Method and apparatus for providing social interactive video service

An apparatus for providing an interactive video service among users, where the users at least one from among make, edit and share a video containing other content, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• an interactive video maker configured to provide to a terminal accessing the apparatus, an interactive video making tool including a video editing interface and a content library having video contents and broadcast contents;
• a video editor configured to edit a video according to a manipulation of the terminal through the interactive video making tool provided to the terminal;
• a content sharer configured to register the edited video as a video content and share the video content;
• and
• an advertising charge payer configured to pay an advertising charge to an editor and a provider of an original video content source according to usage information of the video content shared through the content sharer.

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a set of instructions related to a method, the computer-readable recording medium being loaded on a server of a communication system for providing an interactive video service among users, where the users at least one from among make, edit and share a video containing other content, the method comprising:

• providing an interactive video making tool including a video editing interface and a content library having video contents and broadcast contents to a user terminal;
• editing a video according to a manipulation of the user terminal through the provided interactive video making tool;
• registering the edited video as a video content and sharing the video content;
• and
• paying an advertising charge to an editor and a provider of an original video content source according to usage information of the shared video content.

A system comprising:

• an apparatus for providing an interactive video service among users to a user terminal, where the users at least one from among make, edit and share a video containing other content;
• and
• the user terminal,
• wherein the apparatus comprises:
• a processor;
• a memory;
• an interactive video maker configured to provide to the user terminal accessing the apparatus, an interactive video making tool including a video editing interface and a content library having video contents and broadcast contents;
• a video editor configured to edit a video according to a manipulation of the user terminal through the interactive video making tool provided to the user terminal;
• a content sharer configured to register the edited video as a video content and share the video content;
• and
• an advertising charge payer configured to pay an advertising charge to an editor and a provider of an original video content source according to usage information of the video content shared through the content sharer.