JP4885876B2 - Font service providing method and system for performing the method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for displaying characters having fonts on a service page and a system for performing the method.

  Internet users can use personal community spaces such as their homepages and blogs, or use shared community spaces that can be easily accessed by many people, such as discussion spaces linked to group community spaces and news bulletin boards. Communicate frequently with users.

  Accordingly, the Internet user has a desire to beautifully decorate a space generated by his / her own request among his / her own personal community space or shared community space. For this reason, services that provide skins, background music, and the like for each service page are used. Thereby, the Internet user can decorate the standby screen of the personal community space with the skin and reproduce the background music.

  As another method for beautifully decorating the personal community space, there is a method for outputting the text input by the user in a predetermined font. For example, an Internet user may use a font service that allows text to be input to his / her personal community space to be displayed in “Arial”.

  However, in the conventional font service, when an Internet user purchases one font item and requests application, as shown in FIG. 1, existing characters before application of the font item are displayed as characters displayed in the personal community space of the Internet user. Are used as they are (see reference numeral 101), or only one font according to the requested font item is applied in a lump (see reference numeral 102) and displayed. In other words, some conventional font services have a problem that it is not possible to decorate one's own personal community space by applying various fonts in combination.

  In addition, the conventional font service is limited to using a purchased font item to represent the characters in one's own personal community space with a predetermined font. In the personal community space and shared community space of other Internet users, There is also a problem that the font item cannot be used and the use range of the font item is limited.

  The present invention has been devised to solve such problems of the prior art. The service page is divided into a plurality of areas, and the font of characters displayed in each area is divided by the user according to the area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a font service providing method that enables setting and a system that performs this method.

  In addition, the present invention does not display text as it is even when a second user who is not a first user (so-called administrator) who has authority over the service page inputs text in a specific area of the service page. It is an object of the present invention to provide a font service providing method for displaying characters converted into a font set for a specific area by a second user and a system for performing the method.

  The present invention also provides a font service providing method capable of reducing a system load that may occur in the process of displaying characters in a font set for each area of a service page, and a system for performing this method. The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a font service providing method according to the present invention includes a predetermined item server that divides font information into a plurality of areas related to the font information. Maintaining the font providing information including area information, which is information for identifying each area of the service page to be performed, in the user database for each user, and each area of the service page associated with the user by the predetermined service server Maintaining a service page database including text associated with the service server, and when the second user inputs a connection request to the service page associated with the first user, the service server sends a request to the user terminal of the second user. A step of determining whether font providing information related to the first user is stored; If the service provision information is stored, the service server corresponds to the text associated with the specific area of the service page based on the font provision information stored in the user terminal, and the font associated with the specific area. A user terminal including a step of generating a service page in which a text image generated by information is displayed in a specific area, and a step of providing a service server by transmitting the generated service page to a user terminal The font information is stored for each area in association with the first user.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, in the font service providing method, when the font providing information is not stored in the user terminal as a result of the determination, the service server sends the font providing information related to the first user from the item server. And the service server corresponds to the text associated with the specific area of the service page based on the received font provision information, and the text image generated by the font information associated with the specific area is displayed in the specific area. Generating a service page to be displayed.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, in the font service providing method, the service server includes: (1) no font information associated with the first user is stored in the user terminal; 2) when the display information associated with the first user is stored, further comprising generating a service page in which text associated with each area of the service page is displayed according to the basic font, It is information which notifies that the font provision information relevant to the 1st user does not exist in the user database of an item server.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, in the font service providing method, the service server includes an item server when font information and display information associated with the first user are not stored in the user terminal. Requesting the font providing information to the user, the item server searching the font providing information related to the first user by referring to the user database in response to the request, and as a result of the search, relating to the first user When the provided font providing information is searched, the item server sends the searched font providing information to the service server, and the service server relates to the specific area of the service page based on the sent font providing information. Text image generated by font information corresponding to the specified area and associated with the specific area Characterized by further comprising a, and generating a service page displayed in a specific area.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a font service providing method for dividing a service page into a plurality of areas and allowing a user to set fonts of characters displayed in each area for each area, and a system for performing this method. . Therefore, the user can beautifully decorate the service page associated with the user using various fonts for each area.

  In addition, according to the present invention, even when a second user who is not a first user (so-called administrator) who has authority over the service page inputs text in a specific area of the service page, the text is displayed as it is. In addition, there is provided a font service providing method for displaying characters converted into a font set by a second user for a specific area, and a system for performing the method. Therefore, when the second user connects not only to his / her own service page but also inputs text to the specific area by connecting to the service page of another person, the second user uses the font set for the specific area. Because the converted characters are displayed, you can feel satisfied that you can stand out more in cyberspace.

  In addition, according to the present invention, a font service providing method capable of reducing a system load that may occur in the process of displaying characters in a font set for each area of a service page, and a system for performing the method Is provided. Accordingly, as the system load in the font service providing system decreases, the time required to generate service pages set with different fonts for each region can also be reduced.

