KR20120113975A - System and method for distributing profit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A profit distribution system and a method thereof are provided to enable a buyer to write review data is about refund information, thereby providing a plurality of information for contents to the buyer. CONSTITUTION: A contents management server(102) registers and manages contents online. A profit distribution server(104) determines whether accumulated sales volume of the contents is reached to first goal sales volume. The profit distribution server calculates a refund by applying a first refund rate corresponding to the first goal sales volume to proceeds of a seller. The profit distribution server processes that the refund is returned to previous buyers. [Reference numerals] (102) Contents management server; (104) Profit distribution server; (106) Review server; (110) Seller terminal; (120) Buyer terminal

Description

Revenue Distribution System and Method {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING PROFIT}

The present invention relates to a revenue distribution system and method for refunding a part of a profit obtained by a seller in accordance with a content sale in an open market to a buyer, and applying a refund rate that is refunded according to the amount of content sold.

With the development of communication technology, the demand for various digital contents through the Internet increases, and operators develop various contents, register them on the Internet, charge a fee for the contents, recover the costs incurred in the development of the contents, realize profits, have.

On the other hand, in recent years, individuals can also register their own content in open markets on the Internet, thereby allowing them to obtain profits as buyers purchase their registered content.

The open market (openne market) refers to an open marketplace, also called an online marketplace or an online marketplace, and is an intermediary type internet shopping site that allows individuals and small retailers to freely trade products online. .

An operator creates an off-market Internet shopping site and provides it to individuals and small retailers, and in return, they receive a portion of the proceeds earned by content registered by individuals and small retailers.

Accordingly, the seller takes the amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the contents sold by the amount of the sales, excluding the operator's commission, as the total revenue.

As described above, the digital content sales business through the open market is expected to be developed in various ways with the development of the portable terminal. Therefore, there is a demand for a method to sell more contents of the seller.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to return a portion of the content sales to the buyer, but the revenue distribution system that can increase the purchaser of the buyer by making a more efficient distribution by applying a different refund rate to the buyer according to the content sales volume And providing a method.

Another object of the present invention is to refund the refund to the buyer, but to allow the buyer to write the review data including the refund information to provide a new buyer more diverse information about the content, to attract new buyers through the review data To provide a revenue distribution system and method.

Accordingly, the revenue distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the content management server that registers and manages the content online and determines whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount, the first target When the sales volume is reached, a refund is calculated by applying a first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales amount to the seller's proceeds, and the refund is refunded to each previous buyer, and the first target sales amount and the first sales amount are returned. And a revenue distribution server for updating each of the refund rates to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.

The revenue of the seller is characterized in that the amount excluding the commission of the operator.

And a review server that transmits a review writing page for writing review data including information about the refund to each of the previous buyers, and when receiving the review writing page, registers the review data in a review list of the contents. It further comprises.

The revenue distribution server is characterized in that the refund processing after the review data is registered by the review server.

The revenue distribution server determines whether it is a settlement time point, and if the settlement time point, determines whether the cumulative sales amount of the content at that time reaches the first target sales amount.

The first target sales amount may be a reference point when the break-even point of the content or a target profit set by the seller is achieved.

When the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount, the profit distribution server may apply a refund rate of zero to the profit of the seller.

According to another embodiment, a profit distribution system may deposit a refund calculated by applying a first refund rate to a content management server that registers and manages content online and a seller's proceeds according to the sale of the content as a deposit. It is determined whether the cumulative sales amount of to reach the first target sales amount corresponding to the first refund rate, and when the first target sales amount is reached, the deposit is refunded to each of the previous buyers, and the first target sales amount and And a revenue distribution server for updating each of the first refund rates to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.

On the other hand, the revenue distribution server is characterized in that for reducing the deposit so that the deposit is returned to the seller, when the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount at the end of the sale of the content.

