KR20220151472A - Contents distribution support server and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a copyrighted content distribution supporting server and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling a copyrighted content distribution supporting server, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a content distribution request signal including copyrighted content-related information from a copyrighted content manager; generating registration-required information for each content distribution platform by using the received copyrighted content-related information; requesting registration by transmitting the generated registration-required information for each content distribution platform to a corresponding content distribution platform; and receiving, from each content distribution platform, individual sales data according to a consumer's use of copyrighted content registered for each content distribution platform according to the registration request, and calculating and providing the total sales or estimated sales with respect to at least one copyrighted content. According to the present invention, the server can activate the creation of novel content.

Description

Authored content distribution support server and its control method {CONTENTS DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an authored content distribution supporting server and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a server supporting a process of distributing copyrighted content for use by consumers and a control method thereof.

Consumers usually consume a variety of content through content distribution platforms (eg Bugs, Naver Music, Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, etc.).

As an example of a sound source, consumers subscribe to each content distribution platform (a kind of sound source server) as a member and select and consume a desired sound source through a search on the corresponding content distribution platform.

To this end, each content distribution platform needs to obtain the sound source and information related to the sound source from the person who has the right (copyright) for the sound source, but it is quite cumbersome to directly obtain the sound source and the information from each copyright holder. Therefore, the necessary sound source is being supplied from the management company for the corresponding copyright, that is, the authored content management company. Of course, here, the authoring content management company may be a company operated by the copyright owner himself.

However, from the point of view of authoring content management companies, there are many types of content distribution platforms as described above, but it is also a cumbersome and not easy process to provide necessary sound source-related information for each characteristic of each content distribution platform.

Therefore, it is urgent to introduce a service that supports information sharing between authoring content management companies and content distribution platforms.

In particular, in sharing various contents and content information including sound sources between authored content management companies and content distribution platforms, a plan to improve the efficiency of content registration by authored content management companies is needed.

In addition, a lot of cost is incurred in content production, and there are cases where high-quality content production is not performed due to the burden of cost.

However, since high-quality content is likely to be highly evaluated in the market and lead to high profits, it is time to develop an efficient plan to enable various entities to participate in content production and earn profits.

Registered Patent No. 10-2226193

The present invention has been made to satisfy the above-mentioned conventional needs, and its object is to provide an efficient method for distributing authored contents, and furthermore, to provide a server and a control method for activating the production of new contents.

In order to achieve the above object, a written content distribution support server according to the present invention includes a request receiver for receiving a content distribution request signal including information related to written content from a written content manager; a necessary information generator for generating registration-required information for each content distribution platform using the authored content-related information received from the request receiver; a registration requesting unit for requesting registration by transmitting the registration-requiring information for each content distribution platform generated by the necessary information generation unit to a corresponding content distribution platform; a sales data receiving unit receiving individual sales data according to the consumer's use of each authored content registered for each content distribution platform according to the registration request of the registration request unit from each content distribution platform; It is configured to include a sales determination unit for calculating and providing total sales or estimated sales for at least one written content with reference to the individual sales data received by the sales data receiving unit.

In order to achieve the above object, a control method of a server for supporting authored content distribution according to the present invention includes the steps of receiving a content distribution request signal including information related to authored content from a authored content manager; generating registration-required information for each content distribution platform using the received authored content-related information; requesting registration by transmitting the generated registration-required information for each content distribution platform to a corresponding content distribution platform; According to the registration request, individual sales data according to consumer use of the written content registered for each content distribution platform is received from each content distribution platform, total sales or estimated sales for at least one written content is calculated, It includes the steps of providing

As described above, according to the present invention, authored content management companies do not need to know the characteristics of each content distribution platform having different input forms, and simply input authored content-related information to the content distribution support server consistently, Since written content can be registered in each content distribution platform, the convenience of authored content management companies is increased.

In addition, by calculating and providing estimated sales that may occur when authored content that is not registered in a specific content distribution platform is additionally registered in the corresponding content distribution platform, it can greatly assist authored content management companies in making decisions.

Furthermore, since it is possible to receive investment for authored contents that have yet to be released, various and high-quality authored contents can be produced without worrying about production costs.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an entire system including a content distribution support server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a functional block diagram of the content distribution support server of FIG. 1;
3 to 8 are control flow diagrams of a content distribution support server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

Hereinafter, each embodiment according to the present invention is only one example to aid understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. In particular, the present invention may be composed of at least one or more combinations of individual components, individual functions, or individual steps included in each embodiment.

In particular, although alphabets such as '(a)' are included in some claims of the claims for convenience, these alphabets do not prescribe the order of each step.

In addition, each signal referred to in each embodiment according to the present invention may refer to one signal transmitted through a single connection or the like, but may also refer to a group of signals transmitted for the purpose of performing a specific function described later. . That is, in each embodiment, a plurality of signals transmitted at predetermined time intervals or transmitted after receiving a response signal from the counterpart device may be expressed as one signal name for convenience.

A schematic configuration of the entire system including the content distribution supporting server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 1 .

