KR20020010853A - method for providing digital electronic-book - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for offering a digital e-book is provided to serve a content of a digital e-book according to seeing the counts of advertisements and to estimate the e-book by the acknowledgement of the advertisements from users. CONSTITUTION: The server stores numerous digital contents and numerous advertising contents by a service unit(transmission unit) on a database(S1), adds a transmission sequence index on digital contents by a service unit, creates and stores the sequence files regulating transmission order(S2), links each index of sequence files with one or more advertising contents and creates a library regulating the transmission order of a unit service data(S3). After receiving a transmission requirement of digital contents from user(S4), the server starts to read a unit service data of the digital contents and the advertising contents linked with the unit service data(S5). Especially in case the transmission requirement demands some index in the sequence file of the digital contents(S6), the server transmits the advertising contents of the index to user's terminal and makes a unit service data of same index standby(S7). User receives the advertising contents and transmits the acknowledgement(ACK) of the advertisement to server. After receiving ACK, the server transmits the standby unit service data in the same path(S9) and estimates the popularity of the digital contents by investigating the number of ACK.

Description

How to provide a digital e-book {method for providing digital electronic-book}

The present invention relates to a content providing service through a communication network and a system therefor, and in particular, to guarantee copyright interests by transmitting digital contents in a comprehensive sense and digital e-books or digital multimedia having the characteristics of the digital contents in connection with advertisements. The present invention relates to a method for providing a digital e-book suitable for.

Computer communication, which has been continuously developed up to now, has contributed greatly to the development of mobile communication technology and to make the world as a global village, and is leading the information and communication industry by being combined with high-speed information and communication technology.

In particular, as the Internet was limited to wired networks to wireless networks, demand for his services will increase day by day.

Basically, the Internet connects networks scattered around the world. In other words, it connects several servers that receive information from the center of several networks. It also enables information services to users around the world without time and space constraints.

Due to the power of the Internet, the number of Internet users is increasing day by day, and the number of Internet sites are increasing day by day to meet the needs of users.

Most Internet sites provide a piece of information that is content that contains the value of that information. Currently, most sites offer free content, while others offer paid content.

Paid content mainly includes copyright infringement due to illegal distribution by piracy. More specifically, e-books and multimedia (music, movies, photos, etc.) are typical of paid content.

The procedure for providing such paid content will be briefly described.

First, the user connects to a site serving paid content through a browser running on his computer. That is, the user's computer accesses the server running the service site.

After that, the user is provided with a homepage from a connected site, selects desired paid content through the homepage, and requests a purchase thereof.

Accordingly, the server authenticates the user (Log-in) and requests payment payment for the paid content requested for purchase from the user. Then, if the user approves payment payment for the purchase of the paid content, the server transmits the paid content to the user's computer. At this time, the user uses a credit card or electronic money or accumulated points associated with the use of the site to pay for the content.

At present, due to the complexity of the payment process for paid content on the Internet and the propensity of users whose information on the Internet is free of charge, the user's rejection of paid content is not much. After all, it is an inevitable reality that the demand for paid content is very small for the younger generation.

In particular, when the copyright of the owner is to be protected, such as an electronic book, or when the copyright of the creator is to be protected, such as digital multimedia, it is difficult to free its contents.

In the case of electronic books, since they are provided for a fee, there is very little demand for reading the electronic books. Therefore, it is difficult to evaluate each work of the established artist or unknown artist.

In addition, conventionally, there is a problem that the efficiency of the advertisement provided through the Internet site is low. In other words, in the past, when an advertisement client requested an advertisement from a service provider, the client simply put the requested advertisement on a fixed frame of the service site. As a result, ad sponsors had no way of knowing how much users saw their ads. As a result, advertising on the Internet has not been very effective.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in particular, in providing digital contents such as digital e-books or digital multimedia, the contents of the contents or the entire contents of the contents are provided in proportion to the degree of the user viewing the advertisement. To provide digital e-books.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a digital e-book providing method for providing the contents of the digital e-book as proportional to the degree of the user viewing the advertisement, and evaluating each digital e-book through the acknowledgment that the user saw the advertisement. to provide.

