KR20110058421A - System and method for downloading electronic book by means of wireless terminal, and apparatus applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for downloading e-book by means of wireless terminal are provided to enable a user to download a desired e-book book regardless of time and place. CONSTITUTION: A user selects an e-book in a wireless portal page and requests purchase. A service process server(300) processes the user authentication about a wireless terminal and the terminal certification about the wireless terminal user. The service processing server executes a service providing process including the payment about the purchase. A DRM(Digital Rights Management) server(400) downloads the e-book to the wireless terminal by performing an encoding process about the e-book.

Description

Electronic book download system and method using wireless terminal device, and apparatus applied thereto {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING ELECTRONIC BOOK BY MEANS OF WIRELESS TERMINAL, AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO THE SAME}

The present invention relates to an electronic book download system and method using a wireless terminal device, and an apparatus applied thereto, and more particularly, to an electronic book provided in a portal based on a wireless network using a wireless terminal device capable of wireless communication. The present invention relates to an electronic book download system and method using a wireless terminal device for more efficiently implementing a download service from a user's point of view or an operator's point of view, and a device applied thereto.

The number of people using the Internet is increasing exponentially with the construction of information infrastructure and the improvement of communication environment, and it will continue to increase in the future.

In line with this trend, various commercial transactions are made possible through the Internet, and information can be provided. As a result of this network environment and various multimedia technologies, general books sold as paper-based books can be used as e-books. Is being distributed through.

An electronic book (e-book) refers to a file published in digital form without the use of paper media for the content of knowledge and information. Such an e-book can read a tram book. It can be viewed through a PC equipped with a program to make a program or a dedicated portable terminal, and such a device is sometimes called an electronic book. In other words, it can refer to all software and hardware media including contents in a broad sense.

In addition, in the distribution structure of the booklet, it was difficult for the author to check the quantity distributed in the publishing house or the bookstore, and there were frequent cases of unreasonable settlement.The author requested to produce the print quantity, sales quantity, inventory management, collection status, etc. Because it was totally dependent on the publishing house or bookstore, it was very difficult to calculate the exact royalty. Moreover, it is also difficult to grasp the distribution status unless it is an expert in electronic distribution through the Internet.

As described above, although the electronic book can be downloaded based on the Internet, there are not statistically many cases of reading the electronic book from a computer that has downloaded the electronic book through the Internet.

In this case, a plurality of reading methods using an electronic book are through a terminal device that guarantees mobility. In this case, a terminal device that is guaranteed mobility is downloaded to a computer after downloading the electronic book through a computer connected to the Internet. The electronic book is moved to a terminal device that is guaranteed mobility by connecting to the network.

This conventional method is very cumbersome from the user's point of view and is a factor that lowers the utilization rate of the e-book.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a download service for an electronic book provided by a wireless network based portal using a wireless terminal device capable of wireless communication. An electronic book download system and method using a wireless terminal device to implement more efficiently from the operator's point of view, and to provide a device applied thereto.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic book download system and method using a wireless terminal device for centralized service management by the service management entity at least one or more wireless portal providing a download service of the electronic book, and It is to provide an apparatus applied thereto.

The electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a wireless terminal device for connecting to a wireless network, a wireless portal page for downloading the electronic book in response to the connection A wireless portal server providing the wireless terminal device to the wireless terminal device and requesting a purchase by selecting the electronic book by a user search on the wireless portal page, the terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device and the user of the wireless terminal device A service processing server for processing a user authentication and executing a service providing process including a payment for the purchase, and a DRM for downloading the electronic book to the wireless terminal device through encryption of the electronic book. Digital Rights Management) server.

Preferably, the electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device performs authentication for the terminal authentication and the user authentication at the request of the service processing server, and then provides an authentication result for providing the service processing server. It further comprises a server.

Preferably, the e-book download system using the wireless terminal device forms a result through execution of the payment at the request of the service processing server, and then provides a payment server for providing a payment processing result to the service processing server. It further comprises.

In addition, the wireless portal server device according to the second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in response to the connection of the wireless terminal device executes a browser for providing a wireless portal page for the download of the electronic book to the wireless terminal device; When the browser execution unit for selecting and purchasing the electronic book through the wireless portal page, the purchase request, the authentication request for requesting the processing of the terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device and the user authentication for the user of the wireless terminal device In response to the authentication processing result being received, the service step corresponding to the authentication processing result is changed, and a payment request unit for requesting the processing of the payment for the purchase and the service step corresponding to the payment processing result when the payment processing result is received. To make a change to download the electronic book from the wireless terminal device. Characterized in that it comprises a download provider.

