KR20070112598A - Online service method for electronic publish - Google Patents

Abstract

An online electronic publication service method is provided to enable a writer to produce and publish contents on the internet and provided to collect the contents based on theme on-line. An online service method for electronic publication comprises the following steps of: performing member registration of a publisher for performing the electronic publication(S210); providing an electronic publication builder on-line and making the publisher prepare free or charged contents by using the electronic publication builder(S220); and paying the costs for online electronic publication on-line, and then publishing online electronic publication(S230).

Description

Online electronic publishing service method {ONLINE SERVICE METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PUBLISH}

1 is a screen showing a webzine builder applied in the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a webzine publishing procedure according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of grafting items and advertisements according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a profit process of a seller according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating the profit process of the publisher according to the present invention.

6 is a view showing an embodiment of the webzine according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to online electronic publishing, and more particularly, to provide an authoring tool that allows a user or author to author or write online directly in accordance with various publication formats, and publishes the result of the work online. The present invention relates to an online electronic publishing service method that can be published or published.

In general, with the development of the Internet, many companies are implementing sales methods and systems with new items in order to become the leaders of the Internet economy and the digital economy. With the emergence of a number of competitors and management deterioration, they are investing huge amounts of money in developing new contents. In addition, public agencies are making efforts to strengthen public service by collecting public opinions and accepting complaints.

With the development and popularization of the Internet, the population of information acquisition using e-mails and websites is exploding. However, many informations based on the existing e-mail services and websites cannot be stored permanently due to the limitation of their capacity. If this is done, it should be deleted, and after deleting it, it is not convenient to check the corresponding information again, and various information based on the website becomes difficult to obtain desired information as time passes.

The mail printing and information printing functions currently being serviced via the web are based on a fragmentary operating system for one item, which makes it impossible to effectively manage or store a lot of useful information accumulated through searching and information exchange between each other. It is true.

Conventional on-demand printing / publishing system is a web-based community-based operating system, and the content provided by this system is a service implemented by web programming, and inputs information desired to be published as a book in diaries, writing notes and bulletin boards. Organize pages and publish them. In other words, it provides a service so that members can save the contents they want in the learning notes and publish the desired books when a certain amount is saved.

Such a conventional service is a method of making a link through a web programming operation in a web site, which is inconvenient in development time and system integration, and requires a lot of time and effort for future upgrades.

In addition, a method and apparatus for editing and publishing a publication through a communication network such as the Internet is disclosed in the related art, which includes editing layout materials and editing materials including photographs, videos, or clip art required for editing a publication. Storing in a database, accessing a document by a user who wants to edit an original using the edited layout data and the edited data stored in the database, and editing the publication provided by the user on the main server. Providing the selection means by the main server so that the user can select the necessary materials, and editing the manuscript that the user intends to publish using the materials necessary for the editing selected by the user using the selection means. Consists of

Through such a conventional method, a user has an advantage of saving time and money by performing a process of publishing a publication through a communication network. In the conventional publishing method, the existing publishing site existing on the Internet due to the development of the Internet and the flood of information publishes a book based on the postings of the postings or the postings of other users on the publishing site. There is a drawback that it can't be used on a web site and can only be used on a publishing site, and there is a problem in that a database and a program must be rebuilt to provide such a function in another information site.

In other words, it is a method of publishing a book based on a post posted by a user or a post posted by another user, and this method cannot be easily applied to other sites. In addition, since a network for mass production of high-quality content is not implemented by supporting free content creation, sharing, and utilization, there is a problem in that the marketability cannot be expanded because the publishing culture can be maintained offline.

The present invention was created to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to allow users to freely create content and to publish and publish on the Internet, thereby creating additional revenue by utilizing the content produced directly. The present invention provides an online electronic publishing service method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an online electronic publishing service method capable of inducing the enhancement of online contents by collecting contents accumulated due to a user's creative activity around an arbitrary theme, and publishing and publishing them online. have.