A first aspect of the method for providing a digital e-book according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a first step of storing digital content (e-book) consisting of a plurality of data of the service unit, and a plurality of advertising content; ; And a second step of alternately reading the stored service unit data and the stored advertisement contents and outputting the stored service unit data in one transmission path.

The first step may further store an indexed sequential file that defines a transmission order for service unit data of the digital content (e-book), and add one or more advertisement contents to each index of the sequential file. It is desirable to have a linked storage. In particular, when a request for requesting information corresponding to a specific index of the sequential file is received, it is preferable to output advertisement contents of the corresponding index and wait to output service unit data of the same index.

Thereafter, as a response (ACK) to the outputted advertisement content is received, it is preferable to output the service unit data waiting for the output.

Also, with respect to the advertisement contents output together with the service unit data of the digital contents, it is desirable to measure the popularity of the digital contents by referring to the number of responses (ACK) of the advertisement contents.

In addition, as a predetermined time elapses after the output of the advertisement content, it is preferable to output the service unit data waiting for the output.

A second feature of the method for providing a digital e-book according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a first for storing a plurality of digital e-book content consisting of a plurality of transmission unit data, and a plurality of advertising media Steps; In response to receiving a request for transmission of specific digital e-book content, transmitting, from among the stored advertising media, one or more advertisement media associated with the requested digital e-book content; When an advertisement acknowledgment (ACK) for the transmitted advertisement media is received, a third step of transmitting specific transmission unit data of the requested digital e-book content is performed.

After the third step, as a subsequent request for transmission of subsequent transmission unit data is received, it is preferable to transmit another advertisement media associated with the requested digital e-book content.

In a third step, the received advertisement acknowledgment (ACK) may be accumulated, and the popularity of the digital e-book content requested to be transmitted may be measured based on the accumulated value.

For each of the stored digital e-book contents, an advertisement acknowledgment (ACK) for each of the advertisement media transmitted in association with each digital e-book content is accumulated, and the popularity of each of the digital e-book contents is measured. It is desirable to provide a popularity ranking that is determined based on the measured value.

A third aspect of the method for providing a digital e-book according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes a first step of storing an e-book consisting of a plurality of pages and a plurality of advertisements; A second step of producing a sequential file for defining a transmission order in a structure in which one or more advertisements are inserted between an Nth page and an (N + 1) th page of the e-book; As the transmission of the (N + 1) th page is further requested after the Nth page is transmitted, among the stored advertisements, the order of transmission of the (N + 1) A third step of sending one or more advertisements, defined between the first page, to the request; Thereafter, as an acknowledgment (ACK) for the transmitted advertisement is received, a fourth step of transmitting the (N + 1) th page to the request destination.

In the second step, the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the electronic book may be inserted between pages of the electronic book.

The second step is a structure in which the number of advertisements to be inserted varies according to the importance of each page constituting the electronic book, and it is preferable that a sequential file defining a transmission order is produced.

A fourth aspect of the digital e-book providing method according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a first step of transmitting the targeted advertisements to the user terminal based on the user registration information; A second step of receiving a plurality of acknowledgments (ACKs) for the transmission advertisements from the user terminal; A third step of transmitting the content of the electronic book stored in advance in an amount proportional to the number of the received acknowledgment (ACK) to the user terminal.

After the third step, requesting a plurality of user terminals to check the popularity of each content while repeating the transmission of the respective contents of the e-book to the plurality of user terminals, and receiving each of the plurality of user terminals. According to the degree of popularity for each content, it is preferable to set one of the various contents of the e-book as a climax.

And when the transmission of the electronic book is requested from any user terminal, it is preferable to transmit the priority set by the climax.

1 is a diagram showing a system configuration for providing a digital e-book of the present invention.

2a to 2b is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a server for the digital e-book transmission of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a digital content providing procedure of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

10,11: user terminal 20: server

21: data input / output module 22: data control module

23: data transmission and reception module 24: content library

30: eBook database 31: advertising database

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a digital e-book providing method of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing a system configuration for providing a digital e-book of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system of the present invention is composed of user terminals 10 and 11, a server 20, and databases 30 and 31.

The user terminals 10 and 11 are mobile terminals 10 which are guaranteed mobility and a personal computer 11 having a network connection through a wired Internet.

