KR20210118685A - System for providing live contents embodied in homepageand method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a system for providing live content implemented on a homepage and a method thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to a system in which a user equipped with video equipment operates and manages the user's homepage and provides various media contents to a plurality of visitors who access the homepage through a network, and a method thereof. More specifically, a media window is formed in a predetermined area on a homepage operated by a user who is a member of a predetermined media service provider and a video chatting program is executed when the user logs in so that a video chatting with visitors is performed through the media window or various media content is provided by applying a peer-to-peer (P2P) method. In addition, when the user logs out, a video chatting program is stopped and predetermined advertisement information corresponding to the category of the homepage is displayed through the media window, so that the user and the visitor check the predetermined advertisement information. Accordingly, the system provides effects of performing a video conference of the concept of video chatting through a user's homepage without introducing a separate video conference system and building a multimedia server/client system capable of providing media content through the homepage through simple installation work. The system comprises a web client, a control server, a member management database, a search server, an advertisement database, and an advertisement server.

Description

A system and method for providing live advertisement content implemented on a homepage

The present invention provides a system and method for a user equipped with video equipment in a PC to operate and manage his/her own homepage, and provide various media contents through his/her homepage to a plurality of other users who have accessed the user's homepage is about

Home page is used in the same meaning as web page. To produce the home page, a home page creation tool and storage space are required, and it is made in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).

In addition, there is a service that makes it easy for people who are not familiar with HTML to easily create a website with just a click of a mouse online, so it is not difficult for individuals to have a website.

These homepages have various categories such as their hobbies, majors, games, clubs, and knowledge, and they are also widely used commercially by utilizing their own homepages.

The homepage operated and managed by the individual is currently produced and used by most people for a fee or free of charge. There is a need for a service that is implemented in easy.

For example, various problems arise in implementing a website that is combined with media content. Media content can be currently collected by external devices such as cell phones, digital cameras, and camcorders, but in order to implement this, a separate media content providing server A client system (eg Microsoft's Multimedia Streaming Server - mms system) is required. However, in order to build such a media player system on the homepage, it is burdensome to do on a small and medium-sized homepage in view of cost, and it is difficult for the user who operates and manages the personal homepage to easily graft it into the homepage. There are many difficulties to do.

Therefore, the present invention was devised in consideration of the above problems, and without introducing a separate solution, it is simply installed through the homepage to display the media window and is implemented on the homepage where video chatting or video conference can be conducted through it. An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing live content.

In addition, a system for providing live content implemented on the homepage of the concept of a media player that can provide various media content to a large number of other users accessing the homepage by applying the P2P method through the media window to transmit and broadcast various media content and the same An object of the present invention is to provide a method system and a method therefor.

In addition, when the service is not in use, that is, when the operation and administrator of the homepage log out, a specific advertisement related to the homepage is displayed through the media window so that a plurality of homepage visitors can check information about the specific advertisement. The purpose is to provide a system and method for providing live content implemented on the homepage.

As described above, a user who is provided with a service from a specific media service provider can display a media window on his/her home page and conduct video chatting with a number of other users who have accessed his/her home page through the media window. The effect of being able to receive the service of the concept of video conferencing without introducing a video conferencing system of

In addition, since various media contents are directly provided through the media window by applying the P2P method to a large number of other users who have accessed their homepage, there is no need to build an expensive multimedia server client system, The effect of relaying the offline store situation in real time occurs.

In addition, the specific media service provider also displays specific advertisement information related to the homepage through the user's homepage instead of providing the service to the user, thereby showing it to a plurality of other users accessing the user's homepage. The effect of maximizing the advertising effect occurs.

In the above, the present invention has been illustrated and described with examples of specific preferred embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and within the scope of not departing from the spirit of the present invention, common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs Various changes and modifications will be possible by those who have

In order to achieve the above object, in the system for providing live content implemented in the homepage of the present invention, a user equipped with video equipment in a PC operates and manages his/her own homepage, and provides media content to other users through a network. In a system that

It is installed on the user's homepage in the form of a specific web browser plug-in, forms a media window in a predetermined area by the plug-in activation code of HTML, and includes a predetermined authentication program to check the user's login and logout status through this. and notifies the control server, reports the URL of one's own installed page to the search server, and requests a real-time advertisement to the advertisement server when the service is not in use, and executes it when the user logs in, including a video chat program a web client that drives the video equipment and stops the execution of the video chatting program upon logout; and a control server that grasps real-time information of a currently running web client and provides a P2P connection to the web client; and a member A member management DB including a plurality of registered user URLs and information on the users; and each homepage is tracked through a plurality of user URLs stored in the member management DB, and the plurality of users through a predetermined keyword a search server for searching and extracting categories of the homepage; and an advertisement DB including specific advertisement information for a plurality of advertisers and information on each homepage category of the plurality of users; and categorizes a plurality of specific advertisements stored in the advertisement DB by category, edits and processes them to make them content, and displays a specific advertisement corresponding to the user's home page category extracted by the search server when the user logs out. It is characterized in that it includes an advertisement server that transmits and displays it to the media window in real time.