The profit distribution system according to another embodiment may deposit a maximum refund amount calculated by applying a maximum refund rate to a content management server for registering and managing content online and a seller's proceeds according to the sale of the content as a deposit. When it is determined whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount, and when the first target sales amount is reached, the first refund amount to which the first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales amount is applied is calculated, and the deposit is performed. A profit distribution server for processing the refund so that the first refund is refunded to each of the previous buyers by subtracting the first refund, and updating each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate; It includes.

On the other hand, the revenue distribution method according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the revenue distribution server reaches the first target sales amount by determining whether the cumulative sales amount of content reaches a predetermined first target sales amount, the first target A first step of calculating a refund by applying a first refund rate corresponding to a sale amount to a seller's proceeds; And a second step, wherein the revenue distribution server refunds the refund to each of the previous buyers, and updates the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to the second higher target sales amount and the second refund rate. do.

When the content registration request is received, the content management server transmits the content registration information necessary for content registration to the buyer terminal, and registering the content when receiving the acceptance signal to agree with the content registration information; It is characterized by.

The revenue of the seller is characterized in that the amount excluding the commission of the operator.

A review server transmitting a review writing page for writing review data including information on the refund to each of the previous buyers, and receiving the review writing page, registering the review data in a review list of the contents. It further comprises.

And further comprising the step of canceling the revenue distribution server to cancel the refund to the previous purchaser who has not registered the review data.

And determining whether the revenue distribution server is at the time of settlement.

The first target sales amount may be a reference point when the break-even point of the content or a target profit set by the seller is achieved.

If the cumulative sales volume does not reach the first target sales volume, the revenue distribution server characterized in that it comprises the step of applying a refund rate of zero (0) to the revenue of the seller.

Revenue distribution method according to another embodiment, the first step in which the revenue distribution server deposits a refund calculated by applying the first refund rate to the revenue of the seller according to the sale of the content as a deposit; The revenue distribution server determines whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount corresponding to the first refund rate, and when the first target sales amount is reached, the deposit is refunded to each previous buyer. Second step; And a third step of the revenue distribution server updating each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.

Revenue distribution method according to another embodiment, the first step of the revenue distribution server deposits the maximum refund calculated by applying the maximum refund rate to the revenue of the seller according to the sale of the content as a deposit; When the revenue distribution server reaches the first target sales amount by determining whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount corresponding to the first refund rate, the first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales amount is Calculating a first refund applied and subtracting the first refund from the deposit and refunding the first refund to each previous purchaser; And a third step of the revenue distribution server updating each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.

According to the revenue distribution system and method according to the present invention, by repaying a part of the seller's profits to the buyer by applying a refund rate that is differently set according to the content sales volume, the buyer is compensated for the purchase while maximizing the buyer's desire to purchase Helps increase content sales

In addition, by providing the buyer with a review that includes refund information, the buyer can create an opportunity to spread the seller's content, provide new buyers with more information about the content, and increase the seller's desire to purchase the content. To increase new purchases.

1 is a block diagram showing a revenue distribution system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering contents by a content management server according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing a profit distribution method according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart showing a profit sharing method according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

However, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing a revenue distribution system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a method for registering content by the content management server according to the present invention. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the buyer who purchased the content is called a previous buyer, and the new buyer before purchasing the content is called a next buyer.

As shown in FIG. 1, the revenue distribution system 100 includes a content management server 102, a revenue distribution server 104, and a review server 106, each component connected to each other. Here, the revenue distribution system 100 may further include a billing server (not shown).

The revenue distribution system 100 may be connected to at least one seller terminal 110 and at least one buyer terminal 120, and may be connected through an internet network or a mobile communication network.

Seller terminal 110 is a mobile communication terminal capable of Internet, PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), such as a portable terminal or a computer made to carry the input operation on the move, such as a mobile terminal, all communication that can be operated by the seller The terminal can be applied.

The purchaser terminal 120 is most preferably a mobile communication terminal, but is not limited thereto and may apply communication terminals such as various portable terminals and computers capable of the Internet.

The content management server 102 provides a web site corresponding to an open market such as a web market or a web store that provides an environment in which a seller can register content online and an environment in which a buyer can purchase content online. Providing server.

