KR20020053952A - Billing Method To Internet Charged Contents Use - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for charging a fee for using internet paid content that adopts a postpaid billing method.

Currently, due to the rapid spread of the Internet, the spread of paid online content through the Internet is active, but there are various problems due to the inability to charge the fee for using the paid content. In the case of a PC room, it is difficult to install expensive paid content because it is possible to use paid content only in a few designated by a specific IP address, and even if there is good paid content, it is impossible to predict whether the revenue will increase. Therefore, PC room users are not provided with various services, and the developer has to invest a lot of promotional costs for the popularization of the developed paid content. Accordingly, the present invention has the effect of promoting the popularization of the paid content by allowing the developer to pay the fee for use corresponding to the usage time when the user uses the Internet paid content in the PC room.

Description

Billing Method To Internet Charged Contents Use}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charging method, and more particularly, to a charging method for the use of Internet paid content incorporating postpaid billing.

Currently, due to the rapid spread of the Internet, the spread of paid online contents through the Internet has been active, but the charge for the use of the paid contents is currently not smooth.

This poor billing system leads to the following problems.

In the case of a PC room, paid content is only available to a few designated by specific IP addresses. In addition, even if there is good paid content, it is difficult to install expensive paid content because it is impossible to predict whether to increase profits. Therefore, PC room users are not provided with various services. And, from the developer's point of view, a lot of promotional costs are invested for the popularization of the developed paid content, and they have a lot of difficulties in distribution.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, the popularization of the paid content by allowing the developer to pay the fee for the use time corresponding to the use time when the user uses the Internet paid content in the PC room in the PC room. Willing to.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a billing system for using Internet paid content according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a charging process for using Internet paid content according to the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing ※

100: content providing server 200: PSP main server

300: Membership Server

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first step in which a user requests a content provider 100 to use paid content, and then the content provider 100 provides a payment service provider company 200. In the second step of requesting user confirmation and usage fee establishment (hereinafter referred to as 'PSP company'), the PSP company 200 searches the member company 300 to which the user belongs through the member company database 320. And the third step of requesting the user member 300 to search for the user fee and establishing a fee for use, the member company 300 completes the user confirmation and sets a fee for the user. And a fourth step of providing the determined fee information to the PSP company 200, and after receiving the determined fee information, the PSP company 200 accumulates the usage fee for the member company and A fifth step in which the content provider 100 starts accumulating charges for using the paid content, and a sixth step in which the user requests the content provider 100 to stop using the paid content; The content provider 100 includes a seventh step of transmitting the end-of-use information from the user to the PSP company 200, the content provider 200 reconfirms the user information and the user's content usage time Store billing information for; An eighth of the PSP company 200 again checking the corresponding member establishment 300 to which the user belongs, confirming the usage fee for the member establishment 300, and transmitting the determined royalty information to the corresponding member establishment 300; Steps; A ninth step of the member establishment 300 finally confirming the corresponding user and informing the user of the fee for using the paid content; And the tenth step of transmitting, by the member establishment 300 to the PSP company 200, confirmation information on the termination of use, wherein the user confirmation is made through the user's IP, and the member establishment 300 is confirmed by the member. When the server 300 of the business 300 is made and receives confirmation information on the termination of use from the member business, the PSP company ends the accumulation of the usage fee for the corresponding member business 300 and the content provider ( 100) further includes an eleventh step of terminating the accumulation of charges for the use of the paid content, the step in which the content provider 100 begins to accumulate charges for the paying content is to allow the user to use the content; The method may further include providing contents, and after notifying the user of the fee for using the paid content, storing the fee in a postpaid manner.

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an Internet pay content billing system according to the present invention.

The system comprises a content providing server 100, which is composed of a corresponding content usage fee data management unit 110, a corresponding content usage fee database 120, and a verification unit 130, a member business user IP, a member business server IP, and a member. Usage fee check unit 230 by each business, member business user IP, member business server IP, member business usage fee database 220, member business user IP, member business server IP and usage fee data management by member business 210 Providing a payment service server main server 200, the content pricing and the member business user IP identification unit 330, the content pricing and the membership business user IP database 320 and the content pricing and membership business users It is composed of a member business server 300 is composed of an IP data management unit (310).

For example, when a user requests the content providing server 100 to use paid content,

The content providing server 100 checks the user's IP and requests the member service user's IP confirmation and usage fee setting to the payment service providing main server 200.

Then, the payment service providing main server 200 searches for the user IP from the member establishment user IP, the member establishment server IP, and the member establishment fee database 220 to determine whether the user IP is the member establishment user IP.

At this time, if the user IP is not a member business user IP, the requested content cannot be used. If the user IP is a member business user IP, the user IP is searched for a member business server IP, and the current user is used by the member business. Is the IP and the pricing for the content is requested to the member company server 300.

