KR20060087006A - Two-way communication method for digital content - Google Patents

Abstract

A two-way communication method for digital content is disclosed. According to the present invention, a two-way communication method for digital content includes varying a purchase price of a content according to the number of reservations of a member who wants to use the content, a reservation time frame, and a time at which the content is started, and a member who reserves the use of the content. Selecting any one of them as the control over the content, providing the content to the members through the network, and playing the content under the control of the control, and in response to the reproduced content, each member has a real-time opinion on the content. It has a step of advancing to. According to the two-way communication method for the digital content, when multiple members use the same content, it is possible to freely communicate with other members using the same content in the same time zone. In addition, the present invention can lower the use price of the online content by several members co-purchase the same content after the joint purchase. Accordingly, as the number of participating members increases, the cost of using the online contents decreases, thereby increasing the participation of the members.

Interactive communication, content, digital content co-purchase, interactive online training

Description

Bidirectional communication method of digital contents}

1 is a view conceptually illustrating a method of providing content between a member and a server;

2 is a view for conceptually explaining a method for jointly purchasing content and using content according to the present invention;

3 is a view showing an example of a control program that is executed on a computer of a president elected by each member;

4 conceptually illustrates how content is provided from a content server to a terminal of each member;

FIG. 5 conceptually illustrates how content is reproduced on a terminal of each member under the control of the headmaster when the content is an image, a flash image, and a general file;

6 is a flow chart according to a preferred embodiment of a two-way communication method for digital content of the present invention; and

7 illustrates a flowchart according to an embodiment of an online lecture in a two-way communication method for digital content according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a two-way communication method for digital content in which members can communicate with each other while sharing the same content, and in particular, multiple members co-purchase digital content, which is an intangible asset, while reducing the fee to be paid by each member. The present invention relates to a two-way communication method for digital content where multiple members can share mutual opinions about the same content in real time.

In the Internet space, there are numerous communities for recruiting members and communicating among them. Many of these communities have bulletin boards to post their comments. These bulletin boards have various names such as love rooms, chat rooms, discussion forums, and questions and answers, but they are basically the same spaces where members post their articles. The bulletin board provided by these communities is appropriate to view as one-way communication in that members can post to the bulletin board and allow other members to read the posted text. That is, the normal community is not configured to communicate in real time between members.

On the other hand, apart from the Internet community space, members can perform real-time communication with 1: 1 or more members through a messenger program. These messenger programs can perform two-way communication between members, but communication is possible only through the mutual registration process of members who know each other's IDs, so that members for communication are very limited. In addition, the messenger program further includes a function of transmitting files in addition to 1: 1 communication between members, but in addition to file transmission, the users can watch videos, music, and voice-related contents in real time together or perform real-time communication through them. It cannot be done.

Among the communities described above, a community having a movie or lecture material may provide corresponding contents to each member. After the member logs in to the community, the provided content is sent to the corresponding member in the community when the user pays for the corresponding content, and the member can play the transmitted content to use the content. Such a content providing method is shown in FIG. 1. As shown in the figure, these contents are provided only in a 1: 1 manner with the members, and the members who have been provided with the contents cannot express any opinions on the contents provided to them or obtain answers in response to the developed opinions in real time. Accordingly, in the case of online lectures where questions and answers are not provided in real time in the field of education, many netizens taking online lectures are one of the big reasons for dropping online lectures.

Therefore, the present invention reduces the cost of using the content by the member and the member to participate in the purchase of the content jointly, by using the same content at the same time, and by giving and receiving feedback on the content in real time To provide a two-way communication method for digital content that promotes the use of online content.

According to the present invention, the purpose of the present invention is to vary the purchase price of the content according to the number of reservations of the members who want to use the content, the reservation time zone and the time of starting the use of the content, and the members who have reserved the use of the content. Selecting any one of the controllers for the content, providing the content to the members via a network, and playing the content under the control of the controller, and wherein each member of the member controls the content. This is achieved by advancing comments on content in real time.

The purchase price is preferably reduced in inverse proportion to the number of reservations for the content.

The control holder is preferably selected by the members who have reserved the use of the content.

Preferably, the content is any one of an image, a video, a flash image, a file, and an audio file.

Preferably, the flash image, the image, and the file are played by a content-specific playback method on a website accessed by members by the control authority.

The video is preferably provided to each member by a streaming transmission method.

It is preferred that the control right holder has the right to decide on the reproduction of the content, the selection of the reproduction time point, the provision of additional files related to the content, and the suspension of the reproduction of the content.

