KR20220021275A - Server for Sharing Image and Video Contents and Methods Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a server for sharing image and video content and a method thereof provided on a server from an upload terminal through the internet. The method for sharing content by the server for sharing content of the present invention may comprise: a step that photograph information for a picture is uploaded from the upload terminal; a step of generating shared content by connecting with data provided from the server for sharing content in response to the picture and the photograph information; a step of dispersely storing the generated shared content in a dispersed storage server; and a step of registering and sharing the shared content.

Description

{Server for Sharing Image and Video Contents and Methods Thereof}

The present invention relates to a photo and video content sharing server and method, and more particularly, to a content sharing server and method using photos and images provided from an upload terminal to a server through the Internet.

Due to the development of communication technology and culture, various contents are provided online and shared with various users. In this regard, various services such as social network service (SNS) that can strengthen social relationships between users online are being provided.

Various online network services such as SNS are being used in various types with the development of smartphones, and contents including various contents are being uploaded by a large number of users. Even if the same content is delivered, a photo can be added more quickly and intuitively than a post composed of only text. are increasingly being uploaded to online servers.

Users can upload content by taking and processing photos with their smart phones in order to immediately share the events or information they witnessed online. However, there is a problem in that the process of registering content uploaded by a user for sharing is cumbersome, and even if registered, reliability of the content is not guaranteed.

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the related art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily upload a picture taken by an upload terminal and to share content using the picture with other users.

Another object of the present invention is to ensure the reliability of content for photos uploaded through evaluation by other users.

In order to solve the above problems, a method for sharing photos and video content according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: uploading photographing information for a photo from an upload terminal; and generating shared content in association with data provided from the content sharing server in response to the photo and the shooting information; Distributing and storing the generated shared content in a distributed storage server; and registering and sharing the shared content.

In addition, in order to solve the above problem, the content sharing server according to another embodiment of the present invention provides data in response to a photo uploaded from an upload terminal and shooting information for the photo, and provides shared content in connection with the data. a control unit for generating and sharing the shared content during a predetermined inquiry period; a distributed storage server for distributedly storing the generated shared content; and an evaluation information collection unit configured to collect evaluation information on the shared content, wherein the controller may modify the inquiry period of the shared content in response to the evaluation information.

The present invention has the effect of being able to easily upload a picture taken from an upload terminal and easily and quickly share content using the picture with other users.

In addition, the present invention can secure the reliability of the information delivered by the content by collecting the evaluation information of the uploaded photo and the content through the evaluation of other users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included as a part of the detailed description to help the understanding of the present invention, provide embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description, explain the technical spirit of the present invention.
1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content sharing server and a system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a content sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating the content sharing server in more detail in the embodiment of FIG. 1 .
4 is a flowchart for explaining a process of confirming an upload condition in the creation of shared content.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a search period for shared content.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of modifying an inquiry period in response to evaluation information in a sharing step according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention can apply various transformations and can have various embodiments. Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

The following examples are provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatus and/or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In describing the embodiments of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. And, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the content throughout this specification. The terminology used in the detailed description is for the purpose of describing embodiments of the present invention only, and should not be limiting in any way. Unless explicitly used otherwise, expressions in the singular include the meaning of the plural. In this description, expressions such as “comprising” or “comprising” are intended to indicate certain features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, some or a combination thereof, one or more other than those described. It should not be construed to exclude the presence or possibility of other features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, or any part or combination thereof.

In addition, terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms, and the terms are for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components. is used only as

Hereinafter, embodiments illustrating a content sharing server and a content sharing method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content sharing server 30 and a system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the content sharing system includes an upload terminal 10 , a content sharing server 30 connected to the upload terminal 10 and the Internet 20 through the Internet 20 , and the content sharing server 30 and the Internet 20 . It may include a connected inquiry terminal 40 .

Here, the upload terminal 10 is a mobile communication terminal that is connected to an external camera or has a built-in camera, and is under the control of a web/mobile site or dedicated application related to a content sharing method such as a personal computer, notebook, smart phone, tablet, wearable computer, etc. It is possible to perform overall service operations such as service screen configuration, data input, data transmission/reception, and data storage. The upload terminal 10 may take a picture or a video through a built-in or connected camera, and may upload the captured content to the content sharing server 30 through the Internet 20 .

The Internet 20 may be exemplified by various communication methods for connecting the upload terminal 10 and the content sharing server 30 online and transmitting data.

The content sharing server 30 may be a computer system. The content sharing server 30 may include a processor. The processor may process an operation required to perform a content sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 32 and the evaluation information collection unit 33, which will be referred to as components included in the content sharing server 30 to be described below, may be a part of the processor of the content sharing server 30, and may include modules, functions or It can be a unit.

