WO2008105642A1

WO2008105642A1 - System of providing interactive shopping file and method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2008105642A1
Application number: PCT/KR2008/001174
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jaeho Kang; Hyeongu Kim; Seokju Na; Junhui Park
Original assignee: Jaeho Kang; Hyeongu Kim; Seokju Na; Junhui Park
Priority date: 2007-02-28
Filing date: 2008-02-29
Publication date: 2008-09-04
Also published as: KR20080080060A; WO2008105641A1; KR100915467B1

Abstract

Provided invention relates to the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof. The system creates an interactive shopping file for each content item(a contents item is a digital contents which is possible to transmit through a communication network) for sale, displays the contents item to a customer in on-line, and allows the contents item to be sold to the customer. The system includes: a contents uploading unit connected to a user terminal of a seller through a communication network to upload contents item; a contents information entering unit connected to a user terminal of a seller through a communication network to receive a contents information of the contents item; a payment processing unit for performing a payment function with respect to the contents item; and an interactive shopping file creating unit for creating the interactive shopping file for each content item. The interactive shopping file provides a contents information displaying screen for displaying, to the customer, the contents information entered through the contents information entering unit, a payment information entering screen for receiving payment information of the contents item from the customer, and a payment result displaying screen for displaying a payment execution result after the customer makes a payment based on the payment information.

Description

SYSTEM OF PROVIDING INTERACTIVE SHOPPING FILE

AND METHOD THEREOF

Technical Field

[1] The present invention relates to the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, and more particularly, to the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, which can make it easy for a seller to post individual digital contents for sale or add them to a personal media such as a blog in a form of attached files by using an embed method, and can provide a customer with an interactive shopping file that can display and sell the digital contents. Background Art

[2] Recently, Internet-based personal media such as blogs, mini-homepages, or Internet community services are becoming popular. With the development of these personal media, even users who have no special knowledge about Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or programs can provide other users with a variety of digital contents, for example, moving pictures, music, or images through personal media.

[3] Users who possess these personal media have intent to make profit-seeking activities and earn profits, as well as to transfer information, through their personal media.

[4] With the increased Internet shopping mall activities, a variety of products or digital contents have been usually distributed through Internet shopping malls having specific Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). General users can act as a seller as well as a customer in a variety of auction sites.

[5] Conventionally, when individual users as sellers want to sell their products or contents to other users, it is usual that they sell the products or contents by establishing and operating their own Internet shopping malls or by signing in open-type shopping markets, such as auction sites or open markets.

[6] For example, a seller who operates a personal media such as a blog can display, on blog posts, URL links of Internet shopping malls where products or contents for sale are being distributed.

[7] In this case, however, it is troublesome and inconvenient that a user accessing a seller's blog must open a separate web browser window as well as an accessed blog webpage and then move to a corresponding Internet shopping mall webpage in order to purchase a desired product. Therefore, it is hardly likely that the users will really purchase the products. In addition, since the blogs of the sellers are used only for promotion of contents and the real purchase is made only in the Internet shopping malls, the sellers are subject to a commission policy and service policy equally applied to the Internet shopping malls.

[8] Meanwhile, instead of using the Internet shopping malls, the sellers can also write the description of their products or contents and their bank account numbers on their blog posts.

[9] However, this method cannot provide a sufficiently visual and descriptive appeal on the contents. Thus, there is a limitation in increasing each customer's desire to purchase. Furthermore, each customer must pay for the contents before purchasing them, without separate safeguards. Consequently, each customer's psychological apprehension will lower their desire to purchase the products or contents. Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem

[10] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, which are capable of providing a visual and descriptive appeal on product items on one webpage including a personal media, such as a blog, a mini-homepage or an Internet community, without departing the corresponding webpage, and achieving payment for the corresponding item, thereby increasing a customer's desire to purchase and activating purchase activities through the user's personal media.

[11] Another object of the present invention is to provide the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, which are capable of spreading an interactive shopping file on a variety of webpages using an embed method because the system creates an independent interactive shopping file for each item. In addition, when users, who are not the seller, are very interested in the corresponding item, they can spontaneously spread the interactive shopping file on webpages of their personal media, thereby achieving a broader marketing of the items.

