KR20170130887A - System For Providing Time Of Usage Based E-book Service - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a time-based electronic book service providing system includes: an electronic book providing server including an electronic book storage module receiving and storing an electronic book from an electronic book provider, a payment module receiving a fee from a user in accordance with a service time, and an electronic book transmitting module transmitting the electronic book to a terminal of the user in response to a reading request received from the terminal of the user; and the user terminal including an electronic book providing application to access the electronic book providing server, an electronic book receiving part receiving the electronic book, which the user wants, from the electronic book transmitting module, and an electronic book reading part making the received electronic book able to be read for a service time corresponding to the paid fee. As such, the present invention is capable of enabling a purchaser to make a purchase at a reasonable price and enabling a seller to expect a better profit.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a time-based e-book service providing system,

The present invention relates to an e-book service providing system, and more particularly, to a time-based e-book service providing system capable of sharing and enjoying e-book contents at reasonable prices at a reasonable price through a time- .

Recently, information revolution has been taking place in many places due to the generalization of the Internet and the development of mobile communication services. As a result, videos and music such as movies and dramas that were previously provided offline, and books that were published offline can be provided through the Internet, thereby promoting the information providing business through the Internet.

Among them, e-book contents, which provide books through the Internet, can be converted into digital books which are made by applying HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and XML (Extensible Markup Language) It is a form of digital contents service that advanced information and communication technology that display by using viewer in exclusive device such as personal computer (personal computer), tablet PC, e-book reader.

Through the dissemination of such e-book contents, it is possible for the seller to reduce the production cost and the distribution cost, and the advantage of less burden on the stock, There is less concern about damage, and there is an advantage that many books can be used in one viewer.

In the utilization of the contents of the north, the method of ownership through purchasing a single book is applied. Accordingly, when the buyer purchases the book, the seller provides the permanent ownership of the purchased contents. The buyer pays the payment amount Is widely used.

However, as for offline book use, not only purchase but also rental use of books are widely used. Accordingly, this book is also used as a rental system, System has been introduced and is becoming more and more common.

As an invention for this, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2011-0057001 entitled 'Electronic book terminal for e-book rental and its system' is posted. The present invention relates to an electronic book terminal for renting an electronic book and a system thereof for renting and managing a specific electronic book through an electronic book terminal, and more particularly to an electronic book terminal for providing a book list to a connected electronic book terminal, An electronic book borrowing server for inserting a rental time into an electronic book to be borrowed and transmitting the borrowing time to the electronic book terminal when the borrowing of the electronic book is requested and the book rental information created through the book list to the electronic book borrowing server, An e-book terminal for receiving and storing the e-book inserted with the rental time from the e-book rental server, counting the rental time inserted in the e-book, and automatically deleting the stored e-book when the rental expiration date is exceeded, But also the use of rental methods.

However, since the above-mentioned invention applies only the book rental service used in off-line libraries and the like, it only provides rental of individual books. Therefore, in order to satisfy the needs of users who want to enjoy various contents at low prices, There is a disadvantage in that the burden imposed on the user is increased.

In addition, for a music (MP3) service on the Internet, a kind of time-based sound source rental service that provides an unlimited number of streaming services over a certain period of time is becoming popular, There is a growing need for providing e-book services.

Accordingly, as an e-book service providing system for solving the problems as described above, it is possible to use e-book contents at a reasonable price and to enjoy e-book contents at a reasonable price And it is necessary to develop advanced time - based e - book service providing system.

The present invention has been devised to overcome the problems of the above-described technology, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a time-based method and apparatus capable of sharing e-book contents at a reasonable and cost- And to provide a system for providing e-book service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a more reasonable purchase to the buyer by providing a difference in the usage fee according to the genre of the e-book as well as the use time, thereby enabling stable profit generation to the seller.

