KR20130020419A - Online integrated contents management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An integrated online content management system is provided to supply a direct content transaction environment between users based on cloud computing and implement the integrated management and sharing of content possessed by individuals. CONSTITUTION: An account server(112) performs user authentication according to user access based on personal information of a user. One or more external storages(120-1~120-N) store content. A management server(114) provides an online album to the user. A market server(116) is interlinked with an album module. The market server provides an online transaction environment for content transactions between users. [Reference numerals] (112) Account server; (114) Management server; (116) Market server; (118) Storage #1; (119) Storage #2; (120-1) Cloud storage service #1; (120-2) Cloud storage service #2; (120-N) Cloud storage service #N; (AA) Internet

Description

Online integrated contents management system

The present invention relates to a system for effectively managing contents online. Specifically, the present invention relates to a cloud-based system capable of trading contents such as images directly between subscribers and managing contents such as images stored in at least one external storage. It relates to a comprehensive content management system.

With the development of computer networks, existing computing environments, which depended on the independent hardware capabilities of each terminal, are evolving into a form of cloud computing that provides a corresponding service at the request of a terminal by utilizing all computing resources on the network. Meanwhile, personal media content holdings are increasing due to the increase of smartphones and digital cameras. Under the cloud computing environment, users have access to a variety of cloud storage. Therefore, there is a need for an integrated management system of contents distributed in various cloud storages. In addition, an open market system that can freely trade content between users will be called an element required to activate the content industry.

KR 10-2001-0025192, 2001.04.06 KR 10-2006-0024859, 2006.03.20

Based on cloud computing, it provides an environment where users can trade content directly between users and enables integrated management and sharing of personally owned content, making content management easier and further creating various services using accumulated content. And an online content integrated management system capable of supporting activation.

In order to achieve the above object, the integrated online content management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is an account server for performing the user authentication according to the user access based on the user's personal information, at least one of storing the user's content External storage of the server, a management server for providing an online album to the user, and a market server for providing an online transaction space that is linked to the album module and can trade content between users. The online album is an integrated management environment of contents stored in the at least one external storage to a user based on account information of at least one external storage and meta information about each content stored in the at least one external storage. To provide.

The online content integrated management system may further include a first local storage for providing a user with a content storage space linked to the online album.

The online content integrated management system may further include a second local storage for providing a content storage space linked to the online market to an authenticated user.

The meta information may include at least one of camera device information, photographing time, picture size, resolution, and exposure time.

The meta information may further include tag information edited arbitrarily by a user.

The meta information may further include location information on a photographing place.

The management server may provide a user with an environment for searching for contents related to a corresponding location by utilizing meta information of contents.

The management server may provide a user with a content map in which stored pictures are arranged on a map in order of time or place by utilizing meta information of the content.

The content map may include user information sharing content.

The management server may provide a sharing environment in which the user's contents can be shared with others by interworking with a social network service.

The management server may provide a content editing app corresponding to a user's access terminal environment.

The market server may allow a user to select a copyright protection level of content to be sold and provide a copyright protection level of the content to a user to purchase.

The online content integrated management system according to the present invention provides an environment in which content can be directly traded between users based on cloud computing, and enables the integrated management and sharing of personally owned contents, thereby facilitating content management. It provides on-line contents integrated management system that can support creation and activation of various services using accumulated contents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.
1 is a block diagram illustrating an online content integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of storing and sharing content in real time using tag information.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a content map representing content on a map using location information of the content.
4 is a diagram illustrating that a content editing app is optimally provided to various user terminals.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of registering content in an open market provided by a content integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art, and the following embodiments may be modified in various other forms, The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating an online content integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an integrated system for managing online content according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the account server 112 for performing user authentication according to a user connection based on personal information of a user, and storing at least content. One external storage 120-N, a management server 114 for providing an online album to a user, and a market server 116 for interworking with the album module and providing an online transaction space for trading content between users. ). The online album is provided to the authenticated user based on account information about the at least one external storage 120 -N and meta information about each content stored in the at least one external storage 120 -N. Provides an integrated management environment of content stored in the at least one external storage 120 -N. The online album includes meta information of content stored in the external storage 120 -N or the first local storage 118 having a separate account. Therefore, the online album does not have the original data of the content, but provides an integrated management environment with only the meta information of each content.

