KR20030059051A - Method for selling contents - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for selling contents is provided to supply a partial portion of an advertising income for a contents supply user by loading the contents prepared by the user in a system with a content rental fee and inserting an advertisement supplied by an advertisement sponsor in the contents. CONSTITUTION: A web folder server(200) supplies a shared web folder space and an individual web folder space for a contents supply user(300) and a general user(400)(E100). The contents supply user(300) and the general user(400) upload a contents file or an individual file in the web folder server(200) and store the file in the individual web folder space. The contents supply user(300) uploads a contents file in the shared web folder space and suggests a proper price of the file. If the contents supply user(300) and the general user(400) request to manufacture a CD with respect to wanted data stored other shared web folder spaces and individual contents stored in the individual web folder space in the web folder server(200), the web folder server(200) manufactures the CD and delivers the CD to the contents supply user(300) and the general user(400). Otherwise, the contents supply user(300) and the general user(400) connect to the web folder server(200) and download contents of the CD.

Description

How to sell content {Method for selling contents}

The present invention relates to a method of selling content. More specifically, when a user presents a content providing fee that he or she deems appropriate to the above-mentioned system, a user who wants to use the content is provided. To the user who created the content, a portion of the advertising revenue generated by advertising to another user by inserting the advertisement provided by the advertising sponsor who has paid a predetermined price or has made an advertisement contract with the system. The present invention relates to a method of selling content that enables other users to use the content by paying the content providing fee and protects the copyright of the created content by paying the content providing user.

Content was originally used to refer to the contents and contents of books, papers, etc., but is now commonly used to refer to digital information provided through various wired and wireless communication networks. For example, movies, music, and game software contained in various programs, information contents, CD-ROMs, and the like provided through the Internet or PC communication, all belong to the contents of the creator.

The problem with the distribution of such content is the decrease in the creator's motivation to create due to illegal alteration, theft, and unauthorized copying of the content. The lack of awareness of the copyright of the creation is the main cause. In the situation where the Internet network is developed, the possibility of illegal use of contents is further increased.

Therefore, the present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned phenomenon, and an object of the present invention is to present the contents of the contents created by the user to the above-mentioned system together with the content providing fee that he considers to be appropriate. The contents of the advertising revenue generated by advertising to another user are inserted by inserting an advertisement provided by an advertising sponsor who pays a predetermined price directly by another user who wants to use or an advertisement sponsor having an advertising contract with the system. Providing contents to other users by paying the contents providing price to the user who created the contents, and paying the contents providing user to provide high value-added contents and protect the copyright of the created contents. In providing a method.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an implementation model using the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a content selling system (web folder server) of the present invention.

3A and 3B are flowcharts of an embodiment using the present invention.

4 is a flowchart in which a content providing user is provided with a price for providing content provided to a web folder server.

5 is an exemplary diagram in which an advertisement is performed on a screen of a user terminal.

First of all, for convenience of description, the system of the present invention enables a content providing user to provide content or to acquire a content of a general user is referred to as a content providing / acquisition service, and the following description will be given. Since the above service is performed by using a web folder server and its meaning is identified in advance.

In order to achieve the above object, the content selling system of the present invention is a connection recognition module for recognizing that a content providing user or a general user accesses the system for using a content providing / acquisition service, and inputted when two users access the system. A user identification module that determines whether an ID and password have been registered by receiving an ID and password. If it is determined that the ID and password have not been registered by the user identification module, the user receives personal information from two users. User registration module that performs the procedure, Encryption module that grants encryption key to the personal information through encryption process, Space provision module that provides two users' shared web folder space and personal web folder space, Contents providing user Request uploading the created contents to the shared web folder space A content upload request module for requesting two users to upload their personal content to the personal web folder space, a content upload module for uploading content to a shared web folder space or uploading personal content to a personal web folder space; Content request module that requests the acquisition of the desired contents among the various contents stored in the folder space, or the two users request the acquisition of the personal contents stored in the personal web folder space. CD production module for creating a file, a content download module for converting content to an installation file when two users request to download the content requested for downloading to the two users, and content stored in a shared web folder space acquired by a general user. Fee payment method A payment module that pays a part of the fee for providing the content to the content providing user after performing a fee payment procedure, and if the content providing user requests the upload of his / her content through the content upload request module Presenting a form to the web browser of the content providing user, presenting a list of contents uploaded to the shared web folder space and an information fee for each of the contents to the two users, wherein the two users Notification module for presenting the relevant upload form to the web browsers of the two users when uploading their contents through the content upload module by using the space, which is calculated from each module or stores data necessary for driving each module Predetermined storage database (DB), information between modules The box includes a central processing units for the proper processing of the transmission and the information is its features.

