KR20100110205A

KR20100110205A - System for on line magazine service and method for publishing and distributing electronic documents using the same

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Publication number: KR20100110205A
Application number: KR1020090028663A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 오동환
Original assignee: 주식회사 디디에이치
Priority date: 2009-04-02
Filing date: 2009-04-02
Publication date: 2010-10-12

Abstract

The present invention provides an online magazine service for publishing, managing, modifying, and distributing various electronic documents online, including magazines and papers in various fields such as politics, economy, society, and culture. A system and a method for issuing and distributing an electronic document using the same, comprising: a first user computer transmitting an electronic document production source required for issuing an electronic document and receiving at least one recommended electronic document in response thereto; At least one recommendation electronic document retrieved from a database based on a source of electronic document production received from the first user computer, and a second user computer for transmitting at least one electronic document in response thereto. Provided to the first user computer, and the second And a server for providing at least one electronic document searched from the database to the second user computer based on a condition received from a user computer, and using the online magazine service system to publish and distribute the electronic document. It is about.

Description

Online magazine service system and electronic document issuance and distribution method using this system {SYSTEM FOR ON LINE MAGAZINE SERVICE AND METHOD FOR PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to the publication and distribution of online contents, and in particular, an online magazine for providing online services for the production, management, modification and distribution of various electronic documents including magazines and papers in various fields such as politics, economy, society, and culture. Service system and electronic document issuance and distribution method using the same.

Recently, the spread of the Internet has been widely spread based on the development of communication technology and various technologies.

In some cases, a number of communication networks are being integrated around the Internet, and in accordance with such a trend, development of network systems and terminals for retrieval of various information and transmission of information through the Internet is being actively promoted.

At present, the Internet has been developed from the connection through a generally known telephone line or a leased line to the wireless Internet which can be connected wirelessly, and the transmission capacity and speed are remarkably developed.

As a service through the Internet, a service that unilaterally provides various media structures such as text, voice, and video to clients in various forms (information search, game, advertisement, shopping, magazine, paper, etc.) using various protocols, or The mainstream is a relay service that exchanges media between clients in various forms (mail, chat, video conferencing, etc.).

The service type through the Internet is basically provided based on the client-server environment. For the site administrator who operates the site through the server, the main goal is to generate revenue by preoccupying specialized services and securing members.

Recently, with the expansion of the online infrastructure, online networks such as the Internet are also rapidly developing. Accordingly, book publishing, which is generally produced and distributed offline, has been provided in various forms as electronic documents through online networks such as the Internet. In recent years, the distribution of electronic documents such as magazines and papers serviced through the online network has been increasing significantly.

In particular, in the conventional technology using an online network, a magazine article or a paper is converted into a Portable Document Format (PDF) through scanning and provided to a user, or a document written in PDF and a markup language (for example, , HTML, XML, etc., by linking with each other and converting them, and then providing them to the user, or a document written in a markup language.

However, in the conventional technology using the online network, tagging is not possible due to the limitation of document conversion or a layout of an electronic document is incorrect. This problem is caused by the system unbalance between service side and user side because most service providers do not consider user environment.

In addition, when the problems listed above occur, a solution for recombining the text and the image constituting the electronic document is required, but the technology to solve them has not been introduced yet.

As a result, there is a demand for a technology for issuing various electronic documents, including magazines and papers in various fields such as politics, economy, society, and culture, and distributing them to customers.

The object of the present invention has been devised in view of the above problems, and especially when producing and distributing various electronic documents including magazines or papers in various fields such as politics, economy, society and culture, they can be published online and distributed to customers. An online magazine service system and an electronic document publishing and distribution method using the same are provided.

An object of the present invention is to protect the copyright of the provider of the image or text constituting the electronic document during the production of the electronic document, while the produced electronic document is targeted to a specific customer or a general customer It provides an online magazine service system that can increase the efficiency of profit distribution by distributing by general marketing method and an electronic document issuance and distribution method using the same.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an online magazine service system and a method for issuing and distributing electronic documents using the same, which flexibly manages the planning, production, and distribution of electronic documents on-line, regardless of the existing format of a magazine or a paper. .

An object of the present invention is not only to easily support the editing or production of electronic documents online, but also to provide an online magazine that automatically selects and provides an optimal layout for the original article provided by the user and an optimal recommended electronic document applying the layout. To provide a service system and a method for issuing and distributing electronic documents using the same.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

An online magazine service system for issuing and distributing electronic documents, comprising: a first user computer for transmitting an electronic document production source required for issuing the electronic document and receiving at least one recommended electronic document in response thereto; At least one recommendation electronic searched in the database based on a second user computer that transmits a condition necessary for distribution and purchases at least one electronic document in response thereto, and an electronic document production source received from the first user computer. And a server for providing a document to the first user computer and providing the second user computer with at least one electronic document retrieved from the database based on a condition received from the second user computer. Basic features of the award.

Electronic document issuing method using an online magazine service system according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

Transmitting, at the user's computer, an electronic document production source necessary for issuing an electronic document to a server, retrieving at least one recommended electronic document from a database using a characteristic value based on the electronic document production source at the server; Providing the retrieved recommendation electronic document to the user computer in the server; and producing a desired electronic document by referring to the recommendation electronic document through an authoring application for producing an electronic document provided by the server on the user computer. It includes the step of making it a basic feature of the technical method.

