape CD or business CD, and it is used for distributing corporate promotional videos or homepages on small-diameter CDs or credit card-sized CDs in addition to simple circular forms. It is widely spread as.

In the conventional recording medium, the basic production quantity is set to about 1,000 because of its production cost, which makes it difficult for ordinary individuals to produce a small amount. Recently, with the development of the information and communication environment, the demand of the private minority market for special media such as CD recording media is gradually increasing, and this demand is mainly formed by students and startups. In the case of students, it is mainly used for thesis production, graduation work, and portfolio production. In the case of start-up companies, it is used for company promotion.

On the other hand, as the Internet environment is rapidly improved due to the spread of optical communication and computers, the demand for contents such as homepages produced by individuals is rapidly increasing. Increasing demand for specialized content is spreading not only to homepage production but also to content-related fields such as electronic albums, personal data storage, and portfolios, and the market size of record media is increasing accordingly.

In addition, the CD recording medium market continues to increase. It is analyzed that the CD recording medium as a secondary recording medium has a larger capacity and convenient storage than the conventional disc as the communication environment with the computer is improved.

The present invention implements a method of producing a recording medium for the production of contents such as personal homepage, electronic album, personal data storage, portfolio, etc. on the Internet, and the members participate in the production of contents. The service is classified into the production of specialized contents, and the purpose is to realize the customized service according to the target.

Figure 1a is a system configuration of the present invention.

1B is a schematic flowchart of a method according to the present invention.

2a is a flow chart of a method according to the invention

Figure 2b is a flow chart of the general content production step

Figure 2c is a screen diagram of the general content production page

Figure 3a is a flow chart in the case of professional content production

Figure 3b is a detailed flowchart of the professional content production step

summary

A user who wants to produce a recording medium subscribes to the server as a member. The produced contents are classified into general users (general contents) and professional users (special contents), and when the general contents are for the interest of the novice users, the contents can be produced by selecting from a standardized type. In the case of receiving the ASP program for content production on the Internet to produce content on the Web.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a recording medium by a user connecting to the server in a system in which a server and a personal computer user are connected through the Internet, and the server is connected to a recording medium producing computer.

The method according to the present invention includes (1) verifying a member in a web server when a user accesses a web server, (2) providing a content production page to the user in a web server when the member wants to produce general content, The user creates the general content using the production page, (3) demonstrates the produced content, (4) the user orders and pays for the production of the recording medium, and (5) stores and pays the content on the web server. And (6) transmitting the contents and the member information from the web server to the recording medium producing computer, and (7) producing the recording medium in the recording medium producing computer.

In addition, the method according to the present invention includes the steps of (1) confirming the membership in the web server when the user accesses the web server, and (2) in the case where the member wants to produce the specialized content, the web server makes the content production program online. The user can use the program to produce specialized content, (3) demonstrate the produced content, (4) the user orders and pay for the production of the recording medium, and (5) the content on the web server. Storing and confirming payment, (6) transmitting contents and member information from a web server to a recording medium producing computer, and (7) producing a recording medium in the recording medium producing computer.

In the above, after the user registers with the server in step (1), the user who has become a member can select whether to produce general content or specialized content.

In the general content production step, the user is connected to the DB server, providing a production page for presenting a formal type from the server and producing the content in a manner that allows the user to select, wherein the user has a surface of the recording medium ( Cover) to determine the design, creating a start page, creating a body page, and creating an ending page.

The step of creating a start page, a body page, and an ending page includes determining a desktop design provided from a production page, inputting necessary text, determining an icon shape, and selecting a background music.

The production of professional content includes a step of providing a content production program to a user and a step of producing content using a program provided by the user. The step of producing content determines a data usage method to determine a user's data. If the user data is uploaded to the web server, when the user data is not used, connect to the DB server, run the provided program to determine the surface (cover) design of the recording medium, determine the number of pages of content Determining the design of the desktop, entering the text content, determining the icon shape, selecting the background music, selecting the module effect, and deciding whether to create a custom surface.

When the user who has completed the above steps orders the production of the recording medium, the created content is stored in the web drive space given to the user of the web server, and the recording medium producing computer copies the content data to the air recording medium, Printing, packaging and shipping to the user are made on the surface of the medium.

Hardware system configuration

1A is a block diagram of a recording medium manufacturing system according to the present invention. It consists of a homepage operation server (hereinafter referred to as a server), a personal computer user (hereinafter referred to as a user), and a recording medium production computer. The server is connected to the user via the web, and the recording medium producing computer is connected to the server by wire, but may be connected via the web.