It is another object of the present invention to provide information on a book to a buyer by visualizing information about the book, thereby providing the buyer with information about the imaged book and increasing the desire for consumption, And to provide a new information providing means.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a time-based e-book service providing system including an electronic book storage module for receiving and storing an electronic book from an electronic book provider, a payment module for receiving a usage fee from a user, And an electronic book transmission module for transmitting the previously stored electronic book to the user terminal according to a browse request received from the user terminal held by the user. And an electronic book delivery application module for receiving the electronic book from the electronic book delivery module and accessing the electronic book delivery server from the electronic book delivery module, And a user terminal including an electronic book reading unit for allowing the user to browse during the usage time corresponding to the usage fee paid.

In addition, the payment module may receive a usage fee from a user according to a predetermined genre fee according to the usage time and the genre of the electronic book.

In addition, the payment module may further include an electronic money conversion unit for converting the usage fee received from the user into electronic money, and the user terminal may store the subtraction details of the electronic money subtracted from the reading of the electronic book And an electronic money history checking unit for checking the electronic money history.

The electronic book providing server may further include a curation module for storing the curation designed by visualizing the book information including at least one of the title, contents, and illustrations of the electronic book stored in the electronic book storage module .

In addition, the curation is designed based on the book information, the words, images, etc. related to the cover and contents of the electronic book.

Lastly, the e-book providing server further includes a dividend payment module for paying the e-book provider a dividend corresponding to the use time, which is subtracted according to the browsing of the e-book by the user.

According to the present invention, there is provided a time-

1) Provide a method of providing usage rights to e-books for a certain period of time by paying the usage fee according to the predetermined usage time, so that it is possible to consume books as much as necessary through the time-based charging, It provides a time-based e-book service providing system to share and enjoy e-book contents at price,

2) The usage fee is set according to the predetermined usage time and the genre of the e-book according to the pre-set genre fee so that the usage fee is different according to the genre of the e-book as well as the usage time, In order to enable stable profit generation for sellers,

3) Providing curation designed based on books, information related to the cover and contents of the e-book, and providing information about books that have been imaged to the purchaser, increasing consumption desire, and planning method , And suggests a new information providing means capable of marketing suitable for book buyers.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a system of the present invention;
3 is a table showing a method of calculating a usage fee according to usage time and genre.
4 is a table showing an electronic money conversion example and a method of subtracting an electronic money according to a genre.
5 is an explanatory view showing a curation of the present invention;
6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of curation designed from book information of an electronic book;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are not drawn to scale and wherein like reference numerals in the various drawings refer to like elements.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the time-based e-book service providing system of the present invention includes an electronic book provider that provides an electronic book to the electronic book providing server 100, The user terminal 200 and the e-book provider provided by the user, and stores the e-book, stores the e-book by paying the usage fee from the user, and provides the e-book provider with the dividend corresponding to the deducted usage time And an e-book providing server 100 for providing the electronic book.

In this case, the usage fee is similar to the fee for the book, and the user can use the e-book during the usage time after paying the usage fee according to the usage time corresponding to the predetermined usage time, Is a time unit rather than a unit of individual contents. Therefore, when a user pays a usage fee, the user can view several e-books for a usage time corresponding to the usage fee without restriction.

In the present invention, the provider of the electronic book serves as a provider for providing the electronic book to the electronic book providing server 100, and narrowly refers to an author who writes the corresponding electronic book. In a wider sense, Including the publisher.

The electronic book providing server 100 is a subject of a time-based e-book providing system. In this case, since the settlement of use of the electronic book is performed according to the usage time rather than the payment per individual contents, It can also be called a cloud service.

The user refers to a consumer who has the user terminal 200 and who enjoys the e-book cloud service provided by the e-book providing server 100 by paying the usage fee. At this time, the type of the user terminal 200 is not limited to a terminal used as a conventional electronic book reader such as a PC, a tablet PC, a smart phone, or a dedicated terminal such as a reader.

2 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the system of the present invention.

2, the system for providing time-based electronic book service according to the present invention includes an electronic book storage module 110, a payment module 120, and an electronic book transmission module 140 And comprises a server 100 and a user terminal 200. The electronic book providing server may include a curation module 130 and a dividend payment module 150.

First, the lower part of the electronic book providing server 100 will be described in detail.

