JP2017033569A - System and method of collecting user's feeling and activity on the basis of instant message - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method of collecting user's feeling and activity on the basis of an instant message.SOLUTION: The system of a server comprises one or more processors. The processor includes: a service provision control section for controlling the server to provide instant messaging service to electronic equipment via a network; a reception control section for controlling the server to receive the message and position information from the electronic equipment using the instant messaging service; a feeling index acquisition control section for controlling the server to extract information on the user's feeling from the message and quantify it to generate a feeling index of the message, or to receive the feeling index generated by the electronic equipment for the message along with the massage; and a storage control section for controlling the server to store the feeling index by the transmitted/received message according to the position information by storing the feeling index in a feeling database in association with the received position information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The following description relates to systems and methods that can collect user emotions and activities based on instant messages and utilize the collected information.

  In an existing review system, when an arbitrary user uploads information such as evaluation sentences and evaluation scores for a specific place or region directly on the Internet, other users can use the uploaded information on the corresponding place or region. A method of acquiring information is adopted. However, such a review system has a problem in that it is possible to perform browsing because some users directly upload information on the corresponding place or region.

  In an instant messaging service such as a messenger, a large amount of data (messages) is transmitted and received regardless of location and time. Since such a message is big data, there are various possibilities of utilization, but at present, such a message cannot be utilized.

PCT / KR / 2014/010167 US2014 / 0019540A1 US2013 / 0332543A1 US2013 / 0260893

  Provide a system and method that collects user's emotional and activity indices based on instant messages and can check the collected emotional and activity indices by location information and / or time and utilize them for various purposes To do.

  A system of a server including at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor controls the server to provide an instant messaging service to an electronic device via a network, the instant messaging A reception control unit that controls the server to receive a message and position information of the electronic device from the electronic device using a service, and extracts and quantifies information about the emotion of a user who uses the electronic device from the message Generating an emotion index of the message or controlling the server to receive the emotion index generated for the message with the message in the electronic device, and the generation or The electronic device that has received the sentiment index A system comprising: a storage control unit that controls the server so as to store an emotion index by a message transmitted and received by the instant messaging service by location information by storing the emotion index in association with location information in an emotion database. provide.

  According to one aspect, the one or more processors further include a message type confirmation control unit that controls the server to confirm the type of the received message, and the storage control unit includes the generated or received emotion. The index may be stored in the emotion database in association with an emotional state weight value set in advance according to the type of the confirmed message.

  According to another aspect, the message type may be determined as at least one of text, a stamp, an image, and position information according to information included in the message.

  According to another aspect, the emotion index is generated by searching an emotion index corresponding to a word or a stamp included in the message from a recommendation database in which an emotion index by word and an emotion index by stamp are preset and stored. It may be characterized by that.

  According to still another aspect, the reception control unit controls the server to further receive the transmission time of the message, and the storage control unit further associates the generated or received emotion index with the transmission time. The server may be controlled so as to be stored in the emotion database.

  According to yet another aspect, the one or more processors generate or provide emotion information by region or location based on the stored emotion index by location information, or a region associated with specific emotion information. Alternatively, the information processing apparatus may further include an emotion information utilization control unit that selects the place and controls the server so as to provide information regarding the selected region or place.

  According to still another aspect, the emotion information may include at least one of a stress index, a happiness index, a dissatisfaction index, and a criminal index.

  According to yet another aspect, the one or more processors include a communication session confirmation control unit that controls the server to confirm a type of a communication session to which the message is routed in the electronic device. The server is configured to measure the activity index of the user based on at least one of the number of times the user sends a message from the same location information and the type of message sent by the user and the type of the communication session. An activity index measurement control unit for controlling, and an activity index storage control unit for controlling the server so as to store the activity index by location information by storing the measured activity index in the activity database in association with the same location information May be further provided.

