KR20040083238A - Peer to peer based contents provider service system in wireless communication network and method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A peer-to-peer-based personal contents providing service system through a mobile communication network and its method are provided to allow a user to provide contents which is created personally by the user to other mobile communication users. CONSTITUTION: A contents creating terminal(10) creates personal multimedia contents and provides it through a communication network. A mobile terminal(30) searches index information with respect to the personal multimedia contents created by the contents creating terminal and receives it through a mobile communication network as necessary. An index server(14) stores the index information of the personal contents and controls transmission state of the personal contents requested to be transmitted according to inquiring of the index information by the mobile terminal(30). A contents server(26) transmits the personal contents to the mobile terminal(26) after receiving request of the index server(14).

Description

Peer-to-Peer-based Personal Contents Providing Service System over Wireless Communication Network and Its Method {PEER TO PEER BASED CONTENTS PROVIDER SERVICE SYSTEM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND METHOD THEREFORE}

The present invention relates to a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system and a method through a wireless communication network, and more particularly, to a peer-to-peer method of providing content personally authored by a user to other mobile communication users. The present invention relates to a peer-to-peer based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network and a method thereof.

In general, in a wireless communication system in which a mobile communication packet network and an internet network / intranet network are interworked, a voice call is possible between a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal or a wired telephone and a mobile communication terminal, and the web through the Internet network. In an accessible network terminal (ie, a personal computer terminal), a voice call can be made with a mobile communication terminal on a mobile communication network through an Internet telephone system that performs a voice call service on the web.

In addition, in a wireless communication system in which such a mobile communication packet network and an internet network / intranet network are interworked, a professional content production company called Contents Provider (CP) cooperates with a mobile communication company to produce contents in various multimedia formats. In addition, a content providing service for allowing a user of a mobile communication terminal to pay a predetermined purchase amount and download desired content is applied.

In such a content providing service, when a user of a mobile communication terminal requests the download of a desired multimedia content from a plurality of contents provided by a wireless portal of a mobile communication service provider, the content data is displayed and outputted according to the terminal type of the corresponding mobile communication terminal. It is possible to provide by transcoding to this possible type.

However, a content service provided to each mobile communication user on such a conventional mobile communication network is provided by a professional content producer called a Contents Provider (CP) to provide content authored in cooperation with a mobile communication provider. Since there is a possibility that the variety and originality of the content content may be lacked due to the limited number of content producers, the range of content selection for the mobile communication user may be limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide content data authored by an individual user to another user in a peer-to-peer manner through a wireless communication network. A peer-to-peer based personal content providing service system and method are provided.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network for distributing revenue generated in return for providing to another user of content authored by an individual user to a content authoring user and To provide a method.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network that allows authoring of personal content using a content authoring tool normalized to register content file information on a wireless communication network. Provide a method.

According to a system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, a content action terminal for arbitrarily authoring and providing multimedia personal content through a communication network, and multimedia personal content authored from the content action terminal Search for index information on the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal receiving the necessary personal content through the mobile communication network, and the index information of the personal content authored in the content-lowering terminal, and transmits according to the index information query of the mobile communication terminal And an index server for controlling a transmission state of the requested personal content, and a content server for transmitting personal content authored from the content inferior terminal to a mobile communication terminal in response to a request for transmitting personal content from the index server. Via wireless network It provides a peer-to-peer based personal content providing service system.

According to a method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in order to achieve the above object, the step of authoring multimedia personal content by a personal author in the content action terminal and provided through a communication network, a specific mobile communication terminal on the mobile communication network Searching for multimedia personal content in an index server and performing a download request of desired personal content, performing a request for transmission of personal content requested by the mobile communication terminal in the index server, and transmitting a request for transmission of the index server; Accordingly, the present invention provides a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service method through a wireless communication network, comprising: transmitting personal content provided from the content inferior terminal to a mobile communication terminal through a content server.

1 is a view showing the overall information flow for a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service method through a wireless communication network according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network according to the present invention; FIG.