As shown in the figure, the entire system may include a content management company, a content distribution support server 100, and a content distribution platform 300.

First of all, the content distribution platform 300 has at least one content and performs a function of providing stored content when customers access and request it, and may correspond to, for example, a content providing site server.

Contents provided to customers are not limited to types such as music and video, but in this embodiment, for convenience, sound source content is taken as an example.

Accordingly, the content distribution platform 300 may be, for example, a website server such as Bugs Music, Naver Music, and Melon in Korea and a website server such as Apple Music, YouTube, and Spotify overseas.

Since a structure in which a predetermined sound source site generates sales (profit, etc.) by providing sound sources to customers corresponds to a known technology, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, the copyrighted content management company refers to a person or company that manages copyrighted content, that is, content that has the right to be protected from unauthorized use by others.

For example, the authored content management company 200 may be an entertainment company that produces music for singers, or a person or company that has the right to distribute sound sources through a direct contract with them, or they may manipulate It may be a predetermined device that does.

In this embodiment, the copyrighted content management company 200 is distinguished from the content distribution platform 300 that directly provides sound sources to consumers, and has a function of requesting the distribution of sound sources to other institutions by having actual copyright or requested by the copyright owner. carry out

For example, the authored content manager 200 may access the content distribution support server 100 and input necessary information to register the sound source possessed by the content distribution platform 300 .

For example, the authored content manager 200 may designate at least one content distribution platform 300 while inputting specific authored content and information about the authored content, that is, authored content-related information including content information.

Here, authored content may be sound source data itself as described above, and content information may be various information that may be included in meta information of a sound source, such as an artist, a genre, an album name of a corresponding sound source, and the like.

On the other hand, the content distribution support server 100 is located between the authoring content management company 200 and the content distribution platform 300 as described above, and the sound source distributes each content according to the request of the authoring content management company 200 It performs a function of processing to be registered in the platform 300.

For example, the content distribution support server 100 is a specific content distribution platform (300 ) is specified, the content distribution support server 100 may process authored content to be registered in a specific content distribution platform 300, and at this time, necessary information for registration may be extracted from authored content information.

To this end, the content distribution support server 100 provides a predetermined registration page (a kind of web page) to the authored content manager 200, and allows the authored content manager 200 to obtain necessary information and information through the corresponding registration page. The content distribution platform 300 may allow input of selection.

In addition, the content distribution support server 100 indicates the sales generated according to the use of the customer when the authored content is registered in the content distribution platform 300 and the customer uses the authored content through the content distribution platform 300. Sales data may be received from each content distribution platform 300 .

At this time, the sales data received from the content distribution platform 300 may be made in various forms, for example, it may be information indicating sales for each authored content, or integrated sales for each authored content management company 200 it may indicate

The content distribution support server 100 may calculate total sales or estimated sales using the individual sales data received from each content distribution platform 300 in this way.

Here, the total sales are the total sales of each authored content management company 200, the total sales of the authored content registered by each authored content management company 200 to the specific content distribution platform 300 via the content distribution support server 100 , Or sales in the entire content distribution platform 300 for specific content of a specific authored content management company 200, etc., can be calculated in various ways.

In addition, the estimated sales refer to the amount of money estimated by referring to the sales of other authored contents for authored contents for which actual sales did not occur.

Although the expression 'sales' is used in this embodiment for convenience, it may mean sales generated by the content distribution platform 300, and the authoring content management company 200, the content distribution support server 100, and the content distribution platform ( 300) may be the amount of settlement made through revenue distribution excluding expenses necessary for sales generated by the content distribution platform 300 by contract between You may.

The content distribution support server 100 may provide the total sales or estimated sales calculated in this way to a manager or the like or to the authored content manager 200 .

In particular, in the case of estimated sales, the written content management company 200 can be a basic data that can determine whether to register additional written content.

For example, in the case where the content distribution support server 100 provides an estimated profit in advance for authored content that has not yet been registered in the content distribution platform 300 among the authored content possessed by the authored content manager 200, the authored content manager In 200, it is possible to determine whether to register the authored content by referring to this.

Here, detailed descriptions of various algorithms for calculating estimated profits will be described later.

In addition, the content distribution support server 100 may provide predetermined people with an estimated revenue for the authored content to be released so that at least a part of the cost required for the release of the corresponding authored content may be covered in advance.

Authored content to be released here may be authored content in a planning stage before being produced, or authored content in a stage where production has been completed but has not been distributed to the public.

That is, those who have invested money in advance for the authored content to be released can receive a profit distribution corresponding to the amount of the investment for the revenue generated accordingly when the authored content to be released is actually produced or distributed later.

This can be said to be a kind of purchasing some shares of neighboring rights in advance and earning profits in proportion to the shares later.

As such, the content distribution support server 100 performs various functions. Hereinafter, specific functional blocks of the content distribution support server 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 .

