KR20080009589A - Tapeless digital contents selling method and the system using digital asset management system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for selling tapeless digital contents with a digital asset management system are provided to sell the tapeless digital contents irrespective of time/location restriction by interlocking a digital asset management system and an online sale system, and offer plentiful contents materials and various contents distribution bases by providing the digital asset management system storing the contents permanently. An ingesting/transforming unit(710) ingests or transforms analog contents into the digital contents, and an evaluator(730) evaluates a level of the digitalized contents. A DRM(Digital Rights Management) unit(720) stores the digitalized contents and storage information of the digitalized contents to a database. A distributing/integrating unit(740) controls transfer of the digitalized contents. The digital asset management system(700) and the online sale system are interlocked through the network. A price determination system determines a price of the evaluated contents through discussion and approval with a contents owner.

Description

Tapeless-based digital content sales method and system using digital asset management system {TAPELESS DIGITAL CONTENTS SELLING METHOD AND THE SYSTEM USING DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a tapeless-based digital content selling method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting contents registered with a digital asset management system based on a membership level according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are flowcharts illustrating a process of determining a rating and a price for content collected by the digital asset management system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching contents registered in a digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5A, 5B and 5C are flowcharts illustrating a purchase process for content selected by searching through a digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a digital content selling system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a view showing the configuration of a physical system of the digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a digital content selling method and a system thereof, and more particularly, to a tapeless-based digital content selling method and a system using a digital asset management system.

In the 21st century, more than double the amount of new data is being poured out every year, the digitization of analog data is growing exponentially, and the data scale is hundreds of terabytes in petabytes. New technologies are also emerging to lower total cost of ownership and enhance efficient storage and data management.

In addition, with the emergence of new content consumption channels such as DMB, PMP, 3G mobile phones and the Internet, the center of content consumption is shifting from analog to digital. At the same time, the market related to digital video is growing significantly every year. This overwhelming data makes it difficult to select distinctive data. In the absence of a preservation system for digital content, the long-term preservation, management and utilization of digital images cannot be guaranteed. In addition, there is a need for the preservation, management, and utilization of digital content assets such as video and audio, which have been verified as valuable data, as well as the technology that must be accessible anytime, anywhere for use such as preservation, management, and sale of the material. Is facing a problem.

Therefore, it is necessary to make a framework and framework of the preservation plan different from the existing analog contents, and a system that can be an alternative to the preservation of the existing analog contents as well as the contents already made digitally is required.

There is also a need for a system that digitizes information that may deteriorate over time or that part of the information may be lost over time, thereby enabling permanent recording, preservation, and use. Domestic MAMS (multimedia asset management system) solutions are mostly related to broadcasting stations and video editing, and are not easily accessible to the general public, and due to the complexity of use, they cannot be easily used unless the experts in the related fields.

Also, with the opening of the digital broadcasting era, the broadcasting production environment is gradually changing from the SD production system to the HD production system. Such changes in the broadcast production environment have led to a sharp increase in the demand for HD content, but there is a lack of HD content data to support such a broadcast production environment. It's not that good.

As such, due to the absence of domestic digital content libraries, royalties are excessively paid by importing digital content from foreign countries, and thus, there is a problem of lowering content producers' motivation to produce domestic content.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tapeless-based digital content sales system without the constraints of time and space by interlocking the digital asset management system and the online sales system. .

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a digital asset management system as a permanent preservation of content and secure new content through this, to provide a rich content production material, and to provide a distribution base of various contents.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a digital asset management system that can not only activate the content industry by systematically preserving and supplying various image data and related information, but also improve the utilization of the material.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a one-stop service for automatically searching digital contents, as well as automatically rating, pricing, and selling the contents.

Still another object of the present invention is to establish a transparent distribution system through a copyright registration agent for content, and to promote the use of content by standardizing management and distribution of related content.

