KR20080006729A - System and method for constituting community using electronic albums and managing electronic albums - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for forming a community with an electronic album and keeping/distributing the electronic album are provided to enable a user to form the electronic album easily in the Internet, distribute/deliver the electronic album, and distribute or keep the electronic album including shared opinions by forming the community based on the electronic album. A user terminal forms an electronic album and a picture diary/report by using Internet and wireless communication(301). The community is formed by organizing the users accessible to the electronic album and the picture diary/report(302). An opinion is received from community members and a search index is formed(303). The electronic album and the picture diary/report for distribution are automatically formed(305). The electronic album and the picture diary/report for distribution, and an image for a CD(Compact Disk)/memory are distributed in an online network, and an electronic album site is linked(306).

Description

System and Method for constituting community using electronic albums and managing electronic albums}

1 and 2 is an embodiment configuration of a community configuration and album storage / distribution system using an electronic album according to the present invention,

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a community composition and album storage / distribution method using an electronic album according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a community composition and album storage / distribution system and method using an electronic album, and more particularly, to allow users to easily configure albums on the Internet, to enable online distribution and offline delivery, The present invention relates to a community composition and album storage / distribution system and method using an electronic album that forms a community so that shared opinions can be included or distributed in an album.

There are two ways to organize a community using electronic albums: using the Internet and using a mobile phone.

Through the Internet, you can create a skin to apply to the album in the virtual space assigned after subscription. If you attach a photo using MMS and send it to the gateway number of the e-album, you can compare the subscriber's phone number with the sender's phone number and register it automatically in the album. do.

You can upload photos or videos you want to keep and distribute in the created album, and subscribers can sort and index the photos with the administrator's authority. This album can be distributed as a gift to a friend or as a distribution application. Sending a gift to a friend consists of a friend list via e-mail and sends the album. Recipients are automatically subscribed to the community via e-mail to share the received album, and comments and comments shared with each other are managed in a database. In addition, only albums that are thoroughly gifted can be accessed, and only invited people can form a community based on albums to thoroughly protect information.

Administrators can set the album's open deadline, and community members who receive the album during this period can register comments and comments, or select only the content they want to configure new indexing. When the album is closed, the album can be distributed online or offline. Online distribution sends members downloadable links to the community via e-mail. The downloaded album utilizes Flash and XML so that the system can automatically view the album as seen on the web on a local PC or PMP without a database. Will be constructed. This album is configured to be executed independently using Flash and XML, so you do not need a viewer program to view an electronic album, and even the opinions and comments shared by the community can be displayed and saved. Can be utilized.

Offline distribution is done via CD or memory, and it is automatically run through AutoRun using the CD auto-making machine based on the distribution list created by the administrator or the members who want to distribute from the community members. Anyone can use the album and distribute it.

 The present invention has been proposed to meet the above demands, and allows the user to easily configure the album on the Internet, to distribute online and offline delivery, and to form a community of a specific group through the album shared opinions included in the album The purpose of the present invention is to provide a community composition and album storage / distribution system and method using the electronic album, which can be distributed or stored.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

 The present invention for achieving the above object, in the community composition and album storage / distribution system using an electronic album, the user can easily configure the album on the Internet, and online distribution and offline delivery and a specific group of communities through the album By configuring the shared opinions can be included in the album to be distributed or stored.

On the other hand, the present invention in the construction, inquiry and distribution of the electronic album and picture diary / report, an input step of configuring the electronic album and picture diary / report from the user terminal using the Internet and wireless communication; Security community configuration step of configuring the user to access the electronic album and picture diary / report; Posting members' opinions to the community and constructing a search index; Distribution request and distribution list construction step; Automatic configuration of electronic album and picture diary / report for distribution; And online distribution or CD / memory image distribution and album-specific site link steps.

The method of configuring the electronic album and picture diary / report by using the Internet and wireless communication from the user terminal can be utilized by using the Internet, using the MMS service of the mobile phone, and using a digital camera connected or mounted with a dedicated WiBro terminal. There is a way to utilize multimedia devices.

The method of utilizing the Internet may generate albums and picture diary / reports by selecting skins to be applied to the electronic album and picture diary / report in the assigned virtual space after subscription. At this time, you can configure a community that has access authority by electronic album and picture diary / report, and set a deadline for creating a distribution medium.