As shown in the same figure, the content distribution support server 100 includes a request receiving unit 101, a necessary information generating unit 102, a registration requesting unit 103, a sales data receiving unit 104, and a sales determining unit. (105), database unit 106, registration status check unit 107, rating calculation unit 108, investor recruitment unit 109, profit distribution unit 110, investor promotion monitoring unit 111, publicity effect board It may be configured including the government 112 and the investment restriction unit 113.

The request receiving unit 101 performs a function of receiving a content distribution request signal including information related to authored content from the authored content manager 200 .

As described above, the authored content-related information included in the content distribution request signal may include not only the authored content itself but also various pieces of information (artist, composer, lyricist, album name, release date, etc.).

Here, when identification IDs for each artist, composer, lyricist, etc. are shared between the authored content manager 200 and the content distribution support server 100, the authored content-related information of the content distribution request signal may include each of these identification IDs have.

The database unit 106 performs a function of constructing or managing a mapping table of information items requiring registration for each content distribution platform 300 .

For each content distribution platform 300, the type or method of information to be input or transmitted for registration of authored content may be different. In the database unit 106, such information may be stored separately for each content distribution platform 300. have.

The necessary information generation unit 102 performs a function of generating registration required information for each content distribution platform 300 using the authored content-related information received by the request receiving unit 101 .

That is, each content distribution platform 300 may have different essential information required for registration of authored content, and the necessary information generation unit 102 converts information necessary for registration for each content distribution platform 300 from authored content-related information. that can be extracted.

In addition, each content distribution platform 300 may have a different input form for registering authored content, and the necessary information generating unit 102 fills the input form corresponding to each content distribution platform 300 to generate registration required information. can

For example, the necessary information generation unit 102 uses the registration required information item mapping table generated or managed by the database unit 106 to generate each content distribution platform from the authored content-related information received from the authored content manager 200. It is possible to extract and generate registration information for each (300).

The registration request unit 103 performs a function of requesting registration by transmitting the registration required information for each content distribution platform 300 generated by the necessary information generation unit 102 to the corresponding content distribution platform 300 .

At this time, the registration request unit 103 may use an application programming interface (API) provided by each content distribution platform 300 .

According to the request of the registration request unit 103, each content distribution platform 300 matches and registers authored content and information thereon, and provides the content for use by consumers as described above.

The registration state checking unit 107 performs a function of checking the registered state of predetermined authored content in each content distribution platform 300 .

For example, assuming that the content distribution platform 300 is composed of the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302, the registration status check unit 107 is the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 can perform a function of distinguishing authored content registered at the same time and authored content registered only in one of them. For convenience, the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform Authored content registered simultaneously in 302 is referred to as 'concurrently registered authored content', and authored content registered only in the first content distribution platform 301 and not registered in the second content distribution platform 302 is referred to as 'simultaneously unregistered authored content'. '.

The rating calculation unit 108 performs a function of calculating an artist's rating for each authored content based on sales in each content distribution platform 300 .

For example, the grade of the corresponding artist A can be calculated by referring to the sales of the artist A's album.

For example, if artist A has released two albums so far, the grade of the artist A can be calculated by taking the average of the total sales of the first album and the total sales of the second album.

According to the registration request of the registration request unit 103, the sales data receiving unit 104 transmits individual sales data according to the consumer's use of each authored content registered for each content distribution platform 300 from each content distribution platform 300. perform the receiving function.

Here, the meaning of the individual sales data may mean data on sales generated for each content distribution platform 300 for the registered content at the request of the specific authored content management company 200, in particular, by artist, album You may also include specific details.

The sales determination unit 105 performs a function of calculating and providing total sales for at least one written content with reference to the individual sales data received by the sales data receiving unit 104 .

For example, the sales determination unit 105 may calculate the total sales by summing the sales of specific authored content registered in each content distribution platform 300 at the request of the specific authored content management company 200, or specific According to the request of the written content management company 200, it may be calculated by summing the sales of all written content registered in the specific content distribution platform 300.

In particular, the sales determination unit 105 may calculate estimated sales according to additional registration of at least one authored content with reference to individual sales data of each content distribution platform 300 .

For example, the sales determination unit 105 determines the percentage of sales generated through the first content distribution platform 301 by at least one concurrently registered authoring content identified by the registration status confirmation unit 107, and the second content distribution platform 302 ), estimated sales when the unregistered authored content is additionally registered in the second content distribution platform 302 may be calculated and provided using all sales generated by at least one simultaneously registered stored content.

As another example, the sales determination unit 105 determines the number of times the customer uses the first content distribution platform 301 for at least one concurrently unregistered authored content identified by the registration status confirmation unit 107, and at least one concurrently registered content. Regarding the stored content, the corresponding unregistered authored content is additionally registered on the second content distribution platform 302 by using all the ratios of the number of times the customer uses the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 respectively. Estimated number of customer uses may be determined, and estimated sales may be calculated and provided by applying a sales unit price per customer use in the second content distribution platform 302 to the estimated number of customer uses.

