KR20140143606A - System and method for providing image file containing copyright information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an image file providing system and method including copyright information. To this end, an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides an authoring tool capable of uploading image data to a client terminal through an Internet network, and receives image data and copyright information from a client terminal through a authoring tool An image file creation server for creating copyright image data including copyright information, and an image file provision server for transmitting URL information of copyright image data to a client when there is a request for copyright image data from the client.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing an image file including copyright information,

The present invention relates to an image file providing system and method, and more particularly, to an image file providing system and method including copyright information.

In the case of sound source files, DRM technology is developed to effectively protect copyright, but in the case of digital image files, protection of copyright is not effective. Therefore, there are more and more cases in which copyright holders are warned by copyright infringement while downloading and using images on the web unintentionally. However, in the case of digital image files, there is a problem that it is difficult to know who is the copyright holder even if the user is trying to make a fair compensation and use it.

In addition, in the case of a company operating a newspaper company or a shopping mall, tens or hundreds of thousands of digital images are required for managing the company's own web site. Since images of the digital images must be downloaded and managed, system resources are consumed, There is a problem that this increases.

KR 2003-0055189 A

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised to solve the problems described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for effectively displaying copyright information on a digital image, effectively utilizing system resources, and reducing traffic, have.

To this end, an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides an authoring tool capable of uploading image data to a client terminal through an Internet network, and receives image data and copyright information from the client terminal through the authoring tool, An image file generation server for receiving the copyright information and generating copyright image data including copyright information; And an image file providing server for transmitting the URL information of the copyright image data to the client when there is a request for the copyright image data from the client.

The copyright image data may be data in which at least one of copyright information, information on contents of the image data, and price information is added to the image data in the form of meta information.

Wherein the image file providing server provides a download tool for downloading the copyright image data to the client, and the client uses the download tool to convert the copyright image data into a necessary The URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to the necessary position so that the client can view the copyright image data through the URL information.

The image file providing server may display the copyright information on a screen of the terminal when a predetermined input is input to the terminal used by the client.

The image file providing server may collect information on the client that has received the URL information of the copyright image data and utilize the collected information in the billing policy.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image file providing method comprising: receiving image data and copyright information from a client terminal through an Internet network; Generating copyright image data including the copyright information based on the image data and the copyright information; Storing the generated copyright image data; And transmitting the URL information of the copyright image data to the client when there is a request for the copyright image data from the client.

The step of generating the copyright image data may include adding at least one of the copyright information, information on the content of the image data, and price information to the image data in the form of meta information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image file providing method comprising: providing a download tool for downloading copyright image data to a client; When the client uses the download tool to drag or copy the copyright image data to a necessary position of a screen of a terminal used by the client, the URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to the necessary position, And allowing the client to view the copyright image data through the URL information.

The image file providing method according to the present invention may further include displaying the copyright information on a screen of the terminal on a screen of the terminal when a predetermined input is input to the terminal used by the client have.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an image file, the method comprising: collecting information on the client having received the URL information of the copyright image data; And determining whether to charge the client based on the information about the client.

According to the image file providing system and method according to the present invention, the copyright of the digital image file can be effectively protected by effectively displaying the copyright information of the digital image file.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of efficiently using Internet resources by storing a copyright image file in a web server and transmitting URL information to a necessary client, and reducing traffic to a web site operated by a client.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic flowchart of an image file providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 12 are exemplary diagrams illustrating a method of generating and providing a copyright image file using an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art, and the following embodiments may be modified in various other forms, The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be more thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an," and "the" include plural forms unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, " comprise " and / or " comprising " as used herein specify the presence of stated shapes, numbers, steps, operations, elements, elements, and / , But does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, operations, elements, elements, and / or groups. As used herein, the term " and / or " includes any and all combinations of any of the listed items.

Although the terms first, second, etc. are used herein to describe various elements, regions and / or regions, it should be understood that these elements, components, regions, layers and / Do. These terms do not imply any particular order, top, bottom, or top row, and are used only to distinguish one member, region, or region from another member, region, or region. Thus, the first member, region or region described below may refer to a second member, region or region without departing from the teachings of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings schematically showing embodiments of the present invention. In the figures, for example, variations in the shape shown may be expected, depending on manufacturing techniques and / or tolerances. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as limited to any particular shape of the regions illustrated herein, but should include variations in shape resulting from, for example, manufacture.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a Web server 200 and a DB server 300.

