KR20060020428A - Method and system for providing human-network-based community service by using the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a community-based community service using the Internet. More specifically, in a network-based community service providing system, a network-based community service providing method for facilitating community membership authentication, easily delivering news of the community, and enabling automatic subscription through membership recommendation and It's about the system.

According to the present invention, the member authentication authority is given to a plurality of members according to a certain level and attributes, thereby facilitating the member registration authentication process, and sending an e-mail for recommending a member and automatically signing up according to the consent of the member. In this way, a method and system for providing a network-based community service capable of automatically sending newsletters that automatically authored community news and inducing member registration accordingly are provided.

Network, community, authorization, newsletter, auto-authoring, bulletin board, referral mail

Description

Method and System for Providing Network-Based Community Services Using the Internet {Method and System for Providing Human-Network-Based Community Service by Using the Internet}

1 is a view schematically showing a system for providing a social network based community service according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a community server of a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of granting a community member a right to a member authentication by a person having an authentication relay right capable of granting authentication right to another person in a network based community system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a table illustrating an attribute of an authentication relay authority in a network based community system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of changing a member certification of a nonmember and a grade of a subscription member in a network based community system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically registering a member through a recommendation mail for inducing membership in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a membership registration process according to an automatic certification membership level set in an automatic certification recommendation email in a network-based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process for quickly joining / changing a member / member of community membership in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

9 is a process for sending a specific member group or a specific member's post or a specific bulletin board's post to a specific recipient according to a set sending condition in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A flow chart showing

10 is an example screen of an input window for allowing a community operator to set an environment for automatic authoring of newsletter mail in a network-based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

11 is an example screen of a newsletter mail completed through an automatic authoring function in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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100: operator computer 102: authentication authority computer

104: member computer 106: web browser

110: Internet 120: Community Server                 

220: database server

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a community-based community service using the Internet. More specifically, in a network-based community service providing system, a network-based community service providing method for facilitating community membership authentication, easily delivering news of the community, and enabling automatic subscription through membership recommendation and It's about the system.

In general, the human network (人 인간) refers to the human relationship intertwined through the relationship of learning, origin, tendency, kinship (親 疎). In the past, network formation was generally formed and managed through academia, delay, kinship, etc., but recently, on-line network formation through communication means such as the Internet has become a concern.

Networks are networked as a person-to-peer (P2P) network (hereinafter referred to as "P2P network") and person-to-group (P2G) network (hereinafter referred to as "P2G network"). Can be distinguished.

A P2P network is a human relationship formed from an encounter between individuals, and is realized by registering with a friend on the Internet. On the other hand, P2G network is a human relationship formed between a group and individuals belonging to the group based on common spaces or experiences such as alumni, motives, clubs, and community gatherings. There is a sense of bonding between members. P2G networking is realized on the Internet in a web-based community.

However, in social life, the network formed through specific meetings takes up more than the network formed by individual-to-person meetings, so the formation and management of P2G networks play an important role.

P2P messenger (Peer to Peer Messenger) service is provided as a means to enable the management of such a network on the Internet. P2P messenger service connects person to person directly to enable conversation or data exchange. By the way, P2P messenger service can manage the network for each individual, but it is difficult to target a large number. Because in the case of a meeting with n members, the member needs to register n (n-1) / 2 meetings in order to register P2P with other members. Is difficult to interconnect.

On the other hand, even in the case of a community service provided on the Internet, there is a side that helps to manage the network to some extent. In the case of general community services, a small number of managers, including one main manager (Shipshop) or a secondary manager (Bushshop), manage the entire membership, so there is no big problem of operation when there are dozens of members. However, when the number of members increases, it becomes increasingly difficult for Seashop and a few Bushshops to manage all members of the community.                         

In this situation, we will look into the characteristics of a community based on a network (hereinafter referred to as a "network-based community") and the problems of conventional community services.

Network based community is formed based on school of origin, region of origin, kinship, etc., and its target is limited. Therefore, it is characteristic that only community members can be selected to join. This characteristic arises because the social networking community has moved online a group of users who have formed a bond through a common space and experience on the offline line.

However, in the case of the conventional community service, a member is approved without a separate authentication process based on the information input by the user, or a few seashops and bushshops are using a method of approving the user's membership. As described above, when the members are small, there is no problem, but when there are a large number of members such as alumni, it is very difficult to accurately determine whether the user who applied for subscription belongs to the subscription target and approve the membership.

Next, the social network is formed based on the bonds that have already been established, and since the members have a high sense of mutual ties, they can easily share their posts, events, schedules, and schedules without any active and continuous efforts. An easy way to update the address information of members is to be provided.                         

On the other hand, the conventional community service may share schedules through schedule sharing boards, etc., but this requires a continuous and active effort of members. In addition, if the member does not visit the community can not see the corresponding information, there is a problem that the personal schedule is not delivered to the member lacking aggressiveness, such as the entire schedule or the member's personal observation.

