KR20110116699A - Apparatus and method for providing virtual contents for managing business information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a technology for creating and supplying virtual content desired by a user by fusing a plurality of contents including corporate information. The virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content using a plurality of query condition information for the virtual content that can be created by fusing a plurality of contents for corporate information management A search unit for querying the contents of the server from a plurality of servers managing the plurality of contents; A converting unit converting formats of the plurality of contents so that the plurality of inquired contents are available to the user; And a virtual content generation unit configured to generate a package in which the plurality of formats in which the format is converted is converted into virtual content and supply the virtual content to the user.

Description

Apparatus and method for supplying virtual content for enterprise information management {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL CONTENTS FOR MANAGING BUSINESS INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a service for efficiently managing corporate information and allowing a user to inquire about corporate information. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technology for querying as many contents as desired by a user among various contents related to corporate information, packaging the same as one content, and supplying the same.

This intellectual property is the result of research conducted with the support of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunication Industry Promotion. [Task No .: A1200-0901-0115, Title: Development of customized virtual contents middleware based on corporate business logic]

The amount of information a company needs to manage is increasing day by day, and as the paperless office pursues, information managed by a company is being managed online. In order to manage corporate information online, a plurality of servers are required, and a content technology capable of managing and managing corporate information is required.

On the other hand, for those who work in the enterprise, the need for technology that can efficiently access the work-related information managed in the enterprise is increasing. In particular, as mentioned above, in managing information of a company online, the amount of information of the company is increasing enormously. Therefore, it is directly related to the efficiency of the work to efficiently search for the information of the company and immediately use it. It is said that it is very important.

Therefore, there is an increasing need for a technology that enables a user of work information in an enterprise to effectively search for company information and immediately use work information desired by the user. In addition, the number of users performing work outside the company using a mobile communication means such as a smartphone or a portable computer has increased recently.

Accordingly, there is an increasing need for a technology capable of effectively inquiring corporate information using a mobile communication means such as a smart phone or a remote work means such as a portable computer as well as a personal computer and easily using corporate information in a remote work means. .

In addition, in using corporate information, there is an increasing need for a technology that can generate corporate information containing only the contents desired by the user and use it to meet business needs. This is because there may be a difference in the content of the company information, that is, the content of the company information, required for each of the characteristics of the work in the work.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technology for creating a company information containing only the content desired by the user in using the company information, and to use it. In addition, the purpose of the enterprise information to be used in remote business means, that is, mobile communication means such as smart phones, portable computers and the like, the purpose of the work efficiency and to improve the usability of the company information online.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of search conditions for the virtual content that can be created by fusing a plurality of contents for enterprise information management A search unit for searching a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content from the plurality of servers managing the plurality of contents using the information; A converting unit converting formats of the plurality of contents so that the plurality of inquired contents are available to the user; And a virtual content generation unit configured to generate a package in which the plurality of formats in which the format is converted is converted into virtual content and supply the virtual content to the user.

The virtual content generation unit may include a template predefined for each virtual content. It is possible to generate one packaged content as a virtual content by fusing a plurality of contents into a template for each virtual content.

The inquiry condition information refers to information corresponding to one or more of metadata and contents of the plurality of contents included in the virtual content. Input of the search condition information may also be implemented as a template to input content or metadata of the content.

The virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management may further include a server information manager configured to register, modify, and delete information of a plurality of servers and information of a plurality of contents included in the plurality of servers.

The information of the servers may include one or more of information about an ID, a name, an IP, a port number, a URL, and a service type of each of the servers.

The server information management unit automatically collects and manages information on a plurality of contents included in the plurality of servers every predetermined time or by a user's input, or automatically manages the information of the plurality of contents by a user's input. It may include a function to manage by registering, modifying and deleting.

The information of the plurality of contents may include at least one of an ID and a name of a type of contents and an ID and a name of metadata of the contents.

The virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management may further include a virtual content information manager that manages information about the virtual content.

The virtual content information management unit may include a function of classifying virtual content for each service provided to a user, and managing IDs and names of services and metadata of a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content.

The virtual content supply apparatus for managing enterprise information may further include an authentication unit that authenticates user information including a virtual content use right so that a user can search the virtual content.

In the virtual content supply method for corporate information management according to an embodiment of the present invention, the search unit includes a plurality of content to be included in the virtual content using the query condition information on the virtual content that can be generated by fusing a plurality of contents for corporate information management. Querying the contents of the server from a plurality of servers managing the plurality of contents; Converting, by the converter, the formats of the plurality of inquired contents to be available in the user's terminal; And generating, by the virtual content generation unit, a package of a plurality of contents converted by the format into a virtual content.

The method may further include defining a plurality of templates for each virtual content, which may fuse the plurality of inquired contents.

The generating of the virtual content is a step of generating, as a virtual content, a package of a plurality of contents fused to one of a plurality of templates defined for each virtual content.

The inquiry condition information may be information corresponding to one or more of metadata and contents of a plurality of contents included in the virtual content.

The querying may include querying metadata of a plurality of contents corresponding to the inquiry condition information and querying information of a plurality of servers including metadata and metadata of the plurality of contents to search a plurality of contents from the plurality of servers. Querying them.

The virtual content supply method for enterprise information management may further include authenticating user information including a virtual content use right so that a user can search and use the virtual content.

