System and method for creating contents by collaborating between users

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server, one or more pieces of first primary content and first location information from one or more first user devices, the first location information including first respective locations at which the one or more pieces of the first primary content are created;

storing, by the server, the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the first respective locations in a content database to correspond to each other;

creating, at the server, a project for creating secondary content based on the received one or more pieces of the first primary content, the creating including at least one of (i) automatically setting the project including one or more project conditions by analyzing the one or more pieces of the first primary content that is stored in the content database associated with the server or (ii) setting the project in response to a project setting request and one or more project creation conditions inputted by a specific user;

selecting, by the server, one or more second user devices based on a relationship with the one or more first user devices;

providing, by the server, the selected one or more second user devices with the project for the selected one or more second user devices to create one or more pieces of second primary content through the project;

receiving, by the server, the created one or more pieces of the second primary content and second location information associated therewith from the selected one or more second user devices, the second location information including second respective locations at which the one or more pieces of second primary content are created;

saving, by the server, the created one or more pieces of the second primary content and the second location information associated therewith in the content database;

creating the secondary content using at least the one or more pieces of the first primary content, the one or more pieces of second primary content, the first location information, and the second location information; and

granting, by the server, access to the created secondary content to a plurality of user devices,

wherein a first reception time of the first primary content, a second reception time of the one or more pieces of the second primary content, and a creation time of the secondary content are different from each other, and

wherein the method further comprises creating a recommendation for at least one of the one or more second user devices on at least one of a shooting location or a shooting angle at which at least one of a first image of a place and a second image of an object is to be taken, the recommendation being provided based on the one or more pieces of the first primary content stored in the content database associated with the server.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting includes selecting the one or more second user devices based on the one or more project creation conditions to form a group uploading the one or more pieces of the second primary content and the second location information associated therewith in response to the creating setting the project based on the project setting request and the one or more project creation conditions inputted by the specific user.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the providing includes transmitting the project to the one or more second user devices through an application executed on each of the one or more second user devices.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of the second primary content include a third image and a fourth image, the third image includes a first user associated with a first one of the plurality of user devices and the object, the fourth image includes the object and a second user associated with a second one of the plurality of user devices, and

the creating the secondary content includes synthesizing the third image and the fourth image and creating, as the secondary content, a fifth image in which the first user and the second user are included.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the project includes project information on at least one of the place for photographing or the object, and the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of the second primary content include at least one of the first image taken at the place and the second image taken from the object, and

the method further comprises

transmitting the recommendation to the at least one of the one or more second user devices.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the providing includes providing the project to the one or more second the user devices, the one or more second user devices having set a personal relationship with the one or more first user devices in a communication session provided by the server.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of the second primary content include a plurality of images in which at least one of the place included in the project or the object designated by the project is taken at at least one of different locations and different angles, and

the method further comprises transmitting the project to the one or more second user devices to request the plurality of images, the project including information on at least one of the different locations and the different angles at which the plurality of images are to be captured and subsequently provided to the server for creation of the secondary content.

8. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

providing one or more of the one or more second user devices with an option to edit the project upon providing the project, and

receiving an edited project from the one or more of the one or more second user devices, the edited project being the project based on which the creating the secondary content creates the secondary content.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

creating preliminary secondary content using content corresponding to the edited project from the content database and the one or more pieces of the first primary content after receiving the one or more pieces of first primary content and the first location information from the one or more first user devices; and

providing the preliminary secondary content to one or more of the plurality of user devices.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of the second primary content include the first image associated with the place included in the project or the second image associated with the object designated by the project,

the secondary content is at least one of a panoramic image, a three-dimensional (3D) image, or an animation image, and

the creating the secondary content includes synchronizing the images.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein

the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of the second primary content further include a sound source or information about the sound source associated with the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of second primary content, and

the creating the secondary content includes creating the secondary content by adding the sound source to the synchronized images.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

extracting content from the content database based on the first location information;

creating a preliminary secondary content based on the extracted content and the one or more pieces of the first primary content associated with the first location information, the preliminary secondary content being a preview of the secondary content; and

providing the preliminary secondary content to one or more of the plurality of user devices.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of the second primary content include a sixth image in which a first user and a second user are included and a seventh image in which a third user is included, and

the creating the secondary content includes synthesizing the sixth image and the seventh image to create an eighth image in which the first user or the second user is replaced with the third user.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first user devices and the one or more second user devices have at least one user device in common.

15. A server comprising:

a memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein; and

a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to,

receive one or more pieces of first primary content and first location information from one or more first user devices, the first location information including first respective locations at which the one or more pieces of the first primary content are created,

store the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the first respective locations in a content database to correspond to each other,

create a project for creating secondary content based on the received one or more pieces of the first primary content, the creating including at least one of (i) automatically setting the project by analyzing the one or more pieces of the first primary content that is stored in the content database associated with the server or (ii) setting the project in response to a project setting request and one or more project creation conditions inputted by a specific user,

select one or more second user devices based on a relationship with the one or more first user devices,

provide the selected one or more second user devices with the project for the selected one or more second user devices to create one or more pieces of second primary content through the project,

receive the created one or more pieces of the second primary content and second location information associated therewith from the selected one or more second user devices, the second location information including second respective locations at which the one or more pieces of the second primary content are created,

save the created one or more pieces of the second primary content and the second location information associated therewith in the content database,

create the secondary content according to at least the one or more pieces of the first primary content, the one or more pieces of the second primary content, the first location information, and the second location information, and

grant access to the created secondary content to a plurality of user devices,

wherein a first reception time of the first primary content, a second reception time of the one or more pieces of the second primary content, and a creation time of the secondary content are different from each other, and

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to create a recommendation for at least one of the one or more second user devices on at least one of a shooting location or a shooting angle at which a plurality of images associated with a place or an object is to be taken, the recommendation being provided based on the one or more pieces of the first primary content stored in the content database associated with the server.

16. The server of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to select the one or more second user devices based on the one or more project creation conditions to form a group uploading the one or more pieces of the second primary content and the second location information associated therewith in response to the processor setting the project based on the project setting request and the one or more project creation conditions inputted by the specific user.

17. The server of claim 15 , wherein

the one or more pieces of the first primary content and the one or more pieces of the second primary content include the plurality of images associated with the place included in the project or the object designated by the project,

the secondary content is at least one of a panoramic image, a three-dimensional (3D) image, or an animation image, and

the processor is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to create the secondary content by synchronizing the plurality of images.

18. The server of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to,

select the one or more second user devices based on at least one of specific location information associated with each of the plurality of user devices, personal relationship among specific users of the plurality of user devices established through a service associated with the server, or the specific users communicating through a communication session in the service associated with the server, and

transmit the project to the selected one or more second user devices in order to receive information for creating the secondary content.

19. The server of claim 15 , wherein the one or more first user devices and the one or more second user devices have at least one user device in common.