KR20010044282A - Contents Providing System and Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A contents provision service system and method is provided to enable a user to search for wanted part among a plurality of book data stored in a database by using sub-title search or contents based search technique. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a version manager(4), a contents classifier(6), a contents converter(2), a contents database(10), a contents management server(8), a web server(12), a transaction server(14), a format converter(29), and an annotation module(31). The version manager(4) classifies the book data by a version. The contents classifier(6) classifies the contents into text areas including specific key words. The contents converter(2) converts the book data into internet accessible data. The contents management server(8), installed between the contents converter(2) and the contents database(10), stores the book data, transmitted from the contents converter(2), in the contents database(10). The transaction server(14) manages the transaction specifications of the web site members. The format converter(29) converts the stored book data into various format data selected by the member. The annotation module(31) allows the member to annotate some explanation at a position of the book data.

Description

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The present invention relates to a content providing system and a method of driving the same, and more particularly, to a content providing system and a method of driving the same so as to extract and use only desired contents from a plurality of books.

At present, with the development of the Internet, electronic books are being activated. The e-book provider generates the e-book by converting the contents of a book sold in a general bookstore into a specific format (for example, Portable Document Format (PDF)) available on the Internet. The electronic book may be displayed to an Internet user who has paid a predetermined amount or downloaded by the Internet user, ie, a conventional electronic book may simply use a book sold in a bookstore through the Internet.

Such an electronic book can simply search for the title of the book, so that the user could not accurately grasp the contents of the book. That is, it was impossible to search the contents of the book. In addition, the user was unable to extract and use only the contents that he / she wanted from many books. Therefore, in the current information society, there is a demand for a system that can build professional contents through classification of books and provide the constructed information.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a content providing system and a method of driving the same, which allow the user to extract and use only desired contents from a plurality of books.

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

2 is a view showing a content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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2: content converter 4: version control device

6: content classification device 8: content management server

10: content DB 12: web server

14: Trading Server 16: Website

18: Registration DB 20,22: search engine

24: firewall 26: authentication device

28,30: Converter 32, 34: Communication network

36,40: user computer 38: printer

42: notebook 44: mobile phone terminal

46: dedicated terminal 50: administrator

52: raw content 64: user

In order to achieve the above object, the content providing system of the present invention includes a version management apparatus for classifying a plurality of book information by version, a content classification apparatus for classifying a predetermined sentence area including a search word from a user, and A content converter that converts book information into a format that can be accessed by a user to generate book data, a content database in which book data is stored, and a book data installed between the content converter and the content database and transmitted from the content converter. A content management server for storing in a database, a web server for running a web site that provides a user interface for book data, a registration database for storing information of users registered as members in the web site, and Transactions with transaction history It includes a server, a format converter for converting book data into a plurality of formats desired by web site members, and annotator for annotating web site members at desired locations.

The content providing method of the present invention includes: classifying a plurality of book data by version, and classifying the book data classified by version into a predetermined sentence area including a search word from a user to facilitate a search; Storing the book data in a content database; Running a web site that provides a user interface for book data; Processing membership authentication for a user connected to the web site; Extracting specific data from the database when a member of the web site searches for specific data among book data stored in the database; Converting the extracted data into a format that can be printed or a format that can be displayed on a user's terminal.

Other objects and features of the present invention in addition to the above objects will become apparent from the description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a content providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a content providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a content converter 2, a version management device 4, a content classification device 6, a content management server 8, and a content database. (Hereinafter referred to as "DB") 10, web server 12, web site 16, transaction server 14, registration DB 18, search engine (20, 22), firewall 24 and authentication Apparatus 26 is provided. In the version control apparatus 4, a plurality of books are classified and managed by versions. For example, if a particular book has been published in the third edition, it manages the changes made in the first edition to the second edition, and changes made in the second edition to the third edition. The content classifying apparatus 6 classifies the book to search for a plurality of books stored in the content DB 10. For example, the content classification device 6 may classify and manage books by list. The content converter 2 converts the books classified into a predetermined version in the version control apparatus 4 into a specific format (for example, PDF or XML file) so that they can be stored in the content DB 10. A plurality of book data converted into a specific format by the content converter 2 is stored in the content DB 10 through the content management server 8. The content management server 8 stores book data transmitted from the content converter 2 in the content DB 10, and extracts book data requested from the web server 12 and transmits the book data to the web server 12. The web server 12 runs a web site 16 that provides a user interface for book data retrieval. The registration DB 18 stores information (for example, the member's name, ID, password, social security number, etc.) of Internet users registered as members in the web server 12. The transaction server 14 stores a member's transaction details and / or a credit card number. The search engines 20 and 22 search book data stored in the content DB 10 using the text input from the user. The firewall 24 blocks the access of unauthorized Internet users. The authentication device 26 authenticates the membership using the member's ID and password. The first converter 28 converts the book data extracted from the content DB 10 by a user request into a data format that can be output by the printer. The format converter 29 converts the book data into a format other than the data format, that is, a format desired by the user. Annotator 31 adds a user's annotation to a specific location in accordance with the user's request. The book data converted into the printer format in this way is output by the printer 38 under the control of the user computer 36. The second converter 30 converts the book data to be displayed on the screen. The user accesses the communication network 34 using the user computer 40, the notebook computer 42, the mobile phone terminal 44, or the dedicated terminal 46, and displays the book data transmitted from the second converter 30 on the screen. Let's do it.