[12] Other object of the present invention is to provide the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, in which the system further includes an interactive shopping file web server for distinguishing the created interactive shopping file according to items, assigning each URL to the respective items, and registering the interactive shopping file. Therefore, a customer can receive the interactive shopping files through a communication network at any time, without storing/managing the interactive shopping files.

[13] Other object of the present invention is to provide the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, in which the system further includes a shopping file embed source providing unit for providing a user with a shopping file embed source having a shopping file URL where the interactive shopping file is registered. Therefore, even users who have no special knowledge about HTML edition or source code can easily establish personalized and individualized sale systems.

[14] Other object of the present invention is to provide the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, which are capable of enabling general users to use a search engine to search webpages, where their product or contents are posted, by further receiving a search keyword as the contents information and combining it with an interactive shopping file in a meta tag form, thereby invoking much more traffic flow.

[15] Other object of the present invention is to provide the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, in which the system further includes an XML conversion module for converting product information or contents information entered by a user into contents information displaying screen having a predefined format. Therefore, users can easily create a refined contents sale screen without editing a screen for their contents sale.

[16] Other object of the present invention is to provide the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof, which are capable of motivating users, who are not the seller, to post the interactive shopping file to their webpages by sharing a part of sale price with the posted blogger as the profits when the contents item is sold through their webpages where the interactive shopping file is posted by the users. Technical Solution

[17] In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided the system of providing an interactive shopping file, which creates an interactive shopping file for each content item(a contents item is a digital contents which is possible to transmit through a communication network) for sale, displays the contents item to a customer in on-line, and allows the contents item to be sold to the customer, the system including: a contents uploading unit connected to a user terminal of a seller through a communication network to upload a contents item; a contents information entering unit connected to a user terminal of a seller through a communication network to receive contents information of the contents item; a payment processing unit for performing a payment function with respect to the contents item; and an interactive shopping file creating unit for creating the interactive shopping file for each content item, wherein the interactive shopping file provides a contents information displaying screen for displaying, to the customer, the contents information entered through the contents information entering unit, a payment information entering screen for receiving payment information of the contents item from the customer, and a payment result displaying screen for displaying a payment execution result after the customer makes a payment based on the payment information. [18] The system may further include an interactive shopping file web server for assigning distinguished Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) to the interactive shopping file created by the interactive shopping file creating unit according to the contents items, and transmitting the interactive shopping file through the communication network.

[19] The system may further include a shopping file embed source providing unit for providing a shopping file embed source based on the shopping file URL of the corresponding a contents item of the interactive shopping file web server according to a user's embed source request with respect to the specific contents item.

[20] The interactive shopping file may further include an URL tracking code for tracking

URL information of a webpage where the interactive shopping file is embedded, and the system may further include a URL information storing/managing unit for storing the URL information of the webpage tracked by the URL tracking code in each content item.

[21] The contents information entering unit may receive at least one of a basic contents information, sale related information including a price of the contents item, seller's information, and payment information as the contents information.

[22] The interactive shopping file creating unit may include: a sample contents data creating module for generating a sample contents data by converting a part of the contents information into a contents sample; an XML conversion module for converting a sample contents data and the contents information, into an XML format; a flash template processing module for generating a contents information flash template by performing a flash template processing on XML data that is processed by the XML conversion module; and a payment function combining module for generating the interactive shopping file as a flash file by combining the contents information flash template and the payment function based on the price information and the payment information among the contents information.

[23] The contents information entering unit may further receive whether to share profits with a manager of a webpage posting the embed source of the interactive shopping file, and the payment processing unit may share a part of sale price with the manager of the webpage when the contents items are sold through the webpage.

[24] The interactive shopping file may sequentially provide the contents information displaying screen, the payment information entering screen, and the payment result displaying screen in a predefined size on a webpage.

[25] The interactive shopping file may include; the interactive shopping file may include the sample contents data which is a part of the contents item to the customer before purchasing the contents item, and the system 300 of providing the interactive shopping file may include a contents downloading unit 380 for providing the contents to the customer through a communication network after purchasing the contents item.

