KR20010107007A - Method for Implementing Information and Knowledge Providing Service Through Internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention allows the user to register and manage his / her own knowledge / information, share it with others, and reward the knowledge / information provider appropriately according to the frequency and level of use of the registered knowledge / information. It relates to a knowledge / information providing service method using the Internet.

According to the method of the present invention, a computer user accessing a server to perform a member registration process; When the member selects the knowledge / information registration menu, the server inputs an HTML document for inputting necessary information for registration of knowledge / information including whether to share or sell the knowledge / information to be registered with other members. Transmitting the window to the member's computer and registering the inputted knowledge / information registration items in the knowledge / information DB of the database; Performing a search of knowledge / information registered in the knowledge / information DB of the database by members registered in the member DB; And if the searched knowledge / information is shared knowledge / information by the server, the member provides all registered contents to the member, and if the searched knowledge / information is for sale knowledge / information, the server provides a part of the registered contents and further purchases. Providing all registered contents through a procedure.

Description

Method for Implementing Information and Knowledge Providing Service Through Internet}

The present invention relates to a method of providing knowledge / information service using the Internet. In particular, the user can register and manage his / her own knowledge / information using the Internet, share it with others, and use the registered knowledge / information. The present invention relates to a method of providing a knowledge / information service using the Internet to reward a knowledge / information provider according to a frequency and a grade.

Currently, the number of Internet users is increasing rapidly, and these Internet users use the Internet for the purpose of searching for various information, advertising and electronic commerce.

Searching through the Internet is mainly done by category or search engine. Searching through the search engine is generally performed by indexing the website address (URL) that contains the keyword (key word) in the content. After storing, when a user inputs a keyword into a search engine and searches for the keyword, the website addresses indexed by the keyword are extracted from a database. Websites registered in the database to be searched by a search engine are indexed by keywords provided by the person who wants to register, and the information value of the content provided by the registered website is determined by the registered person.

However, the content of a website registered to provide specific knowledge or information must be updated from time to time to provide more advanced or up-to-date information to satisfy the searchers' information needs. As the contents of are not updated from time to time, users who are searching for useful knowledge or information using the Internet are frequently seeing frustration.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and allows a user to register and manage knowledge / information in a database of a search engine on the Internet, share it with others, or sell it to others, and registered knowledge / information. Providing a knowledge / information service method that can maximize the value of knowledge / information registered in the database by rewarding users who provided knowledge / information according to the degree of utilization and the level of knowledge / information. The purpose.

Another object of the present invention is the useful value or grade of knowledge / information to those who want to use the registered knowledge / information by having the knowledge / information registered in the database evaluated by the searcher other than the registrant or experts in the field The purpose of this study is to enable the registrant of knowledge / information to be motivated to maintain the quality of the registered knowledge / information.

1 is a schematic representation of a system environment for carrying out the invention;

2 is a block diagram showing a more detailed configuration of the computer and server shown in FIG.

3 is a flowchart schematically showing the overall process of a knowledge / information service method using the Internet according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a member registration process according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering knowledge / information in a database of a server according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching, searching for, and purchasing knowledge / information registered in a database according to the present invention.

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10: user computer 10-1: evaluator computer

11 network interface 12 operating system

13: web browser 20: server

21: application program interface 22: operating system

23: database management system 30: database

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a server including an application program, a search engine, a category classification and a database that allows a computer user to access through an Internet network, and stored in a knowledge / information DB of the database. A service method for providing knowledge / information, wherein, when the computer user runs the web browser of the computer and accesses the server through an internet network and selects a member registration menu provided by the server, the server identifies an individual. Transmitting an HTML document input window for inputting information necessary for member registration, including a number (ID) and a password, to the computer; When the user inputs the information necessary for member registration in the input window and transmits the information to the server, the server stores the input data in the member DB of the database and generates a member account for storing the reserves to be paid to the member. Storing in a member account DB of the database along with a member ID; When the member selects the knowledge / information registration menu, the server inputs an HTML document for inputting necessary information for registration of knowledge / information including whether to share or sell the knowledge / information to be registered with other members. Transmitting a window to the member's computer; Registering, by the server, the input items in the knowledge / information DB of the database when the member completes inputting all the items necessary for the knowledge / information registration; Performing a search of knowledge / information registered in the knowledge / information DB of the database by a member registered in the member DB using a search engine or a category of the server; And, if the searched knowledge / information is shared knowledge / information, the server provides the member with all registered contents, and if the searched knowledge / information is for sale knowledge / information, the server provides a part of the registered contents. And providing all the registered contents through the purchase process.

