KR20230145855A - Apparatus and method for sharing contents using users' online community cultural contents - Google Patents

Abstract

A content sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a storage unit that stores content uploaded by users and information about rewards accumulated for each user; A communication unit that communicates with a user terminal used by each user, receives new content from the user terminal, and transmits the content stored in the storage unit to the user terminal at the request of the user terminal; And when the first content is newly uploaded from the first user, the uploaded first content is posted, but the exposure ranking of the first content is changed and posted according to the reaction of one or more second users who viewed the first content; , It may be characterized by including a control unit that allows a reward to be paid to the first user based on at least one of the number of views and the number of shares of the first content of the second user counted during a preset time. ..

Description

Content sharing device and content sharing method using users' online community cultural content {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENTS USING USERS' ONLINE COMMUNITY CULTURAL CONTENTS}

The present invention relates to a content sharing device and a content sharing method, and more specifically, to a method for providing a service for sharing content between users, promoting content sharing, and distributing the resulting profits to users, and the same. It is about the device that performs it.

Recently, with the development of online communication technology, anyone can create content and share it with others. Accordingly, in addition to various media contents created from the beginning for the purpose of profit or public interest, many people are creating content with various ideas and sharing it with others simply for fun.

Additionally, as content becomes more diverse, the number of consumers of content is also increasing. In particular, as portable personal information processing terminals become more common, content consumption is possible anytime and anywhere, so the amount of content consumption by individuals is steadily increasing. In particular, the culture in which everyone produces and consumes content is spreading widely, and the consumption of personally created content that is unconventional, fun, and novel is increasing.

However, in the process of supplying and consuming personal content, it was possible for content brokering services to earn steady advertising revenue, while users who supplied and consumed content generally only used the service for free. In particular, users who consistently consume content were treated as users who simply benefited and were completely excluded from the distribution of advertising revenue.

However, from the users' perspective, they not only have to deal with fatigue because they are constantly exposed to advertisements in the process of consuming content, but also, as potential consumers of the target of advertisements, they are the entities that contribute the most to maintaining the above-mentioned content sharing service. There is a need to distribute profits to users as well.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a service for sharing content between users, promote content sharing, and provide a method and device for distributing the resulting profits to users.

A content sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a storage unit that stores content uploaded by users and information about rewards accumulated for each user; A communication unit that communicates with a user terminal used by each user, receives new content from the user terminal, and transmits the content stored in the storage unit to the user terminal at the request of the user terminal; And when the first content is newly uploaded from the first user, the uploaded first content is posted, but the exposure ranking of the first content is changed and posted according to the reaction of one or more second users who viewed the first content; , It may be characterized by including a control unit that allows a reward to be paid to the first user based on at least one of the number of views and the number of shares of the first content of the second user counted during a preset time. .

In addition, before posting the first content, the control unit generates a thumbnail of each of the plurality of contents based on a content quality score given based on at least one of the amount of data included in the first content and the correlation between the data. The first content can be posted by determining the exposure order in which the thumbnail of the first content will be placed in the content list containing the list, and placing the thumbnail of the first content according to the determined exposure order.

In addition, the control unit provides a content list including a list of thumbnails of each of a plurality of contents to the user terminal of the second user through the communication unit, and allows the second user to select the second content from the content list. When a thumbnail is selected, the second content is provided to the second user, and when the second user's viewing of the second content is confirmed, a reward can be paid to the second user.

In addition, the storage unit stores information on the number of tokens held by each user, and the control unit provides preset missions that require users to perform actions on the content sharing device, and allows any user to If the mission is performed, the token can be paid to the random user.

Additionally, a content sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed by a content sharing device, and includes the steps of posting the uploaded first content when the first content is newly uploaded from a first user; Changing the exposure ranking of the first content and posting it according to the reaction of one or more second users who have viewed the posted first content; and paying a reward to the first user based on at least one of the number of views and the number of shares of the first content by the second user counted during a preset time.

In addition, the content sharing method, before posting the first content, based on a content quality score given based on at least one of the amount of data included in the first content and the correlation between the data, a plurality of It further includes the step of determining an exposure order in which the thumbnail of the first content will be placed in a content list including a list of thumbnails of each content, wherein the step of posting the first content includes placing the first content according to the determined exposure order. A step of posting the first content by arranging a thumbnail of the content, wherein the step of changing the exposure ranking and posting includes a reaction score calculated based on the second users' reaction to the first content and the It may include changing the exposure ranking of the thumbnail of the first content in the content list based on the quality score.