2 is a view showing a content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the manager 50 collects raw content 52, that is, a plurality of books. The collected raw content 52, that is, a plurality of books, are separated by versions in the version control apparatus 4 (S54). The raw content 52 classified by versions in the version control apparatus 4 is the content classification apparatus 6. (S56) For example, the content classifying apparatus 6 may classify the raw content 52 so as to search for a subtitle by setting a subtitle on each page of a plurality of books. have. Meanwhile, the content classification device 6 may classify the raw content 52 so that the content of the book can be searched. Thereafter, the content converter 2 converts the raw content 52 into a specific format to generate book data. (S58) The book data generated by the content converter 2 is stored in the content DB 10 through the content management server 8. On the other hand, the users 64 may use the computers 36 and 40, the notebook computer 42, the mobile phone terminal 44 or the dedicated terminal 46 via the communication network 32 and 34. The web site 16 is accessed. Users accessing the web site 16 go through a member authentication process in order to be authenticated that the user is a legitimate user (S68). At this time, the firewall 16 is installed on the web site 16 to block unauthorized user access. . The user who accesses the web site 16 searches for the desired book data through the search engines 20 and 22 (S72). For example, when the user searches by the term 'culture', the content management server (8) extracts data corresponding to the search term 'culture' from among the plurality of book data. (S74) The extracted data is formatted according to the user's purpose. (S76) Formatting according to the user's purpose in step S76. After the user adds an annotation at the user's desired location according to the request, it is transmitted to the user (S76).

As described above, according to the content providing system and method according to the present invention, a user can search and use only a desired content among a plurality of book data stored in a content database. Therefore, in a rapidly changing information society, users can easily use their desired contents. Furthermore, the user can easily search for the contents of the book by searching for the title of each page or searching the contents of the book.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (6)

Version control device for classifying a plurality of book information by version, A content classification device for classifying into a predetermined sentence area including a search word from a user; A content converter converting the plurality of book information into a format accessible to a user to generate book data; A content database in which the book data is stored; A content management server installed between the content converter and the content database to store book data transmitted from the content converter in the content database; A web server for running a web site that provides a user interface to the book data; A registration database for storing information of users registered as members on the web site; A transaction server that stores transaction details of the web site members; A format converter for converting the format of the book data into a plurality of formats desired by the website members; And annotator that annotates the desired position of the web site members. The method of claim 1, The members access the web site and search for the desired information by the search term using a search engine, And the content management server receives the information transmitted from the search engine and extracts the information from the content database. The method of claim 1, And the information extracted from the content database is converted into a first format that can be output according to the use of the user, or converted into a second format so that the information can be displayed on the terminal of the user. The method of claim 1, The content classification device provides a subtitle for each page of the book data so that the search can be easily performed, and the content management server searches for the subtitle or the content of each page of the book data. Classifying a plurality of book data by version, and classifying the book data classified by the version into a predetermined sentence area including a search word from a user to facilitate searching; Storing the book data in a content database; Launching a web site that provides a user interface to the book data; Processing membership authentication for a user connected to the web site; Extracting the specific data from the database when a member of the web site searches for a specific date among book data stored in the database; And converting the extracted data into a format that can be printed or a format that can be displayed on a terminal of a user. The method of claim 5, And the web site authenticates the user connected to its site as a member using an authentication device, and blocks an unauthorized user's access using a firewall.