KR20130016625A - Method and system for selecting paragraph on electronic book environments - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for selecting a paragraph in an e-book environment and a system thereof are provided to supply a UI(User Interface) environment to easily and simply select an image or a paragraph from the reading page. CONSTITUTION: A content database(821) stores and maintains digital content. A content management module(820) provides the digital content to the user terminal according to a user's request. The digital content is displayed on a screen of a touch sensing display included in the user terminal. When a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph is recognized through the touch sensing display, the displayed digital content displays a paragraph including a word on a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture based on the word corresponding to an input position of the paragraph selection gesture. [Reference numerals] (810) Authentication management module; (811) User profile DB; (820) Content management module; (821) Content DB; (830) Annotation management module; (831) Annotation information DB; (840) Discuss management module; (841) Discuss information DB; (850) Audience measurement module; (851) Audience information DB; (AA) Electronic service system structure

Description

METHOOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING PARAGRAPH ON ELECTRONIC BOOK ENVIRONMENTS}

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for selecting a paragraph or an image from a corresponding content when using an e-book based content.

An e-book is a digital book that can be used as a book by recording information such as text and images on an electronic medium, and is also called an e-book. It is a form of digital contents service created by cutting-edge information and communication technology by acquiring digitized books made by applying HTML and XML, the standard language of the Internet, using viewers on their PCs or dedicated terminals. to be. From the reader's point of view, it is more convenient than the paper book because it is cheaper and only the necessary parts can be purchased separately, and the publisher can save production and distribution costs and update the contents of the book easily.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0076327 (published September 01, 2004) discloses a technique for rendering a document or a publication stored in an information storage means on a screen so that a user can read in units of pages.

However, conventionally, in order to select a paragraph or an image in a page that the user reads, it is inconvenient to select a word and then select the front and back of the area to be selected by dragging and dropping each time. In other words, in order to select a desired paragraph, as shown in FIG. 1, a user command for selecting one word 101 in the corresponding area is first input, and then left drag 102 and right drag based on the selected word. Three user input operations are required to perform the release 103. In this case, if the paragraph to be selected is beyond the page (in the case of page content) or the paragraph is long, it is cumbersome to repeat the selection operation consisting of three user input operations more than once.

In the present specification, a method and system for easily selecting a specific paragraph or an image in a page read by a user in an e-book environment are proposed.

A method and system are provided that make it easier and simpler to select a paragraph or image within a page that a user is reading in an e-book environment.

A method and system are provided for minimizing the number of times a user command enters a paragraph or image and automatically selects the paragraph or image in an easier control environment.

A user terminal providing a viewer function for digital content includes a touch-sensitive display, at least one processor, a memory, and at least one program, wherein the at least one program is stored in a memory and stored by the at least one processor. The program is configured to be executed, and the program recognizes a content display code for displaying digital content on a screen of a touch-sensitive display and a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph from a gesture user interface (UI) input from a user through the touch-sensitive display. A paragraph selection code for displaying a paragraph that a word belongs to as a selection area according to a paragraph selection gesture based on a word corresponding to a position where a paragraph selection gesture is input in the digital content displayed on the screen when the gesture recognition code and the paragraph selection gesture are recognized. It may include.

According to one side, the paragraph selection code may recognize a paragraph to which a word belongs using a symbol representing a paragraph change in digital content. In this case, the symbol may include at least one code among a carriage return (LF), an indentation, a period, and a space.

According to another aspect, the paragraph selection code may recognize the content from the word to the first symbol after the word, or from the first symbol before the word to the first symbol after the word as the paragraph to which the word belongs. Can be.

According to another aspect, the gesture recognition code recognizes a paragraph modification gesture for modifying a selection area among gesture UIs input from the user, and the paragraph selection code recognizes a paragraph modification gesture when the paragraph modification gesture is recognized. The contents up to the word corresponding to the position can be corrected and displayed.

According to another aspect, if the paragraph selection gesture is input again while the paragraph to which the word belongs is displayed as the selection area, the gesture recognition code may recognize the inputted paragraph selection gesture as the paragraph modification gesture.

