KR20050018745A - Method and system for offering multimedia resource of entertainer at real time - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for offering multimedia information of entertainers to a fan club member in real-time are provided to offer fresh features of the favorite entertainer to the members registered to an Internet fan club of the entertainer in the real-time regardless of time/space. CONSTITUTION: A contents providing server(100) receives/stores entertainer information and member information from entertainer terminals(10,20) and member terminals(40,50), and identifies the entertainer sending a mail by receiving the mail including a multimedia file and comparing a mobile terminal number in a mail header with the stored mobile terminal number. The contents providing server extracts the multimedia file from the mail, transmits a short message including a URL(Uniform Resource Locator) callback for linking with WAP(Wireless Application Protocol) connection to enable the member to receive the multimedia file, receives settlement for receiving the multimedia file from the member, and processes the settlement by requesting post-settlement to a mobile communication company server.

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFERING MULTIMEDIA RESOURCE OF ENTERTAINER AT REAL TIME}

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing real-time multimedia information service, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing multimedia information of an entertainer in real time to a person who has registered as a fan club member of a favorite entertainer through a community site. It is about.

As the entertainment industry develops, entertainers are becoming a cultural code as an idol of the masses. That is, many people are enthusiastic about celebrities, and they are interested in celebrity's clothes, hair styles, and even accessories.

This is because modern people feel surpassed and entertained through entertainers and relieve the stress of modern life. As such, modern people's interest in entertainers is enormous, but information of entertainers provided through mass media such as TV is limited to satisfy the curiosity of modern people.

In other words, considering the content aspect, the appearance produced through the mass media distracts the general public who wants to see various aspects including the daily appearance of the entertainer, and in terms of mass media environment, the appearance of the entertainer can only be seen in the place where the TV is installed. There is a limit to satisfy the public's desire to see the appearance of the entertainer anytime and anywhere.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and provides real-time multimedia information of a celebrity to provide a member of the celebrity's Internet fan club anytime, anywhere, with a vivid appearance of their favorite entertainer It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing real-time multimedia information of a celebrity. The celebrity multimedia content providing server, which receives and stores celebrity information and member information, respectively, from a celebrity terminal and a member terminal connected through a communication network. A method of providing multimedia information of the entertainer received from a mobile terminal to the member's mobile terminal in real time, the method comprising: (a) receiving an email with a multimedia file attached from the entertainer's mobile terminal and included in the header of the mail; Identifying the entertainer who transmitted the mail by comparing the mobile terminal number with the mobile terminal number included in the entertainer information; (b) extracting and storing the multimedia file from the received mail; (c) extracting a fan club member of the entertainer who sent the mail from the member information, and extracting a short message including a UEL callback linking a swap connection to the entertainer multimedia content providing server to the extracted mobile terminal of the member Transmitting; And (d) requesting payment for the reception of the multimedia file from the mobile terminal of the member connected to the celebrity multimedia content providing server using the UAL callback, and performing postpaid payment using a bill issued by a mobile communication service provider. Requesting a mobile communication company server to process payment and transmitting the multimedia file to the mobile terminal of the member; It includes.

In the present invention, after the step (d), (e) updating and storing the number of receiving members receiving the multimedia file; And (f) paying the entertainer who provided the multimedia information according to the number of the received members stored after the postpaid payment by the member who received the multimedia file. It further includes.

In the present invention, the multimedia file is a photograph file of the entertainer, a video file or a music file recorded by the entertainer's mobile terminal photographed by the entertainer's mobile terminal.

The real-time multimedia information providing system for entertainers according to the present invention receives and stores celebrity information and member information from entertainers and members, respectively, and receives a mail with a multimedia file attached from the entertainer and is included in the header of the mail. A fan club member of the entertainer who identifies the entertainer who sent the mail by comparing the number and the mobile terminal number included in the entertainer information, extracts and stores the multimedia file, and transmits the mail extracted from the member information. A short message including a UAL callback linking a swap connection to receive the multimedia file is transmitted to the member, and the mobile communication service provider receives a payment request for receiving the multimedia file from the member swapped by the UAL callback. Issuing a bill A celebrity multimedia content providing server for requesting postpaid payment to a mobile communication company server for payment processing and transmitting the multimedia file to the member; A celebrity terminal connected to the celebrity multimedia content providing server and providing celebrity information including a mobile terminal number; A member terminal accessing the celebrity multimedia content providing server and providing member information including information of a favorite celebrity; A celebrity mobile terminal for creating an e-mail to which the celebrity multimedia file is attached and transmitting the mail to the celebrity multimedia contents providing server; And receiving a short message including a UAL callback linking a swap connection to the directory in which the multimedia file is stored, accessing the celebrity multimedia content providing server, requesting payment for the reception of the multimedia file, and processing the multimedia after the payment process. Member mobile terminal receiving the file; It includes.

