KR20150063298A - Method and apparatus for content modularize - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for modularizing contents. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for modularizing contents comprises the steps of: recognizing an identifier of a first content included in an electronic book; searching an associated identifier which corresponds to the recognized first identifier and is stored in database; and providing a second content identified by the searched associated identifier.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT MODULARIZE [

The present invention relates to a content modifying method and apparatus for rapidly searching and providing related contents having more kinds and quantities through attempting to modularize contents included in an electronic book.

An electronic book is also called an e-book. After the contents of a work that can be published or published as a book are stored in an electronic recording medium or a storage device using digital data, it is transmitted to a computer or a portable terminal through a wire / wireless information communication network A digital book that can be read and heard.

The first commercialization of electronic books was the digital book player DP-P1 of Nippon Electric Company (NEC) in Japan, which can reproduce sentences and images on a 5.6-inch black and white liquid crystal display, and features such as enlarged display, automatic page turning, It is equipped. Since then, the e-book industry has developed rapidly, and e-books have more screen resolution and various editing functions. You can turn pages around with clicks, zoom in and out of notes as well as text, search documents in Internet bookstores or libraries, Content downloading and so on.

In addition, e-books are much cheaper than paper books, save time through online purchasing, and can be purchased separately. As a result, a user who uses an e-book can view moving images, listen to background music while reading the book, store it on a PDA or a portable terminal, and easily search for a desired book anytime and anywhere.

In addition, in terms of the publisher, e-book has advantages such as printing and bookbinding production cost and distribution cost can be saved, inventory burden is small and book contents can be updated easily. On the other hand, from the standpoint of readers, e-books have advantages in that they save time by purchasing them online, without going to bookstores, at a much lower price than paper books.

Although the growth of such e-books is the key to the universalization of handsets, the size of e-book market is increasing with the spread of high-speed Internet. For example, in recent years, there are more and more electronic libraries for renting e-books, and electronic libraries are also being built in apartment complexes.

The embodiment of the present invention searches for and provides a second content associated with the first content by using an association identifier stored in association with the identifier of the first content included in the electronic book, The present invention provides a method and apparatus for modularizing a content and providing a cross reference function for the content.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a content modifying method comprising: recognizing an identifier of a first content included in an electronic book; searching an associated identifier held in association with the recognized first identifier in a database; And providing the second content identified by the retrieved association identifier.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content modifying apparatus comprising: a recognition unit recognizing an identifier of a first content included in an electronic book; and an association identifier stored in association with the recognized first identifier, And a providing unit for providing the second content identified by the searched association identifier.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a specific content is selected from one e-book, other contents that are cross-referenced to the corresponding content can be browsed so that the same effect as opening and browsing a plurality of books at once .

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a content modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing second contents that are cross-referenced with the first contents.
3 is a diagram showing an example of a database for storing an association identifier corresponding to an identifier of each content included in an electronic book.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a list that arranges a plurality of association identifiers.
5 is a diagram showing an example of displaying an identifier and an association identifier in consideration of category association to which each content belongs.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a content modifying method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for updating an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

In the present invention, an electronic book (e-book) can be stored and executed in a portable terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC or a PDA.

The contents modulating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be included in the portable terminal or may be installed in the portable terminal in the form of an application.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a content modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the contents modulating apparatus 100 may include a recognizing unit 110, a searching unit 120, a providing unit 130, a listing unit 140, and a database 150.

The recognition unit 110 recognizes the identifier of the first content included in the electronic book.

For example, in the case of a book about a subject, an e-book may include various contents belonging to a subject (i.e., a category) such as Korean, English, mathematics, science, society,

The recognition unit 110 recognizes an identifier (e.g., 'S1') assigned to the first content when the first content (e.g., 'Hunminjeongjeong') included in the electronic book is selected by the user and displayed on the terminal can do. At this time, the identifiers may be uniquely assigned to each content in advance.

The search unit 120 searches the database 150 for an association identifier stored in association with the recognized first identifier.

The database 150 may store the content included in the electronic book in association with an identifier of each content and a category to which each content belongs. For example, the database 150 may store the content 'A' in association with the identifier 'S1' of the content 'A' and the category 'Korean' of the content 'A'.

In addition, the database 150 may include, as an association identifier, an identifier assigned to another content associated with one content. That is, when the content 'A' and the content 'B' are associated with each other, the database 150 may store the identifier of the content 'B' as an association identifier of the content 'A' As the identifier, the identifier of the content 'A' can be stored.