  In the present specification, the “first user” is used as a term meaning a user who has management authority for a service page, that is, a manager of the service page. The “second user” is used as a term meaning a person who requests connection (access) to the service page of the first user and is provided with the service page. Therefore, when a user requests connection to another person's service page and the service page is provided, the first user and the second user mean different users, and the user can When a service page is provided by making a connection request, the first user and the second user mean the same user.

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

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing network connection of the font service providing system according to the present invention.

  The font service providing system 200 can be connected to a number of user terminals 250 through a wired / wireless communication network. The font service providing system 200 includes an item server 210 and a service server 220.

  The user terminal 250 is a communication terminal that can be connected to the font service providing system 200 via a wired / wireless communication network. The user terminal 250 includes a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a smartphone (handphone), a handheld PC, By providing a predetermined communication module such as a code division multiplexing access (CDMA) module, a Bluetooth module, an infrared communication module (IrDA), and a wired / wireless LAN card, such as a mobile phone, via a wired or wireless Internet network 230. This is a communication terminal that can be connected to the font service providing system 200.

  3 and 9 are flowcharts illustrating a font service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the font service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the service server 220 provides a service page which is one of various types (types) of the personal community space.

  First, a font item purchase (purchase) process and an area-specific font setting process using font items will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In step 301, the item server 210 provides the user with a font shop page that includes a user interface that allows the user to purchase font items, as shown in FIG. In step 302, a user connected to a font shop page as shown in FIG. 4 can purchase and secure font items for a predetermined font. The user can also secure a font item purchased by another user or a font item provided by a predetermined event as a “gift”. The item server 210 can perform control so that a user who clicks the purchase button 401 or the gift button 402 and selects a payment service for performing payment for the corresponding font item is provided.

  In step 304, the item server 210 stores information on font items secured by the user for purchase or gift in the first user database for each user.

  On the other hand, when the usage period for the font item is determined, the item server 210 may further store the usage period information in association with the user and the font item. The usage period information of the present invention is information on a period during which the font item can be used, and after the usage period has elapsed, even a font item purchased by the user cannot be used any more. . In addition, the cost that the user pays to purchase the font item can be configured to vary depending on the period of use.

  In the present embodiment, the above-described usage period is set relatively, such as “30 days from the purchase date of the font item”, or “from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004” depending on the user's selection. It is set with an absolute period such as “until the day”.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the first user database. As shown in FIG. 5, the user “wisjjang” purchases font items that can use the Tahoma body and the Stylus BT body, respectively. Here, Tahoma body can be used for one year from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004, and Stylus BT body can be used for 30 days from November 1, 2004 to November 30, 2004. It is.

  Also, in step 305, the item server 210 provides the user with an item pack page that includes a user interface that allows the user to set fonts by region using font items. The item pack page is individually generated for each user with reference to the first user database. The item server 210 allows the user to set a font for each area when the personal community space provided by the service server 220 is divided into a plurality of areas through the item pack page. .

  FIG. 6 shows an example when the service page provided by the service server 220 is divided into a plurality of areas such as a service page title area and a self-introduction area. FIG. 7 shows an example of an item pack page related to the user “wisjjung” among the item pack pages provided by the item server 210.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the fonts that can be used by the user “wisjjang” are Tahoma style and Stylus BT style. Therefore, as indicated by a reference numeral 701 in FIG. Providing the user “wisjjang” with a user interface that allows the user to select which font (character style) to apply to the area among the Tahoma style, Stylus BT style, or the basic text style that is basically provided Can do.

  In the present invention, the font for the character displayed in the corresponding area is set on the item pack page, and the size or color of the character corresponds using the editor function basically provided by the service server 220. It can be set on the service page.

  Further, according to still another embodiment of the present invention, as indicated by a reference numeral 701 in FIG. 7, the item server 210 also sets the size or color of characters displayed in the corresponding area on the item pack page. It can also be made possible.

  In this specification, information including information on the font selected by the user is referred to as “font information”. Further, identification information for identifying each area of the service page is referred to as “area information”, and information including font information and area information related to the font information is referred to as “font provision information”.

  If the user “wisjjang” sets a font for each area of the service page in the pack item page in step 306, the item server 210 sends font providing information including the corresponding font information and area information to the user “wisjjang” in step 307. In the second user database. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the second user database. By referring to the second user database, it is possible to know in which font the characters included in each area of the service page of the user “wisjjang” are displayed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, in the case of font information registered using a font item for which a usage period is defined, the item server 210 sets the corresponding font as a basic sentence after the usage period of the font item has elapsed. The second user database can also be updated to change to a font. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, since the usage period for the Tahoma body is until December 31, 2004, unless the corresponding font item is repurchased after midnight on January 1, 2005, FIG. In the second user database as shown in FIG. 2, the font information 801 is changed to “basic font” or the like. Therefore, after midnight on January 1, 2005, the service page title area of the service page of the user “wisjjang” is displayed in characters in the basic font.

  The process of setting font information for each area of the service page that is the user's personal community space has been described above.

  Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 9, when the user requests a predetermined service page, the service server 220 acquires the font provision information from the item server 210 or the user terminal 250 of the user and generates a service page. Will be described.

