KR20080006105A - Method of providing additional information according the mobile contents and computer-readable medium having thereon program performing function embodying the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An additional information service method linking with mobile contents and a computer readable recording medium for recording a program for realizing the method are provided to offer another information to a user who downloads and uses mobile contents by linking with the mobile contents, thereby offering necessary information to the user. A signal inputting action for driving mobile contents is received(S110). Additional information to be provided while operation is performed is obtained to offer the mobile contents(S120). The additional information is displayed on a mobile communication terminal(S130). If the operation is terminated or the displaying of the additional information exceeds predetermined time, the displaying of the additional information is interrupted, and the mobile contents are provided(S140).

Description

METHOD OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ACCORDING THE MOBILE CONTENTS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING THEREON PROGRAM PERFORMING FUNCTION EMBODYING THE SAME}

1 exemplarily illustrates a configuration of a system for implementing a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content according to the present invention;

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100: mobile communication terminal 200: information server

300: Additional Information Server

The present invention relates to a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content and a computer readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the same. More specifically, the user downloads and uses mobile content such as a game, music, or an electronic book. It is possible to provide the user with the necessary information by interworking with the mobile content to provide other information, and in particular, in the case of providing the advertisement information, a method of providing additional information linked to the mobile content that can use the mobile content at low cost, and realizing the same. The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon.

With the development of mobile communication technology and computer technology, a user's mobile communication terminal is configured to perform various functions. That is, the conventional voice call-oriented function may be configured to perform a function such as listening to music or watching a video through a processing device installed in the mobile communication terminal, and playing a mobile game or an e-book. It may also be configured to perform a readable function.

In particular, content that can be provided by a user's mobile communication terminal such as music, video, game, or e-book is referred to as mobile content in the specification of the present invention.

In order to utilize mobile content using the user's mobile communication terminal, the mobile content must be downloaded from the content server providing the mobile content to the user's mobile communication terminal. The downloaded mobile content is then provided to the user through a display device or an audio reproduction device of the mobile communication terminal through an appropriate processing procedure according to the user's selection.

After downloading the mobile content, the user selects through the button of the keypad provided in the mobile communication terminal, for example, to perform calculation through the processing device inside the mobile communication terminal. That is, the mobile communication terminal includes a kind of a miniaturized computer structure, and a virtual machine controls the processing device to interpret the mobile content and provide it to the user through arithmetic processing. However, the performance of the conventional mobile communication terminal is not suitable for quickly performing a process for providing mobile content by such a virtual machine in its configuration. That is, due to the limitation of the processing capacity, it takes a lot of time to provide such mobile content.

In addition, in the case of mobile contents such as music, contents for providing music, for example, music in MP3 format, must also drive mobile contents such as a codec for playing the music and a playback program for playing music through the same. In case of renewal, it can take a lot of time.

In addition, in mobile content such as an e-book or mobile content such as a game, a large amount of time may be required for driving the e-book data or the game data.

In addition, there is a case where the content must be updated to provide the conventional mobile content. For example, in the case of game content, when there is a change in a game program, the game content may be provided to a user by downloading the change information from an external content server. In this case, it takes a lot of time before the user selects through a keypad or the like to enjoy a game and becomes a state in which a user can enjoy a real game.

Therefore, if such a large amount of time is required, a display such as a logo of a mobile content producer, for example, is displayed on the display device during the operation to inform that the operation for providing mobile content is currently being performed. Such indications may include other indications for advertising purposes of the mobile content publisher. For example, advertisement information of a company that has a contract with a mobile content producer may be displayed.

However, such existing mobile content is generally configured such that new information cannot be added once downloaded. Therefore, once the downloaded content is driven, there is a disadvantage in that only the fixed information is always provided at the time of waiting for viewing of the mobile content.

The present invention relates to a method for additionally providing information suitable for a user by using a screen provided when driving the conventional mobile content.