3 is a view for explaining a production process of personal content according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view showing a data format of personal content authored according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a view showing a path for providing personal content based on a peer-to-peer scheme according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a registration operation through a communication network of a personal content asset in a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service method through a wireless communication network according to the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of providing personal content in a peer-to-peer manner in a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service method through a wireless communication network according to the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

10: content action terminal, 12: content authoring,

14: index server, 16: subscriber information register,

18: terminal model information server, 20: content information database,

22: database of revenue information, 24: copyright management server,

26: content server, 28: content converter,

30: mobile communication terminal, 32: copyright manager,

34: content authoring tool, 36: content database,

38: Content uploader.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings for a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

That is, FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall information flow of a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service method through a wireless communication network according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service method according to the present invention, when a personal content author personally authors multimedia content using a content authoring tool, the content of the personal work is transmitted through the Internet. The content providing system provides personal content provided by the personal content author to a content purchaser through a mobile communication packet network.

Here, the personal content author and the content purchaser are not particularly distinguished in their role, and it is possible for the content buyer to provide personal content as the personal content author according to whether the personal authoring content is authored, and the personal content author is the content purchaser. As such, it is possible to receive authored content from other content authors.

Meanwhile, the content purchaser pays for the content purchase amount in return for receiving personally authored content authored by an individual content creator through the content providing system, and the content providing system sells the content purchase amount paid by the content purchaser. As a result, the content is distributed to the personal content author.

Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network according to the present invention includes a content authoring terminal 10, an index server 14, a subscriber information registration unit 16, and a terminal. Slave information server 18, content information database 20, revenue information database 22, copyright management server 24, content server 26, content converter 28, and mobile communication terminal 30. .

In the figure, the content authoring terminal 10 is composed of a computer terminal equipped with a network adapter such as a modem and a LAN card, and the like, such as a video, voice, still picture, text, flash, etc. Personal content is authored in the form of multimedia data and registered in the index server 14 through the Internet, and the authored personal content is provided in a peer-to-peer manner according to a content purchase request of a specific content purchaser through a mobile communication packet network.

The index server 14 registers personal content authored by the content authoring terminal 10 to form content index information, and according to a content purchase request from the mobile communication terminal 30 of a content purchaser through a mobile communication packet network. The charging process is performed according to the download of personal content and the purchase price of the content.

Here, the index server 14 manages index information (eg, content author, content title, content type, keyword corresponding to content content, etc.) of personal content registered by a personal content author, and assigns the personal content. Copyright management server 24 to manage the copyright usage information.

The subscriber information register 16 provides subscriber information and location information of the mobile communication terminal 30, and the terminal type information server 18 requests the purchase of personal content through a mobile communication packet network. Model information according to the device specification (ie, poly, color, screen size, etc.) of the terminal.

The content information database 20 holds file information on personal content that is personally authored and registered by a personal content author, and keyword information corresponding to the content of the content is linked to each personal content file information. .

The revenue information database 22 stores the billing information of the purchase amount charged in accordance with the purchase of the personal content from the mobile communication terminal 30 and the revenue information of the sale amount generated by the sale of the personal content for each individual content author. have.

The copyright management server 24 is to manage copyright information of the original data of the content that is authored through the content authoring device 12 of the content authoring terminal 10, which is a video, voice required for authoring personal content If a copyright already exists in the original data such as still images, texts, and the like, the copyright information is input to personal content.

In addition, the copyright management server 24 calculates and stores a selling price and a profit sharing ratio of personal content according to a copyright provision policy from a copyright company, and stores the selling price and the revenue sharing ratio information on the index server ( 14) to provide.

The content server 26 has a storage space that is rented for each individual content author, and mobile communication of the personal content received and stored from the content authoring terminal 10 in response to a content transfer request of the index server 14. It transmits to the mobile communication terminal 30 through a packet network.

The content converter 28 converts the personal content data based on the terminal model information of the mobile communication terminal 30 provided from the terminal type information server 18 to the color specification, the poly specification, and the like of the mobile communication terminal 30. Content conversion is performed to suit the screen size and the like.

The mobile communication terminal 30 connects to the index server 14 through a mobile communication packet network, searches for desired personal content through the content index information provided from the index server 14, and downloads the desired personal content. Store and perform payment of the charges charged according to the purchase price of the personal content.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the content authoring device 12 of the content authoring terminal 10 includes a copyright manager 32, a content authoring tool 34, a content database 36, and a content uploader 38. If the copyright manager 32 is linked to the copyright management server 24 via the Internet, if the copyright exists for the original media data (RMD) to be referenced or applied for the production of personal content The copyright information is input for personal content.