The content sharing server 30 may provide a web/mobile site or a site configured under the control of a dedicated application so that the inquiry terminal 40 can inquire the shared content.

The inquiry terminal 40 may refer to a terminal capable of inquiring the shared content provided from the content sharing server 30 . The inquiry terminal 40 may be connected to the Internet 20 and may access a web/mobile site provided by the content sharing server 30 or a site configured under the control of a dedicated application, and the content sharing server 30 and data Various electronic devices capable of exchanging and receiving may be exemplified.

Here, that the shared content is shared by the content sharing server means that the shared content uploaded to the server and processed can be inquired by the inquiry terminal 40 . In more detail, the shared content provided by the content sharing server 30 is shared so that all inquiry terminals 40 that can access the web/mobile page of the server 30 or the page provided by the dedicated application can inquire it. Or, it may mean a shared state so that only some inquiry terminals 40 designated by the upload terminal 10 or the content sharing server 30 can inquire. The content sharing server 30 may store the photo uploaded by the upload terminal 10 and the photographing information about the photograph, and the shared content generated by using the photograph and the photographing information in the database.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a content sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 , the content sharing method includes an upload step (S10), a shared content creation step (S11) and a sharing step (S12), and the sharing step (S12) includes an evaluation information collection step (S13) and modification of the inquiry period It may include step S14.

The uploading step ( S10 ) may be a step in which a picture taken by the uploading terminal 10 and photographing information about the picture are uploaded from the uploading terminal 10 .

Here, the photo may mean an image file generated by taking a camera built into the upload terminal 10 or a camera installed outside the upload terminal 10 and connected to the upload terminal 10 online or offline.

The user of the upload terminal 10 may take a picture for information delivery through the upload terminal 10 . For example, a user may want to take a picture of people lining up in front of a store to enter the store, to let them know that it will take some time to enter the store, and notice that the store's business hours change or take a day off. You may want to take a picture of something and let it know about it. Another example is a notice that an apartment's garbage disposal time has changed, information about a restaurant's menu, and information about a specific brand's event period.

That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user of the user terminal 10 can share information that is provided only offline or that is difficult to be transmitted online, immediately on the spot, and then transmitted online to share it at a high speed. there will be

The photographing information may be information input by a user of the upload terminal 10 or extracted from a photograph. More specifically, the photographing information may be information on at least one of a place and a time at which the upload terminal 10 took a picture. Such shooting information may be used when creating shared content to be described below.

In more detail, the photographing information includes a positioning system such as a Global Positioning System (GPS) that allows the user of the upload terminal 10 to directly input the location where the photo was taken, or to check the location information of the upload terminal 10 . can be created using

In addition, the shooting information is information about the time at which the photo was taken, and may be input by a user of the upload terminal 10 or extracted from a photo file.

The shared content creation step ( S11 ) may be a step of generating shared content in association with data provided from the content sharing server 30 in response to photos and shooting information.

After the uploading step (S10), the content sharing server 30 is content that is generated in association with data provided from a web/mobile site or a dedicated application of the content sharing server 30 in response to photos and shooting information. there is.

That is, the shared content may be generated in response to data selected or separately input by the user of the upload terminal 10 from among the menus or lists presented in the web/mobile site or the dedicated application.

Here, generating the shared content in association with the data provided by the content sharing server 30 may be understood as that the user of the upload terminal 10 creates the shared content by using the data.

In more detail, the shared content may be generated in response to a selected one of a plurality of selection targets presented in relation to the photographing target of the photo on the upload terminal 10 .

The photographing target of the photo taken by the upload terminal 10 may be various, such as a business name, a building name, a person's name, a place name, and the like. For example, when a user uploads a photo to share information about a business having a specific business name, the target of the photo may be the business name of the business. In addition, when information related to a performance or event of a specific person is to be shared, the subject of the photo may be the person's name. In addition to this, the subject of the photograph may be various names for distinguishing it from other locations, such as a building name or a place name.

In the shared content creation step (S11), the user of the upload terminal 10 may directly input a photographing target in order to clarify the object for the photo.

In addition, the content sharing server 30 may provide a selection list for various shooting targets as described above in the shared content creation step (S11), and the user selects the most relevant selection for the shooting target from among the selection targets presented in the selection list You can choose a target. Through this, the user of the upload terminal 10 can easily specify a photographing target.

Therefore, the content sharing server 30 must be able to select a selection target in order to provide an accurate selection list to the user of the upload terminal 10 .

In the above-mentioned selection list, the photo and shooting information uploaded in the uploading step (S10) may be used.

The selection list provided by the content sharing server 30 includes the business name, building name or place name of a company whose address is located within a predetermined distance from the location of the upload terminal 10 among the objects registered in the content sharing server 30. can be set. To this end, the business name, building name, or place name, etc. may be stored in advance together with their location in the database of the content sharing server 30 .