Additionally, advertisement information may be added to the CD or installation file, and the advertisement information may be provided by an advertisement sponsor having an advertisement contract with a content sales system, in which case the system may charge a predetermined fee for advertisement execution from the advertisement sponsor. It further includes an advertisement fee payment module for performing a payment procedure, and further includes an advertisement sponsor DB for storing the advertisement sponsor's general requirements, advertisements produced by the advertisement sponsor, and information related to the advertisement fee.

The fee payment method may be roughly divided into a payment method that a general user pays and a payment method using the advertisement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which reference numerals will be given to the same elements even though they are in different drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an implementation model using the present invention.

The web folder server 200 provides a shared web folder space and a personal web folder space to the content providing user 300 and the general user 400 (E100). Providing contents provided with the shared web folder space and the personal web folder space The user 300 and the general user 400 may upload their content files or personal files to the server 200 and store them in the personal web folder space. The user 300 may upload a content file created by the user directly to the shared web folder space and propose a reasonable price for the file (E110). When the content providing user 300 and the general user 400 request CD production from the server 200 for desired content among various materials in different shared web folder spaces and personal contents stored in their personal web folder spaces, the web is The folder server 200 produces a CD and delivers it to the content providing user 300 and the general user 400, or the content providing user 300 and the general user 400 transmit the above materials to the web folder server 200. It may be directly connected to download (E120).

When the general user 400 selects / requests a desired content from the shared web folder space (E130) and requests CD production from the web folder server 200, the web folder server 200 creates a CD and sends it to the general user. If the general user 400 wants to download the selected / requested data or information directly from the server 200 instead of the CD, the server 200 converts the data or information into an installation file. Afterwards, the installation file is transmitted to the general user 400 through the Internet (E140). The general user executes the installation file to check or use the selected content. The server 200 pays the content providing price to the content providing user 300 (E170). The general user 300 directly pays the providing price for the content selected by the general user 400 (E150) or the server ( The advertisement provided by the advertising sponsor 500 having an advertisement contract with the user 200 is inserted into a free space or an installation file of the CD to advertise to the general user 400 to perform the advertisement from the advertising sponsor 500. By receiving an advertisement fee (E160), a predetermined ratio may be paid to the content providing user 300 to replace the content providing price. In addition, the personal space of the user 300 or 400 may be attached to the free space or the installation file of the CD.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

2 is a block diagram of a content selling system (web folder server) of the present invention.

When the user 300 or 400 accesses the web folder server 200 (hereinafter referred to as a server), predetermined data (which is commonly used for data transmission on the Internet) to the central processing unit 10 through the Internet 180 and an external interface module 170. It will be data in the form of TCP / IP protocol, and the content of the data will be the content providing / acquisition service, and the user's ID and password are included). 20) transfer the above data. The connection recognition module 20 receives the above data and recognizes that an access request has been received by the server 200, and transmits ID data and password data of the user coded with predetermined data to the user identification module 30.

* The user identification module 30 that receives the user's ID data and the password data is a part for checking whether there is a corresponding ID and password, and the user identification module 30 receives the user's ID data and the password data. The processor 10 notifies the processing unit 10 and the central processing unit 10 applies a read signal to the user DB 190 to read the data of the user DB 190 and transmits it to the user identification module 30. The user identification module 30 compares the data received from the user DB 190 with the input ID data and password data of the user and determines whether the input ID data and the password data are already registered.

1) If it is determined that it is not already registered

In this case, the user identification module 30 determines that the users 300 and 400 accessing the server 200 are new members and notifies the user registration module 40 that a new member registration request has been received.

The user registration module 40, which has received a new member registration request notification, notifies that the new member is connected to the central processing unit 10, and the central processing unit 10 uses the notification module 140 on the web browsers of the users 300 and 400. A new member registration page will be displayed, and the first access user enters various items related to personal information presented on the member registration page. Various items related to personal information are given a unique encryption key to each user through a predetermined encryption process by the encryption module 110, and the encryption key is recorded in the encryption key DB 191. At this time, the predetermined encryption The process may be implemented in various ways, such as a secret key method and a public key method, and it is up to the designer of the server 200 to use which method. The main reason for encryption is to prevent illegal alteration of contents and to maintain security of each user's data. When the user 300 or 400 clicks the 'save button', the items are coded into predetermined data and then reach the central processing unit 10 via the Internet 180 and the external interface module 170, and the central processing unit 10 ) Applies a recording signal to the user DB 190 to store the item data. At this time, examples of the item data may be very diverse, such as name, social security number, user ID, password, email address, mobile terminal number, age, birthday, hobbies, interests, occupation, marital status, owned by the owner. It is up to the system administrator to decide the items. In addition, in the case of a new member, the user may select whether the user is the content providing user 300 or the general user 400 to join.