Additionally, the content sharing method includes providing a content list including a list of thumbnails of each of a plurality of content to the second user; When a thumbnail for second content included in the content list is selected by the second user, providing the second content to the second user; And when the second user's viewing of the second content is confirmed, it further includes the step of paying a reward to the second user, wherein the step of paying the reward to the second user includes a period corresponding to the current time. Checking whether rewards accumulated for the second user during a set period have reached a preset maximum reward; And when it is confirmed that the maximum reward has not been reached, it may include paying a reward to the second user.

According to any one of the above-mentioned problem solving means, it is possible to provide a service for sharing content between users, promote content sharing, and provide a method and device for distributing the resulting profits to users.

The effects that can be obtained from the disclosed embodiments are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned are clear to those skilled in the art to which the disclosed embodiments belong from the description below. It will be understandable.

1 is a network configuration diagram including a content sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining a content sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a diagram for explaining a method of distributing profits according to a content sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 6 to 8 are diagrams showing screens of a user terminal connected to a content sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Below, various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. The embodiments described below may be modified and implemented in various different forms. In order to more clearly explain the characteristics of the embodiments, detailed descriptions of matters widely known to those skilled in the art to which the following embodiments belong have been omitted. In addition, in the drawings, parts that are not related to the description of the embodiments are omitted, and similar parts are given similar reference numerals throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a configuration is said to be “connected” to another configuration, this includes not only cases where it is “directly connected,” but also cases where it is “connected with another configuration in between.” In addition, when a configuration “includes” a configuration, this means that other configurations may be further included rather than excluding other configurations, unless specifically stated to the contrary.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

However, before explaining this, we first define the meaning of the terms used below.

First, in the embodiment disclosed in this specification, content is a set of digital data composed by combining one or more types of data among text, audio, image, and video data, and is recognized as a unit when posted and shared online. It is an object that becomes

Terms that require explanation other than those defined above are explained separately below.

Figure 1 is a network configuration diagram including a content sharing device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The content sharing device 100 according to the embodiment is implemented as a typical server device that communicates with other devices through a network (N), allows multiple users to upload new content, stores the uploaded content, and While managing, content is posted so that users can freely view it. Additionally, in the process of posting and sharing content, the content sharing device 100 may insert advertisements into the content or allow advertisements to be posted together with other content as independent content.

Through this, the content sharing device 100 allows all profits from advertising to be distributed to users in the process of sharing content as a provider or consumer of content, or as both a provider and consumer.

This content sharing device 100 can be implemented as a typical server device, including a database server for storing and managing content, an application server running a server application with the user terminal 200 as a client, which will be described later, and a terminal connection. It may be composed of a server group including a plurality of server devices such as a load balancing server for distributing the data processing load according to.

Meanwhile, the terminal device used by users who use the service provided by the content sharing device 100 is hereinafter referred to as the user terminal 200. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the 'user' who uses the user terminal 200 is referred to as a 'content provider' who posts content through the content sharing device 100, and a 'content consumer' who receives and views content provided by the content provider. However, all users can be both content providers and consumers, and the accounts of the two types of users are not managed separately. Additionally, hereinafter, 'content provider' may be referred to as 'first user', and 'content consumer' may be referred to as 'second user'.

According to an embodiment, one user can both post and view content. Additionally, the client program installed on the user terminal 200 is not provided separately for providers and consumers. In other words, the content provider and the content consumer may be the same user, but hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, they are described separately according to the performed operation.

According to the embodiment, the user terminal 200 may be implemented as an electronic terminal. In this case, the electronic terminal is a computer, portable terminal, or television that can connect to a remote server through a network (N) or connect to other terminals and servers. , can be implemented as a wearable device, etc. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc. equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility. , PCS (Personal Communication System), PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA (Code) All types of handhelds such as Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Smart Phone, Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), etc. (Handheld)-based wireless communication device may be included. Additionally, television may include IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), Internet TV (Internet Television), terrestrial TV, cable TV, etc. Furthermore, a wearable device is a type of information processing device that can be worn directly on the human body, such as a watch, glasses, accessories, clothing, or shoes, and can connect to a remote server or other terminal via a network directly or through another information processing device. can be connected to

The user can use the service provided by the content sharing device 100 described above using the application installed on the user terminal 200.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 1, the content sharing device 100 can communicate with the advertiser terminal 300 through the network (N). The content sharing device 100 may provide settlement data for calculating advertising fees for advertisements exposed to users within the service based on a request from an advertiser using the advertiser terminal 300. When the advertiser terminal 300 requests the execution of a specific advertising campaign, the content sharing device 100 receives payment for the advertising campaign and then exposes the advertisement to users along with other content within the service. . Additionally, the advertising fee can be settled within the paid cost according to the number of exposures, etc., and information on the settled advertising fee can be provided to the advertiser terminal 300 as settlement data.

