KR20000063510A - System for electronic book based on internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic books system based on internet is provided to induce continuous interest of children by reading the electronic books including multimedia information through an exclusive browser, and to manufacture books having a user established story by changing some environments of the story according to user's desire. CONSTITUTION: An electronic books system based on internet comprises a member management module(20), a book selection module(30), a browsing module(40), books production module(50), an output module(60), a conversion module(70), and a control module(10). The member management module(20) registers a plurality of client(100) as a member, stores and manages to a member information database(81). The books selection module(30) selects the books from books information database(85) according to a request of the member. The books production module(50) products a user establishing books based on a story and reads a story and a moving picture corresponding to the selected books from the books selection module(30) by a story database(82) and a moving picture database(83) and then displays the read story and the moving picture. The conversion module(70) converts a language displayed by the browsing module(40) into other language according to the member. The control module(10) controls each of the modules, stores a data related to the database, or reads a data related to that.

Description

System for electronic book based on internet

The present invention relates to an e-book system based on the Internet, and more particularly, to an e-book system capable of browsing a multimedia book including text, graphics and video on the Internet.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electronic book system that allows a user to produce a multimedia book directly on the Internet.

In general, in order to read a book including a novel or a fairy tale, the book is rented or purchased through a library or a bookstore offline, and online, a digital book is subscribed as a member of a site providing an e-book.

Most of the existing online books are mostly text in HTML format, and the site administrator selects and browses the books stored in the database. Thus, although it may be related to the size of the site, the choice of books is limited.

In addition, in the case of fairy tales targeting children, various problems occur.

First, since the contents of a fairy tale are mainly provided as text and displayed using a general web browser, children get tired of reading the fairy tale quickly, and thus there is a problem that the educational effect is reduced.

In addition, since many fairy tales are imported from foreign countries, not only do they not have a good feeling for the characters, clothes, and surroundings of the characters, especially, there is a problem that it is not easy to memorize the names of the characters.

In some cases, you may think of a fairy tale where you are the main character, but it is almost impossible or expensive to spend in the current e-book system.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic book system that can induce a constant curiosity of children by reading the electronic book containing multimedia information through a dedicated browser.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic book system that can directly produce a book having a user-defined story by becoming a character or changing the background to the user's taste.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent from the features of the present invention described below.

1 is a configuration diagram on the Internet to which the electronic book system of the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic book system to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reading an electronic book according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of producing a user-defined book according to the present invention.

5 is a perspective view showing a dedicated browser applied to the present invention.

6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the book production module of the present invention.

7 is a screen diagram for explaining a process of selecting a story when a user-created book is produced.

8 is a screen diagram for explaining a process of selecting a character when a user-created book is produced.

According to the present invention, the operation server provides digital books to a plurality of clients via the Internet, and the data server has a plurality of databases for storing information related to the digital books,

The operation server registers clients as members and stores and manages them in the member information database of the data server, and lists related types of books from the book bibliographic information database of the data server according to the request from the members. A book selection module that selects books according to the selection request, a book production module for creating a custom book based on the stories and characters provided by the members, and contents related to the selected book from a story database and a video database of the data server. A browsing module for displaying and producing books, an output module for outputting selected books and produced books, and a control module for controlling the operation of each module and controlling reading and storage of data to / from databases. Lure that is initiated Internet-based e-book system.

An example of the book production module applied to the present invention is composed of a story providing unit and a character providing unit to produce a custom book by combining the stories and characters provided from the story providing unit and the character providing unit, the story providing unit of the book to be produced The genre selector provides a user to select a genre, a title selector providing a user to select a desired title among books belonging to the selected genre, and a story display part that displays a story related to the title, and the character provider selects a genre of the character. Character genre selection unit to provide, and a character display unit for displaying characters corresponding to the selected genre.

In one embodiment, the characters appearing in the story displayed by the story display unit may be linked to the character display unit to select a character suitable for the person appearing while viewing the story.

Another example of the book production module applied to the present invention is to provide a story directly written by the member and a character related to the written story online to produce a custom book by combining the story and the character.

In addition, the conversion module converts the language displayed by the browsing module into another language at the request of the member.

In addition, books selected by the member and produced books can be downloaded online or printed directly in a file form.

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

Referring to Figure 1, the configuration on the Internet to which the e-book system of the present invention is applied is shown.

The client 100 and the operation server 200 are connected by the interface 150 via the Internet. The operation server 200 may be connected to the data server 300 to retrieve or store necessary data from various databases built on the data server 300 through a common gate interface (CGI). The data server 300 may be included in the operation server 200 without being separately placed according to the amount of accumulated data.