If the content management server 102 receives a content registration request from the seller terminal 110 connected through the Internet, the content management server 102 may include content registration information including at least one of content registration methods and regulations required for content registration. 110).

In addition, the content management server 102 proceeds with the procedure of registering the content requested by the seller terminal 110 to register after receiving an acceptance signal from the seller terminal 110 agreeing to the content registration information. By providing a menu for selecting a refund rate for returning a portion of the seller's profits to the buyer to the seller terminal 110 to allow the seller to freely choose to return some of his profits to the buyer.

The content management server 102 registers as a member based on the buyer or seller information and efficiently issues the purchaser or seller by authenticating the buyer to purchase the content and the seller to register and sell the content. It is preferable to be able to access the content management server 102 through the information.

In addition, the content management server 102 may manage not only the content registered by the at least one seller terminal 110 but also the content developed and registered by the content provider. The service provider may include a mobile communication terminal manufacturer, a mobile communication company, a content developer and a content provider.

Preferably, the contents correspond to digital contents such as games, videos, MP3s, images, and e-books, and are classified into free contents without charges to buyers and paid contents charged with buyers according to the seller's or operator's choice. In the following, paid content (hereinafter referred to as content) applied to the present invention will be described.

Here, a process of registering content by the content management server will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

When the content management server 102 receives a content registration request from the seller terminal 110 connected through the authentication information (s201), the content management server 102 transmits the content registration information necessary for registering the content to the seller terminal 110 (s203). ). The content registration information includes one or more of a content registration method and regulation.

Thereafter, when the content management server 102 receives an acceptance signal agreeing with the content registration information from the seller terminal 110 (s205), the content including a menu for selecting a refund rate according to the content price and the sales amount is provided. The registration page is transmitted to the seller terminal 110 (s207).

When the content registration page is received from the seller terminal 110 (209), the content management server 102 registers the content based on the information written on the content registration page (s211).

Meanwhile, when the content management server 102 receives a purchase request for a predetermined content from the purchaser terminal 120, the content management server 102 provides the purchaser terminal 120 with purchase information including usage fee information charged by purchasing the corresponding content. do.

Thereafter, when the content management server 102 receives an acceptance signal for agreeing to the purchase information from the purchaser terminal 120, the content management server 102 causes the content usage fee to be charged to the purchaser terminal 120. The processor 120 processes the content for download and completes the content selling operation, and stores the content selling information accordingly.

The content sale information includes one or more of content and information on a seller, and information on a buyer. The content sale information is stored and managed by the content management server 102 as a content purchase record. 104). Accordingly, the revenue distribution server 104 may refund a part of the seller's profits to the buyer through the content purchase information.

Such a content management server 102 may be linked to a charging server (not shown) so that a content usage fee may be charged to the purchaser terminal 120.

The revenue distribution server 104 checks the cumulative sales amount of the corresponding content through the content sales information delivered by the content management server 102 and determines whether the checked cumulative sales amount reaches a predetermined target sales amount. The target sales amount may be set in stages, and the initial target sales amount (first target sales amount) may be a criterion at which the break-even point of the content or the target profit set by the seller is achieved.

In accordance with the determination, when the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount, the revenue distribution server 104 calculates the profit of the seller according to the content sales amount and returns the first refund rate set corresponding to the first target sales amount. Applied to the proceeds, the seller's proceeds calculate the total refund to be refunded to all previous buyers, the total refund is divided equally by the number of previous buyers to calculate individual refunds, and refund information is generated for the individual refunds. Refunds will be made to refund the refund.

In this case, the proceeds of the seller is the amount excluding the fees taken by the business operator from the content sales generated in accordance with the sale of the content, individual refunds refunded to each previous buyer may be provided in cash, mileage or coupon, each previous buyer It may also be deducted from the content usage fee collected by. For example, when a purchaser purchases content through a mobile communication terminal, the purchaser may be deducted from a mobile communication usage (billing) fee.