Specifically, the web server 200 includes an image file creation server 202 and an image file provision server 240. The image file creation server 202 receives image data and copyright information corresponding to the image data from the client, And generates the copyrighted image data of the client, and shares the same with a plurality of clients.

The image file creation server 202 provides an authoring tool capable of uploading image data to the client terminal through the Internet network, receives image data and copyright information from the client terminal through the authoring tool, And serves to generate image data.

At this time, the copyright image data may be data in which copyright information, information on image contents, price information, and the like are added in the form of meta information to a digital image file of a conventional JPEG or the like format.

Generally, when a client takes a digital image with a smart device such as a smart phone, the shooting date, GPS information, and the like are basically recorded as meta information. In addition, the present invention adds the copyright information, the information about the image content, the price information, and the like to the meta information as described above to generate a new copyright image file.

The copyright information refers to personal information such as the name of the copyright holder and the information on the content of the image means information on the kind of the subject when the person, When you distribute a file to others, it means the amount of money that you distribute for free or whether you distribute the file for a fee.

The DB server 300 plays the role of storing the generated copyright image data. Although FIG. 1 illustrates that the DB server 300 is separated from the Web server 200, it is a matter of course that the DB server 300 may be located inside the Web server 200.

The format of the 'copyright image file' generated by the image file creation server 202 will be referred to as 'ipeg' for the sake of convenience. The web server 200 and the DB server 300 according to the present invention are collectively referred to as an 'Image Tank'.

The image file providing server 204 transmits the URL information of the copyright image data to the client when there is a request for copyright image data from the client. In the conventional method, the image file itself is transmitted whenever necessary. However, in the present invention, instead of directly transmitting the file, the address of the location where the copyright image file is stored, that is, only the URL information is transmitted to the client Lt; / RTI >

In addition, the image file providing server 204 provides a download tool for downloading copyright image data to the client, and the client uses the download tool to transfer the copyright image data to the required position of the screen of the terminal used by the client In the case of dragging or copying, the URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to the necessary position, so that the client can view the copyright image data through the URL information.

Also, the image file providing server 204 may display the copyright information on the screen of the terminal when a predetermined input is input to the terminal used by the client.

In addition, the image file providing server 204 may collect information on clients that have received the URL information of the copyright image data, and utilize the collected information in the billing policy.

1, image data, copyright information, and the like are uploaded from the client terminals 110 and 120, and the image file creation server 202 creates a copyright image file. When the image file provision server 204 receives a plurality of clients The concept of providing an image file by transmitting URL information to the terminals 410, 420, and 430 is shown.

Hereinafter, a specific operation of the image file providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG.

2 is a schematic flowchart of an image file providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the image file providing method according to the present invention, the image file creation server 202 provides the authoring tool to the client terminal (S510). At this time, the term 'authoring tool' may be an application on a smart phone or an editing platform on a desktop web browser. That is, the client can access the web server 200 through the Internet via a terminal such as a smart phone, a notebook, or a desktop, which is owned by the client, and can receive the authoring tool provided by the image file creation server 202 .

When the client uploads the copyright information corresponding to the image data and the image data using the authoring tool, the image file creation server 202 receives the image data and copyright information (S520), and generates copyright image data ( S530).

At this time, the copyright image data may be formed by adding a layer in which copyright information, image content information, price information, and the like are stored in meta information form to image data of a conventional JPEG or the like format as described above, Creates it in the new format of 'ipeg'.

The image file creation server 202 stores the generated copyright image file data in the DB server 300 (S540).

Next, the image file providing server 204 provides a download tool for downloading the copyright image data through the Internet network. When the client requests the copyright image data using the download tool (S550) And transmits the URL information of the copyright image data to the client.

According to the present invention, the copyright information of the digital image can be effectively generated, stored in the web server as a database, and then only the URL information is provided to the necessary clients, thereby providing the image file while effectively using the system resources.

3 to 12 are exemplary diagrams illustrating a method of generating and providing a copyright image file using an image file providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 through FIG. 9 illustrate a method of generating a copyright image file using a smartphone application.

3 shows a screen of the smartphone 10 in a case where an application for a smart phone provided by the image file providing system of the present invention is installed. The icon indicated by "Image Tank (12) " indicates the corresponding application.

When the user clicks the corresponding icon, the photo image stored in the smart phone 10 is loaded and displayed as shown in FIG. That is, FIG. 4 shows an example in which a picture of a female entertainer is displayed on the screen 13 of the smartphone 10.

