WO2013165055A1

WO2013165055A1 - Motion picture content service system and method

Info

Publication number: WO2013165055A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/007136
Authority: WO
Inventors: 임사성; 이승협; 박정준; 김상근
Original assignee: 주식회사 싸이칸엔터테인먼트
Priority date: 2012-04-30
Filing date: 2012-09-05
Publication date: 2013-11-07
Also published as: KR20130122345A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a motion picture content service system and method. The motion picture content service system according to the present invention comprises: a data collection unit for collecting motion picture information including a unique URL of the motion picture from an image content service site; a web service unit for providing the collected motion picture information to a user and enabling the user to select the motion picture to be included in a playback list; and a database unit for storing the playback list including the unique URL corresponding to the motion picture selected by the user. According to the present invention, users may enjoy, through a single playback list, various motion picture contents served by different motion picture content service sites. Further, various motion picture contents served by different motion picture content service sites can be conveniently posted in a single playback list on a facebook, twitter, mini homepage or other web pages.

Description

Video content service system and method

The present invention relates to a video content service system and method, and more particularly, to a video content service system and method that can serve a variety of video content serviced from different video content service site through a single playlist.

Recently, as the video content service sites such as YouTube, ustream and Vimeo have been activated, the number of users has increased significantly. In addition to directly accessing and using the video content service site, many users share the video through functions and APIs that enable them to share the video service from the video content service site to other web services and social network services. It is useful.

In detail, users post and post a video service provided by a video content service site to a social network service such as Facebook, blog, Twitter, and the like, and a service that allows a visitor to easily use the corresponding video is provided. However, since the API functions provided by each video content service site are all different, it is impossible to create a list that can play videos serviced by different video content service sites, and each video is posted separately.

As the video is posted and shared as a single content unit, its utilization is not greatly improved except for a function in which a visitor clicks and views an individual posted video.

Meanwhile, as disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2006-0077911, there was a service of providing background music in order according to a playlist designated by a user through a personal homepage service including a mini homepage or a blog. The company that operates the blog was connected to provide a separate sound server, and it was not possible to use the video service from different video content service sites.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a video content service system and method capable of serving various video contents serviced by different video content service sites through a single playlist.

[Measures to solve the problem]

The video content service system according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the technical problem, a data collection unit for collecting video information including the unique URL of the video from the video content service site, the collected video information to the user And a web service unit configured to provide a selection of a video to be included in the playlist, and a database unit for storing a playlist including a unique URL corresponding to the selected video from the user.

The web service unit may include a playlist page including a player area into which a player playing a video included in the generated playlist is inserted and an information display area displaying information about a video included in the generated playlist. can do.

The playlist may include a playback order of a video included in the playlist.

The system may be configured to transmit a URL including play time information of a video being played on a first user terminal connected to the playlist page to a second user terminal connected to the playlist page and the first user terminal. The second user terminal may further include a synchronization support unit for synchronizing and playing the same video.

The first user terminal may be an information communication terminal used by the user who created the playlist, and the second user terminal may be an information communication terminal used by another user who has selected to watch a video included in the playlist.

The playlist page may include a chat area, and the system may further include a chat support unit supporting at least one of a text chat and a video chat between the first user terminal and the second user terminal.

The playlist may include a first video serviced by the first video content service site and a second video serviced by the second video content service site.

The data collection unit collects metadata about the video from which the URL is collected at the video content service site, and the metadata includes at least one of a thumbnail image, a singer, a title, and an author corresponding to the video from which the URL is collected. It may include.

The web page providing information on the video in which the URL is collected includes the thumbnail image, and when a playlist addition icon is selected that is activated when a pointing means is placed on the thumbnail image, a playlist selection window is activated to enable the thumbnail. The playlist may be selected to include a video corresponding to the image.

The web page providing information on the video in which the URL is collected includes an area corresponding to a predetermined playlist, and the playlist management unit is configured to drag the thumbnail image to an area corresponding to the predetermined playlist. When positioned, the video corresponding to the dragged thumbnail image may be included in the predetermined playlist.

The video content service method according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the technical problem, collecting the video information including the unique URL of the video from the video content service site, providing the collected video information to the user and Selecting a video to be included in the playlist, and storing a playlist including a unique URL corresponding to the selected video from the user.