According to the present invention, the user can easily access the contents including the corporate information through user authentication even with only the terminal that can be carried by him, thereby extending the work area. In addition, if the virtual content is predefined as a template, and only the content that the user wants to use among the plurality of contents that can be included in the virtual content is selected, the virtual content is merged into one virtual content template to generate the virtual content in a packaged form and supplied to the user. Therefore, the user has an effect that can efficiently meet the purpose of various purposes in performing the task.

1 is a block diagram of a virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management according to a second embodiment.
3 illustrates examples of virtual content generation according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.
4 is an example of a server management screen for managing a plurality of servers including a plurality of contents.
5 is an example of a content type management screen for managing a content type among a plurality of pieces of information.
6 is an example of a metadata management screen for managing metadata of contents among a plurality of pieces of information.
7 is a screen example of managing information of a service corresponding to virtual content.
8 is a first example of a screen for managing content information included in a service corresponding to virtual content.
9 is a second example of a screen for managing content information included in a service corresponding to virtual content.
10 is an example of a screen for managing content inquiry condition information included in a service corresponding to virtual content.
11 is an example of a management screen of virtual content package information required for generating virtual content.
12 is an example of a content format conversion and virtual content generation management screen in a virtual content supply service.
13 is an example of a use screen of a virtual content supply service.
14 and 15 are flowcharts of a virtual content supplying method for enterprise information management according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for providing virtual content for managing enterprise information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a virtual content supply apparatus for managing enterprise information according to the first embodiment of the present invention may include a searcher 110, a converter 120, and a virtual content generator 130. In addition, one or more of the server information manager 140 and the virtual content information manager 150 may be further included. The search unit 110 may be connected to each of the plurality of servers 200 including the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n, and generate the search unit 110 and the virtual content. The unit 130 may be connected to the terminal 300 of the user.

The plurality of servers 200 includes respective servers 210, 220, and 230, and each of the servers 210, 220, and 230 includes a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, and 22n including corporate information. , 231, 23n) may be included.

The plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n may refer to one or more contents of a text and an image including corporate information. Data including all the information necessary to perform the business of the enterprise may be included in the plurality of contents (211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n).

The plurality of servers 200 includes a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of servers 200 may be divided according to types of enterprise information. The plurality of servers 200 may also be classified according to the type of corporate information included in the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n. Accordingly, the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n may be classified according to the type of enterprise information, and the same type of contents may be managed by the same server.

The search unit 110 may include a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content by using the query condition information on the virtual content that may be generated by fusing a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n for corporate information management. Performs a function to query the contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n of the plurality of servers 200 managing the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n. do.

The virtual content is a kind of package content generated by fusing a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n. The virtual content may be classified according to an enterprise information related service provided to the user terminal 300. For example, the service may be classified into a subscription service-related service, a sea export service, a company business document-related service, and the like, and the virtual content may be formed corresponding to the above-mentioned service.

The virtual content may be an image or document content combining a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n. The plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n may be fused so as to be located in a frame defined as virtual content in a certain order. In this way, one or more of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n including the information of the enterprise may be supplied to the user terminal 300 as one document or an image.

The search unit 110 uses the inquiry condition information on the virtual content input by the user in the inquiry on the plurality of contents required to generate the above-mentioned virtual content.

The inquiry condition information may be information corresponding to one or more of metadata and contents of a plurality of contents included in the virtual content.

The virtual content is set to include one or more of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n when defining the virtual content. The user inputs the inquiry condition information to inquire one or more of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n that may be included in the virtual content.

For example, suppose that a virtual content corresponding to a sea export service is created. The virtual content corresponding to the marine export service related service may include, for example, a plurality of document or image data related to the manifest. Also, among the plurality of document or image data related to the drop list, the document or image data including the content desired by the user may be included.

For example, if the user wants to use the content including the specific document identification number and the specific registrant ID, the document identification number or the registrant ID mentioned above may be used as the inquiry condition information. That is, while searching for contents related to the drop list among the types of contents, the user may use the search condition information to search for contents including contents desired by the user.

Accordingly, the search condition information may include one or more of metadata and content related information set in the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n.

The metadata is included in the information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n, and the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n may be searched. Naturally, it means data such as tag information to be set. The metadata may be input and registered by the administrator when the administrator registers the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n with the management server, respectively.

In addition, the content-related information, the administrator inputs and registers a plurality of contents (211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n) to the management server, respectively, or a plurality of contents (211, 21n, 221, 22n) , 231, 23n) may be automatically registered through text recognition or image recognition.

When the user inputs the search condition information, the search unit 110 may display the search condition information of the user among the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n existing in the plurality of servers 200. The plurality of contents are searched for and provided to the converter 120.

The converter 120 performs a function of converting a format of the plurality of inquired contents so that the virtual content can be used in the user's terminal 300.

The plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n including the corporate information may have different file extensions (formats). Therefore, in order to use it, the user needs to convert the format.

In addition, in order to create a virtual content by fusing a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n, there is a need for converting a format so as to be fused to the virtual content. In addition, if the terminal 300 of the user is a terminal using data of a specific format rather than a general computer such as a smart phone, there may be a need to convert the data into a format that can correspond to various terminals of the user.

In response to the plurality of needs, the converter 120 converts the formats of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n that may be included in the virtual content and supplies the converted contents to the virtual content generator 130. Done.