Each of these user terminals 10, 11 has a browser suitable for them, and accesses the server 20 by driving the embedded browser. In particular, the mobile terminal 10 accesses the server 20 via a mobile communication network while using a wireless internet technology, and therefor embeds a browser for the wireless internet. And the personal computer 11 has a built-in Internet standard browser that is currently widely used.

The server 20 has a detailed structure shown in FIGS. 2A to 2B, and provides various digital contents to the user terminals 10 and 11 in cooperation with databases 30 and 31 described later.

In particular, the server 20 transmits digital electronic books and advertisement media to the user terminals 10 and 11 as digital contents. Digital e-books and advertising media are then stored in respective databases 30 and 31.

The e-book database 30 stores a plurality of digital e-book contents, in particular, each digital e-book contents, a plurality of transmission unit (= service unit) data is divided according to the amount of data transmitted once through the server 20 It consists of As a result, in order to transmit all of the digital e-book contents stored in the e-book database 30, the server 20 transmits transmission unit data constituting each digital e-book content several times or more.

The advertising database 31 stores a plurality of advertising contents, in particular each of the advertising contents is advertising media.

The following describes the server configuration of the present invention and its operation in more detail.

2A to 2B are block diagrams showing the detailed configuration of a server for providing a digital e-book of the present invention.

First, referring to FIGS. 2A to 2B, the server 20 simultaneously measures data required based on the data input / output module 21 that manages interworking with the databases 30 and 31 and collected information. The data control module 22 controls the data input / output module 21 and the next data transmission / reception module 23, and a data transmission / reception module 23 that exchanges data with the user terminals 10 and 11. In addition, the server 20 further includes a content library 24 which forms a library for each electronic book by the data control module 22.

When the extraction command is transmitted from the data control module 22, the data input / output module 21 reads corresponding data (transmission unit data of the content to be extracted, or advertisement content) from the databases 30 and 31 ( read). Alternatively, when specific data is transferred from the data control module 22 and a write command of the transferred data is transferred, the transferred data is written to a database corresponding to the write command. At this time, when the extraction command is transmitted from the data control module 22, the data input / output module 21 extracts data to be extracted according to the command according to the sequential file stored in the content library 24. In particular, the content library 24 has a structure in which one or more advertisement contents are inserted in the middle of transmission unit data constituting each e-book content for each e-book content, so that the output order is defined. The advertisement content is linked to each index for each transmission unit data.

When a command for requesting provision of specific digital content is received from a specific request destination (user terminal), the data transmission / reception module 23 transmits the received request command to the data control module 22. Alternatively, when an acknowledgment (ACK) is received for a specific digital content (especially advertising content) already provided from a specific request site (user terminal), the received acknowledgment is transmitted to the data control module 22. Alternatively, when one or more transmission unit data is transmitted from the data control module 22 and a transmission command of the transmission unit data is transmitted, the transmission unit data is transmitted to a corresponding request destination (user terminal).

When the command for requesting the provision of specific digital content is transmitted from the data transmission / reception module 23, the data control module 22 may send a command for extracting transmission unit data of the content corresponding to the received request command and advertisement content. The data is transmitted to the input / output module 21. Accordingly, when the transmission unit data and the advertisement content of the corresponding digital content are transmitted from the data input / output module 21, the transmission unit data or the advertisement content is transferred to the data transmission / reception module 23 while simultaneously transmitting the transmission unit data. Deliver command or advertisement content transmission command. Here, according to the control command of the data control module 22, the operation of the data transmission and reception module 23 to transmit digital e-book content or advertising content is more concrete through the electronic book providing procedure of the present invention to be described later.

Next, if the acknowledgment (ACK) for the specific digital content (especially the advertisement content) received from the specific request destination (user terminal) is transmitted from the data transmission / reception module 23, the acknowledgment (ACK) ) Transmits the transmission unit data of the digital e-book content associated with the delivered advertisement content and a command for transmitting the data to the data transmission / reception module 23. When the acknowledgments (ACKs) of the advertisement contents associated with one digital e-book content are transmitted from the data transmission / reception module 23, the data control module 22 may refer to the transmitted acknowledgments to determine the corresponding digital e-book content. Measure popularity. That is, the popularity of each digital e-book content is measured by accumulating the delivered acknowledgments, and the popularity ranking of the contents is determined by comparing the accumulated acknowledgment values of the various digital e-book contents. The determined popularity ranking is transmitted to the data transmission / reception module 23 so as to be transmitted to each user terminal 10, 11.

