Method for extracting content, content extraction server based on RSS and apparatus for managing the same and system for providing standby screen of mobile communication terminal using the same

• US 8,131,276 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2006
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: INSPIRIT Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Insprit Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Changseok
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US12/090,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20090042549A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,965 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4144, 455/3.06, 455/466, 455/566, 709/203
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for extracting a content, a content extraction server based on RSS and an apparatus for managing the same and a system for providing a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal using the same. a system for providing a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal based on a RSS, the system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises at least one content server for providing an update content consisting of a RSS feed; a content extraction server for collecting, analyzing and classifying the update content to form a mobile content by converting at least one of a size and a data format thereof; a database for storing the mobile content; and a standby screen providing server for providing the mobile content stored in the database to the mobile communication terminal, wherein the content extraction server comprises a RSS aggregator for collecting the update content consisting of the RSS feed, a content aggregator for partially extracting a tag of the update content, and a content transcoder for converting at least one of the size and the data format to form a user content so as to be applicable to the mobile communication terminal having the extracted tag transmitted thereto.

In accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, an information updated from various contents having the RSS scheme applied thereto at a desired time via an more convenient method, and various systems and methods based on the RSS are supported.

Claims

1. A system for providing a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal based on a Really Simple Syndication (“

RSS”

), the system comprising;

at least one content server for providing an update content consisting of a RSS feed;

a content extraction server for collecting, analyzing and classifying the update content to form a mobile content by converting at least one of a size and a data format thereof;

a database for storing the mobile content; and

a standby screen providing server for providing the mobile content stored in the database to the mobile communication terminal,

wherein the content extraction server comprises a RSS aggregator for collecting the update content consisting of the RSS feed, a content aggregator for partially extracting a tag of the update content, and a content transcoder for converting at least one of the size and the data format to form a user content so as to be applicable to the mobile communication terminal having the extracted tag transmitted thereto,

wherein the mobile communication terminal comprise a content extraction server administration module for managing the content extraction server; and

the content extraction server administration module comprises an administrator module for an administrator, a Contents Provider (“

CP”

) management module for managing the content server, a RSS channel and content management module, and a board/history module.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a user information server for providing an user information of the mobile communication terminal, and a message server for providing the mobile content to mobile communication terminal.

3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the standby screen providing server provides a wireless internet push and pull message management solution, and the standby screen providing server comprises at least one of a standby screen control system, a content extraction server, a Product Data Management (“

PDM”

) server, a Customer Relationship Management (“

CRM”

) server, an advertisement server and a pull data controller.

4. A content extraction server based on a RSS, the server comprising:

a RSS aggregator for collecting an update content consisting of a RSS feed;

a content aggregator for partially extracting a tag of the update content;

a content transcoder for converting at least one of a size and a data format to form a user content so as to be applicable to a terminal having the extracted tag transmitted thereto; and

a management apparatus for managing the content extraction server,

wherein the content extraction server administration module comprises an administrator module for an administrator, a CP management module for managing the content server, a RSS channel and content management module, and a board/history module.

5. The server in accordance with claim 4, wherein the content aggregator classifies the update content to

a first content pattern for determining a description field included in the RSS feed according to the extracted tag;

a second content pattern for extracting the tag according to a position of a title in the update content;

a third content pattern for allocating a score to the tag in the update content according to a predetermined standard and for extracting the tag having a score higher than a predetermined score; and

a fourth content pattern for directly extracting the tag by dragging a predetermined portion of the update content.

6. The server in accordance with claim 5, wherein the content aggregator comprises a tag scoring module for providing a score to the tag in order to classify the third content pattern and the fourth content pattern.

7. The server in accordance with claim 5, wherein the tag is at least one of a title and contents included in the update content.

8. The server in accordance with claim 4, further comprising an update scheduler for controlling a point of time of collecting the update content by the RSS aggregator.

9. The server in accordance with claim 8, wherein the point of time is at least one of a point when the update content is formed in the content server, a predetermined period determined by the content extraction server, a point when the terminal is activated.

10. The server in accordance with claim 4, wherein the terminal comprises a mobile communication terminal and wherein the user content comprises a mobile content formed to be applicable to a mobile size.

11. The server in accordance with claim 4, further comprising a database for storing at least one of the user content, the RSS feed collected by the RSS aggregator and the tag extracted from the RSS feed.

12. The server in accordance with claim 11, wherein the content transcoder, when the user content having a new size and a new data format is required, reads at least one of the RSS feed and the tag stored in the database, and converts the same to the new size and the new data format to be stored in the database.

13. The server in accordance with claim 11, wherein the management apparatus comprises an administrator authentication module for accessing the management apparatus, a content server/RSS extraction module for managing and searching the content server/RSS, a content extraction module for managing the content, an administrator extraction module for controlling a plurality of administrators and a connection module for directly connecting to the database.

14. The server in accordance with claim 13, further comprising a web application server disposed between the connection module and the database.

15. The server in accordance with claim 4, wherein the RSS aggregator carries out at least one of a function of supporting an entire version of RSS and Atom Syndication Format (“

ATOM”

), a function of configuring and changing an applied format for each of RSS channels, a function of storing a linked binary in case of a RSS file including an enclosure, a function of defining a RSS pattern to be substantially used according to a constitution of an element, and a function of collecting the RSS feed by a unit of a second according to an assignment of the administrator while minimizing a load.