The content sharing server 30 has an address within a certain distance from the upload terminal 10 among business names, building names, and places registered in the database of the content sharing server 30 in response to the location information received from the upload terminal 10 . A selection list including a business name, a building name, and a place name as a selection target may be created and displayed on the upload terminal 10 . Here, the criterion for a certain distance from the upload terminal 10 required to be included in the selection list may be arbitrarily set by the administrator of the content sharing server 30 or may be set differently depending on the location of the upload terminal 10 .

Through this, the user can easily and conveniently create shared content related to the subject of the photograph taken.

Unlike the above, the selection list may be set through an image search using a picture taken by the upload terminal 10 .

More specifically, the content sharing server 30 searches for an image with the highest similarity to the photo to be uploaded through the upload terminal 10, and if there is information about a business name, a building name, a place name, etc. among information related to the searched image, the corresponding information is selected You can set a selection list to include as a target.

When the content sharing server 30 wants to search for an image having a high similarity to a photo taken by the upload terminal 10, various image comparison algorithms using machine learning or the like may be used. The content sharing server 30 may search for an image having a high degree of similarity to the photo taken by the upload terminal 10 from image files previously registered in the database. Here, the similarity refers to a value that is a criterion for the degree of similarity between images to be compared according to an algorithm used for image comparison. And the criteria for the above-described similarity may be set by the administrator of the content sharing server (30).

When the searched image is introduced with a specific business name, building name, place name, etc. on a web/mobile page, etc., the content sharing server 30 may extract information on the business name, building name, place name, etc. and set it as a selection target.

As described above, although the content sharing server 30 creates a selection list and presents it to the upload terminal 10 , the selection target required by the user of the upload terminal 10 may not be in the selection list. In preparation for such a case, the selection list may include a selection target for allowing the user to search for or directly input a photographing target.

In more detail, one of the selection targets included in the selection list may be a menu linking to a page that allows the user of the upload terminal 10 to directly search for or directly input information on a photographing target.

When the user of the upload terminal 10 directly searches for a photographing target, the user of the upload terminal 10 may select, for example, a selection target named "search and input" from among the selection targets. The content sharing server 30 responds to this so that a page on which a search window is displayed is displayed on the display of the upload terminal 10 so that the target to be photographed can be directly searched through the database of the content sharing server 30 or another search engine. can When the user of the upload terminal 10 comes up with a value corresponding to the shooting target as a result of the search, the user may select the corresponding value to create shared content.

When the user of the upload terminal 10 intends to directly input a photographing target, the user of the upload terminal 10 may select, for example, a selection target named "Direct input" from among the selection targets. When the user of the upload terminal 10 selects to directly input, the upload terminal 10 may be connected to a page that allows the user to directly input a photographing target. Thereafter, the user of the upload terminal 10 may create a shared content by typing and inputting a subject to be photographed.

As described above, the user of the upload terminal 10 can create shared content by directly searching or inputting as well as a selection target provided by the content sharing server 30 . Through the above-mentioned direct search or direct search, the user of the upload terminal 10 can create shared content more flexibly, and even if the content sharing server 30 fails to present a proper selection target, it is possible to easily specify the shooting target. do.

In addition, when a user directly searches for or directly inputs shared content, the shared content may be separately stored in the database of the shared content server 30 . The information stored in the database is presented as included in the selection list by the content sharing server 30 when other uploading terminals want to use the content sharing service at a similar location or with a photo of a similar image if the evaluation information to be performed below is positive. can be That is, the shared content directly searched or input by the user of the upload terminal 10 may be stored and reused in the database according to the evaluation information.

And when the user of the upload terminal 10 selects or searches for one of the selection targets presented in the selection list and uploads a photo, the content sharing server 30 informs the selected selection target of the fact of upload by the upload terminal 10 can inform

The content sharing server 30 may notify the fact of uploading a photo through an ID representing a business name, a building name, a place name, etc. registered in the database, or a phone number of a business owner, and a contact information such as an e-mail. The content sharing server 30 may use various notification means such as a text message or a voice message for the above notification.

Through this, the selection target selected or searched for by the upload terminal 10 can know that information is shared about itself or the company, and has an opportunity to directly respond to mistransmitted information or add specific information. . When the subject of the photo leaves a message to respond to the photo, a separate mark is displayed on the corresponding message, thereby enhancing the reliability of the message.

As described above, the content sharing server 30 does not create a selection list and present it to the upload terminal 10, and the content sharing server 30 selects an arbitrary selection target that is estimated to have the highest similarity to the shooting target among the selection list. By selecting , it is possible to exclude the intervention of the upload terminal 10 in the creation of the shared content.