According to another aspect, the paragraph selection code may display an object corresponding to the position at which the paragraph selection gesture is input, as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture, by using a value in which digital content is rendered on the screen of the touch-sensitive display.

A server that provides an online service related to digital content for a user terminal connected through internet communication includes a content database for storing and maintaining digital content, and a content management module for providing digital content to the user terminal at the user's request. In this case, the digital content is displayed on the screen of the touch-sensitive display provided in the user terminal, when the paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph of the gesture UI input from the user through the touch-sensitive display is recognized, the digital content displayed on the screen In, the paragraph to which the word belongs based on the word corresponding to the position at which the paragraph selection gesture is input may be displayed as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture.

According to one side, the server receives a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal, and at least one additional service of the search function, annotation function, sharing function associated with the selection area at the user's request It may further include a service providing module for providing.

A viewer method of a user terminal that provides a viewer function for digital content includes a content display step of displaying digital content on a screen of a touch-sensitive display provided in the user terminal, and a paragraph of a gesture UI input from a user through a touch-sensitive display. A gesture recognition step of recognizing a paragraph selection gesture for selection, and when the paragraph selection gesture is recognized, a paragraph to which the word belongs is determined based on a word corresponding to a position where the paragraph selection gesture is input in the digital content displayed on the screen. It may include a paragraph selection step of displaying as a selection area according to.

A service method of a server system that provides an online service related to digital content to a user terminal connected through internet communication includes storing and maintaining digital content, and providing digital content to the user terminal according to a user's request. In this case, the digital content is displayed on the screen of the touch-sensitive display provided in the user terminal, when the paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph of the gesture UI input from the user through the touch-sensitive display is recognized, the digital displayed on the screen A paragraph to which a word belongs may be displayed as a selection area according to a paragraph selection gesture based on a word corresponding to a position where a paragraph selection gesture is input in the content.

The recording medium in which a program providing a viewer function for digital content is recorded includes a content display code for displaying digital content on a screen of a touch-sensitive display, and a paragraph for selecting a paragraph from a gesture UI input from a user through a touch-sensitive display. A selection area according to a paragraph selection gesture, the paragraph including the gesture recognition code for recognizing the paragraph selection gesture and the word corresponding to the position where the paragraph selection gesture is input in the digital content displayed on the screen It may include a paragraph selection code indicated by.

In an e-book environment, it is possible to provide a user interface environment that makes it easier and simpler to select a paragraph or image within a page that the user is reading.

By automatically setting the entire paragraph or the image as a selection area with only one user input for the first letter in a paragraph, the number of user commands for selecting a paragraph or an image can be minimized and an easier control environment can be provided.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an existing process for selecting paragraphs.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a paragraph selection method of selecting a paragraph according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen for explaining the paragraph selection method illustrated in FIG. 2.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a paragraph selection method of modifying a paragraph selection range according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen for explaining the paragraph selection method illustrated in FIG. 4.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a paragraph selection method of selecting an object such as an image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen for explaining the paragraph selection method illustrated in FIG. 6.
8 is a block diagram illustrating an e-book service system for providing an e-book service for digital content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of a server system for providing digital content and a user terminal for outputting digital content will be described.

Digital content can refer to digitized documents created by applying HTML and XML, the standard languages of the Internet. In particular, digital content may refer to e-book based content.

The server system may implement an e-book based service model that provides digital content to a user terminal. For example, the server system may provide digital content to the user terminal in the form of an online service while maintaining a connection with the user terminal through internet communication. The server system may provide an e-book service having the same function on various platforms such as an e-book dedicated terminal, a PC, a tablet, a portable terminal (smart phone, etc.). As another example, the server system may provide an e-book-only application (hereinafter referred to as an "e-book app") that includes a viewer function for digital content for the local environment of the user terminal in connection with the e-book service. The e-book app may basically provide a service environment for storing, managing, and consuming digital content in the local state of the user terminal. In addition, the e-book app may provide a service environment such as managing, consuming, and sharing with other users digital content stored on the server system through the interaction between the user terminal and the server system.