In addition, the web client applies the P2P method to transmit the media content stored in the user's hard disk or the media content input to the video device through the media window to a plurality of third-party users who have accessed the user's homepage when the user logs in. and a content providing server that transmits to the other user or broadcasts through the media window.

Here, the media content is characterized by any one of video, music, photo, and text.

In addition, the web client is characterized in that it further includes a game program capable of playing a specific game through the media window with a plurality of other users accessing the user's homepage.

On the other hand, the method of providing live content implemented in the homepage of the present invention is a method in which a user equipped with video equipment in a PC creates and operates his/her own homepage and provides media content to other users through a network, ( a) The user writes the web client startup source on his/her home page, automatically or manually installs the plug-in in the web browser of another user who accesses the user's home page, and then passes the URL of the page through the web client's authentication process. a media window display step of registering in the member management DB and displaying the media window in a certain area of one's home page; (b) the user logs in to the media window through a predetermined authentication process, and the web client that confirms and recognizes the user's status recognizes this and executes a video chatting program to drive the video equipment, and through the video equipment an image chat driving step in which the captured screen is displayed on the media window; (c) After step (b), a plurality of other users who have accessed the user's home page may have a video chat with the user or receive media contents provided by the specific media service provider. a service rejection decision step of determining acceptance or rejection; and (d) when it is determined in step (c) that the other user is provided with the service of a specific media service provider, a video chat program by a predetermined web client is executed on the PC of the other user, and the video equipment is driven It is characterized in that it includes; a video chat implementation step of performing video chatting with the user.

In addition, (b') when the service is idle, the web client recognizes it, extracts the category of the user's homepage from the search server, and displays the advertisement corresponding to the category of each user's homepage in real time by the advertisement server It is characterized in that it further includes; an advertisement expression step of transmitting and expressing to the media window.

In addition, (e) the user transmits media content stored in his/her hard disk or media content input from a video device to the other user through the content providing server while having video chat with another user who has accessed his/her homepage. or, providing a media content broadcasting through the media window; is characterized in that it further comprises.

Hereinafter, a system and method for providing live content implemented in the homepage of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for providing live content implemented on the homepage of the present invention. It relates to a system that video chats with users and provides specific advertisements related to their homepage in real time.

In more detail, a user registered as a member from a specific media service provider receives a predetermined service and displays a media window in a certain area of his/her home page. It is possible to conduct video chatting with a plurality of other users connected to the .NET through the media window, or to provide various media contents to the plurality of other users through a P2P method.

Here, P2P (Peer to Peer) means that individuals are connected, that is, it refers to the file sharing technology and behavior of a user's PC and another user's PC. It connects the user and other users' PCs.

In addition, when the user is logged out, the execution of the video chat program is stopped, the category of the user's home page is analyzed and extracted, and the corresponding advertisement is transmitted and displayed to the media window in real time, A plurality of other users accessing the user's home page confirms the advertisement information.

Through such a system, the user can conduct a video conference free of charge through the homepage without introducing video chatting or a separate video conferencing system with a large number of other users who have accessed his/her homepage.

In addition, the specific media service provider can provide a specific advertisement through the user's personal homepage instead of providing the service for free to the user.

2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a system for providing live content implemented in the homepage of the present invention.

Briefly describing the configuration of the present invention, a web client 10 that displays a media window on the user's home page 35 through a predetermined web browser plug-in and controls various functions implemented in the media window 10 All web clients A control server 20 of a specific media service provider that understands and delivers execution status information of A search server 40 for searching, an advertisement DB 50 storing specific advertisement information for a plurality of advertisers 45, an advertisement server 60 for transmitting advertisements to the media window, and the system of the present invention are used by multiple users. It consists of a network 70 for users to use.

According to the present invention, a user having a home page (35) is provided with a service from a specific media service provider and can video chat with a plurality of other users accessing the user's home page (35). The media window is displayed on the user's home page 35 through the web client 10 of the media service provider to receive such a service.

