KR20020057379A - A book introducing method via tele-communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for introducing books using a communication network is provided to reduce expenses on publication by providing partial contents of a book to clients through the Internet in the form of multimedia, by collecting opinions of the clients, thereby obtaining information necessary for publishing businesses. CONSTITUTION: Information of a plurality of client connecting to a service providing server is received and stored in a client database(S1). A new frame is installed. After that, a book to be published is introduced(S2). Clients' opinions on a plot of the book are received(S3). Opinions provided from each client are collected and analyzed for a fixed time(S4). It is judged whether the opinions are suitable for publishing conditions according to analyzed results(S5). The publishing is deferred(S7). The publishing is performed(S6). Various forms of compensation are provided to the clients who provide opinions to the service providing server(S8).

Description

A book introducing method via tele-communication network

The present invention relates to a method of introducing a book through a communication network, and more particularly, to introduce a book already published on the Internet and a book to be published by using a multimedia medium including voice, It relates to a system for examining the reaction.

Until now, the introduction of newly published books has been made through print or broadcast media. Excerpts from a book or a summary of the story are presented to readers in the form of printed media, or as advertisements on broadcast media such as TV or radio. Recently, with the development of technology, books are introduced on the Internet. In the form of introduction, the general contents of the book, the introduction of the author and a part of the book are displayed, and there is an Internet site including reader reviews. However, since all of them are in the form of text, it is inconvenient to open the corresponding page.

There are hundreds of thousands of books published each year. Some of these books are sold in millions, but many are rarely sold and can't cover the cost of making them. Since the author cannot predict the reader's reaction to the book in advance, he has to publish the book first and wait for the reader's reaction. Therefore, it is necessary to anticipate the reader's response in advance, and the writer can publish a book that meets the reader's response, and at the same time, a method for reducing the publishing cost of a large number of books that are not published and read every year.

An object of the present invention is to introduce a book using multimedia on the Internet.

Another object of the present invention is to be able to predict in advance the response of the manuscript to be published.

Still another object of the present invention is to enable market research on a publication or publication to be carried out on the Internet.

The book introduction method according to the present invention for achieving these objects is a process of providing a part of the book to the client connected to the server using a communication means, such as the Internet, the process of collecting the client's opinion on the provided content It has a feature consisting of.

Another feature of the book introduction method according to the present invention is a process of receiving information of a plurality of clients connected to a service providing server through a communication means such as the Internet and storing the information in a predetermined storage device, and corresponding to the field of interest of each client. The process of providing each client's storyline with the client, the process of receiving multiple client's opinions on the storyline of the publication, the analysis of the aggregated opinions of the clients, and the analysis results This can be done through the process of determining whether to publish and the process of rewarding the opinion providing client.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for introducing books on the Internet;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a book introduction method according to the present invention;

3 is an exemplary diagram of a dedicated program for performing a multimedia function.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention and its operation will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for book introduction on the Internet. As shown, a plurality of clients (11, 12, 1N) that can be connected to the service providing server 20 for performing the book introduction according to the present invention through a communication means such as the Internet, connected to the service providing server 20 Text-To-Speech (hereinafter referred to as TTS) 21, a client database storing client information 22, and a book information database storing information about published books and manuscripts to be published. ), And a plurality of publishers 31, 32, and 3N which provide information of books published on the service providing server 20 and original document information to be published.

In general, instead of simply introducing the book, which is implemented on the Internet, the story of the book or the manuscript to be published is converted to speech using a speech synthesis engine so that the user can perform other tasks without continuously staring at the introduction screen. do.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a book introduction method according to the present invention. This example focuses on the manuscript that will be published. It is possible to conduct market research by providing manuscripts to be published to clients in various multimedia forms and inducing readers' responses through the provision of mileage or discount coupons. You can aim for side effects.

Information of a plurality of clients connected to the service providing server through a communication means such as the Internet is received and stored in the client database 22 (step S1).

The service provision server provides the client with a list of various new book information and manuscripts to be published by sector. If you want to check the contents of the e-book or printed book, click on the book you want. If you want to know about the book that is about to be published, select the book in the Upcoming item. If the artist wants to know about the work he is planning, he can choose the work he is planning.

The service providing server provides each client with a plot of the upcoming manuscript corresponding to the client's interest of choice. At this time, unlike the conventional Internet site that provides in the form of text, the speech synthesis engine (TTS engine) 21 is provided in the form of speech. If a children's story book or other image is added, it may be provided in the form of animation. The TTS engine 21 is a program that converts text in the form of text 21 into voice. In general, it is installed and used in a computer, and can be embedded in not only a computer but also a storage device of an electronic product, so it is used in a place where a text-type character is inputted and converted into a voice. The advantage of using the TTS engine is that long texts are also converted to speech, which means that humans do not have to read it directly. In addition, the TTS engine can be heard in real time. Therefore, even if the computer does not have the TTS engine, the text can be heard by voice if the server computer is connected to the Internet.

If you enter text on an Internet site, when people want to click it, they can click to hear the text. Therefore, if a summary or part of the content of the book or a book produced as an e-book already published is inputted, the reader can be operated by operating the TTS engine in real time. There is an advantage that the eyes do not get tired because the reader does not have to read the eyes directly, and it can help the reader to select the book because the contents of the book can be comfortably listened to.

In addition to using the TTS engine, voice can be used to record a human voice and convert it to a MIDI file, a wave file, an mp3 file, or a real player file. I can tell you.