Hardware specifications or software solutions for the data server 300 having an operational server 200 and a database are well known in the art and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

2, a block diagram of an electronic book system applied to the present invention is shown.

Electronic book system of the present invention is a member management module 20, book selection module 30, browsing module 40, book production module 50, output module 60, conversion module and control module for controlling each module It consists of 10. It also consists of databases that store data generated from each module.

The member management module 20 registers the clients 100 of FIG. 1 as members and stores and manages them in the member information database 81. As the member information, a name, ID, password, age, favorite genre, etc. may be applied. The member management module 20 basically stores a variety of information generated as a result of activities as a member, for example, mileage, reading taste, etc., in addition to a function of storing and managing information directly input by the client 100. It is also managed.

The book selection module 30 lists books of related types from the book bibliographic information database 85 and selects books according to a selection request from a member according to a reading request from a member. That is, when a member selects a genre to be viewed, books related to the selected genre are read from the book bibliographic information database 85 and the titles are listed. The list may be formed in various ways, and it may be friendly to the children to configure the book-like interface so that the selected book is selected from the library. In addition, before selecting a book, bibliographic information and brief contents of the book can be viewed, for example, author, publication date, publisher, book review, and the like.

Book production module 50 according to the present invention produces a custom book based on the stories and characters provided by the members. Stories and characters can be provided in two ways, as described below. One is a method of providing a story and a character produced by the member online, and the other is a method of selecting and providing a story and a character provided from the story database 82 and the character database 84. In the former case, the members have the advantage of wide selection by creating or producing various materials and characters. In the latter case, the material and the character are limited, but do not go through cumbersome procedures.

Book production module 50 is composed of a story providing unit 51 and a character providing unit 55, for example, by combining the story and characters provided from the story providing unit 51 and the character providing unit 55 book production unit 58 To create a custom book. The story providing unit 51 may include a genre selecting unit 52 which selects a genre of books to be produced, a title selecting unit 53 which provides selecting a desired title among books belonging to the selected genre, and a story related to the title. The story display unit 54 is displayed. In addition, the character provider 55 includes a character genre selector 56 for selecting a genre of the character and a character display unit 57 for displaying characters corresponding to the selected genre.

The browsing module 40 reads and displays the stories and videos corresponding to the book selected from the book selection module 30 from the story database 82 and the video database 83, respectively, or is produced through the book production module 50. Display the book. Preferably, the browsing module 40 may use a dedicated browser for reading a book. Referring to FIG. 5, a dedicated browser to which a book-type browsing interface is applied is illustrated. That is, a story is displayed on the left page 42 of the dedicated browser, and a video related to the story is displayed on the right 44 page. In addition, when reading the next story, the bookshelf 45 goes one page. By adopting such a browsing interface, children can be convinced that they are actually reading a book and can concentrate on reading.

On the other hand, the book selected or produced from the book selection module 30 or the book production module 50 is downloaded in the form of a file through the output module 60 or printed online. The downloaded file can be browsed or printed using a dedicated browser installed on the member's computer, and can be printed online and produced as a book without downloading.

The conversion module 70 converts the language displayed by the browsing module 40 into another language at the request of a member. For example, a fairy tale displayed in Korean may be converted into English for English learning and displayed.

The control module 10 controls the operation of each module and stores related data in or reads related data from each database.

The process of reading or producing an electronic book using the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail below.

A process of reading an e-book will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

When the client 100 accesses the operation server 200 through the Internet, the member management module 20 allows the client to input an ID and a password. When the client 100 inputs the registered ID and password (step S10), the member management module 20 compares the input ID and password based on the information stored in the member information database 81 to determine whether the registered member. (Step S12).

If it is determined that the member is not registered, the new member joining procedure is performed (step S14). On the other hand, in the case of a registered member, the book selection module 30 allows the member to select a genre of books to be viewed and retrieves and displays books belonging to the selected genre from the book bibliographic information database 85. In this case, as described above, when the display interface is configured in the form of a library, and a book is selected, animation is performed in a form in which the selected book is extracted from the library, the children may be friendly. In addition, before selecting a book, bibliographic information and a brief description of the book can be viewed (step S17). For example, if the book of interest is clicked once, the book's author, publication date, publisher, book review, etc. Is displayed and you can configure the book to be selected by clicking twice in succession.

When the book to be read is selected, the conversion module 70 allows to select a language for displaying the story of the book (step S18). If the language to be displayed is set to Korean by default, the story is displayed in Korean if no language is selected.

The browsing module 40 then displays the multimedia information including the story and the video of the selected book (step S20). In order to display the complex information as described above, a dedicated browser may be used. For example, as described above with reference to FIG. 5, a story is displayed on one page 42, a video related to the story is displayed on the other page 44, and a story on the next page is viewed. In this case, the bookcase 45 may be configured to be turned over.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not reading is to be continued (step S22). If the processing is continued, the process returns to step S10, and if not, the process ends.

