KR20090089522A - System and method for providing certification of media-contents distribution service using digital media adapters - Google Patents

Abstract

A certification provision system and a method thereof for distributing media contents generated by using a digital media adaptor are provided to circulate the media contents by a media contents provider legally. A content generator is installed at a user terminal(10). The content generator produces the contents. The information of the generated contents is registered in a contents syndication device(20). A registered contents(50) are encoded by the contents generator and are reproduced by being decoded by the contents generator.

Description

System and method for providing certification service for media content distribution using digital media adapters {System and method for providing certification of media-contents distribution service using digital media adapters}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an authentication service for distributing media content using a digital media adapter, wherein a user (content creator) accesses a content brokerage device to authenticate members and receive media content that can be received from a digital media adapter. Lawfully generates content and registers the information of the generated content with a content intermediary device and delivers the registered content to another user (content user) or stores it on a device accessible to other users, and obtains the registered content A system and method for providing authentication service for distribution of media content using a digital media adapter that allows a user (content user) to access a content intermediary device to authenticate a member and purchase and play a playback right of the registered content. .

Recently, devices have been developed that can be used anytime, anywhere to watch television in the home with devices such as personal computers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), mobile phones, etc., which can be connected to wired and wireless communication networks.

These devices are also called "Digital Media Adapters (DMA)" in that they serve as a medium for transmitting various signals to the outside, and they are also used to freely move TVs from the living room or the home to anywhere in the world. Also known as a "place-shifting device" in the sense of moving a service location. In this specification, it will be referred to collectively as "digital media adapter (DMA)". If you install a digital media adapter at home, the media signals received through the digital media adapter can be transmitted to the outside of the Internet so that you can watch television at home, at work, on the road or on a business trip. Here, the media content signal may be an airwave and satellite television broadcast signal to which a digital media adapter is connected, a cable broadcast signal, an IP (Internet Protocol) television broadcast signal, or an output signal such as a camcorder and a surveillance camera connected to the digital media adapter. have. Examples of such digital media adapters include sling media sling boxes, location free from Sony, and UTV from YouTube.

Install a digital media adapter in your home, install a dedicated player using user terminals such as personal computers, PDAs, and mobile phones, and register your own digital media adapter to install digital media in your home anywhere you can access your wired or wireless network. The same media signal received through the adapter can be received.

By using the media content receivable by such a conventional digital media adapter, the content is legally generated and registered, and the registered content is delivered to another user (content user) or stored in a device accessible by another user. There is a demand for development of a technology that can be legally reproduced by a user (content user) who has obtained content.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to meet the demands of the prior art, in which a user accesses a content intermediary device and authenticates a member, receives media content that can be received from a digital media adapter, legally generates content, and generates information on the generated content. Register with the content intermediary device and deliver the registered content to another user or store in a device accessible to other users, and the user who has obtained the registered content accesses the content intermediary device to authenticate the membership and register the obtained content Providing a playback right to the content to play and provide, and provides a system and method for providing a certification service for the distribution of media content using a digital media adapter to legally distribute the media content provided by the media content provider. Now as there is a purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, an authentication service providing system for media content distribution using a digital media adapter according to the present invention comprises a plurality of media contents received from a media content provider and transmitting the received media contents through a communication network. With a digital media adapter; A content generator downloads and installs a content generator downloaded from a content brokerage device through a communication network, accesses the content brokerage device, receives the media content received from a desired digital media adapter, generates the content, and generates information on the generated content. A content producer-side terminal for registering with a content broker and storing the registered content including the content information; The content user who has received the registered content generated and registered by the content creator runs the content player downloaded and installed from the content mediation device through the communication network to play the registered content, and accesses the content mediation device to access the content. A content user terminal for requesting reproduction permission authentication and receiving an authentication response to play the registered content through the content player; In response to a request for the desired media content received from the desired digital media adapter from the content generator of the terminal that has been authenticated by the user through the communication network, the media content is provided to the content generator of the terminal of the content creator. Register and manage the information on the registered content included in the content registration request according to the generated content registration request from the content generator of the terminal, and allow the reproduction of the registered content from the content player of the user terminal that has been authenticated through the communication network. And a content intermediary device that authenticates the registered content according to the authentication request and transmits a reproduction permission authentication response for the registered content to the content player of the corresponding content user terminal. It features.