On the other hand, some community services in the past, by using the contact information of the member in the community address book to provide a service that allows operators such as Seashop or Bushshop to send a message or mail to the member, but this is a lot of effort to the operator There is a problem that it is difficult to provide a variety of information because it requires. In particular, when the contact information of the member is not well updated, there is a problem that the operator is not properly delivered to the member even though the operator delivers the news through an e-mail or an SMS message.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, in the network-based community system can transfer the authentication authority of membership registration to other members, facilitating member authentication and membership level change, and automatically recommends a mail for membership registration The purpose of the present invention is to provide a network-based community system and a method capable of automatically authoring and sending news of a community based community by sending it to the user and automatically signing up.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in the service providing system of the community formed based on the network formed through the relationship of the study, origin, tendency, familiarity, etc., the data encoded in the web document Provided to the operator, the authorized authority and the member computers (100, 102, 104) via the Internet 110, and receives the data transmitted from the authorized authority and member computers (100, 102, 104) in response to the necessary A web page operation unit 202 for generating a web document and transmitting the generated web document to the authentication authority and the member computers 100, 102, and 104; The administrator of the network-based community, including Seashop or Seashop and Bushshop, manages the granting of the member authentication authority for authenticating the membership to some of the members of the network-based community, and the database server 220 An authentication authority manager 204 for storing the donated member authentication authority; Member management processing unit 206 for receiving the ID (identification) and password of the member, including the operator to approve the access, and to approve membership through the member authentication process when the non-member to apply for subscription; And a newsletter mail processing unit 208 which automatically creates and sends a newsletter mail of the social network based on the settings of the operator.

In addition, the present invention, in the authentication authorization method for granting the membership authentication authority in a network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, member computer, community server and database server, (a) by entering the ID and password Authenticating the operator computer or the member computer to perform a log-in; (b) checking whether the user who accesses the operator computer or the member computer has an authentication relay authority for granting member authentication authority, and a grade and an attribute of the authentication relay authority; (c) receiving information about an authentication relay authority subject from the computer of the person to whom the authentication relay authority is to be granted; (d) receiving information on the level and attributes of the authentication relay authority to be granted to the authentication relay authority subject; (e) an authentication authority for granting membership authentication authority in a network-based community service providing system, comprising storing information on the authentication relay authority grantee and information on the level and attributes of the authentication relay authority; Provide a granting method.

The present invention also provides a method for authenticating a member of a non-member in a network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, a member computer, a community server, and a database server. Receiving; (b) receiving, from the computer of the member certification authority, information about a non-community member to be authenticated and information about a membership level to be applied for membership authentication; (c) determining whether the non-member of the community to be authenticated to receive membership authentication is authenticated; (d) provides a method of changing the membership level of non-members and membership of non-members in a network-based community service providing system comprising the step of storing the information of the member authenticator when the membership is authenticated.

The present invention also provides a method for changing a member's membership level in a network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, a member computer, a community server, and a database server. Receiving a command for; (b) receiving information about a member whose membership level is to be changed; (c) receiving information about the membership level of the member to be changed; And (d) changing and storing the membership level of the member, thereby providing a method for changing the membership level of the member in a network-based community service providing system.

In addition, the present invention, in the network based community service providing system including an operator computer, member computer, community server and database server, sending a recommendation mail for inducing member registration and automatic member registration method, (a) automatic authentication recommendation mail Determining whether a person who wants to send the certificate possesses the authentication relay right and whether or not the user who wants to send the message has the right to send the automatic authentication recommendation mail; (b) receiving information about the recipient of the automatic authentication recommendation mail; (c) receiving information regarding an automatic certification membership level of a recipient of the automatic certification recommendation mail; (d) sending the automatic authentication recommendation mail to the recipient; (e) receiving whether or not to consent to membership from the recipient; (f) determining an automatic certification membership level given to the automatic certification recommendation mail when receiving a signal for consent to join a membership; And (g) receiving the basic information for member registration from the recipient of the automatic authentication recommendation mail, if the automatic authentication membership level is granted, and processing the membership for the recipient, and storing the information. In a network-based community service providing system, characterized in that it provides a recommendation mail sending and automatic membership registration method for inducing membership subscription.

In addition, the present invention, after creating a newsletter mail by automatically authoring a post of a specific member group or a specific member of the network based community in a network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, member computer, community server and database server Claims [1] A method for automatically posting and sending a post to a specific recipient according to a sending condition, the method comprising: (a) receiving information on setting and sending time of the automatic posting; (b) receiving information about a recipient of the newsletter mail; (c) authoring the newsletter mail by editing the post according to the setting; And (d) when the sending time arrives, sending the newsletter mail to the recipient.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a system for providing a social network based community service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.                     

The operator computer 100, the authenticator computer 102, and the member computer 104 may be provided in a home or office to display a web-based document written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML), which is a standard language for implementing web pages. And common hardware and software for driving a web browser 106 which is software capable of data communication with the community server 120 using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).