  In step 901, the service server 220 maintains a service page database that stores text included in a service page by region. For example, the service page database may store data as shown in FIG. 11 in association with the service page of the user “wisjjang”. Further, the service page database may further include additional information for generating a predetermined service page (for example, an image path, position information with respect to a content position, etc.).

  If the second user requests the service page of the user “wisjjang” in step 902, the service server 220 associates the user “wisjjang” with the user terminal 250 of the second user and transmits the user “wisjjang” in step 903. It is searched whether the font information or display information for each area used for generating the service page related to the file is stored.

  The user can request to provide the service page of the user “wisjjung” through a link or directly input the network address of the service page of the user “wisjjang”. The user may be the same person as the user “wisjjung” or may be another person. That is, the font service providing method according to the present embodiment is applied not only when the user requests a service page of another person but also when the user requests his service page.

  The font information or display information for each area is information generated by the item server 210 and stored in the user terminal 250 under the control of the service server 220.

  Further, “display information related to a predetermined user” used in this specification means “information for notifying that a service page related to a user is generated using only a basic font”. .

  The function of the font information or display information for each area stored in the user terminal 250, the process of storing the font information or display information for each area in the user terminal 250, etc. will be described below by each person skilled in the art. It will be clear from the description of

  In the present invention, the search result in step 903 includes (1) when all the area-specific font information or display information related to the user “wisjjang” is not searched; and (2) the area-specific font information related to the user “wisjjang”. It can be divided into a case where it is searched and a case where (3) display information related to the user “wisjjung” is searched. Hereinafter, each case will be described.

  First, (1) a case where all the font information or display information for each area related to the user “wisjjung” is not searched will be described with reference to FIG.

  As a result of the search, if the area-specific font information or display information related to the user “wisjjung” is not retrieved from the user terminal 250 of the second user, the service server 220 informs the item server 210 of the user “wisjjang” in step 905. Request related font information.

  In step 906, the item server 210 that stores the user-specific font provision information in the second user database refers to the second user database as shown in FIG. 8 in step 907 and refers to the user “wisjjang”. Search for font offer information related to. As described above, the font providing information includes font information and area information related to the font information.

  If the font providing information related to the user “wisjjung” is searched as a result of the search, the item server 210 transmits the font providing information to the service server 220 in step 909.

  In operation 910, the service server 220 may generate a service page for the user “wisjjang” based on the font provision information transmitted from the item server 210.

  That is, when the service server 220 receives the font provision information from the item server 210, based on the received font provision information, in which font the characters included in each area of the service page of the user “wisjjang” should be displayed Can be determined. Referring to FIGS. 8 and 11, it can be seen that the word “day when comics dominate the world” must be displayed in Tahoma style in the service page title area of the service page.

  The service server 220 can directly generate a text image (for example, an image defined by a bitmap method or an outline method) corresponding to the text “day when the comic dominates the world” using the font provision information. .

  Further, the service server 220 can also acquire the text image by transmitting the font providing information and text associated with each area of the service page to a separate image server (not shown). For example, the service server 220 transmits font information related to the service page title area and text related to the service page title area to the image server. The image server converts the transmitted text into a text image that matches the font information and transmits it to the service server 220. Thereby, the service server 220 can acquire the text image corresponding to the text of the area.

  However, the present invention relates to a configuration for determining a font of a character displayed in a predetermined area of a service page using font provision information, and acquires a text image corresponding to the predetermined text using the font provision information. The technical scope of the present invention is not limited by the individual method.

  In operation 911, the service server 220 provides the generated service page to the second user.

  In operation 912, the service server 220 controls the user terminal 250 to store font information for each area related to the user “wisjjung” using the received font provision information.

  Hereinafter, the step 912 in which the service server 220 performs control so that the font information for each area is stored in the user terminal 250 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.

  In step 1201, the service server 220 generates font information for each region using the font provision information received from the item server 210.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the area-specific font information may have a structure as shown in FIG. The area-specific font information includes a service page identifier 1301 for identifying the service page of the user “wisjjung”, one or more font information 1302, 1303, and the like. FIG. 13 shows a case where the positions of the font information 1302, 1303, etc. have the order determined for each region. That is, the service server 220 can generate font information for each area so that the font information is arranged in the order of the service page title, self-introduction, and category among the areas of the service page. Therefore, the font information 1302 determines the font of the character displayed in the service page title area, and the font information 1303 determines the font of the character in the self-introduction area.

  Each of the font information 1302, 1303, and the like can include a font identifier, a font format, or size information.

  The font identifier is used to identify a font of a character output in an area related to the font information. For example, the font identifier is information for identifying whether it is a Tahoma body or a Times New Roman body. is there.

  The font format is information on a method for generating a character image corresponding to a character having the identified font. For example, the font format includes information on whether a character image is generated by a bitmap method or an outline method.