In addition, when the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount, the revenue distribution server 104 adjusts the first target sales amount of the content one step to the second target sales amount, and accordingly, the first refund rate is also changed to the second refund rate. Adjust it up one level.

Thereafter, the revenue distribution server 104 checks the cumulative sales amount of the corresponding content through the content sales information delivered by the content management server 102 and determines whether the checked cumulative sales amount reaches the second target sales amount. When the second target sales amount is reached, a refund can be refunded so that individual refunds to which the second refund rate is applied are refunded to each of the previous buyers corresponding to the sales amount after the first target sales amount is reached until the second target sales amount is reached.

Alternatively, the refund is processed so that an individual refund amount corresponding to the first target sale amount is first refunded to a previous buyer who purchases after reaching the first target sale amount, and additional refund amount (from the individual refund amount corresponding to the second target sale amount is reached when the second target sale amount is reached. Refund processing may be performed so that an additional amount of refund) may be additionally refunded.

The revenue distribution server 104 preferably stores the target sales step by step information set by the target sales amount step by step and the refund rate information applied to each step of the target sales amount. The target sales amount step information may be information differently set according to each content or the same for all the contents.

Hereinafter, the operation of distributing revenue by the revenue distribution server 104 will be described in more detail, for example. Here, for the convenience of description, when the content is sold for 3000 won and the operator fee for selling one content is 900 won, the seller sets the first target sales amount of the content to 10,000 (10000). The refund rate applied before the first target sales volume is set to zero (0), the first refund rate applied to the second target sales volume from the time of reaching the first target sales volume to 0.5%, and the second target Set the sales volume to 100,000 (100000), set the second refund rate to 0.7% from the time of reaching the 2nd target sales to the 3rd target sales volume, and set the 3rd target sales volume to 1 million (1000000) It is assumed that the third refund rate, which is applied from the 3rd target sales volume until the 4th target sales volume, is set to 1%, and the maximum refund rate is set to 2% regardless of the target sales volume.

The revenue distribution server 104 compares the cumulative sales amount of the content with a predetermined target sales amount through the content sales information. When the cumulative sales amount reaches the target sales amount, the revenue distribution server 104 applies the refund rate corresponding to the target sales amount to the seller's proceeds to the previous buyer. It calculates the individual refunds to be refunded to each of them, refunds the calculated individual refunds to each of the previous buyers, and increases the target sales volume of the content and the refund rate accordingly.

For example, when the cumulative content sales amount is 9999, the revenue distribution server 104 compares the cumulative sales amount with the target sales amount until the first target sales amount is reached because the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sale amount.

If the cumulative sales amount of the content is 10,000, the revenue distribution server 104, since the cumulative sales amount has reached the first target sales amount, excluding the commission of the operator 9,000,000 from the total content sales amount of 30,000,000 won for the cumulative sales amount of 10000, Calculate the total refund amount of KRW 1,995,000 to be distributed to all the previous buyers by applying the first refund rate of 0.5% to the seller's profits of KRW 21,000,000, and divide the total refund amount of KRW 1,995,000 by the number of buyers to calculate the equal individual refund amount of KRW 199.5. do. And the individual refund 199.5 won to be refunded to each of the 10000 previous buyers. The target sales volume and the first refund rate are increased by one step to update the target sales amount and the refund rate with the second target sales amount and the second refund rate. If the first purchaser purchases n pieces of content, the refund is processed so that the amount calculated by multiplying the individual refunds by n is returned to the first purchaser.

In the above, the case where the content sales amount is settled when the target sales amount is reached has been described, but it may be settled monthly or in another way.

If the settlement is made monthly, the revenue distribution server 104 determines whether it is the settlement time for calculating the content revenue, and if it is the settlement time, checks the content sales amount of the current month of the settlement and the cumulative sales amount of the content at the settlement time, and the refund rate corresponding to the cumulative sales amount. If the refund is not present by applying to the seller's proceeds, payment is made so that the remaining amount excluding the operator's fee is paid to the seller as the proceeds from the settlement month's content sales by the content sales volume of the current month.