  According to still another aspect, the types of communication sessions include: personal chat rooms between users located at the same location, group chat rooms between users located at the same location, and personal chat rooms between users located at different locations. And the activity index measurement control unit is set in advance according to the type of the communication session to an index measured based on the at least one information. The server may be controlled so as to measure the activity index of the user by applying the activity state weight value.

  According to yet another aspect, the one or more processors control the server to generate or provide location or hourly statistical information based on the stored emotion index and the stored activity index. It is good also as providing the information provision control part which performs.

  According to yet another aspect, each of the emotional index stored in the emotional database and the activity index stored in the activity database is stored in further association with a corresponding user identifier, and the one or more processors are: Generating location-specific or hourly statistical information about the user based on the emotion index stored in the emotion database in association with the user identifier and the activity index stored in the activity database in association with the user; An information provision control unit that controls the server so as to provide or generate or provide state information of the user may be further provided.

  A method implemented by a computer, comprising: providing a user with a user interface for sending a message using an instant messaging service on an electronic device; and a message input to the user interface on the electronic device. Extracting and quantifying information about the emotion of the message to generate an emotion index of the message, and transmitting the message, the emotion index, and the position information of the electronic device from the electronic device to a server via a network And storing the emotion index in the emotion database in association with the position information of the electronic device in the server, so that the emotion index corresponding to the message transmitted / received by the instant messaging service is stored for each position information. Characterized, to provide a method implemented by a computer.

  By collecting the user's emotional index and activity index based on the instant message and confirming the collected emotional index and activity index by location information and / or time, it can be utilized for various purposes.

It is the figure which showed the example of the network environment in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the internal structure of the electronic device and server in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the component which the processor of the server in one Embodiment of this invention can contain. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that can be executed by a server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of steps that may further include a method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the component which the processor of an electronic device in one Embodiment of this invention can contain. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that can be executed by an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the process which estimates a user's activity state in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the process which estimates a user's activity state in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the regional happiness index and the crime index in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the recommended travel destination in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of daily mental activity and physical activity in one Embodiment of this invention.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 shows an example including a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140, a plurality of servers 150, 160, and a network 170. FIG. 1 is merely an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited as shown in FIG.

  The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals realized by a computer system. Examples of the electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation, a computer, a notebook type pancon, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), There are tablet PCs. As an example, the electronic device 1 (110) may communicate with other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and / or servers 150, 160 via the network 170 using a wireless or wired communication method.

  The communication method is not limited, and not only a communication method using a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, a broadcast network) that can be included in the network 170, but also a short distance between devices. Wireless communication may be included. For example, the network 170 includes a PAN (personal area network), a LAN (local area network), a MAN (metropolitan area network, etc.), a WAN (wide area network, etc.), and a WAN (wide area network, etc.). One or more arbitrary networks may be included. Further, the network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, etc. It is not limited to.

  Each of the servers 150 and 160 may be realized by a computer device or a plurality of computer devices that communicate with the electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 via the network 170 to provide instructions, codes, files, contents, services, and the like. Good.

  As an example, the server 160 may provide a file for installing an application to the electronic device 1 (110) connected via the network 170. In this case, the electronic device 1 (110) can install an application using a file provided from the server 160. Further, the server 150 is connected to the server 150 according to the control of the operating system (OS) included in the electronic device 1 (110) and at least one program (for example, a browser and the installed application). It is also possible to receive a service (for example, an instant messaging service) and content. For example, when the electronic device 1 (110) transmits a service request message to the server 150 via the network 170 according to application control, the server 150 transmits a code corresponding to the service request message to the electronic device 1 (110). Alternatively, the electronic device 1 (110) may provide content to the user by configuring and displaying a screen based on the code according to application control.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the internal configuration of the electronic device and the server in one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the electronic device 1 (110) will be described as an example for one electronic device, and the internal configuration of the server 150 will be described as an example for one server.

