WO2018143555A1

WO2018143555A1 - System, method and program for preventing unauthorized copies of webcomics and tracking replicated webcomics

Info

Publication number: WO2018143555A1
Application number: PCT/KR2017/014044
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이준영
Original assignee: 리마 주식회사
Priority date: 2017-01-31
Filing date: 2017-12-04
Publication date: 2018-08-09

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system, a method, and a program for preventing unauthorized copies of webcomics and tracking replicated webcomics. A method for preventing unauthorized copies of webcomics according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step (S100) in which a service server separates and stores webcomic images and dialogue text which are included in general webcomic data; a step (S110) of recognizing a user operation for a user client and recognizing a point on a webcomic that has moved from an initial position; and a step (S120) of providing final webcomic data that combines the webcomic images and the dialogue text with respect to an area displayed in real time on a screen of the user client.

Description

Webtoon unauthorized copy protection and duplicate webtoon tracking system, method and program

The present invention relates to a webtoon unauthorized copy prevention and duplicated webtoon tracking system, method and program, and more particularly, to prevent a user from copying and distributing a webtoon provided to a client, and to track a duplicated webtoon. It's about the program.

In general, online digital cartoon data service through the Internet is called a webtoon and is provided by a portal. When a cartoon server provides a cartoon data request from a mobile communication terminal (smartphone, notepad or PC) connected to a web server and the Internet, Provides cartoon data prepared through the Internet.

Recently, a lot of problems that are distributed by unauthorized copying the webtoon image. The author and the webtoon distribution platform are being damaged as a specific person copies the entire webtoon data and includes it in a cafe. When a user subscribes to a webtoon through a web page or application, the user can easily download the entire webtoon data as the entire webtoon data is provided to the user client at one time, thereby causing a lot of illegal distribution due to illegal download of the webtoon. do.

To solve this problem, there is a need for a technology that prevents webtoon subscribers from downloading the entire webtoon data illegally at once.

The present invention provides a webtoon unauthorized copy protection system, method and program that prevents illegal copying of a webtoon by preventing a partial area of the webtoon provided to a user client from being exposed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a duplicated webtoon tracking method, program and system for tracking a distributor who illegally distributes a webtoon based on identification data included in a webtoon provided to a user client.

Problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

Webtoon unauthorized copy protection method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the service server separates and stores the webtoon image and the dialogue text contained in the general webtoon data separately stored; Recognizing a user operation on a user client and recognizing a position on a webtoon which is moved from an initial position; And providing the final webtoon data by combining the webtoon image and the dialogue text with respect to the area displayed by the service server or the service application on the screen of the user client in real time.

Replicated webtoon tracking method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server providing a webtoon image to the user generating the identification data based on at least one of the user identification information and the use time information; Generating a watermark based on the identification data; Generating final webtoon data by including the generated watermark in the webtoon image; And providing the final webtoon data to a user.

According to the present invention as described above, only the area displayed on the screen of the user client combined or transparently display the dialogue text, so that the entire webtoon even if the user captures the entire successive image (ie, the entire webtoon specification) You can prevent it from saving. Through this, the user can easily prevent unauthorized copying of the webtoon by using the capture function of the user client.

In addition, according to the present invention as described above, if the capture itself is not blocked by subscribing to the webtoon using the web browser of the user client, by adding identification data that is difficult for the user to check in the webtoon, Find and punish.

In addition, by displaying the watermark generated by the webtoon server based on the user account information on the webtoon, even if the watermark is not added to all webtoons, the watermark layer is stored together only when capturing or downloading. You can prevent replication more efficiently.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a webtoon unauthorized copy prevention method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary diagram of combining text lines only in a webtoon image area displayed on a screen of a user client according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a webtoon unauthorized copy prevention method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view of transparently processing only an area displayed on a screen of a user client according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a cloned webtoon tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing an example of a duplicated webtoon tracking method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a duplicated webtoon tracking method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of allocating a webtoon image and a watermark to different layers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of inserting a plurality of watermarks according to an exemplary embodiment.

In another embodiment, the separating and storing step may be performed by the service server receiving the webtoon image and the dialogue text from the webtoon creator client in a separated state.