The integrated online content management system according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a first local storage 118 for providing a user with a content storage space linked with the online album. The first local storage 118 has a separate access account unlike the at least one external storage 120-N, which is a service that needs to be accessed with a separate account from the account of the online content integrated management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The storage space is provided in association with the management server 114 is not required. The first local storage 118 may store meta information of the online album provided by the management server 114. In addition, the content map data provided by the management server 114 may be stored. In addition, the temporary data generated during the content editing process and the edited content may be stored.

The integrated online content management system according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a second local storage 119 for providing a content storage space linked to the online market. The second local storage 119 is a storage space provided in conjunction with the market server 116 that does not require a separate access account, unlike the at least one external storage 120 -N, which is a service to be accessed with a separate account. to be. The second local storage 119 may store content and transaction related information which is a transaction item of an online market provided by the market server.

The management server 114 may provide a user with an environment for searching for content related to the location by utilizing meta information of the content. The meta information may include at least one of camera device information, photographing time, picture size, resolution, and exposure time. The meta information is data for data, and refers to information that is followed together after the data in order to analyze and classify certain data and add additional information. For example, in a digital camera, every time a picture is taken and recorded, the camera provides information on the image data and additional information by the functions provided by the camera, such as the time at the time of shooting, exposure, flash use, resolution, and picture size. Save it together. Analyzing and using such data can be very useful information for later rearranging or reprocessing photos. Recently, the GPS function can be used to input the location information into the meta information of the picture. Using the location information in the meta information, it is easy to know where the picture was taken, thereby searching for other area information. Or search for other photos taken in the same area. The meta information may further include tag information that can be edited arbitrarily by a user. The tag is a keyword or classification given meta information to some information. Unlike a general taxonomy, a single piece of information can be tagged with multiple tags to show that information is related in many ways, and the information or material provided can be easily accessed, making it easy to retrieve, expose, categorize, or other information. It's easy to do this with a network. Especially on the Internet where vast amounts of information are created, exchanged, and shared, using tags to find some data makes it very easy to access the information you want.

The market server 116 may provide an environment that can be freely sold or distributed freely by selecting a photograph or image produced by a general user. The market server 116 may limit the size of the content to be traded. In addition, various copyright protection option functions such as insertion of a watermark can be provided. The market server 116 may provide a digital rights management (DRM) function that protects the rights and interests of the provider by preventing unauthorized use of the digital content. The market server 114 may allow a user to select a copyright protection level of content to be sold and provide a copyright protection level of the content to a user to purchase. For example, if a user wants to sell their own photo, the user may have one of the royalty-free and copyright relinquish options for the photo. On the other hand, for a user who wants to purchase a photo, the copyright type ('Royalty-free' or 'copyright waiver') set for the photo may be displayed as a pop-up to guide the copyright level of the photo. On the other hand, when a user purchases content produced and provided by the open market, the copyright level (Right-Managed, Right-Protected, Royalty-free, etc.) set in the content is displayed as a pop-up to indicate the copyright level of the content material. I can guide you. The market server 114 may serve as an intermediary to connect the user with a content production specialist. Various categories such as photographs, illustrators, movies, slide shows, posters, and characters can be provided.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of storing and sharing content in real time using tag information. Referring to FIG. 2, an example is taken of an original picture 1 taken by people A, B, and C and an original picture 2 taken by people A and C together. The original photo 1 and the original photo 2 are stored in 'uCloud' which is a kind of cloud storage of person A. Person A is managed through an online album as a user of the online integrated content management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. Person A classifies users to share the photo using the tag on the original photo 1 as A, B, and C through the online album, and users A and C to share the photo using the tag. The original photo 1 and the original photo 2 may be transmitted and stored in real time in the user's storage divided by the tag previously designated by the user A. It may also be delivered, posted, and shared to social networking services (SNS), such as Facebook or Twitter, of the users identified by the tags. The management server 114 may be linked with a social network service to provide a sharing environment for sharing a user's content with others. To this end, the management server 114 may have users who want to share and deliver the content and account information about them.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a content map representing content on a map using location information of the content. Referring to Fig. 3, the content map shows the photos of the online album on the map in the order of their shooting place and time. In addition, it may include additional descriptions such as photographing while traveling or on a business trip, so it is easy to remember even an old photograph. The content map makes it easier to manage and reminisce pictures by expressing them on a map according to time and space. The content map may be shared with various users based on meta information or tags of the picture. For example, friends who have taken a picture together can be marked together in the content map, allowing the content map to be shared among the friends. The management server 114 of FIG. 1 may provide a user with a content map in which stored pictures are arranged on a map in order of time or place by utilizing meta information of the content. The content map may include user information sharing content.

