KR101580601B1 - System and method for producing market service based-cloud computing, and apparatus applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a system and method for providing a market service based on cloud computing, and an apparatus applied thereto. The cloud computing-based market service providing system according to the present invention provides a market service for searching and purchasing products such as applications or contents and executing all the processes on the server side without downloading the corresponding products . Accordingly, the present invention can easily provide a personalized service such as recommending a product that is expected to be in a range of interest for each user, and can provide a personalized service to the user without regard to hardware performance of the terminal device used by the user, And provide a market service that enables the user to search for, purchase and execute goods.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a market service based on cloud computing,

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a market service based on cloud computing and a device applied thereto, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing a market service based on cloud computing, The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a market service based on cloud computing for providing a market service enabling all processes to be executed on the side of the market.

Traditionally, market services for applications or content that are applied to mobile phones and smart TVs have undergone four stages: search, purchase, download and execution.

In existing market services, it has been difficult to provide personalized services for each user, because it is not easy to collect usage patterns for a user's application or contents.

In addition, since the existing market service is executed in the concept of 'Download to own' at the purchase stage, it is impossible to charge the usage amount of the application or the content.

As described above, since the application or the content must be downloaded for execution, there is a disadvantage that the waiting time until execution is very flexible depending on the communication environment, and the amount that can be downloaded is limited according to the storage size of the application or the content.

Even if the downloading of the application or the content to the terminal device is completed, since it depends on hardware performance such as CPU, GPU, memory, etc. of the terminal device and software execution environment such as OS or platform at the time of execution, The application or the content can not be executed frequently.

A new concept of market service is needed to solve these problems.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for searching for and purchasing goods such as an application or a content, The present invention provides a system and method for providing a market service based on cloud computing and a device applied thereto.

In addition, the present invention provides a cloud computing-based market service providing system and method for easily implementing a personalization service such as recommending a product that is expected to be in a range of interest for each user on the basis of a cloud service based market service, And to provide an apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cloud computing-based market service providing system including at least one terminal device for accessing a market service based on cloud computing, Providing a connection screen for providing the market service based on the cloud computing to the terminal device, allowing the use of the product through a purchase procedure when there is a purchase request for the product through the connection screen, And a cloud platform server device for providing a presentation screen to the terminal device by loading and executing the product if there is a use request for the product.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cloud platform server apparatus comprising: a server for providing a market service based on cloud computing to a terminal device at a request of a user accessing through an arbitrary terminal apparatus; A service management unit for allowing the user to use the product after completing formation of a purchase history for the purchase request when there is a purchase request for the product through the connection screen, And a presentation screen unit for providing the terminal apparatus with a presentation screen including an execution unit for executing the product in the cloud platform and a launch screen for executing the product, .

Preferably, the execution unit executes control on the goods through the input of the user, which is transmitted through the terminal apparatus.

Preferably, the presentation screen unit provides the presentation screen changed to the control to the terminal device.

Preferably, the service management unit forms a usage history corresponding to the user based on the purchase history and execution of the goods.

Preferably, the service management unit analyzes a service usage pattern for the cloud computing-based market service through the purchase history and the usage history, and then provides a personalization service for the user based on the service usage pattern .

Preferably, the personalization service includes a service for recommending the product.

Preferably, the service management unit accumulates and stores the service usage pattern, and then forms statistical data on the cloud computing based market service based on the stored service usage patterns.

Preferably, the cloud platform server apparatus further includes a storage unit for storing the goods and service information related to the goods.

Preferably, the cloud platform server apparatus further comprises an encoding unit for encoding the connection screen or the presentation screen.

Preferably, the terminal device performs decoding corresponding to the encoding to display the connection screen or the presentation screen.

Advantageously, the merchandise comprises an application or content.

Preferably, the product is a product permanently transferred to the user.

Preferably, the product is a product for which the number of times of use or the expiration date is set.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a market service based on cloud computing, comprising the steps of: when a cloud platform server device receives a cloud service request from a cloud service provider Providing a connection screen for providing a computing-based market service; if a purchase request for a product is made through the connection screen, completing formation of a purchase request for the purchase request, Loading and executing the merchandise if there is a request for use of the merchandise, and providing a presentation screen including the execution of the merchandise to the terminal device.

Preferably, the cloud computing-based market service providing method further includes a step of executing control of the goods through the input of the user through the terminal device and transmitting the presentation screen, which is changed by the control, To the control unit.

Preferably, the cloud computing-based market service providing method further includes forming a usage history corresponding to the user based on the purchase history and execution of the goods.

Preferably, the cloud computing-based market service providing method includes analyzing a service use pattern for the cloud computing-based market service through the purchase history and the usage history, And a step of providing a service.

Preferably, the cloud computing-based market service providing method further comprises accumulating and storing the service usage patterns and forming statistical data on the cloud computing based market service based on the stored service usage patterns.