The server includes a web server, a database server, and a firewall. The server provides content software to a user so that a member can create a personal recording medium, and provides a web drive space of 50 to 100 MB. It stores the work done by the user who produced the content and serves to order the recording medium.

The user can provide a source file to the server, create a recording medium, store it in a web drive, and input a quantity of recording medium production. The user must first register as a member of the server. As a member, registered users can choose whether to produce general content or specialized content.If you select general content, you can create a recording medium by selecting from a standardized form using the content production page provided from DB server. If you select the professional content, you can make the recording media online by using the content production program provided by the server as an application software provider (ASP).

The server transmits the work contents and all the information so that the recording medium producing computer can produce the recording medium according to the user's order, and the operator produces the recording medium based on this and delivers it to the user.

How to make a personal record carrier

FIG. 1B is a flow chart showing a basic conceptual diagram of the program provision (ASP) in the method of manufacturing a recording medium according to the present invention. When the user accesses the homepage of the server and transmits a content program driving command [101], the server drives the content work program to transmit the execution screen to the user [201]. When the user works in the content work program and sends the work selection data [103] it is received by the server and automatically stored in the directory [203]. The result of the content work program is transmitted to the user so that the user can receive a result screen [105]. When the user commands a demonstration of the produced content [107], the server demonstrates the content and sends the demo screen to the user [207]. ] You can check the demonstration screen.

Fig. 1B shows only a process in terms of providing a program between a server and a user, and the overall configuration will be described with reference to Fig. 2A and below.

Figure 2a is an overall configuration diagram of the method according to the present invention, the configuration of which is as follows.

(1) A step in which a user connects to a web server and checks membership in a web server [209].

The user registers in advance on the web server and is provided with a workspace (a web drive of about 50-100MB) from the web server. The way a user connects to a web server is similar to that of a normal website homepage. In other words, it accesses a web server using a browser installed on a user's PC and loads an HTML web page.

The web server checks the membership when the user connects. You can check the member ID and password by searching the member DB.

(2) If the member selects to produce the general content, the web server provides the content production page to the user [211], and the user produces the general content using the production page [109].

This step is for producing general content, which is a production page for presenting a formal type 11 as shown in FIG. 2C and allowing the user to select a content. Various types 11 needed for production can be provided by being connected to a DB server [213]. The type 11 may be arbitrarily configured in various ways. The type 11 may not only provide a screen but also include a message and a voice.

The detailed procedure of general content production is shown in FIG. 2B. In the flowchart of FIG. 2B, the content is composed of three cuts of a start page, a body page, and an ending page. Basically, three cuts are enough for the general user to use the recording medium for his promotional or business card.

In FIG. 2B, a user connected to the DB server initially determines the surface (cover) design of the recording medium [111]. Next, when creating a start page [113], you can determine the desktop design provided by the production page, enter the required text, determine the icon appearance, and select the background music. Next to the start page, a body page is created [115]. At this time, the user can determine the design of the desktop provided by the production page, input necessary text, determine the icon shape, and select the background music. Write the body page, then the ending page [117]. Again, you can determine the desktop design provided on the production page, enter the required text, determine the icon shape, and select the background music.

As such, the production of general content is performed by the user editing using the data of the database provided by the DB server. Therefore, the desired recording medium can be created easily and quickly.

On the other hand, when the connected member selects the production of the specialized content, the procedures of A and B of FIG. 2A are performed, which will be described later.

(3) Returning to Fig. 2A again, demonstrating the produced content [119].

Demonstration can be performed to check the contents produced by the user. In the above contents production step, the contents produced by the user can be temporarily stored in the production page and configured as a screen configuration.

(4) a user orders a record carrier production [121] and makes a payment [123].

(5) storing the content in the web server [215] and confirming the payment [217].

When a user orders to create a recording medium, the created content is stored in the web drive space given to the user in the web server [215] and the web server checks whether the payment is made [217]. The user can input the desired quantity when ordering, and select the payment method to pay. As a payment method, a method commonly used in electronic commerce (online deposit, credit card, electronic money payment, etc.) may be used.

(6) transmitting the content and the member information from the web server to the recording medium producing computer [219].

(7) Recording medium production step [301] for producing a recording medium in a computer.

When the user's payment is confirmed, the web server transmits the stored content and member information (address, name, etc. retrieved from the member DB) to the recording medium production computer. The recording medium production computer also functions to copy the content data to a recording medium such as a blank CD using the recording medium-W (writer), and to print the surface of the recording medium such as a CD, package it, and send it to a user. .

