TWI488133B - Online digital content distribution system - Google Patents

Description

Online digital content distribution system

The present invention relates to a digital content method for automatically publishing an electronic book, but not limited to a book, on a network. In detail, the user can automatically convert and package the digital content files created by the user through the system without downloading or installing any production software, and do not need to download any reading. Under the software, a digital content publication similar to how physical books are read is produced.

Due to the rise of the Internet and the maturity of broadband technology, more and more digital products are beginning to evolve. In addition, the environmental awareness of energy conservation and carbon reduction has become more and more popular in recent years, and it has accelerated the world's countries to foster low-pollution, low-carbon emission and promising star industries. Among them, cultivating and developing the digital content industry is one of the most important policies of governments. Not only that, as technology continues to change with each passing day, the popularity and wide application of the Internet has accelerated the coming of the digital age. In this global wave of globalization, many industries are facing structural changes or transformations at this moment, which of course includes traditional publishers.

The emergence of e-books undoubtedly declares that publishers have a digital representation of the way traditional physical books are published. E-book A family is a technology, product, or service that digitizes and integrates images, text, images, voices, and the like. This way of directly converting physical publications into digital electronic archives does make up for some of the shortcomings faced by traditional books.

These shortcomings include at least the following:

1. Excessive cost of management: whether it is a physical book or a physical magazine or a physical printed publication, from the acquisition of raw materials, to printing, to the delivery and configuration after the completion of production, each interlocking The cost and manpower of the process are eroding the profit margins of the publishers.

2. Excessive damage to the environment: The basic raw material of physical prints is paper. So trees have always been the main conduit for refining paper. Driven by the demand for global physical books and physical prints, only the cutting of trees can solve the demand for paper. In this process of demand and supply, mankind has become an excessive rainforest, and indirectly has become one of the culprits of the gradual warming of the earth.

3. Excessive consumption of resources: The storage of surplus products has always been another important topic in physical books or physical prints. Paper can't be reduced to trees. Moreover, due to the era of knowledge-based economic explosion, information is often transmitted quickly in a ten-fold speed. Therefore, the knowledge that is often learned is easily changed to the present day because of the emergence of new ideas. Therefore, physical books in stock often become worthless overnight. These physical publications stored in the warehouse not only take up space, but also waste resources and lose money.

Observing the above discussion, the emergence of e-books is indeed brought The publisher has some new business opportunities and vitality. However, from a consumer perspective, traditional books are converted into digital representations, at best, just another product choice offered by publishers. This is because e-books or electronic publications are still obviously lacking the following factors for consumers:

1. Very poor interactivity: the transfer of knowledge, in which books stand a pivotal role. Since most of today's e-books are directly converted from traditional books to electronic archives, the result is not only that the e-books are arranged in a traditional way, but even the digitalized books are no different from traditional books. Although such a design can maintain the consistency of physical books and e-books, it will lose the unique interaction and diversity of the digital era.

2. High technical threshold: Most of the digital electronic books in the world are produced by publishers. The reason for this is that the publication of digital electronic books or electronic magazines, etc., requires a certain technical background. Therefore, when it comes to the general consumer, if you want to make digital electronic publications, you often have a lack of relevant expertise. The main reason for this is that the key technologies for distributing digital content are always in the hands of publishers.

3. Unable to customize: Another problem with e-books is the lack of original content. Although e-books have been in the market for a long time, their content has always come from physical books, and it is impossible for the public to create and publish them. The result of this uncustomization has led to the lack of content and lack of originality in e-books or electronic publications. This not only rigidified the electronics The growth of books has limited the development of the digital content industry.

As mentioned above, even if there are some computer software in the market that allows consumers to make their own electronic book-like technologies, these production software still have some common points.

These common points include the following:

1. Need to download or install the software in advance: In recent years, the virus and the Trojan horse, starting from the Internet has the convenience of rapid circulation and download. Software with hundreds of capacities is often downloaded in a short period of time at high speed bandwidth. However, due to the unevenness of the manufacturers or the tampering of the people who are concerned, it is time to see the news of the virus or the Trojan in the software. However, the consumer is often turned into a hacker in this unwitting situation. Victim of personal data. Such potential threats begin with the need to install software into the computer.