In another embodiment, the webtoon author client separates the webtoon image and the individual metabolic data by a dedicated program and generates the individual file when the webtoon author directly inputs the dialogue on the webtoon image.

In another exemplary embodiment, the metabolic text may include a plurality of individual metabolic data, and the individual metabolic data may include combined position data to be displayed in a specific webtoon frame.

In another embodiment, the service server divides the webtoon image into respective webtoon frames and provides first identification information; Granting, by the service server, second identification information to each metabolic location in the webtoon image; And adding the first identification information and the second identification information of the metabolic combining position of the specific webtoon frame to which the respective metabolic data is matched to the individual metabolic data as the combining position data.

In another embodiment, the final webtoon data providing step may be performed by combining individual metabolic data to a webtoon frame that will appear after the currently displayed screen according to a user's operation, and removing individual metabolic data previously associated with the webtoon image. It is characterized by.

In another embodiment, the final webtoon data providing step may include: providing, by the service server, a webtoon image of a specified image to a user client; Extracting individual metabolic data corresponding to the current display area or the webtoon frame adjacent to the current display area from the dialogue text and transmitting the extracted metabolic data to the user client; And combining the individual metabolic data with the webtoon image in real time by the service application.

Webtoon unauthorized copy protection method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the service server or service application by combining the opaque layer on the webtoon to generate the final webtoon data; Recognizing a user operation on a user client and recognizing a point on a webtoon moving from an initial position; And transparently changing and providing only an area displayed on the screen by a user client operation.

The webtoon unauthorized copy protection program according to another embodiment of the present invention is combined with a computer which is hardware to execute the aforementioned webtoon unauthorized copy protection method and is stored in a medium.

Duplicate webtoon tracking method according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of generating identification data based on at least one of user identification information and usage time information by a server providing a webtoon image to the user; Generating a watermark based on the identification data; Generating final webtoon data by including the generated watermark in the webtoon image; And providing the final webtoon data to a user.

The duplicated webtoon tracking method may further include searching for the watermark in the duplicated webtoon data when the final webtoon data is copied, and restoring the identification data based on the watermark to identify an illegal distributor. It may further include.

The generating of the final webtoon data may include disposing the watermark at a location that is not visually distinguished in the webtoon image.

In addition, the watermark may be input in the form of a barcode in the space between the webtoon frames or may be thinly input along the image line in the webtoon.

The generating of the final webtoon image may include: generating a first layer including the webtoon image; Generating a second layer including the watermark at a watermark attachable position received from a service server; And combining the first layer and the second layer to generate the final webtoon image.

The generating of the watermark may include generating the plurality of watermarks by dividing the identification data into a plurality of pieces, and generating the final webtoon data by generating the plurality of watermarks in the plurality of areas in the webtoon image. The method may include disposing a plurality of generated watermarks.

The plurality of watermarks may overlap a part of the divided identification data.

The generating of the plurality of watermarks may include restoring data including information on a position and an arrangement order of the plurality of watermarks in order to restore the identification data based on the plurality of watermarks. It may comprise the step of generating.

In addition, when the plurality of watermarks are composed of text, characters that are difficult to distinguish may be set to one group, and only one character may be selected as a character that can be used within one set group.

The duplicated webtoon tracking program according to another embodiment of the present invention is combined with a computer which is hardware to execute the above-described webtoon unauthorized copy protection method and is stored in a medium.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms, and only the embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the present specification may be used in a sense that can be commonly understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, the terms defined in the commonly used dictionaries are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless they are specifically defined clearly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, "comprises" and / or "comprising" does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the mentioned components.

In the present specification, 'general webtoon data' means general webtoon data in which dialogue and images are combined.

In the present specification, 'webtoon image' means that the dialogue is excluded from the general webtoon data and includes only the image.

In the present specification, 'metabolism' refers to data collected by collecting dialogue contained in general webtoon data.

In the present specification, 'individual metabolic data' means each metabolism included in the metabolic text. 'Individual metabolic data' may be applied to a unit included in a specific speech bubble in each webtoon frame.

In the present specification, 'opaque layer' means a layer that can be transparently processed only for a specific region.

