KR20080019927A - A video contents service system and service method thereby - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for providing a moving picture contents service are provided to enable an enterprise to reduce a database construction or management cost of a web server having a homepage by enabling a service server to store/provide the contents, and enable an enterprise to reduce a cost for contents production of the web server by providing the contents from various contents providers/uploaders contracted with the service server. A service server(120) stores moving picture contents produced at the inside or downloaded from the outside, and provides the contents according to an external request. A web server(110) has a homepage available in a user terminal(160,170) including a PC and a mobile terminal, transmits the contents produced at the inside or downloaded from the outside to the service server, and interconnects the homepage and the contents. The user terminal plays the contents by connecting to the homepage provided from the web server. The service server includes a service database having a contents database and a customer database, a contents storing part, and a format converter converting the contents stored in the contents storing part into a format playable in the user terminal.

Description

Video content service system and video content service method using the same {A video contents service system and service method

1 is a schematic block diagram of a service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a service server in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart of a service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a detailed flowchart of a content generation routine of FIG. 3.

5 is a detailed flowchart of a content providing routine of FIG. 3.

6 is a detailed flowchart of the management routine in FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: service system 110: web server

120: service server 130: service DB

140: content storage unit 150: format conversion processing unit

160: portable user terminal 170: user terminal

180: the Internet

The present invention relates to a video content service system and a video content service method using the same, and more particularly, to effectively distribute the load of storing and managing video content in a company or the like, and to easily view video content produced by various video content producers. It is about technology that can be.

With the development of data communication represented by the Internet, homepages containing various materials have been widely produced for the purpose of publicity in individuals and companies.

Materials constituting such a homepage may include a document, an image, a sound, and a video.

Among them, the video content has a large amount of data in the case of a recorded video, and in the case of a real-time video, the content cannot be smoothly supplied due to the limitation of the transmission speed.

If the main body of the homepage is an enterprise, it is possible to provide a certain amount of video content using a large database server and a dedicated line. However, even in this case, if the amount or number of video content becomes large, it becomes difficult to manage.

For individuals, it is a burden to use a large database server and a dedicated line, so after signing up with a portal service company and uploading the video content to the portal service company, and adding only the link information to the personal homepage do. However, such a link method causes a problem that the homepage address is transferred to the portal service, thereby reducing the number and time of accessing the homepage of the individual and inconvenient management.

The present invention is derived to solve the above-described problems according to the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technology that can include a variety of video content on the homepage regardless of speed or capacity problems.

In order to achieve the above object, a video content service system according to an embodiment of the present invention is interconnected via the Internet: storing content that is produced by itself or downloaded from the outside, and provides the stored content according to an external request. Service server; A web server having a homepage that can be checked by a user terminal, transmitting contents produced by the user or downloaded from the outside to the service server, and interconnecting the homepage and the contents; And a user terminal connected to a homepage provided by the web server and playing content.

The service server may include: a content DB for storing information including a file name, a production date, a producer, and a file type of the content stored in the content storage unit, and an account, password, and file access authority of a customer who can access the service server. A service DB including a customer DB storing information; A content storage unit for storing content; And a format conversion processing unit converting the content stored in the content storage unit into a format reproducible by the user terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, a video content service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, a video content service method through a system comprising a web server, a service server and a user terminal connected to each other via the Internet, the service server A content generation routine for self-producing or downloading and storing content from the outside; And a content providing routine for receiving a content providing request from one or both of the web server and the user terminal and providing the content stored in the service server.

The content generation routine may include: a first step of generating whether the content is produced by the service server; A second step of checking whether the content is produced by the service server in the first step, whether the content is provided in real time; And a third generation step of storing the content in the real time content storage unit of the service server when the real time content is generated in the second generation step.

In this case, the generating of the second step may include: generating, in operation 2-1 of storing the content in the recording content storage unit of the service server, if the content is not the real-time content in the generating second step.

The generating first step may include: generating first-first step of checking whether the content downloaded from the web server is real-time content provided in real time when the content is not produced by the service server in the first generating step; And generating first to second moving to the third generation step when the content is real-time content in the first generation step 1-1.

Here, the generating step 1-1 may further include: generating first 1-1-1 moving to the generating second-1 step if the real time content is not generated in the generating first step 1-1. .