Next, the data control module 22 configures each digital electronic book content into a plurality of transmission unit data, and allows the digital electronic book content to be divided into transmission unit data and stored in the database 30. In addition, a plurality of advertisement contents are inserted between transmission unit data of specific electronic book contents, and a sequential file in which data transmission order is defined is produced to form a library for each electronic book. As a result, when the data input / output module 21 receives an extraction command of a specific digital electronic book from the data control module 22, each data in the transmission order according to the sequential file of the corresponding digital electronic book formed in the content library 24 is extracted. The transmission unit data of the content and the advertisement content associated with the index of the transmission unit data).

When the digital control module 22 produces a sequential file for each electronic book content, the number of advertisement contents corresponding to the price of each electronic book is inserted between the transmission unit data. In addition, in consideration of the fact that the transmission unit data forming each e-book content has different importance, the number of advertisements inserted between the transmission unit data is different according to the importance of each transmission unit data. Create a file.

Other operations of the server 20 will be described later in more detail through the provision of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a digital content providing procedure of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server stores digital content composed of a plurality of data of a service unit (= transmission unit) and a plurality of advertisement contents in a database (S1).

Then, an index indicating a transmission order for each service unit data of the digital content is assigned, and accordingly, an indexed sequential file defining a transmission order is produced and stored. One or more advertisement contents are associated with each index of the produced sequential file. In other words, a library is provided which produces a sequential file having an index for each service unit data (S2), associates one or more advertisement contents with each index of the produced sequential file, and defines a transmission order of service unit data of digital content. To form (S3). Therefore, one index of the produced sequential file represents a storage address of each database storing one service unit data and one or more advertisement contents. As a result, when the data input / output module receives an extraction command for one digital content from the data control module, and designates an index corresponding to the command, one service unit data and one or more advertisement contents are output from the database. .

Thereafter, when a request for transmitting digital content is received from the user terminal (S4), the server reads one service unit data of the digital content stored in the database and advertisement contents associated with the service unit data (S5).

In particular, when the request for transmission of digital content is a request command for information corresponding to a specific index in the sequential file of the digital content, the server outputs and transmits the advertisement contents of the index read above to the user terminal (S6). The service unit data of the same index is queued for transmission (S7).

The user terminal receives the advertisement contents and transmits an acknowledgment (ACK) indicating that the received advertisement contents have been confirmed to the server.

When the server receives an acknowledgment (ACK) for the output transmitted advertisement contents (S8), the server outputs and transmits the service unit data waiting to be transmitted to the user terminal (S9). At this time, the service unit data outputted and transmitted is output in the same transmission path as the previously outputted advertisement contents.

Thereafter, the server measures the popularity of the digital content with reference to the number of acknowledgment (ACK) of the advertisement contents output in association with the digital content.

However, if the advertisement content transmitted in the above process is an advertisement for which the acknowledgment is impossible, the server outputs and transmits the service unit data waiting for output after a predetermined time elapses after outputting the advertisement contents.

The above-described procedure of FIG. 1 is equally applied to digital e-book content as digital content. Therefore, the procedure of FIG. 1 may be referred to as a procedure for providing digital e-book content.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the server stores a plurality of digital e-book contents and a plurality of advertising media each comprising a plurality of transmission unit data in a database (S10). The advertising media here have an acknowledgment (ACK) path to the server. Therefore, when a user applies a specific selection operation such as a click on the advertisement media transmitted to the user terminal, an acknowledgment (ACK) of the advertisement media is transmitted to the server.

Thereafter, when the server receives a request for transmission of specific digital e-book content from the user terminal (S11), among the advertisement media stored in the database, the server extracts one or more advertisement media associated with the requested digital e-book content. In operation S12, the user terminal transmits the data to the user terminal.

