KR20020048501A - Providing System and Method of Moving Picture contents - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for providing moving picture contents are provided to offer re-edited moving pictures and new moving pictures to service users and to improve techniques of re-editing and transmitting moving picture contents. CONSTITUTION: A system for providing moving picture contents to a user includes a unit for providing information about each of contents, and a unit for dividing contents selected by the user and providing information about each code. The system further includes a unit for constructing new contents using the partial contents selected by the user, and a unit for transmitting the newly constructed contents to the user. The system also has a unit for converting the newly constructed contents into a digital file in a format the user wants.

Description

Provisioning System and Method of Moving Picture contents

The present invention relates to a video content providing system and method for providing a re-edited video content, and more particularly, to a video content providing system and method for providing a re-edited video content in response to a request of a service user. .

In recent years, with the development of Internet-related technology, the demands of service users, personal collection of necessary parts, selective transmission of desired areas, as well as multimedia storage and editing technologies such as MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) are developed. Accordingly, the demand for the production of high-quality contents by personal service users is also spreading. However, in general, most video content providers also provide video contents produced and edited according to their intentions through the Internet. However, the video contents provided in this way have been processed by the provider, and even though the service user is interested in only a part of the entire content, there is a disadvantage in that the user is passively provided with respect to the entire contents of the pre-produced contents. have.

In addition, commercial commerce mainly deals with physical commodities, but in recent years, digital music files, video files, picture files, text files, and files mixed with these media are the object of electronic commerce. It is considered as an item.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems of the prior art is to re-edit video content to meet the needs of the service user, to respond to the content collection needs of various users without increasing the cost for additional shooting of the already produced video program Not only that, but also to provide a video content providing system and method for developing the technology of reconstruction and transmission of video content.

1 is a conceptual view of providing a service through a main video and a sub video;

2 is a block diagram of a video content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a video content providing method of a video content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a web browser provided to a service user by the video content providing system according to the present invention.

※ Explanation of code about main part of drawing ※

110: main video 120: sub video

230: service web server 240: membership management server

250: Member DB 260: Video Management Server

270: Video DB 280: Editing and Transfer Server

An object of the present invention for achieving the above object is, in a system for providing video content to users, a means for providing information about each of the provided content, and each of the one content selected by the user Means for providing information on the sign of the means, means for composing new content only with the partial content selected by the user, and means for transmitting the newly constructed content to the user.

Preferably, a method of providing a system for providing video content to users, the method comprising: a first step of providing information for each of the provided content; Subdividing one piece of content selected by the user and providing information on each code; A third step of composing new content using only partial content selected by the user; And a fourth step of transmitting the newly configured content to the user.

More preferably, in a recording medium storing a computer-executable program for performing a method of providing a system for providing moving image content to users, a first step of providing information about each of the provided content; ; Subdividing one piece of content selected by the user and providing information on each code; A third step of composing a new content using only the partial content selected by the user; and a fourth step of transmitting the newly formed content to the user, wherein the computer-readable recording medium storing the program is provided. do.

Hereinafter, the video contents produced through the production policy and the editing direction determined by the video content providing system will be referred to as a 'main video', and a video obtained by extracting a part from the main video and configured as a 'sub video' It will be called '.

Hereinafter, a video content providing system and method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a conceptual diagram of service provision through a main video and a sub video.

As shown, the main video 110 and the sub video (120, 130, 140, 150, 160) accordingly, all the video is configured in the form of a number of still images connected to the playback time axis.

The video content providing system extracts a part of the entire main video (110) based on a scene of a specific performer from a certain main video (110), a specific play time section, a specific scene, and configures a new video. In other words, the video composed by extracting a part from the main video 110 is called a sub-video. As shown in FIG. 1, the main video 110 and the sub-videos 120 and 130 separated from the main video 110 are connected to each other.

That is, the user using the video content providing system having the video content configured as described above, the user can select the desired sub-videos 140, 150, and 160 among the sub-videos provided by the content providing system. The videos selected in this way are determined by the service user's preference, and the like, and are composed of a new video 170 through the video contents providing system.

A detailed description of a video content providing system including such a feature is as follows. 2 is a block diagram of a system for providing a video content according to an embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the existing video content providing system, it includes an editing and transmission server of other functions.

As shown, the video content providing system 200 includes a service web server 230, a member management server 240, and a member DB 250 that are interconnected with the service user terminal 210 through the Internet network 220. ), A video management server 260, a video DB 270, and an editing and transmission server 280.

The service web server 230 not only manages the member management server 240 and the video management server 260 using a programming language of HTML, DHTML, JAVASCRIPT, ASP, SQL, but also configures a screen for providing service user information. . In addition, it includes the function of the Internet streaming server, if the service user wants to deliver the video content by streaming, and receives the file from the editing and storage server 280 to provide to the service user.

The member management server 240 establishes a member DB 250 and manages viewing restrictions based on the video grade or prevents access of false members, service usage history of the corresponding service user, preference storage, and payment method.

The video management server 260 stores and manages data on videos stored in the video DB 270, and the video DB 270 is stored in a form supporting Windows Media Player, and the video management server ( In step 260, the data is converted into a different format according to the terminal environment of the service user.

The editing and transmission server 280 not only edits and reconstructs the selected sub-movies into a file format desired by the service user, but also files in a format (such as a Windows Media Player supported format) desired by the service user for the videos selected by the service user. It consists of.

That is, when such an environment is provided, the service user accesses the service web server 230 in the video content providing system 200 through the Internet 220 using the terminal 210, and the video content providing system 200. ) Provides the corresponding service using the DBs 250 and 270 of the service web server 230 and the editing and storage server 280.