  The size information is information on whether a character image is output in a selected fixed size or whether the character image is output after being changed to a basic size that is basically set for each service page area. Therefore, when the size information included in the font information for the predetermined area indicates (1) “fixed size 9”, the service server 220 sets the size of the character image displayed in the area to 9 (2) When “variable size” is designated, the service server 220 varies the character image displayed in the area according to the size basically set in the area. For example, when the character size of the service page title area is basically set to “12” and the size information included in the font information corresponding to the area is “variable size”, the service server 220 sets the basic set size. Based on the above, the character image size displayed in the area is “12”.

  However, FIG. 12 is only an example of the configuration of font information for each region, and the service server 220 has a configuration in which the font information for each region can be identified for which region each font information is font information. When generating information, all belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the service server 220 controls the user terminal 250 to store only a predetermined number of area-specific font information. That is, only the area-specific font information for a predetermined number of service pages is stored. Hereinafter, the number of area-specific font information stored in the user terminal 250 is referred to as “font information number”.

  In operation 1202, the service server 220 communicates with the user terminal 250 to determine the number of font information stored in the user terminal 250.

  As a result of the determination, if the number of font information is less than a predetermined value, for example, less than 5, the service server 220 transmits the area-specific font information to the user terminal 250, and the area-specific font information is stored in the user terminal 250. Control is performed so as to be saved (step 1204 and step 1205).

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even if the area-specific font information related to the user “wisjjang” (or related to the service page of the user “wisjjang”) is not stored in the user terminal 250, After providing the service page as requested, the second user's user terminal 250 stores area-specific font information related to the user “wisjjang”. Therefore, when the second user re-requests the service page of the user “wisjjang”, the service server 220 does not use the font provision information received from the item server 210 but the area-specific font stored in the user terminal 250. The service page can be generated using the information. A more specific configuration for generating the service page using the area-specific font information stored in the user terminal 250 will be described later.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of font information is a predetermined value, that is, five, the service server 220 determines that one of the five area-specific font information stored in the user terminal 250 is one of the areas in step 1206. Control so that the different font information is deleted. The user terminal 250 deletes one of the five area-specific font information stored in the memory under control.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 250 deletes any one of the five area-specific font information. In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 250 deletes the area-specific font information stored first among the five area-specific font information, that is, the oldest area-specific font information.

  As described above, when any one of the five area-specific font information stored in the user terminal 250 is deleted, the area-specific font information related to the user “wisjjung” can be stored in the user terminal 250. Accordingly, the step 1204 and the step 1205 are performed, and the font information for each area related to the user “wisjjang” is stored in the user terminal 250.

  According to the present embodiment, no matter how many service pages the second user requests and is provided, only a predetermined number of area-specific font information is stored in the user terminal 250. In order to save the font information, it is possible to prevent the storage space of the user terminal 250 from being excessively consumed.

  Meanwhile, according to still another embodiment of the present invention, the service server 220 is not limited to the number of area-specific font information, that is, the number of font information if the storage space of the user terminal 250 has a certain margin. It can also be controlled to continue to be additionally stored.

  On the other hand, as a result of the search in step 907, when the font providing information related to the user “wisjjung” is not searched, that is, when the user “wisjjang” has not set a font other than the basic font for his service page. In step 913, the item server 210 transmits the display information to the service server 220. The display information is as described above.

  In operation 914, the service server 220 controls the received display information to be stored in the user terminal 250 in association with the user “wisjjang”. Therefore, after the display information that the font information related to the user “wisjjang” is not stored when connected to the item server 210 is stored in the user terminal 250, the service server 220 refers to the display information and the basic font is stored. A service page configured only with the above is generated and is not reconnected to the item server 210 for a request for font information or the like.

  Next, (2) the case where the area-specific font information related to the user “wisjjung” is searched will be described again with reference to FIG. As a result of the search in step 903, if the area-specific font information is stored in the user terminal 250 of the second user in association with the user “wisjjang”, the service server 220 stores in the user terminal 250 in step 915. A service page is generated using the region-specific font information.

  For example, the user terminal 250 may store area-specific font information as illustrated in FIG. 13 in association with the user “wisjjung”. The service server 220 can determine the font of the character displayed in each area of the user “wisjjung” from the area-specific font information. A specific process of generating a service page using font information set for each area is as specifically described in step 910.

  In operation 916, the service server 220 transmits the generated service page to the user terminal 250 and provides it to the second user.

  In addition, a specific process of storing the font information for each area related to the user “wisjjung” in the user terminal 250 is as described above in the configuration related to FIG. Therefore, when the second user requests a service page that has been provided once, the service server 220 controls the service page controlled to be stored in the user terminal 250 of the second user in the previous provision process. It can be known that related area-specific font information is used.

  Of course, in the embodiment in which the service server 220 limits the number of font information for each area stored in the user terminal 250, that is, the number of font information, the font information for each area related to the user “wisjjung” is limited to the user terminal 250. Deleted after being automatically saved.

  According to the present embodiment, since the service server 220 generates a service page using the area-specific font information stored in the user terminal 250, it is not necessary to receive font provision information from the item server 210. That is, the service server 220 does not need to be connected to the item server 210 every time the service page is provided at the request of the second user, so that resources consumed by information transmission / reception and search in the item server 210 are reduced. effective. Therefore, the time required to generate the service page is also reduced.