Preferably, the browser execution unit may provide the wireless portal page according to the type of the wireless terminal device.

Preferably, the download providing unit transmits a download URL (Uniform Resource Locater) indicating a web location in which the electronic book is packaged with digital rights management (DRM).

Preferably, when the browser execution unit is provided with a download URL (Uniform Resource Locater) indicating the web location of the electronic book from the download providing unit, the wireless terminal device for downloading the electronic book from the wireless terminal device and the Set up a web connection between the download URL (Uniform Resource Locater).

In addition, the service processing server apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device requesting the purchase of the electronic book through the wireless portal page from the wireless portal server and the An interface unit for receiving a user authentication processing request for a user, receiving an authentication processing result for the terminal authentication and the user authentication in conjunction with the authentication server through the interface unit in accordance with the authentication request, and the wireless authentication result When the payment processing request for the purchase is received from the authentication processing unit for transmitting to the portal server and the wireless portal server, the payment processing result is provided in connection with the payment server through the interface unit, and the payment processing result is transmitted to the wireless portal server. Characterized in that it comprises a payment processing unit for delivery.

Preferably, the service processing server device further comprises a management unit for providing a service policy for the download service of the electronic book to the wireless portal server.

Preferably, the interface unit is characterized in that the communication connection with at least one or more wireless portal server.

In addition, the electronic book download method using the wireless terminal device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the wireless portal page for downloading the electronic book to the wireless terminal device connected to the wireless portal server through a wireless network In the step of providing a wireless portal page for providing a purchase request for the electronic book by the user search through the wireless portal page, the terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device and the user authentication of the user of the wireless terminal device Requesting authentication request step, the service processing server interworking with the authentication server in response to the authentication request, the authentication processing step for delivering the authentication processing result provided from the authentication server to the wireless portal server, the wireless portal server the authentication After the service phase change is made by receiving the processing result, Payment request step of requesting processing, the service processing server interworking with the payment server in response to the payment request, payment processing step for delivering the payment processing result provided from the payment server to the wireless portal server and the wireless portal server And after the service step is changed through the reception of the payment processing result, a download providing step for downloading the electronic book from the wireless terminal device.

Preferably, the electronic book download method using the wireless terminal device is a service policy distribution step wherein the service processing server provides a service policy for the download service of the electronic book to the wireless portal server and the wireless portal server is the service Forming the wireless portal page based on the policy, characterized in that it comprises a service policy reflecting step for forming a process for downloading the electronic book.

Therefore, in the present invention, by using a wireless terminal device capable of wireless communication, by implementing a download service for an electronic book provided by a wireless network-based portal more efficiently from the user's point of view or the operator's point of view, Regardless of the desired e-book can be downloaded, the operator also has the advantage that can be integrated management while providing a download service of the e-book through at least one or more wireless portal.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic book download system using a wireless terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown by way of example only in FIG. 1, the electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device 100 is connected to the wireless terminal device 100 and the wireless terminal device 100 capable of connecting to a wireless network such as the wireless Internet. According to the wireless portal server 200 for providing a wireless portal page for providing an electronic book to the wireless terminal device 100, the user can select the desired e-book through the wireless portal page, the selected electronic book In response to the authentication and payment processing request of the wireless portal server 200 when there is a purchase request for the service processing server 300 for executing a service providing process including authentication and payment, and after authentication and payment is completed It includes a digital rights management server (DRM) server 400 for providing an electronic book to the wireless terminal device 100 by way of encryption for the electronic book.

Further, after the electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device 100 executes terminal authentication and user authentication for the wireless terminal device 100 requesting the download of the electronic book by the request of the service processing server 300, The authentication server 500 for providing the execution result to the service processing server 300, and likewise, executes the payment processing for the e-book purchase at the request of the service processing server 300, and then executes the execution result for the service processing server 300. It is preferable to further include a payment server 600 for providing to (300).

Here, the service processing server 300 supports a service for allowing a user to download an electronic book through a wireless portal page provided by at least one wireless portal server 200.

As a specific example, when the service processing server 300 transmits a service policy (for example, a discount rate for purchase of the electronic book, etc.) to the at least one wireless portal server 200 to download the electronic book, the service processing server 300 responds to the request. The wireless portal server 200 forms a wireless portal page for selecting and purchasing an electronic book based on the received service policy, and forms a process for downloading the electronic book.