[26] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing an interactive shopping file, which generates interactive shopping files for each content item(a contents item is a digital contents which is possible to transmit through a communication network) for sale, displays the contents item to a customer in on-line, and allows the contents item to be sold to the customer, the method including: (a) accessing, by a seller, the system of providing an interactive shopping file through a communication network to enter contents information of the contents item; (b) generating, by the system of providing an interactive shopping file, the interactive shopping files based on the contents item, wherein the interactive shopping file provides a contents information displaying screen for displaying the contents information to the customer, a payment information entering screen for receiving payment information of the contents item from the customer, and a payment result displaying screen for displaying a payment execution result after the customer makes a payment based on the payment information; (c) assigning, by the system of providing an interactive shopping file, shopping file URLs to the interactive shopping files in each content item, and registering the interactive shopping files in a web server; and (d) providing, by the system of providing an interactive shopping file, a shopping file embed source based on the shopping file URL of the corresponding contents item to a seller or other user, who is not the seller, according to the seller or other user's request.

[27] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the step (b) may include: (b-1) generating XML data by converting the contents information to a predefined XML format; (b-2) generating a contents information flash template by performing a flash template processing on the XML data; and (b-3) generating the interactive shopping file by combining the contents information flash template with a payment function of the contents item.

[28] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the method may further include: (e) posting, by the seller or posted blogger, who is not the seller, the interactive shopping file on his/her webpage using the shopping file embed source; and (f) purchasing, by the customer visiting the webpage, the contents item using the interactive shopping file.

[29] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the step (a) may further receive from the customer whether to share the profits with a posted blogger posting the embed source of the interactive shopping file on the webpage, and (g) the method may further include sharing a part of the sale price of the contents item with the posted blogger as the profits when the purchase of the contents item is achieved through the interactive shopping file posted by the posted blogger. Advantageous Effects

[30] The system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention can provide a visual and descriptive appeal on a contents items on one webpage including a personal media, such as a blog, a mini-homepage or an Internet community, without departing the corresponding webpage, and can achieve payment for the corresponding item, thereby increasing a customer's desire to purchase and activating purchase activities through the user's personal media.

[31] A system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention can spread an interactive shopping file on a variety of webpages using an embed method because the system creates an independent interactive shopping file for each item. In addition, when users, who are not the seller, are very interested in the corresponding item, they can spontaneously spread the interactive shopping file on webpages of their personal media, thereby achieving a broader marketing of the items.

[32] In the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention, the system further includes an interactive shopping file web server for distinguishing the created interactive shopping file according to items, assigning distinguished URLs to the respective items, and registering the interactive shopping file. Therefore, a customer can receive the interactive shopping files through a communication network at any time, without storing/ managing the interactive shopping files.

[33] In the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention, the system further includes a shopping file embed source providing unit for providing a user with a shopping file embed source having a shopping file URL where the interactive shopping file is registered. Therefore, even users who have no special knowledge about HTML edition or source code can easily establish personalized and individualized sale systems.

[34] The system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention can enable general users to use a search engine to search webpages, where their product or contents are posted, by further receiving a search keyword as the contents information and combining it with an interactive shopping file in a meta tag form, thereby invoking much more traffic flow.

[35] In the system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention, the system further includes an XML conversion module for converting contents information or contents information entered by a user into a contents information displaying screen having a predefined format. Therefore, users can easily create a refined contents sale screen without editing a screen for their contents sale. [36] The system of providing an interactive shopping file and a method thereof according to embodiments of the present invention can motivate users, who are not the seller, to post the interactive shopping file to their webpages by sharing a part of sale price with the posted bloggers as the profits when the contents item is sold through their webpages where the interactive shopping file is posted by the users.