It is yet another object of the present invention to establish a new business model through content distribution and revenue generation online.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a tapeless-based digital content selling method through a digital asset management system, a pricing system, and an online sales system. Encoding a digital type and registering the digital type contents with the digital asset management system; (b) when the digital type of content corresponds to expert content, receives predetermined scores and ranking information from a selected expert to determine rating information of the content, and the rating system determines the rating information based on the rating information. Determine a price for the content of the digital type, if the content of the digital type does not correspond to the professional content, receives a predetermined score and ranking information from the selected general public, the content of the content according to the score and ranking information Determining rating information, and if the rating information corresponds to a rating for sale, determining a price for the digital type content in the pricing system; (c) registering a copyright for the digital type of content; And (d) registering the content for sale, the proxy file of the content for sale, and the metadata file of the content for sale with the online sales system.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a digital content selling system, comprising: collecting conversion means for controlling the collection or transformation of analog type content; Evaluation means for evaluating a rating on the content; Digital content management means for storing the content digitized by the collection conversion means and storage information of the content in a database; A digital asset management system comprising distributed integration means for controlling the transmission of the digitized content to a client; And a tapeless-based digital content sales system comprising an online sales system that is linked to the digital asset management system online.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention;

1 is a flowchart illustrating a tapeless-based digital content selling method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, a digital asset management system collects an analog or digital type of content (step 101). The copyright of the basic source material of the content such as an image or a video may be collectively purchased and collected by the manager of the digital content sales system. In addition, the user may provide content (UCC, user created contents) created or collected by the members of the selected website to collect the analog type contents by providing the contents to the digital asset management system. That is, user created contents (UCC) may be registered in the digital asset management system through a wired or wireless network. For example, a WMV file format image can be directly transmitted from the web to a digital asset management system, and the member's image in the form of an analog tape can be digitally encoded and then uploaded to the digital asset management system. That is, in content collection, the content is basically collected based on the contents provided by the members, so that the digital content seller does not have to incur additional costs in purchasing the content source, thereby providing an inexpensive digital content sales service. This becomes possible. It is also possible to collect content from overseas content sellers.

Next, it is determined whether the collected content is an analog type (step 102). If the collected content is an analog type, it is encoded into the digital type content (step 103). In the case of the digital type other than the analog type or after the digital type is encoded, the high quality content for sale and the proxy file for preview are generated for the content (step 104). Thereafter, the grade of the collected digital type content is evaluated through the evaluation means of the digital asset management system (step 105). The high quality content for sale and the proxy file for previewing the content are managed by the digital asset management system.

The rating of the digital type of content is given a score and a ranking by an evaluation of an expert or a general person, and the rating of the content is determined based on the score and the ranking. In addition, the price of the content is determined according to whether the content of the digital type is professional content or general content. Processes for grading and pricing will be described in FIG. 3. Next, it is determined whether or not the content is registered in the online sales system as a sales purpose according to whether or not the rating for the content is for sale (step 106). The consumer price of the content is automatically determined by a pricing system (step 107) through consultation and approval of a content owner with respect to the content, and the original content for sale, a proxy file for the content, and metadata are online. It is registered with the sales system (step 108). If necessary, copyright registration may be performed on the contents for sale (step 109). On the other hand, if the rating for the content is not for sale, the content is registered in the online sales system as simple search content (step 110). In this case, whether to produce the content may be determined according to whether the content producer is an expert or a general person, which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Thereafter, the purchaser (client) searches and selects the registered content to be searched by combining a search function and a preview function through the search means of the digital asset management system (step 111). In this case, a service such as a preview of the proxy file for the content and the content for searching is possible through the digital asset management system. The retrieved content is copyright protected by a watermark technology or the like, purchased through an online sales system, and provided to the client in a tapeless manner (step 112).

The content according to the present invention may have various file types in which multimedia information including a moving picture and an image is recorded.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting contents registered with a digital asset management system based on a membership level according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, a person who wants to provide or sell content may input member registration information to a digital asset management system to register a member (step 210). Using the member registration information input to the digital asset management system, the digital asset management system determines the grade of the member (step 220). If it is determined as an expert member based on the member registration information (step 230), the content to be registered by the expert member is classified as professional content and collected by the digital asset management system (step 240). On the other hand, if it is determined as a general member, not an expert based on the member registration information (step 230), the content to be registered by the general member is classified as general content and collected by the digital asset management system (step 250 )).

3A and 3B are flowcharts illustrating a process of determining a rating and a price for content collected by the digital asset management system according to the present invention.