Electronic document distribution method using an online magazine service system according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

Receiving an electronic document purchase condition from a user computer, retrieving at least one electronic document corresponding to the electronic document purchase condition from a database, and displaying a list or icon including the searched at least one electronic document And providing the user computer, and generating billing data by performing a payment process according to the purchase of the electronic document after the purchase confirmation request for the specific electronic document.

The present invention can produce, publish and distribute a variety of electronic documents including magazines and papers in various fields such as politics, economy, society, and culture online, and can provide customized online magazine services to both clients and purchasers. It works.

The present invention protects the copyright of the provider of the image or text constituting the electronic document during the production of the electronic document, thereby enabling individual copyright management of the electronic document and ensuring transparency of the income distribution so that disputes do not occur. It works.

The present invention has the effect of maximizing the efficiency of profit distribution by distributing the produced electronic document in a target marketing method for a specific customer or a general marketing method for a general customer.

The present invention provides flexible management of the planning, production and distribution of electronic documents online, regardless of the data format previously applied to magazines or articles, and thus provides time, space, and space for magazine and article production and distribution. Cost effectiveness can be maximized.

The present invention not only easily supports online editing or production of electronic documents, but also automatically selects and provides an optimal layout for the original article provided by the user and an optimal recommendation electronic document applying the layout. There is an effect that can provide convenience when producing a thesis.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the configuration and operation of the present invention shown in and described by the drawings will be described as at least one embodiment, The technical idea of the present invention and its essential structure and action are not limited.

The online magazine service system and the electronic document issuing and distributing method using the same correspond to a technology of creating, managing and distributing content based on a client-server environment. In particular, content is like an electronic publication and corresponds to a kind of electronic document. For example, an electronic document may be a monthly magazine of a magazine, a magazine or publication of a publisher, a newsletter of a large company, a periodical of a government office or a public institution or a school.

1 is a block diagram showing the basic outline configuration of the online magazine service system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the online magazine service system is largely composed of a client and a server.

The client corresponds to a terminal connected to the server through an online network such as the Internet, and may be a computer connected to the server through a wired network or a mobile terminal connected to the server through a wireless network.

Hereinafter, the client will be described as the user computers 100 and 300, but is not limited thereto. That is, the client may provide a source, such as a text or an image of the electronic document, or access the server 200 to the first user computer 100 and the server 200, which are subjects to produce the electronic document online. A second user computer 300 of a buyer, which is a purchase subject of the retained electronic document.

For example, the first user computer 100 corresponds to a terminal operated by a user of a magazine company, a publisher, a large company, a public office, a public institution, and a school that requests the production of an electronic document, or is a source of an electronic document. It may correspond to a terminal manipulated by a photographer, a reporter, or a publishing designer who provides text or an image. Hereinafter, a first user is defined as a user who requests the production of an electronic document by operating the first user computer 100 and a user who provides a source of the electronic document.

In addition, as described above, the second user computer 300 corresponds to a terminal operated by a user who accesses the server 200 and purchases an electronic document. In particular, the buyer of the electronic document may be a general user, an online portal company, a book distributor, a school, a government office, a public institution, a multimedia provider, or the like. Hereinafter, the buyer of the produced electronic document is defined as the second user.

In particular, the second user computer 300 receives article data corresponding to an electronic document, such as a magazine article or a paper, completed from the server 200, and performs various output processes using the received article data.

The output processing includes printing, binding, and screen output as a video image.

For output processing to printing and binding, the second user computer 300 can work with equipment for printing and binding. As a result, magazines and papers can be produced that can be sold through offline or online companies.

When the screen image is output as an image image, the article data may be data in HTML or XML format written using a markup language, or may be data in PDF format. Accordingly, the second user computer 300 receives and outputs the article data in the above-described format.

Meanwhile, as another example, as described above, the client may be a mobile terminal connected to a server through a wireless network. In this case, the mobile terminal corresponding to the second user computer 300 may be an HTML or XML format, or a PDF format. You can display the article data.

The first user computer 100 proceeds with the planning and production of the electronic document online based on the server environment described below, and the server 200 distributes the produced electronic document through the second user computer 300. do. To this end, as shown in FIG. 1, the server 200 may include an application server 210, a web server 220, a database server 230, a search engine 240, a layout category server 250, and a database ( 260.

The server 200 provides an online magazine service for producing an electronic document through a communication interface with the first user computer 100. The server 200 provides an online magazine service for distributing an electronic document produced through a communication interface with the second user computer 300.

In the server 200, the application server 210 provides the client with an authoring application for editing or producing an electronic document online, and responds to the client when editing or producing the electronic document in conjunction with the authoring application. Provide a client with a data transfer application. In this case, the authoring application is preferably a kind of template which is an environment for editing and producing an electronic document, and a plug-in is preferably used as a data transmission application. Therefore, among the user computers, the first user computer 100 receives and installs the above-described authoring application and data transmission application from the application server 210.

In the server 200, when the web server 220 receives a service request from the first user computer 100 or the second user computer 300, the web server 220 interfaces the login page with the corresponding user computers 100 and 300.