Through MMS, attach a photo using MMS, send it to the gateway phone number, and compare the subscriber's phone number with the sender's phone number to be automatically registered in the electronic album and picture diary / report. Will be stored in the form.

Using a variety of multimedia devices, including digital cameras connected or mounted with a dedicated WiBro terminal, will automatically transfer only the pictures selected from the multimedia machine to the site, so that an automatic album and picture diary / report can be configured.

The security community configuration method that configures users who can access e-albums and picture diary / reports is presented by e-mail using the present e-albums and picture diary / reports to friends. If you click on this email link, you will be automatically signed up with your email and your personal site will be shown. Here you can view the albums you've gifted and a security community that is specific to all of your friends.

Posting members' opinions and searching index on the community can view the multimedia materials of albums and picture diary / reports to which members in the community have access, register and exchange comments, and select new media among them. You can construct a new index like a bookmark. In addition to the default index created by the administrator who initially created the album, this index allows members of the community to build additional personal indexes.

Distribution request and distribution list configuration can be configured to present the album automatically configured so that the administrator can search the album in the same way that the administrator can look up on the internet even when offline, and if the community member wants to own the album, apply for distribution. can do.

In the automatic configuration of distribution e-album, the administrator should set the finishing date so that the system recognizes the album and the picture diary / report as the collection album, and the system automatically configures the album and the picture diary / report for the collection. do.

In online distribution or image distribution for CD / memory and site link by album, the system checks the distribution list and distributes the download link by e-mail if the user wants to distribute online. Will be done. CD / memory albums are made and delivered via CD copier or memory card.

This collection album and picture diary / report are produced by interlocking with Flash and XML, so it is possible to search albums by index including comments even offline, and to collect and search albums with high-grade album-level design skins without a separate program. To help.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for community composition and album storage and distribution using an electronic album according to the present invention, for a mobile phone [101] and a PC [102], a wireless communication network / WiBro [103], the Internet [104], and a mobile phone. It is composed of a gateway server [201], a web server [202], a database server [203], and a distribution server [204].

The user can register photos and comments in the album by using the MMS function of the mobile phone [101].

The gateway server 201 for mobile phones analyzes the packet transmitted to the MMS, separates the picture and the comment, compares the sender's phone number with the member information, determines whether the member is registered, and registers the image and the comment in the corresponding album.

In addition, the user can access the web server 202 via the PC 102 to configure the album. The web server [202] provides an overall interface for using the system to the web environment. Information coming through the web server [202] is stored through the database server [203]. The distribution server [203] is used as a server for download when the user wants to download the album for collection and automatically stores the album for download.

Figure 2 shows the SW system configuration electronic album / picture diary / report configuration [301] and security community configuration [302], opinion posting and search index configuration [303], distribution application and distribution list configuration [304], distribution electronics Album autoconfiguration [305], album distribution and sitelinks for online and CD / memory [306].

Electronic album / picture diary / report configuration [301] is a function that provides an interface for users to configure electronic album / picture diary / report. The album creator can specify the skin of the album as an administrator. You can set a deadline for producing the. Comments and images can be freely registered within the set deadline period.

Secure community configuration [302] presents the album as a gift to a friend, e.g. by e-mail or text message.

By clicking on the link in the email you sent, you will be automatically subscribed to the community, your MyMage will be configured, and you will be able to see the electronic album you received. Text messages can also join the community by replying to the received message. Only members of this community can access the album, make use of the album's information, add comments, and build indexes.

In the opinion posting and search index configuration [303], a new index can be configured by checking a photo album and selecting only the photos that are needed. The administrator who created the album for the first time only configures the basic indexes, and users in each community can additionally configure the indexes they need. You can also share your opinions and memories about photos by posting comments in the form of comments before the deadline, and in the report, you can record opinions and situations about social whistleblowers. The indexes and opinions thus constructed are also included in the album and can be searched and searched in the same way when they are configured as an electronic album for distribution.

In the distribution application and distribution list configuration [304], administrators and members of the community can add people they want to present to the distribution list, and can also apply for online distribution and CD / memory distribution. The online distribution will send a download link for download via email and will be shipped off-line to CD / memory.