According to the present invention, when the server provides the member with all the contents of the searched shared knowledge / information by performing the search, the reserve is added to the member account of the member account DB given to the member who provided the knowledge / information.

In addition, the present invention allows the registered knowledge / information to be evaluated by another member or a professional evaluator.

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

1 schematically depicts a preferred embodiment of a system environment in which the present invention may be practiced. In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, the plurality of user computers 10 and the evaluator computer 10-1 can be connected to the server 20 for the service of the present invention through the Internet network.

As used herein, the term "Internet network" is a set of networks interconnected by standard protocols such as TCP / IP, HTTP, and wireless Internet protocols (e.g., WAP), and changes or additions to existing standard protocols. The concept includes various changes that can be made in the future, including.

The user of the computer 10 is a person who accesses the server 20 to perform a member registration process, registers knowledge / information with the server 20, or searches for registered knowledge / information.

When the service of the present invention is operated by the paid membership system, the server 20 is connected to the member's dues payment process or the rewards provided to the member through the computer network of the bank 14 and the leased line or the internet network. It is.

2 is a view for explaining a more detailed configuration of the computer 10, 10-1 and server 20 shown in FIG. Computers 10 and 10-1 include a network interface 11, an operating system 12 and a web browser 13 for internet access. The network interface 11 for connecting the computers 10, 10-1 to the Internet includes hardware such as a modem and a LAN card and a communication connection program or a networking program. As the operating system 12, a commercial program such as Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 2000 may be used. The user interface for starting and operating an internet connection is made through a web browser 13. The web browser furnace 13 may be an example of Netscape's communicator or Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

The server 20 includes an application program interface (API) 21, an application program 22, a database management system (DBMS) 23, and a database 30. In a preferred embodiment, the application 22, DBMS 23 and database 30 are implemented within one physical server, but in other embodiments of the present invention may be implemented distributed across a plurality of servers.

The database 30 includes a member DB, an evaluator DB, a knowledge / information DB, an account DB, a sales DB, a download DB, a statistics DB, and an acquaintance DB.

Member DB stores personal information necessary for member registration such as member's name, address, social security number, e-mail address, and field of interest, and evaluator DB stores evaluator's ID, password, name, social security number, e-mail address, occupation, specialty And the like.

The knowledge / information DB stores the registered knowledge / information contents and the items necessary for their use.

The account DB includes a member account DB for storing details of the member's ID and compensation amount of the member, and an evaluator account DB for storing the ID and reserve of the evaluator.

The sales DB stores order details and payment methods when a member who wants to purchase sales knowledge / information completes an order and payment.

The download DB is generated for each member ID, and when the member completes the order and payment for the purchase of the knowledge / information for sale, the user downloads and stores the knowledge / information to be purchased from the database 30 of the server.

The statistics DB stores information necessary for operating the server 20 including a result of evaluating the member's knowledge / information.

The acquaintance information DB allows the member to store his / her acquaintances or customer information (name, e-mail address, relationship, telephone number, etc.) and search for acquaintances managed by the member by the member's ID.

The server 20 acts as an HTML server providing an HTML document containing knowledge / information to each computer 10, 10-1 and accesses an application program through the API 21 to access each computer 10, 10-. At the request of 1), the application program 22 is executed.

The application program 22 includes a member registration module, a knowledge / information registration module, a member authentication module, and an account management module.

The member registration module requests a user to input personally identifiable information required for member registration such as a member's name, address, social security number, e-mail address, and interest, and inputs the input data when the personal personal information is completed. Save to member DB of. The member registration module generates an account in which rewards to be paid to members are accumulated at the same time as member registration, and stores the account in the member account DB of the database 30 together with the member identification information.

The knowledge / information registration module selects a keyword to be used for selecting and searching a category corresponding to the knowledge / information to be provided to a member who wants to register the knowledge / information in the knowledge / information DB of the database 30, and the knowledge / information to register. It provides a menu for inputting the necessary information for selecting and registering information to be shared or sold with others, and when the selection and input of members are completed, the selection and input are registered in the knowledge / information DB.

The present invention may include a process of receiving an evaluation of registered knowledge / information from an expert in a field to which registered knowledge / information belongs for quality management of registered knowledge / information. Such evaluation may be performed online or off-line, and the results or evaluation grades evaluated by the experts are further stored in the knowledge / information DB and provided to the searcher.

When the evaluation of registered knowledge / information is performed online, the member DB is divided into a general member DB and an evaluator DB for the evaluator. The evaluator registered in the evaluator DB is authorized to evaluate the knowledge / information registered by the member ID and password. If the evaluator searches for registered knowledge / information by category or keyword and then enters an evaluation level, the input level is stored in the knowledge / information DB.