In this case, the content intermediary device charges the media content received from the digital media adapter to the content producer of the terminal of the content producer while providing information for generating the media content.

The content intermediary device charges the content user according to the permission of the reproduction of the registered content while authenticating the reproduction permission of the registered content from the content player of the content user side terminal. The content is distributed to a media content provider corresponding to the content and a content producer that generates the registered content.

In addition, the content intermediary device, the member authentication server for performing member authentication while managing the member information; A content authentication server configured to manage information about the digital media adapter, media content organization information provided by the media content provider to the digital media adapter, and registered content information in a database; When the media content received from the digital media adapter is transmitted to the content generator of the terminal of the content creator, the content creator is charged according to the provision of the media content, and the charge is distributed to the media content provider corresponding to the media content. When the authorization of the reproduction of the registered content is authenticated by the content player of the content user terminal, the content user is charged according to the permission of the reproduction of the registered content, and the charge is based on the media content provider corresponding to the media content of the registered content and the corresponding content. And a charging server that distributes the registered content to the content creator.

The information on the registered content may include information on media content corresponding to the registered content, media content information corresponding to the registered content, and information on a content creator who generated the registered content. Includes the broadcast date or broadcast episode with the name of the corresponding content.

In addition, the registered content is encoded by the content generator installed in the terminal of the content creator so that it can be decoded and reproduced only by the content generator installed in the terminal of the legitimate content user who has been authenticated.

In addition, the registered content generated and registered by the content creator is stored in a registered content storage area configured for network sharing in a peer to peer (P2P) manner in a user terminal of the corresponding content creator, and the content user is a user of the corresponding content creator. The registered content can be obtained by accessing the content storage area of the terminal in a peer-to-peer manner and downloading the registered content. Alternatively, the registered content generated and registered by the content creator may be uploaded and stored in a network storage device, and the content user may obtain the registered content by accessing and downloading the network storage device. Alternatively, the registered content generated and registered by the content creator is transmitted to the content user by e-mail or messenger, and the content user obtains the registered content by receiving registration content by the e-mail or messenger. can do. As another method, the content user may obtain the registered content as the registered content generated and registered by the content creator is delivered to the content user in a state of being stored in a storage medium.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing an authentication service for distributing media content using a digital media adapter according to the present invention includes a content intermediary device which is executed by a content creator at a content creator side terminal by a content creator to perform user authentication. Receiving a list of digital media adapters and media content organization information received from the digital media adapter, selecting a desired digital media adapter and media content, and requesting the selected media content; A second step of allowing the content broker to provide the selected media content to a content generator of a corresponding content producer side terminal; A third step of generating a content by using the provided media content in a content generator of a content producer side terminal and registering the generated content information with a content intermediary device and storing the registered content including the information of the content; A fourth step of obtaining the registered content by a content user; A fifth step of requesting, by the content user, a content player from the terminal of the content user to perform a user authentication, and then request playback permission authentication for the obtained registered content to the content relay device; A sixth step of authenticating the registered content according to the reproduction permission authentication request for the registered content and transmitting a reproduction permission authentication response for the registered content to a content player of the corresponding content user terminal; And a seventh step of playing the registered content in the content player in the content user terminal which has received the reproduction permission authentication response.