The collected content of the present invention may be content registered directly by the general public and experts registered as members in FIG. 2 as a digital asset management system, or may be content collected through the digital asset management system.

3A is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a rating and a price of collected content created by a general public. Referring to FIG. 3A, content created by the public is collected by the digital asset management system by the above-described process (step 310). Thereafter, scores and ranking information based on the evaluation of the general public on the contents are input to the digital asset management system (step 311), and the rating of the contents is performed (step 312), and the contents are for sale. If determined to be a rating, a price is determined for the content by the pricing system through consultation and approval information with the owner of the content, step 313. The selected public may be a member of a particular website and In the case of the grade for sale, the step of registering the copyright by applying the watermark technology may be further added (step 315). The original content for sale of the priced content and the proxy file for the content are registered in the online sales system (step 316). On the other hand, if the content is not determined to be for sale, the content is registered in the digital asset management system or the online sales system as a simple search content through consultation and approval information with the owner of the content (step 314). .

3B is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a rating and price for collected content created by an expert. Referring to FIG. 3B, content created by an expert is collected into the digital asset management system by the above-described process (step 320). Next, the score and ranking information by the expert's evaluation of the content is input to the digital asset management system (step 321), and the price is determined by the pricing system through consultation and approval information with the owner of the content. A price is determined for the content (step 322). Thereafter, copyright is applied by applying a watermark technique (step 323), and the original content for sale of the priced content and the proxy file for the content are registered in the online sales system (step 324).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching contents registered in a digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a buyer who wants to purchase content registered in the digital asset management system searches for content corresponding to a search condition input from the buyer through metadata of the content registered in the database of the digital asset management system ( In step 410, the buyer selects the desired content by streaming a proxy file of the plurality of contents corresponding to the search condition in a preview manner (step 420). Thereafter, the purchaser purchases the selected content through the online sales system (step 430). The process of purchasing the content will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

5A, 5B and 5C are flowcharts illustrating a purchase process for content selected by searching through a digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A illustrates a content purchase process by an auction method according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5A, a buyer streams a proxy file of a content desired by a buyer through a database of a digital asset management system. Select by the preview service and bid in the auction (step 510). When the buyer wins the content by the predetermined auction process of the digital asset management system (step 511), the buyer acquires ownership of the content (step 512). The purchaser can not only use himself or herself by acquiring ownership, but can also freely transfer or lease it to others.

5B is a flowchart illustrating a purchase process for selected content searched through a digital asset management system according to a royalty purchase method according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5B, as shown in FIG. 4, the buyer searches and selects a proxy file of content desired by the buyer through a streaming preview service through a database of the digital asset management system (step 520). Thereafter, the buyer inputs purchase information to purchase the selected content by a royalty purchase method (step 521). The buyer is granted one or several usage rights according to the price purchased for the royalty-purchased content (step 522).

Figure 5c is a flow chart showing the purchase process for the selected content retrieved through the digital asset management system according to the royalty free (royalty free) purchase method according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5C, as shown in FIG. 4, the buyer searches and selects a proxy file of content desired by the buyer through a database of the digital asset management system by a streaming preview service (step 530). Thereafter, the buyer inputs purchase information to purchase the selected content by a royalty purchase method (step 531). The buyer is not allowed to transfer or rent the purchased content in a royalty-free manner, but is granted continuous use rights (step 532).

Content purchased and provided to the buyer may be provided on a tapeless basis of a file format supported by internet protocol television (IPTV), DMB, Blu-ray, and HD DVD, and is not limited to time and space. Respond quickly to the environment. Since it is purchased as a tapeless-based service, it is possible to shorten the production time in the content production industry due to the reduction of the logistics cost at the time of purchase and the reduction of the delivery time. In addition, if the copyright is registered in the content using the watermark technology, it is possible to provide the content protected by copyright. The digital asset management system described above enables not only the formation of the online content market, but also the construction of overseas distribution channels.

In addition, the price of content is not applied differently, but the price is set based on the quality of the content, for example, the video quality of the video clip, so that the quality of the content source can be improved and the overall price of the selling price can be reduced. Can be reduced.

In addition, if the content is content provided by a member of the selected web page, the content may be in a form in which the operator and the member of the digital content sales system distribute the revenue. This income distribution structure strengthens the update of the data by the members.

