KR20010000194A - system for controlling and selling multimedia data on online or wireless system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for managing and selling wire and wireless integrated multimedia information is provided to listen to music of an album or watch an image by recording the album in a cyber media space by wire and wirelessly and connecting to the cyber media space through wire or wirelessly if the user wants to listen to music or watch an image. CONSTITUTION: An album data server (14) has multimedia information on albums for sales and pieces of the albums. A member data server (16) has basic information on admitted members, payment information and delivery information. A member album data server (18) has registration information on albums purchased and registered by members. A Web server (12) controls a media server (20) to output a data for pieces of an album selected by a member registered in the member album data server (18), as a streaming data. A gateway (22) transmits the information outputted from the media server (20) through the Internet (10) to a radio relay station (24) or transmits the data inputted through the Internet from the radio relay station (24) to the Web server (12).

Description

Wired and wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system {system for controlling and selling multimedia data on online or wireless system}

The present invention relates to a wired / wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system, and more specifically, to establish a member album database that can be connected via wired or wireless, to form a cyber media space, and to provide multimedia information about a general album or omnibus album purchased by a member. The present invention relates to a wired / wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system that registers in a cyber media space and connects to a cyber media space regardless of a place, and enjoys music or images.

BACKGROUND ART In the record market, albums produced by using a magnetic tape of a conventional magnetic recording / reproducing method or a compact disk of an optical recording / reproducing method are recorded and sold.

Recently, with the development of computer and multimedia technologies, multimedia information such as video and music is being produced as digital data. A representative example thereof is MP3, and a software or hardware player for reproducing the same has been developed. Software players include Real Player, Window Media Player and MP3 Player.

Such digital multimedia information is easily transmitted, copied, and stored in units of songs, and is rapidly spread with the spread of the Internet.

However, albums with magnetic tapes and compact discs, which have led the music market in the past and in the environment, have had a problem of having to pay a considerable economic cost in order to enjoy the desired music because the price is too expensive. When a magnetic tape or a compact disk is damaged or lost, there is a problem that its compensation or recovery is impossible.

In addition, the multimedia information such as the existing MP3 that is spread with the spread of the Internet usually has a capacity of about 4M ~ 5M bytes per song, and portable players sold for the playback of multimedia information such as MP3 is usually 32M bytes or 64M It has a storage capacity of about a byte.

Therefore, portable players can store as many songs as possible. Therefore, there is a problem in that the music that the user listens to using the conventional portable player is limited by the capacity limitation.

In addition, there is a problem that the distribution of multimedia information paid or free for download via the Internet is restricted due to copyright issues due to the ease of copying and storing.

An object of the present invention is to establish a cyber media space that can be connected by wire or wireless, and to purchase a album that members want to listen to and register in the cyber media space by using a computer or a wireless communication terminal that can be connected by wire or wireless regardless of place It's about letting you listen to music or videos in an album.

Another object of the present invention is to edit a plurality of music or videos that members want to listen to the omnibus album to register in the cyber media space to be able to enjoy the wired or wireless using a computer or a wireless communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to register the information in the cyber media space without downloading or copying the multimedia information to be able to enjoy without regard to the place of the wired or wireless without the burden on the storage capacity of the member.

1 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a wired / wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of purchasing and registering an album in a cyber media space according to an embodiment.

3 is a connection screen provided by a web server

4 is a screen for searching an artist and an album to purchase a general album

5 is a screen for outputting an album purchase confirmation message

6 is a screen for searching for an artist and an album to purchase an omnibus album

7 is a screen for determining the title of the omnibus album

8 is a screen for outputting a purchase confirmation message of an omnibus album

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of viewing an album registered in a cyber media space.

10 is a screen illustrating a method of selecting a general album and an omnibus album.

11 is a screen for selecting a general album to watch

12 is a screen for selecting an omnibus album to view

The wired / wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system according to the present invention is connected to a wireless communication terminal connected to the Internet through a wireless relay station or a user computer connected to the Internet to receive and enjoy multimedia information. And an album data server having multimedia information on the songs, and a member data server having information including basic information and payment information for members, and a stream of cyber media space for streaming the album data purchased and registered by the member. A member album data server having a media file, a media server converting streaming media files registered in the member album data server into multimedia content files and selectively outputting them to the internet and a gateway, and bidirectional communication with the wireless relay station through the internet. And converting the multimedia content file transmitted from the media server into wireless communication data according to the member's request and transmitting the wireless content to the wireless relay station through the Internet, and outputting access screens when connecting to the Internet. When purchasing an album included in the album data server, the album is registered in the member album data server, and when a member requests viewing, the media server is controlled to display streaming media files registered in the member album data server. And a web server for selectively transmitting to the gateway.