  The electronic device 1 (110) and the server 150 may include memories 211 and 221, processors 212 and 222, communication modules 213 and 223, and input / output interfaces 214 and 224. The memories 211 and 221 are computer-readable recording media, and include a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a permanent mass storage device (permanent mass storage device) such as a disk drive. It's okay. The memories 211 and 221 may store an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a code for an application installed and driven in the electric device 1 (110)). Such a software component may be loaded from a computer-readable recording medium different from the memories 211 and 221 using a drive mechanism (not shown). Such another computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD / CD-ROM drive, and a memory card. In other embodiments, the software components may be loaded into the memories 211 and 221 using the communication modules 213 and 223 that are not computer-readable recording media. For example, at least one program may be loaded into the memories 211 and 221 based on a file distribution system (for example, the application described above) that distributes an installation file of a developer or an application.

  The processors 212, 222 may be configured to process computer program instructions by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. The instructions may be provided to the processors 212, 222 by the memories 211, 221 or the communication modules 213, 223. For example, the processors 212, 222 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code stored in a recording device such as the memories 211, 221.

  The communication modules 213 and 223 may provide a function for the electronic device 1 (110) and the server 150 to communicate with each other via the network 170, or other electronic devices (for example, the electronic device 2 (120 )) Or other server (for example, server 160) may be provided. As an example, a request (as an example, a streaming service request for content) generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 (110) according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 211 is controlled according to the control of the communication module 213. It may be transmitted to the server 150 via the network 170. On the contrary, control signals, commands, contents, files, etc. provided in accordance with the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 are transmitted through the communication module 223 and the network 170 through the communication module 213 of the electronic device 1 (110). 1 (110) may be received. For example, the control signal or command of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 or the memory 211, and the content or file may be further stored in the electronic device 1 (110). It may be stored on a medium.

  Input / output interfaces 214, 224 may be means for interfacing with input / output devices 215. For example, the input device may include a device such as a keyboard or mouse, and the output device may include a device such as a display for displaying an application communication session. As another example, the input / output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device that integrates functions for input and output, such as a touch screen. As a more specific example, the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 (110) uses data provided by the server 150 and the electronic device 2 (120) when processing instructions of the computer program loaded in the memory 211. The configured service screen and content may be displayed on the display through the input / output interface 214.

  In other embodiments, electronic device 1 (110) and server 150 may include more components than the components in FIG. However, most prior art components need not be clearly illustrated. For example, the electronic device 110 may be realized so as to include at least a part of the input / output device 215 described above, a transceiver, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, a camera, various sensors, a database, and the like. It may further include other components such as

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of components that can be included in the processor of the server according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram that can be executed by the server according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is the flowchart which showed the example of the method. In addition, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating example steps that a method in one embodiment of the present invention may further include. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the processor 222 of the server 150 may include a service provision control unit 310, a reception control unit 320, an emotion index acquisition control unit 330, and a storage control unit 340. Such components of processor 222 may control server 150 to perform steps 410-440 included in the method of FIG. 4, and at least one operating system included in memory 221 for such control. It may be realized to operate through one program code.

  In step 410, the server 150 may provide an instant messaging service to the electronic device (for example, the electronic device 1 (110)) via the network. For this purpose, the service provision control unit 310 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes Step 410. The instant messaging service is a service that allows a user to send and receive messages to / from other users (personal chat rooms) or other users (group chat rooms) for which a communication session is set. The message received from the electronic device by the instant messaging service is provided to other users and other users on the communication session.

  In step 420, the server 150 may receive a message and location information of the electronic device from the electronic device using an instant messaging service. For this reason, the reception control unit 320 may control the server 150 such that the server 150 executes Step 420. For example, the electronic device may provide the user with a user interface for sending and receiving messages in accordance with control of an application driven by the electronic device. At this time, when the user inputs a message to the electronic device using the user interface and presses the send button, the position information of the electronic device may be transmitted to the server 150 together with the message. In this case, the server 150 can receive both the message transmitted by the electronic device and the position information.