Preferably, the step of varying the purchase price of the content further comprises the step of paying for the content by members who want to purchase the content.

In the step of each member's opinion on the content, it is preferable that each member drives the same messenger program and then mutually argues by the driven messenger program.

It is preferable that each of the members expressing their opinion on the content is a step in which each of the members expresses mutual opinion through multi-call and video communication.

The control owner preferably provides a file associated with the content to the messenger.

The members may be provided with the content through any one of a wired terminal and a wireless terminal.

The wireless terminal is preferably any one of a mobile phone, a PDA, and a mobile computer.

The content is preferably content related to online lectures.

The control holder is preferably an instructor who conducts the online lecture.

The instructor determines the playback of the content of the online lecture, the selection of a playback time point, the provision of additional files associated with the content, and the suspension of the content playback.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a diagram for conceptually explaining a method for jointly purchasing content and using content according to the present invention.

In the figure, members 50a to 50n are websites that provide content among the websites provided in the web server 100 (reference numeral “110” in the drawing), and reference numerals of the website providing the content are 110. In the co-purchase of the content. The purchased content may be various videos or music-related contents such as movies, dramas, news, music, various online lectures, flashes, animations, and still images such as online photo books. have. At this time, the website should inform each member about the information to be provided. Information provided on website 110 includes:

1) a description of the content,

2) the purchase price of the contents of the joint purchase,

3) the start and end of purchase of the content;

4) Information such as the provider of the content and the number of people participating in the content purchase may be included.

Members will make a joint purchase of the content they want to see or hear after seeing the announced contents. For co-purchase, the price is changed according to the number of members who paid for each content for a fixed time. The way the price changes according to the number of members will be explained with reference to Table 1 below.

       Participants             Contents use price    Less than 10 people            1,000 won / 名    20-30            800 yen / 名    31-50            600 yen / 名    51 to 80            500 yen / 名    81 or more            450 yen / 名    · · ·            · · ·

As shown in Table 1, it can be seen that the usage price of the content decreases in inverse proportion to the number of members who wish to purchase the same content. The website 110 notifies the members of such purchase information and detailed information about the content (for example, the contents of the content), and information on the purchase reservation period of the content, and the members can determine whether to purchase the corresponding content. do. At this time, the website 110 preferably announces the number of members who have reserved the purchase of the corresponding content during the purchase reservation period, and should notify the purchase price to each member who has reserved the content purchase after the reservation period is over. Accordingly, the member who wants to purchase the content can predict the cost of the content purchase.

In addition, in the case of joint purchase, the price of each content may be applied depending on the number of members who have paid for a predetermined time or independently of each other. The way that the price of each time zone is changed means that the use or purchase price of the audiovisual content in a specific time zone is different from the use (or purchase) price in another time zone. In general, video content that consumes a lot of server or network resources, equipment and facilities should be invested in proportion to the large number of users. Such equipment and facilities can be operated 24 hours, but the distribution of members using the content is not homogeneous for 24 hours. Therefore, the use of equipment and facilities will be reduced during late-night or early morning hours when members are less used. Therefore, it is necessary to give a predetermined discount (for example, 5 to 50%) to members who use the content in such a time zone, and the present invention takes a manner in which the price of the content varies according to the time zone.

In addition, the price of the content of the present invention may take a lower way as the number of members start the audiovisual of the content at the same time. When the number of members received is increased when the method of transmitting content is broadcasted, the consumption of system resources such as network bandwidth is not directly proportional to the increase in the number of members. This is because members who receive the same content at the same time can be given a certain discount. That is, on the server side, members using the same content in the same time zone can supply the content to a significant number of members without excessive consumption of server and network resources when taking the above transmission method, so that the content supply cost per unit member is the same. The more members who use the same content at a time, the more they fall.

Therefore, additional discounts can be given when jointly audiovisually viewing the same content at the same time, so that at least one or more members can jointly notify the web server 100 of the reservation information to visually visualize the specific content together at a specific time. have. The web server 100 may disclose the reservation information and induce more reservations of other members who want to audiovisual the same content at the same time.

If at least one of the above methods is taken, the joint purchase (or purchase reservation) of the content is made.