The member authentication module is a member of a member registered when the user accesses the server 20 through the computer 10 to search for or update the knowledge / information registered by the user. The authentication process is performed when a member wants to use a service provided only to a registered member, such as when searching for information or purchasing purchased knowledge / information for sale. In order to perform authentication, the server 20 requests a member to input identification information such as an ID and a password, and checks whether the input data is the same as the ID and password data previously stored in the member DB of the database 30. In this case, the member allows the user to use the desired service. If the member is not identical, an error message is generated, and if the member is not identical, an error message is generated, and a message is requested to re-enter the ID and password or to perform a member registration procedure. The evaluator who has undergone the member certification process is authorized to evaluate the registered knowledge / information and input a grade in addition to the process that can be performed by general members.

The account management module functions to provide reserves for members and evaluators.

If the knowledge / information registered by the member is shared and searched and used by other members, the criteria set by the service provider (for example, 1000 won per 100 search times or weighted by the rating rating, The savings will be accumulated in the member account according to the amount of the search. The evaluator will earn a certain amount of money in the evaluator's account based on the number of knowledge / information that is rated. Such reserves may be in any form, such as cash, cyber money, points or miles.

The present invention enables the knowledge / information registrant (member) to effectively update and manage the knowledge / information registered by himself / herself, thereby increasing the number of times the knowledge / information registered by the other member is searched to obtain more reserves. .

Meanwhile, since high quality knowledge / information is maintained by the registrant who provides the latest and high quality knowledge / information and the evaluator who evaluates the registered knowledge / information, such high-quality knowledge / information can be provided to others for a fee. The selling price for knowledge / information for sale may be set by the server operator at the time of knowledge / information registration or after registration.

3 to 6 are flowcharts illustrating a knowledge / information providing service method using the Internet according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process of a method of providing a knowledge / information service using the Internet according to the present invention.

First, a user who wants to register knowledge / information on the server 20, or searches and utilizes or purchases already registered knowledge / information, is provided to the member registration program of the application 22 of the server 20. The member registration procedure is performed by (S100).

A member who completes member registration and wants to register knowledge / information in the database 30 of the server 20 selects a knowledge / information registration menu screen among the HTML documents provided by the server 20 to register the knowledge / information to be provided. (S200). Whether to share knowledge / information registered by a member with others or sell it without sharing is decided on the registration menu screen according to the member's intention. The member who wants to register and sell the knowledge / information uploads the knowledge / information which he / she wants to provide in the form of an attached file to the knowledge / information DB of the database 30.

When the registration of knowledge / information is completed, the person or another member searches for the registered knowledge / information, and if it is the user, updates the registered knowledge / information. Will be utilized. The use of knowledge / information is divided into searching and searching for shared knowledge / information (S300) and a method for searching for and purchasing non-shared sales knowledge / information (S300).

In the following FIGS. 4 to 6, detailed steps will be described for each step outlined in FIG. 3.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the member registration step S100 described with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, a user of a computer 10 drives a web browser to register a member and accesses the server 20 through an internet network (S101). When the user connected to the server 20 selects the member registration menu provided by the server 20, the server 20 transmits an HTML document input window for inputting information necessary for member registration (S102). . The necessary items for membership registration include user identification number (ID), password, name, social security number, e-mail address, area of interest and recommender ID. When the user inputs the necessary information for membership registration and sends it to the server 20 (S103), the server 20 searches the member DB to check whether the same ID exists (S104), and if there is the same ID, Re-input of the ID is requested (S105), and if the same ID does not exist previously, the input data is stored in the member DB of the database 30 (S106). The server 20 also registers the input data in the database 30 and simultaneously creates a member account for storing the reserves to be paid to the member and stores it in the member account DB of the database 30 together with the member ID (S107). ).

FIG. 5 is a diagram for describing in detail a step (step S200 of FIG. 3) for a member to register knowledge / information in the database 30 of the server 20.

Referring to FIG. 5, when a member who wants to register knowledge / information selects a knowledge / information registration menu of a web document provided by the server 20, the server 20 may input an ID and a password of the member. A window is provided (S201), and the member authentication module of the application 22 of the server 20 performs the member authentication process with respect to the input ID and password (S202). That is, if the input ID and password do not match the ID and password registered in the member DB of the database 30, an error message is generated and a re-input is requested (S203). The HTML document input window for inputting the necessary items for registration is transmitted (S204).