After the service processing server 300 forms a service policy (eg, a discount rate for the purchase of an electronic book, etc.), the plurality of wireless portal servers 200 are applied to all the wireless portal servers 200 according to the same criteria. Deliver a service policy (eg, a discount rate for purchase of an e-book) or a service policy (eg, a discount rate for purchase of an e-book) only to some of the wireless portal servers 200 among the plurality of wireless portal servers 200. Etc.) is possible.

In addition, the service processing server 300 may determine a service policy (eg, a discount rate for purchase of an e-book) based on a contract or a service history for interworking with a plurality of wireless portal servers 200. It is also possible to provide differentially).

2 is a block diagram of the wireless portal server 200 shown in FIG. As shown by way of example only in FIG. 2, the wireless portal server 200 includes a wireless portal page for downloading an electronic book in response to the execution of a browser for wireless network connection of the wireless terminal device 100. Browser execution unit 210 for executing a browser response to provide to the 100, the authentication request unit 220 for requesting the terminal authentication and user authentication to the service processing server 300 through the wireless portal page, the service processing server When the authentication processing result is received from the service provider 300, the service process corresponding to the authentication process result is changed (e.g., change to the payment process after the authentication), and the payment processing for the purchase of the e-book is performed. When the payment request result 230 and the payment processing result is received from the service processing server 300 for requesting a request, the service step corresponding to the payment processing result is changed (for example, electronic after payment. Achieved after the change to the step for executing a download) and a download providing unit 240 for providing an electronic book with the wireless terminal device (100).

The browser execution unit 210 forms the wireless portal page according to the standard of the terminal screen of the wireless terminal device 100, the type of application for accessing the wireless network, or converts the wireless portal page in a compatible manner. Add to provide to the wireless terminal device (100).

In addition, the download providing unit 240 is activated in accordance with the change of the service stage after going through the steps for authentication and payment, and requests the DRM (Digital Rights Management) server 400 for packaging the DRM (Digital Rights Management) of the electronic book. .

Accordingly, the DRM (Digital Rights Management) server 400 extracts the corresponding e-book from the content repository storing the e-book, and executes DRM (Digital Rights Management) packaging, which is an encryption process for the extracted e-book.

After that, the download providing unit 240 is notified of the completion of the packaging execution from the DRM (Digital Rights Management) server 400, so that the wireless terminal device 100 can download the electronic book DRM (Digital Rights Management) The download URL (Uniform Resource Locater) for the web location representing the electronic book on the server 400 is transmitted to the browser execution unit 210.

Accordingly, the browser execution unit 210 stores the corresponding electronic book in the wireless terminal device 100 and the DRM (Digital Rights Management) server 400 based on the download URL (Uniform Resource Locater) received from the download providing unit 240. Set the download root for the web locations you represent.

The wireless terminal device 100 downloads the electronic book from the DRM (Digital Rights Management) server 400 through the download lot set by the browser execution unit 210.

On the other hand, the authentication request unit 220 requests the terminal processing and user authentication for the wireless terminal device 100 to the service processing server 300, the authentication of any one of the terminal authentication and user authentication according to the service implementation method It can also be implemented by requesting only.

In some cases, the user authentication may be performed by the user through the terminal device 100 other than the terminal device 100 registered as the user's terminal, so that the user registered as the wireless terminal device 100 It can also be authenticated using user's personal information.

3 is a block diagram of the service processing server 300 shown in FIG. As shown by way of example only in Figure 3, the service processing server 300 is an interface unit 310 for receiving a request for terminal authentication and user authentication from the wireless portal server 200, the interface unit (in accordance with the authentication request ( The authentication processing unit 320 receives the authentication processing result provided from the authentication server 500 after interworking with the authentication server 500 through the 310 and transmits the received authentication processing result to the wireless portal server 200. ), And when the payment processing request for the e-book purchase is received from the wireless portal server 200, receives the payment processing result in connection with the payment server 600 through the interface unit 310, and wirelessly transmits the received payment processing result. It includes a payment processing unit 330 for delivering to the portal server 200.

In addition, the service processing server 300 may form a service policy (eg, a discount rate for purchase of an e-book, etc.), and form and manage such a service policy (eg, a discount rate for purchase of an e-book). It is preferable to further include a management unit 340 for execution.