  In step 430, the server 150 may extract information about the emotion of the user who uses the electronic device from the message and quantify it to generate an emotion index of the message, or the emotion generated for the message by the electronic device. The index may be received with the message. For this purpose, the emotion index acquisition control unit 330 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes Step 430. For example, the emotion index may be generated by the server 150 based on the received message, or may be directly generated by the electronic device based on application control and transmitted to the server 150.

  As a more specific embodiment, the emotion index is generated by searching an emotion index corresponding to a word or a stamp included in a message from a recommendation database in which an emotion index by word and an emotion index by stamp are preset and stored. Also good. As a more specific example, Table 1 below shows an example of an emotion index corresponding to a specific word and stamp. The language “ko” means Korean.

  If the received message contains the word “ok” or includes a stamp corresponding to identifier 6, server 150 may search the emotion database for a stamp corresponding to word “OK” or identifier 6, An emotion index of 8 may be obtained as a search result. Such an emotion database may be included in the server 150 or may be realized so as to be included in another system that can communicate with the server 150 via the network 170. For example, when the emotion database is included in another system, the server 150 may transmit the word or stamp identifier to be searched to another system, and the other system receives the word received from the emotion database. Or the emotion index corresponding to the identifier of the stamp may be retrieved and provided to the server 150.

  Such Table 1 is merely an example in which emotional indexes are associated with words and stamps, and it is also possible to utilize emotional indexes corresponding to more various words, sentences, stamps, images, and the like.

  As described above, in other embodiments, the emotion index may be generated by an electronic device. In this case, the electronic device may access the emotion database according to application control and acquire the emotion index in the same manner, or may transmit the acquired emotion index to the server 150 together with a message. In this case, the emotion database may be stored in the electronic device through an application, or may be included in the server 150 or another system described above. For example, the electronic device may communicate with the server 150 or another system to acquire an emotion index corresponding to a word or stamp included in the message.

  If a message includes multiple words stored in the emotion database, multiple emotion indices may be provided. In this case, a plurality of emotion indexes may be generated for one message, or the total of emotion indexes may be used as the emotion index of the corresponding message.

  In step 440, the server 150 stores the emotion index generated by or received by the instant messaging service for each position information by storing the generated or received emotion index in the emotion database in association with the received position information of the electronic device. May be. For this purpose, the storage control unit 340 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes Step 440. The sentiment index stored for each location information may be used to provide various sentiment information such as a stress index, a happiness index, a dissatisfaction index, a criminal index, etc. by location or region. In addition, it may be used for various purposes such as selecting a place or region with a high dissatisfaction index, a place or region with a high happiness index, and providing information on the selected region.

  In other embodiments, the emotion index can be used by time. To this end, the server 150 may further receive the message transmission time in step 420. In this case, the server 150 may store the generated or received emotion index in the emotion database in further association with the transmission time in step 440. The sentiment index stored by transmission time is classified according to a specific time zone, and provides various information such as sentiment information by day of week, difference between sentiment information by weekday and weekend, sentiment information by date and sentiment information by time zone, etc. It may be used for applications.

  By using such location information and time together, information on the time zone with the highest crime index for a specific area can be obtained and provided to the police system in that area, or people can be happiest on the weekend. It can be used in a variety of ways, such as selecting an area that feels like a place of recommendation or recommending it as a travel destination.

  As described above, the server 150 can obtain regional emotion distribution information like an emotion map.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the processor 222 of the server 150 selectively selects a message type confirmation control unit 351, an emotion information utilization control unit 352, a communication session confirmation control unit 353, an activity index measurement control unit 354, an activity, depending on the embodiment. At least one of the index storage control unit 355 and the information provision control unit 356 may be further provided. Such additional components may control the server 150 to perform steps 510-560 of FIG. 5 that the method of FIG. 4 may optionally further include depending on the embodiment.