The virtual content generating unit 130 performs a function of generating a package in which the plurality of formats converted contents are fused as virtual content and supplying the package to the user.

Converging a plurality of contents is, as mentioned above, combines a plurality of contents into one to obtain the same effect as using a single content when a user uses the same.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the virtual content generator 130 may generate a virtual content by fusion of a plurality of contents into a template defined for each virtual content and packaged when generating the virtual content.

Before using the virtual content of the user, a template may be defined in advance for each virtual content, that is, for each service related to providing corporate information. The template corresponding to the virtual content is defined to provide a service corresponding to the virtual content. The template may include a configuration in which a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n that may be included in the virtual content may be fused.

It may be configured to link a plurality of contents (211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n) to the template to use as a single content. For example, the metadata of the content to be fused to the template and the address of the server corresponding to the respective contents among the plurality of servers 200 including the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n By extending the template by using it will be able to create a virtual content using the template.

Alternatively, the configuration of adding the data of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n directly to the template may complete the template into one content. In this case, the template may include a configuration for inheriting the data of the entire content.

The virtual content generating unit 130 may further include a function of verifying whether the formats of the plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content are converted to be used by the user's terminal 300 and whether the formats of the plurality of contents are normally converted. have. Before the virtual content is generated, the plurality of contents may be verified so that the virtual content may be normally used in the user terminal 300.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server content management unit 140 may be further included in the virtual content supply device for managing enterprise information.

The server information manager 140 registers and corrects the information of the plurality of servers 200 and the information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n included in the plurality of servers 200. , And delete and manage.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the information of the plurality of servers 200 may include one or more of ID, name, IP, port number, URL, and service type of each of the servers 210, 220, and 230. can do.

The IDs of the plurality of servers 200 are pieces of information for identifying the plurality of servers 200 in the server information manager 140, and each of the servers 210, 220, and 230 is connected to the server information manager 140. The server information manager 140 may assign the servers 210, 220, and 230 to each of the servers at the time of registration in the database.

Names of the plurality of servers 200 may be information input by an administrator when the plurality of servers 200 are registered in the server information manager 140. Names may be given to suit the functions of the plurality of servers 200. The names of the plurality of servers 200 may be any including a serial number of a server, in addition to information input by an administrator.

The IP, the port number, and the URL of the plurality of servers 200 are accessed by the search unit 110 to the plurality of servers 200, and thus, the plurality of contents 211 and 21n included in the plurality of servers 200. , 221, 22n, 231, 23n).

The search unit 110 and the plurality of servers 200 may be connected through wired or wireless communication (for example, an internet network), and may transmit and receive inquiry information and content data. Information about IP, port numbers, and URLs of the plurality of servers 200 may be managed for data transmission and reception through a wired or wireless communication network. The IP, port number, and URL may be automatically received from the plurality of servers 200 upon connection to the plurality of servers 200, or the administrator may transmit the plurality of servers 200 to the server information manager 140. ) May be information input directly at the time of registration.

The service type is information on a manner in which the plurality of servers 200 supply the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n. For example, the plurality of servers 200 may provide an inquiry and transmission service for the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n using a web service. In this case, the service type of the plurality of servers 200 may be a web service.

The server information manager 140 also manages the information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n included in the plurality of servers 200.

In the information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n, an ID and a name and a plurality of contents regarding the type of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n are included. It may include one or more of the ID and name of the metadata of (211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n).

The ID and name of the type of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n are classified as categories for managing the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n. Information to use. Alternatively, when inputting the inquiry condition information in the user's terminal 300, it may be information that can be selected for accurate inquiry.

For example, the image system server managing image information includes a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n for each type of a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n. You can classify and manage. The types of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n managed by the image system server may include a subscription form, a manifest, a subscriber ID card, and a plurality of contents may exist for each type. .

IDs relating to the types of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n may be assigned by the server information manager 140, and the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, The name of the type 23n may be input by the administrator at the time of registering the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n. Alternatively, the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n may be preset information when the plurality of contents are managed by the plurality of servers 200.

The ID and name of the metadata of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n may be used by the searcher 110 to identify the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n. Information that can be used when searching. In addition, the metadata of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n is the same as the metadata included in the above-mentioned inquiry condition information.

When the search unit 110 inputs the search condition information and the search unit 110 accesses the server to query the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n, the plurality of contents 211, By using metadata of 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n, it means information for quickly searching for content.

The ID and name of the metadata of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n can be set by an administrator, or the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n on the server. Is information that can be set in advance at the time of registration.

The server information manager 140 automatically manages the information of the plurality of servers 200 and the information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n as described above. The method may further include a function of updating information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n included in the 200.

More specifically, in managing the information of the plurality of contents (211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n) included in the plurality of servers 200, the administrator does not register the above information one by one, You can take advantage of the automatic collection feature.

For example, if the administrator simply clicks a button corresponding to the automatic content type collection function or the automatic content metadata collection function in the plurality of servers 200 on the management screen of the virtual content supply device 100, the server information management unit ( 140 may collect and update information of a plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n by accessing the plurality of servers 200.

Alternatively, information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n included in the plurality of servers 200 may be automatically collected at predetermined intervals (for example, one hour). There will be.

In addition to the automatic collection of the information of the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, and 23n mentioned above, an administrator directly controls the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n) may be input.

The virtual content supply apparatus for managing enterprise information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a virtual content information management unit 150.