The method may further include providing a playlist page including a player area into which a player playing a video included in the playlist is inserted and an information display area displaying information about the video included in the playlist. can do.

The method may include receiving a URL including play time information of a video being played at a first user terminal accessing the playlist page, and accessing a URL including play time information of the video to the playlist page. The method may further include transmitting the same video to the second user terminal so that the same video is synchronized and played on the first user terminal and the second user terminal.

According to the present invention, a user can watch various video contents serviced by different video content service sites through one playlist. In addition, you can conveniently post various video contents serviced by different video content service sites through one playlist to Facebook, Twitter, Myspace or other web pages.

1 is a block diagram provided to explain a video content service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the service providing server of FIG. 1 in more detail.

3 is a flowchart provided to explain a playlist generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 8 are diagrams illustrating a web page provided for a video content service according to the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a playlist page according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart provided to explain a live broadcast mode operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the service providing server 100 according to the present invention may include at least one video

content service site

200a, 200b,... 200m and a plurality of

user terminals

300a, 300b,..., Via a communication network 10. , 300n) can exchange various information and data.

The communication network 10 is not only a data network including a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, etc., but also a telephone network, 2G, 3G. It may include 4G mobile communication network, Wi-Fi network, Wibro network, etc., and it does not matter wired and wireless, and may use any communication method.

Video content service sites (200a, 200b, ..., 200m) is uploaded video files from the user or content provider, such as YouTube (ustream), Vimeo (Vimeo), the

user terminal

300a , 300b, ..., 300n) provides a service that streams on request.

Video content service sites (200a, 200b, ..., 200m) may provide information on the uploaded video based on the open API. The information about the video includes a unique URL and metadata of the video, and the metadata may include information about a thumbnail image, a singer, a title, an author, and the like. The video

content service sites

200a, 200b, ..., 200m may be provided with a function of a player that supports playing video content of the corresponding site based on an open API.

The

user terminals

300a, 300b, ..., 300n are not only desktop computers but also notebook computers, workstations, palmtop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), web pads, mobile communication terminals, smart phones, It may be implemented as an information communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving information by connecting to the communication network 10 by wire or wirelessly, such as a smart TV or a tablet.

The service providing server 100 provides a service that enables various video contents serviced by different video

content service sites

200a, 200b, ..., 200m to be used through a single playlist.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the service providing server of FIG. 1 in more detail.

2, the service providing server 100 may include a data collecting unit 110, a database unit 130, a web service unit 150, a playlist management unit 170, and a synchronization support unit 190. .

The data collector 110 may collect information about a video serviced by the corresponding site using the API provided by the video

content service site

200a, 200b,. The data collection unit 110 collects information about the video from the video content service site (200a, 200b, ..., 200m) from time to time or at predetermined intervals according to the conditions set by the operator of the service providing server 100, database 130 may be updated.

The database unit 130 stores a variety of information and data required by the service providing server 100 and provides a function according to need. Specifically, the database unit 130 stores the unique URL and metadata of the video collected through the data collection unit 110. Can be stored. In addition, the database unit 130 may store a playlist created by the user.

The web service unit 150 provides a web page necessary for the video content service according to the present invention to the

user terminals

300a, 300b, ..., 300n. In more detail, the web service unit 150 may provide a web page including video information to the

user terminal

300a, 300b,..., 300n based on the video content metadata collected through the data collection unit 110. have. The web service unit 150 may receive a selection of a video to be included in a playlist from a user on a web page. In addition, the web service unit 150 may allow a user to perform a task such as creating, editing, or deleting a playlist on a web page. Meanwhile, the web service unit 150 may provide a web page (hereinafter, referred to as a playlist page) in which a player is inserted so that a video included in a specific playlist may be watched in a playback order. In this case, including a video in a playlist does not mean physically including the video file itself in the playlist, but means that the video is selected as a video to be serviced from the video

content service site

200a, 200b, ..., 200m through the playlist. do.

