WO2022244899A1

WO2022244899A1 - Content profit distribution method using blockchain network and computing apparatus performing same

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Publication number: WO2022244899A1
Application number: PCT/KR2021/006166
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이상수
Original assignee: 주식회사 스태비
Priority date: 2021-05-17
Filing date: 2021-05-17
Publication date: 2022-11-24

Abstract

Disclosed are a content profit distribution method using a blockchain network and a computing apparatus performing same. The content profit distribution method using a smart contract of the blockchain network comprises a plurality of steps of allowing content profit distribution to proceed according to an operation procedure linked with the smart contract operating in the blockchain network, wherein, in at least one of the plurality of steps, a content settlement request is received from a content contributor or a content user, and a request packet, which allows a node of the blockchain network, or the smart contract to perform an operation corresponding to the settlement request of the content contributor or the content user, is generated and transmitted to the blockchain network. The plurality of steps comprise the steps of: registering, in the smart contract, content received from a content supplier; configuring, in the smart contract, contributor-specific contribution information for the distribution of profit from of the content; receiving a request for use of the content from the content user, and transmitting, to an account of the smart contract, a token corresponding to a content use time of the content user; and distributing tokens accumulated in the account of the smart contract.

Description

Method for distributing content revenue using blockchain network and computing device performing the same

The present invention relates to a content revenue distribution method using a blockchain network and a computing device performing the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method of distributing revenue from corresponding content based on a contribution ratio of each contributor to the content.

The contents described in this part merely provide background information on the present embodiment and do not constitute prior art.

Thanks to the infinitely provided virtual space of the Internet and the development of the infrastructure that supports it, users have been able to use more diverse content. In particular, the increase in interest in content by Internet users has led to the vitalization of the content market, such as users not only consuming content registered on the Internet platform, but also generating revenue by uploading their own content.

However, while content-related revenue increases as the content market is activated, many contributors who participate in content production receive only contracted down payment for revenue generated from content or receive the same revenue regardless of participation. There were many cases of injustice. That is, in the related art, there has been a problem in that proper compensation is not made to a plurality of contributors who participated in content production according to their contribution to content production.

In addition, in order for the contributors to distribute the revenue generated by the content, it takes a lot of time and has to go through complicated procedures. As a result, contributors often felt the burden of production costs, such as huge labor costs and technical fees, which were put in the early stages of content production.

Accordingly, there is an increasing need for a platform that can advance the distribution point for revenue generated from content, receive payment through a simple procedure, or reinvest in new content production.

The purpose of the present invention is to calculate the total revenue generated by the content registered in the blockchain network, calculate the dividend based on the contribution ratio of a plurality of contributors who contributed to the production of the content, and calculate the dividend calculated for each contributor. To provide an operating program and a computing device that performs a content revenue distribution method for distributing.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to calculate and distribute dividends for each contributor of the content based on the contribution ratio of each contributor calculated on the basis of the working time, investment, or contract details of the contributor who participated in producing the content. It is to provide an operating program and a computing device that performs a content revenue distribution method.

In addition, another object of the present invention is an operating program and computing device that performs a content revenue distribution method that calculates and refunds the user's refund based on the amount of tokens transmitted as the user's content is used and the discount rate of the content. is to provide

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention not mentioned above can be understood by the following description and will be more clearly understood by the examples of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by means of the instrumentalities and combinations indicated in the claims.

A method for distributing content revenue using a smart contract of a blockchain network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of steps for distributing content revenue according to an operating procedure linked to a smart contract operating in the blockchain network, , In at least one of the plurality of steps, receiving a content settlement request from a content contributor or content user, and the node of the blockchain network or the smart contract responding to the content contributor or content user's settlement request Create a request packet to perform and transmit it to the blockchain network, wherein the plurality of steps include the step of registering the content received from the content provider in the smart contract, and the smart contract for profit distribution of the content. Setting contribution information for each contributor, receiving a request for use of the content from the content user, and transmitting a token corresponding to the content usage time of the content user to the smart contract account; Distributing the accumulated tokens to the accounts of.

In addition, the contribution information for each content contributor may include a plurality of contributors who contributed to the production of the content and respective contribution ratios of the plurality of contributors.

In addition, the step of setting the contribution information for each content contributor may include directly receiving the respective contribution rates for the plurality of contributors or calculating the contribution rates based on the separately input parameters related to the content. have.

In addition, the parameters related to the content may include the content contributor's working time, investment amount, or contract details for content creation.

In addition, in the step of transmitting the token to the smart contract account, the amount of the token to be transferred may be proportional to the usage time of the content used by the content user.

In addition, the contribution information for each content contributor further includes a discount rate for the content user, and distributing the tokens calculates the refund of the content user based on the discount rate and the usage time of the content user , It may include transmitting a token corresponding to the refund calculated in the account of the content user.