The web server provides a purchase function of an omnibus album that determines a song to be recorded and a general album with a predetermined song, and the member requests to selectively view a general album and an omnibus album registered in the member album data server. Can be configured to control.

In addition, a disk maker is further configured in the member album data server, and when a member requests to produce a purchased album as a disk, multimedia information may be transmitted to the disk maker and stored in the disk.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a wired / wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention establishes a cyber media space that can be accessed through the Internet, and registers an album that a member wishes to view in the cyber media space. can do.

To this end, the embodiment has a configuration as shown in FIG.

The web server 12 is connected to the Internet 10, and the web server 12 has an album data server 14, a member data server 16, and a member album data server 18.

The album data server 14 has multimedia information about albums for sale and songs belonging to the album data server 14, and the member data server 16 has basic information, payment information, delivery information, and the like of subscribed members. In addition, the member album data server 18 has data for cyber media space and has registration information for albums purchased and registered by a member.

Then, the web server 12 controls the media server 20, accordingly, the media server 20 is streaming data to the data of the songs of the album selected by the member among the contents registered in the member album data server 18 The gateway 22 transmits the information output from the media server 20 to the wireless relay station 24 through the Internet 10 or transmits data input from the wireless relay station 24 through the Internet 10. Configured to transmit to the web server 12.

Then, the web server 12 is connected to the financial institution server 26 to perform the approval request and authentication thereof through the Internet 10. The user uses the user computer 28 to access the web through the Internet 10. The server 12 may be connected to or receive information output from the media server 20, and the service may be used through the wireless relay station 24 using the wireless communication terminal 30.

In this case, the user computer 28 may access the web server 12 through the Internet 10 or receive and convert streaming data transmitted from the media server 20 through the Internet 10. It is preferable to mount a web browser and a media player. Alternatively, a dedicated access program for accessing a site operated by the web server 12 and automatically performing a logon may be set.

The wireless communication terminal 30 is also preferably equipped with a protocol for bidirectional communication with the wireless relay station 24, a media player, and an Internet access tool (web browser).

Accordingly, the user may use the service by wire using an internet access medium such as the user computer 28 or wirelessly by using the wireless communication terminal 30.

The album data server 14 converts the multimedia data into audio format such as AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format), AU, MID, SNUD, WAV, MP3, ASF, WMA, RAM, RM, or MPEG, AVI, ASF, RM. It is stored in the unit of video format such as video format, and the album includes a plurality of music or images.

In addition, the member album data server 18 stores multimedia information about general albums or omnibus albums registered by members as streaming media files, and the streaming media files perform various operations such as creating playlists such as the ASX file format. It is desirable to store the text based on a tag that can be used for the purpose.

The media server 20 calls the streaming media file stored in the member album data server 18 selected by the member for viewing and includes the audio or video track along with the multimedia data and the script command, such as the ASF format. And convert the multimedia content file.

In addition, the media server 20 receives the transmission information from the web server 12 and transmits the multimedia content file to the user computer 28 of the corresponding member through the Internet 10 when the wired service state and the multimedia when the wireless service state. The content file is transmitted to the gateway 22.

The gateway 22 is configured to convert the multimedia content file into a communication format, such as WML or HDML format for wireless communication, and transmit it to the wireless relay station 24 through the Internet 10.

As described above, a user registered as a member can view multimedia information in a wired state using the user computer 28 or in a wireless state using the wireless communication terminal 30.

First, a user registration, a member login and a purchase method will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.

The user may be connected to a service site operated by the web server 12 via the Internet 10 via the user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30.

In order to access the web server 12 through the Internet 10 via the user computer 28, the user runs a web browser or a dedicated access program of the user computer 28 to execute a URL of a website operated by the web server 12. Connect to

In addition, in order to access the web server 12 by the wireless communication terminal 30, the user transmits the URL information of the website operated by the web server 12 stored in the wireless communication terminal 30 to the wireless relay station 24. Accordingly, the wireless relay station 24 accesses the gateway 22 of the corresponding URL and then accesses the website operated by the web server 12.

As described above, the web server 12 outputs the screen as shown in FIG. 3 through the Internet 10 and the gateway 22 when the user connects via wired or wireless. In the initial screen of FIG. 3, the user registers, logs in, singer, album, and music. Buttons 40, 42, 44, 46 for selecting a service such as a warehouse are configured.

Here, the membership button 40 is to provide a function for requesting input of information for a user to register as a member and registering a user as a member using the input information, and the login button 42 is a member. The registered user enters a previously issued account and password to log in for initial setting to use the service, and the artist and album button 44 provide a function of searching for multimedia information to purchase and applying for a purchase. The music warehouse button 46 is for selecting a purchased album to use a streaming service.

If the user is not registered as a member, click the membership button 40 to request membership, and at this time, the web server 12 requests input of data necessary for membership, and the user inputs data for Request membership. Then, the web server 12 registers the corresponding data in the member data server 16, determines whether the same account is registered, and outputs a message for approving the subscription for the user's account and password.