  In step 510, the server 150 may confirm the type of the received message. For this, the message type confirmation control unit 351 may control the server 150 such that the server 150 executes Step 510, and Step 510 may be executed after Step 420 in FIG. The message type may be determined as at least one of text, stamp, image, and position information according to information included in the message, and a weight value (emotion state weight value) is preset for each type. May be. For example, emotional state weight values are preset such as “0.1” for text, “0.35” for stamp, “0.3” for image, and “0.2” for position information. Also good. Here, the position information may include not only the position information of the electronic device but also information on various positions that the user includes in the message, such as the position information that the user has previously taken a picture. The emotional state weight value according to the type of message may be determined using a hierarchical analysis process (AHP) model, or may be periodically updated.

  At this time, in step 440, the server 150 may associate the emotion index generated or received with the emotion state weight set in advance according to the type of the confirmed message and store it in the emotion database. For example, in Table 1 described above, when the identifier of the stamp included in the message is “identifier 6”, the emotion index “8” is searched from the emotion database. At this time, since the type of message is classified as a stamp, the server 150 multiplies the emotion index “8” by the emotion state weight value “0.35”, and finally obtains the emotion index “2.8”. Thus, the emotion index “2.8” may be stored in the emotion database in association with the positional information received together with the message. In the present embodiment, an example is described in which the emotion index is set so that a positive emotion is recognized as the emotion index is higher and a negative emotion is recognized as the emotion index is lower.

  In step 520, the server 150 may generate or provide regional or location-specific emotion information based on the stored location-specific emotion index, or select a region or location associated with specific emotion information, Information about the selected region or location may be provided. Therefore, the emotion information utilization control unit 352 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes Step 520, and Step 520 may be executed after Step 440 in FIG. As described above, the emotion information may include a stress index, a happiness index, a dissatisfaction index, and / or a crime index. For example, the server 150 may calculate the happiness index of the corresponding area using the emotion index of the position information corresponding to the specific area. For example, the happiness index may be determined according to which range the total of the emotional indices corresponding to a specific region belongs. As a specific example, when the total sum of emotional indexes corresponding to a specific region is 101 to 150, the happiness index is 5, and when the total sum is 151 to 200, the happiness index is 6 May be. As another example, the total sum of emotion information corresponding to the corresponding region may be determined as it is as a happiness index. In this way, the emotion index can be used in various ways as needed.

  In step 530, the server 150 may confirm the type of communication session to which a message is sent from the electronic device. Therefore, the communication session confirmation control unit 353 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes Step 530, and Step 530 may be executed after Step 420 in FIG.

  The type of communication session was located in a private chat room between users located in the same location, a group chat room between users located in the same location, a personal chat room between users located in different locations, and different locations You may classify | categorize into the group chat room between users. For example, a message generated in a personal chat room or a group chat room between users located at the same place during the daytime on weekdays is likely to indicate that the user is performing a mental activity in a company or the like. As another example, a message that occurs in a personal chat room or group chat room between users who are located at different locations on weekdays can indicate that the user is doing a normal activity (such as a conversation with a friend). High nature. Thus, since the user's activity state can be indicated by the type of communication session in which the user generates a message, the server 150 can confirm the type of communication session to which the message is sent. .

  In step 540, the server 150 determines the user activity index based on the number of times the user sends a message from the same location information during the communication session and the type of the message sent by the user and the type of the communication session. May be measured. For this, the activity index measurement control unit 354 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes Step 540, and Step 540 may be executed after Step 530. For example, in step 540, the server 150 assigns an activity state weighting value set in advance according to the type of the communication session to the index measured based on at least one of the number of times and types described above. The activity index may be measured. As a more specific example, according to the type of communication session, the activity state weight value of “0.7” is located in different locations in individual chat rooms and group chat rooms between users located in the same location. An activity state weight value of “0.3” may be set in advance for each of the personal chat rooms and group chat rooms. Here, an index set according to the number of times the message is sent (for example, an index set relatively higher (or lower as the number of times increases) or an index set according to the type of message (for example, The user is given an activity weight that is pre-set according to the type of communication session, with text being relatively high (or low) and stamps and images being relatively low (or high). An activity index may be measured.