If there is a refund, the individual refund can be calculated and paid to each of the previous buyers. When the content is settled monthly, the cumulative sales volume of the content may reach a target sales volume for a certain month. The total refund to be refunded to the previous buyer may be greater than the seller's proceeds. In this case, the refund may be subtracted from the deposit deposited by the seller in advance, or the operator may lend the total refund to the seller and recover the amount lent each time the content is sold.

In addition, the revenue distribution server 104 may process a deposit of a portion of the seller's proceeds as a deposit from the initial sale of the content, by applying the refund rate corresponding to the maximum refund rate or the target sales volume to the seller proceeds at the time of settlement, Calculate the refund to be refunded to, and deducted by the amount of the refund calculated from the seller's proceeds and deposit the deducted refund as a deposit. The deposit is used as a refund to each previous buyer when the cumulative content sales amount reaches the target sales amount. Here, an example will be described in which a deposit is prepared by applying a maximum refund rate to the seller's profit at the time of monthly settlement.

For example, if 30 contents are sold in the month of settlement and the cumulative sales amount is 9991, and the first target sales amount is not reached, the revenue distribution server 104 is settled at the settled monthly content sales amount of 300,000 won for 30 contents. The profit of the seller is calculated to be W273,000, excluding the operator's fee of 27,000 won ($ 900 * 30).

In addition, by applying the maximum refund rate of 2% to the seller's earnings of 273,000 won, a deposit of 5460 won is calculated in advance, and the calculated deposit of 5460 won is processed, and the remaining 267540 won except the deposit of 5460 won is sold to the seller. Process payment so that it can be paid out.

 If 25 contents are sold in the month of settlement and the cumulative sales amount corresponding to the first target sales amount is 10015, the revenue distribution server 104 calculates an individual refund amount to be paid to each of the 10015 previous buyers, and is calculated. Each individual refund is processed so that it can be paid out of a previously deposited deposit (a cumulative sum of the monthly deposit plus the maximum refund rate to the seller's proceeds at the time of monthly settlement). In addition, the payment process is performed so that the remaining amount of the content of the settlement month for the 25 contents except for the deposit of the operator's fee and the maximum refund rate is paid to the seller as a profit.

On the other hand, when the deposit is made by applying the refund rate corresponding to the target sales volume, for example, before the first target sales volume is reached, the deposit amount is applied by applying the first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales volume to the seller's profit at the time of settlement. When the first target sales volume is reached and updated to the second target sales volume, the second refund rate corresponding to the second target sales volume is applied to the profit of the seller at the time of settlement to prepare a deposit.

The deposit may be used to settle the content sales amount for each content sale.

On the other hand, if the content is sold for a certain period (contract period), the revenue distribution server 104, if the cumulative sales amount of the content does not reach the target sales volume at the time when the sale of the content ends (contract period expires), It is desirable to reduce the deposit so that the deposit is returned to the seller.

The review server 106 allows a previous buyer, who is refunded a portion of the seller's proceeds for a given content, to write a content review that includes the refund information, and allows the next buyer to purchase new content through the content review of the previous buyer. The content review is registered in the content review list.

The review list of such content is displayed on the web page provided by the content management server 102 and the web page displaying detailed information on the predetermined content together with the information about the content so that a new next buyer can view the new purchase. And provide the next buyer with various information about the content.

The review server 106 transmits a review writing page for writing review data including information on refunds to each of the previous buyers, and when receiving a review writing page from each of the previous buyers, the review data included in the review writing page Extract and register the extracted review data in a content review list.

At this time, the review server 106 receives the content sales information including the information about the buyer from the content management server 102 or the revenue distribution server 104, and based on the received content sales information, each of the previous buyers write a review page send.

