KR20040096822A - A system for supplying personal contents information using internet messenger, individual homepage, communication network and a method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing personal content information in connection with an internet messenger or a personal homepage and a wired / wireless communication network. According to the present invention, a user and another user designated in advance to a user connected to an internet messenger or a mini homepage are connected to a wired / wireless communication network. By displaying the downloaded personal content information through the link to the homepage that provides content to the displayed personal content information, it is possible to quickly and easily preview or download the personal content information.

Description

System and method for providing personal content information using internet messenger, personal homepage and communication network {A SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING PERSONAL CONTENTS INFORMATION USING INTERNET MESSENGER, INDIVIDUAL HOMEPAGE, COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND A METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing personal content information, and more particularly, to provide an internet messenger server or a minihompy server with personal content information set by a messenger service or a minihompy user through a wired or wireless communication network. The present invention relates to a personal content information providing system and a method for providing personal content information that can be downloaded conveniently on a mini homepage.

Recently, Internet messengers such as MSN and NATE ON have become popular due to the spread of the internet network. Cyworld's "mini homepage", Say Club's "my homepage", MSN's "MSN homepage", Daimim's "I.style", There are a growing number of sites that offer services such as FreeChall's "MyHome" to give individuals online space and decorate them.

Messenger (instant messaging program) means a program that can send and receive messages in real time anytime and anywhere when the Internet is connected using the TCP / IP protocol. The main functions of the messenger include not only delivering a text message to a counterpart in real time quickly, but also for 1: 1 or 1: N multi-party chat, file transmission, and image data transmission. And minihompy is a program that gives space to individuals online and allows them to upload photos, write and decorate and manage themselves. A lot of skills and knowledge are required to manage personal homepages, but mini homepages are used by many people because they do not require special skills to upload and manage materials.

Meanwhile, in the past, wired and wireless communication businesses mainly provided call services, but recently, the use of additional services using wireless data is becoming more common. Additional services of wired / wireless communication services include image connection of ring tone, ring tone, picture, photo, e-mail, music video, movie and other video such as coloring. The supplementary service is generally provided only to a person who subscribes to the supplementary service, and the supplementary service subscriber is connected to a server providing the contents through a wired or wireless network and downloaded to the wired / wireless communication terminal.

In the related art, there is no means to separately display the contents of the personal content of the additional service used by the user through the wired or wireless communication network on the user's mini homepage or messenger. Accordingly, the user of the corresponding content may not display the content contents reflecting his or her taste on the mini homepage or the messenger, and thus may have inconvenience in that a means for expressing his or her personality is limited. If you want to use, respectively, such as access to the homepage that provides the additional service separately, such use has been limited. In addition, wired / wireless telecommunications providers that have to provide and build the contents through a limited number of homepages have a disadvantage in that they can not obtain additional profits due to the increase in content users using programs on the Internet.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention is in connection with the existing wired / wireless communication network and the Internet service system (Internet messenger, mini homepage), the personal content information of the Internet messenger user or the mini homepage user used on the wired / wireless communication network and related contents It can be shown on the Internet messenger or mini home, and it has been confirmed that there is an effect that can be downloaded quickly and conveniently completed the present invention.

An object of the present invention is to display personal content information and related content set by a user and another user stored in the user's friend list on the Internet messenger or the mini homepage through a wired / wireless communication network. Another object of the present invention is to access the content providing homepage through personal content information displayed on an internet messenger or a mini homepage, and to easily and conveniently download the displayed personal content.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be described below, which is not limited to the matters disclosed in the claims of the present invention and the disclosures of the embodiments thereof, but also to the broader ranges by means and combinations within the range that can be easily contemplated therefrom. Add that it will be included.

1 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a system for providing personal content information according to the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram showing a system for providing personal content information using an Internet messenger according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3A is a view capturing a messenger screen in an embodiment of a conventional messenger system.