Accordingly, the search unit 120 can quickly search for the content to be cross-referenced using the association identifier stored for each content in the database 150.

Here, each content included in the e-book can be cross-referenced even when the categories are different. For example, content 'A' and content 'B' may contain the same keywords (eg, Hunminjeongum, King Sejong, Hangul) or phrases, If the title is derived or changed according to time, or if it belongs to a subclass such as 'Gyoungjeon' and scholars of 'Gyoungji, Gyungin', it can be regarded as being related to each other and cross-referenced. The database 150 may express the association between the contents using an association identifier.

The providing unit 130 provides the second content identified by the retrieved association identifier.

For example, the providing unit 130 may provide the second content to be displayed on at least a part of the screen on which the first content is displayed.

For example, when the first content 'Hunmunjeongjeong' is displayed on the screen of the terminal, the providing unit 130 may include an association identifier 'S2' corresponding to the identifier 'S1' of the first content 'Hunminjeongjeong' as an identifier By displaying the second content 'usage time zone' at the bottom of the screen, the user can simultaneously browse not only the first content 'Hunminjeongjeong' but also the associated second content 'usage time zone'.

According to an embodiment, the listing section 140 provides a list that arranges the plurality of association identifiers when there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched. The provider 130 may sequentially provide the second content identified by the extracted association identifier according to the selection input for the list.

In other words, when there are a plurality of second contents associated with the first contents in the electronic book, the listing unit 140 arranges the identifiers (e.g., S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 ' Can be displayed on the screen on which the first content (e.g., 'Hunminjeongeumun') is displayed. The providing unit 130 may sequentially display the second contents on the screen according to the user selection in the list.

The listing unit 140 may provide the list in which thumbnail images of second contents identified by the plurality of association identifiers are arranged corresponding to the plurality of association identifiers.

Here, the thumbnail image may be a captured image for each content, a representative image included in the content, or a summary content for each content. The listing unit 140 may display the thumbnail image to select and confirm the second content that the user may be interested in more.

The listing unit 140 may color-mark and display each association identifier according to a category to which the second content belongs when there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched.

For example, the listing unit 140 may color-classify the associative identifiers 'S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6' of the first contents according to 'subjects' such as 'Korean' or 'Korean history'. Accordingly, the user can selectively check the second contents by 'subject' using the color-coded association identifier.

In addition, the listing unit 140 may visualize a depth relationship between the association IDs in consideration of the category association to which the second content belongs, when a plurality of association identifiers are searched.

In other words, the listing section 140 can visualize the dependency relationship (upper concept and lower concept) between each second content by visualizing the depth relationship between the association identifiers.

Also, the listing unit 140 may display the association identifier differently from the first identifier in consideration of the category association between the first content and the second content. For example, the listing section 140 may visualize a depth relationship between the first identifier and the association identifier.

In other words, the listing unit 140 can visualize the dependency relationship between the first content and the second content by visualizing the depth relationship between the first identifier and the association identifier.

Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a specific content is selected in one e-book, other contents that are cross-referenced to the corresponding content can be browsed, so that a plurality of books are displayed Effect.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing second contents that are cross-referenced with the first contents.

2, the contents modulating apparatus of the present invention executes an electronic book stored in the portable terminal 201, and generates a first content 'Hunminjeongeum' 202 selected by the user as shown in FIG. 2 (i) It can be displayed on the screen.

At this time, the content modulator generates a second content 'reserved date range' 203 having an identifier 'S2' corresponding to the identifier 'S1' of the first content 'Hunminjeongeum' 202 as an identifier, , It can be displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Accordingly, the user can browse not only the selected first content but also the second content associated with the first content.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a database for storing an association identifier corresponding to an identifier of each content included in an electronic book.

Referring to FIG. 3, the contents modulating apparatus of the present invention can store contents included in an electronic book in the database 310 in association with categories, identifiers, and association identifiers.

Specifically, the database 310 may store the content 'A' in association with the identifier 'S1' of the content 'A' and the category 'Korean' of the content 'A'. Similarly, the database 310 may store the contents 'B, C, D, E, and F' in association with identifiers and categories (e.g., subjects).

In addition, the database 310 may include, as an association identifier, an identifier assigned to another content associated with one content. That is, the database 310 may store the identifier of the content 'B' as the association identifier of the content 'A' in association with the content 'A' and the content 'B' As the identifier, the identifier of the content 'A' can be stored.