As another example, the sales determination unit 105 determines the amount of sales generated in the first content distribution platform 301 by at least one concurrently unregistered authored content identified by the registration status confirmation unit 107, and at least one concurrently registered content. When the corresponding unregistered authored content is additionally registered on the second content distribution platform 302 using both the ratio of the sales scale generated in the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 for stored content It is also possible to calculate and provide the estimated sales of

On the other hand, in the above-described example, sales that may occur when the sales determination unit 105 is additionally registered in a specific content distribution platform 300 for authoring content that has already been produced but has not yet been registered in some content distribution platform 300. Although the determination of the estimated amount has been described, the estimated amount of sales may also be determined for authored content that is yet to be released, that is, to be released.

That is, the sales determination unit 105, if the information related to the authored content received from the authored content manager 200 is information related to the authored content scheduled to be released, each content distribution platform according to the registration request of the registration request unit 103 Estimated sales for the authored content to be released can be calculated and provided by considering the individual sales data according to consumer use for each authored content registered for each (300) and the similarity between the authored content to be released and the previously registered authored content. have.

In particular, as described above, when the rating for each artist is calculated by the rating calculation unit 108, the sales determination unit 105 determines the sales for each artist rating by referring to the individual sales data of each content distribution platform 300 Then, based on the sales of the same artist level as the artist of the written content to be released, the estimated sales of the written content to be released can be calculated.

For example, when the artist of the written content to be released is of the first class level, the sales determination unit 105 averages the sales generated by the content authored by other artists of the first class level for a preset period (eg, the last year). can be calculated as the estimated sales for the authored contents scheduled to be released.

The degree of similarity between the registered authored content and the authored content to be released may be determined according to the artist's rating, as well as the genre of the authored content, the same composer or lyricist, or the rating.

The investor recruitment unit 109 provides the estimated sales calculated by the sales determination unit 105 to a predetermined investor, and then performs a function of receiving investment from the investor for the authored content scheduled to be released.

It takes a lot of money to produce authored content, and these costs can be covered by the investment money of these investors.

In this case, investors may be treated as purchasing shares of the author's neighboring rights of authored content to be produced later.

The process of receiving an investment from a predetermined investor may include receiving an investment request including the investment amount or a process of making an account transfer for the actual investment. Detailed descriptions are omitted.

Revenue distribution unit 110, as described above, when the authored content to be released after receiving the investment is registered in at least one content distribution platform 300 to generate sales, investors invest in at least a portion of the generated sales. It performs the function of calculating and providing the amount of return on investment according to the ratio.

As described above, when investors' investment is treated as purchasing shares of neighboring rights, the profit distribution unit 110 may calculate the amount of return on investment according to the share ratio of neighboring rights.

The investor publicity monitoring unit 111 performs a function of monitoring social network service publicity situations before and after the release of specific authored contents by investors of specific authored contents to be released.

Here, the social network service may include all Internet pages or blogs in which each individual writes contents with writing authority on the Internet so that others can view them, and in particular, Facebook or Twitter.

When each investor registers their own social network page address in advance, the investor publicity monitoring unit 111 can monitor the publicity situation of each investor on the Internet.

The period for performing such monitoring may be limited to a predetermined period (for example, one year) after the release of authored content from the time of investor's investment.

For example, if a specific investor invests in the content written by artist A to be released, the investor publicity monitoring unit 111 checks whether information about artist A is mentioned on the social network page of the specific investor before the content is released. After the authored content is produced and released, the investor's publicity situation can be judged based on whether information on the authored content is mentioned on the social network page of the specific investor. can

The publicity effect determining unit 112 performs a function of determining the publicity effect for a specific authored content of each investor as a result of monitoring by the investor publicity monitoring unit 111 .

That is, since it is not important whether the investor promotes or not, but the effect according to the publicity activity is more important, the publicity effect determination unit 112 determines the publicity effect for the authored content invested by each investor.

For example, the publicity effect determination unit 112 may determine the publicity effect by using the number of reads by others or the degree of retweeted by others for the publicity content written by each investor on his/her social network.

The investment limiting unit 113 performs a function of calculating the upper limit of each investor's investment for the next scheduled release based on the publicity effect for the specific authored content of each investor determined by the publicity effect determination unit 112 .

In other words, the harder the investor of the authored content to be released promotes the invested authored content through social networks, the more the upper limit of the investment amount can be increased when investing in the next authored content to be released.

This means that the profit from the sales of the authored contents invested can be obtained in proportion to the amount invested, and the investment in the authored contents to be invested in the future can be increased according to the degree of publicity of the invested authored contents. It has the effect of encouraging people to invest.

Hereinafter, a control flow of the content distribution support server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8 .

First, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a signal flow and control process between the entire system including the content distribution support server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the content distribution support server 100 transmits a page for inputting authored content to the authored content manager 200 (step S1).

After the authored content manager 200 inputs authored content-related information through the authored content input page (step S3), it transmits a content distribution request signal including the corresponding information (step S5).

Accordingly, the content distribution support server 100 extracts authored content-related information from the content distribution request signal received from the authored content manager 200, and then uses this to generate registration required information for each content distribution platform 300 ( Step S7).