An online electronic publishing service method according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the electronic publishing service method for publishing a work online, comprising the steps of: a) performing the member registration of the publisher for the electronic publishing; b) providing an electronic publishing builder online and using the electronic publishing builder to compose a paid or free content by a publisher; And c) issuing the online payment process for issuing online webzine and paying the costs necessary for constructing the paid contents and webzine issuance.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic publishing builder is an authoring tool for directly authoring or authoring according to a publication format such as poetry, essays, novels, periodicals, magazines, cartoons, diaries, pamphlets, digital photo albums, Integrating RIA / FLASH-based publication online authoring tool, online exhibition or search service, open market solution with online shopping mall, advertising system, POD (Publish on Demand) order system, video streaming system, digital rights protection technology (DRM) Any one or more means are provided.

In addition, the process a), a-1) the registration step for the publisher to register personal information in accordance with the membership requirements provided on the web; a-2) receiving a request for domain registration for a webzine from the publisher; And a-3) after approving the domain registration, recognizing the start of production for the webzine of the publisher.

In addition, the process b), b-1) in response to the publisher's request to create a webzine, starting a builder which is a publication online authoring tool; b-2) the content of the cover page, table of contents, article content, etc. of the webzine is input through the builder; And b-3) characterized in that consisting of the step of applying to the content by purchasing the items necessary for the webzine paid or free.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the electronic publishing according to the present invention provides webzine publishing, subscription, product sales, advertisement, POD service. To do this, the user configures the contents of the work by using the electronic publishing builder. The user may apply the paid or free item as the content as necessary to produce the online electronic publication by expressing the user's desire to express.

The electronic publishing builder described above is an authoring tool provided online, as shown in FIG. It is an authoring tool that can be authored or written directly for various publication formats such as poetry, essays, novels, periodicals, photo books, shop magazines, magazines, cartoons, diaries, pamphlets, and digital photo albums. Accordingly, the user may use additional means for authoring online, such as an RIA / FLASH-based publication online authoring tool, an online exhibition or search service, an open market solution incorporating an online shopping mall, an advertising system, a POD (Publish on Demand) order system, Means for providing a video streaming system, digital rights protection technology (DRM) interworking, and the like are provided.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic publication publishing procedure according to the present invention.

As shown, the publisher registration process for electronic publishing (S210), through the electronic publishing builder according to the publisher's preferences and desires to pay the content composition process (S220), the cost required to organize the content, and online electronic publications Issuance is composed of a publishing process (S230). In the above-described issuer registration process (S210), first, in step S211, the issuer performs membership registration online. Publishers register personal information in accordance with the membership requirements available on the web.

In step S213, the publisher requests domain registration for the online electronic publication. The domain can be newly registered, and the domain used by the publisher can be applied if necessary. When there is a request for a new domain by the publisher, the web server (not shown) determines whether the domain input from the user can be used in response to the domain registration request, and notifies the user of the determination result. The issuer resets the domain according to the notification result or uses the configured domain. The publisher requests to make an online electronic publication, for example, a webzine, to the web server for electronic publishing in step S215. This is requested through a button click in a web page provided by the web server.

In response to the publisher's request to create a webzine, the web server launches a builder, a publication online authoring tool. Publishers can use builders to insert webzine content, photos, drawings, items, advertisements, and merchandise. That is, as in step S221, the publisher composes the cover of the webzine, composes the contents of the webzine in step S223, and composes the article content in step S225. Here, the publisher may purchase and use an item necessary for constructing a webzine, and the item may be used for a fee.

The item provides a one-time item and a consumable item. The one-time item is an item that can be used in one online electronic publication at the time of purchase. The consumable item is an item that automatically disappears after being used for a predetermined period or a predetermined time. Accordingly, the publisher selects a one-time item or a consumable item according to the use purpose of the content, and purchases an item through a charging procedure for the item.

The item is a decorating item such as a frame, template, or effect. If the publisher wants to purchase the paid item as in step S227, the item enters step S231 and performs payment for the paid item. As described above, the builder distinguishes and provides one-time items applicable to arbitrary content and consumable items, and the publisher selectively purchases one-time items or consumable items based on these items. The issuer pays according to the item-specific sales procedure.