In the present specification, 'final webtoon data' means webtoon data processed so that a part of webtoon images or dialogue texts constituting general webtoon data is not displayed.

In the present specification, the 'service server' is a server that stores the author's webtoon data and provides the webtoon data to the user client.

In the present specification, the 'service application' is an application for providing a webtoon received from a service server. The 'service application' may merely serve to provide a specific type of webtoon data provided from the service server, or may generate a final webtoon data by combining the webtoon image and the dialogue text provided from the service server.

In the present specification, the "webtoon producer client" refers to a client device used by a webtoon producer and a terminal device for transmitting webtoon data to a service server.

In the present specification, 'user client' refers to a terminal device displaying web toon data received from a service server or web toon data generated by a service application on a screen.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, webtoon unauthorized copy protection and duplicated webtoon tracking system, method and program will be described in detail.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the webtoon unauthorized copy protection method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the service server separately stores and stores the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 included in the general webtoon data (S100). ; Recognizing a user operation on the user client and recognizing a point on a webtoon moving from an initial position (S110); And providing final webtoon data in which the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 are combined with respect to an area displayed in real time on the screen of the user client (S120). That is, the service server separately manages the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 and provides only the area provided to the user client by combining the webtoon image and the dialogue text 200. Hereinafter, a detailed description of each step will be described.

The service server separates and stores the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 included in the webtoon (S100). In one embodiment, the service server receives the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 separately from the client of the webtoon producer (ie, author). That is, the service server receives the webtoon image and the dialogue text 200 in text from the webtoon producer. Webtoon authors can also make a separate text file after drawing the webtoon image (100) in the webtoon creator client, or automatically perform a webtoon after performing a general webtoon writing process (ie, inputting a dialogue directly in a speech bubble in a webtoon). As the webtoon is performed using a program that separates the image 100 and the dialogue text 200, the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 may be automatically generated.

Further, in another embodiment, the service server recognizes and extracts text from the general webtoon received from the webtoon producer client through OCR, image recognition, etc., and removes the text in the webtoon to generate the webtoon image 100. . That is, the webtoon producer performs the webtoon production process in the user's client in the conventional manner and transmits general webtoon data including the dialogue to the service server, and the service server transmits the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 through OCR or image recognition. Perform the process of separating. The manner in which the service server separates and stores the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 is not limited to the above-described method, and various methods may be applied.

In addition, the webtoon image 100 and the metabolic text 200 are separated and stored and then combined and displayed on the screen of the user client, so that the webtoon image 100 or the metabolic text 200 has data about the metabolic position (ie , Coupling position data). In one embodiment, the individual metabolic data 210 included in the metabolic text 200 may include data about a position to be displayed on the webtoon image 100. That is, the webtoon frame information and location information in the frame may be included in each dialogue. Wherein the location information, one or more areas (i.e., a binding area) to which metabolisms are to be combined within each webtoon frame are designated, and an identification number is assigned to each coupling area. It may be an identification number corresponding to the coupling area (or coupling position).

To this end, the service server divides the webtoon image 100 into respective webtoon frames and gives first identification information. The first identification information is identification information that matches a specific webtoon frame. Thereafter, the service server assigns the second identification information to each metabolic position in the webtoon image 100. The second identification information is identification information matching each coupling area (or coupling position) existing in the webtoon frame. Thereafter, the service server adds the first identification information and the second identification information for the metabolic position of the specific webtoon frame to which the respective metabolic data 210 is matched to the individual metabolic data 210 as combined position data.

The service server or service application recognizes a user operation on the user client and recognizes a point on the webtoon moving from an initial position (S110). That is, the service server or the service application recognizes the current screen position of the user client provided with the webtoon in the entire webtoon image 100.

In one embodiment, the service application installed in the user client calculates the current screen position by grasping the user operation state that the user inputs to receive the next area of the webtoon for the user client. For example, if the user client is a PC, a service application installed on the PC (for example, a program running with an Internet browser when a webtoon is subscribed using a web page) measures the scrolling performance using the mouse. The current screen position reached from the initial position of the webtoon is calculated. In addition, for example, when the user client is a mobile terminal having a touch screen, the service application installed in the mobile terminal may change the screen change speed according to the swiping degree or the swiping operation (for example, the user swipes strongly). The screen is quickly changed as a result of the measurement, and the current screen position reached from the initial position of the webtoon is calculated.