The electronic book storage module 110 performs a function of receiving and storing an electronic book from an electronic book provider. The provision of an electronic book by the electronic book provider to the electronic book providing server 100 means that a license for the electronic book It means to leave.

The payment module 120 includes a usage fee payment unit 121 for receiving a usage fee according to the usage time from the user, and performs a payment function of the usage fee. The payment module 120 is a part-time based electronic book service of the present invention, Since the book cloud service is configured not to pay for individual contents but to use the e-book without limitation on the number of books after paying the usage fee according to the usage time, the payment system based on a part-time basis is easily introduced. A more detailed description of the usage fee setting will be given later.

The electronic book transmission module 140 performs a function of transmitting a previously stored electronic book to the user terminal 200 in response to a browse request received from the user terminal 200. Here, browsing includes downloading and streaming do.

The user terminal 200 includes an electronic book receiving unit 210 that receives an electronic book providing application and is connectable to the electronic book providing server 100 and selects an electronic book desired to be viewed from a user and is received from the electronic book transferring module 140 And an electronic book browsing unit 220 for allowing the user to browse the received electronic book during the usage time corresponding to the usage fee.

Accordingly, when the user browses the e-book, the use time is gradually reduced, and there is no limitation on the number of books for reading the e-book while there is only a limitation of the use time. Therefore, Books can be used, and a large amount of e-book contents can be enjoyed by paying the usage fee as much as the reading time.

In addition, the e-book providing server 100 may include a dividend payment module 150 for paying a dividend corresponding to the usage time deducted according to the browsing of the e-book by the user to the e-book provider. In the electronic book service providing system of the present invention in which the payment for usage fee is applied according to the usage time as described above in the payment module 120, the usage time is gradually decreased according to the time of reading the electronic book, The electronic book providing server 100 provides a dividend to the e-book provider who has settled the use charge according to the deducted use time and provided the electronic book used for subtracting the use time.

3 is a table showing a method of calculating a usage fee according to a usage time and a genre.

Referring to FIG. 3, the payment module 120 calculates a usage fee according to a predetermined usage time and a genre of the electronic book, A payment can be received from the user.

FIG. 3 (a) shows an example of the billing based on the usage time. The user uses the usage fee payment unit 121 included in the payment module 120 to pay the usage fee, You have the right to browse e-books for hours. The use time is gradually reduced according to the reading of the e-book, and when the subtraction of the use time is completed, the e-book can no longer be read. As described above, the e-book cloud service can be enjoyed through payment based on usage time rather than payment per individual contents.

Next, referring to FIG. 3 (b), a description will be given of an example in which the fee is differentiated according to the usage time and genre. Since the viewing time may vary depending on genres such as comics, romance, In addition, the usage fee can be set differently considering the genre of the e-book.

According to the differential setting of the usage fee, the user can pay a usage fee for a genre desired by the user, and enjoy a lot of contents at a lower cost. For example, a user who likes cartoons can read several e-books in a short period of time, so it is more reasonable to settle for short hours rather than long hours. However, in consideration of the e-book providing server 100, that is, a user who consumes time for reading a cartoon when considering a seller, the user consumes a plurality of contents in a shorter time than a user viewing a novel, It is possible to expect a loss from the seller's position. Therefore, the usage fee is set to be somewhat higher than the other genres, but the usage fee set to a shorter usage time can be presented to satisfy both the seller and the user.

4 is a table showing electronic money conversion examples and electronic money deduction methods according to genres.

An example of the use of electronic money that can be used in the payment module 120 will be described with reference to FIG. The payment module 120 may include an electronic money switching unit 121 for converting the usage fee received from the user into electronic money. This is configured to subtract the electronic money from the usage time according to the reading of the electronic book. In the drawings according to the present invention, the electronic money is called the reading coin. In this case, the reading coin is a new means of switching the charged usage fee, and as described in FIG. 3, the subtraction of the reading coin can also be differentiated in the deduction period in consideration of the genre.