In addition, the step of distributing the token may include calculating a dividend of the content contributor based on the content contributor and the contribution ratio, and transmitting a token corresponding to the calculated dividend to the account of the content contributor. can

In addition, when receiving the settlement request, further comprising the step of settling the token belonging to the account of the content contributor, wherein the settlement step is such that the settlement request amount requested by the content contributor is transferred to the account of the content contributor. If it is greater than the amount corresponding to the attributed token, the amount corresponding to the token is deposited into the preset bank account of the content contributor, and the settlement request amount requested by the content contributor is the token attributed to the account of the content contributor. If it is smaller than the amount corresponding to , it may include depositing the settlement request amount into a preset bank account of the content contributor.

In addition, in the step of distributing the tokens, payment details of dividends belonging to the account of the content contributor are stored in the distributed storage, and in the step of settlement, the details of the payment transferred to the account of the content contributor are stored in the distributed storage. After the storage, the method may further include verifying the adequacy of the settlement based on the payment details and the deposit details stored in the distributed storage and the balance details remaining in the account of the content contributor.

In addition, the step of distributing the tokens is performed when the request packet is received, and the period of distributing the tokens is based on the time point when the ratio of the token to be distributed and the transmission fee consumed for transmission is less than or equal to a predetermined ratio. can be determined by

On the other hand, a computing device using a smart contract of a blockchain network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory in which the above-described content revenue distribution method is stored, a processor for executing the asset division transaction operating program stored in the memory, and the blockchain It includes a communication device that performs communication with the network.

In addition to the above description, specific effects of the present invention will be described together while explaining specific details for carrying out the present invention.

1 is a diagram for explaining a content revenue distribution system using a blockchain network according to some embodiments of the present invention.

2 is a diagram for explaining a schematic operation of a content revenue distribution system according to some embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the blockchain network of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the structure of blocks constituting the blockchain network of FIG. 3 .

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the platform server of Figure 1;

6 is a flowchart for explaining details of a method for distributing content revenue according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a settlement method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a settlement operation executed in the server when a settlement request is received from a contributor in step S260 of FIG. 6 .

Terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to a general or dictionary meaning. According to the principle that an inventor may define a term or a concept of a word in order to best describe his/her invention, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention. In addition, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only one embodiment in which the present invention is realized, and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention, so they can be replaced at the time of the present application. It should be understood that there may be many equivalents and variations and applicable examples.

Terms used in this specification and claims are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It should be understood that terms such as "include" or "having" in this application do not exclude in advance the possibility of existence or addition of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification. .

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, they should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. don't

In addition, each configuration, process, process or method included in each embodiment of the present invention may be shared within a range that does not contradict each other technically.

In general, 'contents' refers to the intangible result of cultural materials being specifically processed and embodied in media. Content involves various processes depending on the form of the final product. In the present invention, content includes image content composed of text, audio, and video. In addition, the contents may include digital contents such as games and applications. However, this represents an example of the content provided by the present invention, and in the present invention, the content may include various types of results that can be provided through a network.

Also, in the present invention, a content contributor means a person who has contributed to creating the corresponding content. For example, content contributors may include investors who provide capital, producers who directly participate in content production and provide their own labor, and right holders (or contractors) who have final rights to content.

The content revenue distribution method of the present invention distributes the total revenue of content based on contribution information including the contribution ratio (hereinafter referred to as contribution ratio for each contributor) for each contributor who contributed to the production of content using a blockchain network. It is about content revenue distribution method.

Hereinafter, a content revenue distribution system that performs the content revenue distribution method will be described.

1 is a diagram for explaining a content revenue distribution system using a blockchain network according to some embodiments of the present invention. 2 is a diagram for explaining a schematic operation of a content revenue distribution system according to some embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the blockchain network of FIG. 1 . FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the structure of blocks constituting the blockchain network of FIG. 3 . Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the platform server of Figure 1;

First of all, referring to FIG. 1, the content revenue distribution system 10 that provides a content revenue distribution method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a blockchain network 100, a platform server 200 (hereinafter referred to as a server), a distributed storage (distributed storage) 300 may be included.

At this time, the content revenue distribution system 10 may provide a content revenue distribution service to the user through a decentralized application (DApp) 70 . Here, the DApp 70 is a decentralized application, and is an application used to distribute, store, and operate information on a network without a central server by utilizing a blockchain.

Data or transactions created in the DApp 70 cannot be deleted. In addition, since all information generated by the DApp 70 is disclosed and recorded in the public transaction ledger, hacking is technically difficult and security is high. The DApp 70 can generally operate through tokens or coins.

In addition, the DApp 70 uses a smart contract to execute commands or bring necessary information. Here, the smart contract refers to a software code that automatically executes contract details for assets in the blockchain when predetermined conditions are achieved on the blockchain.