Then, the member establishment server 300 searches the database 320 to determine whether the IP requesting the use of the content is the IP currently used by the user in the member establishment. When the IP is searched for by the IP currently used by the user, the charging rate for the corresponding content is searched in the database, and the price information is informed to the user. The fee information provided to the payment service providing main server 200 is provided.

Then, the payment service providing main server 200 accumulates the usage fee of the corresponding business for the corresponding content.

Then, the content providing server 100 accumulates a usage fee for the corresponding content, and provides the paid content.

The user requests the content providing server 100 to terminate the use of the paid content.

Then, the content providing server 100 reconfirms the user's IP and stores the rate information on the usage time for the corresponding content in the database 120 and transmits the information on the user access termination to the payment service providing main server 200. do.

Then, the payment service providing main server 200 searches the database to reconfirm the member business user IP and the member business server IP, confirm the usage fee of the corresponding member business, and transmit the user's determined fee information to the member business server. In this case, the member establishment server reconfirms the user IP and notifies the user of the usage fee.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an internet pay content charging process according to the present invention.

In the above method, for example, when a user requests the content provider 100 to use a paid online game (S10), the content provider 100 requests a user confirmation and a fee setting from the PSP company 200. (S20). At this time, the user confirmation is made through the user's IP.

The PSP company 200 searches for a member business to which the user belongs through the member business database 320, and requests the searched member business to set a fee for using the requested online game. At this time, the confirmation of the member establishment is made through the server IP of the member establishment.

After the member establishment confirms the user and determines the usage fee, the member establishment notifies the user of the established fee information and provides the set fee information to the PSP company 200 (S40).

After receiving the predetermined fee information, the PSP company 200 accumulates the usage fee for the member business and the content provider 100 starts accumulating the fee for using the online game (S50).

Thereafter, when the user requests the content provider 100 to terminate the use of the online game (S60), the content provider 100 transmits the use end information from the user to the PSP company. In this case, the content provider 100 reconfirms the corresponding user information and stores the charge information for the online game using time of the user (S70).

The PSP company 200 again checks the corresponding member establishment to which the user belongs, determines the royalties for the member establishments, and transmits the determined royalty information to the corresponding member establishments (S80).

The member establishment finally identifies the user and notifies the user of the fee for using the online game (S90).

The member establishment transmits the confirmation information on the termination of use to the PSP company 200 (S100).

Next, when receiving confirmation information on the end of use from the member establishment 300, the PSP company 200 ends the accumulation of the usage fee for the member establishment 300. In addition, the content provider 100 also ends the accumulation of a fee for using the paid content (S110).

Finally, the member establishment stores the fee in a postpaid manner from the user (S120).

The present invention facilitates the distribution and use of Internet paid content by linking content providers, member businesses, and PSP companies in one-stop, and also popularizes Internet paid content by paying the fee for prepaid subscriptions. It works.

Claims (5)

In the charging method for the use of paid content on the Internet, A first step of the user requesting the content provider to use the paid content; A second step of the content provider requesting a PSP company for user confirmation and usage fee setting; A third step of the PSP company searching for a member business to which the user belongs through a member business database and requesting the searched member business to identify the user and set a fee; A fourth step of, after the member establishment completes the user confirmation and sets a usage fee, notifying the determined fee information to the corresponding user, and providing the determined fee information to the PSP company; A fifth step in which the PSP company accumulates the usage fee for the member business after receiving the predetermined fee information, and the content provider starts accumulating the fee for using the paid content; A sixth step of the user requesting the content provider to terminate the use of the paid content; A seventh step of sending, by the content provider, the end-of-use information from the user to the PSP company, wherein the content provider reconfirms the user information and stores the charge information on the user's content usage time; An eighth step of the PSP company again confirming the corresponding member establishment to which the user belongs, confirming the royalties for the member establishments, and transmitting the determined royalties information to the corresponding member establishments; A ninth step of the member establishment finally confirming the corresponding user and informing the user of the fee for using the paid content; And a tenth step of transmitting, by the member establishment, confirmation information on termination of use to the PSP company. The method according to claim 1, User verification is done through the user's IP, the member establishment is confirmed through the server IP of the member establishment billing method for using the Internet paid content. The method according to claim 1, When receiving confirmation information on the termination of use from the member establishment, the PSP company ends the accumulation of the use fee for the member establishment and the content provider terminates the accumulation of the charge for the use of the paid content 11th step Charge method for using the Internet paid content, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to claim 1, The step of the content provider to start the charge accumulation for the paid content further comprises the step of authorizing the use of the content to the user and providing the content, the charging method for using the Internet paid content. The method according to claim 1, A method of charging a fee for using Internet paid content, wherein the user is notified of a fee for using paid content, and the fee is stored in a postpaid manner.