Managing method and apparatus for servicing contents provided by content provider
A managing method for contents providing services includes providing a website server account of a Contents Provider (CP) based on information of the CP provided via a contents providing apparatus. A contents connection point which is contents position information for connecting to contents to be provided to a mobile communication terminal via a wireless Internet is registered. CP connection menus and a directory menu which is a menu provided via the mobile communication terminal are generated, and the contents connection point is connected to the CP connection menus. A segment for providing the contents to the mobile communication terminal according to a prescribed regulation is formed and the directory menu and the CP connection menus are selectively connected to the segment.
1. A managing method for contents providing services, the method comprising the steps of:
(A-1) providing a website server account of a Contents Provider (CP) based on information of the CP provided via a contents providing apparatus;
(A-2) registering a contents connection point which is contents position information for connecting to contents to be provided to a mobile communication terminal via a wireless Internet;
(A-3) generating CP connection menus and a directory menu which is a menu provided via the mobile communication terminal and connecting the contents connection point to the CP connection menus; and
(A-4) forming a segment for providing the contents to the mobile communication terminal according to a prescribed regulation and selectively connecting the directory menu and the CP connection menus to the segment.
2. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the step of (A-1) further comprises the steps of:
(A-11) registering the information of the CP including a CP ID via the contents providing apparatus;
(A-12) providing a website page to the CP; and
(A-13) registering a language supported by the mobile communication terminal and a kind of the terminal in which the contents can be displayed.
3. The method as defined in claim 2 , wherein the step of (A-1) further comprises the step of discriminating whether requested subscriber information is provided to the contents providing apparatus in response to (A-14) reception of an information request relative to a subscriber who can be provided with the contents from the contents providing apparatus.
4. The method as defined in claim 3 , wherein a main menu provided to the terminal is differently formed in response to a segment per contents service.
5. The method as defined in claim 4 , wherein the step of (A-2) further comprises the step of:
(A-2a) providing a directory per nature of the contents for the CP to register the contents connection point per nature of the contents; and
(A-2b) registering contents-embodiable mobile terminal information at the same time when the contents connection point is registered with the directory.
6. The method as defined in any one claim of 1 to 5 , wherein the method further comprises the step of:
(A-5) when one of the CP connection menus is selected by the mobile communication terminal, transmitting the contents corresponding to the contents connection point connected to the selected CP connection menu to the mobile communication terminal, and wherein the contents connection point is URL information of a prescribed server stored in the contents.