When a user of the smartphone 10 is a copyright holder who has taken a photograph of the entertainer, when the user of the smartphone 10 touches a certain portion of the screen 13, an icon for performing various operations of the application is displayed on the upper and lower sides Is displayed.

For example, when the user touches the icon at the bottom right of the right side, a screen for inputting copyright information may overlap as shown in FIG. 6, in the background of the screen 13 of the smartphone 10, the area 14 for inputting copyright information while blurring the photograph of the entertainer is basically overlapped with the photograph information 15 of the image Is displayed.

The user of the smartphone 10 can input the name, mail address, image model information, and price information of the copyright holder as shown in Fig. After inputting the copyright information and the like, when touching the " UP Cloud " icon as shown in Fig. 8, 'ipeg' with the " it " logo inserted in the upper left corner of the screen 13, The copyright image file of the format is generated and stored in the DB server 300. Here, " it " is an abbreviation of " Image Tank ", indicating that the corresponding image file is a copyright image file.

10 to 12 are diagrams illustrating a method of editing an article using a download tool 25 provided by the web server 200 in a notebook or desktop.

Referring to Fig. 10, a screen 20 of a notebook or a desktop is shown and a download tool 25 is executed. The download tool 25 may be an editing tool provided on a website or an application.

On the right side of the screen 20, a window for searching for pictures stored in the DB server 300 is displayed in another window. The user drags the image A with a mouse and displays the edit screen of the download tool 25 You can move it anywhere you want.

Then, the URL information (B) is inserted as shown in FIG. 11, and the user sees a screen in which the image A is actually displayed as shown in FIG. That is, by the operation of dragging the image A, an interface is provided so that only the URL address is copied, not the actual image A is downloaded.

Of course, this approach is only one possible embodiment of the various possible interfaces, and it is of course possible to provide the actual URL text information to the user and allow the user to display the image by inserting the URL text information directly into the desired location of the editing tool And so on.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. It will be possible to implement other embodiments, and therefore the true scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the technical scope of the appended claims.

200: Web server
202: Image file creation server
204: Image file providing server
300: DB server

Claims (12)

There is provided an authoring tool capable of uploading image data to a client terminal through an Internet network, and an image file for generating copyright image data including copyright information by receiving image data and copyright information from the client terminal through the authoring tool, Creation server; And
And an image file providing server for transmitting the URL information of the copyright image data to the client when there is a request for the copyright image data from the client.
The method according to claim 1,
The copyright image data includes:
And the copyright information is added to the image data in the form of meta information.
3. The method of claim 2,
The copyright image data includes:
Wherein the information about the content of the image data or the price information is data added in the form of meta information.
The method according to claim 1,
The image file providing server includes:
A download tool for downloading the copyright image data to the client is provided and when the client uses the download tool to drag or copy the copyright image data to a necessary position on the screen of the terminal used by the client The URL information of the copyright-free image data is transmitted to the necessary position so that the client can view the copyright image data through the URL information.
5. The method of claim 4,
The image file providing server includes:
And displays the copyright information on a screen of the terminal when a preset input is input to the terminal used by the client.
The method according to claim 1,
The image file providing server includes:
And collects information on the client which has received the URL information of the copyright image data, and uses the collected information in the billing policy.
Receiving image data and copyright information from a client terminal through an Internet network;
Generating copyright image data including the copyright information based on the image data and the copyright information;
Storing the generated copyright image data; And
And transmitting the URL information of the copyright image data to the client when there is a request for the copyright image data from the client.
8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of generating the copyright image data comprises:
And the copyright information is added to the image data in the form of meta information.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the step of generating the copyright image data comprises:
And adding information on the image data or price information to the image data in the form of meta information.
8. The method of claim 7,
Providing a download tool for downloading the copyright image data to the client; And
When the client uses the download tool to drag or copy the copyright image data to a necessary position on the screen of the terminal used by the client, the URL information of the copyright image data is transmitted to the necessary position, Further comprising the step of allowing the user to view the copyright image data through the URL information.
11. The method of claim 10,
Further comprising the step of displaying the copyright information on the screen of the terminal on the screen of the terminal when a predetermined input is input to the terminal used by the client.
8. The method of claim 7,
Collecting information on the client having received the URL information of the copyright image data; And
Further comprising the step of determining whether to charge the client based on the information about the client.

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