The content revenue distribution system 10 of the present invention may issue a token corresponding to a currency used in a content providing service. A user may deposit a specific currency into the content revenue distribution system 10 and receive a token corresponding to the deposited currency amount. For example, the content revenue distribution system 10 may receive a deposit of won (KRW) and provide a token corresponding thereto to the user. In addition, the content revenue distribution system 10 may convert a heterogeneous currency (eg, foreign exchange or virtual currency) into a token and provide the token to the user.

The content revenue distribution system 10 may use the account itself of the blockchain network 100 as an account of a user using the content revenue distribution system 10 . At this time, the user account of the content revenue distribution system 10 can be created independently without intervention of the server 200 on the client side.

Accordingly, each user has an account address corresponding to a user account and necessary to use the blockchain network 100. Here, the user is a content provider (CS) registering the completed content in the blockchain network 100, a content contributor (CR) contributing to creating the content, and a content user using the content registered in the blockchain network 100. (CU).

The content revenue distribution system 10 may provide at least one smart contract in which a content providing service is implemented through the blockchain network 100 . The smart contract can be implemented to provide specific content to users, and the implemented smart contract can be distributed and used in the blockchain network 100.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , the content revenue distribution system 10 may provide a smart contract (CSC) for content (hereinafter referred to as content smart contract).

Content smart contract (CSC) is based on storage management of information about content, storage management of information about content contributor (CR), calculation of usage time of content user (CU) for each content, and accumulated total usage time It can perform functions such as calculating tokens to be transferred, calculating total revenue based on accumulated tokens, and distributing the calculated total revenue to content contributors (CR) and content users (CU).

At this time, the content revenue distribution system 10 may provide functions for token issuance and redeeming, token movement (eg, token deposit and settlement), balance book management of the user account, and token revenue distribution. have.

A separate server included in the content revenue distribution system 10 (for example, the financial computer network of FIG. 6) intermediaries between the bank and the blockchain network 100, for example, confirmation of deposit in won from the bank, bank account It can perform operations such as checking the balance of and forwarding the deposit transaction to the content smart contract.

A content user (CU) may purchase a token necessary for content use within the content revenue distribution system 10 . Subsequently, the content user (CU) deposits the purchased token into a user account of the blockchain network 100, and can use the content during a usage time corresponding to the deposited token. At this time, the user's token corresponding to the use time of the content is automatically transmitted periodically (or non-periodically) to the content smart contract (CSC), and the movement history of the token is recorded in the blockchain network 100. At this time, the content smart contract can generate log data for the transmission of the token corresponding to the content use time and record it in the block chain (55 in FIG. 3).

Meanwhile, the server 200 may be a computing device in which a content revenue distribution operating program (hereinafter, simply referred to as an “operating program”) using a content smart contract (CSC) of the blockchain network 100 operates. The server 200 may perform a content revenue distribution method using such a content revenue distribution operating program.

Specifically, the server 200 drives the operating program to receive requests from content providers (CS), content contributors (CR), and content users (CU), who are participants in content revenue distribution, and nodes of the blockchain network ( 50) Alternatively, the smart contract program may request to perform an operation corresponding to the participant's request.

The operating program may perform a plurality of steps for content revenue distribution to proceed according to an operating procedure linked to a smart contract program operating in the blockchain network 100.

Here, the smart contract program is briefly referred to as a “smart contract” and can be understood as a program that automatically executes the contract contents when the contract conditions programmed based on blockchain technology are satisfied. For example, if a manager who wants to register a smart contract program in the blockchain network 100 codes the conditions and contents of the contract and registers it in the blockchain network 100, the smart contract program will perform the contract when certain conditions are satisfied according to the contents of the contract. A corresponding operation may be automatically performed.

For example, if it is based on Ethereum, a smart contract program can be coded using a programming language called Solidity and registered in the blockchain network 100, and can be registered in the blockchain network 100. The registered smart contract program can be driven by the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) operated by the nodes of the Ethereum blockchain network. However, the configuration using the Ethereum-based blockchain network is only one example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this.

At this time, the operating program is a kind of decentralized application (DApp) described above, and the participants (i.e., content provider (CS), content contributor (CR), and content user (CU) are interlocked with the smart contract program to proceed with the content revenue distribution process. ), etc.) and a smart contract program, it can be understood as an application program that performs an interface function.

To this end, the operating program receives a request from a participant participating in content revenue distribution in at least one of a plurality of steps, and requests that a node or smart contract program of the blockchain network perform an operation corresponding to the participant's request. A request packet may be generated and transmitted to the blockchain network 100. The request packet can be generated to conform to the protocol of the blockchain network.

For example, if it is based on Ethereum, the request packet may be generated based on the protocol of the Ethereum blockchain network.

However, this is only one example, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and the request packet may be generated based on various types of blockchain network protocols.