Here, the operator computer 100 refers to an operator's computer including a shop or a shop and a bush shop that manages and manages a community-based community of the community server 120, and the authenticator computer 102 authenticates membership from the operator. Refers to a computer of a person who has been authorized to authenticate, and the member computer 104 refers to a computer of a subscription member or a member of a network based community.

The operator computer 100, the authenticator computer 102, and the member computer 104 are generally personal computers (PCs) and although the term 'computer' is used, any means of communication can be used as long as data can be transmitted and received. For example, it may be a notebook, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a hand-held PC, or the like. The user's computer includes general modem, public switched telephone network (PSTN) network, cable modem and cable broadcasting network, LAN card and LAN network, LAN card and intranet in company, mobile communication network interworking with communication module (chip) and wireless internet gateway. It can be connected to the external internet network through.

Meanwhile, the web browser 106 mounted on the operator computer 100, the authenticator computer 102, and the member computer 104 connects to the community server 120 through the Internet 110 to connect the community server 120. It performs the function of transmitting and receiving information with.

The community server 120 refers to a server that provides a social networking and social network management blog (Blog), and joins community-based community members, manages subscription members, grants member authentication authority, and creates and sends newsletter mails. It manages the schedule of each member or social network based community, and provides blog service to each member.

The configuration of such a community server 120 and a method of providing a network-based community system and a network-based community service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a community server of a network based community system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The community server 120 includes a webpage operation unit 202, an authentication authority management unit 204, a member management processing unit 206, and a newsletter mail processing unit 208. It may include an address book / schedule management unit 210 for managing the address book according to the network of members.

The community server 120 transmits and receives data to and from the database server 220 including the member information DB 222, the authentication authority DB 224, the address book DB 226, and the newsletter mail DB 228.

The webpage operation unit 202 may be configured to display data associated with a social network based community service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention via a web document such as an HTML document. , 102, 104). In addition, the web page operation unit 202 receives the data transmitted from the operator, the authorized authority and the member computer (100, 102, 104) and generates and transmits the necessary web document in response thereto.

The authentication authority management unit 204 manages granting of a member authentication authority to some of the members of the community by an operator including a Syshop or a Syshop and Bushshop of a network based community, and stores the granted member authentication authority in the database server 220. It is responsible for managing donated member certification authority. Here, the membership certification authority refers to the authority to review the qualification conditions of the applicant and to authenticate the membership when there is a subscriber who wants to join the community based community. Eligibility requirements for applicants are determined by the characteristics of the relevant network based on the characteristics of the relevant community, the region of origin or the school of origin.

On the other hand, if the member authentication authority granted from the operator includes the authority to grant the member authentication authority to other members, the authentication authority management unit 204 is a member that has been granted member authentication authority from the operator member authentication to other members It also manages authorization.

The member management processing unit 206 receives an ID (identification) and password to access the community server 120 when a member, including an operator, accesses the community server 120, and authenticates a member when a non-member applies for subscription. It is a process to approve membership through the process. In addition, the member management processing unit 206 stores the information of each member through the database server 220 and performs a function of reading out necessary information from the database server 220.

The newsletter mail processing unit 208 serves to handle the creation and sending of newsletter mails from a community based community. When creating a newsletter mail, it is preferable to enable auto-publishing, and it is desirable to send newsletter mail based on a set sending time and a target. In addition, it is preferable that the newsletter mail processing unit 208 also performs a function of transferring a message in a message format between each member or between members and non-members.

The address book / schedule management unit 210 serves to manage and provide an address book according to each member's request, and serves to manage the schedule and the schedule of each member of the network based community.

The community server 120 is a concept of a general web server that is implemented on the Internet and provides a request of a user terminal by a server / client method, and the web server is DOS, WINDOWS ^TM , Linux ( It can be implemented using web server programs provided by various operating systems such as Linux ^TM ), UNIX, Macintosh, etc. Typical examples are web sites used in the Windows environment, TTPS and Unix environments. There are CERN, NCSA, APPACHE used. However, the community server 120 in the form of a web server is to be understood as a broad concept including a series of application programs for providing various services according to the present invention, in addition to the web server program in a general sense. will be.

In addition, the components constituting the community server 120 are classified according to their functions, and as long as they implement the same function, their names may be different, or one or more modules may be integrated or implemented. Even if omitted, it should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

The service according to the present invention is generally performed in a wired Internet network using a personal PC, but can also be performed in a mobile communication terminal and a wireless Internet network using a PDA, a mobile phone, etc. under conditions that overcome the limitations of data transmission speed and memory. .

Accordingly, the Internet 110 as a communication means for connecting the community server 120 with the operator, the authenticator, and the member computers 100, 102, 104 is a computer network capable of transmitting and receiving various data used in the present invention. For example, a wired Internet network such as an open Internet, a closed intranet, or a wireless Internet communication network interworking with a mobile communication network may be used. However, any communication means can be used as long as data transmission and reception are possible.