That is, the database 310 stores the identifiers 'S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6' of the contents 'B, C, D, E and F' associated with the content 'A' as the association identifier of the content 'A' . Similarly, the database 310 stores the identifiers 'S1, S3, S4, S5, and S6' of the contents 'A, C, D, E, and F' associated with the content 'B' as the association identifier of the content 'B' .

Thus, according to the present invention, the cross-referenced contents can be quickly searched using the association identifier stored for each content.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a list that arranges a plurality of association identifiers.

4, when a plurality of second contents are associated with the first contents 401, an identifier of each second contents is associated with the first contents 401, (I) and (ii) of FIG. 4 on the screen of FIG.

S3, S4, S5, and S6 'in the case where there are a plurality of associative identifiers stored in association with the identifiers of the first contents 401, the contents modulating apparatus may include a list 402 for arranging the plurality of associative identifiers' S2, S3, 4 (i). The content modulator may sequentially display the second content 403 on the screen in accordance with user selection in the list 402. [

At this time, the contents modulating apparatus color-distinguishes each association identifier 'S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6' according to 'subjects' such as' Korean' or ' So that it can be selectively checked.

The content modulating apparatus may further include a second content identifier for identifying a second content identified by the plurality of association identifiers 'S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6' when a plurality of associated identifiers stored in association with the identifier of the first content A list 404 in which thumbnail images 405 to 409 are arranged corresponding to the plurality of association identifiers can be provided as shown in (ii) of FIG. The content modulator may display the second content on the screen in accordance with the user selection in the list (404).

5 is a diagram showing an example of displaying an identifier and an association identifier in consideration of category association to which each content belongs.

Referring to FIG. 5 (i), the content modulating apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of content IDs S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 stored in association with the identifiers of the first contents 501, The list 502 in which the association identifiers are sorted by category 'Korean' and 'Korean History' can be displayed as shown in FIG. 5 (i).

At this time, the content modulator can visualize the depth relationship between the respective association identifiers as shown in (i) of FIG. 5 using the symbol '▷'. In other words, the second contents 'passable, longevity, and sincerity' identified by the association identifier 'S5' of the first content 501 are related to the sub-concept of the second content 'collection' identified by the association identifier 'S4' The content modulator can add the symbol '▷' to the association identifier 'S4' to easily guide the user that there is another association identifier below the association identifier 'S4'.

If the user touches the association identifier 'S4' 503, the content modulator changes the association identifier 'S4' 503 to 'S4-S5' 504, It can be briefly guided that there is an association identifier 'S5' under S4 '. This allows the content modularization device to easily visualize the depth relationship between each association identifier.

Referring to (ii) of FIG. 5, the content modulator may visualize a depth relationship between the first identifier and the association identifier. That is, the content modulating apparatus visualizes the association identifiers 'S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6' 506 under the identifier 'S1' 505 of the first content 501, 506) can be arranged by category (for example, 'Korean' and 'Korean history').

Hereinafter, the operation flow of the content modulating apparatus 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a content modifying method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

May be performed by the content modulating apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6, in step 610, the content modulating apparatus 100 recognizes the identifier of the first content included in the electronic book. The step 610 may be a process of recognizing an identifier included in a specific page in an electronic book that the user views while holding each of a plurality of various contents in association with a unique identifier (ID).

For example, in the case of a book about a subject, an e-book may include various contents belonging to a subject (i.e., a category) such as Korean, English, mathematics, science, society,

When the first content (e.g., 'Hunminjeongjeon') included in the e-book is selected by the user and displayed on the terminal, the content modulator 100 generates an identifier (e.g., 'S1') allocated to the first content It can be recognized. At this time, the identifiers may be uniquely assigned to each content in advance.

In step 620, the content modulating apparatus 100 searches the database for an association identifier stored in association with the recognized first identifier. The step 620 may be a process of extracting an association identifier set to be associated with the first identifier.

In step 620, the content modulating apparatus 100 may provide a list in which the plurality of association identifiers are arranged when the plurality of association identifiers to be searched is a plurality. Accordingly, the content modulating apparatus 100 can provide an environment for extracting a specific association identifier selected by the user from a plurality of association identifiers. That is, the content modulating apparatus 100 may provide the second content identified by the extracted association identifier according to the selection input for the list.

When the user's selection input to the list is generated a plurality of times and a plurality of association identifiers are selected, the content modulating apparatus 100 transmits the second contents identified by the selected plurality of association identifiers in order of selection , And may be provided sequentially.

As an example of the list, the content modulating apparatus 100 may arrange thumbnail images of second contents identified by the plurality of association identifiers corresponding to the plurality of association identifiers. That is, the content modulating apparatus 100 briefly provides a part of the second content that can be provided by the association identifier in the form of a thumbnail image, thereby allowing the user who selects the association identifier to transmit the second content Predictable.

