KR20120084209A - E-book file production method using e-book contents segment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A e-book file manufacturing method using e-book content segment is provided to manufacture e-book file, which a user easily uses, by acquiring a partial e-book content segment out of e-book content. CONSTITUTION: A content server(20) generates a video type, an audio type or content, which is combined with or the video type and the audio type, and stores them. The content server searches the corresponding e-book content segment if e-book content segment is requested from e-book file creator(10). The content server offers the searched e-book content segment to the e-book file manufacturing unit. An e-book content segment is relevant to specific section or to partial page out of overall page.

Description

E-Book file production method using e-Book contents segment}

The present invention relates to a method for producing an e-book file, and more particularly, to a method for producing an e-book file using an e-book content segment for producing an e-book file using an e-book content segment of some of the e-book content.

In general, numerous articles and the like are made and posted on the web by individuals and organizations on the Internet.

They are produced for a variety of purposes and levels, from professional content that is capable of exercising intellectual property rights on its own, to content such as personal writings or the results of activities of fellowships with the same hobbies. Is produced in a combined form.

This content is composed of one independent file, and the user downloads and plays the file.

The above technical configuration is a background art for helping understanding of the present invention, and does not mean a conventional technology well known in the art.

Most of the current content, including the conventional e-book file and the like, is produced and reproduced as one independent file. Therefore, in the case of downloading and playing them, the entire e-book content must be purchased.

Therefore, even if a user wants to use only some of the contents, the user had to purchase and use the entire e-book content, and in this case, there was a problem of paying the cost of the entire e-book content.

The present invention has been devised to improve the above-described problem, and the e-book file is produced using the e-book content segment that allows the user to obtain a part of the e-book content from the e-book content and produce the e-book file that the user can easily consume. The purpose is to provide a method.

The method for producing e-book content using e-book content segments according to the present invention comprises the steps of: requesting an e-book content segment corresponding to a part of e-book content; If the e-book content segment is input, decoding the e-book content segment to generate e-book, and generating new e-book content configuration information by newly generating e-book information and table of contents information for each page; And generating the e-book content configuration information into a file in an e-book standard file format.

The present invention can be configured and obtained more efficiently through the content purchase by section, and has the effect of activating the use of content and e-book services.

1 is a diagram illustrating an e-book file production service flow using an e-book content segment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an e-book file production unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for producing an e-book file using an e-book content segment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram of an e-book file reconstructed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method for producing an e-book file using an e-book content segment according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to a user's or operator's intention or custom. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a diagram illustrating a service flow of an e-book file production method and apparatus using an e-book content segment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An e-book file producing apparatus using an e-book content segment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an e-book file producing unit 10, a content server 20, a charging server 30, and a local storage device 40.

The content server 20 generates and stores content in a video form, an audio form, or a combination of a video form and an audio form. E-book content provided by the content server 20 is produced in the form of video, audio, image, text, e-book, and the like.

When the content server 20 receives the e-book content segment from the e-book file producer 10, the content server 20 searches for the e-book content segment and provides the e-book file segment to the e-book file creator 10.

The e-book content segment is a part of independent content such as audio, video, e-book file, and rich media content. The e-book content segment may be a specific section of the e-book content or a part of the entire page, and may be provided in various file formats.

The eBook Content Segment can provide the media and page information described in the Open Publication Structure (OPS) of the ePub standard in the form of individual files.

In addition, container.xml and volume.opf generated to have only item information about the page and related media, toc.ncx having content source information and table of contents information constituting the page, and pages about the pages The information file (xml, etc.) and related media files may be bundled and compressed into a single file and provided as an e-pub file.

Here, container.xml and volume.opf are OPF (Open Packaging Format) information, and page information files (xml, etc.) and related media files for corresponding pages are OPS information.

As an example of the e-book content segment, the content may include the entire Europe in the case of travel-related e-book, but may include information about a specific country such as Spain, Italy, and Switzerland in Europe. In this case, the e-book content segment corresponds to information about a specific country such as Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and the like.

When the e-book content segment is transmitted from the content server 20 to the e-book file production unit 10, the charging management server charges a fee for using the e-book content segment.

Here, the billing management server may charge the content in the form of video and audio by section, or may charge the content in the form of e-book by page according to the number of pages.

However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and will include all charges based on various criteria such as the type of content and the playing time.

Local storage device 40 stores various types of content, including video and audio formats. E-book content is produced in the form of video, audio, image, text, e-book, and the like.

As described above, when the e-book content segment is transmitted from the content server 20 or the local storage device 40, the e-book file manufacturing unit 10 generates the e-book file using the e-book content segment.