On the other hand, the operating program can process the user's content-related request by deriving the balance of tokens deposited in the user's account based on the log data recorded in the block chain (55 in FIG. 3). In addition, when a settlement request for tokens held by a content contributor (CR) or content user (CU) occurs, the operation program withdraws the settlement requested token from the user account, converts it into the currency of the country, and deposits it in a preset bank account. A settlement procedure for depositing may be performed. Details of the plurality of steps performed by the operating program will be described in detail below.

Additionally, all transactions made in the content revenue distribution system 10 can be cryptographically signed by the private key of the transaction party's account (eg, Ethereum account) of the blockchain network 100 (e.g., Ethereum account). signed). Through this cryptographic signature, transactions generated by the owner of a specific account in the blockchain network 100 can be identified.

In addition, the account of the blockchain network 100 may be referred to as a public key and a public key generated by an already published encryption algorithm (eg, secp256k elliptic curve encryption algorithm). Transactions signed by a specific account may be referred to as transactions mapped to a specific account.

In addition, when a specific transaction is requested, a transaction encrypted by the user's private key and corresponding to the requested transaction may be generated. The content revenue distribution system 10 may process the generated transaction and record it on the block chain 55 .

Some of the transactions occurring in the content revenue distribution system 10 can be processed on the blockchain through the blockchain network 100, and the other part can be processed outside the blockchain through the server 200 (off block chain) can be processed. If all transactions are processed on the blockchain, excessive transaction fees may occur and processing delays may occur. Therefore, the content revenue distribution system 10 can reduce fees and perform fast processing by processing some transactions outside the block chain.

Referring to FIG. 3, a blockchain network 100 includes a plurality of computing devices 50-1, 50-2, 50-3, and 50-n (peers or nodes) connected to each other through a network. May be referred to as a peer network. The plurality of computing devices 50 may have one public ledger. The blockchain network 100 may be referred to as a distributed network in that one public ledger is created by each of the plurality of computing devices 50 . The one public ledger may be referred to as a plurality of blockchain blocks 55.

The blockchain network 100 may process transactions and record them in blockchain blocks 55 . For example, the blockchain network 100 may process transactions defined in the content smart contract (CSC) and record them in the blockchain block 55. Here, a block is a type of data packet that is sequentially connected by encrypting contents such as transaction details and occurrence time in the form of letters and numbers.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 4 , each blockchain block 55 constituting the blockchain network 100 is composed of a plurality of blocks BL.

One block BL may be divided into a header area BH and a data area BD.

Here, the header area BH may include a hash value of a previous block or a hash of data.

In addition, the data area (BD) may include a contract code and token transfer history (transactions) necessary for constructing a smart contract. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the data area (BD) may omit the contract code and include only the transmission history.

The contract code of block 55 may include content information and contribution information. Here, the content information may include a title of a work, a work ID, a work type, a work genre, work storage information, and a work discount rate. In addition, the contribution information includes a plurality of content contributors (CRs) who contributed to the production of the corresponding content, a contribution ratio (ie, contribution level) by contributor to the plurality of content contributors (CR), an account by contributor, a work discount rate, and an account by contributor. can include

However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the resources consumed in generating and maintaining the block BL increase due to excessive content information and contribution information, only the contribution ratio of each contributor of the contribution information is added to the block BL. and the remaining information may be stored in the server 200 in the form of a database.

Additionally, the contribution level and discount rate for each contributor can be changed later by the administrator or user.

While the content user (CU) is watching the content registered in the blockchain network (100), some of the tokens held by the content user (CU) can be transferred to the address for the smart contract account of the content (ie, the contract address). have. In this case, the amount of tokens transmitted may be proportional to the content usage time of the content user (CU).

Subsequently, the content smart contract (CSC) may distribute tokens accumulated in the account to content contributors (CR) and content users (CU) based on the contribution information. Details of the distribution method will be described later.

Similarly, the transfer history and distribution history of tokens are stored in the data area BD of block 55.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 5 , a server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a processor 210, a memory 220, and a communication interface 230. The processor 210 may control overall operations of the server 200 . The processor 210 may include a transaction processing module 215 .

For example, the processor 210 may run the transaction processing module 215 by executing instructions stored in the memory 140 . An operation performed by the transaction processing module 215 may be understood as an operation performed by the processor 210 . The server 200 may communicate with the blockchain network 100 and the distributed storage 300 through the communication interface 230 . The processor 210 of the server 200 may process the generated transaction and transmit the transaction or a processing result of the transaction to the distributed storage 300 through the communication interface 230 . The distributed storage 300 may store the received transaction.

As described above, transactions processed by the blockchain network 100 may be stored in the blockchain 55, and transactions processed by the server 200 may be stored in the distributed storage 300. Transactions stored in the blockchain network 100 or distributed storage 300 may have immutability and transparency.