In more detail, the virtual content information manager 150 classifies the virtual content for each service provided to the user, and manages the ID and name of the service corresponding to each virtual content and metadata of a plurality of contents that may be included in the virtual content. May include functionality.

For example, consider a service that provides information on marine exports of corporate information. The name of the service may be named a marine export service, and the ID of the service may be assigned by the virtual content information manager 150.

In the marine export service, virtual content corresponding to the marine export service may be generated. When the user uses the company's information using the sea export service, the user will use the virtual content fused a plurality of contents related to the sea export service through the user's terminal (300).

The user's terminal 300 may select a sea export service, and at the same time, generation of virtual content regarding the sea export service is started. As mentioned above, the virtual content may include a predefined template. Therefore, when the user selects the sea export service, a template for generating virtual content related to the sea export service may be called.

At the same time, metadata of a plurality of contents which may be included in virtual contents related to the sea export service may be called. Through this, the user can check the metadata of the plurality of contents available through the sea export service through the user's terminal 300, select the plurality of contents to be used or additional inquiry condition information (for example, document creation date). A plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content are selected by using.

As mentioned above, the server information manager 140 and the virtual content information manager 150 may include the plurality of contents 211, 21n, 221, 22n, and 231 included in the plurality of servers 200 in the searcher 110. , 23n) can be used to manage information used to query.

2 is a block diagram of a virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management according to a second embodiment. In the following description, portions that overlap with the description of FIG. 1 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 2, the second embodiment of the present invention differs from the first embodiment in that the authentication unit 160 is further included.

The authentication unit 160 performs a function of authenticating user information including a virtual content use right so that a user can search and receive the virtual content through the user's terminal 300.

Since corporate information is security-required information, a function is required to view and use corporate information only by appropriate users. Accordingly, the authentication unit 160 may determine whether or not the user has authority to view desired company information through authentication of the user.

For authentication of a user, authentication using an ID and a password may be performed. Therefore, the user's information may include a user ID and password.

The user's information may include a right to use the virtual content. For example, the research department should be prevented from reading employee-specific personnel score information that can only be viewed by the corporate personnel department. Therefore, by using the access rights for the virtual content available for each user, only the virtual content having the use rights can be viewed in the user terminal 300.

The usage right may be managed by being included in the user's ID. Alternatively, usage authority may be granted for each user terminal 300. This is because the type of virtual content that may be used may vary depending on, for example, the user's computer and the user's mobile communication means in the enterprise.

Through the authentication unit 160, it is possible to limit the virtual content supply service available for each user, through which the security management of the enterprise information may be effectively performed.

3 illustrates examples of virtual content generation according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a plurality of contents 211, 212, 213, and 21n included in one server 210 of the plurality of servers 200 may be merged into the virtual content VC1.

The virtual content supply device 100 generates the virtual content VC1 through the search unit 110, the converter 120, and the virtual content generator 130. When some of the contents 211, 213, 21n are inquired by the searcher 110 using the input or selected inquiry condition information, the converter 120 may query the inquired contents 211, 213, 21n. ) Is converted into a format to be available in the user's terminal 300.

The virtual content generation unit 130 prepares a template 310 predefined for the virtual content VC1 to generate the virtual content VC1. When the contents 211, 213, 21n or the metadata whose format has been converted by the converter 120 are transmitted, the virtual content generator 130 may transmit the contents 211, 213, 21n to the template 310. The virtual content VC1 is generated by fusing itself or metadata.

In the virtual content VC1, contents 211, 213, and 21n are fused to a corresponding template 310. The fact that the contents 211, 213, 21n are fused may include linking the contents 211, 213, 21n to the template 310, or including the contents 211, 213, 21n in the template 310. In this configuration, when the user uses the user terminal 300, the virtual content VC1 may be used as if using one content. Therefore, the content 311, 313, 31n whose format is converted may exist in the virtual content VC1 in a fused state.

4 is an example of a server management screen 400 for managing a plurality of servers including a plurality of contents.

Referring to FIG. 4, the server management screen 400 is a screen for allowing an administrator to manage information of a plurality of servers 200, and a service in which a user is supplied with virtual content through the virtual content supply device 100. It means a screen about the work in advance in order to receive the.

The server management screen 400 includes a plurality of screens 401, 402, and 403 on which information of the plurality of servers 200 is displayed.

First, a screen 401 for displaying the ID of the server is included. As mentioned in the description of FIG. 1, the server ID may be assigned to each server arbitrarily (for example, in a registration order) by the server information manager 140. In the screen 402 which displays the name of the server, the name of the server is input in accordance with the input of the administrator.

A registration menu screen 403 for registering information of the server may be included. If one server CS002 is selected on the screens 401 and 402 displaying the ID and name of the server, the ID of the server is displayed and information of the corresponding server CS002 can be input.

For example, when the administrator can input the name of the server, the registration menu screen 403 may include a server name input window 403-1 for inputting the name of the server. In addition, menus 403-2, 403-3, and 403-4 for inputting the server's IP, port number, and URL may be included. In addition, a service type selection menu 403-5 for selecting among a plurality of service types for each server may be included.

In addition, a menu (403-6) for registering a description of a server's function for reference by a user or an administrator, and a menu (403-7) for selecting whether to use the server in a content inquiry menu for generating virtual content May be included.