3B is a view capturing a messenger screen in a messenger system to which the present invention is applied.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing personal content information using an Internet messenger according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

100: Internet Messenger Server

200: mini homepage server

300: content information providing gateway server

310: content information database

400: server for content provider

500: wired / wireless carrier side server

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a system for providing personal content information and its associated content on the Internet messenger used on the wired and wireless communication network;

An Internet messenger server for requesting to search personal content information set by the user and another user registered in the friend list of the user on a wired / wireless communication network and displaying the personal content information on a messenger;

At least one content provider side server that provides contents to additional service subscribers through wired or wireless networks;

A wired / wireless communication service provider server for storing and managing information about the additional service subscriber and personal content information provided by the content service provider server to the service subscriber;

When the personal content information inquiry request is received from the Internet messenger server, a request is made to the wired / wireless service provider server to request and receive the preset personal content list and corresponding content provider information about other users registered in the user list of the user and the user. And a gateway server which requests and receives the personal content information inquiry from the corresponding content provider side server and transmits the received personal content information to be displayed on the Internet messenger server. to provide.

When the user selects to display personal content information about the user and other users registered in the friend list of the user, the Internet messenger server connects the corresponding content providing homepage associated with the personal content information to the user. Characterized in that the personal content can be executed or provided in advance.

The gateway server includes a content information database for storing the personal content list, corresponding content provider information, and the personal content information.

The gateway server may receive personal content information from the content provider server in advance and store the content in the content information database.

In addition, when the gateway server receives the personal content list and the corresponding content provider information from the wired / wireless communication service provider server, the gateway server requests and receives the personal content information inquiry from the corresponding content service provider server based on the received personal content information list and the content information database. It is desirable to store.

When the Internet messenger server requests a search for personal content information set by a user and other user's friend list on a wired / wireless communication network, the personal messenger information is searched based on user information about the user and another user. And the user information is a wired / wireless communication number entered when the user and the other user subscribe to the Internet messenger service.

In particular, the Internet messenger server preferably displays the personal content information in the form of an icon next to the user's name and the friend's name.

On the other hand, the present invention provides a method for providing personal content information used on the wired and wireless communication network on the Internet messenger;

a) when the user logs in to the Internet messenger, the Internet messenger server requesting the gateway server to query the personal content information set by the user and other users registered in the user's friend list on the wired / wireless communication network;

b) when the gateway server receives the personal content information inquiry request, requests and receives the preset personal content list and corresponding content provider information about other users stored in the user and friend list from the wired / wireless communication service provider server. step;

c) storing and processing, by the gateway server, the personal content list, the corresponding operator information, and the personal content information previously backed up from the content provider side server;

d) the gateway server transmitting the personal content information to the internet messenger server; And

e) displaying, by the Internet messenger server, the received personal content information on the Internet messenger.

In the method for providing personal content information, when the user selects the display of personal content information about the user and a registered friend on the Internet messenger, the Internet messenger server connects the corresponding content providing homepage associated with the personal content information to the user. The method may further include g) allowing the personal content to be executed or provided in advance.

In another aspect, the present invention provides the steps c) and d of the gateway server storing the personal content list and corresponding content provider information and the personal content information received in steps b) and c) in a content information database. It is characterized in that it further comprises a step).

If, in step c), the gateway server has not previously backed up the personal content information from the content provider server, the corresponding content is based on the personal content list and the corresponding content provider information received from the content provider server. The method may further include requesting and receiving an inquiry of the personal content information from an operator-side server.

In step a), when the user and the other user registered in the user's friend list request the personal content information set on the wired / wireless communication network, the personal content information inquiry is performed based on the user information on the other user. Preferably, the user information is a wired / wireless communication number entered when the user and another user subscribe to the Internet messenger service.

In addition, in step f), the received personal content information may be displayed on the Internet messenger in the form of an icon next to the user's name and friend's name.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of related known functions or known configurations or obvious matters to those skilled in the art may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 illustrates an embodiment of a personal content information providing system for providing content information set by a subscriber of an additional service through a wired or wireless network to an Internet service system such as an Internet messenger server 100 or a mini homepage server 200. . In the present specification, "personal content information" means a broad meaning including all information about music contents such as ringtones and coloring, music videos, movies, and videos provided by content providers to subscribers of additional services through wired and wireless communication networks. Used as

The Internet messenger server 100 has a database that stores user personal information such as a user's name, password, name, address, e-mail address, and wired / wireless communication number that the user inputs when signing up for a messenger service. The screen name and the current status of the other user registered in the user's friend list preset by the user and the current status (away, busy, temporarily away, etc.) are displayed on the messenger screen. The Internet messenger server 100 is provided by an Internet service provider such as Microsoft, Nate or the like that provides a messenger service.