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 is a block diagram of a system that implements a method for providing real-time multimedia information of an entertainer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the entertainer's real-time multimedia information providing system includes a celebrity terminal 10, a celebrity mobile terminal 20, a member terminal 40, a member mobile terminal 50, and a celebrity multimedia connected through a wired / wireless communication network 30. And a content providing server 100.

The entertainer terminal 10 is a terminal operated by a celebrity widely known to the public, such as a movie actor, a talent, and a singer. 20) to provide their own multimedia information. The entertainer inputs and stores his information using the terminal 10 connected to the entertainer multimedia content providing server 100 through a wired communication network. To this end, the entertainer terminal 10 includes a hardware device such as a cable modem and software such as a web browser to access the server 100.

According to the contract, the entertainer uses the entertainer mobile terminal 20 to send his / her multimedia information, i.e., a photograph file, a video file, a music file recorded by the user, and the like, through a wireless communication network. Send to the server 100. To this end, the entertainer mobile terminal 20 is a portable terminal equipped with a camera and provided with a recording function and a wireless Internet service, and may be a cellular phone, a PCS phone, a PDA phone, or the like.

The member terminal 40 is a terminal operated by a user who is a member of a fan club community of a celebrity provided by the server 100. The celebrity terminal 10 may be connected to the server 100 through a wired communication network. A cable modem, a web browser, and the like are provided.

The member mobile terminal 50 is a terminal supported by a wireless Internet function to access the server 100 through a wireless communication network and is carried by a member, and may receive and play the multimedia file of the entertainer.

Meanwhile, the celebrity and the member may access the celebrity multimedia content providing server 100 by using a barcode displayed on the advertisement brochure and the advertisement booklet of the celebrity. That is, when the entertainer and the member photograph the barcode with the camera provided in the mobile terminal 20, 50, the program stored in the mobile terminal 20, 50 interprets the information contained in the image signal of the photographed barcode and moves. It is connected to the multimedia content providing server 100 by driving a swap browser of the terminals 20 and 50. To this end, a separate code management server (not shown) having a predetermined Internet site address matching the barcode is provided. Accordingly, the entertainer and the member may access the entertainer multimedia content providing server 100 and provide their own information. Since the description thereof is a known technology, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The wired / wireless communication network 30 refers to a comprehensive data communication network providing access to the Internet, and includes a wireless network such as a mobile communication network and a satellite communication network as well as a wired network including a private network and a public telephone network.

The celebrity multimedia content providing server 100 recruits celebrity fans as members through an Internet fan club community service, and transmits multimedia information of celebrities included in an e-mail received from the celebrity mobile terminal 20 to the member mobile terminal ( It is a server that provides 50) and transmits the vivid figure of the entertainer to the member in real time.

2 is a functional diagram of the entertainer multimedia contents providing server. Referring to the drawings, the server 100 is a celebrity and member information management unit 110, celebrity mail receiving unit 120, celebrity mail management unit 130, member extraction unit 140, short message transmission unit 150, WAP provider 160, payment processing unit 170, celebrity information DB (180), member information DB (190), celebrity mail information DB (200), celebrity multimedia DB (210), and payment history DB (220) Include.

The celebrity and member information management unit 110 is a program for receiving celebrity information and member information from celebrities and members connected to the server 100, respectively, and storing the celebrity information DB 180 and the member information DB 190, respectively. . When the celebrity information and the member information are collected by the celebrity and member information management unit 110, the celebrity who sent the mail may be identified through the DBs 180 and 190, and a member who likes the celebrity may be extracted.

The celebrity mail manager 130 identifies who is the sender of the mail received by the mail receiver 120, the type of the attached multimedia file, and stores the received celebrity mail information DB 210 in the received mail. The program extracts a file and stores the file in a corresponding celebrity directory of the celebrity multimedia DB 210.

That is, the mobile terminal number included in the mail header is received to identify the celebrity sent by referring to the celebrity information DB 180, and whether the attached multimedia file is a video, photo or music file through the extension of the attached file. The entertainer mail information is stored in the DB 200.