For example, the content modulating apparatus 100 may arrange the thumbnail images on the list in a sector format or a post-it format.

In step 630, the content modulator device 100 provides the second content identified by the retrieved association identifier. The step 630 may be a process of displaying the second content that can be referred to with the first content to be browsed.

In this step 630, the contents modulating apparatus 100 may provide the second contents to be displayed on at least a part of the screen on which the first contents are displayed. That is, the contents modulating apparatus 100 may display the first contents and the second contents in parallel on one screen, so that various contents of interest to the user can be displayed in a seamless manner.

In another embodiment, the content modulating apparatus 100 may display the association identifier differently from the identifier in consideration of the category association between the first content and the second content. That is, the content modulating apparatus 100 may display related association identifiers using color or the like in accordance with the degree of association between the first content and the second content

For example, when the first content and the second content all belong to the same category and it is determined that the category association is close, the content modulator 100 may display the related identifier identically in the same color.

If the first content and the second content belong to different categories and it is determined that the category associations are not closely related to each other, the content modulator 100 generates association identifiers (for example, white / black) Can be displayed differently.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the specific contents included in the electronic book can be modularized (by assigning an ID to each contents, etc.) and a cross-reference function for contents can be given.

In addition, according to the present invention, when a specific content is selected from one e-book, other contents that are cross-referenced to the content can be browsed, and the same effect as opening and browsing a plurality of books at once have.

Also, according to the present invention, it is possible to uniformize the indexes of contents, manage them, and hash and store the contents indexes.

In addition, according to the present invention, when there are a plurality of cross-referenced link information, the UI can be displayed in a sector format or a post-it format, for example.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the case of other subject-related modules associated with a specific module, subjects can be displayed differently in different colors.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to give visual feedback for showing, such as having a depth in the index or an additional depth.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

100: Content modularization apparatus 110:
120: Search section 130:
140: Listing unit 150: Database

Claims (15)

Recognizing an identifier of a first content included in an electronic book;
Retrieving, in a database, an association identifier stored in association with the recognized first identifier; And
Providing second content identified by the retrieved association identifier
/ RTI > The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the providing of the second content comprises:
Providing the second content to be displayed on at least a part of the screen on which the first content is displayed
/ RTI > The method according to claim 1,
When there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched,
Providing a list that arranges the plurality of association identifiers
Further comprising:
Wherein the providing of the second content comprises:
Sequentially providing a second content identified by an association identifier to be extracted, in accordance with a selection input to the list
/ RTI > The method of claim 3,
Wherein providing the list comprises:
Providing the list in which thumbnail images for second content identified by the plurality of association identifiers are arranged corresponding to the plurality of association identifiers
/ RTI > The method according to claim 1,
When there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched,
Displaying each of the association identifiers in a color-coded manner for each category of the second content;
Further comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
When there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched,
Visualizing a depth relationship between each association identifier in consideration of the category association to which the second content belongs
Further comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
Displaying the association identifier differently from the first identifier in consideration of the category association between the first content and the second content;
Further comprising the steps of: 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of displaying the association identifier differently from the first identifier comprises:
Visualizing a depth relationship between the first identifier and the association identifier
/ RTI > A recognition unit for recognizing an identifier of a first content included in an electronic book;
A retrieval unit for retrieving, in a database, an association identifier stored in association with the recognized first identifier; And
And providing second contents identified by the searched association identifier
Lt; / RTI > 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the providing unit comprises:
The second content is displayed on at least a part of the screen on which the first content is displayed
Content modularization device. 10. The method of claim 9,
When there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched,
A listing unit for providing a list that arranges the plurality of association identifiers;
Further comprising:
Wherein the providing unit comprises:
In accordance with the selection input to the list, sequentially providing the second contents identified by the extracted association identifier
Content modularization device. 12. The method of claim 11,
The above-
Providing the list of thumbnail images for second content identified by the plurality of association identifiers in association with the plurality of association identifiers
Content modularization device. 10. The method of claim 9,
When there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched,
For each category in which the second content belongs,
Further comprising: 10. The method of claim 9,
When there are a plurality of association identifiers to be searched,
A listing unit for visualizing a depth relationship between each association identifier in consideration of the category association to which the second content belongs,
Further comprising: 10. The method of claim 9,
A listing unit for displaying the association identifier different from the first identifier in consideration of the category association between the first content and the second content,
Further comprising:

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