The distributed storage 300 can guarantee immutability and transparency of stored data. The distributed storage 300 may be referred to as, for example, InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). Immutability of data published in IPFS can be guaranteed by a Merkle Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) structure. In addition, anyone can access the stored data through the address value (eg, hash address value) of the stored data. Users can check and monitor all transaction details stored in the distributed storage 300.

The content revenue distribution system 10 can ensure transparency and immutability of transactions processed by the server 200 by storing all transaction details in the distributed storage 300 .

The server 200 can store and execute smart contract programs. As described above, a smart contract program can be understood as a program that automatically executes contract details when contract conditions programmed based on blockchain technology are satisfied, for example.

Here, the smart contract program can be written so that the operating program follows the predefined operating procedures. For example, the operating program prescribes a plurality of operating procedures, the server 200 selects one operating procedure from among the plurality of operating procedures provided by the operating program, and sets a smart contract program to follow the operating procedure. can

In addition, the smart contract program may include matters related to token operation. Matters regarding token management may include, for example, information on advance payments, reserves, maintenance costs, and transaction currencies. At this time, transaction currency can be understood as virtual currency used when using content using a smart contract. As the transaction currency, for example, legal currency (KRW) and virtual currency (dKRW) corresponding 1:1 may be used.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the content revenue distribution method will be described by covering the operation of the blockchain network 100 and the server 200 included in the content revenue distribution system 10 as the operation of an operating program.

Referring back to Figure 2, the operating program receives the content provided by the content provider (CS) (S110). The operating program may extract content information (eg, content registration number, content type, content title, etc.) from uploaded content and store it in the content information storage (CIS). In this case, the content information storage (CIS) may be a data sector included in the memory 220 of the server 200 .

In addition, the content information may additionally include a discount rate for a user, and the corresponding content information may be input by a content provider (CS) and a plurality of content contributors.

Subsequently, the operating program receives contribution information for each contributor from the content provider (CS) or the content contributor (CR) (S120). Here, the contribution information may include contribution rates of a plurality of contributors and accounts of contributors.

The operating program may store input contribution information for each contributor in the contributor information storage (RIS). Here, the contributor information storage (RIS) may be another data sector included in the memory 220 of the server 200 .

Also, in another embodiment of the present invention, the contribution ratio for each contributor may be calculated based on a content-related parameter. Here, the content-related parameters may include a contributor's working time, investment amount, or contract details for content production.

For example, the contribution ratio of contributors can be calculated based on the ratio of actual working hours of each contributor, the ratio of investment invested by each contributor, or the ratio of each contributor's equity specified in the contract.

As another example, if the content is a video type including subtitles, the contribution rate for each contributor may be calculated based on the production participation rate of each contributor for background music, subtitles, and video constituting the content. However, this is only one example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Subsequently, the operating program may generate a smart contract registration request packet. The smart contract registration request packet may include matters necessary for smart contract registration of contents. For example, the smart contract registration request packet may include content information, contribution information, smart contract program, and smart contract account.

Then, although not clearly shown in the drawing, the operating program transmits the smart contract registration request packet to the blockchain network 100. Through this, a work contract related to the uploaded content is created in the content revenue distribution system 10.

Subsequently, the content user (CU) uses the content registered in the blockchain network 100 (S130). In this case, the operating program may provide the user terminal with a content available time corresponding to a token belonging to a user account of the content user CU. After the use of the content ends, the operating program may update the user account with the remainder of the available time and display the remainder on the user terminal.

Subsequently, the operating program transmits the token belonging to the account of the content user (CU) to the smart contract account of the content in exchange for the use of the content by the content user (CU) (S140).

Subsequently, as the smart contract is executed on the blockchain network 100, the dividend to be provided to the content contributor (CR) and the refund to be refunded to the content contributor (CR) are calculated from the token belonging to the smart contract account of the content ( S150).

At this time, dividends and refunds can be calculated based on the contribution rate for each contributor included in the smart contract of the content or the discount rate for the user. In addition, dividends and refunds can be calculated based on the remaining amount after excluding operating costs from the tokens attributed to the smart contract account.

Subsequently, the operating program transmits a token corresponding to the calculated dividend to the content contributor (CR) (S160). In addition, the operating program transmits a token corresponding to the calculated refund to the content user (CU).

At this time, the operating program may transmit a token corresponding to the dividend to the account address of the content contributor (CR) registered in advance. In addition, the operating program may transmit a token corresponding to the refund to the account address of the content user (CU).

At this time, the operating program may store tokens corresponding to dividends and refunds for a certain period of time and distribute them periodically. However, the token distribution cycle may change according to certain conditions.