Internet network that can be used in the wired and wireless Internet network of the present invention is a TCP / IP protocol and various services existing in the upper layer, that is, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), Telnet, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System) ), A global open computer network architecture that provides Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Network File Service (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS).

Since the wired / wireless internet network may be implemented using a conventional method as it is or not difficult, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, each database of the database server 220 may store the following information.

The member information DB 222 stores basic information of each member. Such member information may include a member's ID, password, contact information, membership level, and the like.

The authentication authority DB 224 stores the authentication authorization level and the scope of the authentication authority of the person who is granted the authentication authority for membership. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, the authentication authority DB 224 may be integrated and managed with the member information DB 222 without separately operating.

The address book DB 226 stores contacts such as an address and a phone number of each member. The address book DB 226 may also be integrated with the member information DB 222. However, when each member individually manages a contact of a person related to him or her, the contact information of each member may be stored.

The newsletter mail DB 228 stores a basic format for auto-creation and environment setting values for auto-creation and dispatch when automatically creating and sending newsletter mail.

These various databases mean a general data structure implemented in a storage system (hard disk or memory) of a computer system using a database management program (DBMS), and can freely search (extract), delete, edit, and add data. The data storage type that can be done. These databases are relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, or object-oriented databases such as Gemston, Orion, O2, etc. It can be implemented for the purpose of the present invention using an XML native database such as management system (OODBMS) and Excelon, Tamino, Sekaiju, etc., and achieves its own functions. You have the appropriate fields or elements to do this.

In addition, some or all of the above-described databases may be implemented as integrated.

Since the construction and management of various databases required for the present invention can be sufficiently performed by those skilled in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention by registering a person who has a certification authority for membership registration in the membership registration process by the corresponding network-based community member membership Is performed.

In the case of a typical community service, even if there is no separate certification process or there is an authentication process, only some operators including Seashop or Seashop and Bushshop authenticate the membership, thereby completing the membership. However, in the case of network-based communities, it is necessary to verify whether the person applying for membership is suitable as the member. In addition, it is very difficult for a few operators to certify the qualifications of all membership applicants.

Therefore, in a network-based community service according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to grant a member authentication authority for authenticating a member subscription in a relay format.

The process of granting certification rights to other community members by an operator including Seashop or Seashop and Bushshop or granting authentication authority to another community member by the authorized person is hereinafter referred to as "community authentication relay". Explain.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of granting a community member a right to a member authentication by a person having an authentication relay right capable of granting an authentication right to others in a network-based community system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a table illustrating attributes of authentication relay authority in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the following description, authentication authority is divided into three levels. At this time, the operator including the community Seashop or Seashop and Bushshop is assumed to have all rights including member authentication and certification authority. However, since the distinction of the level of authentication authority and the attribute of the authority according to each level described below are only examples for explaining the present invention, the number and distinction of the level and the attribute of the authority according to the present invention are It should be noted that the present invention is not limited thereto.                     

Authorization relay authority of community members except the administrator is divided into three levels, and is referred to as 'first level', 'second level' and 'third level' authentication relay authority.

The first level authentication relay authority is the lowest level of the authentication relay authority, and it is assumed that the first level authentication relay authority is a right to authenticate nonmembers as members or to raise or change the membership level of other members of the community. At this time, the membership level may be divided into newsletter members, associate members, and regular members who can receive only newsletters of the community. A newsletter member is a member who is not a regular member of the community but can only receive news from the community. Associate members and active members are those who can log in to the community.

The second level authentication relay authority also includes the right to grant the first level authentication relay authority to other members of the community together with the first level authentication relay authority.

The third level authentication relay authority also includes the right to grant the second level authentication authority to other members of the community together with the second level authentication relay authority. In addition, it may also include the right to grant third-level authentication authority to other members of the community according to the authority attribute.

A network-based community operator or a member of a network-based community accesses the community server 120 through the Internet 110 and then logs in to the community server 120 by inputting his or her ID and password. S300). At this time, the member management processing unit 206 determines whether or not to log in by comparing the ID and password input by the person who accesses the social networking server 120 with the member information DB 222 of the database server 220.                     

For the community authentication relay, the authentication authority management unit 204 of the community server 120 checks whether the person who wants to perform the authentication relay authorization operation is a person who has the authentication relay authority, and the grade and attributes of the authentication relay authority (S302). . At this time, the authentication authority management unit 204 reads out necessary data from the authentication authority DB 224 recorded in the database server 220. The authentication authority DB 224 may be separately managed, but in some cases, it may be possible to manage whether the operator and member have authentication authority in the member information DB 222.

As described above, the grades of the authentication relay authority are classified into an operator grade including a seashop and a bushshop, a first level authentication relay authority, a second level authentication relay authority, and a third level authentication relay authority.