According to the present invention configured as described above, the user (content creator) is connected to the content mediation device to authenticate the member and media provided by the media content provider from the media content adapter using the content and content information provided by the content mediation device Content is legally generated using the content, registers the information of the generated content in the content intermediary device and delivers the registered content to another user or store in a device accessible to other users, and obtain the registered content A user can access a content brokerage device to authenticate a member and purchase and play a playback right for the registered content. The purchase cost is appropriately distributed by the media content provider, the operator of the content brokerage device, and the content creator. do.

Therefore, the media contents provider can provide their media contents in the same way as the existing method, but can legally distribute the media contents without incurring separate equipment and separate distribution costs, and also various contents of the media contents providers. It will be able to activate the legal distribution for.

Hereinafter, an authentication service providing system and method for distributing media content using a digital media adapter according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a user who creates, registers, and stores content using a content generator is referred to as a "content creator", obtains the registered stored content, and plays the registered content by using a content player. The user will be referred to as a "content user."

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an authentication service providing system for media content distribution using a digital media adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the authentication service providing system for media content distribution using the digital media adapter according to the present embodiment, the user terminal (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n), the content relay device 20, And a digital media adapter (DMA) 30; 30_1,..., 30_n, a media content provider 40, and registered content 50.

The user terminal 10 (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n), the content relay device (20), and the digital media adapter (DMA) (30; 30_1, ..., 30_n) are connected through wired and wireless communication networks. Can be connected to each other.

The user terminal 10 is a terminal such as a personal computer, a PDA, a mobile phone, or the like that can be connected to a wired or wireless communication network. When a user accesses the content intermediary device 20 using the user terminal 10 (10; 10_1,..., 10_n), registers as a member, downloads a content generator, and installs the content generator in the user terminal 10, The content generator is installed.

Here, the content generator installed in the user terminal 10 (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n) is executed by a user (content creator) to access the content intermediary device 20, and after the member authentication is performed, the desired digital media adapter ( 30 generates content by receiving the media content received from 30_1, ..., 30_n, registers the generated content information with the content intermediary device 20, and then stores the registered content 50. The content information registered and stored in the content relay device 20 may include media content provider information on media content received from a digital media adapter, information on the media content (for example, content name, broadcast date, broadcast time, etc.). Content creator information (ie, user information such as, for example, user name or nickname or ID).

The registered content 50, together with the media content received from the received digital media adapter, media content provider information on the media content, information on the media content (for example, content name, broadcast date, broadcast time, etc.), Content creator information (i.e. user information such as user name or nickname or ID, etc.) is included.

In addition, the registered content 50 is encoded by a content generator, and can be decoded and reproduced only by a content player of a legitimate user (content user) who has undergone user authentication.

Meanwhile, the registered content 50 generated and registered and stored by the content creator is generated in a file form on a storage medium such as a hard disk of the user terminal 10 (10_1, 10, ..., 10_n) of the corresponding content creator and is created as a P2P (peer). to the peer) can be stored in the registered content storage area is network sharing, other users (that is, the content user) P2P to the content storage area of the user terminal (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n) of the content creator It can be delivered to other users (ie, content users) by accessing and downloading in a peer to peer manner.

In addition, the registered content 50 generated and stored by the content creator is uploaded and stored in a network storage device (i.e., the content intermediary device 20, another web server or web hard), and stored in another user (i.e., content user). ) Can be delivered to other users (i.e. content users) by downloading and connecting to network storage (content brokerage device 20, another web server or web hard).

In addition, the registered content 50 generated and stored by the content creator may be delivered to another user (ie, a content user) by an e-mail or a messenger by the content creator.

In addition, the registered content 50 generated and stored by the content creator may be stored in a disk storage medium, a memory storage medium, or the like by the content creator and delivered to another user (ie, a content user) offline.

Meanwhile, when a user accesses the content intermediary device 20 by using the user terminal 10 (10; 10_1,..., 10_n), downloads the content player, and installs the content player on the user terminal 10, the user terminal 10 displays the content. The player is installed.