At this time, the advertiser terminal 300 may also be configured as a normal electronic terminal, and a web browser or application for exchanging data with the content sharing device 100 may be installed on the advertiser terminal 300.

Meanwhile, the configuration of the content sharing device 100 will be described in more detail below. Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the content sharing device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a storage unit 110, a communication unit 120, and a control unit 130.

The storage unit 110 may install and store various types of data, such as files, programs such as applications, and data necessary for executing the program. The control unit 130, which will be described later, may access and use data stored in the storage unit 110, or may store new data in the storage unit 110. Additionally, the control unit 130 may execute a program installed in the storage unit 110.

In particular, various uploaded contents may be stored in the storage unit 110. Each content may be associated with information about the user who uploaded the content. And the storage unit 110 may store information about rewards accumulated for each user and information about the amount of tokens held by each user. Here, rewards and tokens will be described later.

Meanwhile, the communication unit 120 may perform wired or wireless communication with other devices or networks. To this end, the communication unit 120 may include a communication module that supports at least one of various wired and wireless communication methods. For example, a communication module may be implemented in the form of a chipset.

Wireless communication supported by the communication unit 120 may be, for example, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, UWB (Ultra Wide Band), or NFC (Near Field Communication). Additionally, wired communication supported by the communication unit 120 may be, for example, USB or HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface).

For example, the communication unit 120 may communicate with the user terminal 200 to perform a content sharing method. For example, data may be received from a content provider terminal, and content according to the received data may be provided to a content consumer terminal.

At this time, the user terminal 200 may be provided with a user interface that allows the user to interact with the content sharing device 100. The communication unit 120 transmits data to be displayed on the user interface or sends data from the user interface. It can receive input commands or data.

The control unit 130 controls the overall operation of the content sharing device 100 and may include a processor such as a CPU. The control unit 130 may control other components included in the content sharing device 100 to perform operations corresponding to administrator input received through the input/output unit 110.

For example, the control unit 130 may execute a program stored in the storage unit 110, read a file stored in the storage unit 110, or store a new file in the storage unit 110.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may provide users with an online service that allows multiple users to access, post, and view content. The control unit 130 may provide services through an Internet site or through an application installed on the user terminal 200.

According to the embodiment, the control unit 130 may identify a user accessing the service based on the user's identification information or the identification information of the user terminal 200. For example, the content sharing device 100 may assign an account to each user and identify the user through identification information matching the account.

Additionally, the control unit 130 may receive content from a content provider through the communication unit 120. At this time, receiving content may include not only receiving the content itself but also receiving information linking to content posted online.

And the control unit 130 can post the content received from the content provider on the service so that the content consumer can view it. At this time, the control unit 130 may provide advertisements while providing content. For example, when an advertisement is attached to the bottom of the content or the content is audio or video, the content can be processed to play the advertisement before playing the content. The control unit 130 can generate revenue by sharing content by providing advertisements as described above, and can activate content sharing by distributing the generated revenue to users. The method of distributing profits in this regard will be described later in the relevant section.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may provide content consumers with a content list generated by listing thumbnails of content in order to view the content. At this time, the content list may include not only content thumbnails but also content titles.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may post content, set an exposure priority of the content, and vary the order in which thumbnails of the content are arranged in the content list according to the set exposure priority.

When initially posting content, the control unit 130 may determine the ranking based on the quality score of the content. At this time, the control unit 130 may assign a quality score to the content based on at least one of the length of text data included in the content, the number of images, and the correlation between the images. At this time, the correlation between images refers to the correlation between a plurality of images included in the content or between the images and text included in the content. According to the embodiment, the control unit 130 may grant a quality score in proportion to the length of the text and the number of images, and may grant a higher quality score as the correlation between images increases. Additionally, the control unit 130 may determine the exposure ranking of content based on the quality score.

And after the content is posted, the control unit 130 calculates a reaction score based on the reaction to the content from the content consumer who has viewed the content, for example, a reaction such as a recommendation or non-recommendation input, and calculates the content based on the reaction score. The exposure ranking can be determined. Additionally, after the content is posted, the exposure ranking of the content may be determined by comprehensively judging the quality score and response score described above.

