Method for providing contents

• US 20070276767A1
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-Woo, Back, Gap-Chun, Kim, Hyung-Sik, Min, Kyoung-Yong, Kwak, Bong-Goon, Hong, Hee-Yun
• Granted Patent: US 10,147,081 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/77
• 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 server having a billing capability, the server comprising:

a list providing module configured to provide a content list to a mobile communication terminal;

a package list generating module configured to generate a package list comprising data of an execution file and an item file, wherein the content comprises the execution file and the item file;

a compiling module configured to compile the execution file;

an application transmitting module configured to transmit the execution file compiled by the compiling module to the mobile communication terminal;

a resource transmitting module configured t6 transmit the item file to the mobile communication terminal; and

a billing module configured to request transaction of a payment for the content to the mobile communication terminal and activate the application transmitting module and the resource transmitting module upon receiving a transaction completion signal.

2. The server in claim 1, wherein the billing module extracts billing data from the execution file and billing data from the item file and requests transaction of the payment to the mobile communication terminal.

3. A method of billing for transmitting content comprising an execution file and an item file through a server, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a transmission request of a content list from a mobile communication terminal;

(b) transmitting the content list that is searched in a database to the mobile communication terminal;

(c) receiving a purchase request for the content from the mobile communication terminal, wherein the content is in the content list;

(d) requesting transaction of a payment to the mobile communication terminal by extracting billing data from the execution file and the item file of the content;

(e) receiving a transaction completion signal from the mobile communication terminal; and

(f) transmitting the content to the mobile communication terminal.

4. The method in claim 3, wherein transmitting (f) comprises transmitting package list that is generated by the server and comprises data relating to the execution file and the item file to the mobile communication terminal, and transmitting the execution file and the item file to the mobile communication terminal, respectively.

5. A server having a billing capability, the server comprising:

an item list providing module configured to provide an item list to a first mobile communication terminal;

a resource transmitting module configured to transmit the item file to a second mobile communication terminal corresponding to identification data received from the first mobile communication terminal, wherein the item file is in the item list and the identification data comprises phone number or a mobile identification number (MIN); and

a billing module configured to request transaction of a payment for the item file to the first mobile communication terminal and activate the resource transmitting module on receiving a transaction completion signal for the item file,

wherein the content comprises at least one execution file, wherein data relating to the execution file is managed by a package list, and wherein the mobile communication terminal receives the item file to update the package list to include data of the item file.

6. The server in claim 5, wherein the mobile communication terminal is configured to search the package list corresponding to the received item file and make the item file is dependent on specific content according to the package list.

7. A system having a billing capability, comprising:

an item server comprising;

an item list providing module configured to provide an item list to a first mobile communication terminal, and

a resource transmitting module configured to transmit the item file to a second mobile communication terminal corresponding to identification data received from the first mobile communication terminal, wherein the item file is in the item list and the identification data is phone number or mobile identification number (MIN); and

a billing server configured to receive a billing process request for the item file from the server, request transaction of a payment for the item file to the first mobile communication terminal, and transmit a transaction completion signal to the server when the transaction completes,

wherein the transaction completion signal activates the resource transmitting module, wherein the content comprises at least one execution file, wherein data relating to the execution file is managed by a package list, and wherein the mobile communication terminal receives the item file to update the package list to include data of the item file.

8. The system in claim 7, wherein the mobile communication terminal is configured to search the package list corresponding to the received item file and make the item file dependent on specific content according to the package list.

9. A method having a billing capability in providing multimedia content to a mobile communication terminal connected to a server through a network, the method comprising:

(a) receiving transmission request of content comprising sub-content files from the mobile communication terminal, wherein the sub-content files comprise at least one of an execution file, a dynamic link library (DLL) file, and a resource file;

(b) generating a package list for the requested content, wherein the package list comprises data relating to at least one file having a billing command;

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

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

(e) billing based on the file having the billing command.

10. The method in claim 9, further comprising:

(f) counting the amount of packets of the file having the billing command; and

(g) converting the counted amount of packets into a predetermined amount of packets if the content is a target of billing,

wherein billing (e) comprises billing by applying a predetermined rate to the converted amount of packets.

11. The method in claim 9, further comprising processing a billing exemption for the other files except the file having the billing command.

12. The method in claim 9, wherein generating (b) comprises generating the package list relating to the sub-content files having non-billing command.

13. The method in claim 9, wherein the content transmission request comprises an application identification (ID) and an unified version of content, wherein the unified version is for identifying basic content and extension content, 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.

14. The method in claim 13, wherein if the mobile communication terminal does not store the basic content corresponding to the requested extension pack, billing (e) comprises billing based on the converted amount of packets of the first file and the second file.

15. The method in claim 13, wherein if the mobile communication terminal stores the basic content corresponding to the requested extension pack, billing (e) comprises billing based on the converted amount of packets of the second file.

16. The method in claim 9, 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.

17. The method in claim 9, wherein the content providing server provides at least one extension pack having a different unified version and throughout the at least one extension pack, wherein the billing command is designated to same file, and wherein converting (g) comprises converting the file having billing command into different amount of packets according to the different unified version of each extension pack.

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

19. A storage medium including a program containing digital processing device execution instructions for performing the method of billing multimedia content, that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the acts of:

(a) receiving a transmission request of the content comprising sub-content files from a mobile communication terminal, wherein the sub-content files comprises at least one of an execution file, a dynamic link library (DLL) file, and resource file;

(b) generating a package list for the requested content, wherein the package list comprises data relating to at least one file having a billing command;

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

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

(e) billing based on the file having the billing command.

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

a content providing server configured to be connected to a mobile communication terminal via a network, receive a transmission request of content comprising sub-content files from the mobile communication terminal, wherein the sub-content files comprises at least one of an execution file, a dynamic link library (DLL) file, and a resource file, generating a package list for the requested content, wherein the package list comprises data relating to at least one file having billing command, transmitting the package list to the mobile communication terminal, and transmitting the sub-content files comprising the content to the mobile communication terminal according to the package list; and

a billing server configured to bill based on the file having the billing command.

21. The system in claim 20 further comprising a packet counting server, counting the amount of packets of the file having the billing command and converting the counted amount of packets into a predetermined amount of packets if the content is a target of fixed rate billing, wherein the billing server applies a predetermined rate to the converted amount of packets.

22. The system in claim 20, wherein the billing server processes a billing exemption for the other files except the file having the billing command.

23. The system in claim 20, wherein if the transmission request of the content is a transmission request for patch file, the content providing server generates the package list relating to the sub-content files having non-billing command.

24. The system in claim 20, 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 content, 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.