Member's input includes items related to knowledge / information, title, keyword, summary, attachment, attachment information, whether to share with others, and selling price. Category information can be entered by selecting the category classification provided by the server 20 from the highest category to the lowest category (for example, Computer-> Development Tools-> Visual Basic-> Component Production). It provides a menu that allows members to create the necessary categories for each category step. The member who wants to sell the knowledge / information among the input items can register the knowledge / information to be registered in the server 20 in the form of an attachment file. To this end, the server 20 provides a window window into which the attachment file can be inserted by inserting or dragging the mouse.

When the member completes input of all the necessary information for registration of knowledge / information, the server 20 registers the input in the knowledge / information DB of the database 30 (S205).

If necessary, the server 20 operator allows the evaluator to perform an evaluation operation on the shared knowledge / information (S206). The evaluator receives the evaluation target from the server 20 operator by category or keyword and searches the evaluation target knowledge / information by category or keyword search, and selects the expert evaluation menu to input the evaluation grade by category or keyword search. do. When the evaluation grade is input, the server 20 adds the evaluation grade to the knowledge / information registration item to add to the knowledge / information DB.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a process of searching, searching, and purchasing registered knowledge / information (steps S300 and S400 of FIG. 1).

When a member who wants to search or purchase knowledge / information registered in the database 30 accesses the server 20 through the Internet network and inputs a member ID and password (S301), the application program of the server 20 ( The member authentication module 22) performs a member authentication process (S302). That is, if the member ID and password entered do not match the member ID and password registered in the member DB of the database 30, an error message is generated and a re-input is requested (S303). Allows you to perform a search using the engine. The member searches for the desired knowledge / information from the knowledge / information DB of the database 30 using a category or a keyword (S304). The searched knowledge / information is shared knowledge / information and sales knowledge / information, and the shared knowledge / information can be searched by the member free of charge, but only the summary can be viewed about sales knowledge / information. You have to go through the purchase process to search the entire contents. In the following, the shared knowledge / information and the inquiry process for sales knowledge / information will be described separately.

When the member searches for the searched shared knowledge / information, the server 20 provides the user with the items such as title, summary, registration date, attachment, attachment information, etc. for the searched shared knowledge / information (S305). . When the member inquires the searched shared knowledge / information (S306), the member account management module of the application 22 checks the number of inquiries and accumulates reserves in the member account DB of the member who provided the shared knowledge / information (S307). . The member account management module may increase the searched knowledge / information every time (for example, 10 won per time) or every predetermined number of views (for example, 1000 won per 100 times).

In the case where the searched shared knowledge / information member wants to evaluate the searched knowledge / information, the server 20 may input the evaluation level on the searched knowledge / information providing web screen so that the member may rate the evaluation. It provides a window of a window that is present, or provides an HTML document for rating the rating on a web screen separate from the searched knowledge / information providing web screen (S308). When the member assigns an evaluation grade, the server 20 stores the evaluation grade in a statistical DB to provide the member or to be used as data necessary for operating the server 20 by the operator of the server 20 (S309).

On the other hand, if the searched knowledge / information is for sale knowledge / information, the member performs the purchase process (step 400 of FIG. 1) by the following procedure.

When the member performs a search, the server 20 provides the user with items such as title, summary, registration date, attachment, attachment information, sale price, etc. for each searched knowledge / information for sale (S401). At this time, the server 20 does not provide the entire contents of the attached file. Therefore, when a member clicks on a purchase button after searching a summary of searched knowledge / information (S402), the server 20 includes an ID of a member to purchase, an ID of a knowledge / information provider for sale, a selling price, and the like. The order list is temporarily stored in the memory of the server 20 (S403). The order list contents are deleted when the payment method is selected and the order is completed and the contents of the order list are stored in the sales DB. The order list may add a plurality of sales knowledge / information that the member wants to purchase. When the addition to the order list is completed, the member clicks the payment button for selecting a payment method to display a payment intention (S404). When the server 20 receives a payment intention signal, the payment method selection menu is transmitted to the member's computer 10. In the payment method selection menu, card payment, bank account deposit, electronic money payment, internet payment through bank, and deposit by accumulated credit in member account DB can be used. When the member selects a payment method, the server 20 stores the details and payment methods stored in the order list in the sales DB of the database 30 (S405), and the member completes payment by the payment method (card payment authentication). Completion, completion of bankbook transfer, completion of Internet transfer, check the accumulated reserve of the member account DB (S406), the server 20 stores the corresponding knowledge / information in the download DB of the buyer to enable the buyer to download if necessary ( S407). On the other hand, when the payment is completed, the server 20 further stores in the sales DB that the payment has been completed, and stores the knowledge / information for sale in the download DB of the buyer and the server 20 provides the knowledge / information for the sale. Compensation is further accumulated in the member account DB of one member (S408). On the other hand, the server 20 when the payment method is due to the accumulation accumulated in the member account DB, after saving the reserve amount of the member account DB of the purchase member by the sale amount and restores again. In addition, when the server 20 operator decides to give the buyer a certain reserve as a bonus, the server 20 adds the reserve amount of the purchase member account DB as a bonus amount and restores the reserve.