2. Need to download the reader software: The biggest difficulty encountered by the reader software is the difficulty in cross-platform. Due to the large number of operating systems, from Macintosh to Microsoft's Windows operating system, to the security-oriented Unix/Linux system, even to the popular smart phones and computer systems that have been popular in recent years. .. etc., can be described as a situation of contending. Therefore, the development of reader software often conforms to the specifications of this family but creates regulations that cannot support another. Sometimes in order to comply with the rules of the various platforms, the reader software must even be recompiled and written repeatedly. This is not only the cost increase of the industry, but also the difficulty of maintenance. Moreover, for consumers, it may be necessary to repeatedly download and install reader software of different platforms for smart phones of different operating systems. This is not only an increase in the inconvenience of the consumer, but also a procedure for repeatedly installing the reader software.

Looking at the above, although the currently known technologies are: "E-book production method" of Taiwan Invention Patent Application No. 092129233, "E-book automation system and its production method" of Taiwan invention patent application No. 094126667, Taiwan invention patent Application No. 093127633, "Editing Method for E-books", Taiwan Invention Patent Application No. 090132889, "Method for Producing Interactive E-Books", Taiwan Invention Patent Application No. 091125293 "Automatic Computer-Readable E-Book Reading Interface" The "typesetting method", the Taiwanese invention patent application number 092132068, "the electronic newspaper production method" and the like, are related to the electronic book technology. Although it is in the same field as the present invention, its technology is not related to the present invention, and the above problems have not been solved.

Therefore, in summary, how to make digital publications from the traditional technology that can only be published by traditional publishers to the general public can not need technical background, no need to download software and no need to download and read. The software software can create and publish its own digital content publications, which is the problem that this online digital content distribution system has to solve.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel state online digital content distribution system. Through the present invention, the consumer can provide digital content publications including e-books, but not limited to books, without the need to download or install any production software and without downloading any reader software, without the need for special techniques.

To achieve the above objective, the online digital content distribution system proposed by the present invention comprises: a digital content production platform, a cloud storage device, and a method for automatically packaging digital content.

The digital content production platform includes: a file editing module for editing a file content and further for setting properties of the content; a layout setting module for setting a plurality of the digital content publications An attribute such as appearance; a rights management module for setting a plurality of rights management information related to the digital content publications; a file transmission module for transmitting and receiving a plurality of copies created by the user The content of the electronic file; a content packaging module is configured to package and mediate the plurality of received electronic file contents and randomly generate thumbnail images from the electronic files; Corresponding to a user and packaged with an online reader into a customized digital content publication with a predetermined output format as the basic output unit.

On the cloud storage device, at least one database is included. The cloud storage device is used to store digital content publications of the users and is linked to a digital content production platform.

In the method of automatically packaging digital content, the present invention comprises the following steps: firstly, a plurality of electronic files that are automatically created by a user (the electronic file content may be an image, a photo, a webpage, an audio, a video, a text, an animation, Multimedia, code, etc., or any combination thereof, is uploaded to a digital content production platform via a network (including the Internet or an intranet), and is automatically converted into a predetermined output format as a basic output unit after being packaged by the packaged module. Digital content publication. The digital content The total number of pages in a publication is at least one page, and the digital content publication corresponds to one user, and the digital content publication is directly transmitted to the reader through the network (including the Internet or an intranet) through the distribution module. end.

The system and method disclosed by the present invention differs from the prior art in that the present invention provides a new publishing service platform for processing digital content publications, and then completely downloads or installs any production software and downloads free of any software. Under the premise of reading the software, the user can create a digital content file by himself, and connect to the digital content creation platform via the client device, and can set the file content attribute, appearance setting, authority management, etc., and then through the publishing mode. The group is connected to the reader through the network. Through the above technical means, the present invention can realize the digital content publication of the individual by allowing the user to publish the personal content in a simple, fast, and without special technical background, without downloading or installing any software and without downloading any software of the reader. .

The technical content of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can readily understand the other advantages and advantages of the present invention from the disclosure of the present disclosure. The invention may also be embodied or applied by other different embodiments.

1 is an architectural diagram of an online digital content distribution system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the online digital content distribution system 5 of the present invention is composed of at least one user terminal 1, a plurality of electronic file files 2, a client device 3, a network 4 (including the Internet or an intranet), and a digital device. Content production The station 50, a cloud database 51, and an online reader 7 are formed.