After the server transmits the advertisement media, if an acknowledgment (ACK) for the transmitted advertisement media is received (S13), the server transmits the data defined in the first transmission order of the digital e-book content requested to be transmitted from the user terminal. The unit data is extracted and transmitted (S14).

Next, when the server receives the subsequent transmission request of the next transmission unit data (S15), the server extracts another second advertisement media associated with the digital e-book content requested for transmission, and transmits it to the user terminal ( S16).

After the server transmits the second advertisement media, if an acknowledgment (ACK) for the transmitted advertisement media is received (S17), the transmission unit data of the next sequence of digital e-book content requested to be transmitted from the user terminal is transmitted. Extract and transmit (S18).

Next, after extracting and transmitting the transmission unit data of the digital e-book content requested for transmission through the above-described procedures S11 to S18, the server accumulates the advertisement acknowledgments ACKs received in those procedures (S19). ). The popularity of the digital e-book content is measured based on the accumulated value of the acknowledgment (ACK) (S20).

Again, the server executes the above-described procedures (S11 to S20) on the various digital e-book contents stored in the database, and measures the popularity of each digital e-book contents (S21). As a result, the server provides the user terminal with the content popularity ranking determined based on the popularity measurement value of the respective digital e-book contents (S22 and S23).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the electronic book is composed of a plurality of pages, and the page unit is a transmission unit (= service unit) used in the above. It is about the case.

Referring to FIG. 5, the server stores an electronic book composed of a plurality of pages and a plurality of advertisements as digital data in a database (S30).

The server creates a sequential file for defining the transmission order in a structure in which one or more advertisements are inserted between the Nth page and the (N + 1) th page of the electronic book (S31). At this time, the sequential file is produced so that the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the electronic book is inserted between the pages of the electronic book. More specifically, after selecting the number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the e-book (S31a), according to the different importance of each page constituting the e-book, the number of advertisements to be inserted in the previous order of each page to each other It distributes differently (S31b), and prepares a sequential file by specifying the transmission order accordingly (S31c).

When the server requests the transmission of the stored electronic book from the user terminal (S32), the server first transmits the page list of the electronic book to the user terminal (S33).

Thereafter, when a transmission request command of the Nth page is received from the user terminal (S34), one or more advertisements defined between the (N-1) th page and the Nth page are transmitted to the corresponding user terminal (S35). . If the server receives an acknowledgment (ACK) for the transmitted advertisement from the user terminal (S36), then the N-th page is transmitted to the user terminal (S37).

After that, if the transmission of the (N + 1) th page is further requested from the user terminal (S38), among the advertisements stored in the database, the transmission order is the Nth page and the (N + 1) th page by the sequential file. One or more advertisements defined in between are transmitted to the user terminal that is the request destination (S39).

If an acknowledgment (ACK) of the transmitted advertisement is received again (S40), the server transmits the (N + 1) th page to the user terminal which is the request for transmission (S41).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the server stores electronic books and a plurality of advertisements divided into a plurality of contents in a database as digital data, and stores registration information of each user in a database (S50).

In operation S51, the server targets an advertisement for each user based on the stored user registration information.

When the transmission of the electronic book previously stored is requested from the user terminal (S52), the server transmits advertisements targeted for the user of the user terminal (S53).

Thereafter, when a plurality of acknowledgments (ACKs) for transmission advertisements are received from the user terminal (S54), the server accumulates the number of received acknowledgments (ACKs) (S55).

The server transmits, to the user terminal, an amount of content proportional to the accumulated response number among the various contents of the electronic book previously stored (S56).

As a result, when the user sends more acknowledgments (ACKs) to the server for the advertisements received by the terminal, the server correspondingly sends a greater amount of e-book content to the user terminal. Then, the server requests the popularity investigation of the content transmitted to the user terminal (S57), and receives the recognition information on the transmission content of the electronic book from the user terminal (S58).

The above procedures S52 to S58 are carried out for a plurality of user terminals, so that the transmission of each content of the electronic book is repeated, and the popularity investigation for each content of the electronic book is completed (S59).

Subsequently, the server determines one of various contents of the e-book as a climax according to the degree of popularity for each content received from the plurality of user terminals (S60).