The web server 220 determines whether to permit the service request through authentication of an ID (ID) and a password, which are input in an input window on a login page of the user computer 100, 300. Here, in the present invention, a combination of English, numbers, and Korean characters is allowed as an ID, and a maximum of 16 characters is allowed, and a password is limited to a maximum of 16 characters. In addition, in the present invention, the web server 220 supports the ID storage function to provide convenience in reconnecting the same user. Thus, the ID is automatically displayed when the same user reconnects.

The web server 220 restricts the use authority of the authenticated user by the input ID and password. That is, after recognizing whether the authenticated user is the first user or the second user, the page corresponding to the authority granted to the user is interfaced to the user computers 100 and 300.

For example, the web server 220 interfaces a management page related to the editing and production of an electronic document to the editor and the editor of the magazine or publisher corresponding to the first user. In addition, the buyer corresponding to the second user interfaces a page related to the purchase or output of the electronic document. In addition, in the present invention, the web server 220 also supports the use authority of the administrator for system management.

The web server 220 supports an announcement list inquiry page, and a list page including announcements related to a company (magazine, publisher, large company, government office, public institution, school, etc.) to which an authenticated user belongs by logging in. Interface to user computers 100 and 300. In addition, the web server 220 supports a search function for a specific announcement.

In particular, the list page including the announcement includes a notification subject, a notification title, a notification date, and a notification period, and the web server 220 displays a corresponding notification content as one announcement is selected from the list. In addition, a page on which one notice content is outputted provides a link for moving to a previous notice and a subsequent notice.

The web server 220 supports a mail or message transmission / reception page to a user authenticated through login. That is, the web server 220 interfaces with a page for designating at least one recipient in an input window on a mail or message transmission / reception page and composing a message to be transmitted.

In particular, the web server 220 supports a search function for designating a recipient in a mail or a message transmission / reception page, so that the search can be performed through a search without directly inputting a recipient address to select a recipient. Here, in the search environment for specifying the selection of recipients, a directory for each group is configured for a plurality of recipients, and an expand (+) / collapse (-) icon is formed in the directory to select recipients belonging to the same group at one time. It supports the function to individually select at least one of the receivers belonging to one group. The extension icon is for displaying all recipients belonging to a group, and the collapse icon is the opposite of the extension icon.

In addition, the web server 220 supports a function for selecting whether to store a mail or a message transmitted in a mail or a message transmission / reception page, and supports a function of displaying the amount of a written message (for example, the number of characters).

The web server 220 interfaces with a page including a list of received mails or messages, and supports a function of deleting and archiving received mails or messages included in the list. It also interfaces with pages for displaying the contents of the selected mail or message.

When the authenticated user is an administrator for system management, the web server 220 interfaces with a system management page corresponding to the authority of the administrator. The system management page includes a management page for managing the accounts corresponding to the first user described above, and a management page for managing a plurality of electronic documents stored in the database 260.

The web server 220 assigns a unique code for each account at the time of registering the account corresponding to the first user, and provides a list including a plurality of accounts based on the code through a management page. In particular, when the web server 220 selects one account from a list including a plurality of accounts, detailed information about the selected account, namely, account name, representative name, business registration number, contact number, address, ID and password Identification information to be included and whether the service is used (active state or inactive state) is provided through the management page.

The web server 220 provides a list through which a plurality of electronic documents stored in the database 260 are classified into various category items (electronic document name, customer account, electronic document classification, registration date, etc.) through a management page. In particular, when the web server 220 selects one electronic document from a list including a plurality of electronic documents, detailed information on the selected electronic document and its production, namely, electronic document name, account name, electronic document classification (politics, Economic, social and cultural sectors), publication cycle, printed plate information (eg 210 × 300㎜), printing unit (eg 16 pages), issue page (eg 150 pages), number of copies (eg 520 copies) ), The array table array unit (for example, 1 unit), array table printing unit (for example, 2 units), and whether it is used (for example, active or inactive) are provided through its management page.

The web server 220 supports a function for classifying a plurality of electronic documents stored in the database 260 into more detailed categories. This designates the electronic document classification into more detailed items for electronic documents.

The web server 220 supports a function for classifying a plurality of electronic documents stored in the database 260 into various types. This is due to the fact that the electronic documents stored in the database 260 are manufactured in various types rather than one type, and assign different types to multiple electronic documents.

Meanwhile, the web server 220 supports an administrator function for registering and managing announcements in order to support the above-mentioned announcements.

When the authenticated user is the first user, the web server 220 provides a function for editing and producing an electronic document as listed below.

The web server 220 interfaces a list page containing a list of multiple electronic documents stored in the database 260. The list of electronic documents includes the name of the electronic document, the number of pages, the status, the person in charge (e.g. in the case of a magazine, the author, the responsible reporter, the designer in charge), the status of the work in progress (e.g., the work request, correction request or article confirmation). Include the item. If the mouse cursor is over a specific electronic document in the electronic document list, the preview of the electronic document is executed. In addition, when a specific electronic document is selected, it moves to the view screen of the electronic document.

On the other hand, the list page includes a search bar for searching for a specific electronic document, and includes a task menu tab for automatic classification of electronic documents according to the work progress. In addition, the list page includes a work icon for registering a new electronic document, copying or deleting the electronic document, and assigning a contact person. However, the web server 220 restricts access rights of the work icons as shown in Table 1 below. As a result, the server manages its role in each phase of planning, producing, and distributing electronic documents within an organization.

