KR20070021751A - System for selling an aut0matically digital contents and a method the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and method for automatically selling digital content in the present invention. According to the present invention, a system for selling digital content on the Internet periodically downloads content from a content server and a content server for storing and managing various contents including music content, multimedia content, and game content for providing to a buyer. Based on the database, a predetermined menu is set, and according to the menu, a payment request for the content vending machine and the content vending machine for transmitting the content selected by the buyer to the buyer's mobile device through a series of payment processes is performed. And a payment server for approving the payment of the buyer due to the predetermined payment means. Accordingly, in the present invention, the purchaser purchases the content from the content vending machine and runs the mobile device, so that the purchaser does not have to download the content stored in the content server using a separate computer and retransmit the content to the purchaser's mobile device. Since the purchaser searches for the content stored in the content vending machine by using the content vending machine connected to the content server by wire, it provides a more stable service than searching the content by wireless communication.

Digital Content, Mobile Devices, Vending Machines

Description

System and method for automatically selling digital content {SYSTEM FOR SELLING AN AUT0MATICALLY DIGITAL CONTENTS AND A METHOD THE SAME}

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of the content vending machine shown in FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of the mobile device shown in FIG. 1, and

4 is a flow chart illustrating a process of operating a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: mobile device 110, 210: control device

111: DRM decryption software 112: content playback software

113: content receiving software 114, 215: operating system

115, 216: central processing unit 120, 240: memory

130, 250: wired or wireless interface 140, 260: display

200: content vending machine 211: payment software

212: Content Download Software 213: Content Delivery Software

214: Menu Creation Software 220: Payment Billing Machine

230: Internet interface 270: Input device

300: Internet 400: Content Server

500: payment server 600: content update system

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically selling digital content, and more particularly, to automatically produce and sell a variety of content such as music content, multimedia content, and game content provided through the Internet to a buyer. By providing a vending machine, the present invention relates to a system and method for automatically selling digital content for retrieving content stored in a content vending machine and transmitting predetermined content to a purchaser's mobile device through a payment process.

In general, mobile devices include MP3 players, portable media players, mobile game players, and the like. The MP3 player provides music to the user by using the provided MP3 music content, the portable media player provides various images and music to the user by using multimedia content of a predetermined video or music file format, and the mobile game player Based on the game content, the user enjoys the game.

As such, a mobile device having a predetermined function may be utilized by a user of the mobile device according to what content is provided.

In order to receive such content, the user of the mobile device connects to a server of a provider providing the content using a separate computer connected to the Internet, searches for predetermined content, and downloads the content to the user's computer. In addition, a user connects a serial port or a USB port by wire between the computer and the mobile device to transmit the downloaded content to the mobile device. This method has a problem in that mobility is limited due to a wired cable provided to transmit content to a mobile device having mobility advantages. In addition, the above method has a problem in that the content is received using a separate computer and transmitted to the mobile device again.

In addition, when the mobile device is a mobile phone, it is possible to directly connect to the wireless Internet using a wireless communication network, so that the user can download the content by directly connecting to a server providing the content, but the user is relatively There was a problem in that it was not stable to search contents and excessive data call charges occurred.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content vending machine that stores content that can be mounted on a mobile device in advance, so that a user of the mobile device can use a content vending machine to select a content vending machine. The present invention provides a system and method for automatically selling digital content for searching for and downloading content of an electronic device.

The system for selling digital content according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a content server for storing and managing the content provided from a content provider and the content server periodically updated in connection with the content server A content vending machine for receiving and storing content and transmitting the content selected by the buyer to the mobile device of the buyer, wherein the mobile device receives the content from the content vending machine via wired or wireless connection .

Advantageously, the system inputs the purchaser's credit card information or micropayment information into the content vending machine to make a payment request for the content, and responds to the request online to determine whether to approve payment. It characterized in that it comprises a payment server for.

Preferably, the content vending machine is an internet interface for interworking with the content server via the internet, a memory for storing the content provided by accessing the content server via the internet interface, and the memory stored in the memory. A display for allowing the buyer to check contents, an input device for searching for the content and setting a download to the mobile device by using the menu displayed on the display, and the buyer using the input device Is provided with the wired / wireless interface for transmitting the content set by the mobile device to the mobile device through the wired communication or the wireless communication and periodically receives the updated content from the content server, and the purchaser stores the display. To form a menu of the content data to verify the content, characterized in that by the control commands of the input unit and a control unit for transmitting to the mobile device by setting the content.