In the automatic configuration of distribution electronic album [305], the administrator performs the actual deadline for all information registered by the deadline. At this time, the electronic album is stored in the distribution server for distribution.

In online distribution and CD / memory album distribution and site link [306], the online distribution is sent a download link for download via e-mail, and offline is copied and shipped to CD or memory.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a community composition and album storage / distribution method using an electronic album according to the present invention, which is a detailed flowchart of the composition and utilization of an electronic album and a picture diary / report.

The user accesses the system via the Internet or wireless communication using the terminals 101 and 102.

When connected to the system provides a home screen [400] to the connected user. Here, you can view the received album [409] and depending on whether or not you can register [401] album / picture diary / .Report configuration [404].

In Album / Picture Diary / .Report Configuration [404], you can select the album for the album to be composed, upload the photos, videos, music files, etc., and optionally configure the index, and set the deadline for distribution for distribution. You can prepare for the configuration. In addition, [405] gift to friends can send an album to a friend who will participate in the community to give a gift, this feature is configured using email. The e-mail sent to you will be given promotional information about the album and a link to sign up as a member by e-mail ID when clicked. Through this, friends are automatically registered as members and can view the albums received through the [402] My Album Home.

In addition, you can view the album through viewing the [409] gifted album and post comments and comments through the [410] comments / comments / index structure. Can be facilitated. For example, if the administrator uploaded about 50 photos, and about 20 of them were photos related to you, you can select this photo and then build a separate index. You can gather and see the bay. In other words, it is a function that makes it easy for users to search by releasing albums and arranging a new order.

After viewing the album and participating in the community, the request for distribution can be made if the album is to be collected through [411]. At this time, it can be requested by selecting online or distribution media such as CD and memory. This must be done before the deadline. The contents requested for distribution are automatically registered in the [406] distribution list configuration and used in the [407] distribution electronic album configuration and the [408] album distribution.

The administrator can close the album on or before the deadline. [407] The distribution album is automatically configured through the distribution electronic album configuration. This album is configured to be able to autorun after converting database information existing in online to XML so that comments and index search can be done in the same way as offline, and converting album to flash to work with XML. You will be distributing this auto-organized album. The album distribution can be downloaded online via e-mail or downloaded from your own My Album homepage.

Offline delivery will be delivered after copying using CD or memory card.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

The present invention as described above, to make it easy to search for information such as photos or videos to people who do not know the computer, enthusiasts and general users to easily share information about photos and videos, collect and search for It has the effect of providing functionality.

In addition, the present invention, it is easy to share information with those who want to share the information, such that the information that existed only on-line, such as shared comments and opinions on-line can be seen the same as on-line offline, and also can be stored permanently It is effective. That is, in the past, it is effective to solve the problem of distributing the pictures for analog and non-digital pictures in the album, overwriting the opinions to be shared with each other in the album, and also printing multiple copies.

In addition, the present invention solves the problem that the majority of people who have not found a proper collection method while digital cameras are popular only take pictures and cannot organize the pictures and therefore exist on the computer and disappear. As such, it is effective in addressing the difficulty of collecting and distributing.

There are tools for organizing an electronic album offline, which makes it difficult to share opinions by sharing photos and can only be retrieved through the program at the time of distribution. Therefore, in the present invention, the medium can be implanted into a computer through flash and autorun, or directly executed in a PMP.

Claims (2)

In the community composition and album storage / distribution system using an electronic album, The user can easily organize albums on the Internet, distribute them online and deliver them offline, and organize a specific group of communities through the album so that shared comments can be included in the album and distributed or archived. Community composition and album storage / distribution system used. In the community composition and album storage / distribution method using an electronic album, An input step of configuring an electronic album and a picture diary / report using the Internet and wireless communication from a user terminal; Security community configuration step of configuring the user to access the electronic album and picture diary / report; Posting members' opinions to the community and constructing a search index; Distribution request and distribution list construction step; Automatic configuration of electronic album and picture diary / report for distribution; And Online distribution or image distribution for CD / Memory and site link by album Community composition and album storage / distribution method using an electronic album containing.

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