Table 1 shows an example of access rights to task icons on a list page.

TABLE 1

division

New document registration
Electronic document
copy
Electronic document
delete
Journalist assignment
designer
Assignment
print
Create cover
editor in chief

○
○
○
○
○
○
○
Writer

○
○
○ (Ｘ)
Ｘ
○
○
Ｘ
Reporter

○
○
Ｘ
Ｘ
Ｘ
○
Ｘ
Etc
manager

○
○
Ｘ
Ｘ
Ｘ
○
Ｘ

'○ (Ｘ)' in Table 1 shows a case where the authority is changed. The functions for each category are listed below.

-New document registration: page interface for electronic document creation

-Copy electronic document: Page interface for copying selected electronic document

-Delete electronic document: Page interface for deleting selected electronic document

-Reporter Assignment: Page interface for assigning reporters for selected electronic documents

-Designer assignment: page interface for assigning the designer in charge of the selected electronic document

-Print: Page interface for printing approval of selected electronic documents and processing of print jobs

-Cover generation: page interface for creating an electronic document corresponding to the cover of the magazine month issue

In addition, the electronic document copy function among the above listed functions may be copied to a workspace for editing or producing the selected electronic document.

The web server 220 interfaces work pages for registration, editing, and production of electronic documents. The working pages are pages for editing or newly registering a completed electronic document.

The work page for electronic document registration includes a title window (maximum 128 characters in English) for inputting an electronic document name, and includes a work window such as a web editor for inputting content of an electronic document. In addition, the work page supports a function of inputting related information of a title window and contents input to the work window. Here, examples of the related information include a magazine company name, a magazine name, a volume (number of pages), an article category classification, an article type classification, an attached file, and the like.

The work page for editing an electronic document includes a work window for outputting an electronic document copied through an electronic document copy function on a screen, and in the work window, necessary modifications can be made. At this time, the task pane displays relevant information including the electronic document name, quantity (number of pages), article category classification, article type classification, work progress (work request, modification request, or article confirmation), and the like. In the case of a reporter, a reporter, a designer in charge, etc. can also be output.

The web server 220 supports an electronic document inquiry page and supports a function of querying and outputting an electronic document including a keyword input by a user authenticated through login in the database 260.

The web server 220 supports cyan upload, correction, and information input pages for electronic documents. The web server 220 stores cyan of electronic documents requested by an authenticated user through a login in the database 260, or inquires in the database 260. It supports the work pane for modifying the page after printing the screen.

The web server 220 supports an inquiry page of cyan for an electronic document, and supports a function of inquiring cyan of an electronic document requested by a user authenticated through a login from the database 260 and outputting the screen.

The web server 220 supports an inquiry page for an attachment file linked to an electronic document, and supports a function of inquiring a related attachment file of an electronic document requested by an authenticated user through a login from the database 260 and outputting the screen. . Here, the attachment file may generally be a photo file or an image file.

The web server 220 supports upload, modification, and information input pages for attachments linked to the electronic document, and stores the related attachment of the electronic document requested by the authenticated user through the login in the database 260 or the database. After inquiring at the screen 260 and outputting the screen, the task pane for modifying the page is supported.

The web server 220 interfaces with an array table page for producing a magazine or a paper including a plurality of electronic documents. The arrangement page is for adding or deleting an electronic document corresponding to the page, for example, a page for displaying a magazine article title showing how magazine articles composed of multiple electronic documents are arranged throughout the magazine.

The web server 220 interfaces a page for assisting a print job of a magazine or a paper including a plurality of electronic documents, and supports input of printing instructions through the page.

In the server 200, the database server 230 stores the production source of the electronic document provided through the data transmission application installed in the first user computer 100 in the database 260, and the result of the sampling or clustering described later. In the database 260.

The server 200 reads a plurality of electronic documents stored in the database 260, and the sampling is performed in units of pages constituting a magazine article unit (or article unit) or one magazine article (or article) for the read electronic document. Proceed with clustering. The server 200 maps the data generated through the sampling and clustering to the corresponding electronic document and stores the data in the database 260. In addition, the server 200 may sample and cluster the original electronic document provided from the client through the data transmission application, and further store the result in the database 260.

In the server 200, the search engine 240 may interwork with the database server 230 and the layout category server 250, and the search engine 240 may provide the client with a request for producing an electronic document from the client. The database 260 is searched using the production related information. The server 250 then provides the client with the last recommended recommendation electronic document by the search engine.

In addition, the search engine 240 may interwork with the database server 230, the search engine 240 when the request to purchase the electronic document from the client (second user computer), the request conditions of the client The database 260 is searched for the electronic document. The server 250 then provides the client (second user computer) with the final retrieved electronic document by the search engine.

In the server 200, the layout category server 250 performs the sampling and clustering described above.

Hereinafter, an operation of manufacturing an electronic document based on the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic document production procedure for an online magazine service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the server 200 authenticates the ID and password of the first user according to the connection of the first user computer 100 (S100).

If authentication of the first user is successful (S110), the server 200 checks the usage rights of the first user and then displays an initial page for producing an electronic document corresponding to the request of the first user. Interface to (S120).

