KR20230030239A - System and method for shared use of electronic books and computer program for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic book sharing using system comprises: a connecting unit; a user managing unit; and a comment managing unit. The connecting unit communicates with one or more of a user device and an electronic book service server, and provides an electronic book to the user device. The user managing unit generates a user group including a plurality of users for sharing a comment for the electronic book in association with a user of the user device based on the group information received from the user device. The comment managing unit receives comment information in association with at least a part of the electronic book from the user device; and provides the comment information to share the comment information in the user group in association with the user of the user device. The electronic book sharing using system allows users reading the electronic book to make groups with a limited number of users, to read the same electronic book, to write the comment in a paragraph or contents which are interested by the users, and to share the comments in the groups. After reading the electronic book, a book including each comment of the users in the group is stored as the electronic book, and is published.

Description

E-book sharing use system and method and computer program therefor

Embodiments relate to an e-book sharing use system and method, and a computer program therefor. More specifically, the embodiments relate to a technology for providing a service in which users in a group can share opinions with each other while reading a book based on a group in a non-face-to-face virtual space.

Recently, as the spread of smart devices such as smartphones and tablet computers is expanding, the sales proportion of e-books, also called e-books, is continuously increasing. With e-books, consumers can immediately purchase the book they want through online e-book service without visiting a bookstore, and there is no need to carry heavy books, and convenience such as synchronization of purchase history and bookmarks of readings between devices Its importance is gradually increasing.

In particular, since the electronic book is formed electronically without using a physical recording medium such as paper, there is an advantage in free propagation and movement of data compared to existing paper media. These characteristics can be utilized in conjunction with services on smart devices. For example, among the prior art, Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0009127 Discloses an e-book social network service system and method capable of recording reader annotations.

However, conventional e-book-related services assume that each user who reads an e-book reads the book alone, and there is a limit in that support for sharing activities through a user group is insufficient. For example, Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0009127 discloses using reader annotations as a social network service, but the document is limited to registering reader annotations in association with individual user IDs, It does not include features to support community-based reading activities, such as forming reading groups among users.

Publication No. 10-2014-0140202

According to one aspect of the present invention for solving the problems of the prior art described above, users who read e-books group a limited number of users and read the same e-book and comment on the paragraphs or contents they read with interest ( comment) and share it within the group, and after reading the e-book, the book containing the comments of each user in the group can be saved as an e-book or published and stored as an e-book. And it can provide a computer program for this.

An e-book sharing and use system according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a linking unit configured to provide an e-book to a user device by communicating with at least one of a user device and an e-book service server; a user management unit configured to create a user group including a plurality of users associated with a user of the user device and sharing comments on the e-book, based on group information received from the user device; and a comment management unit configured to receive comment information associated with at least a part of the e-book from the user device, and to provide the comment information so that the comment information can be shared within the user group associated with the user of the user device. .

In one embodiment, the e-book sharing use system, wherein the comment management unit is further configured to provide the comment information so that the comment information is displayed in an overlay form on a related part of the e-book on the user device.

In one embodiment, the comment information is defined using one or more contents configured to be displayed in association with the e-book. At this time, the interlocking unit is further configured to receive purchase history of the user of the user device for the one or more contents from the content providing server, and provide access authority of the user device to the one or more contents.

An e-book sharing and using system according to an embodiment receives a publication request associated with one or more of the comment information shared by the user group from a user in the user group, and publishes the comment information as an e-book. A publication management unit configured to make a request to the service server is further included.

The system for sharing and using an e-book according to an embodiment receives purchase details of an e-book corresponding to the comment information from the e-book service server, and provides users belonging to the user group with payment corresponding to the purchase details. It further includes a payment management unit configured to perform partial payment.

An e-book sharing and use system according to an embodiment determines personalized information associated with a user of the user device based on the e-book or the comment information, and sends advertisement information corresponding to the personalized information together with the e-book. An advertisement providing unit configured to provide the advertisement to the user device is further included.

An e-book sharing and using method according to an aspect of the present invention includes providing an e-book to a user device by an e-book sharing and using system communicating with a user device and an e-book service server; receiving, by the e-book sharing and use system, group information about a plurality of users from the user device to share comments on the e-book associated with the user of the user device; generating, by the e-book sharing system, a user group including the plurality of users; receiving, by the e-book sharing system, comment information related to at least a part of the e-book from the user device; and providing, by the e-book sharing use system, the comment information so that the comment information can be shared within the user group associated with the user of the user device.