Preferably, the control device is an operating system that acts as an interface between the hardware provided in the content vending machine and application programs including payment software, content download software, content delivery software, and menu generation software for driving the hardware. And a central processing unit configured to search for and set the content by the purchaser based on an operating system, and to transmit and process the content to the mobile device of the purchaser.

Preferably, the control device encrypts the content for transmission to the mobile device, and forms a decryption license file capable of decrypting the encrypted content only in the mobile device.

Preferably, the mobile device includes digital rights management (DRM) decryption software for decrypting the encrypted content received from the content vending machine using the decryption license file.

Preferably, the mobile device is a memory for receiving and storing the content provided from the content vending machine through a wired or wireless interface, and the image is implemented while the purchaser executes the content stored in the memory in a predetermined mode. And a control device for receiving the content in response to a request for transmitting the content by the content vending machine and executing the content in a mode set by the purchaser. .

In addition, a method for selling digital content according to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is (a) a content vending machine for providing the content to a buyer periodically connected to a content server storing the content Database of the downloaded content, (b) the buyer searching and selecting the content using the content vending machine, (c) the content selected by the buyer to the mobile device of the buyer Determining a method for downloading and (d) the downloading of the content is completed by the method, and executing the content by the purchaser.

Preferably, the step (c) is characterized in that it comprises a step for the buyer to pay for the content by a predetermined payment method.

Preferably, the predetermined payment method is a payment settlement in which the content vending machine is responsible for authenticating the information online due to the credit card information or the micropayment information of the purchaser set by the buyer in the content vending machine. In conjunction with the server, it is characterized in that the online payment is made.

Preferably, the step (d) comprises the steps of (d-1) the content vending machine encrypting the content to prevent unauthorized distribution of the content and generating a decryption license file for decrypting the content, ( d-2) transmitting the encrypted content to the mobile device, (d-3) additionally transmitting the decryption license file to the mobile device to decrypt the encrypted content and (d-4) the buyer And executing the content on the mobile device in the mode set by the user.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the system according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in more detail.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a system for selling digital content includes a content server 400 for managing and storing the content by a provider for selling various contents, such as music contents, multimedia contents, and game contents, to a buyer. The content server 400 connects to the Internet 300 and periodically downloads content for providing to the buyer, and enables the buyer to search and select the downloaded content so that the buyer selects the content selected by the buyer's mobile device ( 100) a content vending machine 200 for providing.

In addition, it is preferable that the purchaser further includes a payment server 500 for paying for the contents set by the purchaser accessing the content vending machine 200 and for determining whether the purchaser has approved the payment for the payment. .

In addition, the content propeller builds a content update system 600 to register the latest content in the content server in cooperation with a content provider. As a result, the provider may continuously register the latest content in the content server 400 with the latest content developed by each content provider using the content update system 600.

The content vending machine 200 is connected to the content server 400 through the Internet 300, the buyer directly retrieves the predetermined content from the digital content provided from the content server 400, and selects the desired content of the buyer Placed in a place accessible by the buyer for transmission to the mobile device 100. The content vending machine 200 periodically connects with the content server 400 to always retain the latest digital content desired by the buyer, and retrieves the digital content stored in the content server 400 and retains the content in the content server 400. Selectively download the latest content that is not present.

In contrast, the content vending machine 200 is not connected to the content server 400 to receive content, but the latest digital content registered by the content provider to the content server 400 using the content update system 600. May be selected by the content server 400 and delivered to the content vending machine 200 in each region connected through the Internet 300.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of the content vending machine 200 shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the content vending machine 200 is an internet interface 230 and an internet interface 230 for connecting the content server 400 and the payment server 500 through the internet 300. Memory 240 for storing the digital content delivered from the content server 400 through the), the buyer approaches the content vending machine 200 to search the content stored in the memory 240, the buyer searches for the content An input device 270 used to set predetermined content for downloading through the wired / wireless interface 250 to the mobile device 100 of the buyer, and the buyer searches and sets the content using the input device 270. Display 260 provided in the outer housing of the content vending machine 200 so that the user can proceed a series of processes, the purchaser pays cash or credit card for the set content In response to the payment payment device 220 and the content server 400 provided for payment, the digital content is provided, and a menu for the content is generated and displayed so that the buyer can determine and receive the content. And a control device for transmitting to the mobile device 100 of the purchaser through a payment process for the content set by the purchaser by the input device 270.

