TWM575563U - System for subscribing to electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for subscribing electronic publications in an instant messaging software, comprising a content server having an electronic publication, a user operation interface, a processing unit, a counting unit, and a storage unit storing the program. When the processing unit executes the program, the following operations are performed: controlling the user operation interface to display the electronic publication to provide the primary user to select and subscribe to the electronic publication and setting the total number of points for viewing; when the primary user selects to subscribe to the electronic publication, the processing unit generates the point reading. Linking; and when the sub-user accesses the e-newsletter by clicking on the e-newsletter on the instant messaging software to open the viewing permission, the counting unit correspondingly generates a viewing usage point; wherein when the counting unit accumulates the viewing usage point When viewing the total number of points, the processing unit stops opening the viewing permission.

Description

System for subscribing to electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software

The present invention relates to a system for subscribing to electronic publications, and more particularly to a system for subscribing to electronic publications in batches using instant messaging software.

Due to the increasing popularity of electronic mobile devices and the rapid development of online platforms, not only has the overall e-newsletter read the trend, but also the demand for electronic digital publishing articles has increased.

However, in the current common electronic publications, the subscription method is often based on the business-to-consumer (B2C) model, that is, the general consumers are different from the e-book subscription platform, and they are selected one by one according to their reading preferences and needs. Order to read e-books. Therefore, the direct subscription mechanism for the supply of upstream sources to the general consumers only by electronic publications lacks the business-to-business (B2B) subscription model for electronic publications at the intermediate level, which makes it difficult for general enterprises or organizations to directly provide e-books with a platform for batching. Order to provide access to the employees or group members of the company.

On the other hand, in the case of direct consumers who actually read e-books, the current e-newsletter subscription method does not provide an operating mechanism for the general consumer to directly subscribe to e-books through the communication software in the electronic device. Lack of immediacy and convenience in consumer-to-business (C2B) viewing usage patterns.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a system for mass-subscribing electronic publications by instant messaging software, which can provide a business-to-business (B2B) subscription model, so that general enterprises or groups can conveniently subscribe to electronic publications through instant messaging software. At the same time, corporate employees or group members can use the communication software in the electronic device to conduct a consumer-to-business (C2B) browsing usage mode to directly browse the electronic subscriptions of the batch subscription, thereby effectively subscribing and viewing the e-books. The mechanism and communication software operation interface are integrated with each other.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a system for mass-subscribing electronic publications by instant messaging software, and to provide electronic publications for general enterprises or groups to subscribe in batches according to actual needs, and to provide batch subscriptions for employees or group members of affiliated enterprises. Access to e-books.

In order to achieve the above object, one aspect of the present invention provides a system for mass-subscribing an electronic publication by an instant messaging software, comprising a content server having a plurality of electronic publications, a user operation interface, a processing unit, and a counting And a storage unit storing a program, wherein when the processing unit executes the program, the following operations are performed: controlling the user operation interface to display a plurality of electronic publications, to provide a primary user to select at least one electronic publication, and setting at least one One of the electronic publications reads the total number of points; the primary user is a group platform on the instant messaging software; when the primary user selects to subscribe to at least one electronic publication, the processing unit clicks on the link corresponding to one of the at least one electronic publication; and joins At least one child of the group platform of the primary user is instant communication by the primary user When the at least one electronic publication is accessed by at least one sub-user to view the viewing permission of at least one electronic publication, the counting unit correspondingly generates a viewing usage point; wherein the counting unit accumulates the counting reading When the number of points is used to view the total number of points, the processing unit stops opening the viewing permission of at least one electronic publication. In this way, the system disclosed in the above novelty communicates with the main user and the sub-user through the instant messaging software, thereby achieving an electronic book subscription mechanism for providing business-to-business (B2B2C), and providing more Flexible and convenient way to read and manage e-books.

1‧‧‧System for subscribing to electronic publications in batches with instant messaging software

2‧‧‧Content Server

3‧‧‧User interface

31‧‧‧ e-book browsing area

32‧‧‧ points purchase area

4‧‧‧Processing unit

41‧‧‧Click to link

5‧‧‧counting unit

6‧‧‧storage unit

7‧‧‧Main user device

71‧‧‧Touch display screen

8‧‧‧Sub-user devices

81‧‧‧Message display page

8_1‧‧‧First sub-user device

8_2‧‧‧Second sub-user device

8_n‧‧‧nth sub-user device

9‧‧‧Internet

10‧‧‧Display unit

A‧‧‧Reading the bookcase field

B, B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4, B_5, B_6‧‧‧ subject reading bookcase field embedded link

E_1, E_2, E_3, E_4, E_m, E_n‧‧‧Electronic Publications

E_41‧‧‧The first chapter

20‧‧‧How to subscribe to electronic publications in batches using instant messaging software