More specifically, the content sharing server 30 analyzes the location information or the uploaded photo of the upload terminal 10 to generate a selection list, and selects one of the selection targets included in the selection list on the content sharing server 30 . can choose directly. At this time, the criterion for selecting the selection target by the content sharing server 30 is according to an algorithm learned by using a database accumulated through records of shared content previously created by users of other upload terminals 10 or is selected arbitrarily can be set to

The content sharing server 30 may specify a photographing target by selecting a selection target corresponding to one or more of a photo and photographing information, and may generate shared content through this. In this case, since there is no need for the user of the upload terminal 10 to intervene in the creation of the shared content, there is an effect of increasing the convenience for the creation of the shared content.

In the upload step (S10) or the shared content creation step (S11), the user of the upload terminal 10 may set an initial value of the inquiry period. The inquiry period may be information set by the user of the upload terminal 10 determining how long the information on the subject of photographing is valid and inputting it.

For example, in the case of a photograph of people lining up in front of a store to enter a certain store during the inquiry period, the information to be transmitted through the photograph may be valid for 30 to 40 minutes. Therefore, in this case, the inquiry period may be set to 40 minutes by the user of the upload terminal 10 .

In addition, in the case of a photograph of a notice that a store's business hours change for one day or take a day off, the information to be transmitted through the photograph may be valid for about one day. In this case, the inquiry period may be set to one day.

And in the case of photos of events that operate only up to a specific date or notices of closures, the information may be valid until that date. In addition to this, the initial value of the inquiry period may be set to various numerical values in preparation for a case in which information of a photo taken by the upload terminal 10 needs to be maintained for a longer period of time or when sharing is desired for an unlimited time. .

The inquiry period may be input by the user of the upload terminal 10 by selecting one of the menus displayed through the display of the upload terminal 10, or the user determines and inputs the photo according to the subject and the situation thereof.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent meaningless information from being continuously shared over time by setting the information to be transmitted through the inquiry period so that the information to be transmitted can be inquired for as long as necessary.

In the shared content creation step ( S11 ), the user of the upload terminal 10 may check extraction information about an image extracted from a picture or text extracted from a picture.

The extraction information may be generated by image analysis of a picture taken through the upload terminal 10 . In the generation of such extracted information, string or image information included in a photo may be used through various commonly used image analysis algorithms. Such image analysis may be performed in the upload terminal 10 or in the content sharing server 30 in order to reduce the battery usage of the upload terminal 10 .

The upload terminal 10 may display the extracted information to the user in the shared content creation step (S11). For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , in the case of a photo in which the upload terminal 10 has taken a notice saying “I have work today, I am off”, the content sharing server 30 or the upload terminal 10 recognizes the text displayed in the photo. Thus, it is possible to extract the text "I have work today, so I'm free" and generate it as extracted information. The text extracted in this way may be provided in an editable state to the user through the upload terminal 10 . Through this, the user of the upload terminal 10 can check whether the text has been extracted correctly, and if there is an error, it can be corrected.

As another example, when the upload terminal 10 shoots a post containing an advertisement image, the content sharing server 30 or the upload terminal 10 may recognize the image displayed in the photo and generate it as extracted information. . The content sharing server 30 may search for a corresponding image, present an image having a high degree of similarity, select it, and support performing the upload step (S10). Through this, the user of the upload terminal 10 can increase the accuracy of the information to be transmitted.

The content sharing server 30 may set an upload condition for a photo to be uploaded by the upload terminal 10 . The content sharing server 30 may allow upload from the upload terminal 10 only when the upload condition is satisfied. The above-described upload conditions may be used to improve reliability of photos and photographing information uploaded by the upload terminal 10 .

Since it may be difficult to know exactly about the state of the photo object for a photo taken while moving at a high speed, the content sharing server 30 only stores the photo and Uploading of shooting information may be permitted. For example, the content sharing server 30 may set a condition to allow the upload of photos and shooting information only when the speed of the upload terminal 10 is maintained at 0.

In addition, since there is a possibility that the upload terminal 10 uploading multiple times within a short time has overlapping information or uploading photos and shooting information only for the purpose of advertisement, the content sharing server 30 is configured to provide the upload terminal 10 with a constant Upload conditions can also be set so that only a limited number of uploads are possible within a time period.

In addition, since it may be difficult to immediately reflect the information on the scene in a photo that has been taken for a long time, the content sharing server 30 may set the upload condition so that only photos within a certain time after being taken can be uploaded.

The sharing step (S12) may be a step of registering the shared content generated in response to the photo and shooting information in the database and sharing it with the inquiry terminals 40 during the inquiry period, and the evaluation information collection stage (S13) and correction of the inquiry period It may include step S14.

The shared content generated through the shared content creation step S11 may be stored in the database of the content sharing server 30 .