On the other hand, the attribute of the authentication relay authority relates to what authority the grantee can exercise in the level of the authorized authentication relay authority. For example, in the case of granting the first-level authentication relay authority, the attribute is determined as to which level of membership can be authenticated or changed (only as a newsletter member or an associate or full member level). In the case of the second or third level, if the person receiving the authentication relay authority grants the authentication relay authority of the first or second level to any other member, the authentication relay authority may authenticate or change to any level. Whether or not the property is determined. In addition, the attribute of the third level authentication relay authority includes an attribute of whether the third level authentication relay authority can be granted to other members of the community.                     

Such an attribute of the authentication relay authority is illustrated in FIG. 4, and a person who grants the authentication relay authority may set corresponding contents.

Next, the community server 120 receives the information on the authorization relay authorization subject from the computer (100, 102, 104) of the person who wants to grant the authorization relay authority (S304). On the other hand, an operator including Seashop or Seashop and Bushshop may set a certain member of the network based community so that the authorized relay authority cannot be granted. In this case, such information is recorded in the member information DB 222 of the database server 220. The authentication authority management unit 204 may indicate that the authentication relay authority cannot be granted and the community authentication relay operation is terminated when it is determined that the person selected as the authentication relay authority grant target cannot be granted the authentication relay authority.

The community server 120 receives information on an authentication relay authority level of the selected authentication relay authority subject (S306).

After receiving the information on the authentication relay authority level, and receives the information on the attribute of the authentication relay authority (S308).

The community server 120 stores the input information about the authentication relay authorization target, the grade, and the attribute in the database server 220, and terminates the community authentication relay job.

On the other hand, the aforementioned authentication relay authority may further include a privilege level for sending a recommendation mail or a recommendation message to be described later to a non-community member. In addition, the authentication relay authority described above may also include a right to check the membership applicant list and authenticate membership when there is a member applicant.

Next, the process of certifying the membership of a person who wants to become a member or changing the level of an existing member (for example, a newsletter member, an associate member, a regular member, etc.) will be explained.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of changing a member certification of a nonmember and a grade of a subscription member in a network based community system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

A person who can authenticate or change a member (member authentication authority) can be a person who is authorized to have first-, second-, or third-level authentication authority, including Syshop or an operator including Syshop and Bushshop.

The community server 120 receives a command of membership authentication or membership level change from the member authentication authority (S500, S510). This member authentication and change is handled by the member management processing unit 206, and the member management processing unit 206 reads from the database server 220 whether the person who selected the member authentication or change operation has such authority or not. It is desirable to discriminate from the authority information.

When member registration authentication is selected, the community server 120 receives information on community non-members to receive member authentication from the member authentication authority (S502), and receives information on the membership level to be applied at the time of member authentication (S504).                     

The community server 120 determines whether the authenticated member is authenticated as a member (S506).

The community server 120 applies the membership level as set when the membership is authenticated and stores the information of the authenticated person in the database server 220.

On the other hand, if the change of membership level is selected, the community server 120 receives information about the community member whose grade is to be changed (S512).

The community server 120 receives information on the membership level to be changed from the member authentication authority (S514).

The community server 120 determines whether the member level is changed from the member authentication authority, the community member whose member level is to be changed, and the information about the level to be changed (S516).

If it is determined that the membership level is to be changed, the community server 120 changes and stores the membership level stored in the database server 220 (S518).

Another feature of the network-based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a recommendation mail to induce membership of non-members who are members of the community, including Seashop or Seashop and Bushshop, and community members who are authorized to register Send a recommendation note and automatically become a member.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of automatically registering a member through a recommendation mail for inducing membership in a network based community system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.                     

The community server 120 sends a recommendation mail for encouraging member registration and whether the person who wants to send an automatic authentication recommendation mail for future membership verification possesses the authentication relay right and the authority to send the automatic authentication recommendation mail. It is determined whether there is (S600). Here, the recommendation mail may be a general e-mail or an electronic message, and includes all messages that one person electronically delivers to the other. On the other hand, the automatic authentication recommendation mail refers to an e-mail that automatically authenticates the membership by sending a recommendation mail and receiving the recommendation mail.

When the community server 120 determines that the person who wants to send the automatic authentication recommendation mail has the authority in step S600, the community server 120 receives information of a receiver to receive the automatic authentication recommendation mail (S602). At this time, the contents of the mail to be delivered to the receiver can be received together.

The community server 120 receives information on an automatic authentication membership level from a person who wants to send an automatic authentication recommendation mail (S604). The automatic certification member level may be classified into a non-certified automatic membership level, a newsletter member grade that receives only a newsletter mail, an associate member grade, a regular member grade, and the like. That is, the automatic certification membership level means a membership level which will be automatically given when a mail receiver requests membership in the future. On the other hand, such automatic certification membership level is limited according to the contents of the authentication relay authority granted to the person who wants to send automatic authentication recommendation mail.