After the content player installed in the user terminal 10 (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n) is executed by a user (content user) and connected to the content intermediary device 20 to perform member authentication, the user (content user) obtains it. The registered content storage device 50 receives a registered content authentication request signal including information of the registered content by reading the information contained in the registered content as the selected registered content is selected to play the registered content. And then play and purchase the playback rights for the registered content.

The media content provider 40 provides media content to the digital media adapters 30 (30_1, ..., 30_n), and may include terrestrial broadcasters, satellite broadcasters, cable broadcasters, and IP television providers. have.

The digital media adapters (DMA) 30 (30_1, ..., 30_n) are media such as over-the-air television signals, satellite television signals, cable broadcast signals or IP (Internet Protocol) television signals provided from the media content provider 40. Receives a content signal and transmits the received media content signal to the outside through a communication network. Examples of the digital media adapters 30; 30_1,..., 30_n may include sling boxes of sling media, location-free of Sony, UTV of UTV, and the like.

The content intermediary device 20 includes a content generator and a content player, and as a registered user requests to download the content generator and the content player through the user terminal 10 (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n), The content player is downloaded and provided to the corresponding user terminal 10 (10_1,..., 10_n).

In addition, the content intermediary device 20 is a digital device that a user (contents creator) registered by the member executes a content generator installed in the user terminals 10 (10_1, 10, ..., 10_n) and communicates through the content generator. The media content received from the media adapter 30; 30_1,..., 30_n is received and the information of the corresponding content is registered and managed according to a registration request for the generated content.

In addition, the content intermediary device 20 executes a content player installed in a user terminal 10 (10_1, 10, ..., 10_n) by a registered user (content creator), and reproduces the registered content received. By connecting to a communication through a player and purchasing a reproduction right for the registered content, the registered content can be played back.

The content intermediary device 20 is configured to include a web server 21, a content authentication server 22, a member authentication server 23 and the billing server 24.

Here, the web server 21 provides a web page for providing an authentication service for distributing media content using the digital media adapter according to the present invention to the user terminal 10 (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n), and the user. A content generator and a content player are provided to the corresponding user terminal 10 (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n) when a request for downloading the content generator and the content player from the terminal 10 (10_1, ..., 10_n) is provided.

The content authentication server 22 may provide information about registered digital media adapters 30 (30_1, ..., 30_n) (for example, communication connection information of the corresponding digital media adapter, and media content provider information that can be received by the media adapter. Etc.).

In addition, the content authentication server 22 is a digital media adapter (30; 30_1, ..., 30_n) by a media content provider including a terrestrial broadcaster, a satellite broadcaster, a cable broadcaster, an IP television provider, and the like. All media content organization information provided in) is managed by database.

In addition, the content authentication server 22 is a digital media adapter (40; 40_1, ..., if desired) after the content creator runs the content generator of the user terminal (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n) and authenticates membership. 40_n) receives the content received from the media content to generate the content and register the information of the generated content to register and manage the information of the registered content in the database.

In addition, the content authentication server 22 selects the registered content and reproduces the information of the registered content in order for the content user to play the registered content obtained by the user after executing the content player of the user terminal 10 and authenticating the member. In response to the request for authentication of the corresponding content, the information of the registered content is searched in the database to request the charging server 24 to charge the corresponding registered content, and the user terminal 10 sends an authentication response for the registered content. The content player is transmitted to the content player so that the registered content is played in the content player.

When the billing server 24 provides the content to the member receiving the content according to the authentication service for media content distribution using the digital media adapter according to the present invention through the user terminal (10; 10_1, ..., 10_n) Perform the billing process.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2 will be described a membership registration, content generator and content player download procedure in the authentication service providing system for media content distribution using the digital media adapter according to the present invention.