Thereafter, the content distribution support server 100 requests content registration while transmitting registration-required information for each content distribution platform 300 to the corresponding content distribution platform 300 (step S9), and the content distribution platform 300 Processes authored content registration according to this request (step S11).

After that, each content distribution platform 300 provides customers (consumers) with registered authoring contents for a fee, and collects sales according to the use of these customers (Step S) 13 Content distribution support server 100 ) (step S15).

The content distribution support server 100 calculates the total sales for each written content registered by the specific authored content or the specific authored content manager 200 based on the individual sales data received from each content distribution platform 300, and the manager or It is provided to the authored content management company 200 (step S17).

4 illustrates a process in which the content distribution support server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention calculates estimated sales of authored content that has not yet been registered in at least one content distribution platform 300 .

First, it is assumed that the content distribution support server 100 receives individual sales data from each content distribution platform 300 (step S21).

As described above, the content distribution support server 100 performs a function of relaying the registration of authored content between the authoring content manager 200 and the content distribution platform 300, so that each content distribution platform 300 You can know the current status of registered authoring contents.

In particular, the content distribution support server 100 may classify authored content registered in each content distribution platform 300 into concurrently registered authored content and concurrently unregistered authored content (step S23).

For example, assuming that there is a first content distribution platform 301 and a second content distribution platform 302, the content distribution support server 100 includes the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302. It is determined that the authored content registered at the same time is concurrently registered authored content, and the authored content registered only in the first content distribution platform 301 and not registered in the second content distribution platform 302 is determined to be simultaneously unregistered authored content. can do.

In this state, the content distribution support server 100 calculates the scale and proportion of sales in the first content distribution platform 301 of the simultaneously unregistered content (step S25).

Here, the sales scale means the sales generated by the corresponding concurrently unregistered authored content, and the proportion is the sales of all authored contents registered by the specific authored content manager 200 in the corresponding content distribution platform 300 and the corresponding concurrently unregistered authored content It can mean a percentage of sales.

Subsequently, the content distribution support server 100 calculates the scale of sales in the second content distribution platform 302 of the concurrently registered authoring content (step S27).

Thereafter, the content distribution support server 100 uses the scale and proportion of sales calculated in steps S25 and S27 to simultaneously register non-registered content on the second content distribution platform 302 when the second content distribution platform 302 is additionally registered. Estimated sales in step 302 are calculated (step S29).

This is performed by assuming that concurrently unregistered authoring content occupies the same weight in the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302, and this corresponds accurately to a large extent in actual operation.

As a specific example, a total of 100 authored contents are registered in the first content distribution platform 301 by a specific authored content management company 200, and any one of the 100 first authored contents (concurrently registered authoring) content) is also registered in the second content distribution platform 302, and the sales proportion of the first authored content in the first content distribution platform 301 (ie, the first authored content out of total 100 authored content sales) Assuming that the first authored content is 30%, and assuming that the first authored content generates 2.1 million won in sales from the second content distribution platform 302, the specific authored content management company 200 additionally adds the remaining 99 Additional estimated sales generated when corresponding second authored contents (simultaneous unregistered authored contents) are additionally registered in the second contents distribution platform 302 may be 4.9 million won.

Furthermore, for a more accurate determination, a weight considering the degree of similarity between the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 may be applied.

For example, the similarity value may vary depending on whether the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 are both domestic companies or one of them is an overseas company (for example, 1 in the case of a domestic company) applied, and 0.8 is applied in the case of overseas companies), and also the main customer base of the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 or the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform ( 302), the similarity value between the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 may vary according to the genre of authored content that is focused on, and furthermore, the similarity value based on the existing individual sales data It may change.

If this similarity value is applied again to the previous example, if both the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 are domestic companies (when the main customer is a domestic customer), the same as the above example The same result is shown, but if the second content distribution platform 302 is a foreign company (if the main customer is a foreigner), after assuming that the second content distribution platform 302 is 24%, which is 0.8 times the above 30%, the second content distribution is 2 content distribution It is possible to calculate additional estimated sales generated when additionally registered on the platform 302.

Here, the content distribution support server 100 may process the above-described similarity value application only when the concurrently registered authoring content and the concurrently unregistered authoring content are different types of specific genres.

For example, when the first authored content is a ballad and the second authored content is a hip hop, a weight of 0.8 can be applied as described above.

Of course, these weights may be periodically updated by monitoring continuous sales conditions.

Hereinafter, another example of calculating estimated sales will be described with reference to FIG. 5 .

First of all, since steps S31 and S33 correspond to steps S21 and S23 of FIG. 4, redundant descriptions will be omitted.

The content distribution support server 100 determines the number of times the customer uses the concurrent unregistered content in the first content distribution platform 301 (step S35).

In addition, the content distribution support server 100 determines the ratio of the number of times of use by customers in the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 of the concurrently registered authoring content (step S37).

For example, for concurrently registered content, the number of customer uses in the first content distribution platform 301 may be twice as large as the number of customer uses in the second content distribution platform 302, in which case the ratio of the number of customer uses becomes 0.5.