The issuer's payment can be assumed as the webzin's publishing cost, including the cost of purchasing the item. When the payment is completed in this way, the online webzine is issued in step S223. On the other hand, if the publisher does not purchase the paid item in step S227, the process enters step S229. In step S229, the issuer determines whether to purchase the disk capacity. The disk capacity purchase is an additional purchase of the data capacity for creating a webzine.

When the publisher purchases the disk capacity, payment and webzine issuance are made through the above-described steps S231 and S223. However, if the publisher does not purchase the disk capacity in step S229, in step S231, the publisher pays only the online electronic publication, that is, the webzine publishing cost, excluding the cost of the paid item and the disk capacity. In operation S223, the web server issues a webzine authored by the publisher.

 The webzine configured as described above is provided separately by user, by content, paid or free by a web server. Accordingly, subscribers can view or subscribe to webzine provided on the web. To this end, subscribers apply for membership on the website and then click a button for watching the webzine. The subscriber selects a number of webzines classified by user, by content, by paid or free. The web server publishes any webzine selected by the subscriber, and inquires of the subscriber whether to subscribe to the webzine.

Subscribers can watch both free and paid webzines, and in the case of paid webzines, the free webzine can be viewed by watching preset advertisement information. Of course, the subscription fee of the paid webzine is passed to the advertiser for the advertisement provided through the webzine.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an advertisement application procedure for a webzine.

As shown, after the advertisement order is made based on the advertising contract in step S301, the webzine is configured by the publisher through step S303. The publisher may determine the insertion of an item for the webzine composition in operation S305, and may also determine the insertion of an advertisement in operation S307. If the publisher does not insert the item into the webzine in step S305, the process enters step S313 and is issued.

On the other hand, if the publisher wants to insert the item in step S305, the web server queries whether to insert the advertisement into the webzine. When the publisher requests the advertisement insertion, the web server enters step S309 and operates to subtract the advertisement item cost from the publication cost. However, if the publisher does not insert the advertisement into the webzine in step S307, the payment is made for the purchase of the item of the publisher in step S311, and the webzine is issued in step S313.

The above described procedure describes the webzine publishing process, but the following description describes the revenue process for sellers and publishers. Here, the seller is an entity for selling on the web one or more webzines written by publishers. First, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a profit procedure for a seller.

As shown, in step S401 the seller performs merchant registration with a web server. Merchant registration includes personal information required for sale, such as real name information, account information, contract information and the like. When the seller registration is completed, in step S403 the seller can configure the contents for the online electronic publication. For example, if the online electronic publication is a webzine, the content of the webzine can be edited with photos and pictures, and writing and editing are made as necessary.

Thereafter, the seller enters step S405 and performs a product registration for the webzine. Product registration registers the product price, including the basic information about the product. The basic information of the product includes brief information of the product, data capacity information, issuer information, and the like. When the product registration is completed, the webzine is issued in step S407. Therefore, the purchaser can enjoy the webzine at the same time as the webzine is issued, it is possible to purchase a product for the webzine as in step S409.

If the buyer wants to purchase the product for the webzine, the process enters step S411 and performs payment for the webzine purchase. At this time, the web server or a separate payment server (not shown) accumulates the product payment amount in real time. In other words, the payment server automatically calculates the sales volume and sales sales of the product. In operation S413, the payment server determines whether the settlement time according to the policy or contract has arrived, and performs settlement as in operation S415 according to the determination result. In this case, the settlement is based on the distribution of revenue between the seller and the web administrator.

5 shows the revenue process for the issuer. As shown, in step S501 the publisher configures the content for the webzine. Publishers use the Electronic Publishing Builder to compose webzine content, including inserting or editing photos, pictures, and writing and editing articles. Here, the webzine configuration of the publisher is assumed to be paid. Therefore, in step S503, the publisher issues a paid webzine.

Meanwhile, the subscriber views the webzine written by the publisher online as shown in FIG. Such a webzine may be inserted with an advertisement as shown in (b) of FIG. 6, and the subscriber may watch the webzine with the advertisement or without the advertisement at step S503. If the subscriber wants to watch the webzine with the advertisement, the subscriber may enter the step S507 to subscribe to the paid webzine replaced with the advertisement fee. On the other hand, if the subscriber wants to watch the webzine without advertisement in step S503, the subscriber enters the step S505 and the subscriber performs payment for the webzine subscription. 6 (c) which has not been described is a view showing a product insertion state in the webzine. Figure 6 (d) is a view showing a webzine made of POD.