The user terminal provides a viewer function for digital content, and may be an e-book dedicated terminal, a PC, a tablet, a portable terminal (smartphone, etc.) and / or a combination of two or more of these items. The user terminal may refer to all communication terminals capable of installing the e-book app and communicating with the server system.

The user terminal comprises a touch sensitive display as display means. The point of contact between the touch-sensitive display and the user may correspond to at least one finger or a stylus pen of the user. The touch sensitive display may use LCD (liquid crystal display) technology or LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, but other display technologies may be used in other embodiments. The touch sensitive display can further include proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining at least one contact point with the touch sensitive display.

The touch-sensitive display can include a graphical user interface (GUI) with at least one window. At least one window may be used to display digital content via an e-book viewer. The GUI includes a gesture UI according to a continuous point of contact with the user. The gesture UI follows motion information related to the shape or shape of the gesture motion, and different functions may be predefined and set for each gesture motion. That is, the user terminal may recognize the gesture motion input from the user through the gesture UI, and in response to the recognized gesture motion, may execute a function set for the gesture motion.

As described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7, in the present embodiment, a function of selecting one paragraph or an image from digital content displayed on a screen (hereinafter, referred to as a paragraph selection function) may be provided. Regarding the paragraph selection function, at least one finger touching the display is kept still for at least 1 second, or at least in the form of <,>, {,}, (,), [,], ",", or the like. One gesture motion may be predefined. The paragraph selection function may include a function of modifying a paragraph selection range (hereinafter, referred to as a paragraph editing function). The same type of gesture motion may be defined for the paragraph selection function and the paragraph correction function, or different types of gesture motions may be defined. The gesture motion for the paragraph correction function may be recognized while the paragraph selection function is being executed.

Hereinafter, a method of selecting one paragraph or an image from an e-book based digital content will be described. The UI screen of the touch-sensitive display may have a different configuration or function according to a service type of digital content, an operating system of the system, or a UI environment. The UI screen described below is described using a general viewer screen such as a smartphone or a tablet as an example. However, the UI screen is not limited to the embodiments of the drawings and the detailed description, and the configuration and functions of the UI screen may be changed. .

2 is a flowchart illustrating a paragraph selection method of selecting a paragraph according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The digital content is displayed on the screen of the touch-sensitive display provided in the user terminal (210). For example, the user terminal may directly execute the viewer for the digital content using a local program or execute the viewer for the digital content in the form of an online service through a connection with a server system. Accordingly, the viewer program for the digital content may be stored in a memory of the user terminal and executed by a processor inside the user terminal, or may be executed through a browser of the user terminal for using the viewer environment provided by the server system.

In operation 220, a paragraph selection gesture corresponding to a paragraph selection function is recognized among gesture UIs input from the user through the touch-sensitive display. Paragraph selection gestures are recognizable in the screen area in which the digital content is displayed, particularly in the effective area in which the text or image is present. For example, when a gesture motion in the form of "" is defined for the paragraph selection function, the gesture motion corresponding to "" "may be recognized as the paragraph selection gesture. Accordingly, a user command for selecting the paragraph may be input to the system by taking the gesture motion as "" at a predetermined position of the paragraph that the user wants to select. A preferred location for the user to take paragraph selection gesture 302 may be determined in accordance with the manner of recognizing the paragraph, described below with respect to step 230 of FIG. 2. The preferred position for the paragraph selection gesture 302 may correspond to a position corresponding to the first letter of the paragraph or any letter included in the paragraph. For example, in the area 301 in which digital content is displayed as shown in FIG. 3, the paragraph selection gesture 302 is performed before the indented first letter of the paragraph that the user wants to select.