Then, the user registered as a member clicks the login button 42 to perform the login (S2). In order to log in, the web server 12 outputs a screen (not shown) requesting the input of the member's account and password. Accordingly, the member inputs his / her account and the password thereof, and the web server 12 The account and password entered are inquired to the member data server 16 to approve the use of the service.

As described above, the member who is approved to use the service in the login process determines whether to purchase a new album or to enjoy the purchased album, and clicks the singer and the album button 44 or the music warehouse button 46 accordingly.

When the singer and album button 44 is clicked to search for the singer and the album (S4), the screen of FIG. 4 is transmitted to the user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30 via the Internet 10.

At this time, the web server 12 transmits the corresponding information through the Internet 10 and the gateway 22 according to the user connection state, and transmits the information transmitted to the gateway 22 from the wireless relay station 24 through the Internet 10. Air propagation is transmitted to the member's wireless communication terminal (30).

As shown in FIG. 4, the selection screen includes regions 50 and 52 for selecting a singer and his album, and also includes a listening button 54 and a purchasing button 56.

Accordingly, the member selects a desired singer in the singer selection area 50 and accordingly selects a desired album among albums displayed in the album selection area 52 (S6). At this time, if you click the listen button 54 (S8) you can listen to the songs contained in the album you want to purchase.

To this end, the listen button 54 should be set to output a predetermined multimedia file to the user's computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30 of the member, the web server 12 is the album data information about the selected song Called by the server 14 and transmitted to the media server 20 in the form of a streaming media file (S10), the media server 20 converts the streaming media file for the songs of the selected album into a multimedia content file to the Internet (10) Or to the gateway 22. Of course, when the multimedia content file is received, the gateway 22 transmits data to the member's wireless communication terminal 30 through the Internet 10 and the wireless relay station 24.

Then, the member can hear and view the contents of the selected album through the user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30 currently being used. At this time, the user computer 28 and the wireless communication terminal 30 drive the mounted media player to output the received multimedia data.

When the member selects the singer and the album and clicks the purchase button 56 (S12), a purchase confirmation message is output as shown in FIG. 5 (S14). The purchase confirmation message displays information such as an album name, a singer, a record / organization company, and includes a purchase button 60 for selecting a purchase and a cancel button 62 for canceling a purchase.

Therefore, when the member clicks on the cancel button 62 to cancel the purchase (S16), the screen is returned to the screen of FIG. 4, and when the member clicks on the purchase button 60 to make a purchase (S16), the web server 12 Inquires the member data server 16 and calls the member's payment information and requests approval from the financial company server 26 through the Internet 10 as the information (S18). The financial company server 26 then transmits the approval information for the corresponding information to the web server 12 via the Internet 10.

If there is no payment information in the member data server 16, the web server 12 requests the input of the payment information, and accordingly performs the aforementioned approval request with the payment information input by the member.

When the approval information is received from the financial institution server 26, the web server 12 registers the album of the singer selected by the member to the member album data server 18 in the form of a streaming media file.

4 and 5 described above describe a process in which a member purchases an artist's album. On the other hand, members can select multimedia information about various songs included in various albums and organize and purchase their albums in omnibus style.

This will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

Unlike FIG. 4, a member may apply for a purchase as an omnibus album by combining songs included in various albums.

Specifically, when the singer and album button 44 are clicked on the screen of FIG. 3 and the screen of FIG. 6 is transmitted to the Internet 10 user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30, the member selects the singer selection area 50. And a singer are selected in the album selection area 52 and a specific song included in the album of the singer is selected (S6). Of course, you can click the listen button 54 before selecting to listen to the songs contained in the album you want to purchase (S8, S10).

After repeating the above process, selecting a plurality of songs and clicking the purchase button 56, a screen for determining a title is output as shown in FIG. In this screen, the member randomly inputs the title of the omnibus album in the area 70. If the currently selected songs are ballad songs, a title of " ballad " is arbitrarily entered and then the confirmation button 72 is clicked. At this time, the song names currently selected and included in the omnibus album may be configured to be displayed on the screen of FIG. 7 as a list.

When the song name of the omnibus album is selected and the confirmation button 72 is clicked (S12), a purchase confirmation message of FIG. 8 is output (S14). The purchase confirmation message displays information such as an album name, a singer, and a record / planner, and since the album is currently an omnibus album, the singer and the record agency may be set to output separately designated text (for example, “omniverse”).

When the member clicks the purchase button 74 after checking the output message of FIG. 8 (S16), when the payment of the above-described step S18 is requested and the approval information is obtained, the web server 12 receives the member album data server 18. Register the omnibus album that is currently requested to be purchased.