There may be a button 404 for adding and registering a server using the information input from the registration menu screen 403, a button 405 for modifying server information, and a button 406 for deleting server information. . Through this, the administrator may manage by registering, modifying, and deleting the plurality of servers 200.

5 is an example of a content type management screen 500 for managing a content type among a plurality of pieces of information.

As mentioned in the description of FIG. 1, the server information manager 140 may manage a plurality of contents included in the plurality of servers 200 by types.

Correspondingly, the content type management screen 500 includes a content type search screen 501 for selecting any one of the plurality of servers 200 and checking and selecting the types of the plurality of contents included in the selected server. May be included.

In the content type search screen 501, a content type may be selected according to the data tree, or may be directly searched through the content type search menus 511 and 512. When the content type is registered or deleted, the content type search screen 501 may be reflected in real time, and at the same time, the information of the plurality of contents may be updated by the server information manager 140.

The content type registration menu 520 may also be included in the content type management screen. In the content type registration menu 520, a server ID CS002 and a server name (image system server) are displayed, and a function of registering, modifying, and deleting the type of content in a corresponding server can be used.

The content type registration menu 520 may include menus 521 and 522 for inputting an ID and a name of the content type to check and correct or register the content type. In addition, a menu 523 for describing the type of content may be included to provide additional information to an administrator or a user. The use selection menu 524 may also be included to select whether to use the content type in the content inquiry for generating the virtual content.

The content type registration menu 520 may include a menu for registering (525), modifying (526), and deleting (527) the content type.

In addition, as mentioned in the description of FIG. 1, the server content management unit 104 may automatically include a content type collection menu 528 within the server to automatically collect the content type information by an administrator's input. . In the automatic content type collection menu 528, the user automatically collects the types of contents included in the server with a simple click, or information related to the automatic collection when the content type automatic collection menu 528 is clicked (for example, the automatic collection cycle, the automatic A menu for inputting whether or not to use the collection function may pop up.

6 is an example of a metadata management screen 600 that manages metadata of content among a plurality of pieces of information.

Referring to FIG. 6, the metadata management screen 600 identifies and selects a plurality of types of contents included in the plurality of servers 200 and the plurality of servers 200, similarly to FIG. 5, and then the plurality of contents. A metadata search screen 601 may be included to identify and select metadata of a plurality of contents included in the types of contents of the.

The metadata search screen 601 may select metadata using a data tree, or may include menus 611 and 612 in which an administrator can directly input metadata information to search for the metadata. When the metadata is registered or deleted, the metadata may be reflected in the metadata search screen 601 in real time, and at the same time, the metadata may be reflected by the server information manager 104 to update information of the plurality of contents.

The metadata registration menu 620 may also be included. In the metadata registration menu 620, the ID and name of the selected server and the ID and name of the type of the selected content may be displayed.

The metadata registration menu 620 may include menus 621 and 622 for inputting an ID and a name of metadata. Additionally, a metadata description registration menu 623 may be included to describe metadata in detail for reference by the administrator and the user. The use selection menu 624 may select whether or not to use the currently selected metadata in the inquiry of the content when the virtual content is generated.

In the metadata registration menu 620, the selected metadata may be registered 625, modified 626, and deleted 627 to be managed.

In addition, as mentioned in the description of FIG. 1, an automatic server metadata collection menu 628 for allowing the server information manager 140 to automatically collect metadata information of a plurality of contents by an administrator's input is provided. It may be included. The automatic metadata collection menu 628 automatically collects metadata information of a plurality of contents included in the server with a simple click, or information related to automatic collection when the automatic metadata collection menu 628 is clicked (eg, automatic A menu for inputting collection cycles, whether to use the automatic collection function, etc. may be popped up.

7 is an example of a screen 700 for managing information of a service corresponding to virtual content.

8 to 10, all the screens of FIGS. 7 to 10 are screens that can be selected from the virtual content supply service management screen 700 for managing virtual content.

If the service information management menu 720 is selected from the selection menus 720, 730, and 740 that may be displayed on the upper right side of the virtual content supply service management screen 700, the administrator may be provided with a screen for managing service information. Can be.

Managing information of a service includes managing a service by adding, modifying, and deleting a service, and registering, modifying, and deleting a plurality of virtual contents corresponding to a plurality of services in cooperation with the virtual content information management unit 150. It can mean managing.

The screen corresponding to the service information management menu 720 may include a menu 710 for searching and selecting a service corresponding to each virtual content. In the menu, the ID of the service and the service name are displayed so that an administrator can select or search and select a service name directly.

In the service information registration menu 721, information of a service corresponding to the virtual content can be registered. The virtual content information management unit 150 may check the ID of a service that is randomly assigned, and a menu 721-1 for registering or modifying the name of the service and a menu 721-2 for selecting whether to use the service are provided. May be included. Additionally, a menu 721-3 may be included to register or modify the description of the service for reference.

In the service additional information management menu 722, information about generation of virtual content corresponding to a service may be managed.

For example, a menu 722-1 for selecting whether to provide virtual content in real time according to a user selection, or to create and provide virtual content to a user so that the user can select virtual content that has already been generated. Can be displayed.

Virtual content that can directly schedule the start and end dates (722-2, 722-3), generation repetition period (722-5), and the time point at which the virtual content is generated, according to whether the virtual content is reserved. Date of creation (no identification number, there may also be a menu for selecting hours and minutes, 722-6, 722-7).