The service server or the service application provides a combination of the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 for the area displayed in real time on the screen of the user client (S120). That is, the service server or the service application combines the dialogue text 200 only in the webtoon image 100 area corresponding to the screen position displayed on the user client.

For example, when the webtoon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 are combined by a service application, the individual meta data 210 is combined with a webtoon frame that will appear after the currently displayed screen according to a user's operation. The individual meta data 210 coupled to the webtoon image 100 is removed. At this time, the service server may transmit in real time in the encrypted state 200.

In one embodiment, in step S120, the service application installed on the user client may combine the web toon image 100 and the dialogue text 200 to display the final web toon data on the screen. For example, the service server provides the webtoon image 100 of the specified character to the user client, and the metabolic data 210 corresponding to the current display area or the webtoon frame adjacent to the current display area in the dialogue text 200. Can be extracted and sent to the user client. Thereafter, the service application may combine the individual metabolic data 210 with the webtoon image 100 in real time.

Further, for example, when the webtoon data is provided to the user client from the service server in units of one or more webtoon frames as a set, the service server may encode or encrypt the entire text data itself included in the specification of the specific webtoon to the user client. To transmit. The service server then provides one or more webtoon frames (i.e., framesets) to the user client that must be displayed on the screen later. Thereafter, the service server may request a service application in the user client to combine the dialogue text 200 corresponding to the received webtoon frame.

In another embodiment, in step S120, the service server combines the dialogue with a webtoon frame (for example, a specific number of webtoon frames after the webtoon frame currently displayed on the screen of the user client) requested by the user client. Can provide webtoon data. Through this, the webtoon frame provided from the service server to the user client is provided in the form of a general webtoon in which the dialogue is combined or the entire general webtoon image 100 is not provided at a time, and the entire webtoon includes all the dialogue at once. In other words, general webtoon data) can be illegally downloaded at a time.

In addition, the service server or service application may store the encrypted text 200. The service server or service application decrypts and stores the encrypted words stored on the webtoon image 100. Through this, even if the user continuously captures the webtoon full screen capture for unauthorized copy / copy of the webtoon, the area other than the display area provided on the user client screen does not include the dialogue text 200, and thus the captured image to be illegally distributed. Will not be generated immediately. Therefore, by storing or capturing the entire image of the webtoon provided on the user client, it is possible to prevent the webtoon specificity from being illegally distributed.

3 and 4, in the webtoon unauthorized copy protection method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of generating a final webtoon data by combining the opaque layer 300 on the webtoon service server or service application ( S200); Recognizing a user operation on the user client and recognizing a point on a webtoon moving from an initial position (S210); And transparently changing and providing only an area displayed on the screen by a user client operation (S220). That is, by combining the opaque layer 300 on the webtoon, illegal copying is prevented by transparently providing only the screen display area provided to the user client. Hereinafter, a detailed description of each step will be described.

The service server or service application combines the opaque layer 300 on the webtoon (S200). In one embodiment, the service server generates the final web toon data combining the opaque layer 300 to the general web toon data including the dialogue, and transmits the final web toon data to the user client. In another embodiment, the service application combines an opaque layer 300 that can be switched to transparent for some areas on the webtoon after receiving the general webtoon data from the service server.

The service server or the service application recognizes a user operation on the user client and recognizes a point on the webtoon moving from the initial position (S210; same as S110).

Thereafter, the service server or the service application transparently changes and provides only the area displayed on the screen by the user client operation (S220).

Through this, it is possible to make it impossible to capture and store the entire webtoon provided at once through communication to the user client. That is, a user who wants to illegally distribute webtoons must capture a portion displayed on a user client screen, so that the entire area can be stored, thereby providing a difficulty in generating a file for illegal distribution of webtoons.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a cloned webtoon tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a view showing an example of a duplicated webtoon tracking method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the service application 400 may receive webtoon data from the service server 500 and provide the same to the user. In this case, the service application 400 may be one of applications installed in the user terminal, and may receive webtoon data from a server in real time or provide stored webtoon data to a user.

