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Method of providing digital electronic book

  • US 7,359,944 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2002
  • Issued: 04/15/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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