When the user registration process is completed, the central processing unit 10 provides the shared web folder space 90 and the personal web folder space 160 to the newly registered user through the space providing module 50.

2) If it is determined that it is already registered

In this case, the user identification module 30 determines whether the user accessing the server 200 is the content providing user 300 or the general user 400, and the two users share the shared web folder space 90 provided to them. Various processes such as uploading or downloading content using the personal web folder space 160 are performed. Hereinafter, various processes will be described in detail.

3A and 3B are flowcharts of an embodiment using the present invention.

The content providing user 300 and the general user 400 access the server 200 (S301) and the content providing user 300 via the content upload request module 60 to share the contents created by the web folder space ( 90) or two users request to upload their personal content to the personal web folder space 160 (S302). In this case, the number of uploaded contents may be plural. The central processing unit 10 shows a content upload form (form: form) through the notification module 140 (S303) and the two users upload their content through the content upload module 70 according to the upload form. Together, the content providing user 300 presents a content providing price for the content requested to be uploaded to the shared web folder space 90 (S304). At this time, the upload form will be a specific form presented in the upload screen provided by the Internet website of the server 200, and the upload of the file may be possible by various data transfer methods such as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) provided by the server 200. will be. The central processing unit 10 recognizes the uploaded contents and records the contents uploaded by the content providing user 300 in the shared web folder space 90 or records the personal contents uploaded by the two users in the personal web folder space 160. In the personal content, the central processing unit 10 reads the encryption key corresponding to the user who uploaded the personal content from the encryption key DB 191 and inserts the encryption key into the personal content (S505). In step S305, a recording signal is applied to the personal content to which the encryption key is inserted. The central processing unit 10 also presents the list of contents uploaded to the users via the notification module 140 and the information fee for the contents stored in the shared web folder space 90.

The general user 400 selects / requests a single or a plurality of desired contents among various contents stored in the shared web folder space 90 through the content request module 80 (S306), and pays a fee for the selected contents. Determining the method (S307), the request for download or the CD production request for the selected / requested content (S308) and the central processing unit 10 recognizes the request is selected by the general user 400 when the download request Command to the content download module 100 to transmit to the terminal of the general user 400 (S311). The content download module 100 transmits the general user 400 and the corresponding content selected from the encryption key DB 191. After reading and decrypting the encryption key corresponding to the provided content providing user 300 (S312), the content corresponding to the decrypted encryption key is read from the shared web folder space 90 and installed therein. In operation S313, the installation file is transmitted through the external interface module 170 and the Internet 180 (S314). At this time, if the general user 400 requests the download of personal content stored in his or her personal web folder space 160, personal content may be further inserted into the installation file.

The general user 400 downloads the installation file, installs it on his terminal, and uses the content, and a fee for the content requested by the general user 400 by the payment method determined is paid to the server 200 (S321). ).

When the general user 400 requests the CD production, the CD production command is issued to the CD production module 120 (S316). The CD production module 120 selects the content from the encryption key DB 191. After reading and decrypting the encryption key corresponding to the content providing user 300 that provided the corresponding content (S317), the content corresponding to the decrypted encryption key is read from the shared web folder space 90 to produce a CD. In operation S318, a key value for the produced CD is generated and stored in the CD key DB 192 (S319), and the produced CD is delivered to the general user 400 (S320). At this time, if the general user 400 wants to receive personal content stored in his personal web folder space 160 as a CD, the personal content may be inserted into the free space of the CD. The general user 400 receives the CD and drives the CD on his terminal to use the content, and a fee for the content requested by the general user 400 by the payment method determined by the general user 400 is paid to the server 200 (S321). . When the delivery is completed, the central processing unit 10 records delivery related information such as CD production time, delivery time, general user address, and capacity information of the delivered CD in the delivery status DB 192.

In this case, the fee payment method described above will be described (see FIG. 4).

(1) When the general user 400 determines the payment method to be paid by the user, the user pays a predetermined fee for the selected content through the payment module 130. Cash payment, bank account number, credit card account When the fee payment method such as a number is transmitted to the server 200, the server 200 receives the fee by the payment method selected by the general user 400 through the payment module 130. General matters regarding payment of the fee (for example, payment form, information usage fee, payment date, etc.) of the general user are stored in the payment settlement DB 194.