As mentioned above, the client 1 can make a plurality of electronic file files 2 that are self-made by the client device 3 (this device can be a computer host 301: such as a personal computer, an industrial computer; a handheld electronic device 302: such as a note) a computer, a tablet computer, a touch computer; a mobile communication device 303: for example, a smart phone; a personal digital assistant device 304: such as a PDA, having an arithmetic processor, an output device, a memory device, and an input device. Linked to the digital content production platform 50 via the network 4. The digital content creation platform 50 of the present invention includes six modules, namely: a file editing module 501, a layout setting module 502, a rights management module 503, a file transmission module 504, and a content packaging module 505. Release module 506. In addition, the cloud database 51 is connected to the digital content creation platform 50, and the cloud database 51 is used to store digital content electronic file files created by each user.

The computing processor can be a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor (MCU, a Micro Control Unit), a digital signal processor (DSP), or a system on chip (SOC). The storage device may be a memory or a hard disk; the transmission device may be a Bluetooth, a wireless network card, a wired network card, an RS-323 interface transmission device or a USB interface transmission device; the input device may be a touch panel or a trackball. , keyboard or mouse; the above output device can be a printer or a screen.

Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of the format of the electronic file file 2 created by the user at the user end for the user of the present invention, and please refer to the first figure at the same time. As shown, the digital content distribution system 5 accepts users. The format of the electronic file file 2 produced by itself may be: code 201, multimedia 202, pattern 203, audio 204, animation 205, web page 206, video 207, text 208, photo 209, or any combination thereof.

FIG. 3 is an architectural diagram of a specific embodiment of the digital content distribution system of the present invention, and please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time. As shown in the figure, after the user connects to the digital content creation platform 50 via the network device 4 through the client device 2, the digital content creation platform 50 starts the triggering action of the module, and the trigger includes: the file editing module 501. The module allows the user to edit the content attribute of the self-made electronic file file 2. The user can set a plurality of file content attributes 5011 in the module to provide the content package module 505 for encapsulation and mediation of the electronic file file. The specific aspect of the content attribute 5011 may be a classification (for example: category...), a title (for example: person name, book title...), a summary or a content outline, a keyword (for example: place name, food, travel, photo: .)Wait.

The layout setting module 502 allows the user to set a plurality of layout appearance attributes 5021 in the module, and provides the distribution module 506 with the layout appearance automatically converted into a digital content publication. The specific aspects of the layout attribute 5021 may be layout size setting, total page number setting, frame color setting, loading color setting, control panel color setting, button color setting, text color setting, background color setting, background pattern setting, and the like.

The rights management module 503 is configured to allow the user to set an associated management power attribute 5031 for the electronic file file, and provide the publishing module 506 to determine that the reader is configured according to the user's management power when viewing the digital content publication. To show. The specific aspect of the so-called management power attribute 5031 may be to allow the user to set a plurality of options for the electronic file file, such as whether it can be searched, whether to hide the electronic file file, whether other users can make comments or leave messages, and the like.

The file transfer module 504 is configured to receive an electronic file file 2 created by the user. After the user edits or sets the above specific embodiment, the file transfer module 504 triggers the upload operation of the file receiving 5041. The uploading triggering action means that the electronic file file sequence will be received in sequence according to the user's own arrangement, and the plurality of electronic file files are sequentially received and provided to the content packaging module 505 for encapsulation and mediation of the electronic file file.

The specific state of the content encapsulation module 505 receives the electronic file archive sequentially transmitted from the file transfer module 504. The module allows the user to set the publishing attribute 5051 of the encapsulated digital content publication, and the specific aspect may be a thumbnail component (for example, random content interception and conversion into a graphical file uploaded by the user). File), page components (including: new page 5051a and delete page 5051b), sorting components (for example: adjustable page order), advertising components, and the like.

The publishing module 506 is used to generate a digital content publication that is identical to the physical paper reading mode but is not limited to books. The module allows the user to set the publishing attribute 5061 to the successfully packaged digital content publication. The specific aspect may be that the scratching component is not temporarily released for publication, or the digital content is immediately released after the package is successfully packaged. The publishing component of the publication.