The content authoring tool 34 of the content author 12 is for authoring a personal content author as multimedia personal content to which copyright information is arbitrarily applied using the original media data rmd. It is for storing content data (CD) authored using the content authoring tool 34.

Here, the personal content data (CD) stored in the content database (36) is preferably to prevent the extraction of each individual data file in order to prevent illegal leakage through the Internet, the database itself is another user It is desirable to make it impossible for them to be implanted.

On the other hand, valid operation of the content database 36 may include partial deletion of personal content data (CD), uploading to the index server 14 and the content server 26, and modification of data to the content authoring tool 34. It is desirable to only allow loading.

The content uploader 38 uploads personal content data (CD) stored in the content database 36 to a personal rental storage space of a content server 26, and indexes file information of the personal content. Upload to server 14.

Here, the content uploader 38 is capable of transmitting personal content data (CD) stored in the content database 36 to the personal rental storage space of the content server 26, but to the index server 14 Uploading only the file information of the corresponding personal content data (CD), and if the other content buyer later requests the purchase of the personal content to transmit to the mobile communication terminal 30 of the user who requested the purchase via the content server (26) It is possible.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the data format of the personal content data includes mobile peer-to-peer header information, content specification header information, and payload information. The mobile peer-to-peer header information may include a provider ID for recognizing a personal content author who authored the content, a content ID, a subject, a keyword, and a price of the content that are assigned to identify the content in the content database 36. Proprietary Share Policy information, revenue share percentages of businesses and authors, copyright fees, Content Type Code, age information, copyright information with the copyright holder information of the original media data, Content indicating that personal content is not stored in content server 26 but in content database 36. Stored peer flags (Contents-Stored-Peer-flag), checksums, and the like are included.

The content specification header information includes basic specifications of the corresponding personal content, that is, information such as poly, color, duration, and the like.

Next, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a path for providing personal content based on a peer-to-peer scheme according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile communication terminal 30 connects to the index server 14 via a mobile communication packet network and requests download of specific personal content, and the index server 14 requests the download. A request for transmission of the corresponding personal content requested by the mobile communication terminal 30 is performed from a plurality of personal contents stored in a storage space allocated to each individual content author of the content server 26.

Accordingly, the content server 26 transmits the personal content requested by the index server 14 to the mobile communication terminal 30 through a mobile communication packet network.

On the other hand, the index server 14, if it is determined that the personal content requested to download from the mobile communication terminal 30 is not stored in the content server 26, the personal content corresponding to the content low-action terminal 10 The request for the transmission of the content-lowering terminal 10 transmits the personal content requested to be transmitted to the content server 26.

Accordingly, the content server 26 transmits the personal content transmitted from the content action terminal 10 to the mobile communication terminal 30.

Next, the operation of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7.

First, a registration operation through a communication network of a personal content asset will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6.

First, as the content authoring terminal 10 activates the content authoring device 12, the user logs on to the index server 14 through user authentication via the Internet (step S10).

In this state, in the content authoring device 12 of the content-lowering terminal 10, copyright information on original media data RMD required for authoring content in association with the copyright management server 24 by the copyright manager 32. Is inputted, and the personal content is authored on the basis of the original media data RMD in which the copyright information is input in the content authoring tool 34 of the content author 12 (step S11).

On the other hand, the personal content data (CD) authored by the content authoring tool 34 of the content author 12 is stored in the content database 36 (step S12), and the personal content data (CD) is stored in the content database ( 36, file information (ie, author ID, content type, content size, etc.) of the corresponding content is generated.

At this time, the content uploader 38 of the content author 12 transmits the file information on the personal content data (CD) stored in the content database 36 to the index server 14 via the Internet (step) S13), upon receiving the personal content file information, the index server 14 generates a keyword corresponding to the content of the personal content and stores the keyword in the content information database 20 (step S14).

Then, the content uploader 28 transmits the personal content data (CD) stored in the content database 26 to the content server 26 via the Internet (step S15), and the content server 26 ) Is stored in the storage space allocated for the user of the content action terminal 10 (step S16).