The web client 10 is a type of program that is embedded in a web browser and executed, and is characterized in that the program is automatically executed when a page is opened.

The web client 10 forms a media window in a predetermined area through a specific web browser plug-in on the user's home page 35, and the media window can be expanded and contracted, so that the user's home page 35 is operated and at the same time. You can also use the media window.

In addition, including a predetermined authentication program, the user's log-in or log-out status is checked and recognized through this, and this is notified to the control server 20, and the user searches the URL of the page on which the user is installed and the service is not in use in real time to request an advertisement from the advertisement server 60 .

In addition, when the user logs in, including the video chat program, the video equipment 25 provided in the user's PC 15 is driven, and when the user logs out, the execution of the video chat program is stopped.

When the user logs in and the video chatting program is executed, the screen captured through the video equipment 25 is displayed on the media window displayed in a predetermined area of the user's homepage 35, so that the user's homepage 35 is accessed A plurality of other users can check this, and through the media window, the user can use his/her home page 35 for commercial use like an offline store.

In addition, since the image taken by the user is displayed by the video chatting program, when the user logs in to the media window and is outside, the user can access his/her home page 35 at any time and monitor his/her house in real time.

Here, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a media window displayed on the user's homepage according to the configuration of FIG. 2, and to explain this, as shown in FIG. The media window (p1a) displayed by The screen is composed of a video window p1c on the other user's side in which a screen shot with another user's video equipment is displayed, and a menu window p1d for setting, menu and management of the media window p1a.

In this case, other users who access the user's homepage download a predetermined solution from a specific media service provider, install and use it, in order to conduct video chat with the user. The image windows p1c are also plural.

In addition, the media window p1a displayed in a predetermined area of the homepage in FIG. 3(a) can be expanded as shown in FIG. 3(b), so that it is possible to provide media content to other users who have accessed the user's homepage. may be

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2 again, the control server 20 records the network address of the currently running web client 10 and whether the user is in use/non-use status, and each web client floating on the same page Helps to connect between

In addition, in order for the web client 10 to access the web client installed in the PC of another user who is performing the service, it inquires the control server 20 for the network address of the web client running the service, and the service of the other user Information and network address are obtained and connected.

That is, it grasps the information of the web client in real time and serves as a P2P (Peer to Peer) connection means between the web clients.

In addition, as shown, the member management DB 30, which is a component of the present invention, includes personal information and authentication information of a plurality of users who are provided with services by joining as a member from the specific media service provider, URL address information in which the service is installed, etc. Stores and includes various information to manage the number of members who will be provided with services.

In addition, the search server 40 collects and analyzes page contents through a URL (Uniform Resource Locator: a unique address on the Internet) in which services registered in a plurality of user URLs stored in the member management DB 30 are installed, and the corresponding Search for categories of pages and categorize them.

That is, the category for each homepage is accurately classified using the corresponding URL information.

For example, among the plurality of users, user A operates and manages a homepage related to 'fishing', which is a hobby. By searching for the word appearing as , it is extracted that the category of user A's homepage is 'fishing'.

In addition, in the search server 40, the web client 10 performs the role of the search server 40 client to share the category extraction role, the search server 40 client analyzes the page, and the result is transmitted to the search server It may be operated in the form of storing in (40).

On the other hand, the advertisement DB 50 includes various specific advertisement information about a plurality of advertisers 45 who have made a provisional contract with a specific media service provider and have requested advertisements online and a plurality of users extracted by the search server 40 . Saves the categories of each homepage extracted from the homepage of

Among the components according to the present invention, the advertisement server 60 for displaying advertisements on the media window displayed on the user's home page 35 provides various In order to turn specific advertisement information into content, a predetermined editing and processing operation is performed, and this is classified by category.

In addition, the advertisement server 60 transmits and displays specific advertisement information in real time through the media window at the request of the web client 10 . Accordingly, a category of the homepage is extracted, and a specific advertisement corresponding to the category is transmitted and displayed on the media window of the homepage 35 .

In other words, the category of the user homepage is extracted by the search server 40, and the advertisement server 60 selects a specific advertisement corresponding to the category and transmits and displays it to the media window of the user homepage 35 in real time. , the other user accessing the user's home page 35 checks the specific advertisement information through his/her PC 15'.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user is provided with the system described above from a specific media service provider so that he or she can have his or her own characteristic website, and when the user does not use the service, a specific advertisement related to his or her website is displayed. Because it is expressed, a large number of other users accessing the user's homepage can also check it with interest, thereby maximizing the advertising effect.