16. The server in accordance with claim 4, wherein content aggregator carries out at least one of a function of extracting and storing an effective content of an original html in the RSS feed, a function of subdividing a pattern application so as to automation of a content collection, a function of subdividing into a basic content server pattern capable of modifying a text, a pattern according to a channel and a pattern according to the content, a function of filtering an advertisement resource, a function of previewing after applying the pattern, a function of providing various Application Programming Interfaces (“

APIs”

), a function of filtering by designating and extracting a file format of the original html, a function of storing the filtered file, a function of arranging the content during the storing of the effective content having a sequence identical to that of an original, a function of restoring in case of a channel update, a function of statistics, and a function of others.

17. A method for extracting a content based on a RSS, the method comprising:

(a) collecting an update content consisting of a RSS feed using a content extraction server;

(b) partially extracting a tag from the update content using the content extraction server;

(c) converting at least one of a size and a data format of the tag so as to be applicable to a terminal having the extracted tag transmitted thereto using the content extraction server; and

(d) managing the content extraction server using a content extraction server administration module,

wherein the content extraction server administration module comprises an administrator module for an administrator, a CP management module for managing the content server, a RSS channel and content management module, and a board/history module.

18. The method in accordance with claim 17, wherein the update content is analyzed according to a first content pattern for determining a description field included in the RSS feed according to the extracted tag;

a second content pattern for extracting the tag according to a position of a title in the update content;

a third content pattern for allocating a score to the tag in the update content according to a predetermined standard and for extracting the tag having a score higher than a predetermined score; and

a fourth content pattern for directly extracting the tag by dragging a predetermined portion of the update content in the step (b).

19. The method in accordance with claim 17, further comprising determining a moment of time for collecting the RSS feed.

20. The method in accordance with claim 17, further comprising storing the user content.

21. A content extraction server management apparatus based on a RSS, the apparatus comprising:

a content extraction server for collecting, analyzing and classifying an update content to form a user content by converting at least one of a size and a data format thereof; and

an administration module for managing the content extraction server,

wherein the administration module comprises an administrator module for an administrator, a CP management module for managing the content server, a RSS channel/content management module, and a board/history module.

22. The apparatus in accordance with claim 21, wherein the administration module includes an “

add administrator”

field, a “

approve administrator”

field, an “

administrator input table”

field, and an “

administrator privilege”

field.

23. The apparatus in accordance with claim 22, wherein the “

add administrator”

field includes an identification (“

ID”

) field, a password field, a name field, a post and group field, a telephone number field, a mobile phone number field, an email field, a rank field, a registration date field, a secession data field, and a verification date field, and wherein the ID field, the password field, the name field, the post and group field, the telephone number field, and the email field are required.

24. The apparatus in accordance with claim 22, wherein the “

administrator privilege”

field includes an account management field, a group management field, a CP management field, a RSS channel management field, a content management field, a category management field, a pattern field, a board field, a history field, and a privilege management field.

25. The apparatus in accordance with claim 21, wherein the CP management module includes an “

add CP”

field, a “

approve CP”

field, a “

CP input table”

field, a “

CP privilege”

field, a “

CP list”

field, and a “

search”

field.

26. The apparatus in accordance with claim 25, wherein the “

CP input table”

field includes a CP account field, a password field, a company name field, a representative phone number field, a nationality field, a company address field, a content name field, a web site field, a connection name field, a person in charge contact information field, a person in charge mobile phone field, an email field, a description field, a registration date field, an expiration data field, and a current state field, wherein the CP account field, the password field, the company name field, the representative phone number field, the nationality field, the company address field, the content name field, the web site field, the connection name field, the person in charge contact information field, and the email field are required, and the CP account field, the password field, the company name field, and the representative phone number field are required for the administrator.

27. The apparatus in accordance with claim 21, wherein the RSS channel/content management module includes a RSS channel management field, a RSS channel input table field, a RSS channel list field, a RSS channel state field, a content input table field, a content list field, a search field, and an automatic backup field.

28. The apparatus in accordance with claim 27, wherein RSS channel management field includes a function of a registration, a function of preview in case of the registration, a function of applying and changing a pattern, a function of configuring and changing a period, a function of a modification, a function of a deletion, a function of requesting a verification of a channel registered or modified by the administrator and a CP, a function of temporarily interrupting providing of the channel and the content by the CP, a function of configuring an update period by a unit of a second, and a function of warning when a technical difficult occurs or an ineffective content is collected.

29. The apparatus in accordance with claim 27, wherein the RSS channel input table field includes a category field, a channel name field, a Uniform Resource Locator (“

URL”

) field, a CP name field, an update period field, a current state field, a registration date field, a verification date field, an interruption date field, and a final update completion field.

30. The apparatus in accordance with claim 27, wherein the RSS channel state field includes at least one of an update state including a current collection state, a web scraping state and a database storing state automatically carried out, a service state wherein a channel service is in progress automatically or by a setup of the administrator, and an interruption and test state for a separate configuration by the administrator.

31. The apparatus in accordance with claim 27, wherein the content input table field includes a category field, a channel name field, a URL field, a CP name field, a current state field, a final update completion field and an effective content field.

32. The apparatus in accordance with claim 21, wherein the board/history module comprises:

a board for recording a message when an administrator or a system operator modifies a database, the board comprising an ID field, a name field, a title field, a description field, a registration date field, a classification field, and a hit field; and

a history for displaying an entire log generated when the administrator or system operator and a CP uses the content extraction server in a form of the board, wherein an input table includes an ID field, an action field, a query field and a log date field.