The wired / wireless interface 250 may include a Personal Area Network (PAN) module for short-range wireless communication with the mobile device 100, or may be wired through a serial port or a USB port. The content selected by the buyer from the vending machine 200 is transferred to the mobile device 100. In addition, the PAN module is preferably implemented by any one of Bluetooth, infrared communication, Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and Near Field Communication (NFC).

In addition, the input device 270 is located in the outer housing of the content vending machine 200 and is provided as a keypad or a touch screen for the buyer to perform a series of operations for selecting and setting digital content.

In addition to the payment method for the digital content selected by the purchaser using the input device 270 through the payment settlement machine 220, the buyer pays indirectly by the buyer's credit card information rather than the direct payment method. When the payment server 500 is linked and payment is made by the payment approval by the payment server 500, or when the purchaser pays the use price of the mobile device 100 used by the purchaser, the payment for the contents is also paid. It is made by micropayment method.

The controller 210 is an operating system (215) and an operating system (215) serving as an interface between various hardware provided in the content vending machine 200 and an application program required to drive such hardware in order to provide predetermined contents to the purchaser. Based on 215, the buyer searches for the content using the content vending machine 200, sets a desired content, pays the corresponding price, and then transmits the content to the buyer's mobile device 100. It consists of a central processing unit 216 to perform.

The application program accesses the content server 400 through the Internet 300 interface 230 and downloads the content download software 212 implemented as an algorithm for downloading the content stored in the content server 400. Menu generation software 214 for generating a menu for each content for loading and allowing the shopper to search and determine the content stored in the memory 240 via the display 260, the buyer's selection of the selected content for the buyer. According to the payment request, the payment software 211 performing the process of receiving the payment approval of the payment server 500 via the Internet 300 and the payment approval contents are transmitted to the purchaser's mobile device 100. And content delivery software 213 to do so.

In addition, a device is required in order to prevent the content transmitted from the content vending machine 200 to the buyer's mobile device 100 to be distributed to other buyers who do not use the content vending machine 200.

Therefore, when the purchaser sets the download for the selected content by using the content vending machine 200, the content vending machine 200 encrypts the content, and the encrypted content is stored in the mobile device 100 of the purchaser. Create a decryption license file that can be decrypted separately. The content vending machine 200 transmits the encrypted content to the purchaser's mobile device 100 together with the purchaser's download decision. When the purchaser completes payment for the content by an appropriate method, the content vending machine ( 200 transmits the decryption license file for the encrypted content to the mobile device 100.

3 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of the mobile device 100 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile device 100 may store the content provided from the content vending machine 200 through the wired / wireless interface 130, and a purchaser may store the content in a predetermined mode. The display 140 for providing the buyer with an image of the content appearing while executing and the content set by the buyer are received and stored from the content vending machine 200, and the content is stored in a predetermined mode according to the buyer's setting. Control device 110 for execution.

The mobile device 100 is a device such as an MP3 player, a mobile phone, a portable media player and a mobile game player.

In addition, the wire / wireless interface 130 may be received using a PAN module for short-range wireless communication of a wireless signal output from the wireless interface of the content vending machine 200, or the content vending machine 200 may include a serial port or a USB port. Receives the content via the wired interface (130).

The PAN module may be implemented in any one of a manner such as Bluetooth, infrared communication, ultra-wideband wireless communication, and NFC.

The control device 110 is a digital content receiving software 113 for receiving the content through the wired / wireless interface 130 in response to a content receiving request from the content vending machine 200, a buyer to the mobile device Based on the operating system 114 and the operating system 114 that serves as an interface between the application program, such as the content playback software 112 for playback using the hardware provided in the 100 and the hardware of the mobile device 100 It is composed of a central processing unit 115 for interworking with the content vending machine 200 to receive predetermined content and to execute the received content in a predetermined mode according to the purchaser's setting.

In addition, the control device 110 receives the encrypted content in order to prevent unauthorized distribution of the content provided by the content vending machine 200, to the encrypted content additionally transmitted from the content vending machine 200. The DRM decryption software 111 for decrypting the encrypted content is added using the decryption license file.

Hereinafter, the operation of the content providing system according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in more detail.

4 is a flow chart illustrating a process of operating a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, in order for a purchaser to purchase content to be provided to the mobile device 100 using the content vending machine 200, the content provider may preferentially select a music content, a multimedia content, and a game content. Various contents are registered in the content server 400 on the web in association with a content developer.