In addition, when the format is converted so that the user can use the plurality of contents included in the virtual content in the user's terminal 300, a menu 722-4 may be displayed to select which format to convert.

There may be a menu that can be managed by adding (750), modifying (760), and deleting (770) a service corresponding to the virtual content through the menus (710, 721, 722).

8 is a first example of a screen for managing content information included in a service corresponding to virtual content.

The service content information management menu 730 may be selected on the virtual content supply service management screen 700, and the service content information management menu 730 may register information of a plurality of contents that may be included in a service corresponding to the virtual content. Can be. That is, it is a menu for managing a candidate group of a plurality of contents which can be selected in the generation of the virtual content to the user. The user may select generation of a virtual content by selecting or inquiring one or more of a plurality of contents that may be included in each of the managed virtual content according to the service content information management menu 730.

The screen displayed when the service content information management menu 730 is selected may include a menu 710 for searching and selecting a service corresponding to each virtual content. In the menu, the ID of the service and the service name are displayed so that an administrator can select or search and select a service name directly.

When the service is selected, menus 731, 734, 735, and 736 for displaying or deleting information regarding metadata or types of the plurality of contents that may be included in the virtual content corresponding to the service are displayed.

The service content display screen 731 displays metadata of a plurality of contents that may be included in virtual content corresponding to a service (for example, a sea export service) selected in the service search and selection menu 710.

The administrator may utilize a menu for searching for content that may be included in virtual content corresponding to each service. To this end, there may be a content search button 733. In addition, there may be an input menu 734 for directly inputting metadata or names of the plurality of contents.

When a plurality of contents that may be included in the virtual content is searched through the above-mentioned buttons 732 and 733 and the input menu 734, metadata or names of the plurality of contents that may be included in the virtual content corresponding to the selected service. This displayed menu 735 can be generated.

Between the aforementioned service content display screen 731 and a menu 735 in which metadata or names of a plurality of contents are displayed, the selected content is selected from a menu 735 in which metadata or names of a plurality of contents are displayed. A move menu 736 for displaying or adding to a content list that may be included in the corresponding virtual content may be displayed.

Through the navigation menu 736, the administrator may add or delete a plurality of contents that may be included in the virtual content corresponding to each service.

9 is a second example of a screen for managing content information included in a service corresponding to virtual content. In the following description, a description of parts overlapping with the description of FIG. 8 will be omitted.

9 provides a function of modifying metadata of a plurality of contents that may be included in virtual content corresponding to each service so that a user may easily search.

In addition to the content search button described with reference to FIG. 8, the service metadata button 732 may be selected. When the administrator clicks the service metadata button 732, the information of the service content corresponding to the plurality of contents that may be included in each virtual content may be modified instead of the menu 735 in which metadata or names of the plurality of contents are displayed. Menu 737 is invoked.

In the menu 737 for modifying information of service content, information about one of a plurality of contents that may be included in a service corresponding to each virtual content selected on the service content display screen 731 is displayed.

The content named as service content refers to any one of a plurality of contents that may be included in a service corresponding to virtual content. In the menu 737 for modifying information of service content, a service ID, a service name, and a service may be used. A function of modifying or deleting a content ID, a service content name, a metadata ID of a service content, and a metadata name may be performed.

10 is an example of a screen for managing content inquiry condition information included in a service corresponding to virtual content. In the following description, portions overlapping with the description of FIGS. 7 to 9 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 10, when a menu 740 for managing an inquiry condition of content is clicked on the virtual content supply service management screen 700, the virtual content corresponding to the virtual content selected on the screen 710 for searching and selecting a service Menus 741, 742, 743, 744 may be invoked to select a set of query conditions for the service, ie for the selected virtual content.

In the inquiry condition set menu 741, inquiry conditions that can be utilized as inquiry condition information of the selected service are listed and displayed. In the inquiry condition display menu 742 of the service, inquiry condition information for the selected service set by the administrator is displayed. That is, the query condition set menu 741 selects the query condition set that can be utilized for the service corresponding to each virtual content, and adds the query condition to be used as the actual query condition information in the query condition set menu 741. And the delete button 744 to move to the inquiry condition display menu 742 of the service.

In the inquiry condition input menu 743, a function for inputting detailed inquiry condition information (for example, an inquiry condition for searching for a date, name, etc.) of the inquiry condition selected in the inquiry condition display menu 742 of the service is provided. Can be performed. In addition, it is also indicated that the use condition selection function, which can be selected whether to use the inquiry condition as a condition for querying a plurality of contents when generating the virtual content corresponding to the selected service, is also performed.

11 is an example of a management screen 800 of virtual content package information required for generating virtual content.

Referring to FIG. 11, an administrator first selects one or more contents among a plurality of contents that may be included in each virtual content in providing a virtual content supply service to a user, and displays contents that may be displayed in the virtual content. You can select and set the virtual content in advance.

For example, the administrator may search for a list of services to be managed using the menu 810 for searching for a service name. Among these, if you want to edit the subscription screening service, the service screening ID and service name is selected from the menu 820, the screening service selection.

When the subscription screening service is selected, metadata about the selected subscription screening service is displayed on a screen 830 displaying information on metadata of a package of virtual content corresponding to the service.

At the same time, information about the plurality of contents or the plurality of contents which may be included in the virtual content corresponding to the subscription examination service is displayed on the content setting screen 840. In the content setting screen 840, the administrator may restrict a plurality of contents selectable by the user in advance by selecting information on the plurality of contents.

