KR20090113974A - Method and System of integrated management content - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An integrated contents management method and a system thereof are provided to upload contents at a plurality of individual media through a single route. CONSTITUTION: User login is performed through an ID and a password that a user inputs(S900). An integrated contents management server generates an interface for uploading contents according to a user request(S902). When contents information is received through the interface, the integrated contents management server transmits a contents upload request to a personal media server to which the user belongs or a personal media server that the user selects(S904,S906). Each personal media server reflects the inputted contents information to a personal media page that the user generates by using user identification information included in the contents upload request(S908).

Description

Method and system of integrated management content

The present invention relates to a method and system for integrated content management, and more particularly, to a method and a system capable of efficiently uploading content to individual personal media.

This trend, represented by Web 2.0, is rapidly changing the form of Internet services in recent years.

Initially, when content was uploaded to a website by a few professional service providers, users simply viewed or downloaded it, but users gradually provided their own content.

For example, in a multi-vendor-based online bookstore like Bookfinder4u, it allows users to purchase rare or out-of-print books at the lowest price, as well as allow users to upload review comments about the books, and dynamics such as Wikipedia. The encyclopedia allows users to create and edit database content in various languages. The Internet forums became more extensive and eventually led to the spread of blogs.

The personal media represented by blogs continue to grow in this trend, and they are gradually developing into specialized knowledge in the early days of personal history and personal change.

In addition, in the form of content provided in blogs, text-based developments such as pictures, music, and videos are developing in multimedia.

Currently, personal media such as blogs and personal homepages contain centralized information about user-generated content and predetermined themes, making it one of the main sites that users access for information retrieval, It is used as a communication channel between users with preference.

In addition, in recent years, personal media can be managed using a mobile terminal due to an increase in bandwidth of a mobile communication network and an improvement in processing power of a mobile terminal as well as the Internet. It is expected to be possible.

However, when looking at the current personal media services, users who have subscribed to websites that provide personal media services such as Naver, Daum, and Cyworld independently, enter an ID and password in each personal media server to upload predetermined contents. After logging in, the user selects a menu in which the content is to be placed and uploads the content by attaching or linking a file such as text input, image, music, or video.

In this case, even when uploading the same content to all the personal media server to which the user belongs, it is necessary to log in to each server individually and upload the content.

In recent years, as the number of activities on the Internet of the user increases, the number of personal media servers subscribed to by users increases, and the number of mobile media and TV-only personal media servers increases. Requiring upload of content through the user has a problem that takes a lot of time.

In addition, the content formats supported by each personal media server may be different. In this case, the user has to change the format of the content to be uploaded individually according to the type of the personal media server.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention is to propose a method and system for integrated content management that enables the integrated upload of content to a plurality of personal media server.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for managing a content integration that allows a user to upload content in an integrated format regardless of a format supported by a personal media server.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for integrated content management that allows content registered in one personal media server to be easily reflected in another personal media server.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a content management service in a system connected to a plurality of personal media server and the user terminal via a network, (a) a plurality of individuals Maintaining characteristic information and user information of the media server; (b) receiving content information from the user terminal; And (c) transmitting a content upload request to one or more personal media servers to which the user belongs using the characteristic information and the user information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a content management service in a system connected to a plurality of personal media servers and user terminals via a network, the type of personal media server belonging to the user from the user terminal, each personal media server Receiving at least one of user identification information and a menu list in a; And when the content information is received from the user terminal, transmitting a content upload request to one or more personal media servers to which the user belongs.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a content management service in a system connected to a plurality of personal media server and the user terminal via a network, the personal media page generated by the first personal media server from the user terminal Receiving a request; Receiving the requested personal media page from the first personal media server; And when the upload request of the personal media page is received from the user terminal to the second personal media server, processing the received personal media page and transmitting the upload request to the second personal media server. An integrated management service providing method is provided.

According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the above method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a content management system integrated with a plurality of personal media server and a user terminal connected via a network, transmitting an interface for inputting content information to the user terminal, the content information input through the interface A user request processing unit for receiving a; And a content upload request unit for transmitting a content upload request in response to the content information to one or more personal media servers to which the user belongs.