The server 200 receives an electronic document production source through a data transmission application installed in the first user computer 100 (S130). Here, the electronic document production source may include only text, or may include only an image such as a photograph. The source of the electronic document may also be the original text of a magazine article or article containing text and images, and information related to the magazine article or article, such as the magazine name of the original article, the publication date of the magazine, and the volume of the magazine (article volume [number of columns] , Number of lines, number of characters], number of pages), amount of images (number of images), keywords, tags, etc., and the page number of each page that makes up the original article, the amount of text on the page (number of columns, number of rows, number of characters) The user may input information including an image quantity (number of images), a keyword, and the like.

The server 200 recognizes the electronic document production source received from the first user computer 100 as a characteristic value for searching.

Accordingly, the database server 230 stores the received electronic document production source in the database 260, where the electronic document production source applies DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology based on user information for copyright management. Can be generated.

The search engine 240 retrieves the layout pattern from the database 260 using the recognized characteristic value, and also retrieves the category of the retrieved layout pattern and also retrieves at least one recommendation electronic document from the database 260. (S140). The server 200 provides the recommendation electronic document based on the search result to the first user computer 100 (S150). In particular, the server 200 provides the first user computer 100 with a list including at least one recommendation electronic document.

The database 260 holds various electronic documents that have been edited, produced or registered, and holds various data for providing recommended electronic documents.

Specifically, the data stored in the database 260 includes article data, multiple page data constituting the article data, page layout data indicating the layout of each page, article layout data indicating the layout of each magazine article, and each page. Or category data representing the category of the magazine article.

The server 200 selects one or more of the plurality of electronic documents as the recommended electronic documents and transmits them to the first user computer 100 based on the various data stored in the database 260.

Meanwhile, the database 260 may retain article metadata or page metadata. Article metadata is information other than the information related to the article layout. That is, the article metadata includes a magazine name, a publication date of the magazine, a magazine amount (article body quantity [number of columns, number of lines, number of characters], number of pages), an image quantity (number of images), a keyword, a tag, and the like. The page metadata is information other than the information related to the layout of each page constituting the article, and includes a page number, a page body amount (number of columns, a number of rows, a number of characters), an image amount (image number), a keyword, and the like. .

The data stored in the database 260 is described in detail.

Article data is an electronic document in PDF, HTML, or XML format that corresponds to a magazine article. Article data includes image-related information such as the body content of the article, links to images, placement locations and sizes.

The page data may be an electronic document in PDF, HTML, or XML format, and is data that includes information corresponding to each page of the article data. The page data may include image related information such as the body content of the page, a link of an image, an arrangement position or size, and the like. The article data includes a large number of page data corresponding to each page, and a collection of multiple page data corresponds to one article data. Eventually, one article data can be divided into several page data.

The page layout data includes layout information of one page constituted by one page data. The page layout data is information extracted by sampling the layout pattern of the body content and the image included in the page from the page data.

The page layout category corresponds to one identification number and is a unique identification number for each page for identifying the layout of the page. In the present invention, the page layout is classified into a plurality of groups. Accordingly, the page layout category indicates which group of the classified groups the layout of each page belongs to. On the other hand, in the present invention, the cluster number is generated by clustering the page layout data which is the sampling result of the page data. The generated cluster number corresponds to a unique identification number for each page.

Article layout data is data showing which page layouts the article consists of, and includes layout information of one article composed of multiple pages. Article layout data is generated with reference to the page layout category belonging to the article.

Specifically, when representing article layout data in binary bits, the bit length is equal to the number of categories. For example, if the number of categories is 100 (category 1 to category 100), the binary bit length of the article layout data may be 100 bits. In this case, the least significant bit is a value corresponding to category 1 and the most significant bit is a value corresponding to category 100. Alternatively, the most significant bit is a value corresponding to category 1 and the least significant bit is a value corresponding to category 100.

If the total category is 30 and the page layout categories of the multiple pages belonging to the article are "30, 28, 1, 5, ..., 18", for example, the total bit length of the article layout data is 30 bits and the article layout data is The highest bit value corresponding to category 1, the bit value corresponding to category 5, the bit value corresponding to category 18, the bit value corresponding to category 28, and the bit value corresponding to category 30 are “1”, respectively. These bit values are each "0". Therefore, when all the article layout data is expressed in bits, it becomes "100010000000000001000000000101".

That is, the article layout data is generated by adding the bit value "1" and the bit value "0" in the other categories of the page included in the article among all categories.

The article layout category corresponds to one identification number and is a unique identification number for each article for classifying the layout of the article. In the present invention, the article layout is classified into a plurality of groups. Accordingly, the article layout category indicates which group of the classified groups the layout of each article belongs to. On the other hand, in the present invention, clustering of article layout data is performed to generate a cluster number. The generated cluster number corresponds to a unique identification number for each article.

The recommended electronic document may be article data corresponding to a magazine article or page data constituting article data. The recommendation electronic document is a server 200 selects and transmits at least one of the article data or page data stored in the database 260 to the first user computer 100, the server 200 from the electronic document production source recommended electronic Select the document.

In particular, the recommended electronic document corresponds to one or more of articles belonging to an article layout category or pages belonging to a page layout category searched using an electronic document production source provided from the first user computer 100.