On the other hand, the review server 106 generates a review buyer information separately written review data through the review creation page, and transfers the generated review buyer information to the revenue distribution server 104, the refund is refunded only to the previous buyer who created the review data You can also

3 is a flowchart illustrating a profit distribution method according to a first embodiment of the present invention, which will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

If the content management server 102 inputs a content purchase request for a predetermined content from the purchaser terminal 120, the content management server 102 causes the use fee of the corresponding content to be charged to the purchaser terminal 120 while transferring the content to the purchaser terminal 120. The transmission completes the sale of the content (s301), and transfers the content sale information accordingly to the revenue distribution server 104.

The revenue distribution server 104 checks the cumulative sales amount of the content on the basis of the content sales information and determines whether the cumulative sales amount reaches the predetermined first target sales amount (s303). According to the cumulative content sales volume is constantly checked to compare the cumulative sales volume with the first target sales volume.

On the other hand, when the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the predetermined first target sales amount in step s303, the profit of the seller corresponding to the rest is calculated except the commission of the operator from the content sales amount (s305).

In addition, the revenue distribution server 104 calculates the total refund amount to be refunded to all the previous buyers who purchased the content by applying the first refund rate set corresponding to the first target sales amount to the seller's proceeds (s307), each of the previous buyers. It calculates the individual refunds to be refunded to and refunds the calculated individual refunds to each of the previous buyers (s309), and sends the refund information on the individual refunds to the review server 106.

In addition, the revenue distribution server 104 updates each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to the second target sales amount and the second refund rate.

The review server 106 includes refund information transmitted from the revenue distribution server 104, and transmits a review writing page for writing review data to each of the previous buyer terminals 120 based on the purchase record of the content. In operation S311, when the review data is received from the purchaser terminal 120 (S313), the received review data is registered in the content review list of the content managed by the content management server 102 (S313).

On the other hand, while the above described that the individual refunds are paid to each of the previous buyers irrespective of the creation of the review data, the individual refunds may be processed to be paid only to the previous buyers to write the review data.

In this case, the revenue distribution server 104 transmits the refund information for the individual refund for each previous buyer to the review server 106 before the refund processing to each previous buyer, the review server 106 includes the refund information And, the review writing page to write the review data is transmitted to each of the previous buyer terminal 120.

Thereafter, when the review server 106 receives the review writing page from a predetermined purchaser terminal, the review server 106 registers the review data created by the previous buyer through the review writing page to the content review list of the content managed by the content management server 102. In addition, the user can generate review buyer information about the previous buyer who has registered and created the review data, and transmits the generated review buyer information to the revenue distribution server 104.

Accordingly, the revenue distribution server 104 may process so that individual refunds are paid only to the previous buyer terminal 120 that has written the review data based on the review buyer information transmitted from the review server 106.

Through this, the revenue distribution server 104 may cancel the refund process in the case of a previous buyer who does not write the review data for a predetermined time and transmit it to the review server 106, or cancels (rejects) the review data creation. Will be.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a revenue distribution method according to a second embodiment of the present invention, which will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

If the content management server 102 inputs a content purchase request for a predetermined content from the purchaser terminal 120, the content management server 102 causes the use fee of the corresponding content to be charged to the purchaser terminal 120 while transferring the content to the purchaser terminal 120. The transmission completes the sale of the content (s401), and transfers the content sale information accordingly to the revenue distribution server 104.

The revenue distribution server 104 checks the cumulative sales amount of the content on the basis of the content sales information and determines whether it is the settlement time for calculating the content sales amount (s403).

If it is determined at step s403 that the settlement time is reached, it is determined whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches a predetermined first target sales amount (s405), and when the first target sales amount is not reached (s407), The refund amount is calculated by applying the first refund rate set corresponding to the first target sales amount to the seller's proceeds (s409).

The revenue distribution server 204 subtracts the refund amount calculated from the seller's profit, deposits the refund amount as a deposit, and pays the remaining amount after deducting the refund amount from the seller's profit so as to be paid to the seller. (s411). Here, although a deposit is prepared by applying the refund rate corresponding to the target sales amount to the seller's profit, the deposit may be prepared by applying the maximum refund rate according to the target sales amount to the seller's profit.