The result of the authentication process is a result of determining whether the user is an eligible user who can download the e-book to the wireless terminal device 100. If the user is not an eligible user, the wireless portal server 200 changes to a later service step. Abort without running.

In addition, the payment processing result is a result of determining whether the payment for the purchase of the e-book is normally made from a qualified user. If the payment is not made normally, the wireless portal server 200 changes to a later service step. Since the wireless terminal device 100 does not execute the electronic book, the corresponding electronic book cannot be downloaded.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting a download of an electronic book in the wireless terminal device 100 illustrated in FIG. 1. As shown only as an example in FIG. 4, the wireless terminal device 100 accesses a wireless portal page provided from the wireless portal server 200 in response to a user executing a wireless network connection. Displayed on the terminal screen (a).

Here, the wireless portal page may be set to the default menu content associated with the electronic book when the download service of the electronic book is the main.

The user searches for the desired e-book on the wireless portal page, and selects a category of the novel field among them, and moves to the next page screen.

In the following pages, detailed categories such as Korean novels, English novels, and Korean classic novels are included.

If you select Korean novels among the detailed categories, you will be taken to the next page, and the Korean novels will be listed in order of text, date of publication, and alphabetical order so that you can easily search for Korean novels (c ).

When one of the listed Korean novels is selected, information on the summary, book review, price, etc. of the selected Korean novels is provided, and this screen allows the user to set whether to purchase the book (d).

When the book purchase is set, the wireless terminal device 100 transmits a request for the electronic book purchase to the wireless portal server 200, passes through a process for authentication and payment, and then downloads the electronic book (e).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of an electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device 100 shown in FIG. 1. As shown by way of example only in Figure 5, the electronic book download method using the wireless terminal device 100, after the wireless terminal device 100 is connected to any particular wireless portal server 200 based on the wireless network, It proceeds to receive the wireless portal page provided by the wireless portal server 200 (S1 and S3).

Thereafter, the wireless terminal device 100 displays the provided wireless portal page on the terminal screen, so that the user can search for a desired electronic book (S5).

In step S5, when the user selects the e-book and a purchase request is made, the wireless portal server 200 changes the service step in order to execute authentication for the e-book purchase in response thereto (S7 and S9).

The wireless portal server 200 requests the terminal and user authentication for the wireless terminal device 100 to the service processing server 300 (S11), and thus, the service processing server 300 is the wireless portal server 200 In response to the request from the authentication server 500 and interlocks (S13).

Thereafter, the service processing server 300 receives the authentication processing result provided by performing authentication from the authentication server 500 (S17), and transmits the received authentication processing result to the wireless portal server 200 (S19).

After determining the authentication process result, the wireless portal server 200 changes to a service step for executing payment for the purchase of the e-book when it is confirmed that the authentication is completed (S21).

The wireless portal server 200 requests the service processing server 300 for payment processing (S23), and the service processing server 300 responding to the payment server 600 in connection with the payment server 600 Request execution of payment (S25 and S27).

Thereafter, the service processing server 300 receives the payment processing result provided from the payment server 600 (S29), and transmits the received payment processing result to the wireless portal server 200 (S31).

After determining the payment processing result, the wireless portal server 200 changes to a service step for allowing the download of the electronic book when the payment is confirmed (S33).

Accordingly, the wireless portal server 200 requests the digital rights management (DRM) packaging for the encryption processing of the electronic book to the digital rights management server (DRM) (S35), and responds to the digital rights management (DRM). The server 400 extracts the electronic book from the content repository and executes DRM (Digital Rights Management) packaging (S37).

The wireless portal server 200 receives the notification of the completion of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) packaging from the Digital Rights Management (DRM) server 400, and then the corresponding electronic book of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) server 400. As the web connection is established between the web location and the wireless terminal device 100, the electronic book download from the wireless terminal device 100 is allowed (S39 and S41).