First, when a user accesses a web page that provides an authentication service for distributing media content using a digital media adapter according to the present invention by using the user terminal 10 and requests membership, the membership request information is displayed in a web server ( 21) (step S1), the web server 21 transfers the member information included in the membership registration request information to the member authentication server 23 to request membership registration, so that the member authentication server 23 is received. One member information is registered and managed in a database (step S2), and the web server 21 transmits the member login page to the corresponding user terminal 10 as a member registration response (step S3).

Thereafter, when the user inputs an ID and password, for example, on the member login page provided by the web server 21, and requests a member authentication request, the corresponding authentication request signal is transmitted to the web server 21 of the content relay device 20. After receiving the authentication request, the web server 21 transmits the corresponding authentication request to the member authentication server 23 to perform member authentication processing. Then, the web server 21 transmits the member login web page to the corresponding user terminal 10. to provide.

Subsequently, as the user selects and clicks a command button for downloading a content player on a web page provided to the user terminal 10 to install the content player using an input means such as a mouse, for example. The content player download request is transmitted from the terminal 10 to the web server 21 (step S4). Accordingly, the web server 51 provides the content player to the corresponding user terminal 10 (step S5).

Thereafter, as the user of the user terminal 10 having downloaded the content player installs the content player, the content player is installed in the user terminal 10 (step S6).

Meanwhile, as the user selects and clicks the content generator download command button on the web page provided to the user terminal 10 to install the content generator using an input means such as a mouse, for example, the user terminal 10. In step S7, the content generator download request is transmitted to the web server 21. Accordingly, the web server 21 provides the content generator to the corresponding user terminal 10 (step S8).

Thereafter, when the user of the corresponding user terminal 10 downloaded the content generator requests installation of the content generator, the content generator is installed in the corresponding user terminal 10.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, a description will be given of a procedure for a content creator to receive, receive, and store media content from a digital media adapter through a content generator in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the user terminal 10_1 is a user terminal of the content creator and the user terminal 10_n is a user terminal of the content user.

First, a user (content creator) executes a content generator of the user terminal 10 in a state in which a user is registered by the above-described membership registration procedure and a content generator is installed in the user terminal 10 (step S10). After entering the ID and password, if the member authentication request is made, the corresponding authentication request signal is transmitted to the member authentication server 23 of the content intermediary device 20, and the member authentication server 23 searches the member information database to search for the corresponding ID and password. After performing member authentication for the password, the authentication response is transmitted to the content generator of the user terminal 10 (step S11).

When the user (content creator) selects the digital media adapter (DMA) list command button of the content generator while completing the member authentication, the digital media adapter (DMA) list information request signal is transmitted to the content authentication server 22. Upon receiving the digital media adapter (DMA) list information request signal, the content authenticator 22 provides the digital media adapter (DMA) list information to the content generator of the corresponding user terminal 10 (step S12). Accordingly, a digital media adapter list including a plurality of digital media adapter command buttons displaying the digital media adapter name is displayed on the user terminal 10.

Then, when the user (content creator) selects the desired digital media adapter command button by using the input means from the digital media adapter list consisting of a plurality of digital media adapter command buttons in which the digital media adapter name is displayed (step S13). The electronic program guide (EPG) request signal for the corresponding digital media adapter (DMA) is transmitted to the content authentication server 22, and the content authentication for receiving the programming information (EPG) request signal for the digital media adapter is received. The server 22 finds the programming information (EPG) for the digital media adapter (DMA) in the database and provides it to the content generator of the corresponding user terminal 10 (step S14). Accordingly, the media content organization information (EPG) consisting of a plurality of media content command buttons displaying the media content name is displayed on the user terminal 10.

Then, in the media content organization information (EPG) consisting of a plurality of media content command buttons indicated by the content name, the selected media content request signal is selected as the user selects a desired media content command button using an input means. It is transmitted to the authentication server 22 (steps S15 to S16).

Upon receiving the media content request signal, the content authentication server 22 confirms communication connection information (for example, an IP address) for a digital media adapter (DMA) corresponding to the media content in a database, and checks the corresponding communication connection information (for example, Request the requested media content to the corresponding digital media adapter (DMA) 30 using, for example, an IP address (step S17).