The mini homepage server 200 is provided with a database that stores user personal information such as ID, password, name, address, wired / wireless communication number of the user entered when the user of the mini homepage subscribes to the mini homepage service. The name of another user who is connected to the mini homepage or another user specified individually by the mini homepage and the icon directly linked to the homepage of another user are displayed on the mini homepage. The other user's name is used as an icon for providing additional functions such as sending a message, making a group, executing a messenger, and inviting. The detailed description of the other Internet messenger service and the mini homepage service will be omitted from the scope of the present invention.

The content provider server 400 provides various types of content and content related information such as music and movies to a communication terminal of an additional service subscriber through a wired / wireless communication network. For example, in the case of providing music content, the content provider server 400 may provide a title of the music, a composer, a writer, a popularity ranking, an album sales volume, a download ranking, other detailed information about the corresponding music, and a music file for downloading. Store and manage in database form. The communication terminal of the supplementary service subscriber includes all media capable of transmitting and receiving data through a wired / wireless communication network such as a mobile communication terminal such as a PDA or a mobile phone and a computer or a laptop. The content provider server 400 displays the content and the content related information to the additional service user, and provides the content information to a web site where the user receives a request such as viewing detailed information, previewing or downloading the predetermined content. to provide. The website may be provided by a content provider, a wired or wireless communication service provider, or a third party service provider.

The wired / wireless communication service provider server 500 stores and manages information on the additional service subscriber and the personal content list transmitted from the content service provider server 400 to the communication terminal of the service subscriber through the wired / wireless network. The wired / wireless communication number among the information about the additional service subscriber may be used as an identification ID for identifying the content list used by the additional service subscriber and the additional service subscriber.

The gateway server 300 includes a content information database 310 for storing and managing personal content information. The gateway server 300 stores and manages the personal content list received from the wired / wireless communication service provider server 500 and the corresponding content provider information. . In addition, the content information database 310 may store the basic information on the content provided by the content provider to the additional service subscriber from the content provider server 400 in advance. Some or all of the detailed information about the content stored in the content provider server 400 is provided as basic information about the content.

2 schematically illustrates a system for providing personal content using an internet messenger system and a wired / wireless communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the Internet messenger user logs in to the messenger program, the Internet messenger server 100 stores wired / wireless communication numbers of other users registered in the user and the user's friend list in a database in which the personal information entered by the messenger user when the Internet messenger service is subscribed. Extracts and requests personal content information inquiry used by the additional service user corresponding to the wired / wireless communication number to the content providing gateway server 300 based on the extracted information. The wired / wireless communication service provider server 500 stores a content list provided by the content service provider server 400 and service provider information providing the content when the additional service subscriber receives the content through the wired / wireless network. When the personal content information inquiry request is input from the 300, the content list used by the additional service subscriber and the provider information providing the corresponding content are transmitted to the gateway server 300.

The content provider server 400 includes a content information database 410 for storing and managing personal content information provided from one or more content providing sub-servers 400a and 400b. The content providing sub servers 400a and 400b store and manage various contents such as music and video, and provide the same to the content provider server 400.

The content provider server 400 stores the basic content of personal content transmitted from the content providing sub-servers 400a and 400b to Internet messenger users in a content information database 410 and processes the basic content of personal content. By generating additional personal information related to the personal content, the processed information along with the personal content basic information is backed up to the gateway server 300. For example, when an Internet messenger user sets coloring on a communication terminal through a wired / wireless communication network, the content provider side server 400 uses another personal content list and personal content information provided to the internet messenger user, and other information stored in a friend list. The gateway server may generate additional information related to personal content such as a content popularity ranking among users, an overall popularity ranking among other users who have subscribed to a messenger service, a popularity ranking of the week according to content types, and a content download ranking. Back up together). Since the transmitted personal content information and additional information related to personal content are stored and managed in the gateway server 300, the gateway server 300 receives the personal content information request from the Internet messenger server 100 each time. The provider-side server 400 may not request personal content information.