On the other hand, when the cumulative sales volume of the content reaches a predetermined first target sales amount in step s405, the refund processing is performed so that refunds are paid to each of the previous buyers with a deposit made in advance (s413), and the refund information is reviewed by the review server 106 To send). In addition, the payment is made so that the remaining amount after subtracting the operator's fees and deposits from the content sales at the time of settlement is paid to the seller.

In addition, the revenue distribution server 104 updates each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate with the second target sales amount and the second refund rate (s415).

The review server 106 includes refund information transmitted from the revenue distribution server 104, and transmits a review writing page for writing review data to each of the previous buyer terminals 120 based on the purchase record of the content. In operation S417, when the review data is received from the purchaser terminal 120 (S419), the received review data is registered in the content review list of the content managed by the content management server 102 (S421).

As described above, according to the present invention, by redistributing a portion of the seller's profits to the buyer by applying a refund rate set differently according to the amount of content sold, the amount of content refunded to the buyer increases as the content sales amount increases, and the buyer returns By preparing review data including information, the contents of the seller can be sold more, and the purchaser can be rewarded for the purchase, and the review data can be created so that a new purchase can be created.

As a result, each of the operators providing the open market to which the present invention is applied, the seller who refunds a part of the proceeds of the content to the buyer, and the buyer who returns a certain amount according to the purchase and writes the review data accordingly to help the creation of a new buyer Interact with each other so that everyone can benefit.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention to the embodiments described above by those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains. And can be varied. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

102: content management server 104: revenue distribution server
106: review server 110: terminal for sellers
120: buyer terminal

Claims (34)

A content management server for registering and managing contents online;
It is determined whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches a first target sales amount, and when the first target sales amount is reached, a refund is calculated by applying a first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales amount to the seller's profits and calculating the refund. And a revenue distribution server for refunding each of the previous buyers and updating the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.
The method of claim 1,
The revenue from the seller
Revenue distribution system, characterized in that the amount excluding the commission of the operator.
The method of claim 1,
And a review server for transmitting review writing pages for writing review data including information on the refund to each of the previous buyers, and receiving the review writing page, and registering the review data in a review list of the contents. Revenue distribution system.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The revenue distribution server
And the refund processing after the review data is registered by the review server.
The method of claim 1,
The revenue distribution server
Determining whether it is at the time of settlement; and if it is at the time of settlement, determining whether the cumulative sales amount of the content at that time reaches the first target sales amount.
The method of claim 1,
The first target sales amount is
And a point of time at which the break-even point of the content or a target profit set by the seller is achieved. The method of claim 1,
The revenue distribution server
And if the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount, a zero (0) refund rate is applied to the profit of the seller.
A content management server for registering and managing contents online;
Deposit the refund calculated by applying the first refund rate to the profit of the seller according to the sale of the content as a deposit, and determine whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount corresponding to the first refund rate. If the first target sales amount is reached, the deposit is refunded to each of the previous buyers, the revenue distribution server for updating each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and second refund rate; Revenue distribution system comprising a.
The method of claim 8,
The revenue from the seller
Revenue distribution system, characterized in that the amount excluding the commission of the operator.
The method of claim 8,
And a review server for transmitting review writing pages for writing review data including information on the refund to each of the previous buyers, and receiving the review writing page, and registering the review data in a review list of the contents. Revenue distribution system.
The method of claim 10,
The revenue distribution server
And the refund processing after the review data is registered by the review server.
The method of claim 8,
The revenue distribution server
It is determined whether or not at the time of settlement, and if the settlement time, the revenue distribution system, characterized in that to apply the first refund rate to the revenue of the seller at that time.