The community server 120 sends the automatic authentication recommendation mail to the receiver (S606).

If the recipient agrees to join after receiving the automatic authentication recommendation mail, the community server 120 receives whether to agree to join (S608). The automatic authentication recommendation mail includes contents asking whether the user agrees to join the membership, and when the receiver inputs a decision on whether to join the membership, it is preferable to transmit the information about whether to join the membership to the community server 120.

When the community server 120 receives a signal from the recipient of the automatic authentication recommendation mail to agree to join the membership, the community server 120 determines the automatic authentication membership level given to the automatic authentication recommendation mail (S610).

When the automatic certification membership level is granted, the community server 120 receives basic information for membership from the recipient of the automatic certification recommendation mail (S612), processes the membership for the recipient, and stores the information in a database. Stored in the server 220.

However, when the automatic certification membership level is not given, the community server 120 receives basic information for membership registration for the subscriber's subscription (S616), and registers for membership for the recipient's membership. The receiver is placed on the waiting list, and the information is stored in the database server 220 (S618). In the future, when membership registration is authenticated, the recipient is registered as a member.

Meanwhile, another subscription processing method of the automatic authentication recommendation mail recipient according to the automatic authentication member level set in step S604 of FIG. 6 will be described below.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a member registration process according to an automatic certification membership level set in an automatic certification recommendation mail in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.                     

As described above, the automatic authentication membership level may be classified into a non-automatic authentication membership level, a newsletter member level that receives only a newsletter mail, an associate member level, a regular member level, and the like. At this time, if the automatic certification membership level has not been granted, the membership is required to undergo a separate membership certification process, and the newsletter membership level is not a regular member of the community, but a newsletter of the community can be received. A full membership level is a membership level that is formally joined to the community.

When the receiver of the automatic authentication recommendation mail agrees to join the membership in step S608 of FIG. 6, the community server 120 determines the automatic authentication membership level granted to the mail receiver (S700).

When the automatic authentication membership level is granted, the community server 120 first receives information for automatic authentication newsletter subscription from the mail receiver (S702), and automatically authenticates the mail receiver as the newsletter member (S704).

The community server 120 determines whether the official member level of the associate member or the regular member is assigned to the mail recipient (S706). That is, it is determined whether or not the automatic certification membership level given to the mail recipient exceeds the newsletter membership level.

If the automatic authentication membership level is a full member level of an associate member or a full member, the community server 120 receives information for automatic authentication full membership registration from the mail recipient (S708), and automatically authenticates the mail recipient as a full member, and then The information is stored in the database server 220 (S710).

On the other hand, if the automatic membership level is a newsletter membership level to be registered as a full member through future membership authentication, the community server 120 receives the information for formal membership from the mail recipient (S712), the mail recipient In the state of being registered as a newsletter member and stores as a formal membership authentication waiting list (S714). However, if the mail recipient refuses to be a registered member, steps S712 and S714 are omitted, and the mail receiver is managed only as a newsletter member.

If the above-described auto-certified membership level is not granted the auto-certified membership level, the community server 120 receives additional information for registering as a member from the mail receiver (S716).

The community server 120 manages mail recipients for which the automatic authentication membership level is not granted as a waiter for membership registration and stores the waiting list as a waiting list (S718). In the future, when a person having a member authentication authority authenticates the membership of the mail recipient who has not been granted the automatic authentication membership level, the community server 120 registers the mail recipient as a member and stores the related information in the database server 220.

The foregoing is related to the process of signing up to the applicant for membership registration, sending a member authentication recommendation email to the members, and processing the membership. However, when a non-community user wants to join as a community member and requests a change of membership level, it is necessary to promptly join / change to a member.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process for quickly joining / changing a community member in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Community server 120 is a specific community that has the authority to authenticate the member according to the characteristics of the membership applicant or the applicant for changing the grade for quick processing when a non-community user applies for community membership or if the community member requests a change of membership level. The authentication application information is automatically sent to the member (S800). For example, in the case of an alumni meeting, a member authentication authority is set for each rider, and when a user of a specific rider requests membership registration or a change in class, the certification application information is set to be sent to the member authentication authority of the corresponding rider.

When there is a community subscription request or a grade change request, the community server 120 automatically sends the corresponding application information to a predetermined member authentication authority (S802).

The community server 120 receives information on whether or not the membership registration or membership level change is authenticated and the membership level from the member authentication authority (S804).

When membership or membership grade change is authenticated, the community server 120 processes membership or grade change for the person who applied for membership or grade change, and stores the contents in the database server 220 ( S806).

On the other hand, the community server 120, in step S804, it is possible to change the membership registration or membership level based only on the information received from the member authentication authority, in some cases, membership applicants or membership class applicants It is also possible to perform the membership registration or membership level change procedure by sending a certification recommendation email to the user.