The fourth figure is a block diagram of the content encapsulation module 505 of the digital content creation platform 50 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 at the same time. As shown in the figure, after receiving the electronic file file sequentially transmitted from the file transmission module 504, the content packaging module 505 will receive the content packaging module in sequence. The electronic file files that come over are packaged and matched one by one. The encapsulation sequence is to package the first received electronic file file into a cover page, package the second received electronic file file into a second page, and so on... the last electronic file file will be packaged. Became the back cover and automatically convert it into a digital content publication with a predetermined output format as the basic output unit after the package is assembled. And after the content encapsulation module 505 is successfully converted into a digital content publication, the remote content is stored in the cloud database 51 in a remote manner, and the storage manner is corresponding to one user according to the digital content publication.

The fifth figure is a schematic diagram of the release module architecture of the digital content creation platform 50 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 at the same time. As shown in the figure, when the reader 6 reads the digital content publication created by a certain user online, the publishing module 506 first connects to the cloud database 51, and the access is stored in the remote distributed cloud database 51. The digital content publication to be viewed by the reader is combined with the background advertisement desktop 506a in the distribution module 506 to be an online reader 7 containing the background advertisement desktop, and then transmitted to the user via the network 4 after the data is read. The end device 3 is read by the reader 6.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen of the line reader 7 produced by the reader 6 for executing the present invention. Please refer to both the first and third figures. As shown in the figure, this online reader 7 series includes: digital content publishing The object 70, the background advertisement desktop 71, the tool panel version 72, and the function panel 73.

As described above, the digital content publication 70 has a reading mode identical to that of a physical paper, having a cover, individual units 1 to N, a back cover, and the like. The layout size, appearance color, and the like of the digital content publication 70 are completely set by the user in the layout setting module 502 of the digital content creation platform 50 according to the input data of the user at that time. The background advertisement desktop 71 displays advertisements on the background desktop, and the specific aspect of the advertisement attributes refers to the nature of the advertisement appeal or product (for example, 3C products). The primary purpose of setting advertising attributes is to provide the system as a means of determining the relevance of an advertisement to a digital content publication. The tool panel version 72 is a function instruction set, and the specific aspect may be a full screen tool (for example, pressing a button to display the entire screen, and then pressing the button to restore the original state), and a scribing tool (for example, using a pen to draw a line on the page) Marking), annotation tools (for example: can be annotated on the page), printing tools, volume control tools, and so on. In addition, in order to achieve the same reading method as the physical paper, the digital content publication 70 can be turned directly by using an input device (for example, a keyboard) to directly page, or by turning the page in the function panel 73. Function (for example, press the previous or next button to turn the page. Alternatively, you can enter the specified number of pages in the table field to skip the page). If you use the mouse or touch panel to move to the sides of the digital content publication 70, the page flipping function will be triggered, and the dragging and dropping action will be moved to the left or right by the mouse or the touch panel. You can simulate the flip mode of the previous or next page by hand. In addition, when the digital content publication 70 produced by the present invention is outputted by paper (for example, a printer), the style and layout of the printed digital content publications are listed. It is an entity publication. In addition, in addition to the printout of the digital content, the reader can also choose to take the screen reading of the user device 3 or output to an e-book carrier (eg, electronic paper) to read on the electronic paper. .

The online digital content distribution system 5 of the present invention can be constructed into a network platform. The invention can be based on the concept of network originality and sharing, so that users do not need to download or install any production software and do not need to download any software. In this case, create the content you need and create your own digital content publication that is completely customized.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any changes and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art should be considered as The substance of the invention.

1‧‧‧Client

2‧‧‧Electronic document file

201‧‧‧ Code

202‧‧‧Multimedia

203‧‧‧ pattern

204‧‧‧Audio

205‧‧ animated

206‧‧‧Webpage

207‧‧‧Video

208‧‧‧ text

209‧‧‧Photos

3‧‧‧Customer device

301‧‧‧Computer host

302‧‧‧Handheld electronic devices

303‧‧‧Mobile communication device

304‧‧‧person digital assistant device

4‧‧‧Network

5‧‧‧ Online Digital Content Distribution System

50‧‧‧Digital Content Production Platform

501‧‧‧File editing module

5011‧‧‧File Content Attributes

502‧‧‧Layout setting module

5021‧‧‧ Layout appearance properties

503‧‧‧Permission Management Module

5031‧‧‧Management power attributes

504‧‧‧File Transfer Module

5041‧‧‧File reception

505‧‧‧Content Packaging Module

5051‧‧‧ Publishing attributes

5051a‧‧‧Addition page

5051b‧‧‧Delete page

506‧‧‧ release module

5061‧‧‧ release attributes

51‧‧‧Cloud database

6‧‧‧Reader

7‧‧‧Online reader

70‧‧‧Digital Content Publications

71‧‧‧Background advertising desktop

72‧‧‧Tools panel version

73‧‧‧Functional version

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the architecture of the online digital content distribution system of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of the format of an electronic file file that the user can make by the user at the user end.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an embodiment of the online digital content distribution system of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a view showing the structure of a content encapsulation module of the online digital content distribution system of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a view showing the structure of a distribution module of the online digital content distribution system of the present invention.