The sharing step (S12) may be a step of displaying at least a portion of the shared content on the inquiry terminal 40 that wants to inquire the shared content, wherein at least a portion displayed on the inquiry terminal 40 is for text extracted from the photo. it could be

The shared content displayed on the inquiry terminal 40 may include a photo uploaded through the upload terminal 10 , extraction information about the photo, and a place and time of taking the photo. The administrator of the content sharing server 30 may set all or part of such information to be displayed through the inquiry terminals 40 .

For example, even if photos and shooting information are uploaded from the upload terminal 10, the content sharing server 30 extracts from the photos when it is determined that it is more effective to display only simple text than to display all the photos. It can be set to display only the extracted information.

The shared content may be additionally displayed on data already formed for a photographing target. For example, when the inquiry terminal 40 visits a page on which information on a corresponding restaurant is displayed to check information about a certain restaurant, shared content for the restaurant exists, and the validity period of the shared content has not yet expired If not, the content sharing server 30 may display the corresponding shared content on the inquiry terminal 40 .

In the sharing step (S12), the content sharing server 30 may disclose the shared content in response to the inquiry period set in the upload step (S10) or the shared content creation step (S11). The content sharing server 30 shares photos during the inquiry period, and the photos whose inquiry period has elapsed may be hidden so that they cannot be viewed by the inquiry terminal 40 anymore.

Here, the search period of the photo set by the content sharing server 30 may be set to be the same as the initial value set in the upload step (S10) or the shared content creation step (S12). In addition, if necessary, the inquiry period may be set differently from the initial value set in the upload step ( S10 ) or the shared content creation step ( S11 ) by the administrator of the content sharing server 30 .

The content sharing server 30 shares photos during the inquiry period, and for the shared content that has an imminent end date of the inquiry period, it can be displayed separately from other shared content by lowering the saturation or making it appear dim, and through this, the shared content can be displayed. may signal that the inquiry period of

The evaluation information collection step ( S13 ) may be a step of collecting evaluation information on the shared content shared by the content sharing server 30 . Here, the evaluation information may refer to information left by users of the inquiry terminal 40 after inquiring a photo and evaluating the value or validity of information transmitted by the photo.

More specifically, if the users of the inquiry terminal 40 effectively evaluate the value of the information transmitted by the inquired photo, a positive evaluation can be made, and the information conveyed by the photo is incorrect or no longer valid. If the information is not, it may give a negative evaluation. The evaluation information for the photos left by users of the inquiry terminal 40 may be formed through a score arbitrarily selected from a certain range that can be expressed in numbers, for example, or formed by selecting one of positive or negative. it could be

The content sharing server 30 may continuously collect the above evaluation information from the inquiry terminals 40 during the inquiry period set for the photo.

The inquiry period correction step ( S14 ) may be a step of correcting the inquiry period in response to the collected evaluation information.

In more detail, the inquiry period correction step ( S14 ) may be performed in response to one or more evaluation information input by a user who inquired the shared content through the inquiry terminal 40 .

That is, in the inquiry period correction step (S14), when the score according to the evaluation information for the shared content is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the inquiry period of the photo is extended, and when the score according to the evaluation information is less than a predetermined value, the inquiry period is shortened. You can modify the search period of

When the information delivered by the corresponding shared content is valid through the evaluation information left by the users of the inquiry terminal 40, it needs to be shared with other users for a longer period of time. Therefore, the viewing period may be extended for shared content that has received positive reviews. For example, the content sharing server 30 may calculate the sum or average of scores according to one or more evaluation information left by users of the inquiry terminal 40 when the evaluation information is generated with a score arbitrarily selected within a certain range. there is. And when the calculated result is equal to or greater than a certain value, the content sharing server 30 may extend the inquiry period by a certain period, considering that the validity of the information to be transmitted by the corresponding shared content is recognized. Conversely, when the calculated result is less than a certain value, the content sharing server 30 may shorten the inquiry period by a certain period as it is deemed that the validity of information to be transmitted by the corresponding shared content is insufficient.

In addition, the content sharing server 30 can prevent abuse of evaluation information so that the inquiry period of the shared content continues to increase by setting a threshold for the maximum lifespan, unless it is a shared content for information delivery for an unlimited time. .

The administrator of the content sharing server 30 may set various criteria for extending or shortening the inquiry period in response to the evaluation information of the photo as needed, and may set the extent to which the inquiry period is extended or shortened according to the evaluation information. there is.

More specifically, as described above, the extent to which the inquiry period is extended or shortened according to the evaluation information may be set differently depending on the place where the photo was taken by the upload terminal 10 .

3 is a block diagram showing the content sharing server 30 in more detail in the embodiment of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the content sharing server 30 may include a transceiver 31 , a control unit 32 , an evaluation information collection unit 33 , and a database 34 . In the embodiment of FIG. 3 , descriptions of contents overlapping those already described in the previous embodiment will be omitted.