For example, the operating program may adjust the token transmission cycle when it is determined that the transmission fee on the blockchain network 100 for profit distribution is excessive. For example, the token distribution cycle may be determined based on a time point when a ratio of a token to be distributed and a transmission fee consumed for transmission is equal to or less than a predetermined ratio. However, this is only one example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Through this, the present invention improves the platform utilization rate and content utilization rate of users by transferring the token corresponding to the refund amount calculated by applying the discount rate to the user's use time to the user's account, and new revenue according to the consumption of new content. can create

In addition, the present invention calculates the contribution ratio for each contributor using the contribution ratio, investment amount, or working time of a plurality of contributors, and differentially distributes the comprehensive revenue generated by the content based on the calculated contribution ratio, thereby contributors It can provide continuous and stable income to In addition, the present invention can reduce the burden of content production costs to content producers through immediate distribution of revenue generated from content.

In addition, the present invention can increase the absolute amount of dividends received by content contributors by distributing total revenue, which is the sum of total content usage revenue and total other revenue, to a plurality of contributors according to the contribution ratio for each contributor. Through this, revenues distributed to content contributors can be increased, and the amount and quality of content production can be improved by promoting reinvestment of distributed profits, thereby providing users with better quality and various types of content.

Hereinafter, an example of a method for distributing content revenue according to the present invention will be described. In addition, for convenience of description, an operating program operating in the content revenue distribution system 10 will be described as an example of a subject performing the content revenue distribution method of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart for explaining details of a method for distributing content revenue according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart for explaining details of a settlement method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Parts overlapping with the above-described embodiments are simplified or omitted, and hereinafter, differences from the above-described embodiments will be mainly described.

First, referring to FIG. 6, the content provider (CS) registers the content in the blockchain network 100 through the content smart contract (CSC) (S210). At this time, the operating program may store information about the content in the memory 220 and distributed storage 300 of the server 200 for content management and settlement.

At this time, the content smart contract (CSC) may include work information. Here, the content information may include a title of a work, a work ID, a work type, a work genre, work storage information, and a work discount rate. Content included in the content information may be input by a content provider (CS) and a plurality of content contributors (CR).

Subsequently, the operating program sets contribution information for each contributor of the content in the content smart contract (CSC) (S220). Contribution information for each contributor includes a plurality of content contributors (CR) who contributed to the production of the content, a contribution ratio (ie, contribution level) by contributor to the plurality of content contributors (CR), an account by contributor, a work discount rate, and a bank by contributor. Accounts may be included.

The operating program stores the input contribution information for each contributor in the content smart contract (CSC). In this case, the contribution information may be directly input by the content provider (CS) or a plurality of content contributors (CR), or may be calculated by the server 200 based on separately input content-related parameters.

Subsequently, the operating program pays the content user (CU) the cost of using the content with a token (S230). The operating program calculates the usable time of the content based on the token held by the content user (CU) in the user account and delivers it to the user terminal. Then, after deducting the available time based on the usage time of the content user (CU), an amount of tokens corresponding to the usage time is transferred to the smart contract account of the content (ie, the account address of the content).

At this time, the server 200 may store content usage time of the content user CU corresponding to each content (eg, first content and second content). In addition, the operating program may derive the total usage time for each user's content by summing the usage time for each user from the usage time stored in the content. The operating program may subtract the total content use time from the available time attributed to the account of the content user (CU). After the total usage time of the content is deducted, the operating program may store the remainder of the available time in the user account.

Subsequently, the operating program distributes the tokens accumulated in the smart contract account of each content to the content contributor (CR) and the content user (CU) based on the content information included in the content smart contract (CSC) (S240).

At this time, the operating program may calculate the refund according to the discount rate by applying the discount rate to the calculated total revenue (ie, total accumulated tokens). At this time, the operating program refers to the discount rate corresponding to the corresponding content in the content information. The operating program may calculate the refund amount for each content user (CU) by applying a discount rate to each user's content use time (or the amount of tokens transmitted).

In addition, the operating program may calculate dividends for each of a plurality of contributors based on the contribution ratio of each contributor of the content. The operating program may receive contribution information for each contributor for each content from the content information. In this case, the contribution information for each contributor may include a contribution ratio for each contributor and an account of the contributor. The operating program can calculate the dividend for each contributor based on the contribution ratio of each contributor to the total revenue excluding the total refund of users.

Subsequently, the operation program pays the calculated dividends and refunds to the content users (CU) and content contributors (CR), and stores payment details of the dividends and refunds paid in the distributed storage 300 (S250).

At this time, the operating program may receive account information for each contributor stored in the content information. The operating program can pay dividends calculated for each contributor to each content contributor (CR) in the form of a token. Dividends paid may be credited to the account of the contributor.

In addition, the operating program may attribute the calculated refund for each user to the user's account. At this time, the refund may be returned to the user's account by being replaced with a token or available time corresponding to the refund.

On the other hand, the operating program may store the details of distribution by contributor and details of refund by user in the distributed storage 300 . In this case, the dividend details may include a content registration number corresponding to the paid dividend, a contribution ratio, a dividend amount, a dividend payment account, and a dividend payment date. In addition, the refund details may include a content registration number corresponding to the paid refund details, a discount rate, a refund amount, a refund payment account, a refund payment date, and the like.