In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing an integrated advertisement content management service in a system connected to a plurality of advertisement providing server and the advertiser terminal via a network, (a) the characteristic information of each of the plurality of advertisement providing server and each Maintaining advertiser information in the advertisement providing server; (b) receiving advertisement content information from the advertiser terminal; And (c) transmitting an advertisement content upload request to one or more advertisement providing servers to which the advertiser belongs using the characteristic information and the advertiser information.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage that can upload content from a plurality of personal media through a single window.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

 Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, in order to facilitate the overall understanding, the same reference numerals will be used for the same means regardless of the drawing numbers.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a content integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the integrated content management system according to the present invention may include a plurality of personal media servers 102 and a content integrated management server 100 connected to a user terminal 110 through a network.

The network may include both the Internet and a wired network including a dedicated line and a wireless network including a wireless internet, a mobile communication network, a broadcasting network, and a satellite communication network.

The personal media server 102 is a server that provides a personal media service such as a blog and a personal homepage. The personal media server 102 may generate a personal media page having a desired style by using previously stored layouts, designs, skins, items, and the like.

In addition, the personal media server 102 designates a menu name on the personal media, and allows a user to upload desired content to a predetermined menu.

The uploaded content may include text, images, music, and videos input by the user, and the user may upload the content in a specific menu by directly attaching the content or by inputting link information on the corresponding content.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the content integrated management server 100 supports uploading content to a plurality of personal media servers 102 to which a user belongs with a single user input, as shown in FIG. 2. .

According to the present invention, the content integrated management server 100 may be a web server, a mobile service provider server or a broadcaster server according to the type of network to which the user terminal and the user terminal are connected. Assume

The database 104 connected to the content integration management server 100 stores characteristic information and user information for each personal media server.

As shown in FIG. 3, the characteristic information of the personal media server may include address information of each personal media server and supporting content format information.

In addition, the user information is user information in each personal media server as shown in FIG. 4 and includes a type of personal media server to which the user belongs, user identification information in the personal media server, and a menu list registered in the personal media server. can do.

In this case, all user information may be directly input by a user who accesses the integrated content management server 100, but when the user inputs only the type of the personal media server to which the user belongs, the integrated content management server 100 corresponds to the corresponding personal media. User identification information and a menu list may be received from the server.

The content integrated management server 100 according to the present invention transmits an interface for uploading content to the user terminal 110 connected through a network while managing the above information.

The interface for uploading content may include an area for the user to input content information. In detail, the interface may include an area for inputting a content name, attaching a content file, inputting content link information, and inputting text, such as a web page provided by a general personal media server.

In addition, the content upload interface according to the present invention may display the type of the personal media server to which the user belongs by using previously stored information, and may include an area for selecting at least one of the menu list.

Meanwhile, the content uploaded by the user may be reflected in all personal media servers to which the user belongs, but the personal media server selection area may be provided in the interface to be reflected only in the personal media server selected by the user.

When the user inputs content and menu information such as text, image, music, or video through the interface, the content integrated management server 100 requests a content upload to the personal media server to which the user belongs or the personal media server selected by the user. Send it.

The content upload request to each personal media server may include user identification information at the corresponding personal media server together with the above content information.

Meanwhile, if the format of the content input to the content integrated management server 100 and the content format supported by the personal media server to which the user belongs are different from each other, the format conversion unit 106 supports the input content in each personal media server. Convert to format

However, such a format conversion unit 106 may be implemented through the content integration management server 100.

According to the present invention, since content upload is performed in a plurality of personal media servers through the content integrated management server 100, it may provide convenience to the user.

Hereinafter, the content integrated management server according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, the content integrated management server according to the present invention may include a user request processing unit 500, a content upload requesting unit 502, a server linking unit 504, and a format conversion unit 506. .

When the connection with the user terminal 110 is established, the user request processing unit 500 processes the login of the user using an ID and a password.

In addition, when a user request is received, the user request processor 500 generates an interface for uploading content by referring to user information in the personal media server stored in the database 104 and transmits the interface to the user terminal 110. .

As shown in FIG. 6, the content upload interface includes an area for attaching a name, description, and file for content such as text, photos, music, and video, and the type of personal media server to which the logged-in user belongs. It may include a list of menus on the personal media server.

Preferably, the content upload interface may display a common menu list in a plurality of personal media servers to which the user belongs, and the user may select one of the menu lists.

In this case, the input contents are simultaneously uploaded to the menu selected for the entire personal media server to which the user belongs.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a menu list of each personal media server may be independently displayed on the interface, and a different menu may be selected for each personal media server. In this case, the input content is simultaneously uploaded to the menu selected for each personal media server to which the user belongs.