Here, 'recommendation' and 'not recommendation' mean positive or negative reactions, such as 'like', 'dislike', 'up', 'down', etc. within a typical online service.

And the control unit 130 can update the exposure ranking of content at regular intervals. That is, the control unit 130 may update the reaction score for the content at regular intervals and change the exposure ranking by comparing the reaction score or the sum of the quality score and the reaction score of a plurality of contents accordingly.

Additionally, the control unit 130 may generate a content list according to the exposure ranking of the content that is determined and updated and provide it to users.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may receive a selection of an arbitrary content thumbnail included in the content list from the content consumer through the communication unit 120. Additionally, the control unit 130 may provide content corresponding to the selected content thumbnail to the content consumer.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may provide a 'reward' to at least one of the content provider and the content consumer. At this time, 'reward' refers to an online good with a certain exchange value that is paid as compensation in response to the user's actions. According to the embodiment, the control unit 130 may provide rewards by exchanging them for goods that can be used offline, for example, cash, according to predetermined conditions. In addition, various valuable items such as coupons, tickets, gift certificates, etc. It can also be offered in exchange for securities.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may pay a reward in response to the content posting behavior of the content provider. For example, the control unit 130 may receive content from a content provider and pay a reward to the content provider when the received content is posted.

At this time, the control unit 130 may pay a reward to the provider of the content in proportion to the usage rate of the content. According to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may calculate the utilization rate based on at least one of the number of views and the number of shares of content. In other words, the usage rate can be calculated based on the number of times the content consumer has viewed the content and the number of times the content consumer has shared the content with other content consumers. The higher the usage rate of content, the more the control unit 130 can pay a higher reward to the provider of the content. Here, sharing content may mean, for example, sending the URL of the selected content to another user or someone who is not subscribed to the service, or posting content to another service in the form of a message or post from another service. there is.

Additionally, the control unit 130 may set a limit on the reward payment period corresponding to content posting behavior. For example, rewards can be paid based on the usage rate for 24 hours after content is posted, and then a period limit can be set for no longer paying rewards even if the usage rate increases.

Accordingly, the control unit 130 may calculate the usage rate based on at least one of the number of views or the number of shares of the content counted during a preset time after the content was posted, and then pay a reward of the corresponding amount to the content provider. there is.

Accordingly, content providers can strive to receive many rewards by maximizing the number of views and shares within a certain period of time. To this end, content providers can share content with other users or encourage other acquaintances who are not subscribed to the service to subscribe to the service and consume content in order to increase the usage rate of the content. Furthermore, content providers can try to improve usage rates by increasing the exposure ranking of their content, and can use up tokens to do so. Here, ‘token’ will be described later.

Additionally, the control unit 130 may pay rewards to content providers based on content exposure ranking. For example, rewards can be paid to the provider of the content in proportion to the content exposure rank, and depending on the embodiment, rewards may be paid by combining the content exposure rank and usage rate. The method for determining exposure ranking has been described above.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may pay a reward in response to the content consumer's content viewing behavior. At this time, the control unit 130 can set predetermined conditions to determine whether to pay a reward.

For example, the control unit 130 may provide a reward based on the time spent on the Internet page where the content is posted. For example, if the stay time is longer than the set time, the relevant content is considered to have been viewed and a reward can be paid.

Additionally, the control unit 130 may pay a reward based on the viewing rate for one content. That is, if the content is viewed more than a set viewing rate, the control unit 130 may determine that the content has been viewed and provide a reward, or provide a reward in proportion to the viewing rate. For example, if it is determined that 80% of the content has been viewed, a reward of 80% can be paid compared to the 1 unit reward paid when the content has been viewed 100%. Alternatively, if it is determined that more than 80% of the content has been viewed, the content can be considered viewed and a 1-unit reward can be paid.