In addition, a menu 850 for setting metadata about a package of virtual content may be included. It is possible to add the information of the virtual content corresponding to each service to the title or metadata of the package of the virtual content, so that the user can easily check the information of the package of the virtual content when querying the harvest virtual content will be.

12 is an example of a content format conversion and virtual content generation management screen 900 in a virtual content supply service.

The virtual content creation management screen 900 is a screen for the administrator to check whether the virtual content generated by the administrator's presetting or the user's inquiry and selection is normally generated.

The virtual content generation management screen 900 may first include a screen 901 for displaying a state of receiving a plurality of contents included in the virtual content to be fused from a plurality of servers.

When a plurality of contents is received, a screen 902 for displaying a state of decoding a plurality of contents for virtual content generation and use of the plurality of contents may also be included.

When the plurality of contents is decoded, a screen 903 for displaying a state of converting a format of the plurality of contents for use by the user's terminal may be included.

The packaging state of fusing a plurality of contents to a template corresponding to the virtual content so that the plurality of contents converted format is used as the virtual content, and arrange the plurality of contents on the screen of the user terminal when the virtual content is used. The display screen 904 may be displayed.

Finally, a screen 905 for confirming a state in which the generated virtual content is transmitted to the virtual content information management unit 150 is included, and the administrator transmits the virtual content from the transmission of the plurality of contents in the generation of the virtual content. You can check all the statuses up to.

In the present invention, the generated virtual content may be stored in the virtual content information management unit 150. As mentioned above, the creation of the virtual content may be generated by the user by directly querying a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content, or by the administrator, the virtual content may be generated in advance and the user may search and view it.

Therefore, when the virtual content is generated in advance by the administrator, the user searches for and reads it. In this case, in order to improve the speed in searching and viewing, the virtual content previously generated by the administrator is added to the above-mentioned virtual content. Stored together with the corresponding service ID and name and metadata information of the virtual content, the user may search and view the virtual content stored in the virtual content manager through the search unit.

For example, as mentioned above, if the virtual content has a format in which a plurality of contents are linked to a template corresponding to the virtual content, including metadata of the plurality of contents included in the virtual content in a template corresponding to the virtual content. The virtual content information management unit may include the metadata of the plurality of contents included in the virtual content together with the service ID and name corresponding to the virtual content and metadata information of the virtual content. In addition, the user may access and use the virtual content desired to use by accessing the virtual content manager through the search unit.

Therefore, in this case, the virtual content information management unit may further include a function of storing the generated virtual content.

13 is an example of a use screen 1000 of a virtual content supply service.

13 is a screen that may be displayed on a user's terminal. According to the type of the terminal of the user, the above screen may naturally change. The screen of FIG. 13 may be a screen of a portable computer or a personal computer of a user in an enterprise, and the screen may be displayed vertically long when the user uses virtual content using a mobile communication means in an area outside the enterprise.

Referring to FIG. 13, first, a menu 1001 for selecting a service corresponding to each virtual content may be included in the use screen 1000.

If the user wants to use the sea export service and clicks the sea export button, the content selection screen 1003 may be displayed to display all contents that can be included in each service so that the user can select it. In FIG. 13, contents are displayed in a plurality of alphabets and numbers. However, in the content selection screen 1003, a multi-layered tree structure or metadata of all contents using information on types of a plurality of contents and information on metadata is displayed. A menu may be provided in which the user can select information by displaying the information about the information.

When the user selects a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content, the search condition information input menu 1002 is used to inquire a plurality of contents which the user wishes to use among the plurality of contents.

In the inquiry condition information input menu 1002, each of the contents of the plurality of inquired contents is queried by using the types and metadata of the plurality of contents so as to accurately search the contents desired by the user. A plurality of inquiry condition information may be selected, and information may be selected by selecting a menu.

When the inquiry of the plurality of contents is completed by inputting the inquiry condition information, the virtual content generation is completed. Precisely, a plurality of contents inquired using the inquiry condition information are fused to a template corresponding to the virtual contents. Accordingly, the generated virtual content is displayed on the screen 1004 of the generated file.

The user may view the generated file, that is, the generated virtual content on the screen 1004 of the generated virtual content, and use the inquiry and viewing service for the virtual content.

14 and 15 are flowcharts of a virtual content supplying method for enterprise information management according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, portions that overlap with the description of FIGS. 1 to 13 will be omitted. FIG. 14 may refer to a flowchart of setting of an administrator, and FIG. 15 may refer to a flowchart of virtual content usage using a virtual content supply device of a user.

First, referring to FIG. 14, a step (S100) of registering server information of each of a plurality of servers in the server information manager 140 is performed.

Thereafter, a step (S101) of determining whether to automatically collect information on the type of the plurality of contents included in the plurality of servers is performed. According to the step S101, the step of automatically collecting the content type from the plurality of servers (S103) may be performed, or the administrator may directly register the ID and name for the plurality of the content types (S102).

When information on the type of the plurality of contents is registered, a step (S104) of determining whether to automatically collect metadata information of each of the plurality of contents included in the plurality of servers is performed. According to the step S104, the step of automatically collecting the content metadata from the plurality of servers (S106) or the administrator directly registers the ID and name for the metadata of the plurality of contents (S105) can be performed.

