KR20040086613A - System And Method For Providing Mobile Contents - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for offering mobile contents are provided to offer the free contents to mobile device users such as a customer of an agent by linking the agent such as a mobile device seller with a CP(Contents Provider) through the online. CONSTITUTION: A contents goods information database(340) stores a plurality of mobile contents goods information. A cyber mall(330) enables the agent to perform the EC(Electronic Commerce) through an agent terminal(200) based on the goods information. An agent certification server(360) confirms the registered agent based on an ID and a password provided from the agent terminal. A user certification server(370) confirms the registered user through certification information provided from a contents user terminal(100). A contents database(390) stores mobile contents data. A contents providing server(380) provides the mobile contents data to the contents user terminal. A web server realizes content goods purchase by linking the agent terminal with the cyber mall and downloads the selected contents by connecting the contents user terminal to the contents providing server.

Description

System and Method for Providing Mobile Contents}

The present invention relates to a mobile content providing system and a method of providing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and a method for allowing a user who is a customer of an agent to use contents free of charge based on the purchase of a mobile content use right of the agent.

With the development of wireless communication networks, mobile devices such as handphones and PCS have become a necessity for everyday life. In recent years, with the development of communication devices and the introduction of wireless Internet, mobile devices have been able to execute various additional services such as video output, ringtone change, and games in addition to transmitting and receiving voice signals. For example, in case of changing the ringtone, the user can access the 700 phone service or the ringtone providing internet site, select the music of his choice, and download the ringtone data to his mobile device and use it as his ringtone. As such, as contents become easier to provide to mobile devices, more companies are equipped with various mobile contents and provide them.

Such content provision is generally paid, and the mobile device user has to pay a certain amount accordingly when downloading the desired content. Mobile content data is now a product concept. However, no attempt has been made to use such mobile contents for promotion and marketing in connection with the sale of specific products.

An object of the present invention is to provide content for free to a plurality of mobile device users who are clients of the agent through an online connection between an agent such as a mobile device vendor and a content provider.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. In addition, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the claims.

1 is a block diagram of a network system to which the mobile content providing method of the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart to which a mobile content providing method of the present invention is applied.

3 is a diagram illustrating a content product list of the cyber mall in accordance with the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a user registration web page according to the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a content list provided by the content providing server according to the present invention.

Mobile content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object in a system for providing mobile content connected to the agent terminal and the content user terminal through a wired, wireless communication network,

A content product information DB in which a plurality of mobile content product information are stored;

A cyber mall in which an agent performs electronic commerce through the agent terminal based on the product information;

An agent authentication server for checking whether the corresponding agent is a registered agent based on an ID and a password provided from the agent terminal;

A user authentication server for confirming whether a corresponding user is a registered user through authentication information provided from the content user terminal;

A content DB in which the mobile content data is stored;

A content providing server providing the mobile content data to a content user terminal; And

A web server that connects an agent terminal connected through the communication network to a cyber mall to purchase content goods, and connects a content user terminal connected through the communication network to a content providing server to download the selected content;

Including,

If the authentication information of the mobile content user is provided from the agent terminal after the content product purchase is made by the agent, the content providing server provides the mobile content purchased by the agent to the accessed content user terminal based on the authentication information. Characterized in that.

In this case, the authentication information may be a mobile caller number of the content user terminal and the agent may be a mobile device vendor.

The system may further include a payment server configured to make a payment according to the purchase of the content product based on the payment information provided from the agent terminal.

When the payment is completed, the cyber mall generates a serial code and outputs the serial code to the agent terminal, and the serial code may be used as authentication information of the content user terminal.

In a method of providing mobile content according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing mobile content by connecting to an agent terminal and a content user terminal through a wired or wireless communication network,

Connecting an agent terminal to a cyber mall when an agent terminal is connected through the communication network to purchase a mobile content product;

Registering the content user who is a customer of the agent after the agent purchases the product;

Downloading a part or all of the purchased content to a content user terminal;

Consisting of,

The downloading step may include obtaining user authentication information from the user terminal when the content user terminal is connected;

Downloading the selected content to the user terminal according to whether the authenticated user is selected;

Characterized in that it comprises a.

At this time, the authentication information may be a mobile caller number and the agent may be a mobile device seller.

In another preferred embodiment of a method for providing mobile content according to the present invention, a method for providing mobile content by being connected to an agent terminal and a content user terminal through a wireless communication network,

Connecting an agent terminal to a cyber mall when an agent terminal is connected through the communication network to purchase a mobile content product;

Generating a plurality of serial codes and transmitting them to the agent terminal after the agent purchases a product;

Downloading a part or all of the purchased content to a content user terminal;

Consisting of,

The downloading step may include obtaining user authentication information from the user terminal when the content user terminal is connected;

Downloading the selected content to the user terminal according to whether the authenticated user is selected;

Characterized in that it comprises a.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 illustrates a network system to which a mobile content providing system 300 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied.

As shown, the network system includes a content user terminal 100, an agent terminal 200, a mobile content providing system 300, and a data communication network 400 interconnecting them.