On the other hand, after the reservation period for the joint purchase of the content is over, the owner may be selected to manage the audio-visual of the content. The selection of the owners can be particularly useful in the following ways: 1) members who participate in the purchase of the content are elected by vote, 2) how the owners are pre-determined in the specific content-online video lectures, and 3) Any of the ways in which the original subscriber becomes the owner may be utilized. The owner has the authority to play the content, select the time of playback, provide additional files related to the content, pause the content playback, and determine the time of discussion. The election of the chief prepares a separate space for electing the chief in the website 110, and elects it according to the voting result of each member, and the member who wants to become the chief may introduce the voting after introducing himself. After the owner is elected by the members, the web server 100 requests the content server 200 to transmit the content at the scheduled time. The content server 200 transmits the reserved content to each member in response to a request of the web server 100. In this case, when the content has a video form, the content server 200 preferably transmits the content to each member.

On the other hand, when a member accesses the website 110 with a device such as a mobile device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, or a laptop, the content server 200 uses a mobile device (not shown) through a base station associated with the mobile device. To stream the content. Hereinafter, the terminals of the members 50a to 50n mean mobile devices that can be connected to a website through wireless communication in addition to the terminals (eg, personal computers) provided at fixed locations, and thus redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted. . Each member including the owner 50n (for example, 50a, 50b, hereinafter omitted) receives and plays the content provided by the content server 200, and the owner stops playing the content at his or her own discretion while playing the content. You can induce discussions between members who receive content. If the content is a movie file, under the supervision of the director, each member can discuss the movie when the movie stops playing.If the content is a lecture material provided by the institute, the members are not familiar with the contents of the lecture being watched. You can also discuss At this time, the owner is given control of the content provided by the content server 200. A control program having an interface as shown in FIG. 3 may be executed in the terminal (for example, a personal computer) of the head.

3 shows an example of a control program that is executed on a computer of a president elected by each member.

The illustrated interface menu represents an interface menu displayed on the owner's computer monitor when the content provided from the content server 200 is a video such as a movie and a lecture. In the figure, the interface menu 60 includes a playback menu 62 for playing a video, a control menu 61 for controlling a video being played, a message input menu 63 for chatting between members, and other members. And a message display menu 64 for receiving and displaying the messages transmitted from these devices. In the control menu 61, reference numeral "61a" denotes a play button, reference numeral "61b" denotes a stop button, reference numeral "61c" rewinds, reference numeral "61d" rewinds, reference numeral "61e" mutes, and Reference numeral "61h" indicates a menu for volume control. These menus allow the headmaster to set the optimum movie viewing conditions (or movie viewing conditions) by controlling the playback, pause, playback time, volume, and mute of the content. Although not shown in the drawing, the control menu 61 may further include a picture quality, contrast ratio, contrast, contrast, aspect ratio, and various other display menus of the movie being played, and dolby for improving sound quality. It may further include a menu for sound quality setting, such as multi-channel (for example, 5.1-channel) setting. The owner is set to be optimized for the movie to watch such a menu, and at the critical viewing point of the movie to stop the playback by pressing the stop button (61b), to induce discussion between each member.

In the figure, the message receiving menu 64 shows the contents of the conversation between member A and member B. FIG. The displayed conversations can be shared by all members. Other members, including the owner, fill out the desired contents through the message display menu 64 and then press the send button 65 or press the enter key (not shown) provided on the keyboard to communicate with the other members.

4 conceptually illustrates how content is provided from a content server 200 to a terminal of each member. In the drawing, the content server 200 transmits the content to the terminals 50a to 50n of the members connected to the network by a broadcast transmission method. Broadcasting transmission is not a form in which the content server 200 provides a 1: 1 content to a member's terminal, but is a transmission method provided to a terminal of an unspecified number of members (for example, 50a to 50n) through a network. When the content server 200 and the terminals of the members 50a to 50n are connected 1: 1, and then the content is transmitted, the content server 200 is proportional to the number of members (for example, 50a to 50n) who want to access the content server 200. Although there is a disadvantage in that the content server 200 is overloaded, the broadcast transmission does not cause the content server 200 to become overloaded. Of course, when the number of members connected to the content server 200 is limited (for example, when the number of accessors is limited to tens to hundreds of content per content), the content server 200 and the members 50a to 50 are not used. The content may be provided after the terminal of 50n) is connected 1: 1.

FIG. 5 conceptually illustrates how the contents are reproduced in the terminal of each member under the control of the owner when the contents are images, flash images, and general files.