  In step 550, the server 150 may store the activity index by location information by storing the measured activity index in the activity database in association with the corresponding location information. For this, the activity index storage control unit 355 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes step 550, and step 550 may be executed after step 540. Accordingly, the server 150 can obtain an activity index stored for each position information, and can utilize this activity index. For example, the server 150 has more mental activity for a specific user as the activity index is higher and the positional information change is smaller, and as the activity index is lower and the positional information change is larger, the relative mentality is increased. You may judge that there is little activity. As another example, the server 150 may determine that a region having a higher activity index has a higher stress index.

  In addition to the mental activity measured using the activity index, the server 150 can also acquire information on physical activity using external data. For example, it is assumed that there is an electronic device that measures the amount of exercise of the user and a system that receives and manages the amount of exercise measured by the electronic device. The server 150 can receive information on the amount of exercise from an electronic device or system storing information on the amount of exercise via the network, and can obtain information on the physical activity of the user using the received information. For this purpose, the server 150 receives a user's exercise amount information from an external device via a network (as an example, according to the control of the reception control unit 320), and based on the received exercise amount information. A step (not shown) of measuring the physical activity index of the user (as an example, according to the control of the activity index measurement control unit 354) may be further performed. Such physical activity index may also be measured according to position information and time, and may be used to provide various statistical information together with an activity index indicating mental activity.

  In step 560, the server 150 may generate or provide location information or hourly statistical information based on the stored emotion index and the stored activity index. For this purpose, the information provision control unit 356 may control the server 150 so that the server 150 executes Step 560, and Step 560 may be executed after Step 550.

  In another embodiment, each of the emotion index stored in the emotion database and the activity index stored in the activity database may be stored in further association with a corresponding user identifier. In this case, the server 150 can also provide statistical information for each user. For example, in step 560, the server 150 determines, based on the emotion index stored in the emotion database in association with the identifier of the user and the activity index stored in the activity database in association with the user, by location information or by time. Statistical information may be generated or provided, and user status information may be generated or provided. For example, although the number of messages is similar for each time zone, if the emotion index and activity index of a specific user are rapidly reduced, it may be determined that there is a high possibility that an abnormality has occurred in the user's condition.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of components that can be included in the processor of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is the flowchart which showed the example of the method which can be performed.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 (110) may include an interface provision control unit 610, an emotion index generation control unit 620, and a transmission control unit 630. Such components of the processor 212 may control the electronic device 1 (110) to execute the steps 710 to 730 included in the method of FIG. 7, and the operating system included in the memory 211 for such control. It may be implemented to operate through the system and at least one program code. Here, the at least one program code may include code of an application that is installed and driven in the electronic device 1 (110) and provides an instant messaging service to the electronic device 1 (110).

  In step 710, the electronic device 1 (110) may provide the user with a user interface for sending a message using the instant messaging service. For this purpose, the interface provision control unit 610 may control the electronic device 1 (110) such that the electronic device 1 (110) executes Step 710.

  In step 720, the electronic device 1 (110) may extract and quantify information related to the user's emotion from the message input to the user interface to generate a message emotion index. For this purpose, the emotion index generation control unit 620 may control the electronic device 1 (110) such that the electronic device 1 (110) executes step 720. As described above, the electronic device 1 (110) searches the emotion index corresponding to the word or stamp included in the message from the recommendation database in which the emotion index for each word and the emotion index for each stamp are preset and stored. An emotion index may be generated.

  In step 730, the electronic device 1 (110) may transmit the message, the emotion index, and the position information of the electronic device to the server (for example, the server 150) via the network. Therefore, the transmission control unit 630 may control the electronic device 1 (110) so that the electronic device 1 (110) executes Step 730.

  In this case, the server may store the emotion index corresponding to the message transmitted / received by the instant messaging service for each position information by storing the emotion index in the emotion database in association with the position information of the electronic device.

  Further, electronic device 1 (110) may optionally further transmit the message transmission time to the server in step 730. In this case, the server may store the emotion index further in association with the transmission time in the emotion database.