(A)-(D)‧‧‧ steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a system for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of a system for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3A-3B are schematic diagrams showing operations of a system for subscribing an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4A-4E are schematic diagrams showing operations of a system for subscribing an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a method for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Before the system for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software is described in detail in this embodiment, it should be particularly noted that in the following description, similar components will be represented by the same component symbols. Show. In addition, the drawings of the present invention are only intended to be illustrative, and are not necessarily drawn to scale, and all details are not necessarily shown in the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, which respectively illustrate a schematic diagram of an architecture and an operation diagram of a system for subscribing an electronic publication by instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the system 1 for subscribing to an electronic publication in an instant messaging software includes a content server 2, a user operation interface 3, a processing unit 4, a counting unit 5, and a storage unit 6. The processing unit 4 of the system 1 for subscribing to the electronic publication in batches by the instant messaging software is connected to the main user device 7 by the instant messaging software on an internet 9 and the main user device 7 can be connected by the instant messaging software. And a plurality of sub-user devices 8 on the Internet, and the sub-user devices 8 include a first sub-user device 8_1, a second sub-user device 8_2, ... to an n-th sub-user device 8_n.

However, in this embodiment of the present invention, the main user device 7 and the sub-user devices 8 are provided with a tablet electronic viewing device as an example, but it can also be a handheld mobile electronic device (such as a smart phone, and Suitable electronic devices such as tablet computers, notebook devices, or desktop devices. Secondly, those skilled in the art can also know that the instant messaging soft system is loaded and loaded in each individual memory and microprocessor (not shown) of the main user device 7 and the sub-user devices 8, and The instant messaging software is also loaded into the system 1 by the storage unit 6 and the processing unit 4. Furthermore, the primary user in the primary user device 7 has an account number that is an enterprise or group group platform on the instant messaging software, such as the public number of the WeChat communication platform or the official account of the Line communication platform.

Further, the processing unit 4 in the system 1 executes a system program stored in the storage unit 6, and then performs wired communication with the main user device 7 through the instant messaging software. Therefore, when the main user communicates with the system 1 via the instant messaging software, the processing unit 4 can display the user operation interface 3 on the touch display screen 71 of the main user device 7 through the system program. The plurality of electronic publications E_1, E_2, ... to E_n stored in the content server 2 are connected and displayed in the e-book browsing area 31 of the user operation interface 3 to provide the main user for browsing and bulk subscription. Electronic publications.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic publications E_1, E_2, ..., E_n can be displayed one by one in the e-book browsing area 31 of the user operation interface 3 according to the subject content relevance. For example, science and technology, English and American literature, travel magazines, psychological inspirational, etc., are provided to provide primary users with quick selection to subscribe to such electronic publications.

In addition, the user operation interface 3 may further include a point purchase area 32. When the main user clicks on the desired e-newsletter (for example, e-newsletters E_1 to E_m), the point purchase area 32 provides the main user to set the total number of readings to be purchased, and sets the opening reading time limit (for example: 30 days).

Please refer to FIG. 3A in synchronization, which illustrates an operation diagram of a system for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, after the purchase of the primary user points is completed, the processing unit 4 in the system 1 clicks on the link 41 according to one of the electronic publications corresponding to the batch subscription, and the click link is displayed on the primary user. The message display page 81 on the instant messaging software (for example, the public number home page of the WeChat communication platform) is in the function option field.

More specifically, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3B simultaneously. The system 1 may further include a display unit 10, wherein the display unit 10 may display an electronic device in the instant messaging software that reads the bookcase field A and subscribes to the main user. The intro text and image barography of the books E_1 to E_m are displayed in the reading bookcase field A, providing sub-users with quick and easy access to the desired electronic publications.

In this way, the system 1 can provide sub-users who join the group platform of the primary user (for example, the public number of the WeChat communication platform), and can log in to the main through the affiliated sub-user device 8 and via the Internet 9 connection. On the message display page 81 of the instant messaging software, the user opens the sub-user to view the viewing rights of the electronic publication subscribed by the main user, so that the sub-user can select from the e-books E_1 to E_m subscribed by the main user to browse or download online. Read.

However, in the present embodiment, the viewing authority of the chapter unit of the electronic publication corresponds to the number of points used for viewing, for example, the reading permission of one of the chapter units of the electronic publication is opened for each sub-user to open, and the required browsing is used. The number of points is 0.1. In other words, whenever the sub-user selects one of the chapter units of any e-book on the message display page 81 of the instant messaging software, the number of viewing points counted by the counting unit 5 increases by 0.1 point, and then When the sub-user continues to click on the next chapter, the number of viewing points counted by the counting unit 5 is automatically incremented by 0.1 point.