Meanwhile, the content provider server 400 may be configured not to back up personal content information and additional information related to personal content. In this case, the gateway server 300 receives the content list used by the additional service subscriber and the provider information providing the corresponding content, and requests personal content information from the server 400 of the content provider based on the information. It may generate additional information related to personal content. When the content provider server 400 receives the personal content information request signal from the gateway server 300, the content provider server 400 transmits the personal content information to the gateway server 300 in real time. The gateway server 300 may include the personal content information received from the content provider side server 400, the content list received from the wired / wireless communication service provider server 500, and the provider information providing the corresponding content. Store the information in the form, and generate the additional information related to the personal content by using the collected information, and process the processed personal content information and the personal content related information into a form suitable for display on the Internet messenger screen. Is sent to 300.

Thereafter, the Internet messenger server 100 receives the processed personal content information from the content providing gateway server 300 and displays user information on the display screen of the messenger display window.

3A and 3B illustrate a screen capture of a conventional Internet messenger display screen and an Internet messenger display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3A, a screen name of a user, a screen name of another user registered in the user's friend list, and a current state of the user are shown. On the contrary, FIG. 3B shows a case in which the present invention is applied. When an Internet messenger user accesses the Internet messenger server 100, the display window of the Internet messenger sets not only the screen name and the current state of the user, but also set by the user through the wired / wireless communication network. An icon indicating the type of content such as coloring, ringtone, or video and the title of the content are displayed together. If the user of the Internet messenger clicks the icon, the detailed information of the content and the linked homepage address linked to download or set the content are displayed in the form of an icon on the display window of the Internet messenger. If the content providing homepage link icon is pressed, the content providing homepage providing the corresponding content can be directly accessed.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of providing personal content information in a system for providing personal content information according to the present invention.

When the Internet messenger user logs in to the Internet messenger server 100, the Internet messenger server 100 searches for the personal content information set by the user and another user registered in the user's friend list through the wired / wireless communication network. Ask. When the gateway server 300 receives the personal content information inquiry request, the gateway server 300 requests the personal content list and corresponding content provider information preset for other users stored in the user and friend list from the wire / wireless communication service provider server 500. To receive. Although not shown in the figure, the gateway 300 includes a content information database 310 storing personal content information backed up from a server of a content provider.

The content information providing gateway server 300 processes the personal content list received from the wire / wireless communication service provider server 500 and the corresponding content provider information and the personal content information stored in the content information database 310 to be processed. The information inquiry result is transmitted to the Internet messenger server 100. Accordingly, the Internet messenger display screen displays an icon representing a personal content and a content title next to a screen name of the user and other users registered in the user's friend list.

If the Internet messenger user clicks on the personal content next to the logged-in friend's screen name, the basic information on the personal content such as the title, lyrics, composer, etc. of the content on the Internet messenger display screen and the contents providing homepage address providing the content Is displayed. In addition, on the Internet messenger display screen, additional information such as a content popularity ranking among other users stored in a friend list, a content popularity ranking among Internet messenger service subscribers, and a best download content of the week may be displayed. When the content providing homepage address is clicked, the Internet messenger server connects the corresponding content providing homepage so that the user can execute or receive the personal content in advance.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, these embodiments are merely illustrative of the invention, and the scope of protection of the invention is not limited by these embodiments. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, personal content information such as ringtones or video information downloaded by a messenger user or a homepage user through a wired / wireless communication network through an internet messenger or a mini homepage is provided on a messenger or mini homepage screen, thereby providing personal preference. The reflected content information can be displayed, and the Internet messenger counterpart and each homepage visitor can know each other's tastes so that they can feel more intimate and easily download the contents material that suits their tastes to wired / wireless communication and mobile communication devices. Has the effect of

In addition, the present invention provides personal information of wired / wireless communication and mobile communication network to programs widely used on the Internet such as Internet messenger and mini homepage, thereby adding to telecommunications companies, CP companies and Internet operators through the combination of communication industry and Internet business. Can give a profit

Other effects of the present invention, as well as those described in the above-described embodiments and claims of the present invention, as well as the effects that can occur within a range that can be easily estimated from them and the potential of the potential advantages that contribute to industrial development Add that they will be covered by a wider scope.