Brief Description of the Drawings [37] FIG. 1 illustrates the architecture of the system of providing an interactive shopping file according to an embodiment of the present invention. [38] FIG. 2 illustrates the detailed architecture of the system of providing an interactive shopping file according to an embodiment of the present invention. [39] FIG. 3 illustrates the detailed structure of an interactive shopping file creating unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. [40] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary contents information entering screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. [41] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary contents information displaying screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. [42] FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary purchase information entering screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. [43] FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary purchase confirmation displaying screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. [44] FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary shopping file embed source providing screen presented by an embed source providing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. [45] FIG. 9 illustrates an exemplary blog post screen written using a shopping file embed source according to an embodiment of the present invention. [46] FIG. 10 illustrates an exemplary blog screen where an interactive shopping file is posted according to an embodiment of the present invention. [47] FIG. 11 illustrates a flowchart of the method of providing an interactive shopping file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention [48] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described through FIG.1 to FIG.11. [49] FIG. 1 illustrates a communication environment including the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file according to an embodiment of the present invention. When a seller 10 accesses the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file through a user terminal and then enters contents information on contents items, the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file creates an interactive shopping file, based on the entered contents information, and provides the created interactive shopping file to the user.

[50] The seller 10 or a posted blogger 12, who is not a seller, posts the interactive shopping file, which is created by the seller 10, on his/her blog using a blog server 200.

[51] Meanwhile, when a customer 14 visiting the blog with the interactive shopping file being posted wants to purchase a desired contents item through the blog post, the customer 14 purchases the corresponding contents using the interactive shopping file posted on the blog.

[52] That is, the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file creates an interactive shopping file for each content item(a contents item is a digital contents which is possible to transmit through a communication network) for sale, displays it to the customers in on-line, and enables the sellers to sell the contents items to the customers.

[53] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file includes a contents uploading unit 370, a contents information entering unit 310, a payment processing unit 330, and an interactive shopping file creating unit 320.

[54] The contents uploading unit 370 connected to a user terminal 10 of a seller through a communication network to upload a contents item. The contents item has economic value as the contents which is not limited by a form of the variety of digital contents, for example image, moving picture, music, document etc. and is possible to transmit through a communication network.

[55] The contents information entering unit 310 is connected to the user terminal 10 of the seller to receive contents information on the contents items. The contents information entering unit 310 may be implemented with a web server that is accessible through the internet. The contents information entering unit 310 may receive the contents information on the contents items by providing contents information entering screen 600 of FIG. 4 to the user terminal 10.

[56] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the product information may include basic shopping mall information, basic contents information, contents uploading pop-up windows, and sale information. The basic shopping mall information may include a contents title, a seller's name, and a seller's contact with respect to the contents implemented with the interactive shopping file. The basic contents information may include a detailed contents name, an origin, and detailed information with respect to the contents item. The contents uploading pop-up windows may include contents item attached thereto. The sale information may include a sale price of the contents and a shipping policy.

[57] Generally, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the basic shopping mall information, the basic contents information among the contents information are displayed to the buyer on the contents information displaying screen 700 by the interactive shopping file creating unit 320, which will be described later. Information necessary for payment, such as the seller's account information, among the sale information is not provided on the contents information displaying screen 700, but may be stored in the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file and used when the customer makes payment. The interactive shopping file providing service according to the present invention can be provided without requiring registration. Meanwhile, if the seller joined in the interactive shopping file providing service and entered payment information in advance, the procedure of entering seller's information and payment receipt information can be omitted.

[58] The entered contents information is displayed to the customer on the contents information displaying screen 700. Preferably, the contents information entering unit 310 allows the seller to immediately confirm the details of the entered contents information by previewing the seller's detailed sale information, so that the seller can view how the sale information will be displayed on the contents information displaying screen 700.

[59] The payment processing unit 330 performs the payment function for the contents items. The payment processing unit 330 may be established within the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file or may be implemented by an interworking with an external specialized payment server. The payment processing unit 330 receives the seller's payment information, such as the account information of the seller, among the contents information entered through the contents information entering unit 310, and the customer's payment information entered through the interactive shopping file, and performs the payment function using the received information.

[60] The interactive shopping file creating unit 320 creates the interactive shopping file for each content item. The interactive shopping file provides a contents information displaying screen 700 for displaying, to the user, the contents information entered through the contents information entering unit 310, a payment information entering screen 710 for allowing the customer to enter the payment information on the contents item, and a payment result displaying screen 720 for displaying the payment result after the customer's payment based on the payment information through the communication with the payment processing unit.