When the paragraph selection gesture is recognized in the gesture UI, the paragraph to which the touch word belongs is recognized based on a word corresponding to the position where the paragraph selection gesture is input in the area where the digital content is displayed (hereinafter referred to as a 'touch word'). The paragraph is displayed as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture (230). Paragraphs including touch words may be recognized using symbols representing paragraph changes in digital content. Based on the standard language in which digital content is written, you can identify CR & LF, indents, periods, and spaces, which can be used to recognize paragraph changes. For example, a CR & LF after a period after a touch word or an indentation can be recognized as the beginning of a paragraph, or a space immediately preceding a touch word can be recognized as the beginning of a paragraph. In addition, paragraph changes may be recognized by checking whether a period and / or a space exists in a character before and / or after the touch word. For example, the contents from the touch word to the symbol first appearing after the touch word may be recognized as one paragraph (first recognition method). As another example, contents from a character following a symbol first appearing before the touch word to a symbol first appearing after the touch word may be recognized as one paragraph (second recognition method). When the first recognition method is applied, it is preferable that the user makes a paragraph selection gesture at a position corresponding to the first letter of the paragraph to be selected by the user. In the case where the second recognition method is applied, all the letters included in the paragraph to be selected may be a desirable position for the paragraph selection gesture because the paragraph is determined by recognizing the symbol first appearing before the touch word based on the touch word. Can be. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the touch word to the part with the CR & LF after the touch word is recognized as one paragraph, and the entire paragraph is the selection area 303 for the paragraph selection gesture taken by the user. I can display it. The selection area 303 may be displayed by applying a box display of various shapes such as a rectangle or a rounded rectangle, or highlighting such as color fill or shadow designation. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the selection area 303 may be displayed as a rectangular box, and the selection area 303 is dotted until the user's confirmation intention (final selection) is input to the selection area 303. Can be displayed as

4 is a flowchart illustrating a paragraph selection method of modifying a paragraph selection range according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In operation 410, a paragraph correction gesture corresponding to a paragraph correction function is recognized among gesture UIs input from the user through the touch-sensitive display. Paragraph correction reduces the paragraph selection corresponding to the selection based on the paragraph modification gesture entered within the selection, and expands the paragraph selection corresponding to the selection based on the paragraph modification gesture entered outside the selection. It may include at least one of the functions. The paragraph modification gesture can be recognized while the paragraph selection function is activated, that is, the paragraph recognition is completed for the paragraph selection gesture and the selection area is displayed. In one example, the paragraph correction gesture is recognizable in the selection area, in particular in the effective area where the text or image is present. As another example, the paragraph correction gesture is recognizable within a valid area in which text or an image of the same page on which the selection area is displayed exists. For example, when a gesture motion in the form of "" is defined for the paragraph correction function, the gesture motion of "" may be recognized as a paragraph correction gesture. If the paragraph selection gesture and the paragraph modification gesture are defined as the same type of gesture motion, if the corresponding gesture motion is first input while the paragraph selection function is inactive, the paragraph selection gesture is recognized and the gesture motion is displayed while the selection area is displayed. If this is input again, it can be recognized as a paragraph correction gesture. Therefore, a user command for modifying a corresponding paragraph may be input to the system by taking a gesture motion as "" "at a predetermined position after the selection area is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, in the selection area 503, the paragraph correction gesture 504 is performed at a corresponding position for correcting the selection area 503 to a range desired by the user.