Subsequently, referring to FIGS. 6 and 7 , the operating program may receive a settlement request from a content user (CU) and a content contributor (CR) (S260).

At this time, the operating program may receive a settlement request for refund money from the content user (CU) through the user terminal. The operating program may receive a settlement request amount and a user account from the content user CU through the user terminal.

In addition, the operating program may receive a settlement request for dividends from the content contributor (CR). The operating program can extract and use the settlement request amount and contributor account of the content contributor (CR) from the content smart contract (CSC).

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the user account or the contributor account may be stored in the server 200 in advance and used.

Subsequently, the operating program checks whether the token held by the settlement requester is equal to or greater than the settlement request amount through the blockchain network 100 (S270).

Subsequently, if the requirements of step S270 are satisfied, the operating program executes settlement for the settlement request (S271). The operating program may compare the received settlement request amount with the amount (eg, dividend or refund) attributed to the account (eg, the account of the content user (CU) or the account of the content contributor (CR)). .

Subsequently, the operating program requests withdrawal for the settlement amount (eg, settlement request amount, refund or dividend) (S273). At this time, if the settlement requested amount is more than the dividend or refund belonging to the account, the operating program may request withdrawal processing for the amount corresponding to the dividend or refund. On the other hand, if the settlement request amount is less than the dividend or refund belonging to the account, the operating program may request withdrawal processing for the settlement request amount.

Subsequently, the operating program withdraws the settlement money from the account of the user and the contributor (S280, S290). Here, the settlement amount means a currency that has the same value as the token approved for withdrawal. In this case, the settlement money may be deposited into the bank account of the content user (CU) and the bank account of the content contributor (CR). The operation program can deposit the settlement money into the account of the settlement requester through the financial computer network.

At the same time, the operating program stores balance confirmation details (ie, balance details) and settlement deposit details in the distributed storage 300 (S285). The operating program may deduct the withdrawal amount requested for settlement from refunds and dividends attributed to the accounts of users and contributors. The operating program can display the remaining amount after deducting the withdrawal amount to the accounts of users and contributors.

In addition, the operating program may store balance details and settlement deposit details in the distributed storage 300 . In this case, the details of the settlement deposit may include a settlement amount corresponding to the settlement money, a settlement payment account, a settlement payment account, and a settlement payment date.

Subsequently, the operation program provides payment details for dividends or refunds stored in the distributed storage 300. Verification of the settlement is performed based on the settlement deposit details and balance confirmation details (ie, balance details) (S285).

At this time, the operating program may calculate total dividend details, total refund details, and total settlement details of the content user (CU) and content contributor (CR) according to a preset cycle.

Subsequently, the operating program may calculate the final estimated balance to be attributed to the accounts of the content user (CU) and the content contributor (CR). The operation program may verify whether the calculated final expected balance is the same as the final balance attributed to the accounts of the content user (CU) and the content contributor (CR).

However, the order of the above-described token transmission verification operation in step S285 and the withdrawal processing operation in step S290 may be changed and implemented. For example, as disclosed in FIG. 7 , the token transfer verification operation in step S285 may be performed prior to the withdrawal processing operation in step S290, and vice versa, of course. In this case, by verifying the transmission details before the currency is deposited into the account of the settlement requester, it is possible to prevent a financial accident that may occur, and operational stability can be improved.

Hereinafter, when receiving a settlement request, a detailed method of calculating the settlement amount in the server 200 will be described.

6 and 8, the operating program receives a settlement request from the content contributor (CR) (S270). The operation program may receive a settlement request for dividends from the content contributor (CR), a settlement request amount, and an account of the content contributor (CR).

Subsequently, the operating program may compare the settlement request amount of the content contributor (CR) with the dividend of the content contributor (CR) (S375). At this time, the operating program may receive the amount of dividends attributed to the account of the content contributor (CR) from the account of the content contributor (CR) and compare it with the requested settlement amount.

Subsequently, when the settlement request amount of the content contributor (CR) is smaller than the dividend, the operation program may deposit the settlement request amount into a preset account of the content contributor (CR) (S377). That is, when the payable dividend is greater than the settlement request amount, the operation program pays the settlement request amount to the account of the content contributor (CR).

On the other hand, if the settlement requested amount of the content contributor (CR) is greater than the dividend, the operating program may deposit the dividend into the account of the content contributor (CR) (S379). Here, the dividend may refer to an amount in the account of the content contributor (CR).

That is, when the payable dividend is smaller than the settlement request amount, the operating program pays all of the dividends in the account of the content contributor (CR) to the account of the content contributor (CR). At this time, the operating program may provide a notification to the content contributor (CR) that only an amount corresponding to the dividend can be settled.