Accordingly, in the present invention, when a product such as an application or a content is searched and purchased and executed, a market service that enables the server to perform all the processes without downloading the corresponding product is implemented, It is possible to easily provide a personalized service such as recommending an expected product or the like and to provide a market service that enables a user to search for, purchase and execute a desired product regardless of hardware performance and software execution environment of the terminal device used by the user Can be provided.

FIG. 1 illustrates a cloud computing-based market service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a cloud computing-based market service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a cloud platform server apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a cloud computing-based market service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a cloud computing-based market service providing system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a cloud computing-based market service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, a cloud computing-based market service providing system allows a user to access a terminal device 200 (for example, a home computer, a company computer, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a travel computer, etc.) ) To access the cloud platform server device 100 that provides market services based on cloud computing, and can perform all processes on the server side without downloading a desired product (e.g., application or content).

In this way, in the cloud computing environment, after purchasing a product such as an application or content, the cloud platform server device 100 executes the same and provides the execution screen to the user by using an authentication function for the user, (For example, a purchase history and use history of a product), a function of loading and executing a request for use of a product, a function of managing a product to be sold, and a function of managing a product sold to the user .

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a cloud computing-based market service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown by way of example only in FIG. 2, in a market service providing system based on cloud computing, a product can be purchased through a virtual execution screen and then executed.

In other words, the cloud platform server apparatus 100 responds to a request of a user accessing through an arbitrary terminal device 200 such as a mobile phone, a notebook computer, etc., and displays a connection screen for providing a market service based on cloud computing as a virtual execution screen to provide.

If the cloud platform server device 100 receives a purchase request for a product through a connection screen, which is a virtual execution screen, the cloud platform server device 100 permits the use of the product when the procedure is completed through a purchase procedure such as authentication and payment, And manage it.

In addition, in this case, the cloud platform server device 100 confirms the purchase history related to the user in response to a request of the user who intends to use the product, and then allows the use of the product as a result of the confirmation And when the validity is valid, loading the corresponding product and executing it, the presentation screen is configured as another virtual execution screen and provided to the terminal device 200 connected to the user.

As shown in FIG. 2, if a product to be used after purchasing is related to a predetermined game content, it is displayed on a presentation screen as a virtual execution screen and provided to a terminal device 200 of a user in connection do.

Here, the user's terminal device 200 carries out a function of transmitting an input signal for controlling the game content to the user's intention to the cloud platform server device 100.

In addition, it is also preferable that the user terminal 200 adds a function of decoding the presentation screen and outputting it to the terminal screen.

In the case of using the game contents as described above, it is possible to execute the game even by purchasing only the game contents, provided that the contents purchased by the user are game contents and the application for executing the contents is provided free of charge.

On the other hand, if the user purchases the game content and the application for executing the game content is also provided for a fee, the user can purchase the application to execute the game.

According to the present invention, since personalization service can be provided for each user by managing the purchase history and usage history of the user, it is also possible to provide a predetermined product corresponding to the activity of the user free of charge.

Alternatively, even if one user recommends another user, a point that a user who is a recommender can use a product free of charge is given when another user starts using the service.

Through this, we expect to be able to activate market service based on cloud computing.

As described above, the cloud computing-based market service according to the present invention has an advantage that various operating policies can be presented.

3 is a diagram illustrating a cloud platform server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, the cloud platform server apparatus 100 may be connected to a terminal apparatus (e.g., a server apparatus) 200 that is connected at the request of a user accessing via any terminal apparatus 200, such as a smart phone, a smart TV, 200) for providing a market screen based on cloud computing, an access screen providing unit (110) for providing an access screen for providing a market service based on cloud computing, A service management unit 120 for allowing the user to use the purchased product after forming the product, a loading unit 130 for loading the product if there is a use request for the product, and a loading unit 130 for executing the loaded product in the cloud platform An execution unit 140 and a presentation screen unit 150 for providing a presentation screen composed of execution of a product to the terminal device 200. [

Here, the execution unit 140 receives an input signal to be controlled by the user through the terminal device 200 connected to the user by the user, and then controls the product based on the provided input signal.

Due to this control, the screen for executing the product will also be changed. The presentation screen unit 150 provides the presentation screen to the terminal device 200 to reflect the change.

The service management unit 120 forms and manages purchase histories and usage histories of products for each user, analyzes the service use patterns of the cloud computing based market service through the purchase history and usage history, To provide a personalized service for the user.

Such a personalized service may include recommending a product that is expected to be in a range of interest based on a cloud service based market service, and may be implemented in various ways.

In addition, the service management unit 120 accumulates and stores service usage patterns, and then forms statistical data for the cloud computing-based market service based on the stored service usage patterns, or may form statistical data on service usage for each user.

The cloud platform server apparatus 100 preferably further includes a storage unit 160 for storing goods such as an application or contents, service information related to the goods (for example, purchase history for each user, usage history, etc.).