When the paragraph correction gesture is recognized in the gesture UI, the selection area determined according to the paragraph selection gesture is corrected and displayed with contents up to a word corresponding to the position where the paragraph correction gesture is input (hereinafter, referred to as a 'modification position') (420). . For example, when the modified position is located within the selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture, the selection area is reduced and displayed. As another example, when the modified position is located outside the selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture, the selection area may be extended and displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the user selects a reduced selection area 505 with contents up to the modified position by performing a paragraph modification gesture at the end character of a desired paragraph to correct the paragraph selection range. Thereafter, when a user's intention to confirm the selection area 505 is input, the selection area 505 may be changed to a solid line and displayed. A method of recognizing a paragraph including a touch word using 'space' among symbols representing paragraph change is as follows. When a paragraph selection gesture is input, the space immediately preceding the end of the gesture (that is, the touch word) is recognized as the beginning of a paragraph, and when a paragraph correction gesture is input, the position where the gesture ends (that is, the modified position) is input. The space immediately following can be recognized as the end of a paragraph. However, generally, when recognizing the end of a paragraph, if the gesture is not selected at the end of the sentence, the gesture may be selected at one space instead of at the end of the sentence. To solve this problem, if a paragraph correction gesture is input after a paragraph selection gesture, priority may be applied to a method for identifying the end of a paragraph. As a first priority, a period is applied to recognize the end of a paragraph by checking whether a period is at the end of two words before and after the end of the gesture. The second priority is to apply CR & LF, so that the end of the paragraph can be recognized by checking whether the CR & LF is at the end of two words before and after the end of the gesture. As a third priority, indentation is applied, where the CR or LF is located at the end of the gesture and the indentation such as indentation starts at the beginning of the sentence. As the fourth priority, the space is applied. If none of the first, second, and third priorities exist, the end of the paragraph is recognized by recognizing the space between the words before and after the end of the gesture. Can be recognized.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a paragraph selection method of selecting an object such as an image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The digital content is displayed on the screen of the touch-sensitive display provided in the user terminal (610). The digital content may be rendered on the screen in a predetermined standard through the viewer.

In operation 620, a paragraph selection gesture corresponding to a paragraph selection function is recognized among gesture UIs input from the user through the touch-sensitive display. For example, in order to select an object such as an image as shown in FIG. 7, the paragraph selection gesture 702 is performed on the left edge of the object to be selected by the user in the area 701 in which the digital content is displayed.

The step 610 of displaying the digital content and the step 620 of recognizing the paragraph selection gesture are the same as or similar to the steps 210 and 220 described with reference to FIG. The description will be omitted.

When the paragraph selection gesture is recognized in the gesture UI, the object corresponding to the input position of the paragraph selection gesture is recognized using the value rendered on the screen of the touch-sensitive display, and the recognized object is displayed as the selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture. (630). When the user selects an object such as an image by performing a paragraph selection gesture, in order to recognize an object other than text, the user may recognize a value of a rendered screen and determine whether the object is selected based on the value. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when an object such as an image other than text is located at a position where a paragraph selection gesture is input, the object is recognized through a value of a rendered screen of digital content and corresponding to the object. The selected area may be a selection area 703 for the paragraph selection gesture taken by the user. The selection area 703 may be displayed by applying a box display of various shapes such as a rectangle or a rounded rectangle, or highlighting such as color fill or shade designation. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the selection area 703 may be displayed as a rectangular box, and the selection area 703 is dotted until the user's confirmation intention (final selection) is input to the selection area 703. Can be displayed as

The paragraph selection method described above with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7 may include shorter operations or additional operations. In addition, more than one operation may be combined, and the order of operations may be changed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of devices will be described in relation to the paragraph selection method described above.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an e-book service system (ie, a server system) that provides an e-book service for digital content according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated, the e-book service system includes an authentication management module 810, a user profile database 811, a content management module 820, a content database 821, an annotation management module 830, and an annotation information database 831. , Discussion management module 840, discussion information database 841, audience measurement module 850, and audience information database 851. The authentication management module 810, the content management module 820, the annotation management module 830, the discussion management module 840, and the audience measurement module 850 may be configured separately or may be integrated modules. In addition, each module may perform an independent function or may be operated in a form that is dependent on at least one other module. The user profile database 811, the content database 821, the annotation information database 831, the discussion information database 841, and the audience information database 851 may be individual database systems or integrated into one database system.

The authentication manager 810 may store and manage general personal information related to the user in the user profile database 811. The personal information may include profile information and authentication information of the user registered in the system in relation to the e-book service. The authentication management module 810 may check the user's identity based on the authentication information when the user's identity is required, and may store and edit the profile information according to the user's request.