4 is a diagram illustrating that a content editing application is optimized and provided to various user terminals. Referring to FIG. 4, a smartphone, a tablet computer, and a PC provided with an image editing and transmission application store and share content in association with an online album provided by an integrated online content management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The content can be easily edited on the smartphone, tablet computer and PC, and can be stored through the online album immediately after the edit. In a recent communication environment that uses various mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, navigation, IPTV, and PMP, you want to effectively access common cloud applications and services regardless of the type of device and network. The requirements are getting bigger. Of course, the growth of web-based cloud application technology is spreading web-based cloud services that can use cloud applications such as web office and web mail anywhere with a web browser that supports standard technology. Although this environment is available, no effective cloud service interworking method is provided for individual cloud applications that provide complex interfaces and functions. The management server 114 may provide a content editing application corresponding to the access terminal environment of the user.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of registering content in an open market provided by a content integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, in a method of registering content in an open market, receiving a content to be sold through an open market from a user (S510), receiving a selling price of the content (S520), and copyrighting the content The step of determining the protection level (S530), the step of adding a description of the content (S540), and the content is registered for sale (S550). Setting the copyright protection level of the content (S530) may be excluded as an optional step. The receiving step S510 may be selected from contents managed as metadata in an online album. The online album may provide content to the user in the form of a thumbnail image. The receiving step (S520) is a step of receiving a price to be sold from the user. The determining step S530 is a step of selecting a copyright protection level desired by the user. It is a means to prevent the copyright issue from happening in the photo trading. For example, if a user wants to sell their own photo, the user may have one of the royalty-free and copyright relinquish options for the photo. On the other hand, for a user who wants to purchase a photo, the copyright type ('Royalty-free' or 'copyright waiver') set for the photo may be displayed as a pop-up to guide the copyright level of the photo. On the other hand, when a user purchases content produced and provided by the open market, the copyright level (Right-Managed, Right-Protected, Royalty-free, etc.) set in the content is displayed as a pop-up to indicate the copyright level of the content material. I can guide you.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

Claims (12)

An accounting unit for performing user authentication according to a user connection based on user's personal information;
At least one external storage for storing user content;
A management unit for providing an online album to a user; And
It is linked with the album module, and includes a market for providing an online transaction space for trading content between users,
The online album is
Providing an integrated management environment of contents stored in the at least one external storage to a user based on account information of the at least one external storage and meta information of each content stored in the at least one external storage. Online content integrated management system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1,
And a first local storage for providing a content storage space linked to the online album to a user. The method of claim 1,
And a second local storage for providing a content storage space linked to the online market to a user. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta information is
On-line content integrated management system comprising at least any one of camera device information, shooting time, picture size, resolution, exposure time. The method of claim 4, wherein the meta information is
On-line content integrated management system, characterized in that it further comprises a tag information edited arbitrarily by the user. The method of claim 4, wherein the meta information is
Online content integrated management system, characterized in that it further comprises location information on the shooting location. The method of claim 6, wherein the management unit
Online content management system, characterized in that to provide the user with an environment to search the content related to the location by using the meta information of the content. The method of claim 6, wherein the management unit
On-line content integrated management system, characterized in that to provide the user with a content map of the stored pictures on the map in the order of time or place utilizing the meta information of the content. The method of claim 7, wherein the content map is
On-line content integrated management system comprising the user information sharing the content. The method of claim 1, wherein the management unit
An integrated online content management system, which provides a sharing environment in which a user's contents can be shared with others by interworking with a social network service. The method of claim 1, wherein the management unit
An online content integrated management system, characterized by providing a content editing app corresponding to the user's access terminal environment. The method of claim 1, wherein the market unit
And allowing the user to select a level of copyright protection of the content to be sold, and providing a level of copyright protection of the content to the user to purchase.

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