To this end, the control unit 130 may calculate the viewing rate for the content based on the time spent on the Internet page where the content is posted. For example, the control unit 130 may determine that a predetermined rate has been viewed when the residence time satisfies a set time. Additionally, when content is posted on multiple Internet pages, the viewing rate can be calculated based on the ratio of the number of pages viewed to the total number of pages on which the content is posted. In addition, if the length of the top and bottom or left and right of the Internet page on which the content is posted is longer than the length of the top and bottom or left and right of the display screen of the content consumer terminal, the ratio of the Internet page exposed according to the scroll input to move the Internet page up and down or left and right The viewing rate can be calculated based on . Additionally, the viewing rate can be calculated based on the playback time of sounds, videos, etc. included in the content. For example, the viewing rate can be calculated based on the ratio of the actual playback time to the total playback time of the content.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may set a limit on reward payment corresponding to content viewing behavior. For example, the control unit 130 may limit the amount of rewards that one content consumer can receive per unit of time for viewing content. For example, one content consumer may be limited to receiving only 5 units of reward per hour.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment, the control unit 130 may pay a reward in return when the user performs a specific event. For example, when a user recruits other users, rewards can be paid in response. When a new user registers as a member and enters another user's identification information as a recommender, a reward can be provided to the user corresponding to the identification information entered as a recommender. In addition, when an existing user transmits promotional information containing a hyperlink object linking to a service to a new user, for example, the control unit 130 sends a hyperlink object or content containing the Internet site address of a content sharing service. When promotional information containing a hyperlink object that links to the installation page of an application providing a shared service is transmitted, and a new user accesses the service and registers as a member based on the received promotional information, the user who sent the promotional information Rewards can be paid for. Depending on the embodiment, the control unit 130 may also provide a reward to a new user who has been recommended the service by an existing user, such as by entering a recommender while registering as a member or accessing the service and registering as a member based on promotional information.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may classify users into active users and inactive users based on the user's service usage status. For example, if more than a predetermined period of time has elapsed since access to the service was terminated, an active user can be converted to an inactive user. Additionally, if the application providing the service is deleted or more than a predetermined period of time has elapsed after deletion, active users can be converted to inactive users.

In this regard, when a user sends a 'gift' to another active user, the control unit 130 can pay rewards to both the user who sent the 'gift' and the user who received the gift. At this time, a 'gift' is a digital good that can be exchanged between users and has a certain exchange value on a content sharing service.

Additionally, the control unit 130 may provide a reward to the user who urged another inactive user to use the service when the user urges another inactive user to use the service and the inactive user who received the prompt uses the service. For example, when the control unit 130 inputs or selects identification information matching another inactive user from a user and receives a message urging service use, it can transmit a push message to the inactive user. At this time, rewards can be paid to users who urge inactive users to use the service. Or, if the user sends a usage request message that includes a hyperlink object that leads to a content sharing service, for example, a hyperlink object that includes the Internet site address of the content sharing service or an installation page of an application that provides the content sharing service. A usage request message containing a hyperlink object that connects to is sent, and when an inactive user accesses the service based on the received usage request message and switches to an active state, a reward is paid to the user who sent the usage request message. can do. At this time, the hyperlink object included in the usage urging message may include identification information that can identify the user who sent the usage urging message. Depending on the embodiment, the control unit 130 may pay a reward to the user who entered the prompt when the inactive user who received the prompt accesses the service and becomes active. At this time, rewards can also be paid to activated users.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may pay rewards based on relationships with other users. According to the embodiment, the control unit 130 may establish a 'friend' relationship between users and provide certain functions. For example, the control unit 130 can establish a friend relationship between users by receiving identification information and a friend request from another user with whom the user wishes to make friends. Depending on the embodiment, a friend relationship may be established when an acceptance input is received from the user who is the target of the friend request. Additionally, when a user recruits another user, the control unit 130 may establish a friend relationship between the recruited user and the recruited user. According to the embodiment, the control unit 130 may provide the user with a friend list that includes identification information of other users who are friends with the user, and may send messages, send gifts, urge inactive friends to use, etc. Functions that can be performed between users who are friends can be provided.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may limit the amount of rewards that can be paid to one content consumer per unit time for viewing content, but may increase the amount of rewards that can be paid in proportion to the number of friends. At this time, the friends that serve as a standard for increasing the amount of rewards that can be paid may only include friends who are active. For example, the reward paid per unit time can be increased by 1 unit for each friend. In other words, when payment is limited to less than 5 units of reward per hour for one content consumer, if you make friends with 5 users, you can increase the amount of reward that can be paid up to 10 units per hour.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may provide users with 'tokens', which are digital goods that must be paid in order to use certain functions provided by the content sharing service. In this regard, the control unit 130 may deduct tokens held by the user when the user performs a designated function on the content sharing service. The control unit 130 may provide a 'mission' that requires users to perform actions within the content sharing service and provide tokens to users who complete the mission. And if a user uses a function that is set to consume tokens, the tokens held by the user can be deducted.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 130 may deduct a token when a content provider posts new content. Additionally, when a content provider requests an increase in the exposure ranking of his or her content on the content list, the control unit 130 may deduct the token of the content provider and expose the thumbnail of the content at a relatively high level on the content list.