The content manager 820 may store and manage the electronic book-based digital content in the content database 821. The content management module 820 may maintain digital content stored in the content database 821, and may be in charge of continuous management of updates and the like. The content management module 820 may support a search function so that a user may search for digital content through the content database 821. The content management module 820 may provide a viewer function for digital content by providing digital content desired by the user to the user terminal according to a request of the user through the user terminal. The content management module 820 may search for information on the Internet by interoperating with a content server 821 and a search server that provides a search engine for all information on the Internet. For example, the content management module 820 may provide a search function that searches for information on the Internet using the selection area as a keyword and receives the selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal. have.

Annotation manager 830 may provide an annotation function for digital content and maintain and manage annotation information related to digital content through an annotation information database 831. The annotation function may collectively refer to any way a user expresses additional information in digital content. For example, all of the data may be annotation data when a variety of application add-ons, such as a bookmark function, an underline, an important mark, and a memo are additionally applied to the original content. Therefore, the annotation management module 830 may receive the selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal, and provide an annotation function related to the selection area according to the user's request. For example, a user can select a paragraph through a paragraph selection function in a digital content being used by the user, and then apply a function such as bookmarking, underlining, an important mark, and adding a note to the paragraph.

The discussion manager 840 may provide a discussion function (ie, a sharing function) with respect to the digital content, and maintain and manage the discussion information related to the digital content through the discussion information database 841. The discussion function may collectively refer to all community methods of sharing mutual opinions among a plurality of users via digital content. For example, a user may register his or her own opinion or question about digital content being used, and may share opinions with a friend or other person or receive a response to the question. The discussion management module 840 may receive a selection area according to a paragraph selection gesture from a user terminal, and provide a discussion function related to the selection area according to a user's request.

An audience measurement module 850 may perform an audience measurement on all digital content, and maintain and manage audience information related to the digital content through the audience information database 851. For example, the audience measurement module 850 may investigate usage scale or usage behavior of digital content provided through an e-book service, and may use it as various statistical information such as popularity ranking of the content and usage index. .

Although the device configuration of the user terminal for directly displaying the digital content provided by the e-book service system is not shown, the touch-sensitive display is basically provided as described above, and includes a memory, at least one processor, and at least one program. It may include. In this case, the at least one program may be configured to be stored in a memory and executed by at least one processor, which may include a program related to a paragraph selection function. The user terminal may include a communication module capable of permitting communication with an e-book service system that is a server system by supporting various communication protocols such as CDMA, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

The various functions of the e-book service system and the user terminal may be implemented in hardware and / or software including integrated circuits unique to at least one signal processing and / or application.

Embodiments of the present invention include computer readable media including program instructions for performing various computer implemented operations. Particularly, in the present embodiment, a content display code for displaying digital content on a screen of a touch-sensitive display, a gesture recognition code for recognizing a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph among gesture UIs input from a user through a touch-sensitive display, When the paragraph selection gesture is recognized, a program including a paragraph selection code for displaying a paragraph to which a word belongs as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture is based on a word corresponding to a position where the paragraph selection gesture is input in the digital content displayed on the screen. Computer-readable media to be recorded. The program according to the present embodiment may be composed of a PC-based program or a mobile terminal exclusive application (for example, a form of a smart phone application, a feature phone VM (virtual machine), etc.). This may be configured to be executed by the user terminal and / or at least one processor stored in the memory of the electronic book service system and / or running in the user terminal and / or the electronic book service system.

The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. In addition, the above-described file system can be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims.