[61] FIG. 5 illustrates the contents information displaying screen 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the contents information entered by the seller is converted into information meeting a specification set in the interactive shopping file providing service, and provides the converted information to the customer.

[62] FIG. 6 illustrates the payment information entering screen 710 according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, when the customer clicks a "buy" button on the contents information displaying screen 700, the payment information entering screen 710 is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 6 and the interactive shopping file transmits the payment information entered by the customer to the payment processing unit 330, thus achieving the payment.

[63] FIG. 7 illustrates the payment result displaying screen 720 when the payment is completed.

[64] Meanwhile, the contents information displaying screen 700, the payment information entering screen 710, and the payment result displaying screen 720 may be implemented on a single screen, but it is preferable to sequentially provide the respective screens in order to easily embed them into screens of a personal media such as a blog or mini-homepage. In addition, the contents information displaying screen 700, the payment information entering screen 710, and the payment result displaying screen 720 may be implemented with pop-up windows that are separated from the webpage where the interactive shopping file is posted. However, it is preferable to provide a single screen of the webpage with the posted interactive shopping file in order for the customer's intuitive understanding and convenient shopping.

[65] FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram of the interactive shopping file creating unit 320.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the interactive shopping file creating unit 320 may include a sample contents data creating module 322, an XML conversion module 324, a flash template processing module 326, and a payment function combining module 328.

[66] The sample contents data creating module 322 converts a part of the uploaded contents item into the sample. For example, an image contents is possible to be provided as a form of the contents which is made the resolution and the size decrease and a music or moving picture contents is possible to be provided as the sample which is a limited section of it.

[67] The XML conversion module 324 converts the sample contents data and the contents information, into an XML format in order to define configuration of an image and a text within each screen. Although the XML format has been used in the above embodiment, it is merely an example of the widely used markup language for convenience of implementation. The present invention is not limited to the XML format.

[68] The flash template processing module 326 generates the contents information flash template by performing a flash template processing on the XML data that is processed by the XML conversion module 324 in order to define the screen switching. The flash template defines an appropriate switching of the contents information displaying screen 700, the payment information entering screen 710, and the payment result displaying screen 720 according to the customer's choice. Although the flash template of the flash file has been exemplified in the above embodiment, it is merely an example of the widely used interactive file. The present invention is not limited to the flash file.

[69] The payment function combining module 328 generates the interactive shopping file as the flash file by combining the contents information flash template and the payment function based on the price information and the payment information among the contents information. When the interactive shopping file receives the payment information from the customer, the payment function combining module 328 transmits the payment information to the payment processing unit 330 through the communication network. In addition, the payment function combining module 328 defines the data processing based on the sent and received data and the URL information of the payment processing unit 330 in order to receive the payment result data from the payment processing unit 330.

[70] The interactive shopping file is one computer file in itself and can be sent and received between the users as an attached file of an E-mail or messenger. Meanwhile, in the case of the blog service, it is usual to prohibit file attachment or the use of a specific tag in order to reduce the server's load and prevent degradation of network security due to imprudent file attachment. However, an embed tag is permitted in most cases. The embed tag is used to post moving picture files or image files within a webpage through an external server.

[71] Therefore, in order to easily provide the interactive shopping file to the customer through the personal media such as the blog, the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file may further include an interactive shopping file web server 340 for distinguishing the interactive shopping file created by the interactive shopping file creating unit 320 according to contents items, assigning distinguished URLs to the respective contents items, and providing the interactive shopping file through the communication network.

[72] According to the above embodiment, the created interactive shopping files have specific URLs, and the sellers can easily implement the interactive shopping files on a variety of personal media by using the URL information. More preferably, the URL information such as the seller's identifier and contents item identifier is added to the URL address.

[73] Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file may further include a shopping file embed source providing unit 350 for providing a shopping file embed source based on the shopping file URL of the corresponding contents item of the interactive shopping file web server 340 according to the user's embed source request with respect to a specific contents item, so that even users who have no special knowledge about the web can easily use the tag such as an embed on the post edition screen of the blog. The shopping file embed source providing unit 350 provides the embed source of the interactive shopping file registered in the interactive shopping file web server 340 through the screen of the user terminal, as illustrated in FIG. 8. The users can embed the interactive shopping file as a part of the blog post as illustrated in FIG. 10 by entering the shopping file embed source in their blogs as illustrated in FIG. 9.

