Method for providing contents

• US 10,147,081 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-Woo, Back, Gap-Chun, Min, Kyoung-Yong, Kwak, Bong-Goon, Kim, Hyung-Sik, Hong, Hee-Yun
• Primary Examiner(s): Fu, Hao
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gottschalk, Martin A
• Application Number:
  US11/801,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276767A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,228 Days
• Field of Search: 707E17005, 707E17119, 707 1, 707 3, 707 10, 707100, 707200, 709203, 709217, 709218, 709219, 715234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system of providing content, particularly, a method and system of selling additional extension data with charge without changing already-stored execution file. The present invention relates to a game content server comprising a game content list providing module, a package list generating module, a compiling module, an application transmitting module, a resource transmitting module and a billing module, and after providing the game content comprising a game execution file and an item file, it is possible to add or change extension data (item file) without changing the game execution file additionally. Also, it is possible to charge the addition or change of extension data of the game content.

Claims

1. A method of providing multimedia content to a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a content transmission request from the mobile communication terminal, wherein the requested content comprises a plurality of sub-content files, wherein the sub-content files comprise an execution file of the requested content, a dynamic link library (DLL) file of the requested content, and a resource file of the requested content, wherein at least one of the sub-content files includes a billing command, and wherein a type of the requested content is one of a basic content, an extension pack, and a patch file;

(b) generating a package list for the requested content, wherein the package list comprises i) a list of sub-content files to be downloaded to the mobile terminal and ii) data relating to the sub-content file having the billing command;

(c) transmitting the package list to the mobile communication terminal;

(d) transmitting the sub-content files comprising the requested content to the mobile communication terminal according to the package list;

(e) counting the amount of packets of the sub-content file having the billing command, among the transmitted sub-content files;

(f) converting the counted amount of packets to a new amount of packets by applying a predetermined conversion rate for a packet amount conversion to the counted amount of packets, wherein the predetermined conversion rate for the packet amount conversion is differently applied according to a unified version of the extension pack when the requested content is the extension pack; and

(g) billing the transmission of the sub-content file having the billing command by applying a predetermined billing rate to the new amount of packets created through the packet amount conversion,

wherein in a case that the requested content is the extension pack, the transmitting (d) includes;

transmitting at least one sub-content file which is not included in the basic content if the basic content of the requested content is stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting all sub-content files of the extension pack if the basic content of the requested content is not stored in the mobile communication terminal.

2. The method in claim 1, further comprising processing a billing exemption for the other sub-content files except the sub-content file having the billing command.

3. The method in claim 1, wherein generating (b) comprises generating the package list relating to the sub-content files having non-billing command.

4. The method in claim 1, wherein the content transmission request comprises an application identification (ID) and an unified version of content, wherein the unified version is for identifying the basic content and the extension pack, wherein if the requested content is the extension pack, then generating (b) generates the package list corresponding to the extension pack, wherein the package list corresponding to the extension pack comprises data relating to at least one first file having the billing command among the sub-content files of the basic content and data relating to at least one second file having the billing command among the sub-content files of the extension pack.

5. The method in claim 4, wherein if the mobile communication terminal does not store the basic content corresponding to the requested extension pack, billing (g) comprises billing based on the converted amount of packets of the first file and the second file.

6. The method in claim 4, wherein if the mobile communication terminal stores the basic content corresponding to the requested extension pack, billing (g) comprises billing based on the converted amount of packets of the second file.

7. The method in claim 1, wherein the content providing server provides at least one extension pack having a different unified version and the billing command is assigned to a different file according to the unified version of the extension pack.

8. The method in claim 1, wherein the content providing server provides at least one extension pack having a different unified version, and throughout the at least one extension pack, the billing command is designated to a same sub-content file.

9. The method in claim 1, wherein the sub-content files comprise item files.

14. The method in claim 1, wherein at least one of the sub-content files does not include a billing command.

10. A fixed rate billing system associated with delivery of multimedia content to mobile communication terminals, comprising:

a content providing server being in data communication with a mobile communication terminal via a network, configured to

     1) receive a transmission request of a specific content from the mobile communication terminal, wherein the requested content comprises a plurality of sub-content files, wherein the sub-content files comprises at least one of an execution file of the requested content, a dynamic link library (DLL) file of the requested content, and a resource file of the requested content, wherein at least one of the sub-content files includes a billing command, and wherein a type of the requested content is one of a basic content, an extension pack, and a patch file,

     2) generate a package list for the requested content, wherein the package list comprises i) a list of sub-content files to be downloaded to the mobile communication terminal and ii) data relating to the sub-content file having the billing command,

     3) transmit the package list to the mobile communication terminal, and

     4) transmit the sub-content files comprising the content to the mobile communication terminal according to the package list;

a packet counting server configured to count the amount of packets of the sub-content file having the billing command and to convert the counted amount of packets to a new amount of packets by applying a predetermined conversion rate for a packet amount conversion to the counted amount of packets, wherein the predetermined conversion rate for the packet amount conversion is differently applied according to a unified version of the extension pack when the requested content is the extension pack; and

a billing server configured to bill only for the transmission of the sub-content file having the billing command by applying a predetermined billing rate to the new amount of packets created through the packet amount conversion,

wherein in a case that the requested content is the extension pack, the content providing server is configured to;

transmit at least one sub-content file which is not included in the basic content if the basic content of the requested content is stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

transmit all sub-content files of the extension pack if the basic content of the requested content is not stored in the mobile communication terminal.

11. The system in claim 10, wherein the billing server processes a billing exemption for the other sub-content files except the sub-content file having the billing command.

12. The system in claim 10, wherein if the transmission request of the content is a transmission request for the patch file, the content providing server generates the package list relating to the sub-content files having non-billing command.

13. The system in claim 10, wherein the content transmission request comprises an application ID and an unified version of the content, wherein the unified version comprises a major data for identifying between the basic content and the extension pack, wherein if the requested content is the extension pack, then the content providing server generates the package list corresponding to the extension pack, wherein the package list corresponding to the extension pack comprises data relating to at least one first file having billing command among the sub-content files of basic content and data relating to at least one second file having billing command among the sub-content files of extension pack.

15. The system in claim 10, wherein at least one of the sub-content files does not include a billing command.

16. A method of providing multimedia content to a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a content transmission request from the mobile communication terminal, wherein the requested content comprises a plurality of sub-content files, wherein the sub-content files comprise an execution file of the requested content, a dynamic link library (DLL) file of the requested content, and a resource file of the requested content, wherein at least one of the sub-content files includes, and wherein a type of the requested content is one of a basic content, an extension pack, and a patch file;

(b) generating a package list for the requested content, wherein the package list comprises i) a list of sub-content files to be downloaded to the mobile terminal and ii) data relating to the sub-content file;

(c) transmitting the package list to the mobile communication terminal;

(d) transmitting the sub-content files comprising the requested content to the mobile communication terminal according to the package list;

(e) counting the amount of packets of the sub-content file;

(f) converting the counted amount of packets to a new amount of packets by applying a predetermined conversion rate for a packet amount conversion to the counted amount of packets, wherein the predetermined conversion rate for the packet amount conversion is differently applied according to a unified version of the extension pack when the requested content is the extension pack; and

(g) billing the transmission of the sub-content file by applying a predetermined billing rate to the new amount of packets created through the packet amount conversion,

wherein in a case that the requested content is the extension pack, the transmitting (d) includes;

transmitting at least one sub-content file which is not included in the basic content if the basic content of the requested content is stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting all sub-content files of the extension pack if the basic content of the requested content is not stored in the mobile communication terminal.