In an embodiment, the providing of the comment information may include providing, by the e-book sharing system, the comment information so that the comment information is displayed in an overlay form on a related part of the e-book on the user device. includes

In one embodiment, the comment information is defined using one or more contents configured to be displayed in association with the e-book. At this time, the method of using e-book sharing may include, before the step of receiving the comment information, receiving, by the e-book sharing and using system, purchase details of the user of the user device for the one or more contents from a contents providing server; and providing, by the e-book sharing and use system, access rights for the user device to the one or more contents based on the purchase details.

An e-book sharing and using method according to an embodiment includes receiving, by the e-book sharing and using system, a publication request associated with one or more comments information shared in the user group from a user in the user group; and requesting, by the e-book sharing and use system, publication of the comment information as an e-book to the e-book service server.

An e-book sharing and using method according to an embodiment may include receiving, by the e-book sharing and using system, purchase details for an e-book corresponding to the comment information from the e-book service server; and dividing, by the e-book sharing and using system, payment corresponding to the purchase details to users belonging to the user group.

An e-book sharing and using method according to an embodiment may include determining, by the e-book sharing and using system, personalized information associated with a user of the user device based on the e-book or the comment information; and providing, by the e-book sharing and use system, advertisement information corresponding to the personalized information to the user device together with the e-book.

A computer program according to an aspect of the present invention is combined with hardware to execute the e-book sharing and using method according to the above-described embodiments, and may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

Using the system and method for sharing and using e-books according to one aspect of the present invention, after users recognize and search for e-books published through each e-book service they use, the e-books they want to read together within a limited group of people There is an advantage in that the organizer of the meeting where the book is purchased can create a user group and exchange opinions by sharing comments on the e-book within the group.

In addition, when using the e-book sharing system and method according to one aspect of the present invention, users express their individuality by using contents that can be purchased for a fee, such as special pens, stickers, and emoticons, when inputting comments on e-books. Books with comments added by users in the group can be stored as e-books or published and kept through linked e-book service providers. Profits from the publication of e-books containing comments from users can be shared among users in the group.

Furthermore, in the e-book sharing and use system and method according to an aspect of the present invention, based on the user's e-book purchase history, the purchase history of contents that can be used for comment input on the e-book, and personal information related to the group of users, etc. There is an advantage in providing a customized e-book service optimized for each user by determining the personalized information of each user and recommending appropriate contents or providing appropriate advertisements based on the personalized information.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an e-book sharing system according to an embodiment.
2 is a flowchart illustrating each step of an e-book sharing method according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a conceptual diagram of a form in which comments are displayed as an overlay on an e-book in a method for using an e-book sharing according to an embodiment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating each step of an e-book sharing method according to another embodiment.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, look at the embodiments of the present invention in detail.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an e-book sharing system according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the e-book sharing and use system 3 according to the present embodiment provides e-books to user devices 11-13 of users by communicating with one or a plurality of e-book service servers 21-23. is configured to In this specification, an e-book refers to a so-called e-book, and the e-book sharing and use system 3 cooperates with the e-book service server 21-23 to allow users to purchase through an e-book service provider. E-book files corresponding to e-books can be viewed through the e-book sharing and use system 3.

For example, users search for and select e-books published by each e-book publisher through the e-book sharing and use system 3, and purchase the corresponding e-book through the e-book sharing and use system 3. can be read. Alternatively, if each user's authentication information (e.g., ID, password, etc.) is entered into the e-book sharing use system 3, the e-book sharing use system 3 ) receives a list of e-books purchased by the user by communicating with the corresponding e-book service server (21-23) using authentication information, and shares the e-book through partnership with the e-book service server (21-23) It can be provided to the user device 11-13 of the user connected to the use system 3.

In another embodiment, users may upload e-books downloaded to their user devices 11-13 to the e-book sharing use system 3. In this case, the e-book sharing system 3 may store the e-books received from the user devices 11-13 and provide them upon user's request, and may also provide some or all of the e-books within a user group described later. The e-book may be provided to the user devices 11-13 of users in the group to share.