On the other hand, the personal content data (CD) stored in the content database 36 can be prevented from being stored in advance in the content server 26, in which case the content data in the file information of the personal content author It is preferable to specify flag information (ie, Contents-Stored-on-Peer flag) indicating that the terminal is stored in the terminal.

Next, an operation of providing personal content in a peer-to-peer manner will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

First, the mobile communication terminal 30 forms a packet bearer by establishing a wireless packet session with the index server 14 through the mobile communication packet network (step S20), and with respect to the index server 14 The search keyword and the content type of the content to be searched are transmitted to request the search of the content (step S21).

Accordingly, the index server 14 searches the content index of the content information database 20 based on the search keyword and the content type (step S22), and the search result of the content (that is, the content title list, author name, The author's evaluation score, etc.) is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 30 (step S23).

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 30 inquires the search result of the content received from the index server 14 to designate the information item of the desired content, and transmits the designated content information item to the index server 14. To request the download of the corresponding personal content (step S24).

On the other hand, the index server 14 determines whether the corresponding personal content is stored in the content server 26 through the file information of the personal content requested to download from the mobile communication terminal 30 (step S25).

As a result of the determination, when the index server 14 determines that the personal content is not stored in the content server 26, the index server 14 transmits the content data to the content-lowering terminal 10 authoring the personal content through the Internet. It is requested (step S26).

On the other hand, when the index server 14 determines that the personal content is stored in the content server 26, the index server 14 may request the content server 26 for the personal content that the mobile communication terminal 30 requests to download. Request a transmission (step S27).

On the other hand, when the content action terminal 10 receives a request for transmission of personal content from the index server 14, the content uploader (10) stores the corresponding personal content stored in the content database 36 of the content author 12. 38) to the content server 26 (step S28).

When the content server 26 receives a request for transmission of personal content data from the index server 14 or receives personal content to be transmitted from the content manipulation terminal 10, the content server 26 transmits the personal content data to a mobile communication packet network. The mobile communication terminal 30 transmits the data to the mobile communication terminal 30 (step S29).

At this time, the mobile communication terminal 30 checks the personal content data downloaded from the content server 26 in a preview manner, and intends to store the personal content in the storage space of the mobile communication terminal 30. If so, the index server 14 is notified (step S30).

Accordingly, the index server 14 performs billing processing in return for the purchase of the personal content of the mobile communication terminal 30, and generates revenue information for the individual content authors distributed according to the billing processing result and the profit sharing policy. The data is stored in the database 22 (step S31).

Then, the index server 14 notifies the content action terminal 10 of the revenue generated in return for the provision of the personal content via the Internet (step S32).

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described typical preferred embodiments, but can be carried out in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention, various modifications, alterations, substitutions or additions are common in the art Those who have knowledge will easily understand. If the implementation by such improvement, change, replacement or addition falls within the scope of the appended claims, the technical idea should also be regarded as belonging to the present invention.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a mobile communication user can directly create and provide content desired by the mobile communication user so as to generate revenue by selling personally authored content based on a peer-to-peer method. In addition, as buyers can receive more diverse personal content, there is an effect that it is possible to provide content of a relatively different content than content provided from a conventional limited content provider, and the mobile communication user It is possible to generate profits by actively participating in the production and distribution of contents directly from the position of contents consumers.

Claims (19)