  Also, in general, in consideration of the fact that the user frequently visits service pages of some acquaintances and rarely visits other service pages or visits from time to time, according to the present embodiment, the item server It can be seen that the load at 210 can be significantly reduced.

  That is, according to the present invention, in the process of providing a specific font service that allows a user to set different fonts for each area of his / her own service page, the load problem on the server side that inevitably increases can be solved. Thus, a specific font service can be smoothly provided.

  Next, (3) the case where display information related to the user “wisjjung” is searched will be described with reference to the search in step 903 again. If the display information related to the user “wisjjung” is stored in the user terminal 250 of the second user as a result of the search, the service server 220 displays a basic font on the service page of the user “wisjjang” in step 917. It is determined that no other font is set, and a service page in which characters in each area are displayed in a basic font is generated. On the other hand, the size or color of the character displayed in each area may be a basic size or basic color specified for each area, or a user-specified size or user-specified color specified by the user “wisjjung”.

  In operation 916, the service server 220 provides the generated service page to the second user.

  In addition, a specific process in which the display information related to the user “wisjjung” is stored in the user terminal 250 is as described above in the configuration related to FIG. Accordingly, when the second user requests again a service page that has been provided (has been provided), the service server 220 is stored in the user terminal 250 of the second user in the previous provision process. Thus, it is possible to know that display information related to the service page is used.

  According to such a configuration, the service server 220 needs to connect to the item server 210 and inquire whether the area-specific font information is set in the service page every time a service page associated with the user “wisjjung” is generated. Therefore, the system load on the item server 210 can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, the user “wisjjang” sets (or resets) the font in each area of his / her service page, and the user uses the area-specific font information or display information related to the user “wisjjang” stored in the user terminal 250. First and second embodiments for a processing method related to a difficulty that occurs when generating a “wisjjung” service page will be described.

  When the font set in each area of the service page is reset, (1) The use period of the font item is determined as described above, and the use of the font item is impossible after the use period has elapsed. The case and (2) the case where the user “wisjjang” changes the font applied to each area of the service page on the pack item page.

  Further, in the case where the font is set in each area of the service page, the case where the user “wisjjang” sets the font applied to each area of the service page on the pack item page is illustrated.

  First, the first embodiment will be described.

  According to the first embodiment, when the user “wisjjung” sets (or resets) a font to be applied to each area of the service page on the pack item page, that is, font provision information related to the user “wisjjang”. Is generated and stored in the second user database, the item server 210 notifies the service server 220 of such fact in real time.

  After receiving the notification, the service server 220 receives the font providing information from the item server 210 even when display information or area-specific font information related to the user “wisjjung” is stored in the user terminal 250. , A service page for the user “wisjjang” is generated. In addition, the service server 220 transmits the area-specific font information generated using the generated font provision information to the user terminal 250 so that the existing display information or the existing area-specific font information is stored. To.

  According to the first embodiment, the user “wisjjang” sets font information by region (or even while generating a service page using display information or region-specific font information stored in the user terminal 250 (or Then, the setting items are reflected on the service page of the user “wisjjung” in real time.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described.

  According to the second embodiment, the service server 220 does not reflect the fact that the user “wisjjung” has set the font information on the service page in real time. In the second embodiment, when the display information or the font information for each area related to the user “wisjjang” is searched as a result of the search in step 904, the service server 220 uses the searched information to display the service page. Before generation, it is determined when to save display information or area-specific font information.

  Also, the service server 220 displays the display information or the area-specific font information stored in the user terminal 250 only when the period from the current time point to the storage time point determined is a predetermined period, for example, less than 2 hours. Based on this, a service page is generated.

  On the other hand, if the period from the current time point to the determined time point has passed 2 hours or more, the service server 220 performs the steps from step 905 onward to generate / provide. That is, a service page is generated based on the font provision information or display information acquired from the item server 210.

  In the service server 220 according to the second embodiment, even when display information related to the user “wisjjung” is stored in the user terminal 250, the user “wisjjang” It is determined that there is a possibility that the font information has been set or reset for each area, and the font information actually set for each area of the service page is directly acquired from the item server 210.

  The practitioner who implements the present invention can adopt the first embodiment when the fact that the font information for each area of the user “wisjjung” is to be reflected in the service page of the user “wisjjang” in real time. Then, it is possible to adopt the second embodiment in which the connection frequency with the item server 210 can be reduced to some extent in consideration of the system load.

  In addition, when the user “wisjjung” sets the font information for each area, when the second user and the user “wisjjang” are the same person, the first embodiment is adopted, and the second user and the user “wisjjang” If they are not the same person, the second embodiment can be adopted.

  That is, the user “wisjjang” sets font information for each area of his / her service page and immediately checks whether his / her service page is reflected in his / her service page. There is a high probability of requesting a page. In such a case, it is preferable that the setting contents are reflected on the service page in real time. Therefore, the service page is generated according to the first embodiment to increase user satisfaction, and in other cases Can reduce the load of the item server 210 by generating a service page according to the second embodiment.

  Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, only the font information for each area is stored in the user terminal 250, and when the font information for each area is not searched, the steps 905 and after in FIG. 10 are performed. It can also be done.

  The font service providing method according to the present invention has been described above. According to the present embodiment, the user “wisjjang” can designate favorite fonts for each area of his / her service page so that characters are displayed in the corresponding fonts, and decorate his / her service page more beautifully. become able to. In addition, it is possible to eliminate a load problem in the service server 220 or the item server 210 that may occur in the process of providing a font service that allows different fonts to be set for each region.

  Hereinafter, according to still another embodiment of the present invention, when the second user registers content in a specific area of the service page of the user “wisjjang”, or when the content includes text, the text is stored in the second user. A process for providing a font service for displaying a character having a font set for a specific area will be described. In this embodiment, the case where the second user registers content in a service page that is one of the personal community spaces of the user “wisjjung” is described as an example. However, the shared community in which the second user is not a personal community space is described. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the same method can be applied when content including text is registered in a space.

  With reference to FIG. 14, the font service providing method according to the present embodiment will be specifically described.

  In a manner similar to the configuration described in connection with FIG. 3, the item server 210 stores font information for each user and area information related to the font information in the third user database (step 1401). However, unlike the above-described embodiment, the area information stored in the third user database is permitted to be posted by the user by inputting content such as text among service pages divided into a plurality of areas. This is information about the area. Accordingly, the area information is information on an area such as a post, a comment, and a trackback where the user can input content. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the third user database.

  In operation 1402, the service server 220 generates and provides a service page according to the connection request of the second user. In particular, when the second user requests a service page that is a personal community space, a specific process of providing the service page to the second user is as described with reference to FIG.

  In step 1403, the second user to whom the service page has been provided has contents stored in the service server 220 for a specific area in which the user is allowed to register content, for example, a post area. Enter.

  In operation 1404, if the input content includes text, the service server 220 requests the item server 210 for font information related to the second user and the specific area.

  In step 1405, the requested item server 210 refers to the third user database, associates with the second user, searches for font information associated with the specific area, and transmits the font information to the service server 220. Referring to FIG. 15 as an example, when the user identifier of the second user is “kkue”, the item server 210 refers to the third user database, and Times New, which is font information related to the post area and the second user. The Roman body 1501 is searched and transmitted to the service server 220.

  In step 1406 and step 1407, the service server 220 that has received the font information 1101 from the item server 210 updates the service page so that the text entered by the second user is displayed in a Times New Roman body, and the second user To provide.

  Therefore, the second user not only registers his / her own service page but also registers the content in the predetermined area of the service page of another person's service page or the shared community space. The font can be displayed with the specified font.

  Therefore, when many users connect and register content, characters created with various fonts are displayed in one area (for example, post area), so the service page becomes even more diverse. The user can feel the satisfaction of decorating his content beautifully.

  Above, how to set the font etc. displayed in each area of your service page which is personal community space and how to set the font etc. of text entered by you in specific area of personal community space or shared community space As described above, these two methods can be performed in parallel or in combination with a predetermined service page, as well as being performed independently of each other.

  That is, in the font service providing method according to still another embodiment of the present invention, the user “wisjjang” is assigned to the service page of the user “wisjjang” for areas such as the title, self-introduction, and category of the service page. When the user “kkue” who visits the service page of the user “wisjjang” enters text in the post area of the service page, the text is displayed in the set font or the like. , The user “kkue” can be converted into characters having a font set for the post area and displayed.

  In addition, when other general users such as service page operators (administrators) enter text in a service page where text can be registered, such as a post area, the area is stored in the user terminal of the user. The embodiment differs from the above-described embodiment in that the font of the text is determined by requesting the font information for each area related to the second user each time without using the font information.

  Also, the embodiments of the present invention include a computer-readable medium including program instructions for executing various operations embodied by a computer. The medium can also include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., alone or in combination. The media and program instructions may be specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, and may be known and usable by those skilled in the computer software art.

  Hereinafter, a font service providing system according to still another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  A font service providing system 1600 according to the present embodiment includes a user database 1601, a service page database 1602, a user input unit 1603, a determination unit 1604, a search unit 1605, a service page generation unit 1606, and a service page provision unit. 1607 and a control unit 1608.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the user database 1601 maintains font provision information including font information and area information related to the font information for each user. The area information is information for identifying each area of the service page divided into a plurality of areas, and the font information determines the font (character body) of characters displayed in the area identified by the area information. It is information for.

  The user can set the font of the character displayed in the specific area of his / her service page and register it in the user database 1601 using the font icon secured by purchase or gift.

  Service page database 1602 includes text associated with each area of the service page associated with a user by user. Therefore, by referring to the service page database 1602, it is possible to know what type of characters should be displayed in a specific area of each user's service page.

  When the second user requests to provide a service page related to the first user using the user terminal 1650, the request is input to the user input unit 1603. The first user and the second user may be the same person.

  When the request is input, the determination unit 1604 determines whether font information related to the first user is stored in the user terminal 1650 of the second user. The user terminal 1650 may store font information for each area of the service page associated with the user for each user. An example of the area-specific font information is as shown in FIG.