In addition, in one embodiment, the e-book sharing system 3 may provide predetermined content such as a special pen, emoticons, stickers, etc. for the user to input comments on the e-book, and such content By communicating with the content providing server 4, the user can download or purchase the content.

Furthermore, in one embodiment, the e-book sharing and use system 3 receives advertisement information by communicating with the advertisement server 5 that provides advertisement information to be exposed to users using the e-book, and transmits the advertisement information to user devices 11-13. ) can be provided. At this time, the e-book sharing and use system 3 determines the personalized information of each user based on the users' e-book purchase history, content purchase history, and/or personal information of users belonging to a user group sharing the e-book, Appropriate advertisement information may be provided to the user according to the personalized information.

For the above operation, the e-book sharing system 3 includes the user device 11-13, the e-book service server 21-23, the content providing server 4 and the advertisement server (through a wired and/or wireless network). 5) It can be communicatively connected to the back. In the present specification, a communication method through a wired and/or wireless network may be implemented using any communication method capable of networking objects and objects, and wired communication, wireless communication, 3G, 4G, or other methods not limited to by

Also, the devices described herein may have aspects that are entirely hardware, or partly hardware and partly software. For example, the e-book sharing and use system 3 and each system, device, server and unit included in the system communicating with it are devices for exchanging data in a specific format and content in an electronic communication method and related thereto. software can be referred to as In this specification, terms such as "unit", "module", "server", "system", "platform", "device" or "terminal" refer to a combination of hardware and software driven by the hardware. it is intended to For example, the hardware herein may be a data processing device including a CPU or other processor. Also, software driven by hardware may refer to a running process, an object, an executable file, a thread of execution, a program, and the like.

Users using the e-book sharing and using system 3 access the e-book sharing and using system 3 using user devices 11-13 to view the e-books they have purchased or download, and specify the e-books. Comment information related to the part is input, and the e-book and/or comment information about it can be shared within a limited number of user groups. For example, users can use electronic books by executing an application (or app) provided by the e-book sharing system 3 on a terminal such as a smartphone, tablet computer, notebook computer, or personal computer. A sharing service provided by the book sharing use system 3 can be used.

In one embodiment, the e-book sharing and use system 3 includes a linking unit 31, a user management unit 34 and a comment management unit 32. In one embodiment, the e-book sharing system 3 may further include a publication management unit 35. Also, in one embodiment, the e-book sharing system 3 may further include a payment management unit 36. Furthermore, in one embodiment, the e-book sharing system 3 may further include an advertisement providing unit 33.

In this specification, each unit constituting the e-book sharing and use system 3 is not necessarily intended to refer to a separate physically separated component. That is, in FIG. 1, each of the parts 31 to 36 constituting the e-book sharing and use system 3 is shown as a separate block that is distinguished from each other, but this affects the operation of the e-book sharing and use system 3 functionally separated by Depending on embodiments, some or all of the above-described units 31 to 36 may be integrated into the same device, or one or more units may be implemented as separate devices physically separated from other units. For example, each unit 31 to 36 of the e-book sharing system 3 may be components communicatively connected to each other under a distributed computing environment.

The linking unit 31 may provide an e-book to the user device 11-13 by communicating with the user device 11-13 and/or the e-book service server 21-23. For example, the interlocking unit 31 receives the user's e-book purchase history and/or e-book file through the e-book publisher from the e-book service server 21-23, and sends the purchased e-book to the user device. In (11-13), it can be provided so that it can be viewed. Alternatively, the interlocking unit 31 may receive the e-book file from the user device 11-13, store it, and provide it to the user device of the corresponding user or the user devices of users belonging to a user group designated by the corresponding user.

In the embodiments of the present invention, users using the e-book sharing system 3 form a reading group consisting of a limited number of users and share comment information representing each user's opinion about the e-book within the group. can Depending on the embodiment, users in the group may share part or all of the e-book itself through the e-book sharing system 3.

For this operation, the user management unit 34 may receive group information defining a user group from a user and create a user group accordingly. Group information may include a plurality of user information for sharing comments on the e-book with each other. For example, an organizer of a reading group may input group information by inputting personal information (name, ID, mobile phone number, etc.) of users who will organize the reading group.

At this time, each user who will belong to the user group has registered as a member in the e-book sharing system 3 in advance, or the user management unit 34 configures the user group for users who are included in the group information but have not signed up as members. It is possible to send a message to notify and induce membership subscription. The message may be transmitted in any form, such as a text message, e-mail, or push notification through an application that can be checked by the user device 11-13, and is not limited to a specific form.