A content-lowering terminal that arbitrarily authors and provides multimedia personal content through a communication network; A mobile communication terminal which retrieves index information on multimedia personal contents authored from the content inferior terminal and receives necessary personal contents through a mobile communication network; An index server having index information of personal content authored by the content inferior terminal and controlling a transmission state of personal content requested to be transmitted according to index information inquiry of the mobile communication terminal; A peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network, comprising: a content server configured to transmit personal content authored from the content inferior terminal to a mobile communication terminal in response to a request for transmitting personal content from the index server. The method of claim 1, The content action terminal is a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system over a wireless communication network, characterized in that the computer terminal equipped with a network adapter. The method of claim 2, The content action terminal comprises a content authoring device for authoring multimedia personal content by interworking with the index server and the content server on a communication network, the peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network. The method of claim 3, wherein The content authoring apparatus of the content inferior terminal includes: a content authoring tool for authoring personal content according to an author's operation; A content database for storing personal content data authored by the content authoring tool together with content file information; And a content uploader configured to transmit the file information of the personal content to the index server and to transmit the personal content data to the content server. The method of claim 4, wherein The content authoring device of the content inferior terminal further includes a copyright manager configured to input copyright information on original media data used for authoring personal content while the author exists separately. Peer-based personal content providing service system. The method according to claim 1 or 5, A peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network, characterized in that it further comprises a copyright management server linked to the copyright manager to provide copyright information. The method of claim 4, wherein The file information of the personal content delivered to the index server includes a provider ID, content ID, copyright information, title, keyword, content type code, usage age information, poly, color, and duration. A peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network comprising the basic specification information of the. The method of claim 1, The index server performs a charging process according to the purchase price of the content by paying and processing the personal content transmission request of the mobile communication terminal, and processing to distribute the sales revenue of personal content to the author of the content-lowering terminal Peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network. The method according to claim 7 or 8, The file information of the personal content delivered to the index server further includes revenue distribution policy information in which the price of the content, revenue share ratios of businesses and authors, and royalty fees are specified. The index server is a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network, characterized in that configured to perform the distribution of sales revenue of the author based on the revenue distribution policy information. The method of claim 1, The personal content data authored by the content manipulation terminal is stored in a storage space allocated for each user of the content server. The index server is a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system through a wireless communication network, characterized in that for performing the transmission request for the personal content of the storage space allocated for each user of the content server. The method of claim 1, Personal content data authored in the content-lowering terminal is stored only in the corresponding content-lowering terminal, The index server is a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service system over a wireless communication network, characterized in that for controlling the mobile communication terminal to download the personal content data requesting the download from the content action terminal via a content server. The method according to claim 1 or 11, wherein The file information of the personal content includes flag information (Contents-Stored_on-Peer flag) indicating whether or not the personal content data is stored only in the content inferior terminal. Personal content provision service system. The method of claim 1, Terminal type information server for providing model information according to the device specifications of the mobile communication terminal, Personal to peer-to-peer over a wireless communication network, characterized in that it further comprises a content converter for converting the personal content to the device specification based on the model information of the mobile communication terminal from the terminal type information server Content provision service system. A first step in which multimedia personal content is authored by a personal author in a content-inducing terminal and provided through a communication network; A second step of a specific mobile communication terminal searching for multimedia personal contents in an index server on a mobile communication network and performing a request for downloading desired personal contents; A third step of performing, by the index server, a request for transmission of personal content requested by the mobile communication terminal; Peer-to-peer-based personal content is provided through a wireless communication network, comprising the fourth step of transmitting personal content provided from the content-lowering terminal to a mobile communication terminal through a content server according to a transmission request of the index server. Service method. The method of claim 14, The first step may include: logging on to an index server through a communication network at the content action terminal; Authoring multimedia personal content by manipulation of the individual author, Storing the authored personal content data and the file information of the content in a content database of the corresponding content inactivity terminal; Transmitting the file information of the personal content to an index server, and transmitting the personal content data to a content server and storing the personal content data in a storage space allocated to each user, the peer-to-peer based individual through a wireless communication network. Content provision service method. The method of claim 15, In the third step, the index server is a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service method over a wireless communication network, characterized in that for performing the transmission request for the personal content of the storage space allocated for each user of the content server. The method of claim 14, The first step may include: logging on to an index server through a communication network at the content action terminal; Authoring multimedia personal content by manipulation of the individual author, Storing the authored personal content data and the file information of the content in a content database of the corresponding content inactivity terminal; And transmitting the file information of the personal content to an index server, and retaining the personal content data in a content database without transmitting the content server to a content server. Service method. The method of claim 17, In the third step, the index server is a peer-to-peer-based over a wireless communication network, characterized in that for controlling the download of the personal content data requested to download from the mobile communication terminal via the content server from the content action terminal Personal content provision service method. The method of claim 14, In the fourth step, paying the personal content transmission request of the mobile communication terminal to perform a charging process according to the content purchase cost; Distributing sales revenue of personal content to authors of the content-lowering terminal further comprises a peer-to-peer-based personal content providing service through a wireless communication network.