After the payment is completed, the operating program executes regular verification work for the settlement using the distributed storage 300 (S280). At this time, the operating program may calculate the final estimated balance to be attributed to the account of the content contributor (CR). Subsequently, the operating program may verify whether the calculated final expected balance is the same as the final balance attributed to the account of the content contributor (CR).

Through this, the present invention calculates the contribution ratio for each contributor using the contribution ratio, investment amount, or working time of a plurality of contributors, and differentially distributes the comprehensive revenue generated by the content based on the calculated contribution ratio, thereby contributors It can provide a sustainable and stable income to them. In addition, the present invention can reduce the burden of content production costs to content producers through immediate distribution of revenue generated from content.

In addition, the present invention can increase the absolute amount of dividends received by content contributors (CR) by distributing total revenue, which is the sum of total revenue from content use and total other revenue, to a plurality of contributors according to the contribution ratio for each contributor. Through this, the revenue distributed to content contributors (CR) can be increased, and the amount and quality of content production can be improved by promoting the reinvestment of distributed profits, thereby providing users with better quality and various types of content. can

In addition, the method for distributing content revenue of the present invention distributes the total revenue, which is the sum of revenue from content usage, advertising revenue, and other revenue including paid revenue, to contributors according to the contribution ratio for each contributor, thereby increasing the production volume and production quality of content contributors (CR). can be improved, so that better quality and various types of content can be provided to users.

The above description is only an example of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and various modifications and variations can be made to those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment. Therefore, the present embodiments are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present embodiment, but to explain, and the scope of the technical idea of the present embodiment is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of this embodiment should be construed according to the claims below, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of rights of this embodiment.

Claims

As a content revenue distribution method using a smart contract of a blockchain network,

Including a plurality of steps for content revenue distribution to proceed according to an operating procedure linked to a smart contract operating in the blockchain network,

In at least one of the plurality of steps, a content settlement request is received from a content contributor or content user, and a node of the blockchain network or the smart contract performs an operation corresponding to the content contributor or content user's settlement request. Create a request packet to perform and transmit it to the blockchain network,

The plurality of steps,

registering the content received from the content provider in the smart contract;

Setting contribution information for each contributor for profit distribution of the content in the smart contract;

Receiving a request for use of the content from the content user, and transmitting a token corresponding to the content usage time of the content user to the account of the smart contract;

Distributing the accumulated tokens to the account of the smart contract

How to distribute content revenue.
According to claim 1,

The contribution information for each content contributor is

Content revenue distribution method comprising a plurality of contributors who contributed to the production of the content, and respective contribution ratios for the plurality of contributors.
According to claim 2,

The step of setting contribution information for each content contributor,

Direct input of the respective contribution ratios for the plurality of contributors,

Content revenue distribution method comprising calculating the contribution ratio based on the separately input parameters related to the content.
According to claim 3,

The content-related parameters are:

Content revenue distribution method including the working time, investment money, or contract details of the content contributor for the production of the content.
According to claim 1,

In the step of transferring the token to the account of the smart contract,

The content revenue distribution method in which the amount of tokens transmitted is proportional to the use time of the content used by the content user.
According to claim 1,

The contribution information for each content contributor further includes a discount rate for the content user;

The step of distributing the tokens is,

Calculate the refund of the content user based on the discount rate and the content user's usage time or the transmitted token;

Content revenue distribution method comprising transmitting a token corresponding to the refund calculated in the account of the content user.
According to claim 1,

The step of distributing the tokens is,

Based on the token accumulated in the account of the smart contract and the contribution ratio of the content contributor, the dividend of the content contributor is calculated,

A content revenue distribution method comprising transmitting a token corresponding to the dividend calculated to the account of the content contributor.
According to claim 1,

When receiving the settlement request, further comprising the step of settling the token belonging to the account of the content contributor,

The settlement step is,

If the settlement request amount requested by the content contributor is greater than the amount corresponding to the token belonging to the account of the content contributor, the amount corresponding to the token is deposited into the bank account of the content contributor set in advance;

If the settlement request amount requested by the content contributor is smaller than the amount corresponding to the token belonging to the account of the content contributor, content revenue distribution including depositing the settlement request amount into a bank account of the content contributor set in advance. Way.
According to claim 8,

In the step of distributing the tokens, the payment details of dividends belonging to the account of the content contributor are stored in a distributed storage;

In the settlement step, after storing the details of the deposit transferred to the account of the content contributor in the distributed storage,

The content revenue distribution method further comprising verifying the adequacy of the settlement based on the payment details and the deposit details stored in the distributed storage, and the remaining balance details in the account of the content contributor.
According to claim 1,

Distributing the token is performed when the request packet is received,

The content revenue distribution method in which the token distribution cycle is determined based on a time point when the ratio of the token to be distributed and the transmission fee consumed for transmission is less than or equal to a predetermined ratio.