The content providing routine may further include: providing a first step of examining whether there is a content request from a web server; A second step of examining whether the requested content is real-time content when there is a content request from the web server in the first step of providing; A third step of providing content from the real-time content storage unit of the service server when the real-time content request is made in the second step of providing; And a providing fourth step of providing the content loaded in the providing third step.

Wherein the first step of providing: If the content request from the web server, the first step of providing the customer DB of the service server to investigate whether the request of the approval user; And in the case of the user's request approved in the first step of providing, the first step of providing to move to the second step of providing; preferably further comprises a.

The providing of the second step may further include: providing the first and second contents of the recording content storage unit of the service server, if the content is not a real-time content request in the providing second step.

Also, the third step of providing may include: providing step 3-1 of investigating whether format conversion of content is necessary before moving to the fourth step; And providing a third step of converting the format of the content in the format conversion processing unit of the service server and moving to the fourth providing step when format conversion is required.

In addition, after the content providing routine is performed, if the web server requests the content produced or provided by a third party terminal, the management routine for providing the requested content; preferably further includes.

Wherein the management routine comprises: a management first step of examining from the web server whether there is a request for external content produced or provided by a third party terminal; A second management step of checking whether the requested content is real-time content when there is a content request from the web server in the first management step; A third step of retrieving content from a real-time content storage unit of the service server when the real-time content request is performed in the second management step; And a management fourth step of providing the content loaded in the management third step.

Here, the management second step may further include: management step 2-1 of retrieving content from the recorded content storage unit of the service server when the real time content request is not performed in the management second step.

In addition, the third management step may include: a management step 3-1 of investigating whether a format conversion of content is necessary before moving to the management step 4; And a third to second management step of converting a format of a content in a format conversion processing unit of the service server and moving to the fourth management step when format conversion is required.

In the following, embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms set in consideration of functions in the present invention, and these terms may vary according to the intention or custom of the producer producing the product, and the definition of the terms should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification.

(Service system)

Hereinafter, a video content service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a service system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a service server in FIG.

As shown, the video content service system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention (unless otherwise described below, the 'video content service system' is briefly referred to as a 'service system') is mutually connected through the Internet 180. It includes a connected web server 110, service server 120, portable user terminal 160 and the user terminal 170.

The service server 120 stores the video content produced by itself or downloaded from the outside (unless otherwise described below, 'video content' is briefly referred to as 'content') and provides the stored content according to an external request. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the service server 120 includes a service DB 130, a content storage unit 140, and a format conversion processing unit 150. The service DB 130 stores a content DB 132 that stores information including a file name, a production date, a producer, and a file type of the content stored in the content storage unit, and an account, password, and file access of a customer that can access the service server. A customer DB 134 is stored that stores information including rights. The content storage unit 140 stores content, and includes a real-time content storage unit 142 for storing real-time content and a recorded content storage unit 144 for storing recorded content. The format conversion processing unit 150 converts the content stored in the content storage unit 140 into a format that can be reproduced by the user terminals 160 and 170.

The web server 110 has homepages that can be checked by the user terminals 160 and 170, and transmits contents produced by itself or downloaded from the outside to the service server 120, and interconnects the homepage and the contents.

The user terminals 160 and 170 connect to the homepage provided by the web server 110 to play content. The user terminal may include a portable user terminal 160 having a communication function such as a personal computer 170, a PDA, a mobile phone, and the like.

(Service method)

Hereinafter, a video content service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

3 is a flowchart of a service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a detailed flowchart of a content generation routine in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart of a content providing routine in FIG. 3, and FIG. Detailed flow chart of the management routine.

As shown in FIG. 3, the video content service method according to the present embodiment (unless otherwise described below, the 'video content service method' is simply referred to as a 'service method') is a web server interconnected via the Internet; It is performed through a system including a service server and a user terminal, and includes a content generation routine S100, a content provision routine S200, and a management routine S300.

The content generation routine S100 is a routine for self-producing in the service server or downloading and storing content from the outside.

The content generation routine (S100) checks whether the content is produced by the first step of creation, the service server (S110).

In the case of the content produced by the service server in the second step and the first step, it is checked whether the content is provided in real time (S130).

In the case of generating the real-time content in the third step and the second step, the content is stored in the real-time content storage unit of the service server (S160).

