Picture providing service system and the method thereof

• US 20050125505A1
• Filed: 11/20/2003
• Published: 06/09/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung America Incorporated (Hyosung Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung America Incorporated (Hyosung Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jong-Kyung, Kwon, Sun-Young
• Application Number:
  US10/716,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20050125505A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects

Abstract

A picture providing service system, and the method thereof, with which users, being connected to a communication network, can use the contents with seeing other users'"'"' appearances, are disclosed. The picture providing service system comprises a user administration means for storing the information on the users, who want to use picture-related contents with being connected to a content providing system, into a database and administrating them; a video data processing means for storing each user'"'"'s video data inputted through his(or her) PC having a digital camera into the database and editing the video data according to the user'"'"'s control; an image data processing means for providing various images to the users, storing the images selected by the users into the database, and editing the selected images according to the users'"'"' demands respectively, and a data synthesizing means for synthesizing the video data and the image data.

Claims

1. A picture providing service system, that provides picture data to a user using picture-related contents with being connected to a content providing system providing a service on Internet, comprising:

a user administration means for storing the personal information, the identification information and the picture-related information of a user, who wants to use picture-related contents, among the users using the contents with being connected to said content providing system into a database and administrating them;

a video data processing means for storing said user'"'"'s video data inputted through his (or her) PC having a digital camera into said database and editing said video data according to said user'"'"'s control;

an image data processing means for providing various images to said user, and when said user selects a preferred image, storing said selected image into said database and editing said selected image according to said user'"'"'s demand; and

a data synthesizing means for synthesizing said video data and said image data.

2. A picture providing service system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said picture-related contents include the contents used for a video chatting, a video electronic commerce, a video meeting, and a video dating service.

3. A picture providing service system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said video data processing means partially deletes said video data and/or carries out a surface-processing on said video data according to said user'"'"'s control.

4. A picture providing service system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said image data processing means carries out a size-control, an image-combination, and/or a color change on said selected image data.

5. A picture providing service system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said data synthesizing means overlaps said video data and said image data.

6. A picture providing service method for providing picture data to a user using picture-related contents with being connected to a content providing system providing a service on Internet, comprising the steps of:

(a) when said user, who is being connected to said content providing system, wants to use one of said picture-related contents, checking that video data is being inputted from said user'"'"'s PC;

(b) if said user'"'"'s video data is being inputted, checking that said user wants to select image data;

(c) if said user wants to use image data and selects a preferred image, checking that said user wants that said video data and said image data are to be synthesized together;

(d) if said user wants to use said selected image data only without synthesizing the data, transmitting said selected image data to said content providing system; and

(e) if said user wants to synthesize said video data and said image data, synthesizing said user'"'"'s video data and said selected image data and transmitting the synthesized data to said content providing system.

7. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said picture-related contents include the contents used for a video chatting, a video electronic commerce, a video meeting, and a video dating service.

8. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said step of synthesizing said user'"'"'s video data and said selected image data in said step (e) comprises:

a video data editing process for said user to select a desired portion of said video data to be displayed; and

a combining process for overlapping said selected image data onto said edited video data.

9. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 6, characterized by further comprising, after said step (a), the steps of:

if said user'"'"'s video data is not being inputted, checking that said user wants to select image data;

if said user selects image data, transmitting said selected image data to said content providing system; and

if said user does not select image data, informing to said content providing system that said user is not using a picture data.

10. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 6, characterized by further comprising, after said step (b), the step of, if said user does not select image data, informing to said content providing system that said user is using said video data only.

11. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 10, characterized by further comprising the step of, if said user wants to use said video data only, editing said video data according to said user'"'"'s demand.

12. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said edition of said video data includes a partial-deletion and a surface-processing

13. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 6, characterized by further comprising the step of, if said user wants to use said image data only in step (d), editing said image data according to said user'"'"'s demand.

14. A picture providing service method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said edition of said image data includes a size-control, an image-combination, and a color-selection.