4 is a view for explaining a control server according to a system for providing live content implemented in the homepage of the present invention.

According to the system described in FIG. 2, the present invention enables a user to have video chat with other users 200 and 300 who have accessed his/her homepage using his/her homepage. In this state, the user may provide various media contents to other users 200 and 300 through the media window.

In order to implement this, the web client 10 according to the present invention applies a P2P method to a plurality of other users 200 and 300 accessing the user's homepage 35 when the user logs in through the media window. The media content stored in the hard disk of the or the media content input to the video device can be transmitted to the other user, and it further includes a content providing server 100 capable of broadcasting it through the media window.

Here, the media content transmitted or broadcast through the media window is any one of video, music, photo, and text.

In addition, the web client 10 further includes a plurality of other users 200 and 300 accessing the user's personal homepage 35 and a game program 110 capable of executing a specific game through the media window. .

Accordingly, the user can provide various media contents by the web client 10 to a plurality of other users 200 and 300 through the media window displayed in a certain area of his/her home page 35, and his/her personal It is a feature of the present invention that the homepage 35 can be used as a broadcasting station and can be decorated with one's own unique homepage.

5 is a flowchart for explaining a method of providing live content implemented in the homepage of the present invention. The method of providing live content implemented in the homepage of the present invention due to each of the above-described components includes a media window expression step (S10), a video chat driving step (S20), a service rejection decision step (S30), and an image It consists of a chatting step (S40) and an advertisement expression step (S20').

Each of the above steps will be described in detail:

In the media creation expression step (S10), a user with a homepage registers as a predetermined member from a specific media service provider, and in order to receive the service of the specific media service provider

After recording the start-up and download code of the web browser plug-in software in the source of the homepage, and when accessing the page with a web browser, the plug-in software is automatically or manually installed in the web browser of the connected PC, and then The media window is displayed in a certain area of the homepage.

Here, to explain the process of installing the web client on the homepage, write the startup/installation code of the web plug-in on the HTML source code of your homepage while operating the homepage, modify the source code, and then install the homepage. The plug-in software is installed on the PC when it is first opened on the PC.

When the plug-in is first executed, the URL of the corresponding page is not recorded in the member management DB, so the URL is registered as a URL owned by the user who has undergone the authentication process through the user authentication process.

The installation method as described above may also require manual installation depending on the type of plug-in.

Meanwhile, the media window can be expanded and reduced, and a menu window for setting various functions, menus, and management is provided in a predetermined area of the media window, thereby managing and setting the media window.

In addition, the user having the homepage creates a login input window in the media window displayed in a certain area of his/her homepage, logs in to the login input window through predetermined authentication to use the media window, or to log out do.

In the video chat driving step (S20), the user logs in or out by the authentication function of the web client in the media window displayed on his/her homepage in the media window display step (S10). The video chatting program is executed by recognizing this, and accordingly, the video equipment provided in the user PC is driven, and the video screen photographed through the video equipment is displayed on the media window.

That is, through the media window, the user's own face or a screen shot by the user using an image device is displayed, and the user confirms this.

In this way, the user must have video equipment in his/her PC to receive the video chat service provided by the specific media service provider.

At this time, a plurality of other users accessing the user's homepage display the screen captured by the user by the video equipment through the media window and confirm it, and in order to have a video chat with the user, the specific media service You will need to install the web client provided by your provider.

In the case of the same other user accessing the user's homepage, the plug-in software is installed on the other user's PC when the user first accesses the user's homepage where the web client is installed, and the plug-in software downloaded once does not need to be downloaded again. .

Similarly, the other users may need to manually install the plug-in according to the type of plug-in.

On the other hand, the service rejection decision step (S30) is

The screen captured by the video equipment is displayed through the media window displayed on the user's own homepage in a predetermined area, and a plurality of other users accessing the user's homepage confirm this.

At this time, when a service that requires interaction is used, a phrase for deciding whether to receive video chatting or various media contents is displayed on the media window, and this phrase is displayed on the user's homepage The user accepts or rejects. When a service that simply delivers media content in one direction is being operated, that is, when the user only broadcasts media content through the homepage without interaction, the service rejection determination step ( S30 ) may be omitted.

In the service rejection decision step (S30), other users who have agreed among the plurality of other users, i.e., video chatting with the user or other users who want to be provided with various media contents provided by the user, In the implementation step (S40), a predetermined image chatting program is executed on the PC of the other user.