If the content is not the real-time content in the fourth generation step and the second generation step, the content is stored in the recording content storage unit of the service server (S160).

If it is not the content produced by the service server in the fifth step and the first step of creation, it is checked whether the content downloaded from the web server is real-time content provided in real time (S120).

In the case of the real time content in the sixth step and the fifth step, the process moves to the third step (S150).

If it is not the real-time content in the seventh generation step, the fifth generation step, go to the third generation step (S160).

The content providing routine S200 receives a content providing request from a web server and / or a user terminal and provides content stored in a service server.

The content providing routine S200 checks whether there is a content request from the web server in the first step of providing (S210).

If there is a content request from the web server in the second step and the first step of providing, it is checked whether the requested content is real-time content (S220).

In the case of providing the real-time content in the third step and the second step in the providing, the content is loaded from the real-time content storage of the service server (S240).

In a fourth step, it is examined whether format conversion of content is necessary (S250). Format conversion is performed, for example, to help normal playback on PDAs or mobile phones with relatively slow processing speeds.

When format conversion is required in the fifth step and the fourth step of providing, the format conversion processing unit of the service server converts the format of the content.

If format conversion is unnecessary in the providing step 6 and the providing step 4, the content loaded in the providing step 3 is provided, and if the format conversion is necessary, the content in which the format is converted is provided in step S260.

If it is not the content request from the web server in the seventh step, the first step of providing, the customer DB of the service server is searched to determine whether the request is from an authorized user (S215). The seventh step of providing may be useful when a content author or distributor wants to distribute content only to users who satisfy certain conditions.

If the request of the user approved in the eighth step, the seventh step of providing, go to the second step of providing (S220).

If it is not a real-time content request in the ninth step, the second step of providing, the content is retrieved from the recorded content storage unit of the service server (S230).

The process of the above-described fourth step is performed on the content called in the tenth step of providing and the ninth step of providing.

The management routine S300 is a routine that provides the requested content when the web server requests the content produced or provided by the third party terminal.

The management routine checks whether there is a request for external content produced or provided in the third party terminal from the management first step, the web server (S310).

If there is a content request from the web server in the second management step and the first management step, it is checked whether the requested content is real-time content (S320).

When the real time content request is performed in the third management step and the second management step, the content is loaded from the real-time content storage unit of the service server (S340).

In the fourth management step, it is checked whether the called content requires format conversion of the content (S350).

In a fifth step, if format conversion is required, the format conversion processing unit of the service server converts the format of the content.

In step 6 of management and step 4 of management, format conversion is not required or content converted in step 5 of management is provided (S360).

If it is not a real-time content request in the management step 7 and the management step 2, the content is loaded from the recorded content storage unit of the service server and the process moves to the above-described management step 4 (S330).

(Application example)

Hereinafter, an application example according to a service system and a service method according to the present invention will be described.

It is assumed that the web server provides a homepage for corporate promotion and the content is stored in the service server 120.

In a first step, a user accesses a web server through a user terminal and selects content playback.

In the second step, the web server retrieves the content according to the user's request from the service server to play the content on the home page. In this case, the format conversion of the content may be additionally performed according to the type of the user terminal. Through the above steps, the user can check the content without leaving the home page of the web server, and the web server can prevent the user from leaving the home page. In addition, the bandwidth required for storing and playing the content is managed by the service server, so that the home page of the web server is not overloaded. In addition, the first step and the second step may be equally applicable to providing content of another web server contracted with a service server. That is, the web server can use not only content produced or uploaded by itself, but also content produced or uploaded by another web server contracted with the service server can be used by the contract with the service server. As a result, the cost required for content production in a web server can be reduced.

In the third step, when providing real-time content produced by the web server, the web server transmits the produced real-time content to the service server. In this case, the bandwidth load of the web server is small because only the bandwidth for one real-time transmission needs to be secured.

In the fourth step, the user accesses the home page of the web server and selects real-time content.

In a fifth step, the web server obtains the content according to the user's request from the service server and provides the content to the user. In this case, even when there are a plurality of users, since the real-time content is delivered from the service server to the user terminal, the bandwidth load of the web server does not occur. On the other hand, the fourth step and the fifth step is equally applicable to the case of bringing the real-time content produced by the service server from the web server.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is to be noted that the present invention is not particularly limited only to the above-described embodiments, and that various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and spirit of the appended claims as necessary.

