Method of providing digital electronic book
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1. A method of providing digital contents through a communication network, comprising:
- a first step of storing on a server digital contents each constructed with a plurality of service unit data and a plurality of advertisement contents; and
a second step of outputting the stored service unit data and the stored advertisement contents alternately through one transmission path via the communication network, wherein the first step further comprises;
storing a sequence file indexed to regulate a transmission order for the plurality of service unit data of a selected one of the digital contents; and
inter-relating at least one of the advertisement contents to each index of the sequence file to store the inter-related advertisement contents as the advertisement contents of each service unit data of the selected digital content, wherein when a specific index of the sequence file is requested, and wherein the method further comprises;
outputting the inter-related advertisement contents of the specific index;
making the service unit data of the specific index stand by for output;
outputting the service unit data standing by for output, when an acknowledgment by a user for the outputted advertisement contents of the specific index is received; and
measuring a popularity of the digital contents by referring to a number of acknowledgments received regarding each of the plurality of advertisement contents that were outputted corresponding to the plurality of service unit data of the digital contents.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a contents-providing service through a communication network and a system thereof and, more particularly, a method of providing a digital electronic book suitable for securing a copyright profit, by transferring a digital electronic book or digital multimedia with an advertisement. The method provides portions of a digital e-book in proportion to the degree that a user views an advertisement. Moreover, the method evaluates the e-book based on a user'"'"'s acknowledgment responses to the advertisement.
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1. A method of providing digital contents through a communication network, comprising:
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a first step of storing on a server digital contents each constructed with a plurality of service unit data and a plurality of advertisement contents; and a second step of outputting the stored service unit data and the stored advertisement contents alternately through one transmission path via the communication network, wherein the first step further comprises; storing a sequence file indexed to regulate a transmission order for the plurality of service unit data of a selected one of the digital contents; and inter-relating at least one of the advertisement contents to each index of the sequence file to store the inter-related advertisement contents as the advertisement contents of each service unit data of the selected digital content, wherein when a specific index of the sequence file is requested, and wherein the method further comprises; outputting the inter-related advertisement contents of the specific index; making the service unit data of the specific index stand by for output; outputting the service unit data standing by for output, when an acknowledgment by a user for the outputted advertisement contents of the specific index is received; and measuring a popularity of the digital contents by referring to a number of acknowledgments received regarding each of the plurality of advertisement contents that were outputted corresponding to the plurality of service unit data of the digital contents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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