The interlocking unit 31 may share an e-book designated by a meeting organizer among users belonging to a user group. For example, the interlocking unit 31 may transmit part or all of the corresponding e-book to each user in the group so as to be able to read it. In addition, the interlocking unit 31 may share the reading progress of the users in the group or the reading order or amount designated by the users among the users in the group. On the other hand, in another embodiment, the interlocking unit 31 operates the e-book itself or the e-book between users in the group only in a state in which it is confirmed through the e-book service server 21-23 that all users in the group have purchased the corresponding e-book. You can also share related information.

Users who conduct group reading through the e-book sharing use system 3 may input comment information indicating their opinions while reading the e-book. The comment management unit 32 stores the comment information input by each user in the group in conjunction with the identification information of the corresponding user, and allows other users in the group to check or give feedback on the comment information input by each user. Devices 11-13 may be provided.

At this time, comment information input by users may correspond to a specific part of the e-book or may correspond to the entire e-book. If the comment information corresponds to a part of the e-book, such as a specific word, phrase, page, or chapter, the comment management unit 32 matches the comment information with identification information on the corresponding part of the e-book and stores the comment information. there is. Also, when providing comment information to the user, the comment management unit 32 may provide the comment information in conjunction with display of a part of the e-book corresponding to the comment.

In one embodiment, the comment information may be displayed in an overlay form overlapping with a part of the e-book. For example, if there is comment information entered by a user in a specific part of an e-book, if the user or another user belonging to the same group selects the comment information, the part of the e-book corresponding to the comment information is blurred. It is expressed by lowering the degree of identification by, for example, and comment information may be displayed in association with the blurred area. This will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 3 .

In one embodiment, comment information input by the user to the comment management unit 32 may be defined using one or more contents such as a special pen, emoticons, and stickers that may be displayed in association with the e-book. At this time, the interlocking unit 31 receives the user's purchase history for the content from the content providing server 4 that provides such content in the form of digital information, and provides the user's purchased content so that it can be used for comment input. can At this time, providing content means that the e-book sharing and use system 3 provides digital data such as images corresponding to the content from the content providing server 4, or the user for the digital data corresponding to the content. can mean allowing access to

Users in the group who read the e-book while sharing their opinions through the comment information can request the e-book sharing use system 3 to publish related to the comment information. At this time, the publication manager 35 may receive a publication request from one or more users in the group and request publication of an e-book corresponding to the comment information to the e-book service server 21-23 corresponding to the e-book publisher. . For example, the publication management unit 35 requests the e-book publisher to publish the original e-book and the comment information combined therewith as one e-book, or comments on the e-book without including the original e-book itself. You can request an e-book publisher to publish a set of information as an e-book.

When other users purchase an e-book published with comment information through the e-book service server 21-23 or the e-book sharing use system 3, the payment management unit 36 corresponds to the sales price of the e-book. Profits can be distributed to users in the group who entered comments. At this time, the profit corresponding to the sales price of the e-book is the amount minus the sales commission of the e-book service server (21-23) and/or the e-book sharing use system (3) from the sales price of the e-book including the comment information. can In addition, the profit corresponding to the sales price of the e-book may refer to an amount minus the amount of royalties to be paid to the author of the original e-book that is the subject of comment among the above-mentioned sales amount minus the commission.

In one embodiment, the advertisement providing unit 33 of the e-book sharing and use system 3 may provide advertisement information together with the e-book to users in a group who share and read the e-book. At this time, the advertisement providing unit 33 is based on the information of the e-book being shared within the user group, the characteristics based on the personal information of each user constituting the user group, and/or the contents of the comments input by each user. Personalization information for a user group or each user in the group may be determined, and a type of advertisement to be displayed to the user may be determined based on the personalization information. This will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 4 .

2 is a flowchart illustrating each step of an e-book sharing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the e-book sharing system 3 provides the user device 1 with a list of e-books available through the service provided by the e-book sharing system 3 (S102), It is possible to allow the user to purchase an e-book to read (S103). In one embodiment, the e-book serviced through the e-book sharing and use system 3 may be provided through an external e-book service server 2, in which case the e-book sharing and use system 3 is an e-book An e-book list may be received from the service server 2 (S01). In this case, the e-book service server 2 may include one or more servers of different e-book service providers.