An object of the present invention is to provide the user with the necessary information by interlocking with the mobile content to provide the user to download and use the mobile content, such as games, music or e-books, in particular advertising information The present invention provides a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content in which mobile content can be used at low cost.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing each step of the method for providing additional information linked to the mobile content.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a method for providing additional information linked to mobile content in a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a signal input for driving the mobile content, (b) the signal input Acquiring additional information to be provided while performing an operation for providing mobile content corresponding to the step (c) expressing the additional information to the mobile communication terminal; and (d) the operation is terminated or the When the presentation of the additional information exceeds a predetermined time, it provides a method for providing information linked to the mobile content comprising the step of stopping the presentation of the additional information and providing the mobile content.

In the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (b) (b-1) transmits the information to an external information server that stores a plurality of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal. Requesting and receiving the extracted information from the information server based on extraction reference information predetermined in response to the request for information transmission from the mobile communication terminal, and (b-2) receiving the received information from the additional information. And designating as.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (b), (b-3) transmitting the information to an external information server that stores a plurality of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal Requesting and receiving information about the request information, and (b-4) selecting the additional information based on predetermined extraction reference information among information received from the information server.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (b), (b-5) receives information from an external information server for storing a plurality of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal And (b-6) selecting the additional information based on predetermined extraction criterion information among the information received from the information server.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (b) is (b-7) external to store a plurality of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal based on the predetermined extraction reference information Requesting the transmission of the information to the information server of the server and receiving the information, and (b-8) designating the received information as the additional information.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (b) may be performed during the operation for providing the mobile content corresponding to the signal input.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (b) may be performed in advance before performing the operation for providing the mobile content corresponding to the signal input.

In addition, in the method of providing information linked to mobile content according to the present invention, the additional information further includes network connection information for connection with an additional information server that provides additional information associated with the additional information. (c) providing (c-1) a user interface for acquiring whether to provide the additional information simultaneously with the presentation of the additional information; and (c-2) providing the additional information through the user interface. The method may further include establishing a network connection with the additional information server based on the network connection information when receiving a signal input for receiving.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (c), (c-3) when receiving a signal input for receiving the additional information to provide the additional information to the information server. The method may further include the step of notifying.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the step (c-2), (c-4) if receiving the signal input for receiving the additional information once again whether or not to provide the additional information And (c-5) establishing a network connection with the additional information server based on the network connection information when reconfirming the provision of the additional information through the confirmation of the step (c-4). Can be.

In addition, in the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention, the extraction reference information is one or more of the age, gender, hobbies, preference information or month, day, current time, season information of the user of the mobile communication terminal It may include.

The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing each step of the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method of providing additional information linked to mobile contents of the present invention and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the same will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for implementing a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content according to the present invention.

As shown, a system for implementing a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content according to the present invention may include a mobile communication terminal 100, an information server 200, and further include an additional information server 300. have.

The mobile communication terminal 100 refers to a mobile communication terminal capable of providing mobile content, and includes, for example, a computing device for processing mobile content, a storage device for storing mobile content, and a display device for displaying mobile content. Audio devices and the like.

The information server 200 stores a plurality of information and is configured to transmit additional information according to the present invention to the mobile communication terminal 100 through a mobile communication network. In addition, the information server 200 may be operated in response to the provision of the mobile content in the production company of the mobile content, or may be operated in a mobile communication company.

The additional information server 200 is configured to provide additional additional information by a network connection with the mobile communication terminal 100 based on the additional information in addition to the additional information transmitted from the information server 200 to the mobile communication terminal 100. .

In addition to the mobile communication terminal 100, the information server 200, and the additional information server 300 includes a configuration for signal relay in a mobile communication network, but such a configuration is not related to the features of the present invention. Omit the description.

Hereinafter, a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the system environment of FIG. 1.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing additional information linked to mobile content according to the present invention.

First, a signal input for driving mobile content is received (S110).

For example, the game contents are selected through a keypad of the mobile communication terminal through a user interface in the mobile communication terminal.

Subsequently, in response to the signal input in step S110, additional information to be provided while performing an operation in the computing device in the mobile communication terminal is provided to provide mobile content (S120).

When the driving signal input of the mobile content is received in step S110, the computing device in the mobile communication terminal performs a calculation for providing the mobile content.