In addition, the content server 400 should retain various latest contents requested by the buyer. The content provider newly registers the latest contents with the content server 400 using the content update system 600. In this way, starting with the content server 400 that stores the latest content, the content vending machine 200 for providing the content desired by the buyer is installed in each region. The content vending machine 200 accesses the content server 400 via the Internet 300, downloads the content stored in the content server 400, makes a database, and stores the data in the memory 240 (S100). .

In addition, the content vending machine 200 generates a menu corresponding to each content so that the buyer can determine the stored content and projects the menu on the display 260 located in the outer housing of the content vending machine 200. The purchaser searches for the desired content using the input device 270 for the content displayed on the display 260 (S102).

The purchaser searches for the content, selects predetermined content to be executed in the mobile device 100 of the buyer, and sets download of the selected content (S104).

In addition, the transmission of the content selected by the purchaser to the mobile device 100 of the purchaser may be set in various ways, so that the purchaser uses the content vending machine 200 to transmit the content to the mobile device by wire or wireless communication. 100) to be sent. Furthermore, it is preferable to transmit the contents of the content vending machine 200 to the mobile device 100 by short-range wireless communication based on PAN technology due to the characteristics of the mobile device 100 that emphasizes mobility (S106). .

In addition, in order to prevent unauthorized distribution of content provided by the content vending machine 200, the content vending machine 200 encrypts the content set by the purchaser to download and decrypts the encrypted content. Create a decryption license file. Thereafter, the content vending machine 200 preferably transmits the encrypted content to the mobile device 100 when the download setting of the purchaser is completed.

In addition, when the purchaser completes payment for the content by a predetermined payment method, the content vending machine 200 transmits a decryption license file for decrypting the encrypted content to the mobile device 100. The encrypted content and the decryption license file transmitted as described above are decrypted into content which can be driven by the execution of the DRM decryption software 111 included in the mobile device 100 of the purchaser.

Here, the method for paying the content downloaded by the purchaser is a payment server via the Internet 300 when the purchaser requests payment directly by cash or credit card through a payment settlement machine located in an external housing of the content vending machine 200. There is a method for determining whether the payment is approved while the 500 is linked. In addition, when a purchaser makes a payment request for utilizing credit card information or micropayment information stored in the mobile device 100, the content vending machine 200 and the payment server 500 based on the credit card information or micropayment information. ) Is linked to the payment approval method is determined (S108).

Through the above process, the purchaser may set and play the digital content transmitted from the content vending machine 200 to the mobile device 100 in a predetermined mode.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. I can understand that you can.

Accordingly, in the present invention, the content provider includes a content vending machine for commercializing and selling various contents including music contents, multimedia contents, and game contents to the buyer, and the buyer stores the contents in a content server on the web using a separate computer. It is not necessary to download the content to the buyer's computer and retransmit the content to the buyer's mobile device, and the buyer can directly receive the selected content using the content vending machine directly to the mobile device. In case of, wireless communication is possible through its own terminal, but access to the content server is more unstable than wired communication network, and data call charges are incurred even when the buyer searches for the desired content, so the buyer automatically sells the content. Using the advantage that can be provided to search for content in a stable manner.

Claims (27)