Subsequently, the content distribution support server 100 uses the judgments in steps S35 and S37 to determine the estimated number of customer usage when simultaneously unregistered authored content is additionally registered in the second content distribution platform 302 (step S39). That is, it is assumed that a proportional relationship of 0.5 is maintained for all authored contents.

Thereafter, the content distribution support server 100 calculates estimated sales by multiplying the sales unit price per customer use in the second content distribution platform 302 by the estimated number of customer uses determined in step S39 (step S41).

Hereinafter, another example of calculating estimated sales will be described with reference to FIG. 6 .

First of all, since steps S51 and S53 correspond to steps S21 and S23 of FIG. 4, overlapping descriptions will be omitted.

The content distribution support server 100 determines the amount of sales in the first content distribution platform 301 of the simultaneous unregistered content (step S55).

In addition, the content distribution support server 100 determines the ratio of the sales scale of the concurrently registered authoring content in the first content distribution platform 301 and the second content distribution platform 302 (step S57).

For example, for concurrently registered authoring content, sales in the first content distribution platform 301 may be twice as large as sales in the second content distribution platform 302, and in this case, the sales scale ratio becomes 0.5.

Thereafter, the content distribution support server 100 calculates estimated sales to be generated when additionally registering simultaneously unregistered authored content in the second content distribution platform 302 using the results determined in steps S55 and step S57 (step S55). S59). This is also assumed that the proportional relationship of 0.5 is maintained for all authored contents.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 7, a process of receiving investment from investors in advance for authored content scheduled to be released will be described.

When information related to written content is received from the authored content management company 200 (step S61), the content distribution support server 100, when the received content is related to authored content scheduled for release (step S63), release the content Estimated sales for the scheduled writing content are calculated and provided to investors (step S65).

In this embodiment, the terminal operated by investors is omitted.

Thereafter, the content distribution support server 100 may recruit applicants for shares of authoring neighboring rights (step S67).

For reference, among the rights related to copyright, the right of contiguous authorship can be held by performers, record producers, and broadcasting companies.

A performer refers to a person who expresses a copyrighted work through acting, dance, performance, singing, storytelling, reading, or other artistic methods, or performs a performance expressing something that is not a copyrighted work in a similar way, and a record producer has the right to reproduce and distribute a phonogram (of a phonogram). Excluding cases where copies are provided for transactions by means of sales, etc. with the permission of the record producer), rental rights (when rental records for sale are rented for profit), transmission rights, right to claim compensation for broadcasting of records for sale, digital audio for records for sale It refers to a person who has the right to claim compensation for transmission and the right to claim compensation for performance for recordings for sale.

In this embodiment, among these, it is possible to allocate shares to investors for the author's contiguous right owned by the record producer.

For example, the content distribution support server 100 can allocate the share amount of neighboring rights according to the amount of investment (step S69).

Actual record production or authored contents can be produced using the investment money invested by the investors in this way (step S71). As described above, with respect to the sales of authored contents produced in this way, profits are distributed to each investor according to the amount of shares in neighboring rights. It is as described above that it can be done.

Meanwhile, FIG. 8 shows a process of distributing returns on the investment to investors who have made an investment before production or release of authored content and calculating an upper limit on the investment.

The content distribution support server 100 continuously monitors the Social Network Service (SNS) of the equity investor in the author's neighboring rights in FIG. 7 from the start of the investment. This is a process of checking whether or not to publicize the authored content invested (step S81).

Since the technology itself for monitoring a specific social network service page on the Internet is known only, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The content distribution support server 100 allocates the amount of revenue according to the shares of the authoring neighboring rights when sales are generated after the authoring content invested by each investor is produced (step S83).

In addition, the content distribution support server 100 continuously monitors each investor's SNS even when the invested authoring content is produced and sales are generated, and the publicity effect until a predetermined time point (eg, 6 months after the release of the authored content) It is judged (step S85).

Here, each investor's SNS address may be based on information input by each investor in advance.

In determining the promotional effect, the content distribution support server 100 may consider the subscription rate or dissemination rate of the page written by the investor.

For example, if an investor wrote a promotional article on his blog for a sound source he invested in, the higher the number of people who read the blog post, the higher the publicity score.

Thereafter, the content distribution support server 100 calculates and applies the upper limit of the investment amount at the next investment time of each investor using the promotional effect determined in step S85 (step S87).

Accordingly, investors can participate in promoting the currently invested authored content not only for the success of the currently invested authored content, but also to invest a larger investment in future investment.

This is a way to increase the publicity of investors compared to providing only returns proportional to the amount of investment.

Meanwhile, it goes without saying that the process of performing each of the above-described embodiments may be performed by a program or application stored in a predetermined recording medium (for example, computer-readable). Here, the recording medium includes all of an electronic recording medium such as RAM (Random Access Memory), a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk, an optical recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disk), and the like.

At this time, the program stored in the recording medium may be executed on hardware such as a computer or smart phone to perform each of the above-described embodiments. In particular, at least one of the functional blocks of the content distribution support server 100 according to the present invention described above may be implemented by such a program or application.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment described above, but can be implemented by various modifications and variations within the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent that such variations and modifications are included in the present invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims.