The e-book file production unit 10 allows e-book content segments to be edited and produced in various ways through the template function, thereby enabling the user to produce useful e-book files including only the desired information.

For example, if a user wants to produce travel-related e-book content, and the user wants to obtain information about a specific country such as Spain, Italy, Switzerland, etc. among the contents that cover the whole of Europe, the desired country is displayed through the table of contents. You can check the pages, preview some sections of the page that contain information about these countries, and then purchase only certain pages to create new e-book files.

In addition, if the user is provided with additional information while watching a cooking program, the recipe information can be obtained and stored only for the desired dish, so that the user can make his own cookbook separately.

2 is a block diagram of an eBook file production unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an eBook file production method using an eBook content segment according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Exemplary diagram of an e-book file reconstructed according to an embodiment.

The e-book file manufacturing unit 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an interface unit 11, an e-book decoder 12, a template processing unit 13, an object decoding processing unit 15, a table of contents information input processing unit 16, rich media And a decoder 14, an e-book information configuration processing unit 17, an e-book file generation unit 18, and an information input unit 19.

The interface unit 11 provides various interfaces between the eBook file producer 10, the content server 20, and the local storage device 40.

The interface unit 11 requests the e-book content segment from the content server 20 or the local storage device 40 according to the information input from the information input unit 19, and from the content server 20 or the local storage device 40. When the e-book content segment is input, it is input to the e-book decoder 12. On the other hand, the basic template input from the content server 20 is input to the template processing unit 13.

The e-book decoder 12 decodes the e-book content segment input through the interface unit 11 from the content server 20 or the local storage device 40 to separate the media object and configure e-book page information.

That is, the eBook decoder 12 interprets the table of contents information, interprets the page-specific information from the table of contents information, and transfers the media, text, graphics, event information, and the like to the file decoding unit 15.

On the other hand, if the eBook content segment is rich media content, the rich media content is input to the rich media decoder 14.

The rich media decoder 14 interprets rich media content composed of various information such as AV, images, graphics, and events such as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Lightweight Applications Scene Representation (LASeR), and Binary Format for Scene (BiFS). Media objects such as text, graphics, and event information are transferred to the object decoding processor 15.

The object decoding processing unit 15 decodes media object information such as an AV file, an image file, a media file such as an image file, a text file, a graphic file, event information, etc. input from the eBook decoder 12 or the rich media decoder 14, and the eBook processing unit. Enter (17).

The object decoding processor 15 may include an event analyzer 151, an AV decoder 152, an image decoder 153, a graphics decoder 154, a text decoder 155, a metadata decoder 156, and a rich media decoder 14. ).

The event analyzer 151 processes user interaction information such as a mouse or a screen touch and inputs the same to the e-book information configuration processor 17. The event analysis unit 151 allows the user to insert various information necessary for using the eBook content, including a user memo or a memo for each page when the eBook content is produced.

The AV decoder 152 decodes the received AV file and inputs it to the e-book information configuration processing unit 17.

The image decoder 153 decodes an image, such as a still image, and inputs the same to the e-book information configuration processor 17.

The graphic decoder 154 decodes the graphic file and inputs it to the e-book information configuration processing unit 17.

The text decoder 155 decodes a metadata file such as xml and transmits the decoded metadata file to the e-book information configuration processor 17.

The template processor 13 provides basic template information input from the content server 20.

For reference, various e-book contents input from the local storage device 40 may be directly input to the object decoding processor 15 without passing through the e-book decoder 12 or the template processor 13 described later. .

The e-book information composition processor 17 renders and rearranges an image object input from the object decoding processor 15 to construct a new e-book, and generates e-book content composition information by newly generating page-specific e-book information and table of contents information.

The table of contents information input processing unit 16 may input table of contents-related information input from the user to the e-book information composition processing unit 17 to generate new table of contents information.

The e-book file generation unit 18 generates and outputs the e-pub content configuration information generated by the e-book information configuration processing unit 17 into an e-pub file in the e-book standard file format.

To this end, the e-book file generation unit 18 functions for generating a file in the e-book standard file format, for example, minetype generation, xxx.opf file generation, page generation, container.xml generation, xxx.ncx file generation, and the like. Perform the function.

The operation process of the e-book content producing apparatus 10 is as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the e-book content producing apparatus 10 requests the e-book content segment from the content server 20 (S10).

For reference, acquiring the e-book content segment in the local storage device 40 may be arbitrarily generated or already stored by the user, and thus it may not be necessary to pay the charge through the charging server 30. 3 will be described with reference to the content server 20.

However, the technical scope of the present invention will include obtaining an eBook content segment in the local storage device 40 and generating an eBook file through it.