Figure 6 shows the online content distribution of the present invention on the reader side. An example of the operation screen of the online reader of the system.

1‧‧‧Client

2‧‧‧Electronic document file

3‧‧‧Customer device

301‧‧‧Computer host

302‧‧‧Handheld electronic devices

303‧‧‧Mobile communication device

304‧‧‧person digital assistant device

4‧‧‧Network

5‧‧‧ Online Digital Content Distribution System

50‧‧‧Digital Content Production Platform

501‧‧‧File editing module

502‧‧‧Layout setting module

503‧‧‧Permission Management Module

504‧‧‧File Transfer Module

505‧‧‧Content Packaging Module

506‧‧‧ release module

51‧‧‧Cloud database

6‧‧‧Reader

7‧‧‧Online reader

Claims (12)

An online digital content distribution system, the system comprising at least: a digital content production platform for providing services for self-produced customized digital content publications for users who log in to the digital content production platform through the Internet; and a cloud The technical database is linked to the digital content production platform, and the database can transmit data to the digital content production platform and store the electronic file files; wherein the digital content production platform includes: a file editing module The group is used to allow the user to input various related materials into the digital content publications made by the user. The file editing module includes a table, and the items in the table include at least a classification, a name, a content, a keyword; The setting module is used for the user to input various related materials to set the appearance of the layout displayed after the output of the digital content publication. The layout setting module includes a table, and the items in the table include at least the setting layout size and total Page number, background color, left open page turn, right open page turn, text color, load color, frame color Control panel color, button color, and background pattern setting; a rights management module is used to allow the user to input the filtering conditions themselves to determine the relevant management power conditions of the digital content publication after input, the rights management The module contains a form, and the items in the form include at least search settings, privacy settings, and messages. Setting a file transmission module for receiving an electronic file file uploaded from a user terminal via a network, and transmitting the received electronic file file data to a content packaging module; a content packaging module is used The electronic file file transmitted from the file transmission module is packaged and matched, and the random content of the electronic file file uploaded by the user can be screenshotd and converted into a picture file, and the type of the electronic file file format can be a code. , multimedia, graphics, audio, animation, webpage, video, text, photo, and a combination thereof; a publishing module is used to access the cloud database, and is used to associate with a user The online reader produces a digital content publication in a predetermined output format as a basic output unit. For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the file editing module forms a form, further includes a simplified function, and the user can input only the classification and the name. For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the form of the layout setting module is filled in, further includes a simplified function, and the user can input only the layout size and the total number of pages. For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the form of the rights management module is filled in, further includes a simplified function, and the user can input the system without any input. For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 1 of the patent scope, Among them, the user interface of the digital content production platform can be a personal computer, a workstation computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a touch computer, a smart phone, and a personal digital assistant device (PDA). For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 1 of the patent application, wherein the user registration and uploading of the digital content production platform can be through an internet, a regional network, a broadband network, a mobile network or a wireless network. The Internet is connected to a digital content production platform. The online digital content distribution system of claim 1, wherein the content packaging module allows the user to increase and decrease the number of pages. For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 1 of the patent scope, wherein the content packaging module allows the user to adjust the layout and order of the pages by themselves. The online digital content distribution system described in claim 1, wherein the publishing module allows the user to temporarily store the digital content publication in the draft, and does not immediately publish it. The online digital content distribution system of claim 1, wherein the digital content publication output by the module comprises an online reader of the built-in advertising component. For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 10, wherein the reader of the online reader can be a personal computer, a workstation computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a touch computer, a smart phone, or an individual. Digital Assistant Device (PDA). For example, the online digital content distribution system described in claim 1 of the patent scope, Among them, the production of digital content publications also includes no need to download any production software.