In this case, the community server 120 receives information on whether or not to change membership level or membership level and information on subscription level or change level from the member authentication authority. Thereafter, the community server 120 sends a recommendation email to the applicant for membership or change of grade. The community server 120 receives a confirmation signal for joining or changing a grade from an applicant for applying for membership or a grade change, and receives a recommendation mail, processes a membership or a membership grade process according to the contents, and transmits the related contents to a database server ( 220).

On the other hand, in step S802, the community server 120 provides a list of the membership authentication authority according to the characteristics of the membership or change of applicant, and if the member or change applicant selects the membership authentication authority selected It is also possible to have one send a request for membership or change.

According to another feature of a network based community system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a post of a specific member group or a specific member of a network based community is automatically authored and sent to a specific recipient according to a set shipment condition.

9 is a process for sending a specific member group or a specific member's post or a specific bulletin board's post to a specific recipient according to a set sending condition in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an input window for allowing a community operator to set an environment related to automatic authoring of newsletter mail in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The automatic authoring and automatic sending of newsletters can be done by pre-selecting the bulletin boards or bulletin boards to be included in the newsletter, automatically editing and writing the selected posts according to a predetermined format, and then setting the conditions for sending mail to the person set as the recipient of the newsletter. According to the step of automatically sending. The automatic authoring and automatic sending of the newsletter mail is performed by the newsletter mail processing unit 208 of the community server 120. Here, the newsletter mail refers to an e-mail for informing a member or a member of a social networking community about a notice or schedule or a part of a social networking community.

The newsletter mail processing unit 208 automatically authors the newsletter mail according to the set environmental conditions, and then sends it to the set recipients according to the determined conditions. Information on the condition and recipient for the authoring and sending of the newsletter mail are stored in the database server 220.

The community server 120 receives basic environment setting information for newsletter mail authoring from the system operator (S900). The system administrator becomes a provider of social networking-based community services, and sets up posts or contents to be included in newsletter mail. At this time, the system administrator may set the newsletter mail to include contents related to a specific advertisement or promotion, or may set the contents of the posts of a community-based community to be included. In addition, a bulletin board and a post that allow a community operator of each social networking community or a receiver of a newsletter mail to be selected and included in the newsletter mail among bulletin boards provided by the system or posts of the bulletin board can be set. However, in the practice of the present invention, the step S900 may be omitted. That is, in the automatic authoring and sending of the newsletter mail, the setting of the content to be authored and the setting of the sending condition can be made possible by the community manager's environment setting.

The community server 120 receives the environment setting information for the posts, which are essentially included in the newsletter mail, from the operator of the network based community (S902). Community managers can also include a community's seashop or seashop and bushshop.

At this time, the operator of the community may directly write some of the contents to be included in the newsletter mail, and then include the contents in the newsletter mail. In addition, the community administrator may set a bulletin board or posts to be included in the newsletter mail among bulletin boards or posts allowed by the system administrator. The setting of contents to be included in the newsletter mail by the community manager may be performed by setting the contents of the mail to A, B, and C and setting the contents to be included in each area as shown in FIG. 10.

The community server 120 receives the receiver of the newsletter mail (S904). In addition, the community server 120 receives a condition regarding when to send a newsletter mail (eg, periodically or at a specific time).

Meanwhile, the recipient of the newsletter mail may select a content to be added to the newsletter mail from a bulletin board in the community or a post of the bulletin board. In addition, the receiver of the newsletter mail may set a bulletin board or posts to be included in the newsletter mail among bulletin boards or posts allowed by the system administrator. In this case, the community server 120 stores the conditions set by the receiver of the newsletter mail, and adds the contents according to the conditions set by the receiver of the newsletter mail to the newsletter mail at the time of automatic creation and sending of the newsletter mail.

When the condition for automatically sending the newsletter is satisfied, the community server 120 automatically authors the newsletter according to a preset condition (S906). The auto-written newsletter includes contents set by the system administrator, conditions set by the community administrator, and conditions set by the receiver of the newsletter mail.

The community server 120 automatically sends the newsletter mail to the receiver of the set newsletter mail according to the automatic sending condition (S908).

The following is an example of an auto-written newsletter through this process.

11 is an example screen of a newsletter mail completed through an automatic authoring function in a network based community system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, the newsletter mail includes contents (1102) created and included by the community administrator, community bulletin boards and posts (1104) set by the community administrator as mandatory inclusion, and system-provided bulletin boards set by the system administrator as mandatory inclusion. Posts (1106), bulletin boards and posts (1108) set by the community moderator to be included in newsletters, among system-provided bulletins and posts allowed by system administrators, and bulletin posts (1110) by which recipients of newsletters are included in newsletters. This includes.

Meanwhile, the newsletter mail may include member information 1112 for receiving the newsletter mail, and may include a member information update interface 1114 for updating the information of the receiver.