A method of manufacturing a user-defined electronic book will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

First, access to the operation server to select a book production item, and then select or provide a story to be included in the book (step S30). As described above, the method of selecting a story includes an interactive method of selecting according to a menu provided to the book production module 50 and a method of directly writing and providing the online content.

Referring to FIG. 7, the interactive method will be described first. The genre selector 52 of the story providing unit 51 of the book providing module 50 lists genres of books to be produced. For example, the genre may be indirectly distinguished by expressions such as "the legend of flowers", "funny stories", "scary stories", and "aesop fables". Among the listed genres, for example, if "fearful story" is selected, the title selector 53 lists titles belonging to this genre from the book citation information database 85. If "black cat" is selected from the listed titles, the story display unit 54 displays the story of the selected title in the window. Accordingly, the member can edit the displayed story by modifying the displayed story on the window or by copying and pasting the necessary part into the new window. The last edited and completed story is temporarily stored in the story database 82.

Then, a character suitable for a person appearing in the story (here, a person includes other objects besides human) is selected or provided (step S32).

Referring to FIG. 8, a process of selecting a character in an interactive manner will be described in detail. The character genre selecting unit 56 of the character providing unit 55 may include genres representing characteristics of the character, for example, “space warrior”, List "Donald Doc" and "Baby Dinosaur Dooly". When one of the character genres listed in this way is selected, the character display unit 57 displays various characters belonging to the selected character genre in the window. At this time, the characters appearing in the completed story can be linked to the characters listed and listed characters in a new window.

In addition, as described above, the characters appearing while editing the story displayed by the story display unit 54 may be linked. When the characters and characters appear in the story by clicking on the characters, related characters are displayed. To select the appropriate character.

When both the story and the characters are selected in this way, the book production unit 58 combines them into one completed book and stores them in the personal library database 86 (step S36). That is, a completed electronic book is produced by allowing a member to select a cover, plate, or decoration.

User-defined books stored in the personal library database 86 can be downloaded in the form of a file through the output module 60 and can be viewed or printed using a dedicated browser installed on the member's computer. It is possible to produce books.

In the above, the process of producing a user-defined book in an interactive manner has been described. However, if a user directly writes a story and a produced character online, the book production unit 58 may combine these to produce a completed book.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the story is provided not in the text but in the form of multimedia, it does not get tired of reading, and thus the educational effect is increased. In particular, in the case of a fairy tale for children, a video is accompanied so that the reader is more curious and approaching reading.

The user himself has the advantage of being able to provide books of various materials and contents by directly setting characters for stories and characters. For example, if a book is produced by applying the story that occurs in the children's surroundings and the character using the child's photo, the corresponding child has a greater interest and reads, which can lead to various ethical education. have.

Claims (6)

An e-book comprising a plurality of clients, an operating server for providing digital books to the clients via the Internet, and a data server having a plurality of databases for storing information related to the digital books under the control of the operating server. In the system, The operation server A member management module that registers the clients as members and stores and manages them in a member information database of the data server; A book selection module for listing related types of books from a book bibliographic information database of the data server according to a reading request from the member, and selecting books according to a selection request from the member; A book production module for producing a custom book based on a story and a character provided by the member; A browsing module for reading and displaying contents related to the selected book from a story database and a video database of the data server or displaying the produced book; An output module for outputting the selected book and the produced book; And And a control module that controls the operation of each module and controls reading and storage of data to / from the databases. The book production module of claim 1, wherein the book production module includes a story providing unit, a character providing unit, and a book producing unit to produce a user-defined book in the book producing unit by combining the stories and characters provided from the story providing unit and the character providing unit. , The story providing unit may include a genre selection unit providing a selection of a genre of books to be produced, a title selection unit providing a selection of a desired title among books belonging to the selected genre, and a story display unit displaying a story related to the title. Done, The character providing unit comprises a character genre selecting unit for selecting a genre of the character, and a character display unit for displaying characters corresponding to the selected genre. The Internet-based e-book system of claim 2, wherein the characters appearing in the story displayed by the story display unit are linked to the character display unit. The Internet-based book production module of claim 1, wherein the book production module receives a story directly written by the member and a character related to the written story online to produce the user-defined book by combining the story and the character. E-book system. The Internet-based e-book system of claim 1, further comprising a change module for converting a language displayed by the browsing module into another language at the request of the member. The Internet-based e-book system according to claim 1, wherein the selected book and the produced book are downloaded or printed in a file form online.