The predetermined video chatting program is provided by a web client of the specific media service provider, and after simple installation, the media window displayed on the user's homepage contains not only the image captured by the user's video equipment, but also the other user. Images taken with the video equipment of the company are also displayed through a separate video window.

Here, if there are a plurality of other users who have given the consent, the number of image windows displayed on the media window will also be plural.

In addition, since the video chat program supports audio as well as video, video chatting is performed with video and audio, and text chatting can be conducted through text as well as video chatting by inputting text through the keyboard.

On the other hand, the advertisement expression step (S20') is after the media window expression step (S10),

When the service is idle, that is, when the user does not log in to the login input window formed in a predetermined area of the media window displayed on his/her home page, or when the user logs out while using the media window, or when the service currently being provided is In the case of media content that must be authenticated, when the current visitor does not participate in the use of the service, the web client recognizes that the service is in an idle state, and does not provide various services provided through the video chat program and the media window. will stop

At the same time, the advertisement server transmits a specific advertisement to the user's media window in real time and displays it through the media window.

Here, the specific advertisement is a specific advertisement corresponding to the category of the user's home page extracted by the search server, and the display of the specific advertisement is stopped when the service is started.

Therefore, when the service provided by the web client running on the homepage is idle, a specific advertisement related to the homepage is displayed in real time, and a plurality of other users who have accessed the user's homepage can also check the specific advertisement. .

Meanwhile, according to the present invention, the method for video chatting through a media window displayed on the user's homepage by a plurality of other users accessing the user's homepage further includes the step of providing media content.

In the step of providing the media content, the user performs video chat with a plurality of other users who have accessed his/her home page through a media window, and applies the P2P method through the content providing server to the plurality of other users on his/her hard disk. The stored media content or media content input from the video device is transmitted and broadcast through the media window.

For example, while the user and the other user have video chatting through the media window, the user expands his/her own media window so that the user can show the moving picture to other users, and the moving picture stored in his/her hard disk. to broadcast it through the media window.

In this case, the user and other users may close their own image windows in order to broadcast media content such as the moving picture in the media window.

In this way, the user can enjoy video chatting with a plurality of other users accessed through his or her homepage, as well as provide various media contents to the plurality of other users.

Through this, the user can use his/her homepage for commercial use, so that it can be used as an offline store, and has a characteristic that it can also be used as a personal broadcasting station.

Finally, the user can freely decide whether to use his/her own homepage only in a way that he/she manages, or whether to use it as a service freely available to other users accessing his/her homepage. One-way use is also possible by transmitting and receiving on one side without going through the process, and in this case, the service use confirmation process is not required.

Claims (4)

In a system in which a user equipped with video equipment in a PC operates and manages his/her own homepage and provides media content to other users through a network,
It is installed on the user's homepage in the form of a specific web browser plug-in, forms a media window in a predetermined area by the plug-in activation code of HTML, and includes a predetermined authentication program to check the user's login and log-out status through this. and notifies the control server, reports the URL of one's own installed page to the search server, and requests a real-time advertisement to the advertisement server when the service is not in use, and executes it when the user logs in, including a video chat program a web client that drives the video equipment and stops the execution of the video chatting program upon logout; and

A control server that grasps real-time information of the currently running web client and provides a P2P connection of the web client; and

A member management DB including a plurality of user URLs and information about the users registered as members; and

a search server that tracks each homepage through a plurality of user URLs stored in the member management DB, and searches and extracts categories of the plurality of user homepages through a predetermined keyword; and

an advertisement DB including specific advertisement information for a plurality of advertisers and information on each homepage category of the plurality of users; and

A plurality of specific advertisements stored in the advertisement DB are classified by category, edited and processed to make them content, and specific advertisements corresponding to the user's homepage category extracted by the search server are displayed in real time when the user logs out. A system for providing live content implemented on a homepage, characterized in that it includes; an advertisement server that is transmitted to and displayed on the media window.
The method of claim 1, wherein the web client

When the user logs in by applying the P2P method, the media content stored in the user's hard disk or media content input to the video device is transmitted to the other users through the media window to a plurality of other users who have accessed the user's homepage, A system for providing live content implemented on a homepage, comprising: a content providing server that broadcasts through the media window.
The method of claim 2, wherein the media content is

A system that provides live content implemented on a homepage characterized by any one of video, music, photos, and text.
The method of claim 1, wherein the web client

The system for providing live content implemented on the homepage, characterized in that it further comprises a game program capable of playing a specific game through the media window and a plurality of other users who have accessed the user's homepage.