Claims (15)

In the user terminal providing a viewer function for the digital content,
With touch-sensitive display,
At least one processor,
A memory,
At least one program
Including,
The at least one program is stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the at least one processor,
The program includes:
A content display code for displaying the digital content on a screen of the touch sensitive display;
A gesture recognition code for recognizing a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph of a gesture UI (user interface) input from a user through the touch-sensitive display;
When the paragraph selection gesture is recognized, a paragraph selection code for displaying a paragraph to which the word belongs as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture based on a word corresponding to a position where the paragraph selection gesture is input in the displayed digital content.
Lt; / RTI &gt; The method of claim 1,
The paragraph selection code is,
Recognizing the paragraph to which the word belongs by using a symbol representing a paragraph change in the digital content.
User terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 2,
The symbol is
Containing at least one of carriage return & line feed, indentation, period, or space
User terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 2,
The paragraph selection code is,
Recognizing the content from the word to the symbol first appearing after the word, or from the symbol first appearing before the word to the symbol first appearing after the word, as the paragraph to which the word belongs.
User terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
The gesture recognition code is,
Recognize a paragraph correction gesture for modifying the selection area of the gesture UI input from the user,
The paragraph selection code is,
When the paragraph correction gesture is recognized, correcting and displaying the selection area with contents up to a word corresponding to the position where the paragraph correction gesture is input.
User terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 5,
The gesture recognition code is,
If the paragraph selection gesture is input again while the paragraph to which the word belongs is displayed as the selection area, recognizing the input paragraph selection gesture as the paragraph correction gesture again;
User terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
The paragraph selection code is,
Displaying an object corresponding to a position at which the paragraph selection gesture is input using a value rendered on the screen of the touch-sensitive display as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture;
User terminal characterized in that. A server for providing an online service related to digital content for a user terminal connected through internet communication,
A content database for storing and maintaining the digital content;
Content management module for providing the digital content to the user terminal in response to a user's request
Including,
The digital content,
When a paragraph selection gesture is displayed on a screen of a touch sensing display provided in the user terminal, and a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph of a gesture UI input from the user through the touch sensing display is recognized, the paragraph selection gesture is displayed in the displayed digital content. A paragraph to which the word belongs based on a word corresponding to the input position is displayed as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture
Server characterized in that. 9. The method of claim 8,
The paragraph to which the word belongs,
Recognized using symbols representing paragraph changes in the digital content
Server characterized in that. 10. The method of claim 9,
The symbol is
Containing at least one code of CR & LF, indentation, period, space
Server characterized in that. 10. The method of claim 9,
The paragraph to which the word belongs,
Recognized as the content from the word to the symbol first appearing after the word, or from the symbol first appearing before the word to the symbol first appearing after the word
Server characterized in that. 9. The method of claim 8,
The server,
After receiving the selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture from the user terminal, providing at least one additional service of the search function, annotation function, sharing function associated with the selection area at the user's request Service Delivery Module
Further comprising, the server. In the viewer method of providing a viewer function for the digital content,
The user terminal is provided with a touch-sensitive display,
A content display step of displaying the digital content on a screen of the touch-sensitive display;
A gesture recognition step of recognizing a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph of a gesture UI input from the user through the touch-sensitive display;
When the paragraph selection gesture is recognized, a paragraph selection step of displaying a paragraph to which the word belongs as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture based on a word corresponding to a position where the paragraph selection gesture is input in the displayed digital content.
Viewer method comprising a. A service method of a server system that provides an online service related to digital content to a user terminal connected through internet communication, the method comprising:
Storing and maintaining the digital content;
Providing the digital content to the user terminal at the request of a user
Including,
The digital content,
When a paragraph selection gesture is displayed on a screen of a touch sensing display provided in the user terminal, and a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph of a gesture UI input from the user through the touch sensing display is recognized, the paragraph selection gesture is displayed in the displayed digital content. A paragraph to which the word belongs based on a word corresponding to the input position is displayed as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture
Service method characterized in that. A recording medium in which a program providing a viewer function for digital content is recorded,
A content display code for displaying the digital content on a screen of a touch-sensitive display;
A gesture recognition code for recognizing a paragraph selection gesture for selecting a paragraph of a gesture UI input from the user through the touch-sensitive display;
When the paragraph selection gesture is recognized, a paragraph selection code for displaying a paragraph to which the word belongs as a selection area according to the paragraph selection gesture based on a word corresponding to a position where the paragraph selection gesture is input in the displayed digital content.
A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon.

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