Meanwhile, the service server 500 obtains the identification data generated based on at least one of user identification information and usage time information. That is, the service server 500 transmits the user identification information (for example, user ID, telephone number, etc.) and time information to be transmitted as identification data while transmitting the entire webtoon or the specificization to the service application 400 of a specific user client. Can be obtained. Of course, the identification data is not necessarily limited to the above-described configuration, it can be easily understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may include various data for identifying the user who downloaded the webtoon.

The service server 500 generates a watermark so that the identification data is included in the webtoon image.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, the identification data 501 may be converted into very small letters which are not visually identified, and displayed on the area between the webtoon frames 502 or the speech bubble border 503 in the webtoons. Alternatively, in another embodiment including the identification data in the webtoon image, the service server 500 may add the identification data in the webtoon image in a color similar to the background color other than the dialogue and invisible to the naked eye. In addition, the service server 500 may input encrypted data without directly inputting identification data.

In addition, in another embodiment including identification data in the webtoon image, data (eg, barcode data) encrypted with the identification data is divided and displayed in a plurality of areas in the webtoon, so that the user does not recognize the identification data. can do. Specifically, the service server 500 encrypts the identification data and generates a specific identification code (for example, a barcode). After that, the service server 500 divides the identification code into a plurality and adds the plurality of areas in the webtoon. For example, the service server adds a split identification code (ie, a plurality of codes formed by splitting one identification code) into an area between webtoon frames or a speech balloon border in a webtoon frame. The service server checks the illegally distributed user by extracting and restoring a plurality of partition identification codes included in the illegally distributed webtoon.

The service server 500 may include data for identifying the position and arrangement order of the segment identification code in the webtoon to restore the identification code. In addition, in order to restore the identification code, the service server 500 may perform partitioning so that there exists an overlapping part of the identification code, and connect the division identification code searched in the webtoon to allow restoration.

Through this, even if the webtoon specificization is provided to the user client without subscribing the webtoon without using the service application connected with the service server 500, the user can take action after finding and illegally copying and distributing the webtoon. This will reduce the number of users attempting to pirate webtoons.

Meanwhile, in the description of FIGS. 5 and 6, a method in which the service server 500 obtains identification data and generates final webtoon data and provides the same to the service application is described. However, the service application 400 installed in the client terminal identifies a user. Those skilled in the art can easily understand that data can be obtained and generated based on the watermark to be included in the webtoon image.

If the watermark is generated in the service application 400, the webtoon service server 500 does not need to add the watermark to all the webtoons, and the watermark overlaps only when the user who wants to copy illegally captures or downloads the webtoons. The image can be stored as an image, and the watermark reflecting user identification data can be included even in an offline state.

Referring to FIG. 7, in step S600, the service server 500 providing a webtoon image to a user generates identification data based on at least one of user identification information and usage time information. By including not only user identification information but also usage time information, it is possible to more precisely identify who is illegally distributing by restoring identification data from webtoon images later.

In operation S610, the service server 500 generates a watermark based on the identification data.

In this case, the plurality of watermarks may be generated by dividing the identification data into a plurality. In addition, part of the identification data to be divided may overlap.

In order to restore the identification data based on the plurality of watermarks, the restoration data including information on the position and arrangement order of the plurality of watermarks may be generated. For example, when the identification mark includes a duplicate portion and is divided into a plurality of pieces and combined with the webtoon image as a watermark, recombination information may be needed to generate the identification mark again. This may be stored by the service server 500 or the service application 400 in the form of restoration data.

In addition, when a plurality of watermarks are composed of text, an identification data formation key that sets characters that are difficult to distinguish when restoring to identification data into one group, and selects only one character within the set group as characters that can be used. You can set a set. For example, you can group similar characters such as I (uppercase child) and l (lowercase letter L) into a group and specify that only one of them can be used.

In operation S620, the service server 500 includes the generated watermark in the webtoon image to generate final webtoon data. In this case, the service server 500 may arrange the watermark at a position that is not visually distinguished within the webtoon image. For example, the watermark may be input in the form of a barcode in the space between the webtoon frames or may be input thinly along the image line in the webtoon.

Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment, the service application 400 may generate a first layer including a webtoon image and receive a candidate location for watermark attachment from the service server 500. After generating the second layer having the generated watermark at one of the candidate positions, the final webtoon data to be provided to the user may be generated by combining the first layer and the second layer. That is, when generating the webtoon image layer and the watermark layer separately, the service application 400 may determine the watermark attachment position by recognizing the webtoon image, and a plurality of watermark attachable position information predetermined from the service server 500. Acquire a plurality of the plurality of locations and may be attached to a plurality of watermarks.

In operation S630, the service application 400 receives final webtoon data from the service server 500 and provides the final webtoon data to the user. Here, the service application 400 may include not only a dedicated application for providing a webtoon, but also a web browser installed basically on a user terminal.

Meanwhile, the duplicated webtoon tracking method further includes searching for the watermark in the duplicated webtoon data when the final webtoon data is copied, and restoring the identification data based on the watermark to identify illegal distributors. can do.

When one identification mark is divided and arranged in the form of a plurality of watermarks, the identification mark may be restored based on the reconstructed data for each webtoon after searching for the divided watermark units.

Referring to FIG. 8, the final webtoon data may be divided into a first layer 701 including a webtoon image and a second layer 702 including text data. The first layer 701 and the second layer 702 overlap each other only at the steps provided to the user, thereby making it difficult for the user to illegally capture or store the webtoon. In addition, the watermark based on the user identification data 700 may be included in the second layer 702 so that the second layer 702 may be easily located in a location that is difficult to see in the webtoon. In particular, the watermark may be inserted in a different location for each web application of the service application 400, thereby making it difficult for an illegal copyer to arbitrarily delete the watermark.

Referring to FIG. 9, the identification data 800 may be divided into a plurality of

watermarks

801, 802, and 803 and displayed on the webtoon. In this case, the position where the watermark is attached may be determined by the application 400 or the service server 500, and may be attached to various attachable positions by dividing into several regions without displaying them all in one region. In addition, some of the identification data may be duplicated (802 and 803) in the plurality of watermarks, and in the case of observing the plurality of watermarks, the identification data may be encrypted so that it is difficult to recognize whether or not the identification data. . Of course, in this case, it is possible to separately generate and manage the restoration data to enable the identification mark to be restored again.

According to the present invention as described above, if the capture itself cannot be blocked by subscribing the webtoon using the web browser of the user client, the identification data that is difficult for the user to add is added to the webtoon to find and punish illegal distributors afterwards. can do.

The above-described webtoon unauthorized copy prevention and duplication tracking method according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be implemented as a program (or an application) and stored in a medium to be executed in combination with a computer which is hardware.

The above-described program includes C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, etc. which can be read by the computer's processor (CPU) through the computer's device interface so that the computer reads the program and executes the methods implemented as the program. Code may be coded in the computer language of. Such code may include functional code associated with a function or the like that defines the necessary functions for executing the methods, and includes control procedures related to execution procedures necessary for the computer's processor to execute the functions according to a predetermined procedure. can do. In addition, the code may further include memory reference code for additional information or media required for the computer's processor to execute the functions at which location (address address) of the computer's internal or external memory should be referenced. have. Also, if the processor of the computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server remotely in order to execute the functions, the code may be used to communicate with any other computer or server remotely using the communication module of the computer. It may further include a communication related code for whether to communicate, what information or media should be transmitted and received during communication.

The stored medium is not a medium for storing data for a short time such as a register, a cache, a memory, but semi-permanently, and means a medium that can be read by the device. Specifically, examples of the storage medium include, but are not limited to, a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like. That is, the program may be stored in various recording media on various servers to which the computer can access or various recording media on the computer of the user. The media may also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored in a distributed fashion.

According to the present invention as described above, only the area displayed on the screen of the user client combined or transparently display the dialogue text, so that the entire webtoon even if the user captures a continuous image (ie, the entire webtoon specification) You can prevent it from being saved. Through this, the user can easily prevent unauthorized copying of the webtoon by using the capture function of the user client.