Then, when a request for transmission of a predetermined e-book is requested from an arbitrary user terminal (S61), the server transmits the advertisement once, and then, among the contents of the e-book, the content determined by the climax is given priority. Transmit (S62, S63).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the server stores in advance a digital book consisting of a plurality of chapters and a plurality of advertisements in a database (S70). In particular, the server allocates and stores the number of advertisements associated with each chapter differently according to the importance of each chapter of the e-book (S71). This is the case when the advertisements are of the same grade level, whereas if the advertisements have different grades, the server associates the advertisements of different grades according to the importance of the chapters of the e-book.

When the server transmits a prestored electronic book from a specific user terminal (S72), the server transmits a list of chapters constituting the electronic book to the user terminal (S73).

When the transmission of a specific chapter is requested from the user terminal that checks the list of received chapters (S74), the advertisement stored in advance is linked to the user according to the importance of the requested chapter. Transmission to the terminal (S75).

If it is determined that the transmitted advertisement has been displayed on the user terminal for a predetermined time (S76), the server transmits the requested chapter from the user terminal as digital data (S77).

8 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, which is a case in which the digital e-book content has a characteristic of streaming multimedia, and also the characteristics of media in which advertisement media are streamed. If you have.

Referring to FIG. 8, the server stores a plurality of digital e-book contents once produced in a multimedia format and also a plurality of advertisement media in a database (S80).

Then, when a request for transmission of specific digital e-book content is received from any user terminal (S81), the server first streams the stored advertising media to the user terminal (S82).

The server measures the streaming time of the streamed advertising media (S83).

Then, the digital e-book content requested for transmission is streamed to the user terminal for a time proportional to the measured streaming time of the advertisement media (S84).

Accordingly, the user can view all contents of the digital e-book content within a time limit proportional to the streaming time of the advertising media. However, since the e-book content is only streamed for a time proportional to the streaming time of the advertisement media, all contents of the e-book content can be viewed only when the advertisement media is viewed for a sufficient time. However, this depends on how fast you read your books.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a digital e-book providing procedure according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the server stores the digital e-book content composed of a plurality of transmission unit data and a plurality of advertisement contents in association with each other (S90).

Thereafter, if transmission of specific digital e-book content is requested from any user terminal (S91), the server first transmits the stored advertisement contents to the user terminal (S92).

In operation S93, the server receives acknowledgments (ACKs) for the transmitted advertisement contents from the user terminal.

Thereafter, the server sequentially transmits some transmission unit data of the digital e-book content requested for transmission for a time proportional to the number of acknowledgment (ACK) received from the mobile terminal (S94). Alternatively, the server sequentially transmits all transmission unit data of the digital e-book content requested to be transmitted for a time proportional to the number of received acknowledgments (ACK) (S95).

According to the digital e-book providing method according to the present invention described above, it is easy to evaluate the digital e-books (popularity survey) through the acknowledgment (ACK) of the transmission advertisement, the evaluation of the work of the established artist and unknown artist It is easy to

In addition, since the contents of the digital e-books are provided free of charge in exchange for viewing the advertisements, users can view the digital e-books free of charge by spending time watching the advertisements. Therefore, the user's use of the service will be expanded. As a result, it is easy to realize the free business of service providers.

In addition, by replacing the copyright interests of electronic books with advertising revenue, the electronic books are provided to users free of charge, which benefits both the individual and the copyright owner of the electronic books who want to use the service. In particular, it is possible to measure whether the user has seen the advertisement or not, and also provides the contents of the electronic book in proportion to the viewing of the advertisement, thereby maximizing the efficiency of the advertisement and freeing the electronic book providing service more realistically. Is realized.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the embodiments, but should be defined by the claims.