  The server may generate or provide emotional information by region or location based on the stored emotional index by location information, select a region or location associated with specific emotion information, and select the selected region or location. Information about the location may be provided.

  Since the specific operation of the server has already been described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5, repeated description will be omitted.

  Hereinafter, more specific examples will be described.

  8 and 9 are diagrams illustrating an example of a process for estimating the activity state of the user according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 8, the electronic device 810 may transmit a message 820 to the server 830. At this time, the message input by the user may include not only the text 821, the stamp 822, and the position information 823 but also at least one of various types of data such as a photo and a moving image. In addition, position data 824 and transmission time 825 may be further included and transmitted to server 830. The emotion index 826 may be generated by the electronic device 810 and included in the message 820, or may be generated by the server 830. In this embodiment, the electronic device 810 generates and transmits the emotion index 826. Is shown. In order to generate the emotion index 826, the electronic device 810 may extract an emotion index corresponding to the word or stamp included in the message from the emotion DB 830. As shown in Table 1, the emotion DB 830 may store emotion indexes corresponding to preset words and stamps.

  The server 830 may include information regarding the emotional state weight value 831 to apply a weight value to the emotion index 826 according to the type of the message 820, and the type of communication session (chat for subsequent activity index measurement). It may further include an activity state weight value 832 according to the room type).

  Referring to FIG. 9, a source 910 for estimating an activity state using the message 820, the emotion state weight value 831, and the activity state weight value 832 may be secured. The activity state estimation source 910 may include information regarding the collected activity index 911, the collected emotion index 912, the collected position data 913, and the collected transmission time 914, as shown in FIG.

  By using such an activity state estimation source 910, the server 150 can estimate the activity state by user, by location information, and by time (activity state estimation 920). For example, the server 150 calculates the mental activity state measurement value 921 and the emotional state measurement value 922 for each user / location information / time, and calculates the mental activity state measurement value 921 and the emotional state measurement value 922 calculated. May be used for various purposes. For example, as described above, the calculated mental activity state measurement 921 and emotional state measurement 922 may generate or provide statistical information such as stress index, happiness index, dissatisfaction index, crime index, It may be used for various purposes, such as providing travel guidance information by tracking visit routes of residents or travelers, or recommending specific areas and places. Further, the server 150 may measure the physical activity index using the external data 930 such as the amount of exercise, and may further use the measured physical activity index.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the happiness index and the crime index for each region in the embodiment of the present invention. Graph 1000 shows the happiness index and criminal index measured in each of the four regions (Region A, Region B, Region C, and Region D). As an example, the server 150 or another system (for example, a server that recommends a travel area), based on such a happiness index and a crime index, a region C with a relatively high happiness index and a relatively low crime index. May be recommended to the user. As another example, the server 150 or another system may provide information related to the region D with a high crime index to the police station system and guide it to enhance activities such as crime prevention.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a recommended travel destination in one embodiment of the present invention. A graph 1100 shows an example in which a place where local residents frequently visit and a place where tourists frequently visit are displayed in a circle on a map. Local residents and tourists may be classified by analyzing user location data. For example, a user who sends messages continuously from a specific area based on a specific area is likely to be a local resident and usually sends messages continuously from another area. There is a high possibility that a user who sends a message from the corresponding area only during the period of time is a traveler. As described above, the server 150 or another system can provide various services such as a recommended travel destination by using the collected various information.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of daily mental activity and physical activity in an embodiment of the present invention. The graph 1200 shows an example in which the activity of a specific user for each day of the week is divided into mental activity and physical activity. As described above, mental activity may be measured using various information collected based on messages, and physical activity may utilize external data.

  In this case, as an example, the server 150 or another system (for example, a server that manages the health status of the user) may recommend exercise to the user when the physical activity of the user is less than the reference value. . As another example, the server 150 or another system may recommend content for relieving the user's stress when the user's mental activity is equal to or higher than a reference value.