On the other hand, when the content server 20 receives the e-book content segment, the e-book content segment is searched for (S14), and the searched e-book content segment to the e-book content producing apparatus 10 (S16).

In addition, the content server 20 requests the billing server 30 to charge for providing the e-book content segment (S18).

The charging server 30 charges a fee for using the e-book content segment (S20). In this case, the fee is limited to the fee for the portion of the eBook content segment, not the fee for the entire content. Thus, the user can use the eBook content segment at a low price.

When the e-book content segment is transmitted from the content server 20 through the interface unit 11, the e-book content segment decodes the e-book content segment, separates the media object, and inputs the e-book content segment to the object decoding processor 15, respectively.

Accordingly, the object decoding processing unit 15 decodes each media object (S22).

In this case, the AV file among the media object files is input to the AV decoder 152, the image file is input to the image decoder 153, and the graphic file is input to the graphic decoder 154. The text file is input to the text decoder 155 and the metadata file is input to the metadata decoder 156. Meanwhile, the rich media content is input to the rich media decoder 14.

On the other hand, when the eBook content segment is rich media content, the rich media decoder 14 decodes the input rich media content, and displays the image objects among the pieces of information configured in the rich media content. 153, graphics decoder 154, text decoder 155, and metadata decoder 156, respectively.

In addition, the scene description is input to the event analyzer 151. Accordingly, the scene description decoded by the event analyzer 151 is input to the e-book processor 17 to configure and arrange various image objects in the e-book content in the scene.

In this case, at least one or more of the AV decoder 152, the image decoder 153, the graphics decoder 154, the text decoder 155, and the metadata decoder 156 may be selectively driven and decoded according to the type of content. The file is input to the e-book information configuration processing unit 17.

When the template file is loaded by the template processing unit 13 and the decoded image object is input from the object decoding processing unit 15, the e-book information configuration processing unit 17 receives this information from the information input unit 19, for example, a mouse and a keyboard. Rendering and rearranging according to the user information to construct a new e-book, and generate e-book content composition information by generating e-book information and table of contents information for each page (S24).

Meanwhile, the template file processed by the template processor 13 in the above process is not necessarily required, but the user may generate his own eBook file by using various template files.

In addition, the table of contents information may be arbitrarily selected and generated by the user, and may not generate the table of contents information as necessary.

The eBook file generation unit 18 produces eBook content configuration information generated through the above process in an eBook standard file format (S26).

To this end, the e-book file generation unit 18 performs a function for generating an e-book file, for example, minetype generation, xxx.opf file generation, page generation, container.xml generation, xxx.ncx file generation, and the like.

4 is an example of an e-book file generated through the above-described process, and it can be seen that an e-book content segment for e-mail content segment, for example, "spam incidentally," is produced on a specific page.

In addition, the user may input various information. In this case, when the user inputs information about the page, the user directly inputs the information directly on the page.

Referring to FIG. 4, an example of obtaining recipe information of a cooking introduced on a specific day on a television, for example, a still image, a moving picture, metadata, and the like, makes a cooking booklet suitable for personal taste.

In other words, to acquire and purchase only the desired spam incidents from the entire cooking video, and to construct your own e-book. When new cooking information is added, the information can be obtained and added or updated to a previously prepared cook booklet.

In FIG. 4, "material" is text information, and information on a material necessary for cooking "spam junk" is provided in text. In addition, the information directly input by the user is input to the "user memo".

In addition, text information and image information are displayed in the "cooking method," and "video" provides a cooking process for the "spam baggage" and a spam baggage upon completion of cooking as a video.

On the other hand, in addition to the above example, the page containing the Spanish-related information from the booklet A, which contains the European travel information, and the page containing the Spanish-related information from the other B, C booklet is purchased, and the corresponding pages are produced in the form of e-book personal terminal You will be able to create your own e-book in Spain, which you can spend on a handheld device (PC).

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation, I will understand. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

10: eBook file production unit 11: interface unit
12: eBook decoder 13: template processing unit
14: rich media decoder 15: object decoding processing unit
151: event analysis unit 152: AV decoder
153: image decoder 154: graphics decoder
155: text decoder 156: metadata decoder
16: Table of Contents Information Input Processing Unit 17: E-Book Information Configuration Processing Unit
18: eBook file generation unit 19: information input unit
20: content server 30: billing server
40: local storage

Claims (1)

Requesting an e-book content segment corresponding to some of the e-book content;
Generating the e-book by decoding the e-book content segment, generating the e-book information and table of contents information by page, and generating new e-book content composition information; And
A method for producing an e-book file using an e-book content segment comprising generating the e-book content configuration information as a file in an e-book standard file format.

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