The specific embodiments described in the present specification so far are for clarity of the technical content of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed in consultation with only such examples, but the present invention. Various modifications are possible within the technical scope of the invention.

As described above, the present invention enables a member to register and manage knowledge / information in a database on the Internet, and by rewarding the member who provided the knowledge / information by sharing it with others or selling it to others, The right reward can be provided to the members who provided the excellent knowledge / information of good quality, and the effect is that the members who search or purchase the registered knowledge / information can acquire the good quality knowledge / information of good quality.

In addition, by having registered knowledge / information evaluated by searchers other than registrants or experts in the relevant field, it is possible to know the useful value or grade of knowledge / information to those who want to use the registered knowledge / information. The registrant of knowledge / information has the effect of motivating the maintenance of the quality of the registered knowledge / information.

In addition, the high quality knowledge / information registered in the database of the present invention can be classified and processed off-line or online and produced into a publication such as a book, which can provide economic advantages to server operators and knowledge / information providers. It also has an effect.

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A service method for providing knowledge / information stored in a knowledge / information DB of a database, comprising a server including an application program, a search engine, a category classification, and a database, the computer user being able to access through an internet network. (A) When the computer user runs the web browser of the computer and accesses the server through the Internet network and selects the member registration menu provided by the server, the server includes a personal identification number (ID) and a password. Transmitting an HTML document input window for inputting information necessary for member registration to the computer; (B) When the user inputs the information necessary for member registration in the input window and transmits the information to the server, the server stores the input data in the member DB of the database and stores a deposit to be paid to the member. Generating and storing in the member account DB of the database along with the member ID; (C) When the member selects the knowledge / information registration menu, the server may input necessary information for registration of knowledge / information including whether to share or sell the knowledge / information to be registered with other members. Transmitting an HTML document input window to the member's computer; (D) when the member completes input of all the necessary information for registering the knowledge / information, the server registering the input in the knowledge / information DB of the database; (E) searching for the knowledge / information registered in the knowledge / information DB of the database by the members registered in the member DB using classification of the search engine or category of the server; And, (F) If the searched knowledge / information is shared knowledge / information, the server provides the member with all registered contents, and if the searched knowledge / information is for sale knowledge / information, the server provides a part of the registered contents. A method of providing a knowledge / information service using the Internet, comprising: providing all registered contents through an additional purchase procedure. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (f), when the server performs a search and provides the member with the entire contents of the found shared knowledge / information, the number of provisions is counted by the member account management module of the application. And adding a reserve to a member account of a member account DB given to a member who has registered the database with the knowledge / information. According to claim 1, wherein if the server performs a search in step (f) and provides the member with all the contents of the searched shared knowledge / information, the server provides the searched knowledge / information so that the member can rate the evaluation. Providing a window for entering a rating on the web screen, or providing an HTML document for rating the rating on a web screen separate from the searched knowledge / information providing web screen. Knowledge / Information service method using the Internet characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step (c), an input window for inputting information necessary for registration of knowledge / information includes a category, a title, a keyword, a summary, an attached file, attachment information, Knowledge / information service method using the Internet, characterized in that configured to input information including whether to share with other members, the selling price. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step (b), the purchase procedure is (A) When a member searches a part of the searched knowledge / information for sale and selects a purchase menu provided by the server, the server includes an ID of a member to be purchased, an ID of a knowledge / information provider for sale, a sale price, and the like. Temporarily storing the selling information in the memory of the server as an order list; (B) the server transmitting a payment method selection menu to the member's computer so that the member selects a payment method; (C) if the member selects a payment method, the server storing the details and payment method temporarily stored in the order list in a sales DB of the database; And, (D) when the member completes payment by the payment method selected by the member, the server may include storing the knowledge / information for sale in the member's download DB provided in the database so that the buyer can download it if necessary. Knowledge / information service method using the Internet. The method of claim 5, wherein in the step (d), the server stores the knowledge / information for sale in the download DB of the member and additionally accumulates reserves in the member account DB of the member who provided the knowledge / information for sale. Knowledge / Information service method using the Internet, characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the knowledge / information registered in the knowledge / information DB includes an evaluation grade evaluated by an evaluator granted by the server operator to evaluate an evaluation target for each category or for each keyword. Knowledge / information service method using the Internet, characterized in that stored in the knowledge / information DB.