As described above, according to the present invention, since a service server bears content storage and supply, it is possible to reduce a database construction cost and a management cost of a web server having a home page.

In addition, by receiving content from various content producers / content uploaders contracted with a service server, it is possible to reduce a content production cost burden of a web server having a home page.

Claims (15)

Interconnected via the Internet: A service server that stores contents produced by itself or downloaded from the outside and provides stored contents according to an external request; A web server having a homepage that can be checked by a user terminal, transmitting contents produced by the user or downloaded from the outside to the service server, and interconnecting the homepage and the contents; And a user terminal connecting to a homepage provided by the web server and playing content. The method of claim 1, wherein the service server is: Content DB storing information including file name, production date, author, file type of contents stored in the content storage unit, and customer DB storing information including account, password, and file access rights of the customer who can access the service server Service DB comprising a; A content storage unit for storing content; And And a format conversion processing unit converting the content stored in the content storage unit into a format that can be reproduced in the user terminal. In the video content service method through a system comprising a web server, a service server and a user terminal interconnected via the Internet, A content generation routine for self-producing in the service server or downloading and storing content from the outside; And And a content providing routine for receiving a content providing request from one or both of the web server and the user terminal and providing content stored in a service server. The method of claim 3, wherein the content creation routine is: Generating a first step of checking whether the content is produced by the service server; A second step of checking whether the content is produced by the service server in the first step, whether the content is provided in real time; And a third step of storing the content in the real-time content storage unit of the service server when the real-time content is generated in the second step of generating. The method of claim 4, wherein the second step of generating: If the content is not the real-time content in the second step of the generation, the video content service method further comprises a step (2-1) of storing the content stored in the recording content storage unit of the service server. The method of claim 4, wherein the first step of generating: Generating first to check whether the content downloaded from the web server is real-time content provided in real time when the content is not produced by the service server in the first generation step; And The video content service method of claim 1, further comprising generating first to second moving steps to the third step of generating the content in real time in the first to first generation. The method of claim 6, wherein the generating step 1-1 is: If it is not the real-time content in the first generation step, the first generation step 1-1-moving to the generation step 2-1; further comprising the video content service method. The method of claim 3, wherein the content providing routine is: Providing a first step of examining whether there is a content request from a web server; A second step of examining whether the requested content is real-time content when there is a content request from the web server in the first step of providing; A third step of providing content from the real-time content storage unit of the service server when the real-time content request is made in the second step of providing; And And a fourth step of providing the content loaded in the third step of providing the video content service. The method of claim 8, wherein the first step of providing: If the request is not a content from the web server, searching for a customer DB of the service server and checking whether the request is from an authorized user; And The video content service method of claim 1, further comprising: providing first to second moving steps to the second providing step when the user's request is approved in the providing step 1-1. The method of claim 8 wherein the second step of providing is: If it is not a real-time content request in the second step of providing, providing a content step 2-1 to retrieve the content from the recording content storage unit of the service server; video content service method further comprising. The method of claim 8, wherein the third step of providing comprises: Providing step 3-1 to investigate whether format conversion of content is necessary before moving to the providing step 4; And And a third step (2-2) of converting the format of the content by the format conversion processing unit of the service server and moving to the fourth step of providing the content when the format conversion is necessary. According to claim 3, After the content providing routine is performed, When the web server requests the content produced or provided by the third party terminal, the management routine for providing the requested content; further comprising a. The method of claim 12, wherein the maintenance routine is: A management first step of examining whether there is a request of external content produced or provided by a third party terminal from a web server; A second management step of checking whether the requested content is real-time content when there is a content request from the web server in the first management step; A third step of retrieving content from a real-time content storage unit of the service server when the real-time content request is performed in the second management step; And And a fourth management step of providing the content loaded in the third management step. The method of claim 13, wherein the second step of management is: And if the request is not a real-time content request in the second management step, the second and second management steps of loading content from the recorded content storage unit of the service server. The method of claim 13, wherein the third step of management is: A management step 3-1 of checking whether a format conversion of content is necessary before moving to the management step 4; And And a third step (3-2) of converting the format of the content by the format conversion processing unit of the service server and moving to the fourth step of management if format conversion is necessary.

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