In the case of a static image or a single file having extensions such as hwp, doc, and txt, the streaming server is not required for each member in the content server 200. If these files are sent to each member and played again, it becomes difficult for each member to share their opinions while using the same content at the same time. In this manner, when the host selects the corresponding content from the web server 100 or the content server 200, the selected content is played on the web server 100 so that members who participate in the same time frame can use the same content. That is, the selection of contents (images, flash images, and files) is made by the owner, and the remaining members can receive and use the contents selected by the owner at the same time, thereby allowing members to comment on the same content at the same time. To be divided. In the drawing, the members who participated in the joint purchase about the content selected by the owner are able to view it (web view). In addition, the files and files are reproduced in the web server 100 by the owner and the members regardless of the order. You can view or be offered and share your thoughts about it. If the members have purchased the document file jointly, the web server 100 provides the XML document for the document file so that each member (including the director) can view it, and then the members who participated in the joint purchase can share their opinions. You may. In this case, the web server 100 should provide a separate internet space where members participating in the joint purchase of document files can share their opinions and prevent other members not participating in the joint purchase from entering the space. .

6 is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of a bidirectional communication method for digital content of the present invention.

First, members who log in to the website 110 see the notices or information provided by the website 110 and apply for a joint purchase of their desired content (S301). In this case, the website 110 may be a website 110 that specializes in providing movies, music, online video lectures, and flash animations. Co-purchase is performed by each member suggesting a joint purchase to other members through the website 110, and the other members participate in the proposed joint purchase. At this time, the website 110 announces the price tag prepared in advance for the content provided to the members (S302). The price varies depending on the number of members participating in the joint purchase, the time used by the members, and the time of playback of the content (in the case of a movie such as a movie). The price change according to the number of participating members is shown in Table 1 above. The price change according to the time used by the members means that the member's joint purchase price is lowered during the time when the members access the web server 100 through the network. When the content is played, it means that the content such as a movie is played to some extent, and then, the members who want to watch the content are preserved as much as the playing time.

Next, members applying for joint purchases deposit the content to the account presented by the website 110 by mobile payment, Internet banking, bank account deposit, and various other methods (S303). Next, the members who have paid the fee for using the content elect the owner to control the playback of the content on the website 110 and notify the website 110 of this (S304). The election of the director is made by a method of informing the applicant to be the owner and selecting one of the known applicants by voting. The web server 100 requests the content server 200 at the time of providing the content, and requests the members to transmit the content (S305). As described above, the content transmission broadcasts the content to the members connected to the network, or transmits the content 1: 1 to the members logged in to the web server 100 (S306). When the content is sent to each member, the owner controls the content under his or her authority. Content control can include content playback, playback stop, playback time shift, volume control, video quality settings (e.g. brightness, contrast, contrast, contrast, aspect ratio, etc.). You can pause the playback of the content if you need to discuss the members or during the playback of the content. If the content is an online video lecture, members may share their opinions if they do not understand or need additional explanation, and may send and receive supplementary materials (files) to supplement the lecture. If the content is a movie or animation, the director will stop playback at the particular scene of the movie or animation being played and encourage members to comment on the movie or animation or to share their opinions. When the content is a record (for example, a singer's record composed of MP3 files), the master may perform the role of a DJ (Disk Jockey), that is, the selection of a record, a selection of a song, and a description of the selected song.

When the content manager is a video, animation, flash animation, or music-related file, the owner may stop playback at the point in time when it is determined that communication between members is necessary during the playback (S308).

The communication is preferably carried out by installing the same messenger program on each member's terminal. There are various messenger programs such as Microsoft's MSN, Nate-On, Yahoo Messenger, etc. In addition, each member provides a messenger program that is separately produced by the person who provides the content to the members. You can also try to communicate. In this case, it is preferable that the conversation between each member and the headmaster be open to each other, but in some cases, only one-to-one conversation can be performed. , And whisper function may be further included.

On the other hand, the communication proceeds in addition to the above-mentioned messenger program through multi-call between each member or by attaching a device such as a cam to each member's terminal, and then the voice and image (including video) between the members. You can also proceed by video conferencing.

7 illustrates a flowchart according to an embodiment of an online lecture in a two-way communication method for digital content according to the present invention.