(2) When the general user 400 determines the payment method using an advertisement, there are two cases.

① When the general user 400 requests the CD production, the CD production module 120 reads out a specific advertisement stored in the advertisement sponsor DB 195 (S401) and inserts the advertisement into an extra space of the produced CD (S402). The general user 400 receives the CD and executes the above advertisement while executing the CD (S404). In this case, since the general user 400 has a limited storage capacity of the CD, the general user 400 may select content only until a minimum amount of extra space for inserting an advertisement can be secured. The fee for the execution of the advertisement is received from the advertising sponsor 500 through the advertisement fee payment module 150 (S406) to replace the predetermined fee for the content selected by the general user 400, the central processing unit 10 described above The advertisement sponsor 500 stores various matters of the advertisement sponsor 500, advertisements produced by the advertisement sponsor 500, and advertisement fee information according to content selected by the general user in the advertisement sponsor DB 195.

② When the general user 400 requests the download, the content download module 100 reads out a specific advertisement stored in the advertisement sponsor DB 195 (S401) and inserts the advertisement into the above-described installation file (S403). During the process of installing the installation file by the user 400, the advertisement is executed on the terminal screen of the general user 400 (S405), and the advertisement fee for the advertisement is executed through the advertisement fee payment module 150. By receiving from (S406) the general user 400 replaces a predetermined fee for the content selected by the central processing unit 10, the above-mentioned matters of the advertising sponsor 500, advertisements produced by the advertising sponsor 500, general The advertisement fee information according to the content selected by the user is stored in the advertisement sponsor DB 195. In this case, the process of inserting the advertisement into the installation file will be described briefly. When the general user 400 selects the desired content, the selected content is stored in a temporary space (not shown) of the server 200 and the stored content is installed. It is inserted into a shelled program. During the installation of the terminal of the general user 400, an advertisement to be displayed on the screen of the terminal is read from the advertisement sponsor DB 195 and inserted into the installation shell program, and the content download module 100 is inserted into the installation shell program. Produce content and advertisement in one installation file.

Illustrative examples of the advertisement implementation in the case of ① and ② are shown in FIG. 5.

a is a sponsored advertisement inserted in the installation file, b is a window in which the installation file is executed to form a content selected by the user, and c is a file name being formed.

When the settlement of the fee for the content is completed, the central processing unit 10 pays a part of the fee to the content providing user 300 through the payment module 130 to provide a predetermined content providing fee (S322). Is stored in the billing DB (194).

When the content providing user 300 receives the user's personal content from the server 200 and uses and checks the same, the detailed description thereof is weak.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, modifications to the previous embodiment of the present invention will not be able to deviate from the technology of the present invention.

Use of the present invention has the following effects.

Content Providing Users can achieve high value-adding of their contents by providing contents that are the products of all their efforts and being paid a fair price for them, and through the encryption process provided by the system of the present invention, illegal contents of the contents are illegal. It is possible to prevent the use of phosphorus and to protect copyright through this.

Claims (2)

A web folder server that provides file storage space, a shared web folder space provided by the web folder server, a personal web folder space, and a shared web folder space provided by the web folder server. A content providing user providing corresponding selling price information, and a general user uploading a content file or a personal file to a personal web folder space provided by the web folder server and purchasing a file stored in the shared web folder space. How to sell your content: Providing the shared web folder space to the content providing user by the web folder server and separately providing a personal web folder space to the general user; Generating an encryption key by receiving personal information from the content providing user and the general user and encrypting the web folder server; Storing the generated encryption key in a predetermined database at the web folder server; Receiving the contents created by the content providing user and price information corresponding to the contents from the contents providing user and uploading the contents to the shared web folder space; Receiving personal content from the general user at the web folder server and uploading the personal content to the personal web folder space; When uploading the content, extracting an encryption key corresponding to a user uploading the content from the web folder server and inserting the encryption key into the uploaded content; Receiving, by the web folder server, selection information regarding content to be produced as a CD among contents stored in the shared web folder space from the general user; Receiving, by the web folder server, selection information regarding contents to be produced as a CD among contents stored in the personal web folder space in addition to the contents selected in the shared web folder space from the general user; Creating a CD including contents stored in the shared web folder space selected by the general user and contents stored in the personal web folder space at the web folder server; Including a unique key on the CD when the CD is produced by the web folder server; Providing a CD including the unique key to the general user; Receiving a fee for producing the CD from the general user; And Paying a part of the paid fee to the content providing user for providing the content. The method of claim 1, In the web folder server, creating a CD including content stored in the shared web folder space selected by the general user and content stored in the personal web folder space, And including an advertisement on the CD.