In addition, the recommendation electronic document may be selected based on the following criteria.

First, the articles belonging to the article layout category may be the ones that match or most similarly map to the electronic document production source provided from the first user computer 100.

Second, the pages belonging to the page layout category may be the ones that match or most similarly map to an electronic document production source provided from the first user computer 100.

Third, after ranking in advance for articles belonging to the same article layout category, the articles may be higher ranked.

Fourth, the pages may be higher ranked after presetting the ranking for pages belonging to the same page layout category.

The criteria for setting the ranking for the articles or pages in the above, may be selected by a good design or expert. As an additional example, the latest article or page may have a high rank.

The database 260 according to the present invention is divided into several storage areas for storing the various data described above.

That is, the database 260 may include a first region (LegacyMagazine, LegacyArticles) storing article metadata or page metadata, a second region (PageLayouts) storing page layout data and page layout categories, article layout data and article layout categories. The third region (ArticleLayouts, ArticleLayoutCategories) for storing the, and the fourth region (RecommendableArticles) for storing the recommended electronic document of the article data and page data.

The first user computer 100 produces an electronic document through an authoring application for producing an electronic document while connected to the server 200. In particular, a desired electronic document is produced with reference to the provided recommended electronic document (S160). Here, as the authoring application is executed, a work page for producing an electronic document is interfaced to the first user computer 100. For example, an electronic document having the same or similar layout as that of the recommended electronic document may be produced by loading the provided recommended electronic document into a work page for producing the electronic document and then changing the image and text.

FIG. 3A is a flowchart illustrating a recommended electronic document providing procedure according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein an original text of a magazine article or a paper including text and an image as an electronic document production source (for example, PDF, HTML, xML, etc.) ) Is an example.

As the authoring application is executed on the first user computer 100, a work page for producing an electronic document is interfaced to the first user computer 100 (S200). Then, the original text corresponding to the electronic document production source is loaded into the work page for the production of the electronic document (S210). As another example, one temporary electronic document may be loaded on a work page for producing an electronic document by individually searching and selecting text or an image from the server 200.

Accordingly, the data transmission application linked with the authoring application transmits the loaded original text to the server 200 (S220).

In the server 200, the layout category server 250 generates a characteristic value (layout category) for searching the database 260 from the received original text (S240). In order to generate the characteristic value, the layout category server 250 performs layout sampling and clustering on the original text (S230).

The server 200 further stores the original text received from the first user computer 100 in the database 260 as the article data or page data, and the article layout data generated during or after layout sampling and clustering. In addition, the page layout data, the article layout category, and the page layout category are additionally stored in the database 260 by mapping the article data or the page data corresponding to the original text.

The server 200 retrieves layout patterns from the database 260 using the generated property values. In detail, the server 200 inquires the layout category corresponding to the category of the generated characteristic value (S250).

The server 200 transmits to the first user computer 100 at least one recommendation electronic document selected according to the aforementioned criteria among the plurality of electronic documents belonging to the layout category according to the inquiry result (S260).

3B is a flowchart illustrating a recommended electronic document providing procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which an electronic document production source is provided with information related to a magazine article or a paper input by a user instead of the original text. . Here, examples of information input by the user include the original magazine name, the publication date of the magazine, the amount of the magazine (article body quantity [number of columns, number of lines, number of characters], number of pages), number of images (number of images), keywords, It may include a tag and the like, and may include the page number of each page constituting the original text, the amount of text (number of columns, number of rows, characters), image amount (number of images), keywords, and the like.

As the authoring application is executed on the first user computer 100, a work page for producing an electronic document is interfaced to the first user computer 100 (S300). In operation S310, information related to a magazine article or a paper corresponding to an electronic document production source is received from the first user computer 100.

The server 200 extracts an electronic document having a condition corresponding to the information received from the first user computer 100 from the database 260 (S320). In detail, the database server 230, in cooperation with the search engine 240, extracts an electronic document having a condition corresponding to information input by a user from among a plurality of electronic documents stored in the database 260. At this time, it is preferable to pass the extracted electronic document to the first user computer 100 to be confirmed by the first user. In this case, the received electronic document may be loaded on a work page for producing the electronic document and output on the screen.

After the selection (OK) is made after confirmation of the extracted electronic document (S330), the server 200 proceeds with layout sampling and clustering of the extracted electronic document to search for characteristic values (page layout category or Article layout category) (S340, S350).

The server 200 retrieves layout patterns from the database 260 using the generated property values. In detail, the server 200 inquires a layout category corresponding to the category of the generated characteristic value (S360).

The server 200 transmits to the first user computer 100 at least one recommendation electronic document selected according to the aforementioned criteria among the plurality of electronic documents belonging to the layout category according to the inquiry result (S370).

The layout category viewed in the above two embodiments may be a page layout category corresponding to one page or an article layout category corresponding to one article including a plurality of pages.

Meanwhile, since the authoring application and the data transmission application are running, the first user computer 100 may receive a recommendation electronic document or a recommendation electronic document list from the server 200 through the data transmission application.

The server 200 according to the present invention performs layout sampling and clustering on article data or page data corresponding to an electronic document to generate and store layout data and layout categories.