The purchased albums can be accessed by the user via wired or wireless through the user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30, as shown in Figure 9 to 12.

The member can access the web server 12 via the Internet 10 by wire using the user computer 28, and access the Internet 10 through the wireless relay station 24 using the wireless communication terminal 30. After connecting to the gateway 22 can be connected to the web server 12.

Accordingly, the member may receive the initial screen of FIG. 3 from the web server 12 connected to the Internet 10 to the user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30 via the Internet 10 and the gateway 22. Can be.

After the member performs a login process (S40) for inputting a previously issued account and a password thereof, the member clicks the music warehouse button 46 to access the cyber media space established in the member album data server 18.

The album built in the member album data server 18 is set as the cyber media space. When the music warehouse button 46 is clicked, a screen for selecting the album warehouse or omnibus is output as shown in FIG. It may be connected (S42). Here, the album warehouse button 80 is for viewing an album registered as a general album, and the omnibus button 82 is for viewing an album registered as an omnibus album.

Therefore, when the member clicks the album warehouse button 80, the contents registered in the member album data server 18 are output as shown in FIG. 11, so that the user can view the purchased general album list. Can be specified (S44).

Alternatively, when the member clicks on the omnibus button 82, the omnibus contents registered in the member album data server 18 are output as shown in FIG. In the case of Fig. 12, the registered album list is output to the list area 86, and songs corresponding to individual omnibus albums are output to the song name area 88. Accordingly, the member can designate an omnibus album by clicking and clicking the omnibus album (S44).

If a member wants to purchase a real album such as a compact disc or a magnetic tape without viewing a general album or omnibus album as streaming data through the Internet, the disc application buttons 84 and 90 provided in FIGS. When clicked, data about it is transmitted from the member album data server 18 to the disc maker 100 (S48), and the disc maker 100 records the multimedia information of the album on a compact disc or magnetic tape. It is then sent out by a delivery system (not shown), in which it is apparent that the request for approval and approval information for the e-commerce are made.

On the other hand, if the selection is made to the general album or omnibus album for the member to click on the album in Figures 11 and 12 described above, the media server 20 is controlled by the web server 12 (S50) The media server 20 calls the streaming media file registered in the member album data server 18 with respect to the selected general album or omnibus album and converts it into a multimedia content file.

When the member is connected by wire, the media server 20 transmits the multimedia content file as streaming data to the user computer 28 through the Internet 10. When the member is connected wirelessly, the media server 20 transmits the multimedia content file to the gateway 22, and the gateway 22 converts the multimedia content file into a file for wireless communication and transmits the wireless relay station 24 through the Internet. ), The wireless relay station 24 transmits to the member's wireless communication terminal (30).

As the data transmitted as described above, the member enjoys the user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30 (S52). At this time, the user computer 28 or the wireless communication terminal 30 drives the mounted media player and outputs the received data.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the album is registered in the cyber media space by wired / wireless without the necessity of downloading and storing multimedia files through purchase or communication of a real object such as a compact disc or a magnetic tape, and when the user wants to listen to the cyber media space through wired or wireless There is an advantage in that it is possible to enjoy the music or video of the album to be transmitted by connecting to.

In addition, since such appreciation is made through wired or wireless, there is an effect of viewing an album registered in the cyber media space regardless of the place.

In addition, the omnibus album is not limited to a specific album and can be edited and purchased at random, and then registered in a cyber media space for viewing, thereby extending its utility in use.

Claims (3)

In a wired / wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system that receives and enjoys multimedia information by using a wireless communication terminal relaying access to the Internet through a wireless relay station or a user computer that can access the Internet, An album data server having multimedia information about albums and songs therein; A member data server having information including basic information and payment information for the registered members; A member album data server having a streaming media file of data on an album purchased and registered by the member as a cyber media space; A media server converting the streaming media file registered in the member album data server into a multimedia content file and selectively outputting the multimedia content file to the Internet and a gateway; A gateway for performing bi-directional communication with the wireless relay station through the internet, converting a multimedia content file transmitted from a media server into wireless communication data according to an application of the member, and transmitting the wireless communication data to the wireless relay station through the internet; Outputs access screens when connected to the Internet, and if a member purchases an album included in the album data server, registers the album in the member album data server, and if the member requests viewing, controls the media server to control the member. And a web server for selectively transmitting streaming media files registered in an album data server to the Internet and the gateway. The method of claim 1, The web server provides a purchase function of an omnibus album that determines a song to be recorded and a song to be randomly recorded, and the member controls to selectively listen to the general album and omnibus album registered in the member album data server Wired and wireless integrated multimedia information management and sales system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The member album data server is further configured with a disk producer, when the member requests to produce a purchased album to the disk multimedia information about it is transmitted to the disk producer, wired and wireless integrated multimedia information, characterized in that stored in the disk Management and sales system.