The transceiver 31 may be connected to the upload terminal 10 or the inquiry terminal 40 through the Internet 20 . The transceiver 31 may process the format of the data so that data input/output from the content sharing server 30 can be transmitted to the upload terminal 10 or the inquiry terminal 40 in response to the type of the Internet 20 . .

The control unit 32 may create and share shared content through data transmitted or received through the transceiver 31 .

The controller 32 may share the shared content stored in the database 34 in response to the inquiry period set according to the shooting information, and may modify the inquiry period of the shared content in response to the evaluation information.

In more detail, the control unit 32 may set the inquiry period for the period in which the shared content is shared in response to the shooting information, share the shared content during the inquiry period, and hide the shared content for which the inquiry period has elapsed. there is.

In addition, the controller 32 may modify the inquiry period of the shared content in response to scores according to at least one or more evaluation information input by the user of the inquiry terminal 40 who inquired the shared content.

In addition, the controller 32 may extend the inquiry period of the shared content when the score according to the evaluation information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and shorten the inquiry period of the shared content when the score according to the evaluation information is less than a predetermined value.

The evaluation information collection unit 33 may collect evaluation information for the shared content shared by the control unit 32 .

The database 34 may store pictures and shooting information uploaded from the upload terminal 10 , shared content generated by the control unit 32 , and evaluation information collected through the evaluation information collecting unit 33 . In addition, the database 34 may store data for the controller 32 to present the selection targets to the upload terminal 10 in the upload step (S10) of the upload terminal 10 . For example, the database 34 may store information on various trade names, place names, and building names to be presented as various selection targets, and various information on locations, industries, operating hours, etc. linked to the information. The information stored in the database 34 may be used when the upload terminal 10 provides a selection list by the content sharing server 30 in the shared content creation step S11.

The shared content stored in the database 34 may be provided to the query terminal 40 accessed through the control unit 32 or the Internet 20 . The database 34 may be hardware for storing information such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a random access memory (RAM), and a flash (flash). . The database 34 may be mounted together on the content sharing server 30 or mounted on a separate device to be connected to the content sharing server 30 online or offline.

After the user of the upload terminal 10 takes a picture, the user of the upload terminal 10 may check a selection list consisting of selection objects presented by the content sharing server 30 through the selection list area 502 . Thereafter, the user may select a selection target that matches or is closest to the shooting target in the selection list area 502 . At this time, in order to assist the user in selecting, an area 501 indicating the location of the user terminal 10 may be displayed on the display of the upload terminal 10 together.

The user of the inquiry terminal 40 may check an area 603 in which general information previously formed about an object to be inquired is displayed and an area 601 in which shared content is displayed. In this case, the area 601 in which the shared content is displayed may be overlapped inside the area 603 in which general information is displayed.

Also, an evaluation information area 602 for collecting evaluation information may be displayed on the display of the inquiry terminal 40 . The user of the inquiry terminal 40 may leave evaluation information on the validity of information transmitted by the shared content being inquired through an icon displayed in the evaluation information area 602 . Although the evaluation information area 602 is composed of "like" and "dislike" icons, the configuration or the name of the evaluation information area 602 may be variously set according to the type of evaluation information. For example, as shown in FIG. 6 , an icon for selecting a score may be located in the evaluation information area 602 to input a score within a predetermined range instead of the “like” and “dislike” icons.

The content sharing server 30 shares photos during the inquiry period, and for the shared content that has an imminent end date of the inquiry period, it can be displayed separately from other shared content by lowering the saturation or making it appear dim, and through this, the shared content can be displayed. may signal that the expiry of the inquiry period is imminent.

4 is a flowchart for explaining a process of confirming an upload condition in the creation of shared content.

Referring to FIG. 4, the process of uploading a photo through the uploading step described in FIG. 2 (S81), and then determining whether to allow the upload of the photo by the content sharing server 30 checking the upload conditions (S82 to S87) can be seen.

The following process of checking the upload condition may be performed prior to the shared content creation step S11 of FIG. 2 or may be performed in the middle or last step of generating the shared content, and each step is separately performed in the process of creating the shared content may be performed.

In more detail, the content sharing server 30 may check whether the photo uploaded from the upload terminal 10 is a photo taken directly by a given photographing means (S82). For this purpose, the content sharing server 30 permits uploading of only pictures taken through a dedicated application installed in the upload terminal 10, or uploads only pictures taken within a certain time by comparing the taken time and the upload time of the picture. can allow

The content sharing server 30 may allow the upload of the photo only when the subject of the photo taken through the upload terminal 10 and the place where the photo is taken are within a certain distance (S83).