The tapeless-based digital content selling method according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software layers to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital content selling system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the digital content sales system of the present invention includes a digital asset management system 700, an online sales system 620, and a pricing system 630.

The digital asset management system 700 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the digital asset management system 700 of the present invention includes a collection integration unit 710, a digital content management unit 720, an evaluation unit 730, and a distributed integration unit 740. It may also include control means (not shown) for controlling the means.

The collection integration unit 710 simplifies the process for various types of digital content to perform collection, transformation, and rendering. The collection integration means 710 automatically extracts the storage information of the content and controls the conversion of the content file. To this end, the collection integration means 710 may include a rendering server for extracting the storage information of the content, and controls the transformation of the content file. The storage information of the content may include a thumbnail image of an image file when the content is an image, a proxy file for streaming the video file when the content is an image, or a key frame associated with the proxy file ( key frame). The digital content management means 720 may manage the digital content by database and provide a search means. To this end, the digital content management means 720, an application logic server for managing application logic (application logic), a file server for storing the content or the converted content, automatically extracted from the content and stored in the database It may include a database server for managing the metadata (meta-data) value and an archive server for providing a search for the content, the application logic server is a web-based through the user authentication of the client Characterized in that the application logic server. In addition, scores and rankings based on the evaluation of experts and the general public are assigned to the contents collected through the evaluation means 730, and the grade of the contents is determined based on the scores and the rankings. Whether or not the content is registered for sale is determined according to whether the rating is for sale. If the rating for the content is for sale, the price is determined through consultation and approval of the content owner with respect to the content. The system 630 automatically determines the consumer price of the content, and the content for sale and the proxy file for the content are registered in the online sales system 620. On the other hand, if the rating for the content is not for sale, the content is registered in the online sales system 620 as simple search content. In addition, the distributed integration means 740 provides an efficient transmission service to the client by controlling the transmission of digital content to a device that supports the Internet through the network. To this end, the distributed integration means 740 provides the file transmission server for controlling the transmission of the content file or the storage information of the content between the client and the server and the file or the storage information of the content to the client in a streaming manner. It may include a streaming server. The streaming server may stream the file of the content or the storage information of the content to the client through a web browser. The storage information of the content may include a thumbnail image of an image file when the content is an image, In case of an image, a proxy file for streaming the video file or a key frame associated with the proxy file may be included. In addition, the thumbnail image, the proxy file or the key frame is automatically extracted and generated. The device is preferably a device that supports the Internet such as a PDA, a 3G phone, a DVD, a computer, and the like, and is not limited to the above-described example.

Referring back to FIG. 6, the online sales system 620 stores and registers the content rated as the sales grade and the proxy file for the content, and provides the client with the content purchased by the client.

In addition, the price determination system 630 is a system that automatically determines the price through consultation and approval with the content owner for the content that is rated for sale.

8 is a view showing the configuration of a physical system of the digital asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the digital asset management system of the present invention includes a rendering server 810, a streaming server 820, a database server 830, and an archive server. 840, archive storage 850, ingest server 870, and rating system 890.

Ingest Server 870 collects analog-type data such as video, audio, and images that can be collected from DV, DVCAM, DVCP, digital betacam, and VTR of tape-based analog-type content 860. to be.

The rendering server 810 is responsible for converting the digitized content file from the analog content content and generating storage information of the content file. The storage information of the digitized content file includes a thumbnail image of an image file, a proxy file for streaming of a video file, or a key frame associated with the proxy file, wherein the thumbnail image The proxy file or the key frame is automatically extracted and generated.

The proxy file is streamed to a client 880 connected through a network via a streaming server 820.

The streaming server 820 services the proxy file to the client 880 in a streaming manner. The streaming server 820 may provide a service to the client 880 using Darwin streaming server technology, which is open software.

A database server 830 is a server that manages metadata of the content file. The database server 830 provides a flexible metadata schema according to the requirements of the client 880. In addition, the database server 830 may be operated by My-SQL, which is publicly available software.

Meta data is data of digital content. Meta data structures can be defined using standard XML. Metadata can be stored in Unicode to support multilingual searches. In addition, the digital asset management system supports various metadata standards, so that the client 880 may change or add the contents of the metadata through the web.