The aforementioned steps S101 and S104 may be determined according to whether the automatic collection menus 528 and 628 mentioned in FIGS. 5 and 6 are used.

Subsequently, a step (S107) of registering a service corresponding to the virtual content may be performed, and a step (S108) of registering inquiry condition information on a service corresponding to each virtual content may be performed.

When the steps S100 to S108 are performed, preparation for generating virtual content is completed. That is, in step S109, a template corresponding to each virtual content is generated to generate each virtual content. From step S109, the user can use the virtual content.

Referring to FIG. 15, first, an authentication unit 160 authenticates user information (S200). Specifically, step S200 refers to a step of authenticating user information including a virtual content use right so that a user can search and use the virtual content.

Thereafter, the searcher 110 receives the inquiry condition information for searching the plurality of contents for generating the virtual content from the user's terminal 300 (S201). Then, the search unit 110 inquires a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content from the plurality of servers by using the query condition information for the virtual content that can be generated by fusing a plurality of contents for corporate information management ( S202) is performed.

Thereafter, the converting unit 120 converts the format of the plurality of inquired contents to be available in the user's terminal 300 (S203).

When the format of the plurality of inquired contents is converted, the virtual content generating unit 130 performs a step of generating the virtual contents by fusion and packaging the plurality of contents. The generating of the virtual content may include, in detail, fusing a plurality of contents whose format is converted into a template corresponding to each virtual content (S204) and completing generating the virtual content and supplying the generated virtual content to the user's terminal 300 ( S205) may be included.

The description of the apparatus and method for managing virtual content for enterprise information management according to the embodiment of the present invention mentioned above cannot limit the claims. In addition to the first and second embodiments of the present invention, it will be obvious that an equivalent invention that performs the same function as the present invention will also be included in the scope of the present invention.

100: virtual content supply device 110: search unit
120: conversion unit 130: virtual content generation unit
140: server information management unit 150: virtual content information management unit
160: authentication unit 200, 210, 220, 230: server
211, 212, 213, 21n, 221, 22n, 231, 23n: content
300: user terminal 310: virtual content template
311, 313, 31n: Content whose format is converted 400: Server administration screen
500: content type management screen 600: content metadata management screen
700: virtual content supply service management screen
800: virtual content package information management screen
900: virtual content creation management screen 1000: usage screen

Claims (16)

Search unit for searching a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content from a plurality of servers managing the plurality of contents by using the query condition information for the virtual content that can be generated by fusing a plurality of contents for corporate information management ;
A converting unit converting formats of the plurality of contents to be included in the virtual contents so that the virtual contents can be used in the user's terminal; And
And a virtual content generation unit configured to generate a package in which the plurality of contents converted in the format are fused as the virtual content and to supply the virtual content to the user. The method according to claim 1,
The virtual content generation unit,
Virtual content supply apparatus for enterprise information management, characterized in that to generate the virtual content of the package by fusing the plurality of contents in a template predefined for each of the virtual content. The method according to claim 1,
The inquiry condition information,
The virtual content supply device for enterprise information management, characterized in that the information corresponding to one or more of the metadata and content of the plurality of contents included in the virtual content. The method according to claim 1,
The server further includes a server information manager configured to register, modify, and delete information on the plurality of servers and information on the plurality of contents included in the plurality of servers. Device. The method of claim 4,
The information of the servers,
And at least one of information on an ID, a name, an IP, a port number, a URL, and a service type of each of the servers. The method of claim 4,
The server information management unit,
Automatically collect information of the plurality of contents included in the plurality of servers from the plurality of servers at predetermined time intervals or by a user's input, or register the information of the plurality of contents by the user's input. Virtual content supply device for enterprise information management, characterized in that it comprises a function to manage. The method of claim 4,
Information of the plurality of contents,
And at least one of an ID and a name of the type of contents and an ID and a name of metadata of the contents. The method according to claim 1,
And a virtual content information management unit for managing the information about the virtual content. The method according to claim 8,
The virtual content information management unit,
And classifying the virtual content for each service provided to the user, and managing the ID and name of the service and metadata of the plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content. Content Delivery Device. The method according to claim 1,
And an authentication unit for authenticating user information including the virtual content use right so that the user can query the virtual content. The search unit is configured to query a plurality of contents to be included in the virtual content from a plurality of servers managing the plurality of contents by using the query condition information on the virtual contents that may be generated by fusing a plurality of contents for corporate information management. step;
Converting the format of the plurality of inquired contents to be usable by the user's terminal; And
And generating, by the virtual content generating unit, the virtual content by fusion and packaging the plurality of contents in which the format is converted into the virtual content. The method of claim 11,
And defining a plurality of templates for each of the virtual contents that can fuse the plurality of inquired contents for each of the virtual contents. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the generating comprises:
And generating the virtual content by fusion and packaging the plurality of contents into any one of the plurality of templates defined for each of the virtual contents as the virtual contents. The method of claim 11,
The inquiry condition information,
And information corresponding to at least one of metadata and contents of the plurality of contents included in the virtual contents. The method of claim 11,
The querying step,
Querying metadata of the plurality of contents corresponding to the inquiry condition information; And
Inquirying the metadata of the plurality of contents and the information of the plurality of servers including the metadata to query the plurality of contents from the plurality of servers characterized in that the virtual content supply for corporate information management Way. The method of claim 11,
And authenticating user information including the right to use the virtual content so that the user can view and use the virtual content.

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