On the other hand, when the member connected in step 209 selects the professional content production, the process proceeds as shown in FIG. 3A. Figure 3a shows the procedure made between A and B of Figure 2a. In the case of specialized content, the process is different from that of general content. In the case of specialized content, the user does not provide a formal type to the user, but provides a content production program to the user (ASP). To produce.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the web server includes a step [221] of providing a content program (ASP) to a user in a web server and a step [125] of producing content using a program provided by the user.

The detailed process of producing the content [125] is shown in FIG. 3B. When user data is used, user data is uploaded to a web server [127, 129]. When user data is not used, it is connected to a DB server [223, 131] to use the stored data. Uploading user data is done using the file transfer protocol (FTP).

Once the data usage method is determined, the provided program is executed to determine the surface (cover) design of the recording medium [133]. Next, the number of pages of content is determined [135], and the design of the background screen is determined [137]. Then, the text content is input [139], the icon shape is determined [141], the background music is selected [143], and the module effect is selected [145]. Finally, it is decided whether to create a user-defined surface [147] to complete the production process. Creating a custom page means determining the number of content pages, confirming whether you have created all of these pages, and performing repeated operations if all of the pages are not created. All the created faces will be displayed on the screen as a whole or in an index, and they can be moved to any side at any time during the work so that they can be linked to each other through pull-down menu at any time on all sides.

Subsequently, the order, payment, and recording medium production process proceeds in the same manner as described for the general content in FIG. 2A.

As described above, the present invention has been described. Although the above-described method has been made through the Internet online, the technical idea of the present invention can be applied to offline. For example, when implementing the present invention in the form of a vending machine, the server and the user PC may be implemented by being combined with one vending machine. This can be easily carried out by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, since an individual user can produce a recording medium such as a recording medium as desired by joining the Internet, it is easy for a general person to produce a small amount of thesis, and thus a thesis production, a graduation work, a portfolio It can be used for production or promotion of new company. In addition, the operator can expect indirect revenue from music, advertisements, and other service contents included in the content, as well as the profit from attracting members.

Claims (9)

In a system where a server and a personal computer user are connected through the Internet, and the server is connected to a recording medium production computer, a user connects to the server to create a recording medium. (1) checking the membership in the web server when the user connects to the web server, (2) If the member selects general content production, the web server provides the content production page to the user, and the user produces the general content using the production page, (3) demonstrating the content produced; (4) the user orders and pays for the creation of the record carrier, (5) storing the content on the web server and confirming the payment; (6) transmitting contents and member information from a web server to a recording medium producing computer; (7) Record carrier production method comprising a step of producing a record carrier on a computer, a personal record carrier via the Internet. In a system where a server and a personal computer user are connected through the Internet, and the server is connected to a recording medium production computer, a user connects to the server to create a recording medium. (1) checking the membership in the web server when the user connects to the web server, (2) If the member selects the professional content production, the web server provides the content production program to the user, and the user creates the professional content using the program, (3) demonstrating the content produced; (4) the user orders and pays for the creation of the record carrier, (5) storing the content on the web server and confirming the payment; (6) transmitting contents and member information from a web server to a recording medium producing computer; (7) Record carrier production method comprising the steps of producing a record carrier in a computer, a personal record carrier production method via the Internet. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein in the user registration with the server, a step of receiving a web drive from the server is added. In claim 1, the step of producing a general content, Providing a production page that allows the user to connect to the DB server, present a formal type from the server, and produce content in a manner that allows the user to select; Determining the surface (cover) design of the recording medium by the user; Creating a start page, Creating a body page, Comprising the steps of creating an ending page, a method for producing a personal recording medium via the Internet. The method of claim 4, wherein the start page, body page, and ending page creation step includes the step of determining the desktop design provided on the production page, inputting the required text, determining the icon shape, and selecting the background music. How to make a recording medium. The method of claim 2, wherein the member comprises providing a content production program online to the user when the member selects the professional content production, and producing the content using the program provided by the user. The method of claim 6, wherein producing the content comprises: Determining how the data is used, uploading user data to a web server if the user's data is used, and connecting to the DB server when the user's data is not used, Executing the provided program to determine the surface (cover) design of the recording medium, Determining the number of pages of content, determining the design of the desktop, entering text content, determining the appearance of icons, selecting background music, then choosing a module effect, And determining whether to create a user-defined surface. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein when the user orders the recording medium, the created content is stored in a web drive space provided to the user on the web server. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the production step of the recording medium production computer, And duplicating the content data onto the airlock medium, and printing and packaging the surface of the recording medium and sending the package to the user.