Additionally, the control unit 130 can deduct tokens when a content consumer applies for 'funding' for content. At this time, 'funding' refers to the function of distributing the generated profits to users who applied for funding for the content when profits are generated for certain content. For example, the control unit 130 may distribute the revenue generated from the content to N users who applied for funding for the content in 1/N ratio. At this time, revenue for certain content may include revenue generated from advertisements included in the content. According to the embodiment, the number of funding applications, which refers to how many users have applied for funding, can be a standard for determining the popularity or profitability of the content, and the control unit 130 pays a reward to the content provider of the content. In this case, when determining the utilization rate of the content, the utilization rate can be determined based on the number of funding applications for the content.

Furthermore, in this way, when a content consumer applies for 'funding' for content and the content consumer's token is deducted, the control unit 130 can relatively increase the exposure ranking of the content. Accordingly, the content that has received funding can continue to occupy the top of the content list for a period of time proportional to the number of funding applications, and the content usage rate can increase accordingly. Meanwhile, users who fund specific content like this can receive a portion of the rewards to be paid by the provider of the content.

According to the embodiment, the control unit 130 may pay tokens to users according to predetermined conditions. For example, the control unit 130 may sell tokens to users. At this time, the sale of tokens may be accomplished through account transfer or card payment for goods used offline, and depending on the embodiment, the sale of tokens may be accomplished by deducting rewards held by the user.

Additionally, the control unit 130 can exchange tokens and rewards. For example, in addition to deducting rewards held by a user and paying tokens in response to the deduction of rewards, tokens held by the user can also be deducted and rewards paid in response to the deduction of tokens. At this time, the exchange of rewards to tokens or tokens to rewards may be performed according to a predetermined ratio, and depending on the embodiment, the exchange ratio of rewards to tokens or tokens to rewards may vary. For example, the control unit 130 may collect instances of user exchange of rewards and tokens and set an exchange rate based on them. For example, if the amount of rewards exchanged for tokens is greater than the amount of tokens exchanged for rewards, the value of the reward may increase, increasing the amount of tokens required for reward exchange. Additionally, the control unit 130 may set the exchange rate based on the amount of rewards and tokens that have been issued.

Additionally, when the user performs a predetermined mission, the control unit 130 can provide a token in response. For example, when a content consumer performs an activity mission such as writing more than a certain number of comments on content, viewing more than a certain number of contents, or inputting or sharing recommendations/discommendations for more than a certain number of contents, he/she receives a token. Payment can be made. In relation to this, the mission that is a condition for token payment may include one or more activities. Additionally, the control unit 130 can pay a token when the user accesses the service and checks attendance. At this time, the attendance check can be made when the user's connection is detected, and it can also be made when the user receives a selection of the attendance check item included in the attendance check page.

Tokens that are consumed in order to use functions such as posting content or improving the ranking of content are used to perform missions that involve reactions to other content, such as commenting on other content or viewing other content. By allowing users to receive payments, users, as both providers and consumers of content, can be encouraged to consume other people's content to increase the usage rate of their own content. In other words, through this, users can play the role of both providers and consumers, activating service use and creating a virtuous cycle.

Depending on the embodiment, the control unit 130 may provide the above-described token function to a reward or provide the reward function to a token. In other words, it has been explained above that tokens and rewards are separate goods, but depending on the embodiment, the control unit 130 pays only one of the tokens and rewards to the user, so that one good has the function of the two goods described above. You can have it all done.

3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining a content sharing method performed by the content sharing device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The content sharing method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 includes steps processed in time series in the content sharing device 100 shown in FIG. 1. Therefore, even if the content is omitted below, the content described above regarding the content sharing device 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can also be applied to the content sharing method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. there is.

According to the embodiment, the content sharing device 100 may receive new content uploaded from one user, that is, the first user (S301). At this time, since the first user is the person who uploaded the content, he or she can respond to the content provider described above.

Additionally, the content sharing device 100 may store the newly uploaded content and then post the content so that other users can view it.

At this time, before posting the content, the content sharing device 100 may determine the exposure order in which the thumbnail of the content will be placed in the content list (S302). Here, before posting the content, the content sharing device 100 includes a list of thumbnails for each of a plurality of contents based on a content quality score given based on at least one of the amount of data included in the content and the correlation between the data. You can determine the exposure order in which the thumbnail of the content will be placed in the content list.

Then, the content sharing device 100 may post content based on the determined exposure order (S303). At this time, the content sharing device 100 may post the content by arranging the thumbnail of the content on the content list according to the determined exposure order.

This content list may be provided to other users.