The digital media adapter (DMA) 30 having received the media content request provides the media content received from the media content provider device 40 to the content generator of the corresponding user terminal 10 (steps S18 to S19). .

On the other hand, the content authentication server 22 requests the billing server 24 to charge for the provision of information for generating the media content to process the billing to be made at the point of the corresponding member (content creator) or a corresponding cost ( Step S20). Here, the charging server 24 charges the content creator according to the provision of information for generating the media content.

Meanwhile, the content generator of the corresponding user terminal 10 provided with the media content generates the content according to a request of the user who is the content creator (step S21).

Thereafter, the content generator of the user terminal 10 includes media content provider information acquired by the user who is a content creator from the media content organization information (EPG), information on media content (such as broadcast time and contents), and content creator information (members). ID, etc.) and the content registration request signal is transmitted to the content authentication server 22 in accordance with the request for registration of the generated content (step S22).

Subsequently, the content authentication server 22 receiving the content registration request signal registers and stores the content information (media content provider, content information, content creator information, etc.) requested for registration in a database, and the content is normally registered. The registration response signal is transmitted to the content generator of the user terminal 10 (step S23).

Accordingly, the content generator of the user terminal 10 includes media content provider information acquired from the media content organization information (EPG), information on media content (such as broadcast time and contents), and content creator information (members). ID, etc.) is added, and the registered content 50 is stored. The generated registered content is specifically encoded by the content generator so that it can be decoded only by the content player that has been authenticated by the user.

The generated registered content 50 is delivered to the content user by the content creator (step S25).

Here, the registered content 50 may be generated in a file form in a storage medium such as a hard disk of the user terminal 10_1 of the corresponding content creator and stored in a registered content storage area set in a network sharing in a P2P manner. That is, the content user may be transferred to another user (that is, the content user) by downloading and accessing the content storage area of the corresponding content creator's user terminal 10_n in a P2P manner. In addition, the registered content 50 is uploaded and stored in the content relay device 20, another web server or a web hard, and another user (that is, a content user) is stored in the content relay device 20, another web server or a web hard. It can be delivered to other users (ie, content users) by accessing and downloading it. In addition, the registered content 50 may be delivered to another user (ie, a content user) by an e-mail or a messenger by a content creator. In addition, the registered content 50 may be stored in a disk storage medium, a memory storage medium, or the like by a content creator and delivered to another user (ie, a content user) offline.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a description will be given of a procedure for a content user who obtains registered content generated by a content creator in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention to play the registered content using a content player.

First, the content user who has obtained the registered content generated by the content creator registers by the member registration procedure described above and installs the content player in the user terminal 10_n, and executes the content player of the user terminal 10_n. For example, if a member authentication request is made after inputting an ID and password, the corresponding authentication request signal is transmitted to the member authentication server 23 of the content intermediary device 20, and the member authentication server 23 receiving the authentication request is provided. After querying the member information database and performing member authentication for the corresponding ID and password, the authentication response is transmitted to the content generator of the user terminal 10_n (steps S30 to S31).

When the user (contents user) selects the obtained registered content using the content player while the member authentication is completed, the content player displays the registered content information (media content provider information, media content information) included in the registered content. Information (such as broadcast time and contents) and content creator information (member ID, etc.), etc.] (step S33), and the content authentication server of the content intermediary device 20 receives a registered content authentication request signal including the registered content information. Transfer to step 22 (step S34).

The content authentication server 22 receiving the registration content authentication request signal checks the registered content information stored in the database, checks whether the corresponding registered content requested for authentication is normally registered content, and then charges for playing the corresponding registered content. Request to the billing server 24 to process the billing to be made at the point of the corresponding content user member or a cost equivalent thereto (step S35). By this process, the content user purchases the reproduction authority for the registered content to be played.