The e-book sharing and use system 3 transmits the user's purchase request for the e-book to the e-book service server 2 (S014), and provides the e-book from the e-book service server 2 in response to the purchase request. It can be received (S105) and provided to the user (S106). At this time, the process of purchasing an e-book may include operations accompanying the use of a normal e-book service, such as payment, and since this can be easily understood by a person skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, providing the e-book to the user at this time means that the e-book is stored in the e-book sharing and use system 3 and provided to the user, or the user's information about the e-book provided by the e-book service server 2 It can refer to granting access.

In one embodiment, an e-book user may use an e-book purchased in advance through the e-book service server 2 through the e-book sharing system 3. In this case, instead of purchasing an e-book, the user inputs the user's subscription information for the e-book service provided by the e-book service server 2 into the e-book sharing use system 3 (S103), and uses the e-book sharing. The system 3 verifies the subscription information through communication with the e-book service server 2 (S104), so that the e-book purchased by the corresponding user or a list thereof can be provided from the e-book service server 2 (S105). . In addition, the e-book sharing and use system 3 stores the e-book in the e-book sharing and use system 3 and provides it to the user, or restricts the user's access to the corresponding e-book provided by the e-book service server 2. The e-book may be provided to the user in a granting manner (S106).

A user who wants to form a group to share the e-book reading experience, that is, a meeting organizer, can input group information including information for identifying users to form a group into the e-book sharing use system 3. Yes (S107). In the e-book sharing use system 3, a user group for sharing comments on the e-book may be created based on the group information input by the user (S108). In addition, in one embodiment, the e-book sharing system 3 may allow some or all of the e-books purchased by one or more users in the group to be shared within the group.

When a user belonging to a certain user group and reading an e-book inputs comment information related to the entire e-book or a certain part of the e-book, the e-book sharing use system 3 receives the comment information from the user device 1 of the corresponding user. can be received (S109). Next, the e-book sharing system 3 may determine a sharing range for sharing comments of the corresponding user (S110), and share comment information within a user group based on the determined sharing range (S111). That is, since comment information of a user in the group is transmitted to other users in the group, it is possible for users reading one e-book to share their opinions related to the e-book. For example, users can leave notes or comments on their favorite texts or parts that are difficult to interpret to share other people's thoughts and share common thoughts.

In one embodiment, the e-book sharing use system 3 can selectively change the sharing range for each user or according to the reading progress of each user, instead of sharing the comment information collectively with all users in the group. .

In one embodiment, users in a group may set their order within the group and sequentially read their own parts and write opinions and the like as comments, rather than reading one e-book at the same time. At this time, the e-book sharing use system 3 receives information about the reading order of each user in the group and/or the reading portion (ie, part of the e-book) allocated to each user as group information, and the reading order and /or the sharing range can be determined based on the information about the reading part.

For example, determining a sharing range in embodiments may refer to providing e-book and/or comment information to only some of users in a group. When the first user assigned the first reading order writes a comment on some or all of the e-book, the e-book sharing system 3 sends the first user's input comments and the e-book to the first user in the following order. It can be delivered to a designated second user. The second user may view the comments recorded by the first user and input feedback thereto as his own comment, or/or may input his/her own comment on another part of the e-book. In this way, all users in the group can sequentially input comments while viewing one e-book.

Alternatively, determining the sharing range in the embodiments may mean providing only a part of the e-book to users. If the rules of the reading group are determined such that the first user reads pages 1 to 100 of the e-book and the second user reads pages 101 to 200 of the e-book, the e-book sharing use system 3 receives information from the first user. Until comments on pages 1 to 100 of the e-book are entered, the e-book is not provided to other users in the group except for the first user, or only pages 1 to 100 of the e-book are provided, and subsequent pages may not provide. In addition, when the second user following the first user is provided with pages 101 to 200 of the e-book, other users in the group other than the first and second users are notified when the second user inputs a comment on the corresponding part. E-books may not be provided until , or only pages 101 to 200 of the e-book may be provided.