In addition, a product can be classified into a product that is permanently purchased by a predetermined user when the user purchases the product, or a product that is set to be used or temporarily set for use.

Meanwhile, the cloud platform server apparatus 100 may further include an encoding unit 170 for encoding a connection screen or a presentation screen, and the terminal apparatus 200 may execute decoding corresponding to the encoding executed in the server And displays the connection screen or the presentation screen on the terminal screen through the result of normally performing the decoding as a possible terminal.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a cloud computing-based market service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, a method for providing a market service based on cloud computing is a method for providing a market service to a cloud platform server device 100 in order to use the cloud computing based market service through a certain terminal device 200 (S1).

In response, the cloud platform server 100 provides a connection screen for using the cloud computing based market service to the terminal 200 to which the user is connected (S3).

The user can search for a desired product using the connection screen confirmed on the terminal screen of the terminal device 200, and specify a product to request a purchase (S5).

The cloud platform server apparatus 100 proceeds with the purchase procedure according to the purchase request of the goods delivered through the terminal device 200, and forms and stores the purchase details as a result thereof (S7 and S9).

After that, the cloud platform server apparatus 100 allows the user to use the purchased product (S11). If there is a request for use of the purchased product from the user, the cloud platform server apparatus 100 loads and executes the product and displays it on the presentation screen And provides it to the terminal device 200 (S13 to S19).

Accordingly, the terminal device 200 displays the provided presentation screen on the terminal screen so that the user can confirm the received presentation screen, and receives the control input from the user and transmits the control input to the cloud platform server device 100 (S21 and S23) .

The cloud platform server apparatus 100 controls a product being executed based on the received input signal, and transmits the changed presentation screen to the terminal device 200 (S25 to S29).

Thereafter, the terminal device 200 receives the changed presentation screen and displays it on the terminal screen (S31).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

In addition, the present invention is to provide a market service that enables the server to perform all processes without searching for and downloading products such as applications or contents and downloading the products, But it is an invention that is industrially applicable because it can be practically carried out clearly.

100: Cloud platform server device 110:
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140: Executing unit 150: Presentation screen
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Claims (19)

delete An access screen providing a connection screen for providing a market service based on cloud computing to the terminal device according to a user request through the terminal device;
A service management unit for allowing the user to use the product after completing formation of a purchase history for the purchase request when there is a purchase request for the product through the connection screen;
A loading unit for loading the product into a cloud platform separate from the terminal apparatus according to a use request from the terminal apparatus for the product;
An execution unit that self-executes the product in the cloud platform; And
And a presentation screen for providing a presentation screen related to the execution result of the goods to the terminal device. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the execution unit executes control on the goods through the input of the user through the terminal apparatus. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the presentation screen unit provides the presentation screen changed to the control to the terminal device. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the service management unit forms a usage history corresponding to the user based on the purchase history and execution of the goods. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the service management unit analyzes the service usage pattern for the cloud computing based market service through the purchase history and the usage history and provides the personalization service for the user based on the service usage pattern. Server device. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the personalization service includes a service for recommending the product. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the service management unit accumulates and stores the service usage pattern, and forms statistical data on the cloud computing based market service based on the stored service usage patterns. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the cloud platform server apparatus further comprises a storage unit for storing the goods and service information related to the goods. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the cloud platform server apparatus further comprises an encoding unit for encoding the connection screen or the presentation screen. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the terminal device performs decoding corresponding to the encoding to display the connection screen or the presentation screen. 12. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 11,
Wherein the product includes an application or content. 12. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 11,
Wherein the product is a product whose ownership is permanently transferred to the user. 12. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 11,
Wherein the product is a product for which the number of times of use or the expiration date is set. A method of providing a market service based on cloud computing in a cloud platform server device,
Providing a connection screen for providing a market service based on cloud computing to the terminal device according to a user request through the terminal device;
Allowing the user to use the product after completing formation of a purchase history for the purchase request when a purchase request for the product is made through the connection screen;
Loading the product in a cloud platform separate from the terminal device according to a use request from the terminal device and executing the product in the cloud platform; And
And providing a presentation screen related to the execution result of the product to the terminal device. 16. The method of claim 15,
The cloud computing-based market service providing method includes the steps of: performing control on the goods through the input of the user, which is transmitted through the terminal device, and providing the presentation screen changed by the control to the terminal device The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 16. The method of claim 15,
The method for providing a market service based on cloud computing further comprises forming a usage history corresponding to the user based on the purchase history and execution of the product. 18. The method of claim 17,
The cloud computing-based market service providing method includes analyzing a service usage pattern for the cloud computing-based market service through the purchase history and the usage history, and then providing a personalization service for the user based on the service usage pattern The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 19. The method of claim 18,
The cloud computing-based market service providing method may further include accumulating and storing the service usage pattern, and forming statistical data on the cloud computing based market service based on the stored service usage patterns. Service delivery method.

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