According to the present invention, the content input to the content upload interface may be uploaded from all personal media servers to which the user belongs, but each of the personal media server selection areas is provided on the content upload interface to select only a part of the uploads to the corresponding server. You can do that.

The user request processing unit 500 receives content information through the above-described interface, and the content upload requesting unit 502 refers to the address information of the personal media server to which the corresponding user is stored in the database 104, and all the individuals to which the user belongs. The content upload request is sent to the media server or a personal media server selected by the user.

Here, the content upload request includes user identification information in each personal media server extracted from the database 104 and content information input through an interface.

Meanwhile, the content upload request may be transmitted to the personal media server via the format converter 106.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the content upload request unit 502 compares the format of the currently input content with the content format supported by the corresponding personal media server, and when the format conversion is required, converts the content upload request to the format converter 106. To send.

For example, in the case of video, avi, wmv, and mpeg formats are supported on the web, but different codecs can be used in formats such as h.264 and mpeg2 in mobile and broadcasting terminals.

In addition, there is a case where only one of avi, wmv, and mpeg formats is supported in the personal media server on the web.

As shown in FIG. 7, when a personal media server providing a service on the web supports a wma format for a video and a server (or set-top box) providing a service through a broadcasting network supports the h.264 format, a user may select an avi video. Upload the content through the integrated content management server 100, the format conversion unit 106 supports the avi format in the wma format and h.264 supported by the personal media server 700 and the personal media server 702 belonging to the broadcaster, respectively. Convert to format.

Meanwhile, the content integrated management server 100 according to the present invention not only simultaneously uploads content to a plurality of personal media servers, but also transfers content uploaded to a specific personal media server to another personal media server in association with each personal media server. Can be.

Referring to FIG. 5, the server interlocking unit 504 receives personal media page information stored in a personal media server to which the user belongs at the request of the user.

Here, the page information may include main page of the personal media created by the user in the personal media server and sub-page information for each menu including content uploaded by the user.

When the selection information on at least one of the personal media servers is received from the user terminal 110 through the user request processing unit 500, the server interworking unit 504 may be configured as a corresponding user from the selected personal media server (first personal media server). Receive personal media main page and sub page information. When the page information is received, the user request processor 500 transmits page information about the user's personal media to the user terminal 110.

When the user request processing unit 500 receives a page upload request for uploading a personal media page to another personal media server (second personal media server), as shown in FIG. 8, the format conversion unit 506 is configured as a user. Extracts the selected page and converts the selected page into a format that can be provided to a terminal connected to the second personal media server.

Here, the conversion of the page format may be a process of converting a page provided on the web according to the layout and size of the mobile or broadcast receiving terminal.

Through the page upload support of the content integrated management server 100 according to the present invention, even if a personal media page generated by one personal media server is connected to another personal media server, it can be viewed immediately.

Hereinafter, a process of providing a content management service according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 10.

9 is a flowchart illustrating an integrated management process of content according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the content integrated management server 100 processes a user login through an ID and password input by a user (step 900).

Thereafter, according to the user's request, the content integrated management server 100 generates an interface for uploading the content and transmits it to the user terminal (step 902).

Here, the content upload interface may include an area where a user may input attachments such as text, images, music, and videos, input link information, and description of the content.

It may also include an area for personal media server selection.

When content information is received through the interface (step 904), the content integration management server 100 transmits a content upload request to the personal media server to which the user belongs or the personal media server selected by the user (step 906).

The content upload request may be transmitted using address information of each personal media server previously stored and user identification information of each personal media server.

On the other hand, if the format of the input content is inconsistent with the content format supported by the personal media server to be transmitted, the format conversion process of the format conversion unit 106 is performed.

Each personal media server 102 uses the user identification information included in the content upload request to reflect the input content information to the personal media page generated by the user (step 908).

In operation 908, the personal media server 102 may match and store text, link information, or an attached file on a personal media page corresponding to a menu selected by the user.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of uploading a page registered in a first personal media server to a second personal media server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, when there is a user's selection of the first personal media server (step 1000), the content integration management server 100 includes user identification information in the first personal media server as the first personal media server. Request personal media page information (step 1002) and receive personal media page information from a first personal media server (step 1004).