  The service page generation unit 1606 refers to the service page database 1602 and searches for text associated with each area of the service page associated with the first user.

  As a result of the determination in the determination unit 1604, when the area-specific font information related to the first user is stored in the user terminal 1650, the service page generation unit 1606 displays the stored area-specific font information and the searched area-specific font information. Based on the text, the service page is generated so that text in a predetermined area is displayed as a text image generated by a font set in the same area.

  Also, as a result of the determination in the determination unit 1604, if the area-specific font information related to the first user is not stored in the user terminal 1650, the search unit 1605 refers to the user database 1601 and relates to the first user. Search the provided font information. As described above, the font providing information includes font information and area information related to the font information. That is, the font set in each area of the first user's service page can be known from the font provision information.

  The service page generation unit 1606 displays the text of the predetermined area as a text image generated by the font set in the same area based on the searched area-specific font information and the searched area-specific text. Create a service page.

  That is, the service page generator 1606 uses the area-specific font information related to the first user in the user terminal 1650 of the second user who requested the service page of the first user. If the area-specific font information related to the first user is not stored in the user terminal 1650, the service page of the first user is generated using the font provision information stored in the user database 1601.

  The service page providing unit 1608 provides the service page generated by the service page generating unit 1606 to the second user.

  In addition, the control unit 1607 controls the second terminal user 1650 to store the area-specific font information related to the first user using the searched font providing information. Accordingly, even when the area-specific font information is not stored in the user terminal 1650, the area-specific font information is stored in the user terminal 1650 after the service page is provided.

  On the other hand, FIG. 16 shows a case where each component of the font service system 1600 is embodied in one device, but this is merely an example, and ease of management or load depends on the embodiment. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that each component is embodied in a separate and separate device for reasons such as dispersion, and a method including communication means capable of communicating between the devices is used.

  As described above, the present invention has been described according to the preferred embodiments. However, for those skilled in the art of the present invention, from the technical idea of the present invention described in the scope of claims and the region thereof. It will be understood that various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention without departing from the scope. In other words, the technical scope of the present invention is defined based on the claims, and is not limited by the best mode for carrying out the invention.

It is the figure which showed an example of the service page produced | generated by the prior art. It is the figure which showed the network connection of the font service provision system which concerns on this invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a font service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a font shop page including a user interface that allows a user to purchase a font item in an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the data preserve | saved at the 1st user database of the item server which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which showed an example at the time of dividing the service page which the service server which concerns on this invention provides into several area | regions, such as a service page title area | region and a self-introduction area | region. It is the figure which showed an example of the item pack page which the item server which concerns on this invention provides. It is the figure which showed an example of the data preserve | saved at the 2nd user database of the item server which concerns on this invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a font service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a font service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the data preserve | saved at the service page database of the service server which concerns on this invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling the font information for each area to be stored in the user terminal in the font service providing method according to the present invention. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of font information for each region stored in a user terminal in the font service providing method according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a font service providing method according to still another embodiment of the present invention. In the font service provision method which concerns on this invention, it is the figure which showed an example of the data preserve | saved at the 3rd user database of an item server. It is the block diagram which showed the font service provision system which concerns on further another embodiment of this invention.

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200 Font service providing system 210 Item server 220 Service server 250 User terminal

Claims (17)