The content user terminal 100 and the agent terminal 200 may be a fixed information communication terminal such as a desktop computer or a laptop computer equipped with a wired modem or a cellular phone equipped with a wireless browser, a laptop computer equipped with a wireless modem, a PDA, and the like. All mobile devices are available.

The data communication network 400 includes both a wired Internet network using a backbone telephone network as well as a wireless Internet network using a mobile communication network. That is, the data communication network 400 according to the present invention may adopt any form as long as it can transmit and receive data using a communication network regardless of wired or wireless.

The mobile content providing system 300 includes a web server 310 and a cyber mall 330 including a plurality of web pages 320, a content product information DB 340, a payment server 350, and an agent authentication server 360. ), A user authentication server 370, a user DB 375, a content providing server 380, and a content DB 390.

The web server 310 is responsible for system operation, and in particular, receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for accessing a web page 320 identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The web page 320 is provided to the terminal 100. In particular, when the agent terminal 200 or the content user terminal 100 is a mobile device, the web server 310 may use a wireless markup language (WML), extended hypertext markup language (XHTML), and compact hypertext (CHTML). It provides a swap document written in a wireless markup language such as Markup Language.

The cyber mall 330 is a virtual space that is linked with the web server 310 and finds a desired content product of the agent licensed from the agent authentication server 360 and then e-commerce is performed.

The content product information DB 340 stores information about a content product through which an agent accesses the cyber mall 330 and performs electronic commerce.

The payment server 350 is linked with the cyber mall 330 and is a server in which payment is made based on a payment method given from the agent in the process of purchasing the content product by the agent. This may be a server of a bank or credit card company that can determine the authenticity of the payment method presented by the agent and make the payment.

Agent authentication server 360 is the agent that receives the web page 320 linked to the cyber mall 330 to its agent terminal 200 is the agent authentication unit (not shown) of the web page 320 Enter your ID and password to verify that they are true.

When the agent registers a content user who is its customer, the user authentication server 370 acquires authentication information from the content user terminal 100 when the content user accesses and checks whether the agent is a registered content user.

The user DB 375 is linked with the user authentication server 370 and stores content user information registered by the agent.

The content providing server 380 presents a list of contents available to the user who is authorized to use the user authentication server 370 and transmits the contents selected by the content user to the content user terminal 100.

The content DB 390 is linked with the content providing server 380 and stores various mobile contents.

Hereinafter, a mobile content providing method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

First, FIG. 2 illustrates a flow of a process in which an agent purchases a content product and a registered content user downloads the content purchased by the agent.

The entire process consists of purchasing the agent's content product, registering the content user, and downloading the user's content. Each step will be described in detail below. In the description, the agent and the content user perform various operations on each server through the data communication network 400 using their own terminals, but for convenience of description, the agent and the content user directly perform a specific operation on each server. However, even in this case, the agent or the content user should be understood to perform a specific operation for each server through a terminal equipped with a data communication means.

<Purchase step of content goods of agent-step S500>

According to the present invention, the agent connects the agent terminal 200 to the web server 310 using a data communication network 400 such as the Internet. In this case, the agent may be a seller of a specific product, such as a mobile device seller. An internet service provider may be involved in the process of connecting the agent terminal 200 to the web server 310 (step S510).

The agent connected to the web server 310 is connected to the cyber mall 330 and receives a web page 320 having an agent authentication unit (when the agent terminal is a mobile device, a swap page, hereinafter simply referred to as a web page). The agent enters his ID and password and visits the cyber mall 330 (content commerce website). In this case, in the case of a new agent, membership can be made according to a predetermined procedure.

The agent connected to the cyber mall 330 purchases an appropriate content product according to its sales volume, business strategy, etc. (step S530) FIG. 3 shows an example of a content product. If the agent is a mobile device distributor and his monthly average sales volume is 500 handphones, it is preferable to purchase the content product A. Therefore, to use the content provided by the content providing system 300 to customers who purchase the handset in their store for free. According to the example shown, if the mobile device seller purchased the content product A, the customer who purchased the handset to the seller is registered as a content user for 60 days to use the content for free. At this time, the agent can extend the content usage period of the content user due to the purchase of another content product.

When a content product is purchased by an agent, the agent inputs payment information and makes a payment according to the payment information. At this time, when the electronic money is adopted as the payment means and the card number of the card type electronic money or the account number of the account type electronic money is registered as payment information by the agent, the payment server 350 accesses the corresponding electronic money system. Get the price of the product. Of course, all currently accepted payment methods, such as credit card, online account transfer, and telephone bill total payment, can be adopted as a payment method.

When the payment is made securely, the web server 310 transmits the web page 320 including the message that the payment is securely performed to the agent terminal 200.

At this time, according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the purchase of the content goods by the agent is completed, the cyber mall 330 uses the same number of serial codes based on the total number of users 10 of the purchased content goods. It generates and transmits to the agent terminal 200. The generated serial code is used as authentication information of a content user to be described later.