In this case, since it takes a lot of time as described above, it is to provide additional information by using this time.

Acquisition of additional information can be considered as the following case.

First of all, this is a case where additional information is received from an external information server and obtained without storing additional information in the mobile communication terminal.

In this case, the mobile communication terminal requests the transmission of the information to an information server, that is, an external information server that stores a plurality of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal.

The information server extracts the information based on the predetermined extraction reference information in response to the request for transmission from the mobile communication terminal.

The extraction criterion information may be, for example, age, gender, hobby, preference information of the user of the mobile communication terminal, or month, day, current time information, and the like. That is, when the information server receives the request for information transmission from the information server, since the unique code of the mobile communication terminal is known, user information such as age and hobby can be extracted based on the unique code, and the current time or date, Appropriate information can be extracted based on month or season.

The information extracted from the information server is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal receives it, designates it as additional information, and then displays it.

In addition, even when the mobile terminal receives the additional information from an external information server without storing the additional information, the information may be extracted in the mobile communication terminal.

That is, the mobile communication terminal requests the information server to transmit a plurality of information, the information server transmits a plurality of information to the mobile communication terminal without a separate extraction process, the mobile communication terminal among the plurality of received information mobile communication terminal The additional information to be displayed on the mobile communication terminal is selected based on the extraction reference information stored therein.

In addition, even when extracting additional information to be displayed in the mobile communication terminal can be performed without request for information transmission to a special information server.

That is, when it is set to receive additional information by agreement or the like in advance, the information server transmits the information to the mobile communication terminal without a separate information transmission request. For example, information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in the form of SMS, and the mobile communication terminal stores such information. Thereafter, the additional information to be displayed on the mobile communication terminal can be selected based on the predetermined extraction reference information.

In this case, the calculation execution time can be reduced by extracting additional information by receiving information previously, not during operation for driving mobile content.

In addition, after storing the extraction reference information in the mobile communication terminal may be configured to transmit such extraction reference information to the information server to transmit information corresponding to the extraction reference information.

In this case, the extraction is performed in the information server, and only the additional information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, which is designated as additional information to be received and displayed.

In addition, the step S120 may be performed in the middle of performing an operation in the computing device inside the mobile communication terminal in order to provide the mobile content corresponding to the signal input in step S110.

Alternatively, step S120 may be performed in advance before step (b) is performed in the computing device inside the mobile communication terminal to provide mobile content corresponding to the signal input in step S110. That is, since the operation for providing the additional information is simpler than the operation for providing the mobile content, the operation for providing the additional information may be configured to first perform the provision of the additional information and then perform the operation for providing the mobile content.

Thereafter, the additional information obtained in step S120 is displayed on the mobile communication terminal (S130).

The presentation of the additional information may be displayed in the form of an image on a display device such as an LCD window of the mobile communication terminal, or may be displayed as a sound in a speaker or the like of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the displayed additional information may further include network connection information for connection with an additional information server that provides additional information in association with the additional information.

For example, when the additional information is simple advertisement information for a specific product, the user of the mobile communication terminal may want to obtain more detailed information about the specific product. Therefore, for this case, the additional information may further include network connection information for connection with the additional information server.

In this case, in step S130, the additional information may be displayed on the mobile communication terminal, and at the same time, a user interface for providing additional information may be provided. Such a user interface indicates that there is additional information and displays an indication that additional information can be checked through input of a key button or a menu button of a mobile communication terminal, for example, if it is desired to provide additional information.

Upon receiving a signal input for receiving additional information through the user interface, a network connection between the mobile communication terminal and the additional information server is established based on the network connection information. After such setting, the mobile communication terminal can receive and display additional information associated with the additional information from the additional information server.

In this case, the information server may be notified that the user of the mobile communication terminal wants to receive additional information. That is, in the case of advertisement information, compensation may be performed according to the exposure frequency of the user. Such a reward can be, for example, a discount on the price of the mobile content or other points earned.

Therefore, when receiving a signal input for receiving this additional information, it is desirable to notify the information server.