After reading and sharing of comments on the e-book within the group is finished, the group organizer or any other user in the group publishes the comments of the users in the group on the e-book as one e-book using the e-book sharing system ( 3) can be requested (S112). In addition, the e-book sharing and use system 3 transmits users' publication requests to an e-book service provider or a printing service provider, etc., so that users can keep a collection of comments in the form of an e-book or paper book. . At this time, the published e-book may be a collection of comments excluding the original e-book, or may be another e-book including both the original e-book and comments entered in a specific part thereof. To this end, the e-book sharing and use system 3 may transmit a publication request to the e-book service server 2 of the e-book service provider that holds the copyright for the original e-book in which the comments are input (S113).

In one embodiment, an e-book that is published based on the comments of users in a group may be an e-book that has a sale price itself and is sold to other users, that is, to other users who do not belong to the group. In this case, the e-book sharing and use system 3 may divide and pay revenue generated through the sale of the corresponding e-book to users in the group who input comments to create the corresponding e-book. To this end, the payment management unit of the e-book sharing system 3 may receive information related to sales of the e-book from the e-book service server 2 that sells the published e-book based on users' comments.

For example, if the user group sharing comments on the e-book is composed of N users, the payment management unit of the e-book sharing system 3 according to an embodiment sells the published e-book based on the comments. The revenue according to can be divided and paid by 1/N to each user belonging to the corresponding group. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the e-book sharing and use system 3 automatically sets each user's share according to the actual contribution of each user in the group in the process of generating the e-book in the sale of the e-book based on comments. In addition, the decision management unit of the e-book sharing and use system 3 may distribute profits from sales of e-books to each user according to a share ratio.

At this time, the share ratio can be set as the ratio of the amount of comments input by each user of the group to the amount of comments (eg, the number of comments or the number of comment letters, etc.) input by all users in the group in relation to the e-book. . Alternatively, the stake ratio is quantified by adding the number of times other users in the group interacted for feedback or the type of interaction (replies, likes, etc.) in relation to the comments entered by each user, and the interaction of all users in the group It may be set as a ratio of the interaction value of each user in the group to the sum of the numerical values. However, a method of determining users' shares of an e-book based on comments may be different from this, and is not limited to the above-described method.

3 is a conceptual diagram of a form in which comments are displayed as overlays on an e-book in an e-book sharing method according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3 , a user who shares comments through a reading group may specify a specific part 310 of the e-book while reading the e-book 300 and input a comment 311 for the corresponding part. 3 shows an example of a method of exposing such a comment. When a user who inputs a comment or another user in a group to which a comment is shared selects to view a comment on a specific part 310 of the e-book, the comment 311 ) is exposed, and at the same time, the corresponding part 310 of the e-book corresponding to the comment can be expressed with a lower identification degree. At this time, lowering the degree of identification means revealing a part having a low importance distinguished from other parts through a blur process, etc., and does not necessarily mean that the deciphering of the writing is impossible. In addition, the comment 311 may be displayed in the form of an overlay on the e-book, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a comment in the form of a speech bubble partially or entirely overlapping with the corresponding part 310 of the e-book ( 311) may be displayed.

In one embodiment, users in the group can not only input comments about the e-book, but also input their own comments as feedback on previously recorded comments by other users in the group. In FIG. 3, comments 312 and 313 represent comments input as feedback, and the comments 312 and 313 input as feedback differ from the original comment 311, which is a target of feedback in terms of display form, color, and identification. It can be displayed to be distinguishable.

Meanwhile, the comment information exposure form described above with reference to FIG. 3 is merely exemplary, and the comment information input and exposure method is not limited to that shown in FIG. 3 .

4 is a flowchart illustrating each step of an e-book sharing method according to another embodiment.

In this embodiment, users can input comment information using various contents usable for inputting comments, such as special pens, stickers, and emoticons, beyond simple text, and the contents through the e-book sharing system 3 By purchasing the content from the providing server, digital data corresponding to the content may be downloaded or an access right to the corresponding digital data may be acquired.

To this end, the user can browse the contents provided by the e-book sharing system 3 using the user device 1 and request purchase of specific contents to be used (S201). If the content is provided from a separate operator rather than the operator of the e-book sharing system 3, the e-book sharing system 3 transmits the user's content purchase request to the content providing server 4, and It is possible to receive the user's content purchase history from the content providing server 2 through a payment process for purchase (S203). Next, the e-book sharing and use system 3 grants the user access to digital data corresponding to the content purchased by the user or the use of the corresponding digital data so that the user can use the content in his or her comments. It can be set (S204).