The TTS engine is a program that converts text to speech and is separate from speech files. The computer's multitasking function can run multiple programs at the same time, so it can run not only the TTS engine but also other programs. Therefore, by operating the TTS engine, it converts text to speech so that the user can listen to the speech and simultaneously executes an animation program that is executed by using a program such as flash or dream weaver. Allows you to experience both voice and multimedia functions, and allows you to multitask even when using mp3 or wave files without using the TTS engine. Can be run at the same time.

In order to perform multimedia functions, a program such as flash can be used by combining voice and animation, or a dedicated program can be used separately. 3 is an example of a dedicated program that performs a multimedia function. Dedicated program of Figure 3 shows the text content at the same time to play the voice and also shows a picture file or animation. When presenting the book's content, readers can listen to the voice while viewing pictures or text by using a dedicated browser window that allows them to see text, pictures, and animations with their eyes, as in Figure 3, without running the TTS engine. .

By creating a frame that introduces books on the Internet site, the program is installed to introduce books and to write reviews, so that anyone can easily write a review and read the review freely. When you read a book review, you can read the textual book review, but you can run the TTS engine to listen to the review. The way that a book review is written and read is different from the conventional method. It is possible to use a book review regardless of the type or form of a book, and to use a printed book, and to listen to a book review without using a TTS engine. .

Introducing a book can be used as a book advertising method. Traditionally, book advertisements were primarily advertised in print or listed on books on Internet bookstore sites. Apart from this method, the introduction of books in multimedia programs including voices has the advantage that the advertising effect is very high and the books that can be advertised are available in all types and all kinds of books. In addition, when accessing an Internet site, a multimedia program including a voice is automatically executed to be used as an advertisement method of introducing a book or outputting only a voice.

You can install a new frame apart from the frame that introduces the book to introduce a future book or to predict readers' reactions. In the case of a future book, the book can be an e-book or a book to be printed, and a small description of the book can be made in text form to operate the TTS engine to be used simultaneously with a multimedia program or to be recorded as a voice file. At the same time, it allows the reader to learn about the book in advance. Existing methods were available only in the case of e-books, and they were possible to introduce them in advance, and their forms were also e-books, but the method described now is possible in all books regardless of the type of book (S2 process).

A number of clients are provided with comments on the manuscript's storyline. The form of receiving comments can be made by making a list that can be recorded in a specific part of the frame representing the book or the manuscript to be published, or through a separate e-mail or guestbook. The data provided from the client can be provided to other clients in the form of voice through voice synthesis technology (S3 process).

Analyze the opinions provided from each client for a certain period of time (S4 process).

Based on the analysis result, it is possible to determine whether the publication conditions are met (S5 process) or to suspend publication (S7 process) or to make a decision to perform the publication (S6 process).

Compensation in various forms is provided to clients who provide their opinions to the service providing server by reading the contents of the book or the manuscript to be published from the service providing server or by receiving the voice. When a certain score is reached, such as an additional point or a point score, it may be operated in such a way that it can be used. In addition, when a book is published, a discount can be used (S8 process).

As described above, the present invention is a system that introduces all kinds and all types of books using a multimedia program including a voice, and at the same time allows a user to freely write a book review. In addition, because the reader's reaction to the book can be predicted, it helps the author to write the book, thereby reducing the waste caused by the book being unread and unread. The introduction of the book can be used as an advertising method, and the book introduction can be heard by voice, so people can easily get information about the book and the animation function using multimedia provides various information and fun for the book. Help You can reduce the cost of publishing thousands of books that are published each year and are not read. In addition, understanding the reader's reaction to the information, design, and composition of the book being planned by the publisher can be helpful in the planning of the book, and can reduce the risk of the publisher if the book is very large. In addition, market research can be conducted based on readers' responses.

Claims (13)

Providing a part of a book in a multimedia form to a client accessing a service providing server using a communication means such as the Internet; A method of introducing a book using a communication network, which includes collecting a client's opinion on the contents provided. The method of claim 1; The book is a book introduction method using a communication network, characterized in that the new publication. The method of claim 1; The book is a book introduction method using a communication network, characterized in that the manuscript to be published. The method of claim 2 or 3; Partial contents of the book is a book introduction method using a communication network, characterized in that provided in the form of speech by a text-to-speech (Text-To-Speech). The method of claim 2 or 3; Partial contents of the book is a book introduction method using a communication network, characterized in that provided in the form of animation (animation). The method of claim 2 or 3; The opinion provided by the client may be provided to another client in the form of speech by a voice-to-speech (Text-To-Speech). The method of claim 1; A method of introducing a book using a communication network, characterized in that a reward is performed in the form of mileage to a client who provides an opinion on a partial content of the book. Receiving information of a plurality of clients connected to the service providing server through a communication means such as the Internet and storing the information in a predetermined storage device; Providing each client with a storyline of upcoming manuscripts that correspond to each client's interests; The process of receiving input from multiple clients on the story of the manuscript to be published, To analyze the opinions of multiple clients The process of determining whether to publish based on the analyzed result, Opinion providing method of introducing a book using a communication network that includes rewarding a client. The method of claim 8; The plot of the manuscript to be published is a book introduction method using a communication network, characterized in that provided to the client in a multimedia form (multimedia). The method of claim 8; The plot of the manuscript to be published is a book introduction method using a communication network, characterized in that the text information is provided in the form of speech by a text-to-speech. The method of claim 8; The plot of the manuscript to be published is a book introduction method using a communication network, characterized in that provided in the form of animation (animation). The method of claim 8; A method for introducing a book using a communication network, characterized in that opinions on the plot of the upcoming manuscripts provided from a plurality of clients can be provided to other clients in the form of voice by text-to-speech. 13. The method of any one of claims 8 to 12; A method of introducing a book using a communication network, characterized in that a reward is performed in the form of mileage to a client who has provided an opinion on a story of a manuscript to be published.