KR20020064418A - A service method of certification and billing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for servicing an authentication and a billing is provided to make an effective contents business possible by supplying an additional joining certification and billing service to a contents supplying server for supplying contents on the Internet for calculating a joining charge/rental fee in accordance with a joining and using of contents. CONSTITUTION: A businessman who manages a contents supplying server and wishes to use a billing service requests a billing service joining to an operation site(S101). If a billing server businessman who receives the joining application transmits a program for supplying a billing service to the contents supplying server through an E-mail(S102), the contents supplying server businessman inserts the received program into an authentication page of the operation site and starts a site management(S103). A user who wishes to use contents joins to the operation site of the contents supplying server using a user terminal, and personal information and payment information inputted by the user are transmitted to a billing server through the billing service supplying program(S104). The user uses all sites being managed by affiliated contents supplying servers using a received ID and pays a rental fee(S105), and the paid rental fee is calculated and supplied to the contents supplying server businessman(S106).

Description

A service method of certification and billing}

The present invention relates to a method of authentication and billing service, and more particularly, by providing a separate subscription authentication and billing service for calculating a subscription fee / fee for content subscription / use to a content providing server that provides content on the Internet. It relates to a method of authentication and billing services that enable a content business.

At present, various services are provided using the Internet as the Internet is activated to become a part of daily life. The service using the Internet has no limitations of time and space, and has the advantage of being used by an unspecified number of people at the same time, so that anytime, anywhere can access various services provided by the Internet.

On the other hand, the current small and medium content provider has content, but could not devote to the content business because it does not have a billing system according to the user's ID authentication or use of the content.

In addition, content providers need a lot of time to set up a billing service and to set up a bill with most ISPs / OSPs.

Therefore, there is a need to provide an integrated authentication / billing service to a content provider that does not have a billing system for content authentication / use.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, effective by providing a separate subscription authentication and billing service for calculating the subscription fee / fee for the content subscription / use to the content providing server that provides content on the Internet The purpose is to provide a method of authentication and billing service that enables the content business.

1 is a service schematic diagram according to the present invention;

2 is a service usage flowchart according to the present invention;

3 illustrates an example in which a content provider subscribes to a billing server through a content providing server;

4 is an example of HTML code including an authentication / billing code for providing a billing service transmitted from a billing server to a content providing server;

5 is an example of creating a subscription / authentication page by inserting HTML code into a page on an operation site of a content providing server;

6 is an example in which a user subscribes to an affiliate content providing server subscribed to a billing server through a user terminal.

* Description of the main symbols in the drawings

10: billing server 20: Internet network

30: content providing server 40: user terminal

In order to achieve the above object, the authentication and billing service method according to the present invention in a billing server providing a billing service to a content providing server, the subscription fee or content for using the content provided through the content providing server operating site In the method for receiving a payment from the user and paying the fee to be settled at the prescribed rate with the content providing server, the method for transmitting a program for providing a billing service to a content providing server operated by a content provider that has been subscribed to Stage 1; Inserting and setting the transmitted program into an authentication page of a content providing server operation site to create and operate a subscription / authentication page; A third step of receiving a prescribed subscription fee through a user terminal from a user who has subscribed to the operation site and receiving user's personal information and payment information; A fourth step of receiving a fee for use of an operation site from the user through a user terminal; And a fifth step of calculating the settled fee with the content providing server at a prescribed ratio.

On the other hand, the first step may be configured to send an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) code program including an authentication and billing code to the content providing server operated by the content provider that has been subscribed to by e-mail. The fourth step may be preferably performed through the step of receiving a payment from the user for the use of the operation sites of affiliated content providing servers subscribed to the billing server operation site.

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

1 is a schematic view of a service according to the present invention, and includes a billing server 10, a content providing server 30, a user terminal 40, and an internet network 20 connecting them. The billing server 10 supplies a program for providing a billing service to the content providing server 30, receives a content fee from the user using the content through the user terminal 40, and defines the content providing server 30. Pay a certain amount.

In other words, it provides the authentication and billing service for businesses that have content to be provided on the Internet but do not have a billing system for the user's ID authentication or use of the content.B to B (Business-Business) and B to C By presenting a model that combines (Business-Consumer) e-commerce, B to B provides operators with solution leasing and settlement services for billing services, and B to C collects content delivery site fees from users. To provide services.