In one embodiment, the content may refer to a plug-in that operates through communication with an external server in association with feedback information input by a user. For example, a user may purchase an automatic translation plug-in as content and apply it to enter a comment. During operation, the translation plug-in communicates with a pre-set translation service server (not shown) to obtain a translation corresponding to the original text of the comment. can do. That is, a comment to which a user applies content called a translation plug-in may be translated into another language and displayed through the operation of the translation plug-in.

In the case of a comment to which a translation plug-in is applied, the e-book sharing system 3 operates the plug-in according to the nationality or device language setting of another user viewing the comment, so that the comment is automatically translated into the corresponding language and provided. . At this time, the nationality of another user viewing the comment may be specified from the network address (ie, IP address) of the user device 1, but is not limited thereto, and the user viewing the comment may directly select a language to be translated. .

When a user who downloads and/or purchases content inputs comment information using the content (S205), the e-book sharing use system 3 determines the sharing range of the comment information (S206) and within the user group to which the user belongs. Comment information may be provided to other users in the group so as to share the comment information in (S207). Since the above process is the same as the corresponding process of the embodiment described above with reference to FIG. 2, a detailed description is omitted to avoid duplication of description.

In one embodiment, the e-book sharing and use system 3 generates recommendation information on contents likely to be used by the user in relation to a user group and/or each user constituting the group, or/or advertisements that may be of interest to the user. information can be disclosed. To this end, the e-book sharing and use system 3 may first determine the user's personalized information based on e-book purchase histories of user groups or individual users, comment input contents, content usage details, and group member information (S208). Next, the e-book sharing and use system 3 may provide content recommendation information or advertisement information corresponding to the determined personalization information to the user device 1 .

At this time, the personalization information is a region of interest of an individual user, such as determining a field of interest of the user through a preset field for each detected word by detecting a preset word from a summary of the e-book purchased by the user or a comment recorded by the user. may mean that the

Alternatively, personalization information may be determined such that new content is suggested according to the type of content previously used by the user, or content related to a specific word entered by the user in a comment is suggested. For example, if a user mentions words related to other countries, such as "foreign", "overseas", "local", etc. at a certain level in a comment, or if a part written in another language is detected in the comment content, the word or language Translation plug-ins preset as related can be determined as content of interest to the user.

Also, in one embodiment, personalization information for content recommendation may be determined based on personal information of other users belonging to the same reading group as the user and/or comment information input by other users in the group.

For example, the common characteristics of each user constituting one reading group are determined from personal information such as occupation, age, gender, and field of interest entered by users constituting the user group when registering as members of the e-book sharing system 3. is derived, and based on these common characteristics, areas of interest or keywords of interest of users in the group are determined as personalized information, and content related thereto can be recommended to users in the group.

Alternatively, as a result of word-based analysis of comments from users in the reading group, if comments related to a specific subject are repeated by a plurality of users, the subject may be determined as personal information of users in the group and related content may be recommended. there is. For example, when multiple users input words related to voting, such as "vote", "majority vote", "1 vote", etc. Voting plug-in contents that can be queried in the form can be recommended to users in the corresponding group.

As described above, the recommendation information for content determined based on the personalized information may be displayed on the screen of the user device 1 of users who use the service provided by the e-book sharing system 3 . For example, the e-book sharing and use system 3 exposes recommendation information within the screen of the e-book, or provides recommendation information in response to the user reaching a specific part of the e-book in relation to each part of the e-book being read. can be exposed. Alternatively, when the user inputs comment information, the e-book sharing and use system 3 may expose recommendation information of contents usable for comment input on the comment input screen.

In one embodiment, the e-book sharing use system 3 may be configured to further communicate with the advertisement server 5 to receive advertisement information corresponding to the user's personalized information (S209). For example, the e-book sharing use system 3 transmits an area of interest defined by the user's personalized information or a specific word or a set of words included in the personalized information to the advertisement server 5 to obtain information from the advertisement server 5. Advertisement information corresponding to the corresponding area or word(s) may be received (S209), and the received advertisement information may be provided to the user device 1 (S210). For example, advertisement information may be displayed on a screen of the user device 1 for reading an e-book. this? Advertisement information may be an advertisement for a new book that may be of interest to the user or another book that may be helpful in relation to the book the user is reading (eg, a book by the same author and/or in the same field), but is limited thereto It is not.