The member extracting unit 140 extracts a fan club member of the entertainer who sent the mail from the member information DB 190, and the short message transmitting unit 150 is extracted using a mobile communication company server (not shown). The short message is transmitted to the mobile terminal 50 of the member. The short message is a message for inquiring whether the multimedia file stored in the entertainer multimedia DB 200 is received, so that a member who has received the short message can access the server 100 to download the multimedia file through the wireless Internet. A short message containing the Call Back URL function is sent.

For example, a short message is sent to the member "A real time video has arrived from ***. Do you want to connect?", And the member can download the video file by pressing a wireless Internet access key.

The WAP providing unit 160 downloads contents written in a wireless markup language (WML) to the member mobile terminal 50 connected to the celebrity multimedia content providing server 100 through the wireless Internet by a callback UAL. It provides an interface to receive multimedia files.

The payment processing unit 170 receives the payment request of the usage fee according to the reception of the multimedia file from the member to request a post-payment settlement using a bill issued by the mobile communication service provider to the mobile communication server to process the payment and payment details The details are stored in the DB 220. After the payment process, the received member number field of the celebrity mail information DB 200 is updated for settlement with the celebrity according to a later contract.

The celebrity information DB 180 stores information such as a celebrity name and a mobile terminal number received from the celebrity, and the member information DB 190 includes a member name, a mobile terminal number, and a favorite celebrity name received from the member. Stored.

The celebrity mail information DB 200 stores information about the received celebrity mail. Specifically, the mail title, the attached multimedia file type (video, photo, music), the file name, the name of the celebrity who sent the mail, the date of receipt, the number of members received, and the like are stored. The number of received members is a field in which the number of members who have received the multimedia file attached to the mail is stored.

For example, if the number of receiving members exceeds the predetermined number, the celebrity can be paid at an increased rate. If the number of receiving members exceeds 10,000, the amount is increased from 30% to 35% of the fee for each person. If more than 20,000, various settlement methods can be applied, such as an increase from 35% to 40%.

The entertainer multimedia DB 210 stores a multimedia file extracted from the received entertainer mail, and a member connected through a wireless Internet can download the multimedia file.

The payment history DB 220 stores the details of the payment processing by the server 100 according to the payment request of the member. Specifically, the member name requesting the payment, the mobile terminal number of the member, the name of the received multimedia file, the payment processing serial number, the payment amount, and the like are stored.

3 is a process flow diagram illustrating steps in which a celebrity photo file is provided according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the figure, the entertainer accesses the entertainer multimedia content providing server using the entertainer terminal and the entertainer mobile terminal (S100), enters the entertainer information, and stores the received information in the entertainer information DB (S110). Then, the member accesses the fan club community of the celebrity provided by the celebrity multimedia content providing server using the member terminal and the member mobile terminal (S120), enters the member information to register as a member, and stores the member information in the member information DB. It becomes (S130).

 The entertainer photographs and saves his appearance using his mobile terminal, and writes an e-mail including a brief message and a subject in the photographed appearance of himself (S140). Messages can be brief greetings for fans or promotional messages for movies and dramas that they appear, and titles are short descriptions of what they've been filming, ie "looking up with a surprise ***", "*** Smiley expression is preferred.

The entertainer who created the mail transmits the mail written to the server using wireless Internet services such as NATE, MAGIC-N, and EZ-i (S150). The server receiving the mail identifies the entertainer who sent the mail by referring to the entertainer information DB using the mobile terminal number included in the mail header, extracts the picture file attached to the mail, and stores the extracted picture file in the entertainer multimedia DB (S160). .

Then, a short message for inquiring whether the photo file is received by the fan club member of the entertainer who sent the mail extracted from the member DB is transmitted using the mobile communication company server (S170). The short message is a callback UEL short message that can be connected to the celebrity multimedia content providing server, the member who has received the short message determines whether to receive the photo file (S180) and presses the wireless Internet access key to receive the photo file. The swap connection to the server (S190). When the member accessing the swap confirms the usage fee according to the reception of the photo file and requests a payment (S200), the server processes the payment by requesting a postpaid payment to the mobile communication server using a bill issued by the mobile communication company. The payment processing details are stored in the payment history DB (S210). After the payment is processed, the member receives the photo file (S220), and the server updates the number of received members of the celebrity mail information DB (S230). Then, when the post-paid payment by the member who received the multimedia file is made, the settlement is performed according to a predetermined method with the entertainer by referring to the number of the received members stored in the entertainer mail information DB (S240). As a result, the member can download his or her multimedia file provided by the entertainer in real time.