A font service providing method using an item server and a service server,
A predetermined item server stores font provision information including font information and area information that is information for identifying each area of a service page divided into a plurality of areas related to the font information in a user database for each user. Holding, and
The service server maintains a service page database including text associated with each area of the service page associated with the user;
When the second user inputs a connection request to a service page associated with the first user, the service server is based on the font provision information associated with the first user at the user terminal of the second user. Determining whether service area font information is stored,
As a result of the determination, when the area-specific font information is stored in the user terminal, the service server responds to each area of the service page using the area-specific font information stored in the user terminal. identifying the font information, and generates the service page corresponding to the text associated with a particular region, and the text image generated by the font information associated with the specific area, which is displayed in the specific area of the service page And the stage of
The service server providing and transmitting the generated service page to the user terminal, and
The service server receives the font provision information of the service page from the item server when the area-specific font information of the service page is not stored in the user terminal of the user who has input the connection request to the service page. Stages,
The service server controls the font information for each area of the service page requested for connection to be stored in the user terminal of the user who has input the connection request based on the font provision information received from the item server. And including
The step of generating the service page includes:
As a result of the determination, when the area-specific font information of the service page related to the first user is not stored in the user terminal of the second user, the service page related to the first user received from the item server A font service providing method, wherein the service page is generated based on the font providing information . The step of generating the service page includes:
If the area-specific font information related to the first user is not stored in the user terminal as a result of the determination, the service server receives the font providing information related to the first user from the item server. When,
Based on the received font providing information, the service server corresponds to text associated with a specific area of the service page, and a text image generated by font information associated with the specific area is displayed in the specific area. Generating the service page to be displayed;
The font service providing method according to claim 1, further comprising: The service server stores, in the user terminal, (1) area-specific font information related to the first user, and (2) display information related to the service page of the first user. And generating a service page in which text associated with each area of the service page is displayed according to a basic font based on the display information stored in the user terminal.
3. The font service providing method according to claim 1, wherein the display information is information notifying that there is no area-specific font information associated with the first user in the user database of the item server. 4. . The service server requests the item server for font providing information related to the first user when the area-specific font information and display information related to the first user are not stored in the user terminal. When,
The item server refers to the user database in response to the request and searches for font provision information associated with the first user;
As a result of the search, when the font providing information related to the first user is searched, the item server sends the searched font providing information to the service server;
Based on the transmitted font providing information, the service server corresponds to the text associated with the specific area of the service page, and the text image generated by the font information associated with the specific area is the specific area. The method according to claim 3, further comprising: generating the service page displayed on the screen. As a result of the search, if the font providing information related to the first user is not searched, the item server generates the display information and transmits the display information to the service server;
The font of claim 4, further comprising controlling the service server so that the transmitted display information is stored in the user terminal in association with the first user. Service provision method. When the service server stores (1) area-specific font information related to the first user and (2) display information related to the first user in the user terminal. And generating a service page in which text associated with each area of the service page is displayed according to a basic font,
The service server determining a display information storage time point when the display information related to the first user is stored in the user terminal;
Generating a service page in which text associated with each area of the service page is displayed according to a basic font within a predetermined period from the determined display information storage time. The font service providing method according to claim 3. When the font providing information associated with the first user is changed, the item server transmits the changed font providing information to the service server;
The service server stores the area-specific font information in the second user's user terminal in association with the first user based on the transmitted font provision information. 7. The font service providing method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of controlling so as to be performed. The step of controlling the area-specific font information to be stored in the user terminal of the user who has input the connection request,
Controlling the font information associated with each area of the service page to be stored in the user terminal in association with the first user according to a predetermined order for each area. The font service providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The step of controlling the area-specific font information to be stored in the user terminal of the user who has input the connection request,
Determining the number of font information that is the number of area-specific font information stored in the user terminal;
The method includes: controlling the area-specific font information to be stored in association with the first user when the determined number of font information is less than a predetermined value. The font service providing method according to any one of 8. If the determined number of font information is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, one of the area-specific fonts selected based on a predetermined criterion from the area-specific font information already stored in the user terminal Controlling to delete information ,
The method according to claim 9, further comprising: controlling the font information by region so as to be stored in association with the first user after deletion. The step of deleting any one area-specific font information selected based on a predetermined criterion from among the area-specific font information already stored in the user terminal,
(1) among the previously stored by regional font information are, and controlling so saving time to remove the first region-specific font information,
(2) It includes any one of the step of controlling to delete any one of the font information for each area out of the already-stored area-specific font information. The font service providing method described in 1. The area-specific font information includes (1) a font identifier for identifying a font of a character output to an area corresponding to the area information related to the font information, (2) the font format, and (3) The font service provision according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising at least one of size information on whether the character is output in a fixed size or a variable size. Method. When the second user inputs text for a specific area of the service page, the service server receives font information associated with the second user and the specific area from the item server;
The service server updates the service page so as to correspond to the input text using the received font information and to display a text image generated by the font information in the specific area. Stages,
The method according to claim 1, further comprising: providing the updated service page to the second user.   14. The font service provision according to claim 13, wherein the specific area of the service page is an area where a content input authority is granted to the second user by an administrator of the service server or the first user. Method.   A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the font service providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, claim 13, and claim 14. A font service providing system,
A user database including font information and font providing information including font information and area information which is information for identifying each area of the service page divided into a plurality of areas related to the font information;
A service page database including text associated with each area of the service page associated with the user;
A user input unit for receiving a service page provision request related to the first user from the second user;
A determination unit that determines whether or not font information for each area of a service page based on font provision information related to the first user is stored in the user terminal of the second user;
Result of the determination, wherein when said region by font information in the user terminal is stored, identifying a font information corresponding to each region of the service page by using the conserved region-specific font information to the user terminal And a service page generating unit that generates the service page corresponding to the text associated with the specific area of the service page and generated by the font information associated with the specific area and displayed in the specific area. When,
A service page providing unit that provides the generated service page to the first user; and
When font information by area of the service page is not stored in the user terminal of the user who has input the connection request to the service page, based on the font provision information of the service page held in the user database, A control unit that controls the font information for each area of the service page requested to be connected to the user terminal of the user who has input the connection request;
If the service page generation unit does not store area-specific font information of the service page related to the first user in the user terminal of the second user as a result of the determination, the service page generation unit may store the first user in the user database. A service system for generating a font service on the basis of font provision information of a service page associated with the service page . A search unit that searches font providing information related to the first user with reference to the user database when the area-specific font information related to the first user is not stored in the user terminal as a result of the determination. Further including
The service page generation unit corresponds to text associated with a specific area of the service page based on the searched font provision information, and a text image generated by font information associated with the specific area The system according to claim 16, wherein the service page displayed in the specific area is generated.

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