For example, if the location of the selection target selected by the upload terminal 10 from among the selection targets presented to the upload terminal 10 is at a distance from the location of the upload terminal 10, the content sharing server 30 is greater than or equal to a certain level, You may not allow uploading of those photos. In this case, the criterion for the distance between the location of the upload terminal 10 and the location of the selection target may be arbitrarily designated by the administrator of the content sharing server 10 .

In addition, since it may be difficult to know exactly the state of the photo object for a photo taken while moving at a fast speed, the content sharing server 30 limits the photo taken while the location information of the upload terminal 10 does not change for a certain period of time. Uploading of photos and shooting information may be permitted (S84).

For example, the content sharing server 30 may set a condition to allow the upload of photos and shooting information only when the speed of the upload terminal 10 is maintained at 0.

In addition, since there is a possibility that the upload terminal 10 uploading multiple times within a short time has overlapping information or uploading photos and shooting information only for the purpose of advertisement, the content sharing server 30 is configured to provide the upload terminal 10 with a constant Upload conditions may be set so that only a limited number of uploads are possible within a time period (S85).

If all of the above upload conditions are satisfied, the content sharing server 30 may allow the upload of the photo (S86), otherwise it may reject the upload of the photo (S87). The above upload conditions may be used to improve the reliability of photos and shooting information uploaded by the upload terminal 10 . In addition, the upload conditions may be applied in a different order from the above, and application of some upload conditions may be omitted depending on the content sharing environment.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a search period for shared content.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the inquiry period of the shared content may be set according to an input of the upload terminal 10 or as designated by the administrator of the content sharing server 30 ( S91 ).

In addition, the content sharing server 30 may set various criteria for extending or shortening the inquiry period in response to the evaluation information of the photo, if necessary, and may set the extent to which the inquiry period is extended or shortened according to the evaluation information differently. (S93). More specifically, as described above, the extent to which the inquiry period is extended or shortened according to the evaluation information may be set differently depending on the place where the photo was taken by the upload terminal 10 .

For example, in the case of shared content for photos taken and uploaded in a commercial district with a large floating population, the number of views may be higher than that of photos taken in an area with a small floating population. In this case, if the inquiry period of the shared content is collectively modified according to the evaluation information of the user of the inquiry terminal 40, the inquiry period may be extended or shortened too quickly, so there is a need to alleviate this phenomenon. Therefore, the extent to which the search period for shared content is extended or shortened may be set differently depending on the congestion level or floating population of the area.

Thereafter, the content sharing server 30 may publish the shared content and collect evaluation information according to the setting for the initial value of the inquiry period and the degree of change ( S93 ).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of modifying an inquiry period in response to evaluation information in a sharing step according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , when the shared content is published ( S100 ), the content sharing server 30 may collect evaluation information from the inquiry terminal 40 . When the content sharing server 30 receives positive evaluation information from the inquiry terminal 40 for the published shared content (S101), it is possible to increase the remaining inquiry period of the shared content (S105). In addition, when the content sharing server 30 receives negative evaluation information from the inquiry terminal 40 for the shared content that has been published (S102), it is possible to reduce the remaining inquiry period of the shared content (S104).

If the content sharing server 30 fails to collect any evaluation information on the shared content, it can check whether a predetermined unit time has elapsed (S103), and when the unit time has elapsed, the remaining inquiry period of the shared content by the unit period may be reduced (S104), otherwise the public state of the shared content may be maintained (S100). Here, the unit period may be set by the administrator of the content sharing server 30 in units of hours or days.

When the inquiry period of the shared content decreases or increases, the content sharing server 30 may determine whether the inquiry period of the shared content has expired by checking the remaining inquiry period of the shared content (S106). The content sharing server 30 may hide the shared content for which the inquiry period has expired (S107), otherwise it may maintain the public state of the shared content.

The medium may be to continuously store a computer executable program, or to temporarily store it for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be various recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, it is not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, and may exist distributed on a network. Examples of the medium include a hard disk, a magnetic medium such as a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as CD-ROM and DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, and those configured to store program instructions, including ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. In addition, examples of other media may include recording media or storage media managed by an app store that distributes applications, sites that supply or distribute various other software, and servers.

The present invention may include a cutting unit, a first transfer and a second transfer, and a combine unit.

The cutting unit may generate a plurality of pieces by dividing the data, and may assign an address to each of the pieces. Here, the addresses of the pieces may be composed of a combination of a plurality of letters and numbers.

Also, the cutting unit may generate a combination rule in consideration of each address. Here, the combination rule refers to a rule that allows a plurality of data pieces to be combined into data before being divided based on each address.

The first transfer may transmit a plurality of data pieces in an arbitrary order. Here, a plurality of data pieces may be transmitted together with an assigned address, respectively.

The second transfer may transmit a combination rule corresponding to the plurality of data pieces transmitted by the first transfer. Here, it may be preferable that the second transfer transmits the combination rule with a time difference with respect to the transmission of the plurality of data pieces by the first transfer.