In the above-described embodiment, an example of providing a celebrity picture taken in real time has been described, but is not limited thereto. A video of a celebrity taken in real time and music of a celebrity recorded in a mobile terminal may also be provided. Since a person skilled in the art can easily perform the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, as described above, the present invention has been described as an example of transmitting the multimedia file of the entertainer in real time. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the received multimedia file may be stored to provide a service to a fan club member of the entertainer.

That is, the multimedia file received from the entertainer is stored in the corresponding entertainer directory of the entertainer multimedia DB 210, and a short message including a callback UEL function is transmitted to the mobile terminal 50 of the member so as to access the directory. In addition, the member may access the directory by pressing a wireless Internet access key, and select and receive a desired file from among various multimedia files transmitted by a favorite entertainer.

The technical problem of the present invention is achieved by the above-described technical configuration, and although the present invention has been described by the limited embodiments and the drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and the general knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. It is apparent that various modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention and the claims to be described below.

According to the present invention, various multimedia information such as photos, videos, and music provided by a favorite entertainer can be provided in real time regardless of place anytime.

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to

1 is a block diagram of a system that implements a method for providing real-time multimedia information of an entertainer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a functional diagram of a celebrity multimedia content providing server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a process flow diagram illustrating steps in which a photo file of a celebrity is provided according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (4)

The celebrity multimedia content providing server, which receives and stores celebrity information and member information, respectively, from the celebrity terminal and the member terminal connected through the communication network, transmits the multimedia information of the celebrity received from the mobile terminal of the celebrity to the member's mobile terminal in real time. In the method of providing, (a) receiving an e-mail with a multimedia file attached from the entertainer's mobile terminal and identifying the entertainer who has transmitted the mail by comparing the mobile terminal number included in the header of the mail and the mobile terminal number included in the entertainer information; Doing; (b) extracting and storing the multimedia file from the received mail; (c) extracting a fan club member of the entertainer who sent the mail from the member information, and extracting a short message including a UEL callback linking a swap connection to the entertainer multimedia content providing server to the extracted mobile terminal of the member Transmitting; And (d) receiving a payment request for the reception of the multimedia file from the mobile terminal of the member connected to the celebrity multimedia content providing server using the UAL callback, and moving the postpaid payment using a bill issued by a mobile communication service provider; Requesting a communication company server to process a payment, and transmitting the multimedia file to the mobile terminal of the member; Real-time multimedia information providing method of the entertainer comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein after step (d) (e) updating and storing the number of receiving members who have received the multimedia file; And (f) paying with the entertainer who provided the multimedia information according to the number of received members stored after the post-paid payment by the member who received the multimedia file; Real-time multimedia information providing method of the entertainer, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, The multimedia file is a real-time multimedia information providing method of the entertainer, characterized in that the photograph file of the entertainer photographed by the entertainer's mobile terminal, a video file or a music file recorded by the entertainer's mobile terminal. In the entertainer's real-time multimedia information providing system for providing the entertainer's multimedia information in real time, Receive and store celebrity information and member information from celebrities and members, and receive e-mails with multimedia files attached to the celebrities. The mobile terminal number included in the header of the mail, the mobile terminal number included in the celebrity information, Comparing and identifying a celebrity who sent the mail, extracting and storing the multimedia file, and linking a swap connection so that a fan club member of the celebrity who sent the mail extracted from the member information receives the multimedia file A short message including a callback is transmitted to the member, and the member, who is connected by swapping by the UAL callback, is requested to make a payment for the reception of the multimedia file. Make a payment request to the server, Artists multimedia content available to members for transmitting the multimedia file server; A celebrity terminal connected to the celebrity multimedia content providing server and providing celebrity information including a mobile terminal number; A member terminal accessing the celebrity multimedia content providing server and providing member information including information of a favorite celebrity; A celebrity mobile terminal for creating an e-mail to which the celebrity multimedia file is attached and transmitting the mail to the celebrity multimedia contents providing server; And A member mobile terminal receiving the short message including the UAL callback, accessing the celebrity multimedia content providing server, requesting payment for the reception of the multimedia file, and transmitting the multimedia file after payment processing; Real-time multimedia information providing system of the entertainer, comprising a.