In this case, the charging server 24 charges the content user according to the provision of the media content, and distributes the revenue according to the charge to the media content provider corresponding to the registered content and the content creator who generated the registered content. .

Thereafter, the content authentication server 22 transmits a registered content authentication response signal to the content player of the corresponding user terminal 10_n when the charging process is normally performed (step S35).

Accordingly, the content player of the user terminal 10_n plays the registered content (step S36). The content user sees the corresponding registered content decoded by the content player of the user terminal 10_n and reproduced through the content player.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user (content creator) accesses a content brokerage device to authenticate a member, and provides media provided by a media content provider from a media content adapter using content and content information provided by the content brokerage device. Content is legally generated using the content, registers the information of the generated content in the content intermediary device and delivers the registered content to another user or store in a device accessible to other users, and obtain the registered content A user can access a content brokerage device to authenticate a member and purchase and play a playback right for the registered content. The purchase cost is appropriately distributed by the media content provider, the operator of the content brokerage device, and the content creator. do.

Therefore, the media contents provider can provide their media contents in the same way as the existing method, but can legally distribute the media contents without incurring separate equipment and separate distribution costs, and also various contents of the media contents providers. It will be able to activate the legal distribution for.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above specific embodiments, but can be modified and modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention. If such changes and modifications fall within the scope of the appended claims, it will be obvious that they belong to the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an authentication service providing system for media content distribution using a digital media adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a member subscription, a content player, and a content generator download procedure in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure in which a content creator receives media content from a digital media adapter, generates, registers, and stores content in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a content user who obtains registered content generated by a content creator in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention and plays the registered content using a content player.

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10,10_1,10_2, ..., 10_n: user terminal

20: content mediation device 21: Web server

22: content authentication server 23: member authentication server

24: billing server

30,30_1,30_2, ..., 30_n: Digital Media Adapter

40: media content provider device 50: registered content

Claims (18)