4A and 4B are views for explaining layout sampling applied to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4A, sampling reference points are taken at regular intervals on the original text or the extracted electronic document to calculate whether a text or image object exists at the reference point location. The layout topographical map shown in FIG. 4B is created from the calculation result.

Thereafter, the page layout data of Table 1 is generated from the layout topographic map. The bit value is determined by the presence of text or images at each reference point. That is, different bit values are determined according to the case where text or image exists and the case where text or image exists at the sampling reference point. For example, if a text or image exists at one reference point, the corresponding bit value is set to "1", while if not present, the corresponding bit value is set to "0".

Table 2 shows the page layout data generated by layout sampling of the original or extracted electronic document composed of several pages. In Table 1 below, point_x (x = 1,2,3 ....) represents a reference point and page X (X = 1,2,3 ....) corresponds to page layout data.

TABLE 2

point_1

point_2
point_3
point_4
...
text
image
text
image
text
image
text
image
...

Page 1
One
0
One

0
One
0
0
0
...
Page 2
0
One
0

One
One
One
One
0
...
...

...

The original text or the extracted electronic document is difficult to analyze because the number of text or image objects is not fixed. Therefore, in the present invention, the original document or the extracted electronic document through layout sampling is represented by a certain number of characteristic values. That is the layout data.

Next, the generated page layout data is clustered to generate page layout categories as shown in Table 3 below.

[Table 3]

Category (Cluster Number)
Page 1

430

Page 2

54

...

...

When the clustering of the page layout data is described in detail, a Hamming distance is calculated from the page layout data of Table 2, and clustering is performed to assign a category (cluster number) to each page. Here, the clustering method may use K-means clustering.

A category on a page basis is generated through clustering of the page layout data.

Next, the layout category server 250 generates the article layout data by grouping the generated page layout categories by an article unit. Since the generation of the article layout data has already been described above, details thereof will be omitted.

After the article layout data is generated by referring to the page layout category belonging to the article, the article layout category is again generated by clustering the article layout data.

Table 4 below shows an example of article layout data generated for each article.

[Table 4]

Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4
Category 5
Category 6
Category 7
Category 8
...
Article 1
One
0
One
0
One
0
0
0
...

Article 2
0
One
0
0
0
0
One
0
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

The article layout data may be clustered to generate an article layout category as shown in Table 5 below.

TABLE 5

Category (Cluster Number)
Article 1

49

Article 2

11

...

...

When the clustering of the article layout data is described in detail, the article layout categories shown in Table 5 are generated by clustering the plurality of article layout data of Table 4 described above.

That is, Hamming distance is calculated from the article layout data of Table 4, clustering is performed, and a category (cluster number) is assigned to every article. Here, the clustering method may use K-means clustering.

The following describes a procedure for querying the recommendation electronic document using the characteristic values generated through the layout sampling and clustering described above, and providing the first user computer 100 with at least one recommendation electronic document according to the inquiry result. .

5 is a flowchart illustrating a layout sampling and clustering procedure according to the present invention, in which an electronic document may be article data or page data.

First, as shown in FIG. 4A, sampling reference points are taken at a predetermined interval in an electronic document to calculate whether a text or image object exists at the reference point location (S400). The layout topographical map shown in FIG. 4B is generated from the calculation result (S410).

Thereafter, layout data is generated from the layout topographic map (S420). Here, the layout data is a bit string determined according to whether text or an image exists at each reference point. That is, if there is text or an image at one reference point, the bit value is generated by adding "1" as the corresponding bit value, and, if not present, adding "0" as the corresponding bit value.

Subsequently, layout categories are generated by clustering the generated layout data (S430). That is, a Hamming distance is calculated from a bit string of layout data, and clustering is performed to generate a cluster number corresponding to a category of an electronic document.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic document distribution procedure for an online magazine service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the server 200 authenticates the ID and password of the second user according to the connection of the second user computer 100 (S500).

If the second user is successfully authenticated (S510), the server 200 checks the usage rights of the second user and then displays the initial page for purchasing the electronic document corresponding to the second user's request. To interface (S520).

The server 200 receives an electronic document purchase condition from the second user computer 300 (S530).

The server 200 searches the database 260 using the electronic document purchase condition received from the second user computer 300 (S540). In detail, the search engine 240 searches the database 260 for at least one electronic document corresponding to the electronic document purchase condition.

The server 200 provides the second user computer 300 with at least one electronic document according to the search result (S550). In particular, the server 200 provides the second user computer 300 with a list including at least one electronic document or an icon representing the contents of the electronic document. Here, the list or icon may be configured in a form in which a link to an electronic document stored in the database 260 is set.

If the purchase confirmation request for one of the provided electronic document (S560), the billing data required while the payment process according to the purchase of the electronic document is generated (S570).

On the other hand, the present invention is to provide all of the electronic documents requested for purchase after the payment process is completed after providing only a part of the first without providing all the electronic documents requested to purchase.

In addition, the format of the electronic document provided to the second user computer 300 may be HTML or XML format or may be PDF format.

As another example, when there is a request for purchasing an electronic document from a second user having a mobile terminal, the electronic document may be transmitted to the corresponding mobile terminal through an application programming interface (API).

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the embodiments, but should be defined by the claims.