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A first step of storing digital content composed of a plurality of data of a service unit and a plurality of advertisement contents; And a second step of alternately reading the stored service unit data and the stored advertisement content and outputting the stored service unit data in one transmission path. The method of claim 1, wherein the first step, Providing an indexed sequential file that defines a transmission order for the service unit data of the digital content, and providing one or more advertisement contents in association with each index of the sequential file. Way. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the request command for information corresponding to a specific index of the sequential file is received, the advertisement content of the index is output, and the service unit data of the same index is queued for output. Digital content providing method characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein the service unit data waiting to be output is output as a response (ACK) to the output advertisement content is received. The method of claim 4, wherein The method of claim 1, wherein the popularity of the digital content is measured with reference to the number of ACKs of the advertisement contents with respect to the advertisement contents output together with the service unit data of the digital contents. The method of claim 3, wherein the service unit data waiting for the output is output as a predetermined time elapses after the output of the advertisement content. A first step of storing a plurality of digital e-book contents each comprising a plurality of transmission unit data and a plurality of advertisement media; In response to receiving a request for transmission of specific digital e-book content, transmitting, from among the stored advertising media, one or more advertisement media associated with the requested digital e-book content; And a third step of transmitting specific transmission unit data of the digital e-book content requested to be transmitted when an advertisement acknowledgment (ACK) for the transmitted advertising media is received. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein after the third step, And transmitting another advertising media associated with the digital e-book content requested to be transmitted, as a subsequent request for transmission of the next transmission unit data is received. The method of claim 7, wherein the third step is Accumulating the received advertisement acknowledgment (ACK), and measuring the popularity of the digital e-book content requested to be transmitted based on the accumulated value. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein, for each of the stored digital e-book content, an advertisement acknowledgment (ACK) is accumulated for each of the advertisement media transmitted in association with each digital e-book content, and thus the popularity of each digital e-book content. And providing a ranking of popularity determined based on the measured value. A first step of storing an e-book consisting of a plurality of pages and a plurality of advertisements; A second step of producing a sequential file for defining a transmission order in a structure in which one or more advertisements are inserted between an Nth page and an (N + 1) th page of the e-book; As the transmission of the (N + 1) th page is further requested after the Nth page is transmitted, among the stored advertisements, the order of transmission of the (N + 1) A third step of sending one or more advertisements, defined between the first page, to the request; Thereafter, when an acknowledgment (ACK) is received for the transmitted advertisement, a fourth step of transmitting the (N + 1) th page to the requesting destination is performed. The method of claim 11, wherein the second step, And a number of advertisements corresponding to the price of the e-book is inserted between the pages of the e-book. The method of claim 11, wherein the second step, And a sequential file defining a transmission order in a structure in which the number of advertisements inserted is varied according to the importance of each page constituting the electronic book. Transmitting the targeted advertisements to the user terminal based on the user registration information; A second step of receiving a plurality of acknowledgments (ACKs) for the transmission advertisements from the user terminal; And a third step of transmitting, to the user terminal, an amount of content proportional to the number of received acknowledgments (ACKs) among contents of the electronic book previously stored. The method of claim 14, wherein after the third step, By repeating the transmission of each content of the e-book to a plurality of user terminals, requesting the popularity of each content to the plurality of user terminals, according to the degree of popularity for each content received from the plurality of user terminals, A method for providing a digital e-book, characterized in that one of the various contents of the e-book is defined as climax. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein when the electronic book is requested to be transmitted from an arbitrary user terminal, the content determined by the climax is transmitted first. A first step of storing in advance an e-book consisting of a plurality of chapters; A second step of transmitting a list of chapters constituting the e-book as a request for transmission of the e-book is requested from a specific user terminal; In response to a request for transmission of a specific chapter from the user terminal, transmitting a previously stored advertisement to the user terminal in association with the importance of the requested chapter; And if it is determined that the transmitted advertisement has been displayed for a predetermined time, a fourth step of transmitting the requested chapter as digital data. A first step of storing a plurality of digital e-book contents and a plurality of advertising media; A second step of streaming, from any user terminal, the stored advertising media to the user terminal as a request for transmission for specific digital e-book content is received; Measuring a streaming time of the advertising media; And a fourth step of streaming the transmission-requested digital e-book content to the user terminal for a time proportional to the measured streaming time. A first step of storing digital e-book contents each consisting of a plurality of transmission unit data and a plurality of advertisement contents in association with each other; A second step of transmitting the stored advertisement contents when the transmission of the digital e-book contents is requested from any user terminal; Receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) for the transmitted advertisement contents from the user terminal; And a fourth step of sequentially transmitting some or all of the transmission unit data to the digital e-book content requested to be transmitted, for a time proportional to the number of received acknowledgment (ACK). How to Provide.