The method of claim 8,
The first target sales amount is
And a point of time at which the break-even point of the content or a target profit set by the seller is achieved.
The method of claim 8,
The revenue distribution server
And if the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount, a zero (0) refund rate is applied to the profit of the seller.
The method of claim 8,
The revenue distribution server
And when the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount at the end of the sale of the contents, reducing the deposit so that the deposit is returned to the seller.
A content management server for registering and managing contents online;
When the maximum refund amount calculated by applying the maximum refund rate to the seller's proceeds according to the sale of the content is deposited as a deposit, and it is determined whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount, the first target sales amount is reached. Calculating a first refund amount to which a first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales amount is applied, subtracting the first refund amount from the deposit, and refunding the first refund amount to each of the previous buyers; And a revenue distribution server for updating a target sales amount and each of the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.
When the revenue distribution server determines whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches a predetermined first target sales amount and reaches the first target sales amount, the revenue distribution server applies the first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales amount to the seller's proceeds to receive the refund. Calculating a first step; And
A second step of the revenue distribution server refunding the refund to each of the previous buyers, and updating the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate; Revenue Distribution Method.
18. The method of claim 17,
When the content registration request is received, the content management server transmits the content registration information necessary for content registration to the buyer terminal, and registering the content when receiving the acceptance signal to agree with the content registration information; Revenue distribution method, characterized in that.
18. The method of claim 17,
The revenue from the seller
Revenue distribution method characterized in that the amount excluding the commission of the operator.
18. The method of claim 17,
A review server transmitting a review writing page for writing review data including information on the refund to each of the previous buyers, and receiving the review writing page, registering the review data in a review list of the contents. Revenue distribution method further comprising.
The method of claim 20,
And canceling, by the revenue distribution server, to cancel the refund to the previous purchaser who has not registered the review data.
18. The method of claim 17,
And determining whether the revenue distribution server is at a settlement time.
18. The method of claim 17,
The first target sales amount is
And a point of time at which the break-even point of the content or a target profit set by the seller is achieved.
18. The method of claim 17,
And if the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount, the revenue distribution server applying a zero refund rate to the seller's proceeds.

A first step of the revenue distribution server depositing the refunded amount calculated by applying the first refund rate to the proceeds of the seller according to the sale of the content as a deposit;
The revenue distribution server determines whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount corresponding to the first refund rate, and when the first target sales amount is reached, the deposit is refunded to each previous buyer. Second step; And
And a third step of the revenue distribution server updating each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.
26. The method of claim 25,
When the content registration request is received, the content management server transmits the content registration information necessary for content registration to the buyer terminal, and registering the content when receiving the acceptance signal to agree with the content registration information; Revenue distribution method, characterized in that.
26. The method of claim 25,
The revenue from the seller
Revenue distribution method characterized in that the amount excluding the commission of the operator.
26. The method of claim 25,
A review server transmitting a review writing page for writing review data including information on the refund to each of the previous buyers, and receiving the review writing page, registering the review data in a review list of the contents. Revenue distribution method further comprising.
The method of claim 28,
And canceling, by the revenue distribution server, to cancel the refund to the previous purchaser who has not registered the review data.
26. The method of claim 25,
And determining whether the revenue distribution server is at a settlement time.
26. The method of claim 25,
The first target sales amount is
And a point of time at which the break-even point of the content or a target profit set by the seller is achieved.
26. The method of claim 25,
And if the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount, the revenue distribution server applying a zero refund rate to the seller's proceeds.
26. The method of claim 25,
If the cumulative sales amount does not reach the first target sales amount at the end of the sale of the content, the revenue distribution server further comprises the step of reducing the deposit so that the deposit is returned to the seller Way.
A first step of depositing, by the revenue distribution server, the maximum refund calculated by applying the maximum refund rate to the profit of the seller according to the sale of the content as a deposit;
When the revenue distribution server reaches the first target sales amount by determining whether the cumulative sales amount of the content reaches the first target sales amount corresponding to the first refund rate, the first refund rate corresponding to the first target sales amount is Calculating a first refund applied and subtracting the first refund from the deposit and refunding the first refund to each previous purchaser; And
And a third step of the revenue distribution server updating each of the first target sales amount and the first refund rate to a second higher target sales amount and a second refund rate.

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