<Content User Registration Step-Step S600>

When the above-described agent purchases a content product, the agent accesses the system 300 through the data communication network 400 using its agent terminal 200 for content user registration. (Step S610)

When connected to the system 300, the web server 310 transmits a content user registration web page 320 to the agent terminal 200. (Step S620) FIG. 4 shows an example of the content user registration web page 320 transmitted from the web server 310 to the agent terminal 200. The agent registers as a content user for his / her customer, wherein the number of registrants is limited to the total number of users 10 of the purchased content goods. Referring to the figure, the user registration web page 320 outputs a content user who has already been registered, and then requests the agent terminal 200 to register a new content user.

When information of a new content user is input and transmitted to the web server 310, the web server 310 transmits the information to the user authentication server 370, and transmits the content user registration web page 320 based on the new user information. Update The user authentication server 370 stores the received new user information in the user DB 375. (Step S630)

At this time, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the serial code generated in the content product purchase step of the agent is automatically registered in the user DB as authentication information, so the content user registration step of the agent may not be required.

<Content download step of content user-step S700>

When the above-described content user registration step is completed, the registered content user accesses the system 300 through the data communication network 400 using his or her content user terminal 100 (step S710).

When the content user terminal 100 accesses the system 300, the user authentication server 370 obtains authentication information that is the basis for confirming that the content user terminal 100 is a true user. (Step S720) The authentication information may be a calling party number of the mobile device, and may allow a content user to input registered authentication information. Since the technique of obtaining the caller number is already commercially available, the description thereof is omitted in this detailed description.

According to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, the authentication information is a serial code generated in the content product purchase step of the agent.

When the authentication information is obtained from the content user terminal 100, the user authentication server 370 checks whether the obtained authentication information and the authentication information registered in the user DB 375 match (step S730).

The content user authenticated by the user authentication server 370 receives a content list web page 320 introducing various contents provided by the content providing server 380.

5 illustrates the content list web page 320 output to the content user terminal 100.

When the content user selects the desired content from the content list of the transmitted web page 320 (step S740), the content providing server 380 draws the selected content data from the content DB 390 to the content user terminal 100. To download. (Step S750)

In this case, when the content user terminal 100 is a fixed information communication terminal such as a computer equipped with a wired modem instead of a mobile device, the content user may download his mobile device by connecting it to the fixed information communication terminal.

As described above, the present invention allows mobile clients to use mobile content for free based on the agent's purchase of content goods.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and variations are made by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Of course it is possible.

According to the present invention, since the agent's customer can use the mobile content for free based on the purchase of the agent's content product such as a mobile device seller, the agent can be usefully used for the promotion and marketing of the agent. In-content users can use mobile content for free.

Claims (8)

In a system for providing mobile content connected to an agent terminal and a content user terminal through a wired or wireless communication network, A content product information DB in which a plurality of mobile content product information are stored; A cyber mall in which an agent performs electronic commerce through the agent terminal based on the product information; An agent authentication server for checking whether the corresponding agent is a registered agent based on an ID and a password provided from the agent terminal; A user authentication server for confirming whether a corresponding user is a registered user through authentication information provided from the content user terminal; A content DB in which the mobile content data is stored; A content providing server providing the mobile content data to a content user terminal; And A web server that connects an agent terminal connected through the communication network to a cyber mall to purchase content goods, and connects a content user terminal connected through the communication network to a content providing server to download the selected content; Including, If the authentication information of the mobile content user is provided from the agent terminal after the content product purchase is made by the agent, the content providing server provides the mobile content purchased by the agent to the accessed content user terminal based on the authentication information. Mobile content providing system, characterized in that The method of claim 1, The authentication information is a mobile content providing system, characterized in that the mobile caller ID of the content user terminal. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a payment server for performing a payment according to the purchase of the content product based on the payment information provided from the agent terminal, When the payment is completed, the cyber mall generates a serial code and outputs it to an agent terminal, wherein the serial code is authentication information of the content user terminal. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the agent is a mobile device vendor. In the method for providing mobile content connected to the agent terminal and the content user terminal through a wired, wireless communication network, a) connecting an agent terminal to a cyber mall when an agent terminal is connected through the communication network to purchase a mobile content product; b) after the agent purchases the product, registering the content user who is a customer of the agent; c) downloading some or all of the contents of the purchase made to a content user terminal; Consisting of, C) obtaining user authentication information from the user terminal when the content user terminal is connected; Downloading the selected content to the user terminal according to whether the authenticated user is selected; Mobile content providing method comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein The authentication information is a mobile content providing method, characterized in that the mobile caller number. In the method for providing mobile content connected to the agent terminal and the content user terminal through a wired, wireless communication network, a) connecting an agent terminal to a cyber mall when an agent terminal is connected through the communication network to make a mobile content product purchase; b) generating a plurality of serial codes and transmitting them to the agent terminal after the agent purchases the product; c) downloading some or all of the contents of the purchase made to a content user terminal; Consisting of, C) obtaining user authentication information from the user terminal when the content user terminal is connected; Downloading the selected content to the user terminal according to whether the authenticated user is selected; Mobile content providing method comprising a. The method according to claim 5 or 7, And the agent is a mobile device vendor.