Thereafter, the wireless terminal device 100 allows the user to view the downloaded e-book through the execution of the relevant application (S43).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

In addition, according to the present invention, a download service for an electronic book provided by a wireless network-based portal using a wireless terminal device capable of wireless communication is more efficiently implemented from a user's point of view or from an operator's point of view. It is an invention with industrial applicability, since the possibility of business is not only sufficient but also practically obvious.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic book download system using a wireless terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a configuration diagram of a wireless portal server shown in FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram of a service processing server shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of setting an download of an electronic book in the wireless terminal device shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment; and

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of an electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device shown in FIG. 1.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: wireless terminal device 200: wireless portal server

210: browser execution unit 220: authentication request unit

230: payment request unit 240: download provider

300: service processing server 310: interface unit

320: authentication processing unit 330: payment processing unit

340: management unit 400: DRM server

500: authentication server 600: payment server

Claims (12)

A wireless terminal device for connecting to a wireless network; A wireless portal server providing a wireless portal page for downloading of an electronic book to the wireless terminal device in response to the access; When the user selects the electronic book by the user search on the wireless portal page and makes a purchase request, the terminal processes the terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device and the user authentication for the user of the wireless terminal device, and makes a payment for the purchase. A service processing server for executing a service providing process comprising; And And a digital rights management server (DRM) for allowing the electronic book to be downloaded to the wireless terminal device by executing encryption of the electronic book. The method of claim 1, The electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device, the authentication server for providing the authentication result to the service processing server after the authentication for the terminal authentication and the user authentication by the request of the service processing server; Electronic book download system using a wireless terminal device comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The electronic book download system using the wireless terminal device further comprises a payment server for providing a payment processing result to the service processing server after forming a result through execution of the payment at the request of the service processing server; Electronic book download system using a wireless terminal device, characterized in that. A browser execution unit for executing a browser that provides a wireless portal page for downloading of an electronic book to the wireless terminal device in response to a connection of the wireless terminal device; An authentication request unit for requesting processing of terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device and user authentication for the user of the wireless terminal device when the electronic book is selected and requested to purchase through the wireless portal page; A payment request unit for requesting processing of the payment for the purchase by changing a service step corresponding to the authentication processing result when the authentication processing result is received; And And a download providing unit for changing the service step corresponding to the payment processing result to download the electronic book from the wireless terminal device when a payment processing result is received. The method of claim 4, wherein The browser execution unit wireless portal server device, characterized in that for differentiating the wireless portal page according to the type of the wireless terminal device. The method of claim 4, wherein The download providing unit wireless portal server device, characterized in that for delivering the e-book download URL (Uniform Resource Locater) indicating the web location of the packaging of Digital Rights Management (DRM) to the browser execution unit. The method of claim 4, wherein When the browser execution unit is provided with a download URL (Uniform Resource Locater) indicating the web location of the electronic book from the download providing unit, the wireless terminal device and the download URL (Uniform) for downloading the electronic book in the wireless terminal device Wireless portal server device, characterized in that to establish a web connection between the Resource Locater. An interface unit for receiving a terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device requesting the purchase of the electronic book from the wireless portal server and a request for processing the user authentication for the user of the wireless terminal device; An authentication processing unit for receiving an authentication processing result for the terminal authentication and the user authentication by interworking with an authentication server through the interface unit according to an authentication request, and for transmitting the authentication processing result to the wireless portal server; And A payment processing unit for receiving a payment processing result in connection with a payment server through the interface unit when a payment processing request for the purchase is received from the wireless portal server, and transferring the payment processing result to the wireless portal server; Service processing server device, characterized in that. The method of claim 8, The service processing server device further comprises a management unit for providing a service policy for the download service of the electronic book to the wireless portal server. 10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, And the interface unit communicates with at least one wireless portal server. Providing a wireless portal page for providing a wireless portal page for downloading an electronic book to a wireless terminal device connected to the wireless portal server through a wireless network; An authentication request step of requesting terminal authentication for the wireless terminal device and user authentication for the user of the wireless terminal device when a purchase request for the electronic book is made by a user search through the wireless portal page; An authentication processing step of the service processing server interworking with the authentication server in response to the authentication request and transferring the authentication processing result provided from the authentication server to the wireless portal server; A payment request step of requesting processing of the payment for the purchase after the wireless portal server makes a service step change by receiving the authentication processing result; A payment processing step for the service processing server to interwork with a payment server in response to a payment request and to deliver a payment processing result provided from the payment server to the wireless portal server; And And a download providing step for enabling the wireless portal server to download the electronic book from the wireless terminal device after the service step is changed by receiving the payment processing result. How to download e-book using. The method of claim 11, An electronic book download method using the wireless terminal device may include: a service policy distribution step of the service processing server providing a service policy for a download service of the electronic book to the wireless portal server; And The wireless portal server forms the wireless portal page based on the service policy, and reflecting the service policy for forming a process for downloading the electronic book. The electronic book download using the wireless terminal device, comprising: Way.

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