Meanwhile, the content sharing device 100 may change the exposure ranking of the content based on the reaction of one or more second users who have viewed the posted content (S304). To this end, the content sharing device 100 may collect data on the reactions of one or more second users who have viewed the posted content, and calculate reaction scores of the second users to the content based on the collected data. Then, this reaction score is compared with the reaction score of other content to determine the exposure rank of the content, and the exposure rank can be changed according to the decision.

At this time, as already described above, the content sharing device 100 may change the exposure ranking based on a score that is the sum of the reaction score and the above-described quality score.

Subsequently, when a preset time has elapsed from the time the content was posted (S305), the content sharing device 100 sends the content to the first user based on at least one of the number of views and the number of shares of the content of the second user counted in the meantime. The amount of rewards to be paid can be determined, and the determined amount of rewards can be paid (S306).

Meanwhile, in step S304, when changing the exposure ranking of the content, the content sharing device 100 may change the exposure ranking of the content in response to the first user's request to increase the exposure ranking of the content. When an increase in the exposure ranking of the content of the first user is requested, the content sharing device 100 deducts a predetermined amount of tokens held by the first user and places the thumbnail of the content at a relatively higher ranking than the previous exposure ranking. It can be done as much as possible.

Additionally, in step S304, when changing the exposure ranking of the content, the content sharing device 100 may change the exposure ranking of the content in response to the second user's request for funding for the content. When funding for the second user's content is requested, the content sharing device 100 deducts a predetermined amount of tokens held by the second user and places the thumbnail of the content in a relatively higher ranking than the previous exposure ranking. You can. At this time, in step S306, the content sharing device 100 distributes a portion of the reward to be paid to the first user to the second user so that the second user can also receive the profits generated by the content being exposed to the top according to funding. You can.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 4, the content sharing device 100 may provide a content list to a second user, that is, a content consumer (S401). At this time, the content list may include thumbnails of each of a plurality of contents. At this time, the thumbnails may be arranged according to a predetermined exposure ranking.

Next, when a thumbnail for any content included in the content list is selected by the second user, the content sharing device 100 may provide the selected content to the second user (S402).

And the content sharing device 100 can confirm the second user's viewing of the content. At this time, as a criterion for determining that the content has been viewed, whether the conditions for viewing the content have been fulfilled can be determined, for example, by the time spent on the page on which the content is displayed, or when the page on which the content is displayed exceeds the screen size, the section displayed on the screen among the entire section of the page. It can be judged based on at least one of the ratios. Alternatively, it may be confirmed that the content has been viewed only when the page on which the content is displayed is displayed on the screen until the end.

Thereafter, when the content viewing conditions are completed and viewing of the content is confirmed, the content sharing device 100 may pay a reward to the second user.

However, prior to this, the content sharing device 100 may check whether the reward accumulated for the second user has reached the preset maximum reward during a preset period corresponding to the current time for the second user (S404). In other words, if the total amount of rewards paid to the second user during the preset period corresponding to the current point has already reached the preset maximum reward, the reward is not paid to the second user and it is confirmed that the maximum reward has not been reached. In some cases, rewards can be paid to the second user (S405).

For example, if the maximum reward that can be accumulated by a user in one hour is preset to 5 units of reward, the reward accumulated to that user from the time the one-hour cycle starts counting to the present before the end of the cycle is 4 units. Only when the reward is less than 1 unit of reward can be additionally accumulated in step S405.

On the other hand, when the set period has elapsed and the next cycle has arrived (S406), the content sharing device 100 initializes the rewards accumulated within the period to 0 (S407) and starts accumulating rewards according to content consumption again. there is.

Meanwhile, in the content sharing method performed by the content sharing device 100, in addition to the steps shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, steps such as accumulation of rewards and token accumulation according to event performance may be additionally included, but in this parallel Steps that can be performed sequentially are not shown separately.

According to the above content sharing device 100 and method, as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to distribute profits in a balanced manner between advertisers, content providers, and content consumers, centered on the operator of the content sharing service.

In a relationship with an advertiser, the service operator can run an advertising campaign by naturally exposing advertisements through content consumed by users and receive advertising fees in return.

Content providers can receive rewards from service operators by uploading content and making it available for consumption by other users.

Furthermore, content consumers can view content and advertisements and receive rewards in return.

At this time, the service operator can earn a certain amount of profit by paying rewards within the scope of the advertising fee.