The content providing server 30 provides a variety of content to the user subscribed as a member. The relationship between the billing server 10, the content providing server 30, and the user terminal 40 is determined by the billing server 10 as soon as the content providing server 30 joins the billing server 10 that provides the billing service. The billing service program provided can be received and operated. In other words, if a content provider inserts HTML code containing simple billing / authentication information into a content providing site, a business can be started immediately and production / operation is simple, and thus multiple sites can be operated.

In addition, a user who wants to use the content subscribes to the operation site of the content providing server 30 through the user terminal 40 and pays a subscription fee, and subscribes to the affiliated content providing server that subscribes to the billing server using the user authentication ID. All content provided by the operation sites of 30 can be used.

On the other hand, the content usage fee is paid to the billing server 10, the payment is settled at a predetermined rate according to the regulations and paid to the content providing server 30 operators.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a service usage according to the present invention, in which an operator operating a content providing server 30 to use a billing service applies for a billing service subscription to a billing server 10 operation site (S101). In other words, the user accesses the site operating the billing server 10 and inputs and transmits various types of information including information on the site operating the content providing server 30. At this time, a content provider can operate several sites.

When the billing server 10 operator receiving the subscription request transmits a program for providing a billing service to the subscribed content providing server 30 through e-mail (s102), the content providing server 30 operator receives the received information. After inserting the program into the authentication page of the operation site starts the site operation (s103).

A user who wants to use content subscribes to the operation site of the content providing server 30 using the user terminal 40, and the personal information and payment information input by the user is provided with a billing service inserted into the content providing server 30. It is transmitted to the billing server 10 through the program (s104).

The user can use all sites operated by the affiliated content providing server 30 using the given ID, and pays the usage fee according to the use (s105), and calculates the paid user fee at a predetermined rate according to the regulations. The content providing server 30 is paid to the operator (s106).

3 is an example in which a content provider subscribes to a billing server through a content providing server, and includes an operation site name of a content providing server, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a URL to insert HTML code that is a billing service providing program, and authentication to a user. When the URL to be shown and the personal information of the operator are inputted and transmitted to the billing server, the billing server is stored in the operator database for storing the operator information of the billing server.

4 is an example of HTML code including an authentication / billing code for providing a billing service transmitted from a billing server to a content providing server. When the HTML code is inserted into a URL to insert a billing server, a billing service can be operated immediately.

5 is an example of creating a subscription / authentication page by inserting HTML code into an operation site page of a content providing server.

6 is an example in which a user subscribes to an affiliate content providing server subscribed to a billing server through a user terminal, and information of the affiliate content providing server operator and payment information of the content usage fee are affiliated separately installed in the affiliate content providing server of the billing server. It is stored in the operator database and the user database.

The AVS (Age Verification Service) provider refers to a provider that provides content authentication and billing services to content providers who have content but do not have a billing system for ID authentication or content use. The same concept as the carrier.

In addition, the service provider can generate its own competition to attract members among all sites using the service, thereby minimizing the marketing cost of the AVS service provider due to its own need for marketing. A certain percentage is settled and paid to the affiliates.

The above-mentioned AVS is important for the contents mainly used by adults because authentication and payment related to the age of contents users are important.

The user can use the sites operated by all affiliated content providing servers with the user authentication ID given by joining the content providing server operation site, and the user can subscribe through any site using the authentication and billing service. If you can use all sites subscribed to the service.

According to the present invention, by providing a user authentication and billing service to a content providing service provider who does not have a billing system for carrying out a content service but having a content payment fee for user authentication or use of the content. Providers can implement more effective content business.

Claims (3)

In a billing server that provides a billing service to a content providing server, a billing fee for using a content provided through the content providing server operation site or a fee for using and paying for a content is paid from a user and a prescribed ratio with the content providing server. In the method of settlement, A first step of transmitting a program for providing a billing service to a content providing server operated by a content provider who has undergone a subscription procedure; Inserting and setting the transmitted program into an authentication page of a content providing server operation site to create and operate a subscription / authentication page; A third step of receiving a prescribed subscription fee through a user terminal from a user who has subscribed to the operation site and receiving user's personal information and payment information; A fourth step of receiving a fee for use of an operation site from the user through a user terminal; And And a fifth step of calculating the settled fee with the content providing server at a prescribed ratio. The method of claim 1, wherein the first step is A method of authenticating and billing services, comprising: sending an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) code program including an authentication and billing code to an content providing server operated by a content provider that has undergone a subscription procedure. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth step, Authentication and billing service method comprising the step of receiving a payment based on the use of the operation sites of the affiliated content providing servers subscribed to the billing server operation site from the user through the user terminal.