In the system for selling digital content on the Internet, A content server for storing and managing the content provided from a content provider; And A content vending machine configured to periodically access the content server to receive and store the updated content, and to transmit the content selected by the buyer to the mobile device of the buyer, The mobile device is a system for automatically selling digital content, characterized in that for receiving the content from the content vending machine via wired or wireless. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is The purchaser enters the credit card information or micropayment information of the buyer in the content vending machine to make a payment request for the content, and in response to the request online includes a payment server for determining whether to approve payment A system for automatically selling digital content, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is: A system for automatically selling digital content, comprising music content, multimedia content, and game content. According to claim 1, wherein the content vending machine, An internet interface for interworking with the content server via the internet; A memory for storing the content received by accessing the content server through the internet interface; A display for allowing the purchaser to check the content stored in the memory; An input device for the purchaser to search for the content and set the download to the mobile device using a menu displayed on the display; A wired / wireless interface for transmitting the content set by the purchaser to the mobile device by wire or wireless communication using the input device; And Receive and store the periodically updated content from the content server, form a menu for the content so that the purchaser can check the content through the display, and set the content by a control command of the input device And a control device for transmitting to the mobile device. The method of claim 4, wherein the content vending machine, And a payment payment device as a means for paying for the content. The wired / wireless interface of claim 4, wherein A system for automatically selling digital content, characterized in that wireless communication with the mobile device in a short range. The method of claim 6, wherein the short range wireless communication, And a PAN module, wherein the PAN module is any one of Bluetooth, infrared communication, ultra-wideband wireless communication, and Near Field Communication (NFC). The wired and wireless interface of claim 4, wherein And serial port or USB port for wired communication with the mobile device. The method of claim 4, wherein the input device, A system for automatically selling digital content, comprising one of a keypad or a touch screen. The method of claim 4, wherein the control device, An operating system serving as an interface between hardware provided in the content vending machine and application programs including payment software, content download software, content delivery software, and menu generation software for driving the hardware; And And a central processing unit for retrieving and setting the content by the purchaser based on the operating system and transmitting the content to the mobile device of the purchaser. The method of claim 4, wherein the control device, And encrypting the content for transmission to the mobile device, and forming a decryption license file capable of decrypting the encrypted content only on the mobile device. The method of claim 4, wherein the control device, The encrypted content is transmitted to the mobile device at the request of the buyer, and the decryption license file is transmitted to the mobile device in response to the payment approval of the payment server in response to the payment request of the buyer for the content. And automatically sell digital content. The method of claim 4, wherein the mobile device, And digital rights management (DRM) decryption software for decrypting the encrypted content received from the content vending machine using the decryption license file. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device, A memory for receiving and storing the content provided from the content vending machine through a wired or wireless interface; A display for providing the buyer with an image implemented while the buyer executes the content stored in the memory in a predetermined mode; And And a controller for receiving the content in response to a request for transmission of the content by the content vending machine and executing the content in a mode set by the purchaser. system. The method of claim 14, wherein the wired and wireless interface, And a system for automatically selling digital content, wherein the content vending machine is configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the content vending machine. The method of claim 15, wherein the short-range wireless communication, And a PAN module, wherein the PAN module is any one of Bluetooth, infrared communication, ultra-wideband wireless communication, and Near Field Communication (NFC). The method of claim 14, wherein the wired and wireless interface, And a serial port or a USB port for wired communication with the content vending machine. The method of claim 14, wherein the control device, Serves as an interface between application programs, including digital content receiving software for receiving the content authorized from the content vending machine through the wired / wireless interface, and digital content playing software for executing the content using hardware provided in the mobile device. An operating system; And And a central processing unit configured to execute the content received from the content vending machine based on the operating system to execute the content according to the purchaser's setting. The method of claim 14, wherein the mobile device, A system for auto selling digital content comprising an MP3 player, a mobile phone, a portable media player and a mobile game player. In the method for selling digital content on the Internet, (a) a content vending machine for providing the content to a purchaser periodically connecting to a content server storing the content to make a downloaded database of the content; (b) the buyer searching for and selecting the content using the content vending machine; (c) determining a manner for downloading the content selected by the buyer to the buyer's mobile device; And (d) the downloading of the content by the scheme is completed, and executing the content by the purchaser. The method of claim 20, wherein step (a) is And generating a menu for the content so that the purchaser can select the content and displaying the content at a predetermined position of the content vending machine. The method of claim 20, wherein in step (c), The download method is a wired cable method or a short-range wireless communication method for automatically selling digital content, characterized in that. The method of claim 20, wherein step (c) comprises: And a step for the purchaser to pay for the content by a predetermined payment method. The method of claim 23, wherein the predetermined payment method, And the purchaser pays using a cash dispenser or a credit card payment machine provided in the content vending machine. The method of claim 23, wherein the predetermined payment method, Due to the purchaser's credit card information or micropayment information set by the buyer in the content vending machine, the content vending machine interworks with a payment server responsible for authenticating the information online, and the online payment is made. Characterized in that the method for automatically selling digital content. The method of claim 20, wherein step (d) (d-1) the content vending machine encrypting the content to prevent unauthorized distribution of the content, and generating a decryption license file for decrypting the content; (d-2) transmitting the encrypted content to the mobile device; (d-3) further transmitting the decryption license file to the mobile device to decrypt the encrypted content; And (d-4) executing the content on the mobile device in a mode set by the purchaser. The method of claim 26, wherein (d-3) is, Transmitting the decryption license file to the mobile device after the purchaser pays the price for the encrypted content according to a predetermined method.

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