The operation by the e-book sharing method according to the embodiments described above may be implemented at least partially as a computer program and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media on which programs for implementing operations by methods according to embodiments are recorded include all types of recording devices in which computer-readable data is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage devices. In addition, computer-readable recording media may be distributed in computer systems connected through a network, and computer-readable codes may be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing this embodiment can be easily understood by those skilled in the art to which this embodiment belongs.

Further, each block or each step shown in the flowcharts herein may represent a module, segment or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specified logical function(s). Also, in some alternative embodiments, it is possible for the functions mentioned in the blocks or steps to occur out of order. For example, two blocks or steps shown in succession may in fact be performed substantially concurrently, or the blocks or steps may sometimes be performed in reverse order depending on their function.

The present invention reviewed above has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but this is only exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and variations of the embodiments are possible therefrom. However, such modifications should be considered within the technical protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Claims (13)

an interlocking unit configured to provide an e-book to a user device by communicating with at least one of a user device and an e-book service server;
a user management unit configured to create a user group including a plurality of users associated with a user of the user device and sharing comments on the e-book, based on group information received from the user device; and
and a comment management unit configured to receive comment information related to at least a part of the e-book from the user device, and to provide the comment information so that the comment information can be shared within the user group associated with the user of the user device. Book sharing use system.
According to claim 1,
The comment management unit is further configured to provide the comment information so that the comment information is displayed in an overlay form on a related part of the e-book on the user device.
According to claim 1,
The comment information is defined using one or more contents configured to be displayed in association with the e-book,
wherein the interlocking unit is further configured to receive purchase details of the user of the user device for the one or more contents from a content providing server, and to provide access rights of the user device to the one or more contents.
According to claim 1,
Further comprising a publication management unit configured to receive a publication request associated with one or more of the comment information shared in the user group from a user in the user group, and to request the e-book service server to publish the comment information as an e-book E-book sharing system.
According to claim 4,
Further comprising a payment management unit configured to receive purchase details of the e-book corresponding to the comment information from the e-book service server, and to perform partial payment of the price corresponding to the purchase details to users belonging to the user group E-book sharing system.
According to claim 1,
Further comprising an advertisement providing unit configured to determine personalized information associated with the user of the user device based on the e-book or the comment information, and to provide advertisement information corresponding to the personalized information to the user device together with the e-book E-book sharing system.
providing the e-book to the user device by an e-book sharing and use system communicating with at least one of the user device and the e-book service server;
receiving, by the e-book sharing and use system, group information about a plurality of users from the user device to share comments on the e-book associated with the user of the user device;
generating, by the e-book sharing system, a user group including the plurality of users;
receiving, by the e-book sharing system, comment information related to at least a part of the e-book from the user device; and
and providing, by the system for using e-book sharing, the comment information so that the comment information can be shared within the user group associated with the user of the user device.
According to claim 7,
The providing of the comment information may include providing, by the e-book sharing system, the comment information so that the comment information is displayed in an overlay form on a related part of the e-book on the user device. How to use Share.
According to claim 7,
The comment information is defined using one or more contents configured to be displayed in association with the e-book,
Before receiving the comment information,
receiving, by the e-book sharing system, purchase details of the user of the user device for the one or more contents from a contents providing server; and
The method of using e-book sharing further comprising providing, by the e-book sharing and using system, access rights for the user device to the one or more contents based on the purchase details.
According to claim 7,
receiving, by the e-book sharing and use system, a publication request associated with one or more of the comment information shared in the user group from a user in the user group; and
The method of using e-book sharing further comprising the step of requesting, by the e-book sharing and using system, publication of the comment information as an e-book to the e-book service server.
According to claim 10,
receiving, by the e-book sharing and use system, purchase details of the e-book corresponding to the comment information from the e-book service server; and
The e-book sharing and using system further comprising the step of paying the price corresponding to the purchase details to the users belonging to the user group in installments.
According to claim 7,
determining, by the e-book sharing and use system, personalized information associated with the user of the user device based on the e-book or the comment information; and
The method of using e-book sharing further comprising providing, by the e-book sharing and using system, advertisement information corresponding to the personalized information to the user device together with the e-book.
A computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium combined with hardware to perform the e-book sharing method according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

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