However, when the total number of viewing usages of the counting unit 5 is up to the upper limit of the opening reading unit, that is, the number of viewing points accumulated by the counting unit 5 has reached the total number of viewing points set by the main user, the processing unit 4 The access rights to any section of the batch of electronic publications will be immediately suspended for any sub-user. On the other hand, the counting unit 5 also closes the viewing permission of the sub-user according to the setting of the opening reading time set by the main user when subscribing to the electronic publication. For example, when the counting time of the counting unit 5 has exceeded the validity period of 30 days, the processing unit 4 will uniformly close the sub-function. User's viewing rights.

Please refer to FIG. 4A to FIG. 4E , which are diagrams showing the operation of the system for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches by the instant messaging software according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The main difference between the second embodiment of the present invention and the system disclosed in the first embodiment is that the display unit 10 disclosed in the second embodiment of the present invention can subscribe the electronic publication to the main user in batches. The subject content correspondingly generates a plurality of subject reading bookcase field embedded links for embedding in the instant messaging software, and the counting unit 5 embeds the link according to the sub-user clicking each e-book or each subject reading the bookcase field. The number of viewing points corresponding to the viewing authority for opening the specific electronic book or the subject reading bookcase field is generated and counted.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4A, the processing unit 4 in the system 1 displays the click link 41 on the option page of the function option field of the message display page 81 of the main user on the instant messaging software. In the present embodiment, the click link 41 displays, for example, a "recommended bookcase" option. Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, when the sub-user displays the message on the sub-user device 8, After clicking the link 41 on the display page 81, the display unit 10 subscribes the electronic user to the electronic publication in batches on the message display page 81, and generates a theme reading bookcase field embedded link B according to the theme content, which may include, for example, a A plurality of subject reading bookcase fields are embedded in links B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4, B_5, B_6, etc., and are respectively arranged corresponding to the contents of contemporary literature, art design, financial and economics, psychological inspiration, religious culture, tourism customs, etc. The message is displayed on page 81.

However, in the embodiment of the present embodiment, the system 1 can be processed according to the actual design requirements, so that when the sub-user clicks on the subject reading bookcase field to embed one of the links B, the processing is performed. The unit 4 can open the viewing rights of the sub-user to the electronic publication of the specific corresponding subject matter. For example, when the sub-user clicks on the theme reading bookcase field to embed the link B_1, the processing unit 4 can immediately open the sub-user to view all the e-books belonging to the "contemporary literature" subject category. In addition, the counting unit 5 also generates and registers the number of browsing use points of the theme content category, for example, 1 point. However, the number of browsing usage points required for opening each topic content category may be individually designed according to the actual application design. Increase or decrease adjustment.

Referring to FIG. 4C to FIG. 4E simultaneously, when the sub-user clicks on the theme reading bookcase field to embed the link B_1 (for example, contemporary literature), the display unit 10 displays the bar on the message display page 81 of the sub-user device 8. Abstracts of the e-books E_1, E_2, E_3, E_4, etc., which belong to the theme of "Contemporary Literature".

However, in another aspect of the access permission and the number of points used for counting and viewing in the embodiment, the system 1 may also be based on actual settings. According to the demand, when the sub-user clicks on one of the electronic books E_4 to view the entire content, the processing unit 4 opens the viewing permission of the e-book E_4 to the sub-user. In addition, the counting unit 5 also generates and registers the number of viewing points for the e-book E_4, for example, 0.1 points. However, the number of browsing points required for opening each e-book can be increased or decreased according to the actual application design. Adjustment.

Thereby, as shown in FIGS. 4D to 4E, after the sub-user selects to click the e-book E_4 to perform the entire reading, the display unit 10 performs a step of displaying the e-book E_4 directory chapter on the message display page 81 of the sub-user device 8. . In this way, when the sub-user further selects the first chapter E_41 of the e-book E_4, the display unit 10 displays the full-text content of the first chapter E_41 of the e-book E_4 on the message display page 81 of the sub-user device 8.

In summary, the technical aspects of the opening permission and the counting and using points disclosed in the present invention include for individual users (for example, login accounts of sub-users) and bulk electronic publications (for example, having the same theme). The content of the e-book cabinet), a single e-book, or even the attributes of a single chapter or page to open and count.

Referring to FIG. 5, a flow chart of a method 20 for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches by instant messaging software according to a third embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown, the method 20 is applicable to the system 1 for subscribing to an electronic publication in batches in an instant messaging software. The method 20 includes a connection step (A) that provides a primary user with the primary user device and its loaded instant messaging software and the content server 2 of the system 1 having electronic publications E_1, E_2, ... to E_n Internet connection, and the primary user is instant messaging software One of the group platforms (for example: the public number of the WeChat communication platform). However, the method can further categorize and display the subject content of the electronic publications E_1, E_2, ... to E_n to provide the main user with more convenient bulk subscription of the required electronic publication.