100: content distribution support server 200: authoring content manager
300: content distribution platform 101: request receiver
102: necessary information generation unit 103: registration request unit
104: sales data receiving unit 105: sales determination unit
106: database unit 107: registration status check unit
108: rating calculation department 109: investor recruitment department
110: Revenue Distribution Department 111: Investor Promotion Monitoring Department
112: PR effect judgment unit 113: Investment restriction unit

Claims (22)

(a) receiving a content distribution request signal including information related to written content from a written content manager;
(b) generating registration-required information for each content distribution platform using the authored content-related information received in step (a);
(c) requesting registration by transmitting the registration-required information for each content distribution platform generated in step (b) to a corresponding content distribution platform;
(d) According to the registration request in step (c), individual sales data according to the consumer's use of the written content registered for each content distribution platform is received from each content distribution platform, and information on at least one written content is received. A control method of a server for supporting authored content distribution, comprising the step of calculating and providing total sales or estimated sales. According to claim 1,
(e) further comprising the step of constructing a mapping table of required information items for each content distribution platform;
In the step (b), the required registration information for each content distribution platform is extracted and generated from the information related to the authored content received in the step (a) using the mapping table of the information item requiring registration in the step (e). Control method of authoring content distribution support server. According to claim 1,
In the step (d), the estimated sales according to the additional registration of at least one written content is calculated and provided by referring to the individual sales data of the respective content distribution platforms. According to claim 3,
(f) After the step (c), if the content distribution platform is composed of a first content distribution platform and a second content distribution platform, the first content among all authored contents registered by a specific authored content management company further comprising checking at least one concurrently registered authored content registered simultaneously with a distribution platform and the second content distribution platform, and at least one concurrently unregistered authored content registered only with the first content distribution platform;
The step (d) is based on the percentage of sales of at least one concurrently registered authored content identified in step (f) in total sales of authored content in the first content distribution platform, and the at least one account in the second content distribution platform. Using all of the sales volume of one simultaneously registered stored content, calculating and providing estimated sales when the corresponding unregistered authored content is additionally registered on the second content distribution platform. How to control the support server. According to claim 3,
(f) after the step (c), if the content distribution platform is composed of the first content distribution platform and the second content distribution platform, the first content distribution platform and the second content distribution platform are simultaneously registered. Further comprising checking at least one concurrently registered authored content and at least one concurrently unregistered authored content registered only in the first content distribution platform;
The step (d) includes the number of times of customer use in the first content distribution platform of at least one concurrently unregistered authored content identified in step (f), and the first content distribution platform for the at least one concurrently registered stored content. Determining the estimated number of times of customer use when the corresponding unregistered authored content is additionally registered on the second content distribution platform, using both the ratio of the number of times of use by customers in the second content distribution platform, and estimating the determined customer use The control method of the authored content distribution support server further comprising the step of calculating and providing estimated sales by applying the sales unit price per customer use in the second content distribution platform to the number of times. According to claim 3,
(f) after the step (c), if the content distribution platform is composed of the first content distribution platform and the second content distribution platform, the first content distribution platform and the second content distribution platform are simultaneously registered. Further comprising checking at least one concurrently registered authored content and at least one concurrently unregistered authored content registered only in the first content distribution platform;
The step (d) includes the amount of sales in the first content distribution platform of at least one concurrently unregistered authored content confirmed in step (f), and the first content distribution platform for the at least one concurrently registered stored content. Further comprising the step of calculating and providing estimated sales when the corresponding unregistered authored content is additionally registered on the second content distribution platform, using all of the mutual sales scale ratios in the second content distribution platform. Control method of authoring content distribution support server. According to claim 1,
In step (d), when the information related to authored content received in step (a) is information related to authored content scheduled to be released, each registered content distribution platform is registered according to the registration request in step (c). Authored content characterized in that the estimated sales for the authored content to be released are calculated and provided in consideration of individual sales data according to consumer use of the authored content and the similarity between the authored content to be released and the registered authored content. Control method of distribution support server. According to claim 7,
(g) further comprising the step of calculating the artist's rating for each authored content based on the sales in each content distribution platform;
In step (d),
(d1) receiving, from each content distribution platform, individual sales data according to the consumer's use of each authored content registered for each content distribution platform according to the registration request in step (c);
(d2) determining the sales by artist level by referring to the individual sales data of each content distribution platform in step (d1);
(d3) A method for controlling a server for supporting authored content distribution, wherein estimated sales for the authored content to be released are calculated and provided based on sales of the same artist level as that of the artist of the authored content to be released. According to claim 8,
(h) providing the estimated sales calculated in step (d) to a predetermined investor, and then receiving an investment from the investor for the written content to be released;
(i) When the authored content scheduled for release is registered in each of the content distribution platforms later and generates sales, the amount of investment return is calculated and provided according to the investment ratio in step (h) for at least a portion of the generated sales A control method of a content distribution support server, characterized in that it further comprises the step. According to claim 8,
(j) monitoring social network service publicity status before and after the release of the specific authored content by investors of the specific authored content to be released;