In operation 1004, the content integration management server 100 may receive the main page information and all sub page information of the user. Alternatively, the content integration management server 100 may provide the main page to the user first, and receive the sub page information selected in the main page. have.

When a user uploads a page request for one of the page information (step 1006), the content integration management server 100 converts the requested page format (step 1008) and converts the converted page information. Transfer to a second personal media server (step 1010).

Meanwhile, in the above description, content upload from a plurality of personal media servers managed by individual users has been mainly described.

However, according to the present invention, in the case where the advertiser-specific media exists in a plurality of sites as in the personal media, the content integrated management server 100 is also used to collectively upload the advertising content in the media distributed in each site. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that they may be included within the scope of the invention.

In this case, the personal media server may be defined as an advertiser terminal in that an advertisement providing server and a user terminal are used by an advertiser in providing advertisement content.

In addition, the content integrated management server 100 maintains advertiser information such as address of each advertisement providing server, characteristic information such as content format information, advertiser identification information in each advertisement providing server, and advertisement placement information such as menu list. If the user uploads the advertising content, it will be possible to transmit the advertisement content upload request to each advertisement providing server at the same time.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a content integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content integrated management process according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of personal media server information to which a user belongs according to the present invention;

4 is a diagram showing an example of characteristic information of a personal media server according to the present invention;

5 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a content integrated management server according to the present invention.

6 illustrates an example of a content upload interface according to the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a content format conversion process according to the present invention.

8 illustrates an example of page format conversion according to the present invention;

9 is a flowchart illustrating an integrated management process of content according to the present invention.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of uploading a page registered in a first personal media server to a second personal media server according to the present invention.

Claims (13)

A method of providing a content management service in a system connected to a plurality of personal media servers and user terminals via a network, (a) maintaining characteristic information and user information of the plurality of personal media servers; (b) receiving content information from the user terminal; And and (c) transmitting a content upload request to one or more personal media servers to which a user belongs by using the characteristic information and the user information. The method of claim 1, And the user information comprises at least one of a personal media server type to which the user belongs, user identification information in the personal media server, and a menu list registered in the personal media server. The method of claim 1, And the characteristic information of the personal media server includes at least one of personal media server address information and content format information supported by the personal media server. The method of claim 2, And the content information includes at least one of content corresponding to at least one of text, image, music, and video, content link information, and menu information selected from a menu list of each personal media server. The method of claim 4, wherein And the contents are simultaneously uploaded to a menu selected for each personal media server to which the user belongs. The method of claim 4, wherein The menu list includes a common menu list of the personal media server to which the user belongs, and when there is a menu selection from the common menu list of the user, the contents are added to a menu selected for the entire personal media server to which the user belongs. How to provide integrated content management services uploaded at the same time. The method of claim 1, Comparing a format of the content included in the content information with a format of the corresponding content supported by the personal media server to which the user belongs; And And converting the content into a format supported by the personal media server to which the user belongs, if the formats do not match each other. The method of claim 2, The content upload request method of providing content management services including user identification information, menu information and content in the personal media server. A method of providing a content management service in a system connected to a plurality of personal media servers and user terminals via a network, Receiving at least one of a personal media server type to which the user belongs, user identification information at each personal media server, and a menu list from the user terminal; And If content information is received from the user terminal, the content integrated management service providing method comprising the step of transmitting a content upload request to one or more personal media server to which the user belongs. A method of providing a content management service in a system connected to a plurality of personal media servers and user terminals via a network, Receiving a request for providing a personal media page generated by a first personal media server from the user terminal; Receiving a requested personal media page from the first personal media server; And And when the upload request of the personal media page is received from the user terminal to the second personal media server, processing the received personal media page and transmitting the upload request to the second personal media server. How to Provide Managed Services. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. An integrated content management system connected to a plurality of personal media servers and user terminals through a network, A user request processor for transmitting an interface for inputting content information to the user terminal and receiving content information input through the interface; And And a content upload request unit to transmit a content upload request according to the content information reception to one or more personal media servers to which the user belongs. A method of providing an integrated advertisement content management service in a system connected to a plurality of advertisement providing servers and an advertiser terminal through a network, (a) maintaining the characteristic information of the plurality of advertisement providing servers and the advertiser information in each advertisement providing server; (b) receiving advertisement content information from the advertiser terminal; And and (c) transmitting an advertisement content upload request to at least one advertisement providing server to which an advertiser belongs using the characteristic information and the advertiser information.

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