In addition, in the case of providing the additional information, a network connection with the additional information server is performed. For example, even if it is assumed that the network connection with the information server has a user's consent, it may be necessary to obtain the user's consent for the network connection with the additional information server in order to settle the network usage fee.

Therefore, in order to connect with the additional information server, the display device of the mobile communication terminal once again checks whether the connection with the additional information server, that is, whether additional information is provided, and the network connection only when the user reconfirms it through the mobile communication terminal. Based on the information, it can be configured to establish a network connection with the additional information server.

If the operation is terminated or the presentation of the additional information exceeds a predetermined time, the presentation of the additional information is stopped and mobile content is provided (S140).

That is, when the calculation performed in the computing device in the mobile communication terminal to provide the mobile content is completed, the mobile content may be provided without any additional information. In addition, even if the operation is not finished, if the additional information is displayed for too long time, it may cause inconvenience to the user, so the display of the additional information is stopped.

The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing each step of the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to the present invention.

However, the description of the recording medium according to the present invention will be omitted since it overlaps with the method for providing information linked to the mobile content according to the present invention with reference to FIGS.

Although the configuration of the present invention has been described in detail, it is only for illustrating the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the protection scope of the present invention is defined through the description of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide the user with the necessary information by linking with the mobile content and providing other information to the user who downloads and uses the mobile content such as a game, music, or e-book. In the case of providing the information, the mobile content can be used at a low cost in connection with receiving the advertisement information.

Claims (13)

A method for providing additional information linked to mobile content in a mobile communication terminal, (a) receiving a signal input for driving mobile content; (b) acquiring additional information to be provided while performing an operation to provide mobile content corresponding to the signal input; (c) expressing the additional information to the mobile communication terminal; (d) stopping the presentation of the additional information and providing the mobile content when the operation is terminated or when the presentation of the additional information exceeds a predetermined time; Information providing method linked to the mobile content comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) (b-1) requesting transmission of information to an external information server storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal and correspondingly designated in advance in response to an information transmission request of the mobile communication terminal from the information server; Receiving the extracted information based on the extraction criterion information; (b-2) designating the received information as the additional information Information providing method linked to the mobile content that includes. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) (b-3) requesting the transmission of the information to an external information server storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal and receiving the information; (b-4) selecting the additional information based on predetermined extraction criterion information among information received from the information server; Information providing method linked to the mobile content that includes. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) (b-5) receiving and storing information from an external information server storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal; (b-6) selecting the additional information based on predetermined extraction criterion information among information received from the information server; Information providing method linked to the mobile content that includes. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) (b-7) requesting transmission of information to an external information server storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal based on predetermined extraction reference information, and receiving the information; (b-8) designating the received information as the additional information Information providing method linked to the mobile content that includes. The method of claim 1, The step (b) is performed in the course of performing the operation for providing the mobile content corresponding to the signal input information providing method linked to the mobile content. The method of claim 1, The step (b) is the information providing method linked to the mobile content is performed in advance before performing the operation for providing the mobile content corresponding to the signal input. The method of claim 1, The additional information further includes network connection information for connection with an additional information server that provides additional information associated with the additional information. Step (c) is, (c-1) providing a user interface for acquiring whether to provide the additional information simultaneously with the presentation of the additional information; (c-2) establishing a network connection with the additional information server based on the network connection information when receiving a signal input for receiving the additional information through the user interface; Information providing method linked to the mobile content further comprising. The method of claim 8, wherein step (c) comprises: (c-3) notifying the information server of providing the additional information upon receiving a signal input for receiving the additional information; Information providing method linked to the mobile content further comprising. The method of claim 8, wherein step (c-2) comprises (c-4) checking whether the additional information is provided once again upon receiving a signal input for receiving the additional information; (c-5) establishing a network connection with the additional information server based on the network connection information when reconfirming the provision of the additional information through confirmation of step (c-4). Information providing method linked to the mobile content further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, And the extraction reference information includes any one or more of age, gender, hobbies, preference information or month, day, current time, and season information of the user of the mobile communication terminal. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing each step of the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing each step of the information providing method linked to the mobile content according to claim 11.

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