When the recipient of the newsletter mail clicks on the member information update interface 1114, the member computer 104 accesses the community server 120 through the web browser 106, and the community server 120 connects to the member computer 104. By receiving the member information update information of the receiver, which is input to the database server 220, the member information of the receiver is updated.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, in the network-based community service, the member registration authentication process is easy, and the member applicant can effectively verify whether the member is eligible for membership in the community.

In addition, according to the present invention, by sending a recommendation e-mail to a member to be registered and automatically signing up, there is an effect that can easily induce a member to join the community.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect that can effectively deliver the news of the community to the member and the member subscription target, and induce the member subscription.

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In the service provision system of the community that is formed based on the network formed through the relationship of academics, origin, tendency, and familiarity, Providing the data encoded in the web document to the operator, the authorized authority and the member computers (100, 102, 104) through the Internet 110, and transmits the data transmitted from the authorized authority and member computers (100, 102, 104) A web page operation unit 202 for receiving and generating a web document required in response thereto and transmitting the generated web document to the authentication authority and the member computers 100, 102, and 104 through the Internet; The administrator of the network-based community, including Seashop or Seashop and Bushshop, manages the granting of the member authentication authority for authenticating the membership to some of the members of the network-based community, and the database server 220 An authentication authority manager 204 for storing the donated member authentication authority; Member management processing unit 206 for receiving the ID (identification) and password of the member, including the operator to approve the access, and to approve membership through the member authentication process when the non-member to apply for subscription; And A newsletter mail processing unit 208 for automatically creating and sending a newsletter of the social network based on the settings of the operator Network-based community service providing system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The authentication authority management unit 204 is a network-based community service providing system, characterized in that for further management of granting the member authentication authority to the other members to whom the granting authority of the member authentication authority from the operator. The method of claim 1, The newsletter mail processing unit (208) is a network-based community service providing system, characterized in that for sending the newsletter mail according to the post, the sending time to be included in the newsletter selected by the operator. In the authentication-based authorization method for granting membership authentication authority in a network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, member computer, community server and database server, (a) authenticating the operator computer or the member computer to perform a log-in by entering an ID and a password; (b) checking whether the user who accesses the operator computer or the member computer has an authentication relay authority for granting member authentication authority, and a grade and an attribute of the authentication relay authority; (c) receiving information about an authentication relay authority subject from the computer of the person to whom the authentication relay authority is to be granted; (d) receiving information on the level and attributes of the authentication relay authority to be granted to the authentication relay authority subject; (e) storing information on the authentication relay authority subject and information on the class and attributes of the authentication relay authority; Authentication authorization method for granting membership authentication authority in a network-based community service providing system comprising a. In the network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, member computer, community server and database server, non-member member authentication method, (a) receiving an instruction for membership authentication from a computer of a member certification authority; (b) receiving, from the computer of the member certification authority, information about a non-community member to be authenticated and information about a membership level to be applied for membership authentication; (c) determining whether the non-member of the community to be authenticated to receive membership authentication is authenticated; (d) storing the membership authenticator information when the membership is authenticated In the network-based community service providing system comprising a non-member's member authentication and membership change method of the method In the network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, member computer, community server and database server, the member's membership level changing method, (a) receiving an instruction for changing a membership level from a computer of a member certification authority; (b) receiving information about a member whose membership level is to be changed; (c) receiving information about the membership level of the member to be changed; And (d) modifying and storing the membership level of the member Method of changing the membership level of a member in a network-based community service providing system comprising a. In the network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, member computer, community server and database server, recommendation mail sending and automatic member registration method for inducing membership registration, (a) determining whether the person who wants to send the automatic authentication recommendation mail possesses the authentication relay right and whether or not the user has the authority to send the automatic authentication recommendation mail; (b) receiving information about the recipient of the automatic authentication recommendation mail; (c) receiving information regarding an automatic certification membership level of a recipient of the automatic certification recommendation mail; (d) sending the automatic authentication recommendation mail to the recipient; (e) receiving whether or not to consent to membership from the recipient; (f) determining an automatic certification membership level given to the automatic certification recommendation mail when receiving a signal for consent to join a membership; And (g) receiving the basic information for membership registration from the recipient of the automatic authentication recommendation mail, if the automatic certification membership level is granted, and processing the membership registration for the recipient and storing the information; Sending recommendation mail and automatic member registration method for inducing membership in a network-based community service providing system comprising a. In a network-based community service providing system including an operator computer, a member computer, a community server, and a database server, a post is created by automatically authoring a post of a specific member group or a specific member of the network-based community, and then a specific recipient according to the set shipping condition. In the method of auto authoring and sending posts to (a) receiving information on setting and sending time of the automatic posting work; (b) receiving information about a recipient of the newsletter mail; (c) authoring the newsletter mail by editing the post according to the setting; And (d) sending the newsletter mail to the recipient when the sending time arrives; Post auto authoring and sending method of a social network based community system comprising a.

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