[74] Preferably, in order to track the webpage created by the seller, where the interactive shopping file is embedded, the interactive shopping file further includes an URL tracking code for tracking the URL information of the webpage, and the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file further includes an URL information storing/ managing unit 360 for storing the URL information of the webpage tracked by the URL tracking code for each content item. According to the above embodiment, the seller can check the webpages, such as blogs or mini-homepages, where the interactive shopping files are embedded by other posted blogger as well as the seller, and can perform an effective marketing by checking which webpage the customer's traffic is produced through.

[75] In recent years, like an affiliate advertisement technique, if advertisement exposure is performed through the personal media, a part of advertisement expense is shared with the personal media operator as profits. According to the above embodiment, in order to further spread the interactive shopping file by the posted blogger, who is the third party, the contents information entering unit 310 further receives whether to share the profits with the manager of the webpage posting the embed source of the interactive shopping file when the contents items are sold, and the payment processing unit 330 shares a part of sale price with the manager of the webpage if the contents items are sold through the webpage.

[76] Preferably, an interactive shopping file may include; the interactive shopping file may include the sample contents data which is a part of the contents item to the customer before purchasing the contents item, and the system 300 of providing the interactive shopping file may include a contents downloading unit 380 for providing the contents to the customer through a communication network after purchasing the contents item.

[77] FIG. 11 illustrates a flowchart of the method of providing an interactive shopping file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[78] In the step S21, the seller accesses the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file through the communication network and enters contents information on the contents item. In the step S21, the contents information can be entered through the contents information entering screen of FIG. 4 provided to the user terminal 10 of the seller.

[79] In the step S22, the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file creates the interactive shopping file, based on the contents items. The interactive shopping file includes the contents information displaying screen for displaying the contents information to the customer, the payment information entering screen for receiving the payment information on the contents items from the customer, and the payment result displaying screen for displaying the payment execution result after the payment is executed based on the payment information.

[80] The step S22 may include: generating XML data by converting the contents information into a predefined XML format; generating a contents information flash template by performing a flash template processing on the XML data; and generating the interactive shopping file by combining the contents information flash template with the payment function of the contents items.

[81] In the step S23, the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file registers the interactive shopping files in the web server 340 by assigning shopping file URLs to the interactive shopping files for each content item.

[82] In the step S24, the system 300 of providing an interactive shopping file provides the shopping file embed source to the seller or other users, who are not the seller, according to the shopping file URLs corresponding to the contents items in response to the request of the seller or other users, who are not the seller.

[83] Preferably, the interactive shopping file providing method may further include: the step S25 posting, by the seller or other poster who is not the seller, the interactive shopping file on his/her webpage using the shopping file embed source; and the step S26 purchasing, by the buyer visiting the webpage, the contents item using the interactive shopping file.

[84] More preferably, the step S21 may further include receiving from the customer whether to share the profits with the posted blogger posting the embed source of the interactive shopping file on the webpage, so that the interactive shopping files according to the present invention can be further spread by the posted blogger of the third party and thus they can be exposed to more customers. In addition, the method of providing an interactive shopping file may further include the step S27 sharing a part of the sale price with the posted blogger as the profits when the purchase of the contents item is achieved through the interactive shopping file posted by the posted blogger.

[85]

Claims

[1] The system of providing an interactive shopping file, which creates an interactive shopping file for each content item(a contents item is a digital contents which is possible to transmit through a communication network) for sale, displays the contents item to a customer in on-line, and allows the contents item to be sold to the customer, the system comprising: a contents uploading unit connected to a user terminal of a seller through a communication network to upload a contents item; a contents information entering unit connected to a user terminal of a seller through a communication network to receive a contents information of the contents item; a payment processing unit for performing a payment function with respect to the contents item; and an interactive shopping file creating unit for creating the interactive shopping file for each content item, wherein the interactive shopping file provides a contents information displaying screen for displaying, to the customer, the contents information entered through the contents information entering unit, a payment information entering screen for receiving payment information of the contents item from the customer, and a payment result displaying screen for displaying a payment execution result after the customer makes a payment based on the payment information.