Referring to FIG. 4 (b), a differential reading coin subtraction method according to a genre will be described. The user who reads the electronic book of the cartoon genre is subtracted by one coin every five minutes. The user who browses the electronic book of the romance genre Is set to be subtracted by one coin every eight minutes for a user who reads an electronic book of a genre such as a syna prose text, and the like. This is because, as described above, since the time required to browse one book differs according to the genre, it is different from the subtraction of the reading coin to satisfy both the seller and the user's needs.

In addition, the user terminal 200 includes an electronic money history checking unit 230 for checking the deduction details of the electronic money subtracted from the reading of the electronic book, so that the user can also check the deduction details of the reading coin . Accordingly, the reading coin of the present invention, that is, the deduction details of the electronic money can be confirmed through the user terminal 200 owned by the user. Therefore, it is possible to check the subtraction of the reading coin in real time, to pay the additional usage fee if necessary, and charge the reading coin to extend the use time.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing curation of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an example of curation designed from book information of an electronic book.

5 and 6, the electronic book providing server 100 receives at least one of the title, contents, and illustrations of the electronic book stored in the electronic book storage module 110, And a curation module 130 for storing the designed curation 300 by visualizing the book information including any one of the curation information.

The curation 300 is a means for providing a visualized design to a user in accordance with the promotion function of the e-book, and has the effect of expanding the sales of the seller by inducing the interest of the user and generating the desire to purchase. In addition, since the information about the book is visualized through the curation 300 and is provided to the user, information about the imaged book can be provided to the user, thereby helping the user to select the electronic book through the curation 300 It is.

At this time, the curation 300 is designed based on not only the book information including the title, contents, and illustrations of the e-book but also the words, images, and the like related to the cover and content of the e-book, and is provided to the user.

An example of the production of the curation 300 through the method described above with reference to FIG. 6 will be described. The book titled " My Cultural Heritage Exploration " Through the cover, it can be inferred that the book is the subject of an exploration of Korea's cultural heritage. Therefore, the curation (300) not only presents a picture of the cultural heritage near the South Han River, but also emphasizes the theme of cultural heritage and exploration, including photographs of travelers who have left for exploration according to the title, It is possible to invite more interest of the user through the words such as.

As described above, the configuration and operation of the time-based electronic book service providing system according to the present invention are described in the above description and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above description and drawings And it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

100: electronic book providing server 110: electronic book storing module
120: Payment module 121: Usage fee payment section
122: electronic money switching unit 130: curation module
140: Electronic book providing module 150: Dividend payment module
200: user terminal 210: electronic book receiver
220: electronic book reading section 230: electronic money history confirmation section
300: Curation

Claims (6)

A time-based electronic book service providing system,
An electronic book storage module for receiving and storing an electronic book from an electronic book provider,
A payment module for receiving the usage fee from the user according to the usage time,
And an electronic book transmission module for transmitting the pre-stored electronic book to the user terminal according to a browse request received from the user terminal owned by the user. And
The electronic book providing application is loaded and connected to the electronic book providing server,
An e-book reader for receiving the electronic book from the electronic book transmission module,
And a user terminal including an electronic book reading unit for reading the received electronic book during the usage time corresponding to the usage fee settled. The method according to claim 1,
The payment module includes:
Wherein the usage fee is charged by the user according to the usage time and the genre of the electronic book. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The payment module includes:
And an electronic money switching unit for switching the usage fee received from the user into electronic money,
The user terminal,
Further comprising an electronic money history checking unit for checking a subtrahend of the electronic money subtracted from the reading of the electronic book. The method according to claim 1,
The e-book delivery server includes:
Further comprising a curation module for storing curation designed by visualizing book information including at least one of title, contents, and illustrations of the electronic book stored in the electronic book storage module. Electronic book service delivery system. 5. The method of claim 4,
The curlation includes:
Wherein the bookmark information is designed based on the book information, the words and images related to the cover and contents of the electronic book, and the like. The method according to claim 1,
The e-book delivery server includes:
Further comprising a dividend payment module for paying the dividend corresponding to the usage time, which is subtracted from the reading of the electronic book by the user, to the electronic book provider.

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