The playlist management unit 170 performs a function of updating the database unit 130 by reflecting the user's playlist creation, editing, and deletion contents on the web page provided by the web service unit 150. In addition, the playlist management unit 170 assigns and manages a unique URL corresponding to the playlist when the user first creates the playlist.

When the first user who created the playlist sets the live broadcast mode, the synchronization support unit 190 performs a function of supporting another second user who views the playlist by synchronizing and viewing the same video. To this end, when the second user accesses the playlist page, the synchronization support unit 190 may provide the play time information of the video being played on the user terminal 300a of the first user to the user terminal 300b of the second user. Can be.

Hereinafter, a playlist generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the user terminal 200a is connected (S310), the web service unit 150 may basically provide a web page 40 as illustrated in FIG. 4 (S320). The web page 30 may include a thumbnail image, title, and artist information 41 about a video in which unique URLs and metadata are collected, and other information such as views, user ratings, authors, etc. may be optionally included. . The video on which the information is displayed on the web page 40 may be determined according to predetermined criteria, for example, the number of views, user ratings, or the like, or information about the video selected by the operator of the service providing server 100 may be displayed. Meanwhile, according to the exemplary embodiment, the user may input a desired song title or singer in the search box 42 included in the web page 40, and in this case, the web service unit 130 may use the database unit 120. Video information corresponding to a word entered in a search box may be provided as a search result.

The user may generate a playlist using the playlist creation menu 43 on the web page 40 as illustrated in FIG. 4 (S330). 4 illustrates an example in which the video content service according to the present invention is applied to music listening, and a "music list" may correspond to a "playlist". When a user creates a playlist, the playlist 44 created by the user may be displayed as illustrated in FIG. 5. The playlist 44 is displayed when the user logs in with his or her ID.

The generated playlist may be given a corresponding unique URL (hereinafter referred to as playlist unique URL). Playlist unique URLs allow users to post their own playlists later on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, or other web pages. The user can later watch the videos contained in the playlist via the playlist page corresponding to the unique URL.

Next, the user may select a video on the page on which the video information is displayed and include it in the playlist (S340). Video selection can be made in a variety of ways.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, when the pointing means 50 is positioned on the thumbnail image 45, the add playlist icon 46 is activated to receive a selection from the user to include the video in the playlist. Can be. If the play list add icon 46 is selected, a play list selection window 60 as illustrated in FIG. 7 is activated to allow a user to select a play list 61 to include a video. Finally, if the user selects Add to Playlist 62, the video is included in the playlist.

Of course, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the thumbnail image 50 may be dragged and positioned in the region 47 corresponding to the desired playlist, so that a video corresponding to the dragged thumbnail image may be included in the playlist. . In addition to the methods illustrated above, there are various ways to include a video in a playlist.

When a video to be included in the playlist is selected from the user in the above manner, the playlist manager 170 includes the unique URL of the video in the playlist in the database 120. In addition, according to a user's selection, an additional video may be included in a playlist, or a video included in the playlist may be deleted from the playlist. This is described in detail below.

Next, a video service method using the playlist page will be described.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the user logs in to a video content service site according to the present invention and selects a playlist, or selects a playlist posted on a blog, twitter, facebook, or other web page, the web service unit 150 selects a playlist. In addition, a playlist page corresponding thereto may be provided as illustrated in FIG. 9.

The playlist page 90 includes a player area 91 into which a player playing a video is inserted, and an information display area 92 displaying information on a video included in the playlist, and according to an embodiment, the chat area. (93).

The chat area 93 is an area where users connected to the same playlist page can talk with each other and can support text chat or video chat.

The player inserted into the player area 91 may stream and play the video from the video

content service site

200a, 200b, ..., 200m according to a preset playback order using the video unique URL included in the playlist.

The user can delete the video from the playlist by selecting the delete icon 95 that is activated when the pointing means 50 is placed on the thumbnail image 94 of the video displayed in the information display area 92. Of course, you can also add a video to the playlist by selecting the add icon (96).

In addition, the user may change the playback order by dragging the thumbnail image of the video displayed on the information display area 92 to move the position. For example, moving the thumbnail image 97 in front of the thumbnail image 94 may change the playback order. By default, the playback order is determined by the order in which the videos are included in the playlist, but as described above, the user can change the order in which the videos are played.