[2] The system in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising an interactive shopping file web server for providing distinguished Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) to the interactive shopping file created by the interactive shopping file creating unit according to the contents items, and transmitting the interactive shopping file through the communication network.

[3] The system in accordance with claim 2, further comprising a shopping file embed source providing unit for providing a shopping file embed source based on the shopping file URL of the corresponding a contents item of the interactive shopping file web server according to a user's embed source request with respect to the specific contents item.

[4] The system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the interactive shopping file further comprises an URL tracking code for tracking URL information of a webpage where the interactive shopping file is embedded, and the system further comprises a URL information storing/managing unit for storing the URL information of the webpage tracked by the URL tracking code in each content item.

[5] The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the contents information entering unit further receives a search keyword as the contents information of the contents item, and the interactive shopping file creating unit combines the search keyword with the interactive shopping file in a meta tag form.

[6] The system in accordance with claim 5, wherein the interactive shopping file creating unit comprises: a sample contents data creating module for generating sample contents data by converting a part of the contents information into a contents sample; an XML conversion module for converting the sample contents data and the contents information, into an XML format; a flash template processing module for generating a contents information flash template by performing a flash template processing on XML data that is processed by the XML conversion module; and a payment function combining module for generating the interactive shopping file as a flash file by combining the contents information flash template and the payment function based on the price information and the payment information among the contents information.

[7] The system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the contents information entering unit further receives whether to share profits with a manager of a webpage posting the embed source of the interactive shopping file, and the payment processing unit shares a part of sale price with the manager of the webpage when the contents items are sold through the webpage.

[8] The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the interactive shopping file sequentially provides the contents information displaying screen, the payment information entering screen, and the payment result displaying screen in a predefined size on a webpage.

[9] The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the interactive shopping file provides the sample contents data which is a part of the contents item to the customer before purchasing the contents item, and further comprising a contents downloading unit for providing the contents to the customer through a communication network after purchasing the contents item.

[10] A method of providing an interactive shopping file, which generates interactive shopping files for each content item(a contents item is a digital contents which is possible to transmit through a communication network) for sale, displays the contents item to a customer in on-line, and allows the contents item to be sold to the customer, the method comprising:

(a) accessing, by a seller, a system of providing an interactive shopping file through a communication network to enter contents information of the contents item;

(b) generating, by the system of providing the interactive shopping file, the interactive shopping files based on the contents item, wherein the interactive shopping file provides a contents information displaying screen for displaying the contents information to the customer, a payment information entering screen for receiving payment information of the contents item from the customer, and a payment result displaying screen for displaying a payment execution result after the customer makes a payment based on the payment information;

(c) assigning, by the system of providing an interactive shopping file, shopping file URLs to the interactive shopping files in each content item, and registering the interactive shopping files in a web server; and

(d) providing, by the system of providing an interactive shopping file, a shopping file embed source based on the shopping file URL of the corresponding a contents item to a seller or other user, who is not the seller, according to the seller or other user's request.

[11] The method in accordance with claim 10, wherein the step (b) comprises:

(b-1) generating XML data by converting the contents information to a predefined XML format;

(b-2) generating a contents information flash template by performing a flash template processing on the XML data; and

(b-3) generating the interactive shopping file by combining the contents information flash template with a payment function of the contents item.

[12] The method in accordance with claim 10, further comprising:

(e) posting, by the seller or a posted blogger, who is not the seller, the interactive shopping file on his/her webpage using the shopping file embed source; and

(f) purchasing, by the customer visiting the webpage, the contents item using the interactive shopping file.

[13] The method in accordance with claim 12, wherein the step (a) further receives from the customer whether to share the profits with a posted blogger posting the embed source of the interactive shopping file on the webpage, and

(g) the method further comprises sharing a part of the sale price of the contents item with the posted blogger as the profits when the purchase of the contents item is achieved through the interactive shopping file posted by the posted blogger.