A plurality of digital media adapters for receiving the media content provided from the media content provider and transmitting the received media content through a communication network; A content generator downloads and installs a content generator downloaded from a content brokerage device through a communication network, accesses the content brokerage device, receives the media content received from a desired digital media adapter, generates the content, and generates information on the generated content. A content producer-side terminal for registering with a content broker and storing the registered content including the content information; The content user who has received the registered content generated and registered by the content creator runs the content player downloaded and installed from the content mediation device through the communication network to play the registered content, and accesses the content mediation device to access the content. A content user terminal for requesting reproduction permission authentication and receiving an authentication response to play the registered content through the content player; In response to a request for the desired media content received from the desired digital media adapter from the content generator of the terminal that has been authenticated by the user through the communication network, the media content is provided to the content generator of the terminal of the content creator. Register and manage the information on the registered content included in the content registration request according to the generated content registration request from the content generator of the terminal, and allow the reproduction of the registered content from the content player of the user terminal that has been authenticated through the communication network. And a content intermediary device that authenticates the registered content according to the authentication request and transmits a reproduction permission authentication response for the registered content to the content player of the corresponding content user terminal. Authentication service providing system for media content distribution. The method of claim 1, The mediation device is configured to charge the media content received from the digital media adapter to the content generator of the terminal of the content producer while charging the content creator according to the provision of information for generating the media content. System for providing authentication services. The method of claim 1, The content intermediary device charges the content user according to the permission of the reproduction of the registered content while authenticating the reproduction permission of the registered content from the content player of the terminal of the content user side, and transfers the charge cost to the media content for the registered content. And distributing a corresponding media content provider and a corresponding content creator to the content creator. The method of claim 1, The content relay device, A member authentication server for performing member authentication while managing member information; A content authentication server configured to manage information about the digital media adapter, media content organization information provided by the media content provider to the digital media adapter, and registered content information in a database; When the media content received from the digital media adapter is transmitted to the content generator of the content producer side terminal, the content creator is charged according to the provision of the information for generating the media content, and the reproduction of the registered content is allowed from the content player of the content user side terminal. At the time of authentication, the billing server charges the content user according to the permission to play the registered content and distributes the billing cost to the media content provider corresponding to the media content for the registered content and the content creator who created the registered content. Authentication service providing system for media content distribution comprising a. The method of claim 1, The information on the registered content includes media information corresponding to the registered content, media content information corresponding to the registered content, and information on the content creator who generated the registered content. System for providing authentication services. The method of claim 5, The media content information includes a broadcast date or a broadcast time together with the name of the corresponding content. The method of claim 1, The registered content is encoded by a content generator installed in the terminal of the content producer so that the content can be decoded and reproduced only by the content generator installed in the terminal of the legitimate content user who has been authenticated by the user. system. The method of claim 1, The registered content generated and registered by the content creator is stored in a registered content storage area configured for network sharing in a peer to peer (P2P) manner in a user terminal of the corresponding content creator. And the content user accesses the content storage area of the user terminal of the corresponding content creator in a peer-to-peer manner to download the registered content to obtain the registered content. The method of claim 1, The registered content generated and registered by the content creator is uploaded and stored in a network storage device. And the content user accesses and downloads the registered content to the network storage device to obtain the registered content. The method of claim 1, Registered content generated and registered by the content creator is transmitted to the content user by e-mail or messenger, And the content user obtains the registered content by receiving the registered content by the e-mail or the messenger. The method of claim 1, And registering the content generated by the content creator and delivered to the content user in a state of being stored in a storage medium, wherein the content user obtains the registered content. After the content generator is executed by the content creator on the terminal of the content creator to authenticate the user, the digital media adapter list and the media content organization information received from the digital media adapter from the content intermediary device are received. Selecting content and requesting the selected media content; A second step of allowing the content broker to provide the selected media content to a content generator of a corresponding content producer side terminal; A third step of generating a content by using the provided media content in a content generator of a content producer side terminal and registering the generated content information with a content intermediary device and storing the registered content including the information of the content; A fourth step of obtaining the registered content by a content user; A fifth step of requesting, by the content user, a content player from the terminal of the content user to perform a user authentication, and then request playback permission authentication for the obtained registered content to the content relay device; A sixth step of authenticating the registered content according to the reproduction permission authentication request for the registered content and transmitting a reproduction permission authentication response for the registered content to a content player of the corresponding content user terminal; And a seventh step of playing the registered content in the content player in the content user terminal that has received the reproduction permission authentication response. The method of claim 12, In the second step, the content intermediary device charges the media content received from the digital media adapter to the content producer of the terminal of the content creator while charging the media content to the corresponding content creator. To provide authentication services for business. The method of claim 12, In the sixth step, the content intermediary device charges the content user according to the permission to play the registered content while authenticating the reproduction permission of the registered content from the content player of the content user terminal, and transfers the charge cost to the registered content. And a media content provider corresponding to the media content, and a content producer that generates the registered content. The method of claim 12, In the third step, the registered content is stored in a registered content storage area configured for network sharing in a peer to peer (P2P) manner in a user terminal of the corresponding content creator. In the fourth step, the content user accesses the content storage area of the user terminal of the corresponding content creator in a peer-to-peer manner and downloads the registered content to obtain the registered content. How to Provide Authentication Services. The method of claim 12, In the third step, the registered content is uploaded and stored in a network storage device. And in the fourth step, the content user accesses and downloads the registered content from the network storage device to obtain the registered content. The method of claim 12, In step 4, as the content creator transmits the stored registered content to the content user by e-mail or messenger, the content user obtains the registered content, and provides an authentication service for media content distribution. Way. The method of claim 1, In step 4, as the content creator delivers the stored registered content to the content user in a state of being stored in a storage medium, the content user obtains the registered content. Way.

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