Claims (13)

Claims [1] A system for providing personal content information used in a wired / wireless communication network and related contents on an internet messenger; An Internet messenger server for requesting to search personal content information set by the user and another user registered in the friend list of the user on a wired / wireless communication network and displaying the personal content information on a messenger; At least one content provider side server that provides contents to additional service subscribers through wired or wireless networks; A wired / wireless communication service provider server for storing and managing information about the additional service subscriber and personal content information provided by the content service provider server to the service subscriber; When the personal content information inquiry request is received from the Internet messenger server, a request is made to the wired / wireless service provider server to request and receive the preset personal content list and corresponding content provider information about other users registered in the user list of the user and the user. And a gateway server for requesting and receiving the personal content information inquiry from the corresponding content provider side server and transmitting the received personal content information to be displayed on the Internet messenger server. The method of claim 1, When the user selects to display personal content information about the user and other users registered in the user's friend list, the Internet messenger server connects the corresponding content providing homepage associated with the personal content information to the user. Personal content information providing system, characterized in that to be able to run or receive the content in advance. The method of claim 2, And the gateway server comprises a content information database for storing the personal content list, corresponding content provider information, and the personal content information. The method of claim 3, wherein And the gateway server receives the personal content information from the server of the content provider in advance and stores the personal content information in the content information database. The method of claim 3, wherein When the gateway server receives the personal content list and the corresponding content provider information from the wired / wireless communication service provider server, the gateway server requests the personal content information inquiry from the corresponding content provider server and stores the received content information in the content information database. Personal content information providing system, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, When the Internet messenger server requests a search for personal content information set by a user and other user's friend list on a wired / wireless communication network, the personal messenger information is searched based on user information about the user and another user. And the user information is a wired / wireless communication number entered when the user and other users subscribe to the Internet messenger service. The method according to claim 1 to 6, The Internet messenger server, the personal content information providing system, characterized in that for displaying the personal content information in the form of an icon next to the user's screen name and the name of the friend list. A method for providing personal content information used on a wired or wireless communication network on an Internet messenger; a) when the user logs in to the Internet messenger, the Internet messenger server requesting the gateway server to query the personal content information set by the user and other users registered in the user's friend list on the wired / wireless communication network; b) when the gateway server receives the personal content information inquiry request, requests and receives the preset personal content list and corresponding content provider information about other users stored in the user and friend list from the wired / wireless communication service provider server. step; c) requesting, by the gateway server, personal content information from the content provider server based on the personal content list and the corresponding operator information, and storing and processing the personal content list, the corresponding operator information, and the personal content information; d) the gateway server transmitting the personal content information to the internet messenger server; And e) displaying, by the Internet messenger server, the received personal content information on the Internet messenger. The method of claim 8, f) If the user selects the display of personal content information about the user and a registered friend on the Internet messenger, the Internet messenger server connects the corresponding content providing homepage associated with the personal content information so that the user previews the personal content in advance. A method of providing personal content information, characterized in that it further comprises the step of enabling or receiving. The method of claim 9, g) between the steps c) and d), the gateway server storing the personal content list and corresponding content provider information and the personal content information received in steps b) and c) in a content information database. Personal content information providing method, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 8, If the gateway server has not previously backed up the personal content information from the content provider server in step c), the corresponding content provider side based on the personal content list and the corresponding content provider information received from the content provider server. And requesting and receiving the personal content information query from a server. The method of claim 9, In step a), when the user and another user registered in the user's friend list request the personal content information set on the wired / wireless communication network, the personal content information inquiry is requested based on the user information on the other user. And wherein the user information is a wired / wireless communication number entered when the user and the other user subscribe to the Internet messenger service. The method according to claim 8 to 12, In the step e), the personal content information providing method characterized in that to display the received personal content information in the form of an icon next to the user's name and the name of the friend list on the Internet messenger.