First, the members who log in to the website 110 select the desired lecture by viewing the online lecture schedule known from the website 110 (S401). The schedule of online lectures announced on the website 110 includes subjects such as mathematics, English, Korean, social studies, history, ethics, physical chemistry, biology, and geography if the subject of the online lectures provided is for SATs for high school students. It can be arranged separately. The website 110 includes instructors conducting lectures in each subject, the profile of the instructor, the contents provided by the relevant online lecture, the course information according to the applicant, and the lecture time of the lecture (online to each member). The time the lecture is streamed), etc. are posted (S402), the members look at the posted content and select the lecture that is appropriate for them. When a member's application for each course is closed by this selection process, the member pays for the selected course. Payment for online lectures can be made through payment through a mobile phone, payment through online banking, and direct payment to a bank. In addition, you can sell coupons to members and have them pay through the coupons sold. In this case, the member can purchase a certain amount of coupons in place of cash, and can pay through this. Next, when the reservation for the online lecture is finished, the content server 200 transmits a broadcasting packet for the online lecture to each member at a contracted time (S403). At this time, the online lectures selected by the members are conducted by the instructor. The instructor streams the contents of his lecture to members, and when he / she wants to provide supplementary materials to members during the lecture (S404), the lecturer pauses the playback of the online lecture and provides supplementary materials to each member (S405). . The supplement is provided in the form of a file to supplement the lecture. The provided files may be provided in the Hangul Hangul, MS Word, Power Pointer, Excel, PDF, and various other formats with the extension HWP. After providing the supplementary materials to the members, the instructor resumes the lecture through the same (or similar) interface menu shown in FIG. 3 (S406). If members frequently ask questions during the lecture (S407), the instructor pauses the playback of the online lecture and then proceeds to discuss with the members (S408). In the discussion, it is preferable to proceed with the discussion through the control program as shown in FIG. 3 having the same messenger function between the instructor and the members. At this time, the control menu provided in the reference numerals 61a to 61h can be used only by the instructor, and the members who take the online lectures are deactivated.

As described above, the present invention allows various members to freely communicate with other members who use the same content at the same time zone. Accordingly, each member can exchange opinions with other members who use the same content instead of 1: 1 communication with the online content. In addition, the present invention can lower the use price of online content by several members co-purchase the same content. Co-purchase decreases in inverse proportion to the number of members who want to purchase online content, and as the number of participating members decreases, the cost of using the online content decreases, thereby increasing the participation of members. In addition, by providing a new method of bidirectional use of digital content, it is possible to actively promote the distribution of digital content.

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Varying the purchase price of the content according to the number of reservations of the members who want to use the content, the reservation time zone, and the time of starting the use of the content; Selecting any one of the members who reserved the use of the content as a control owner of the content; Providing the content to the members via a network; And And playing back the content under the control of the controller, and advancing opinions about the content by the members in real time with respect to the reproduced content. The method of claim 1, The purchase price, And inversely proportional to the number of reservations for the content. The method of claim 1, The control holder is, A method of bidirectional communication for digital content, characterized in that selected by the members who have reserved the use of the content. The method of claim 1, The content is, A bidirectional communication method for digital content, which is any one of an image, a video, a flash image, a file, and an audio file. The method of claim 4, wherein The flash image, the image, the file is a bidirectional communication method for the digital content, characterized in that the content is played by the playback method for each content on the website that members access by the control authority. The method of claim 1, The video above, A bidirectional communication method for digital content, characterized in that provided by the streaming (streaming) transmission method to each member. The method of claim 1, The control holder is, And determining the reproduction of the content, the selection of a reproduction time point, the provision of additional files related to the content, and the suspension of the reproduction of the content. The method of claim 1, The step of varying the purchase price of the content, And paying for the contents by members who want to purchase the contents. The method of claim 1, Wherein each of the members to comment on the content, And wherein each of the members runs the same messenger program and then promotes mutual opinions by the driven messenger program. The method of claim 1, Wherein each of the members to comment on the content, Wherein each member is a step of promoting mutual opinion through multi-call, video communication. The method of claim 10, The control holder is, And providing a file associated with the content to the messenger. The method of claim 1, The members, A method of bidirectional communication for digital content, characterized in that the content is provided through any one of a wired terminal and a wireless terminal. The method of claim 12, The wireless terminal, A two-way communication method for digital content, characterized in that any one of a mobile phone, a PDA, and a mobile computer. The method of claim 1, The content is, A two-way communication method for digital content, wherein the content is about online lectures. The method of claim 14, The control holder is, A two-way communication method for the digital content, characterized in that the lecturer to conduct the online lecture. The method of claim 14, The instructor, Determining the playback of the content of the online lecture, the selection of a playback time point, the provision of additional files associated with the content, and the suspension of the playback of the content.

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