The functional operations described in this specification and the embodiments related to the present subject matter can be implemented in a digital electronic circuit, computer software, firmware or hardware, including the structures disclosed herein and structural equivalents thereof, or in a combination of one or more thereof Do.

Embodiments of the subject matter described herein are one or more computer program products, ie one or more modules directed to computer program instructions encoded on a tangible program medium for execution by or for controlling the operation of a data processing device. can be implemented. A tangible program medium may be a radio wave signal or a computer-readable medium. A radio wave signal is an artificially generated signal, eg a machine-generated electrical, optical or electromagnetic signal, that is generated to encode information for transmission to an appropriate receiver device for execution by a computer. The computer-readable medium may be a machine-readable storage device, a machine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a combination of materials that affect a machine-readable radio wave signal, or a combination of one or more of these.

A computer program (also known as a program, software, software application, script or code) may be written in any form of any programming language, including compiled or interpreted language or a priori or procedural language, and may be written as a stand-alone program or module; It can be deployed in any form, including components, subroutines, or other units suitable for use in a computer environment.

A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file in a file system. A program may be in a single file provided to the requested program, or in multiple interacting files (eg, files that store one or more modules, subprograms, or portions of code), or portions of files that hold other programs or data. (eg, one or more scripts stored within a markup language document).

A computer program may be deployed to be executed on a single computer or multiple computers located at one site or distributed over a plurality of sites and interconnected by a communication network.

Additionally, the logic flows and structural block diagrams described herein describe corresponding acts and/or specific methods supported by corresponding functions and steps supported by the disclosed structural means, and corresponding software. It can also be used to build structures and algorithms and their equivalents.

The processes and logic flows described herein may be performed by one or more programmable processors executing one or more computer programs to perform functions by operating on input data and generating output.

Processors suitable for the execution of computer programs include, for example, both general and special purpose microprocessors and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Typically, the processor will receive instructions and data from read-only memory, random access memory, or both.

A key element of a computer is one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data and a processor for executing instructions. In addition, a computer is generally operably coupled to receive data from, or transmit data to, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, such as, for example, magnetic, magneto-optical disks or optical disks, or to perform both such operations. or will include However, the computer need not have such a device.

The present description sets forth the best mode of the invention, and provides examples to illustrate the invention, and to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. This written specification does not limit the present invention to the specific terms presented.

Accordingly, although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-described examples, those skilled in the art can make modifications, changes and modifications to the examples without departing from the scope of the present invention. In short, in order to achieve the intended effect of the present invention, it is not necessary to separately include all the functional blocks shown in the drawings or follow all the orders shown in the drawings. indicate that it may be within the scope

Claims (12)

In the method of sharing photos and video content,
uploading a picture and photographing information for the picture from an upload terminal;
generating shared content in association with data provided from the content sharing server in response to the photo and the shooting information;
Distributing and storing the generated shared content in a distributed storage server; and
and sharing the shared content by registering it in a database. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is
The sharing method of photo and video content, characterized in that provided as a selection target to be selected by the upload terminal. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the selection targets is
The method for sharing photo and video content, characterized in that it is registered in advance in the content sharing server, and the location on the map is within a predetermined distance from the location of the upload terminal. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the selection targets is
A method of sharing photos and video content, characterized in that the photos and images are extracted from a web page or a mobile page including an image having a similarity of a certain size or more. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the selection targets is
In response to the selection of the upload terminal, the upload terminal connects a page that allows the search for the target of the photo,
and the shared content is generated in response to a value selected by the upload terminal from among the search results. The method of claim 2, wherein the content sharing server
A method for sharing photos and video content, characterized in that transmitting a message regarding the fact of uploading the photo to a selection target selected by the upload terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the shooting information is
The method of sharing photos and video content, characterized in that it includes information on at least one of a place and a time at which the photo was taken. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared content is
A method of sharing photos and video content, characterized in that at least a portion including the text extracted from the photo is displayed. a control unit that provides data in response to a photo uploaded from an upload terminal and photographing information for the photo, generates shared content in connection with the data, and shares the shared content during a predetermined inquiry period;
A distributed storage server for distributed storage of the generated shared content; And
Comprising an evaluation information collection unit for collecting evaluation information on the shared content,
The content sharing server, characterized in that the control unit corrects the inquiry period of the shared content in response to the evaluation information. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the control unit
If the score according to the evaluation information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the inquiry period is extended;
Content sharing server, characterized in that for shortening the inquiry period when the score according to the evaluation score is less than a predetermined value. The method of claim 9, wherein the shooting information is
Content sharing server, characterized in that it includes information on at least one of a place and a time at which the photo was taken. 10. The method of claim 9,
The content sharing server further comprising a database that stores the data and provides the data in response to a request from the controller.

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