In the above, embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. I can understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

Claims

A separate storage step of the service server separating and storing the webtoon image and the dialogue text included in the general webtoon data;

Recognizing a user operation on a user client and recognizing a position on a webtoon which is moved from an initial position; And

And providing the final webtoon data by combining the webtoon image and the dialogue text with respect to an area displayed on the screen of the user client by the service server or the service application in real time.
The method of claim 1,

The separated storage step,

And the service server receives the webtoon image and the dialogue text in a separated state from the webtoon creator client.
The method of claim 2,

The webtoon author client,

When a webtoon author directly inputs a dialogue on a webtoon image, the webtoon image and individual meta data are separated by a dedicated program and generated as individual files.
The method of claim 1,

The metabolic text includes a plurality of individual metabolic data,

And the individual metabolic data includes combined position data to be displayed in a specific webtoon frame.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The service server dividing the webtoon image into respective webtoon frames and assigning first identification information;

Granting, by the service server, second identification information to each metabolic location in the webtoon image; And

And adding the first identification information and the second identification information of the metabolic position of the specific webtoon frame to which the respective metabolic data is matched to the individual metabolic data as the combined positional data. Prevention method.
The method of claim 1,

The final webtoon data providing step,

Combining the individual meta data to the web toon frame to appear next to the currently displayed screen according to the user operation, characterized in that to remove the individual meta data previously combined in the web toon image, Webtoon unauthorized copy protection method.
The method of claim 1,

The final webtoon data providing step,

Providing, by the service server, a webtoon image of a specified image to a user client;

Extracting individual metabolic data corresponding to the current display area or the webtoon frame adjacent to the current display area from the dialogue text and transmitting the extracted metabolic data to the user client; And

And combining the individual metabolic data with the webtoon image in real time by the service application.
A service server or a service application combining the opaque layers on the webtoon to generate final webtoon data;

Recognizing a user operation on a user client and recognizing a point on a webtoon moving from an initial position; And

And transparently changing and providing only an area displayed on the screen by a user client operation.
9. A webtoon unauthorized copy protection program, coupled to a computer, which is hardware, stored on a medium for carrying out the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.
Generating identification data based on at least one of user identification information and usage time information by a server providing a webtoon image to a user;

Generating a watermark based on the identification data;

Generating final webtoon data by including the generated watermark in the webtoon image; And

And providing the final webtoon data to a user.
The method of claim 10, wherein the duplicated webtoon tracking method is

Searching for the watermark in the duplicated webtoon data when the final webtoon data is copied, and restoring the identification data based on the watermark to identify illegal distributors.
The method of claim 10,

The step of generating the final web toon data

And disposing the watermark at a position that is not visually distinguished in the webtoon image.
The method of claim 12,

The watermark is input in the form of a barcode in the space between the webtoon frame, or is thinly input along the image line in the webtoon, duplicated webtoon tracking method.
The method of claim 10,

Creating the final webtoon image is

Generating a first layer including the webtoon image;

Generating a second layer including the watermark at a watermark attachable position received from a service server; And

And combining the first layer and the second layer to generate the final webtoon data.
The method of claim 10,

The generating the watermark may include generating a plurality of watermarks by dividing the identification data into a plurality of pieces.

The generating of the final webtoon data includes disposing the plurality of generated watermarks in a plurality of areas in the webtoon image, respectively.
The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of watermarks,

Replicated part of the identification data, characterized in that the duplicate webtoon tracking method.
The method of claim 15, wherein generating the plurality of watermarks comprises:

Generating reconstructed data including information on a position and an arrangement order of the plurality of watermarks in order to recover the identification data based on the plurality of watermarks. How to track webtoons.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein when the plurality of watermarks are composed of text, a character that is difficult to distinguish when restoring to identification data is set to one group, and only one character is selected as a character that can be used within one set group. Replicate webtoon tracking method, characterized in that the set of identification data formation key set.
In the system for providing a webtoon image to the user,

Generating identification data based on at least one of user identification information and usage time information, generating a watermark based on the identification data, and generating final webtoon data by including the generated watermark in the webtoon image,

A server for transmitting the final webtoon data to a user terminal; And

Replicated webtoon tracking system including a user client for displaying the received final webtoon data to the user.
19. A cloned webtoon tracking program, coupled with a computer that is hardware and stored on a medium for carrying out the method of any one of claims 10-18.