The user can also set the live mode for the playlist he created. For example, the live broadcast mode setting icon 98 may be included in the playlist page, and the user may set the live broadcast mode in the corresponding playlist by selecting the icon 98.

Hereinafter, the live broadcast mode operation will be described in detail.

Referring to FIG. 10, a first user who has created a playlist may access a playlist page through the first user terminal 200a and set a live broadcast mode (S1010). When the live broadcast mode is set in step S1010, the service providing server 100 may restrict the first user from arbitrarily changing the video playback order of the corresponding playlist or editing operation such as adding or deleting a video.

Next, after the live broadcast mode is set, when the second user accesses the same playlist page through the second user terminal 300b (S1020), the synchronization support unit 160 may present the playlist page from the first user terminal 300a. The video being played and the play time information may be received and provided to the second user terminal 300b (S1030). As a result, the same video may be synchronized and played in the first user terminal 300a and the second user terminal 300b (S1040). Here, the video and the play time information may be exchanged in a form in which the play time information is included in a unique URL of the corresponding video.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. This medium records a program for executing the above-described moving image content service method. The media may include, alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like. Examples of such media include, but are not limited to, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CDs and DVDs, floppy disks and program commands such as magnetic, optical media, ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices configured to store and perform such operations. Alternatively, the medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

The present invention can be used to integrate a variety of video content being serviced in different video content service site through a single playlist.

Claims

A data collection unit that collects video information including a unique URL of a video from a video content service site,

A web service unit providing the collected video information to a user and selecting a video to be included in a playlist; and

A database unit for storing a playlist including a unique URL corresponding to a video selected from the user

Video content service system comprising a.
In claim 1,

The web service unit,

A video content service system providing a playlist page including a player area into which a player playing a video included in the generated playlist is inserted, and an information display area displaying information on the video included in the generated playlist. .
In claim 1,

The playlist is

A video content service system including a play order of a video included in the playlist.
In claim 2,

The URL including the play time information of the video being played in the first user terminal connected to the playlist page is transmitted to the second user terminal connected to the playlist page to transmit the first user terminal and the second user. The video content service system further comprises a synchronization support unit for allowing the same video to be synchronized and played on the terminal.
In claim 4,

And the first user terminal is an information communication terminal used by the user who created the playlist, and the second user terminal is an information communication terminal used by another user who has selected watching a video included in the playlist.
In claim 5,

The playlist page includes a chat area,

And a chat support unit supporting at least one of a text chat and a video chat between the first user terminal and the second user terminal.
In claim 1,

The playlist includes a first video served by a first video content service site and a second video served by a second video content service site.
In claim 1,

The data collection unit,

Collect metadata about the video whose URL is collected from the video content service site,

The metadata includes at least one of a thumbnail image, a singer, a title, and an author corresponding to the video from which the URL is collected.
In claim 7,

The web page providing information on the video in which the URL is collected includes the thumbnail image, and when a playlist addition icon is selected that is activated when a pointing means is placed on the thumbnail image, a playlist selection window is activated to enable the thumbnail. A video content service system configured to select a playlist to include a video corresponding to an image.
In claim 8,

The web page providing the information about the video in which the URL is collected includes an area corresponding to a predetermined playlist.

And the playlist management unit includes a video corresponding to the dragged thumbnail image in the predetermined playlist when a user drags the thumbnail image to a region corresponding to the predetermined playlist.
Collecting video information from the video content services site, including the unique URL of the video,

Providing the collected video information to a user and selecting a video to be included in a playlist; and

And storing a playlist including a unique URL corresponding to a video selected from the user.
In claim 11,

Providing a playlist page including a player area into which a player playing a video included in the playlist is inserted and an information display area displaying information about the video included in the playlist. .
In claim 12,

Receiving a URL including play time information of a video being played on a first user terminal accessing the playlist page;

And transmitting a URL including the play time information of the video to a second user terminal accessing the playlist page so that the same video is synchronized and played in the first user terminal and the second user terminal. How to serve video content.
In claim 13,

And the first user terminal is an information communication terminal used by the user who created the playlist, and the second user terminal is an information communication terminal used by another user who has selected watching a video included in the playlist.