(k) as a result of the monitoring in step (j), determining the publicity effect for the specific authored content of each investor;
(l) Calculating the upper limit of each investor's investment in the next scheduled release based on the publicity effect of the specific authored content of each investor determined in step (k) further comprising the step of calculating Control method of content distribution support server. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 10. An application program stored in a computer readable recording medium in order to execute the method of any one of claims 1 to 10 in combination with hardware. a request receiving unit for receiving a content distribution request signal including information related to written content from a written content manager;
a necessary information generator for generating registration-required information for each content distribution platform using the authored content-related information received from the request receiver;
a registration requesting unit for requesting registration by transmitting the registration-requiring information for each content distribution platform generated by the necessary information generation unit to a corresponding content distribution platform;
a sales data receiving unit receiving individual sales data according to the consumer's use of each authored content registered for each content distribution platform according to the registration request of the registration request unit from each content distribution platform;
and a sales determination unit for calculating and providing total sales or estimated sales for at least one written content with reference to the individual sales data received by the sales data receiving unit. According to claim 13,
Further comprising a database unit for building a mapping table of information items required for registration for each content distribution platform,
The authored content distribution support server, characterized in that the necessary information generation unit extracts and creates the required registration information for each content distribution platform from the received written content-related information using the information item mapping table that requires registration generated by the database unit. . According to claim 13,
The control method of the authored content distribution support server, characterized in that the sales determination unit calculates the estimated sales according to the additional registration of at least one written content with reference to the individual sales data of the respective content distribution platforms. According to claim 15,
When the content distribution platform is composed of a first content distribution platform and a second content distribution platform, at least one concurrently registered authoring content simultaneously registered in the first content distribution platform and the second content distribution platform; Further comprising a registration status checking unit for checking at least one concurrently unregistered authoring content registered only on the content distribution platform,
The sales determination unit determines the percentage of sales of at least one concurrently registered authored content identified by the registration status confirmation unit in the total sales of authored content in the first content distribution platform, and the at least one in the second content distribution platform. Authored content distribution support server, characterized in that for calculating and providing estimated sales when the unregistered authored content is added to the second content distribution platform by using all of the sales volume of simultaneously registered stored content. According to claim 15,
The sales determination unit determines the number of times of customer use in the first content distribution platform of at least one concurrently unregistered authored content confirmed by the registration status confirmation unit, the first content distribution platform for the at least one concurrently registered stored content, and the The estimated number of customer uses when the corresponding unregistered authored content is additionally registered on the second content distribution platform is determined using the ratio of the number of mutual customer uses in the second content distribution platform, and the estimated number of customer uses determined based on the estimated number of customer uses Authored content distribution support server, characterized in that for calculating and providing the estimated sales by applying the sales unit price per customer use in the second content distribution platform. According to claim 15,
The sales determination unit determines the amount of sales in the first content distribution platform of at least one concurrently unregistered authored content confirmed by the registration status confirmation unit, and the first content distribution platform and the first content distribution platform for the at least one concurrently registered stored content. 2. Authored content distribution support server, characterized in that, by using all of the mutual sales scale ratios in the content distribution platform, estimated sales when the unregistered authored content is additionally registered in the second content distribution platform are calculated and provided. According to claim 13,
The sales determination unit, when the information related to the authored content received from the authored content management company is related to the authored content scheduled to be released, the consumer for each authored content registered for each content distribution platform according to the registration request of the registration request unit Authored content distribution support server, characterized in that for calculating and providing estimated sales for the authored content to be released in consideration of individual sales data according to the use of and similarity between the authored content to be released and the registered authored content. According to claim 19,
Further comprising a rating calculation unit for calculating the rating of the artist for each authored content based on the sales in each of the content distribution platforms,
The sales determination unit receives individual sales data according to the consumer's use of each registered authoring content for each content distribution platform according to the registration request of the registration request unit, from each content distribution platform, and Based on the sales of each artist grade by referring to individual sales data, and based on the sales of the same artist grade as the artist of the written content to be released, the estimated sales for the written content to be released are calculated and provided. Distribution support server. According to claim 20,
an investor recruitment unit that receives investment in the written content to be released from the investor after providing the estimated sales calculated by the sales determination unit to a predetermined investor;
When the authored content to be released is later registered on each of the content distribution platforms and generates sales, a profit distribution unit for calculating and providing investment returns according to the investment ratio of the investors for at least a portion of the generated sales Content distribution support server, characterized in that. According to claim 20,
an investor promotion monitoring unit for monitoring social network service publicity situations before and after the release of the specific authored content by investors of the specific authored content to be released;
a public relations effect judging unit for determining a publicity effect for the specific authored content of each investor as a result of the monitoring of the investor activity monitoring unit;
Based on the promotional effect of each investor for the specific authored content determined by the publicity effect determination unit, an investment limiting unit for calculating an upper limit of each investor's investment in the next scheduled release content distribution unit characterized in that it further comprises. support server.

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