The payment server recognizes the payment situation of the subscriber, and performs an approval for it, and then performs the subscription procedure in step S507. In addition, after recognizing that the payment of the subscriber is completed, the payment server accumulates the subscription revenue in real time. Subscription revenue is per issuer. On the other hand, if the subscriber enters step S509 and the current subscription cost of the online electronic publication subscribed to by the subscriber, that is, the webzine, is higher than the viewing cost with the advertisement, the payment server receives the advertisement cost based on the advertisement viewing in step S511. Subtract from In other words, by substituting the subscriber's subscription cost for the advertising cost, the subscriber's burden for purchasing the online electronic publication is reduced.

In addition, the payment server determines whether the settlement time by the policy or contract in step S513. This is subject to the settlement timing agreement between the publisher and the web administrator. Therefore, if it is determined in step S513 that the settlement server has arrived at the settlement time, the payment server enters step S517 and performs settlement according to the revenue distribution to the issuer. On the other hand, such a settlement may be based on the settlement time, but may be settled when the predetermined amount is exceeded as necessary. Step S513, which has not been described, describes a process of calculating subscription revenue when a certain amount is exceeded.

Although the present invention describes the webzine publication and profit online, the POD (Publish on demand) form, that is, personalized publishing is possible according to the content, and the individual POD application and production through online is possible.

As described above, the online electronic publishing service method according to the present invention publishes an online electronic publication through a builder provided online, and enjoys a free webzine through sales and subscription of the published electronic publication through viewing advertisements. By realizing, there is an effect of increasing the dissemination effect of an online electronic publication.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of authoring an online electronic publication through a builder for electronic publishing, and creating a content set artifact based on this, to induce high-quality content.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to specific preferred embodiments thereof, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and is commonly used in the art to which the invention pertains without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed in the claims. Anyone with knowledge will be able to make various variations.

Claims (8)

In the electronic publishing service method for publishing a work online, a) performing a member registration of the publisher for the electronic publication; b) providing an electronic publishing builder online and using the electronic publishing builder to compose a paid or free content by a publisher; And and c) issuing a process of issuing online electronic publishing and issuing an online electronic publishing issue. The electronic publishing builder of claim 1, Authoring tool for authoring or authoring poetry, essays, novels, periodicals, magazines, comics, diaries, pamphlets, digital photo albums, etc. On-line electronic publishing, characterized in that any one or more means of providing services, an open market solution that combines an online shopping mall, an advertising system, a POD (Publish on Demand) order system, a video streaming system, and a digital rights protection technology (DRM) are provided. Service method. According to claim 1, wherein the process a), a-1) the registration step for the publisher to register personal information in accordance with the registration requirements provided on the web; a-2) receiving a request for registration of a domain for online electronic publishing from a publisher; And a-3) after approving the domain registration, recognizing the start of production for the online electronic publishing of the publisher. The method of claim 1, wherein b) b-1) in response to the publisher's request to create an online electronic publication, launching a builder, the publication online authoring tool; b-2) inputting contents of a cover, a table of contents, an article content, etc. of the online electronic publication through the builder; And b-3) an online e-publishing service method comprising the steps of purchasing items necessary for the online e-publishing for a fee or for free and applying them to the contents. The method of claim 4, wherein On-line electronic publishing service method, characterized in that the decorating items, such as page-like form, template, effects used in the online electronic publishing. The method of claim 1, wherein c) An additional purchase of data capacity for producing the online electronic publication, the method further comprising a disk capacity purchasing step. The method according to any one of claims 1, 4 and 5, d) when the publisher wants to insert the paid item, the method further comprises inserting an advertisement into the corresponding online electronic publication. The method of claim 7, wherein the cost processing for using the paid item, On-line e-publishing service method characterized by subtracting the advertising costs from the publishing costs of the online electronic publishing.

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