3A is a flowchart illustrating a recommended electronic document providing procedure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

3B is a flowchart illustrating a recommended electronic document providing procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a layout sampling and clustering procedure according to the present invention.

Claims

In the online magazine service system for the publication and distribution of electronic documents,

A first user computer transmitting an electronic document production source required for issuing the electronic document and receiving at least one recommendation electronic document in response thereto;

A second user computer for transmitting the conditions necessary for the distribution of the electronic document and purchasing at least one electronic document in response thereto; And

Provide the first user computer with at least one recommended electronic document searched in the database based on the electronic document production source received from the first user computer, and in the database based on a condition received from the second user computer. On-line magazine service system comprising a server that provides the searched at least one electronic document to the second user computer.

The method of claim 1,

The server provides an authoring application and a data transmission application to the first user computer,

The authoring application is for editing or producing an electronic document online, and the data transmission application is configured to respond to each other with the first user computer when the electronic document is produced or edited in conjunction with the authoring application. On-line magazine service system for receiving from the first user computer.

The method of claim 2,

The authoring program is a template for editing and producing an electronic document, and the data transmission application is an online magazine service system, characterized in that the plug-in (plug-in).

The method of claim 1,

The electronic document production source is an online magazine service system, characterized in that the data in the HTML or HTML format or PDF format written using a markup language (markup language).

The method of claim 1,

The server performs authentication of the user's ID and password through the first and second user computers, the online magazine service system, characterized in that to interface the page according to the use rights granted to the authenticated user.

The method of claim 5,

The page,

It includes a page for creating a new electronic document, a page for copying an electronic document, a page for deleting an electronic document, a page for assigning a person in charge of an electronic document, and a page for printing an electronic document and performing a print job. Online magazine service system, characterized in that.

The method of claim 1,

The database,

Article data, which is an electronic document in PDF, HTML, or XML format,

Page data corresponding to each page constituting the article data, which is an electronic document in PDF, HTML, or XML format,

Page layout data indicating a layout of an electronic document corresponding to the page data;

Article layout data indicating a layout of an electronic document corresponding to the article data;

A unique page layout category generated by clustering the page layout data;

And storing a unique article layout category generated by performing clustering on the article layout data.

The method of claim 7, wherein

And the page layout data is generated by sampling layout patterns of body content and images included in the page data.

The method of claim 7, wherein

The article layout data is data showing which page layouts a corresponding electronic document is composed of. The online magazine service system of claim 1, wherein the article layout data is generated with reference to the page layout category.

The method of claim 1,

The electronic document production source includes a magazine name of a specific article corresponding to the electronic document, a publication date of the magazine, a magazine quantity including an article body quantity, an image quantity, a keyword, a tag, and the server receives from the first user computer. Search for at least one electronic document using the electronic document production source, query a layout category for the searched electronic document, and retrieve the at least one recommended electronic document belonging to the searched layout category from the first user. Online magazine service system, characterized in that provided to a computer.

The method of claim 1,

The electronic document production source includes a page number of a specific page corresponding to the electronic document, a body content of the page, an image amount, a keyword, and the server uses the electronic document production source received from the first user computer. Search for at least one electronic document, query a layout category for the searched electronic document, and provide the first user computer with the at least one recommended electronic document belonging to the searched layout category. Magazine service system.

(a) transmitting an electronic document production source for issuing an electronic document from a user computer to a server;

(b) retrieving at least one recommendation electronic document from a database at the server using a characteristic value based on the electronic document production source;

(c) providing the searched recommendation electronic document to the user computer at the server;

and (d) producing a desired electronic document by referring to the recommended electronic document through an authoring application for producing an electronic document provided by the server in the user computer.

13. The method of claim 12,

Step (a) is

And the user computer transmits an original text including text and images to the server as the electronic document production source.

The method of claim 13,

And the original text is one of a PDF format and a format written in a markup language.

13. The method of claim 12,

When the server receives the original text including text and images as the electronic document production source,

Step (b) is

Sampling the layout pattern for the original text received from the user computer at the server to generate layout data which is one of the characteristic values;

Clustering the generated layout data to generate a layout category as an identification number for distinguishing the layout of the original text;

And searching the database for the at least one recommendation electronic document belonging to the generated layout category.

13. The method of claim 12,

When the server receives the electronic document related information as the electronic document production source,

Step (b) is

Extracting, from the database, an electronic document having a condition corresponding to the electronic document related information received from the user computer at the server;

Sampling the layout pattern for the extracted electronic document to generate layout data which is one of the characteristic values;

Clustering the generated layout data to generate a layout category as an identification number for distinguishing a layout of the extracted electronic document;

17. The method according to claim 15 or 16,

Sampling of the layout pattern

Creating a layout topographical map by taking a sampling reference point at regular intervals into the original text or the extracted electronic document and calculating whether text or an image exists at the sampling reference point location;

And generating the layout data by setting different bit values according to the case where the text or the image is present or not at the sampling reference point from the layout topographic map.

Receiving an electronic document purchase condition from a user computer;

Retrieving at least one electronic document corresponding to the electronic document purchase condition from a database;

Providing the user computer with a list or icon including the retrieved at least one electronic document;

And billing processing according to the purchase of the electronic document after the purchase confirmation request for the specific electronic document to generate billing data.