The operation process of the video content providing system including such a feature and a service user connected thereto is as follows. First, when a service user accesses a service providing site, the service providing site of the video content providing system provides a list and detailed information of main video (s) that can be provided to the service on a web browser screen of the service user. On the other hand, the service user selects the main video including the desired part from the main video provided through the video list and detailed information provided from the video content providing system. As such, when the service user selects an arbitrary main video, the video content providing system provides a representative screen and detailed information of sub videos configured by separating the selected main video to the service user's web browser. Thereafter, the service user selects the sub video (s) he / she wants. At this time, if there is a sub video desired by the service user, the service user puts the selected sub video in the temporary storage [cart] while the service user If there is no desired sub video, the service user selects whether to view a list of other main videos. At this time, if there is no main video desired by the service user, the use of the service is terminated, whereas when the user wants to view information on another main video, the screen returns to the initial screen.

On the other hand, when the service user selects an arbitrary sub video and adds it to the shopping cart, the video content providing system asks the service user whether it wants to view information of another main video and sub video additionally. For this question, if the service user wants to make further selections, the initial screen is provided, whereas if no further selections are desired, the selected sub video (s) will be saved in one file format or in multiple file formats. After determining whether to save, when selecting a plurality of sub videos, the editing method is selected by determining how to play the sub videos.

At this time, the delivery method for the edited moving image file is determined according to the determined editing method. For example, it is determined whether to deliver through Internet streaming, to save after file and to download via Internet, or to store and deliver via digital storage media including Diskette, CD-ROM, DVD.

An operation process of the video content providing system according to the present invention including such a feature will be described below. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of a video content providing system according to the present invention.

First, the video content providing system presents various stored main video lists and related detailed information to the corresponding service user (S310). Thereafter, the service user selects a desired sub video from among various main videos provided from the video content providing system, and transmits the desired sub video to the video content providing system. The video content providing system divides the sub video from the corresponding service user. After that, it is presented to the corresponding service user again (S320). The service user selects desired sub videos among the divided sub videos, and transmits them to the video contents providing system. The video content providing system edits the selected sub video to meet the request of the corresponding service user, and then stores the edited corresponding file (S330). The reconstructed video content is provided to the corresponding service user (S340).

At this time, when editing the sub videos selected by the corresponding service users and storing them in the video content providing system, related information about the main videos including the corresponding sub videos should also be stored.

4 is a configuration diagram of a web browser provided by the video content providing system according to the present invention to the service user when the service user selects any main video.

When the service user selects a video including a portion of interest from among the main videos presented by the video content providing system, the video content providing system includes a representative screen 401 of the corresponding main video, In addition to detailed information 402 including a plot, airing time, and performer information, a play and stop button 403, an information presentation window 404 of sub videos included in the main video, and a representative screen 405 of sub videos. And a web browser screen composed of detailed information 407, a play and stop button 406, and a shopping cart add button 408.

The service user who has received the web browser screen configured as described above from the video content providing system can receive the re-edited desired video of the selected sub videos in the following manner.

When the service user selects a video including an interest portion among the main videos presented by the video content providing system, the service user's web browser 400 displays a representative screen 401 of the corresponding main video, a plot, a broadcast time, Detailed information 402 such as performer information is provided. The service user is provided with the entire contents or the summary contents through internet streaming using the play and stop buttons 403 for the corresponding main video. Meanwhile, the service user is provided with an information presentation window 404 of sub videos included in the main video through the web browser screen 400. In this window 404, a representative screen 405 and detailed information 407 of sub videos are shown, and the service user can play contents of each sub video using the play and stop buttons 406. FIG.

While the invention has been described above based on the preferred embodiments thereof, these embodiments are intended to illustrate rather than limit the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, or adjustments to the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should not be limited only by the appended claims, but should be construed as including all such changes, modifications or adjustments.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing a re-edited video to the service user according to the needs of the service users, it is possible to respond to the content collection needs of various service users without increasing the cost of additional shooting for the already produced video program. In addition, it is possible to provide new video content and to improve the technology of reediting and transmitting video content.

Claims (9)

In the system for providing video content to users, Means for providing information on each of the provided content; Means for subdividing one piece of content selected by the user and providing information on each code; And means for composing new content using only partial content selected by the user, and means for transmitting the newly configured content to the user. The method of claim 1, And a means for converting the newly constructed content into a digital file of a format desired by the user. In the method of providing a system for providing video content to users, A first step of providing information on each of the provided contents; Subdividing one piece of content selected by the user and providing information on each code; A third step of composing new content using only partial content selected by the user; And a fourth step of transmitting the newly configured content to the user. The method of claim 3, wherein And a fifth step of converting the newly configured content into a digital file of a format desired by the user. The method of claim 3, wherein The video content providing method of a video content providing system comprising a main video and a sub video according to it. The method of claim 4, wherein The video content providing system of claim 1, wherein the video content selected by the user is made into one file or a plurality of files are connected by connecting two or more sub videos. The method according to claim 3 or 5, And the newly configured content includes information about the main video including the selected sub-videos. The method of claim 3, wherein The fourth step, The newly configured contents are delivered to the user through internet streaming, stored in a file and then delivered through internet downloading, or stored and delivered through a storage medium including a diskette, CD-ROM, and DVD. A method of providing a video content providing system. In the recording medium storing a program that can be executed by a computer to perform a method of providing a system for providing video content to users, A first step of providing information on each of the provided contents; Subdividing one piece of content selected by the user and providing information on each code; A third step of composing new content using only partial content selected by the user; And a fourth step of transmitting the newly configured contents to the user.