Meanwhile, although the content provider and the content consumer are shown separately, they may be one user, and accordingly, as a content consumer, a user may comment on or recommend/not recommend other users' content in the process of consuming the other user's content. Obtain tokens, use the acquired tokens to upload new content as a content provider, and receive more rewards by increasing the exposure ranking of the content. In the end, a virtuous cycle can be induced by not only producing good content to obtain many rewards, but also consuming enough other content.

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

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

Additionally, the cutting unit may generate a combination rule by considering each address. Here, the combination rule refers to a rule that allows combining a plurality of data pieces with data before division based on each address.

The first transfer may transmit a plurality of data pieces in a random order. Here, a plurality of data pieces may be transmitted with each assigned address.

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

The functional operations described in this specification and embodiments of the subject matter above can be implemented in digital electronic circuits, computer software, firmware or hardware, including the structures disclosed in this specification and their structural equivalents, or in a combination of one or more of these. do.

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

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

Computer programs do not necessarily correspond to files in a file system. A program may be stored within a single file that serves the requested program, or within multiple interacting files (e.g., files storing one or more modules, subprograms, or portions of code), or as part of a file that holds other programs or data. (e.g., one or more scripts stored within a markup language document).

The computer program may be deployed to run on one computer or on multiple computers located at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communications network.

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

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

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

The core elements of a computer are one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data and a processor for executing instructions. Additionally, a computer is typically operably coupled to receive data from or transfer data to one or more mass storage devices for storing data, such as magnetic, magneto-optical or optical disks, or to perform both such operations. It will be or include this. However, a computer does not need to have such a device.

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

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

100: Content sharing device
110: storage unit
120: Department of Communications
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In the content sharing device,
A storage unit that stores information about contents uploaded by users and rewards accumulated for each user;
A communication unit that communicates with a user terminal used by each user, receives new content from the user terminal, and transmits the content stored in the storage unit to the user terminal at the request of the user terminal; and
When first content is newly uploaded from a first user, the uploaded first content is posted, but the exposure ranking of the first content is changed and posted according to the reaction of one or more second users who viewed the first content, A content sharing device comprising a control unit that allows a reward to be paid to the first user based on at least one of the number of views and the number of shares of the first content by the second user counted during a preset time. . According to paragraph 1,
The control unit,
Before posting the first content, content including a list of thumbnails of each of a plurality of content based on a content quality score given based on at least one of the amount of data included in the first content and the correlation between the data. A content sharing device characterized in that it determines the exposure order in which the thumbnail of the first content will be placed in the list, and posts the first content by placing the thumbnail of the first content according to the determined exposure order. According to paragraph 1,
The control unit,
A content list including a list of thumbnails of each of a plurality of contents is provided to the user terminal of the second user through the communication unit, and when a thumbnail for the second content is selected by the second user from the content list, the A content sharing device that provides second content to the second user, and provides a reward to the second user when the second user's viewing of the second content is confirmed. According to paragraph 3,
The storage unit,
Stores information about the number of tokens held by each user,
The control unit,
A content sharing device that provides users with a preset mission that requires actions that can be performed on the content sharing device, and provides the token to any user when the user performs the mission. Performed by a content sharing device,
When new first content is uploaded by a first user, posting the uploaded first content;
Changing the exposure ranking of the first content and posting it according to the reaction of one or more second users who have viewed the posted first content; and
A content sharing method comprising the step of paying a reward to the first user based on at least one of the number of views and the number of shares of the first content by the second user counted during a preset time. According to clause 5,
The method of sharing the above content is,
Before the step of posting the first content, a list of thumbnails of each of the plurality of contents is included based on a content quality score given based on at least one of the amount of data included in the first content and the correlation between the data. Further comprising the step of determining an exposure order in which the thumbnail of the first content will be placed in the content list,
The step of posting the first content is,
Posting the first content by arranging thumbnails of the first content according to the determined exposure ranking,
The step of changing and posting the exposure ranking is,
Comprising a step of changing the exposure order in which the thumbnail of the first content will be placed in the content list based on the response score calculated based on the second users' reaction to the first content and the quality score. Featured content sharing methods. According to clause 5,
The method of sharing the above content is,
providing a content list including a list of thumbnails of each of a plurality of contents to the second user;
When a thumbnail for second content included in the content list is selected by the second user, providing the second content to the second user; and
When the second user's viewing of the second content is confirmed, it further includes the step of paying a reward to the second user,
The step of paying rewards to the second user is,
Checking whether rewards accumulated for the second user have reached a preset maximum reward during a preset period corresponding to the current time; and
A content sharing method comprising the step of paying a reward to the second user when it is confirmed that the maximum reward has not been reached.