The client 880 may also perform procedures such as gathering, retrieving, editing, and the like, as described above, through a familiar web browser via a network. The client 880 may manage the digital content by accessing the digital asset management system anytime and anywhere in a network environment where the wired / wireless internet is supported. Specifically, this is possible in an environment such as an IPTV, a 3G phone, a podcasting, a computer, a portable DVD, a PDA, and the like.

The archive server 840 works in conjunction with an archive storage device 850 that stores digital content files and files converted or processed from the digital content files, for example, thumbnail images, proxy video files, key frames, and the like. Service to

In addition, the digital asset management system may further include a rating system 890 in addition to the above-described servers. Through the rating system 890, experts and clients (general public) evaluate the collected content through a network to assign a score and a ranking, and the rating of the content is determined based on the score and the ranking.

It may also include a file transfer server (not shown in the figure) for the security of the above-described files or the management of the transfer of files between the client 880 and the servers. The file transfer server also supports 'pause' and 'resume' functions when an interrupt occurs during the transmission of the above-described files. Multiple file collections are simultaneously executed in the server's management queue. It can be stored and processed in order.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, there is provided a tapeless-based digital content sales system that does not have time and space constraints by interworking a digital asset management system and an online sales system.

In addition, according to the present invention, by providing a digital asset management system as a permanent preservation of content and securing new content through this, a rich content production material is provided, and a distribution base of various contents is provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, a digital asset management system is provided that not only activates the content industry by systematically preserving and supplying various image data and related information, but also increases the utilization of the material.

In addition, according to the present invention, a one-stop service is provided, which not only provides convenient search of digital content, but also automatically evaluates, price, and sells the content.

In addition, according to the present invention, a transparent distribution system is established through a copyright registration agent for the contents, and the management and distribution of related contents are standardized to facilitate the utilization of the contents.

In addition, according to the present invention, a new business model is established through content distribution and revenue generation online.

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In a tapeless-based digital content selling method through a digital asset management system, a pricing system, and an online sales system, (a) encoding analog type content to digital type and registering the digital type content to the digital asset management system; (b) when the digital type of content corresponds to expert content, receives predetermined scores and ranking information from a selected expert to determine rating information of the content, and the rating system determines the rating information based on the rating information. Determine prices for digital-type content, When the content of the digital type does not correspond to professional content, input predetermined score and ranking information from a selected general person, determine rating information of the content according to the score and ranking information, and the rating information is for sale. Determining a price for the content of the digital type in the pricing system when it is a rating; (c) registering a copyright for the digital type of content; And (d) registering the content for sale, the proxy file of the content for sale, and the metadata file of the content for sale with the online sales system. Tapeless-based digital content selling method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Step (a) is Registering user created contents (UCC) with the digital asset management system through a wired or wireless network; Tapeless-based digital content selling method characterized in that. The method of claim 1, In the step (b), if the digital-type content does not correspond to the professional content, input predetermined score and ranking information from the selected general public, and determine the rating information of the content according to the score and ranking information. , If the rating information does not correspond to a sales rating, The step (c) is a step of registering the digital-type content as a search content in the online sales system tapeless based digital content selling method. The method of claim 1, (e) When the purchaser of the content selects the content through a search or preview function provided by the digital asset management system and purchases the content through the online sales system, the digital rights protection (DRM) process is performed. Transmitting the content to the buyer Tapeless-based digital content selling method further comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 is recorded. In the digital content sales system, Collection conversion means for controlling the collection or transformation of analog type content; Evaluation means for evaluating a rating on the content; Digital content management means for storing the content digitized by the collection conversion means and storage information of the content in a database; Distributed integration means for controlling the transmission of the digitized content to the client Digital asset management system comprising a; And Online sales system linked with the digital asset management system through a network Tapeless (tapeless) based digital content selling system comprising a. The method of claim 6, The digital content sales system A pricing system for determining a price for the content rated by the online evaluation means after consultation and approval with a content owner. Tapeless based digital content selling system, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 6, The collection conversion means Automatically extract the storage information of the content, control the conversion of the content file, The storage information of the contents may include a thumbnail image of an image file, a proxy file for streaming of a video file, or a key frame associated with the proxy file. Based digital contents sales system

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