Next, the method 20 further includes a selection setting step (B), which provides the main user to connect to the content server 2 from the user operation interface 3 displayed by the main user device 7, and can then batch according to actual needs. Subscribe to the e-newsletter E_1 to E_m. At the same time, the method 20 also provides the main user to set the total number of readings and the opening reading time of the electronic publication of the batch subscription by using the user operation interface 3, wherein in the embodiment, the main user selects the total number of points through the setting. The upper limit of the number of reading accounts for the batch subscription e-newsletter corresponding to the decision. In this way, when the total number of open sub-users reaches the reading account number, the method 20 stops opening the viewing permission of the at least one electronic publication; on the other hand, when the open browsing time limit of the electronic subscription of the batch subscription reaches the reading time limit, The method 20 uniformly stops the reading rights of the sub-users, thereby effectively controlling the number of accounts and the effective viewing period.

Moreover, the method 20 further includes a link generation step (C) for generating a corresponding click link 41 according to the electronic publications E_1 to E_m subscribed by the main user and providing the corresponding click link 41 to the main user, so that the click link 41 is displayed on the instant communication. The message on the software is displayed in the function option field of page 81.

In addition, the method 20 further includes an open counting step (D), which provides a sub-user who joins the group platform that focuses on the primary user, and can be connected to the primary user in the instant messaging software by the user device 8 thereof. On the information display page 81, and by clicking the click link 41 to open the viewing rights of the electronic subscriptions E_1 to E_m of the batch subscription, and correspondingly generating and counting the number of points used for viewing, and the introductory texts of the electronic publications E_1 to E_m and The image is displayed in the sub-user device 8 by means of a presentation in a reading bookcase field. At the same time, in the method of opening the counting (D), the method 20 also registers the total number of sub-users who have opened the viewing permission according to the login account of the instant user's instant messaging software, and each login sub-user corresponds to Generate a view using points. In this way, the method 20 can be based on the actual design and usage requirements, and for the user account (for example, the login account of the instant messaging software), the bulk electronic publication (for example: having the same subject content), a single e-book, or even The attributes of a single chapter or page are used to open the viewing permission and count the number of points used for viewing.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely examples for convenience of description, and the scope of the claims is intended to be limited to the above embodiments.

Claims (5)

A system for mass-subscribing an electronic publication by an instant messaging software, comprising: a content server comprising a plurality of electronic publications; a user operation interface; a processing unit; a counting unit; and a storage unit storing the program; When the processing unit executes the program, the following operations are performed: controlling the user operation interface to display the plurality of electronic publications, to provide a primary user to select and subscribe to at least one electronic publication, and setting one of the at least one electronic publications to view the total point. The primary user is a group platform on the instant messaging software; when the primary user selects to subscribe to the at least one electronic publication, the processing unit correspondingly generates a click link of the at least one electronic publication; and when joining the primary At least one sub-user of the user's group platform views the at least one electronic publication by the main user on the click-through link on the message display page of the instant messaging software to open the at least one sub-user to view the at least one electronic publication When the viewing authority is read, the counting unit correspondingly generates a browsing usage point; wherein when the counting unit is tired Reading the count of the use of the viewing points total points accumulated, the processing unit stops the opening of at least one viewing authority viewing of electronic publications. For example, the system for requesting the instant messaging software to subscribe to the electronic publication in batches, wherein the user operation interface further comprises providing the primary user to set one of the at least one electronic publications to open the reading time limit. The system of requesting an instant messaging software to subscribe to an electronic publication in batches, wherein the user operation interface displays the electronic publications according to the subject content of the electronic publications to provide the primary user to subscribe to the electronic publications in batches. And the display unit is further configured to: according to the category content of the electronic publication of the batch subscription, correspondingly generate a plurality of subject reading bookcase fields embedded in the link, and display the instant communication In the software, each of the subject reading bookcase field embedding links provides the at least one sub-user click to display an electronic publication having the same subject, thereby providing the at least one sub-user to select the viewing. The system for requesting the instant messaging software to subscribe to the electronic publication in batches according to claim 3, wherein the counting unit reads the point of view of the embedded bookcase field according to each e-book or each topic, and counts the browsing use point corresponding to the permission to open the browsing permission. number. For example, the system for requesting the instant messaging software to subscribe to the electronic publication in batches, wherein the counting unit counts the number of viewing points corresponding to the viewing permission according to the login account of the at least one child user in the instant messaging software.