  In yet another embodiment, the emotion index (the emotion index generated by the server 150 or received from the electronic device) is related not only to the location information of the electronic device but also to the message recipient (conversation partner) information. It may be stored in the emotion database. In this case, the server 150 may provide the conversation partner information by emotional state to the user (for example, information on who was mainly talking when the emotional state is “happy”). You may provide partner information (for example, information about who is the most talker at home).

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user's emotion index and activity index are collected based on the instant message, and the collected emotion index and activity index are confirmed by location information and / or time, It can be used for various purposes.

  The apparatus described above may be realized by hardware components, software components, and / or a combination of hardware and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments include, for example, a processor, a controller, an ALU (arithmetic logic unit), a digital signal processor (digital signal processor), a microcomputer, an FPGA (field programmable gate array), and a PLU (programmable gate array). may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as a logic unit), a microprocessor, or various devices capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the OS. The processing device may also respond to software execution, access data, and store, manipulate, process and generate data. For convenience of understanding, a single processing device may be described as being used, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing device includes multiple processing elements and / or multiple types of processing elements. But you can understand. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or a processor and a controller. Also, other processing configurations such as a parallel processor are possible.

  The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, configure the processing device to operate as desired, or independently or collectively processing device. Or order it. Software and / or data may be interpreted based on a processing device, or any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device to provide instructions or data to the processing device Or may be permanently or temporarily embodyed in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over computer systems connected by a network and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable recording media.

  The method according to the embodiment may be realized in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment or may be usable by those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magneto-optics such as floppy disks. A medium and a hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like are included. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language code such as that generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that is executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

  As described above, the embodiment has been described based on the limited embodiment and the drawings, but those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method and / or components of the described system, structure, apparatus, circuit, etc. may be in a different form than the described method. Appropriate results can be achieved even when combined or combined, or opposed or replaced by other components or equivalents.

  Accordingly, even different embodiments belong to the appended claims as long as they are equivalent to the claims.

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A system of servers including one or more processors,
The one or more processors are:
A service providing control unit for controlling the server so as to provide an instant messaging service to an electronic device via a network;
A reception control unit that controls the server to receive a message and position information of the electronic device from the electronic device using the instant messaging service;
Extracting and quantifying information about the emotion of the user using the electronic device from the message to generate the emotion index of the message, or the emotion index generated for the message by the electronic device together with the message An emotion index acquisition control unit that controls the server to receive, and stores the generated or received emotion index in the emotion database in association with the received position information of the electronic device, so that the instant messaging service transmits and receives And a storage control unit that controls the server so as to store emotional indices based on messages by location information. The one or more processors are:
A message type confirmation control unit for controlling the server so as to confirm the type of the received message;
The storage control unit
The system according to claim 1, wherein an emotion state weight value set in advance according to the type of the confirmed message is associated with the generated or received emotion index and stored in the emotion database.   The system according to claim 2, wherein the message type is determined to be at least one of text, stamp, image, and position information according to information included in the message.   The emotion index is generated by searching an emotion index corresponding to a word or a stamp included in the message from a recommendation database in which an emotion index for each word and an emotion index for each stamp are stored in advance. The system of claim 1. The reception control unit
Controlling the server to further receive the sending time of the message;
The storage control unit
The system according to claim 1, wherein the server is controlled to store the generated or received emotion index in the emotion database in further association with the transmission time. The one or more processors are:
Generate or provide emotional information by region or location based on the stored emotional index by location information, or select a region or location related to specific emotion information, and provide information on the selected region or location The system according to claim 1, further comprising an emotion information utilization control unit that controls the server so as to provide the server.   The system according to claim 6, wherein the emotion information includes at least one of a stress index, a happiness index, a dissatisfaction index, and a criminal index. The one or more processors are:
A communication session confirmation control unit for controlling the server to confirm the type of communication session to which the message is sent from the electronic device;
The activity index of the user is measured based on at least one of the number of times the user sends a message from the same location information during the communication session and the type of message sent by the user and the type of the communication session. An activity index measurement control unit for controlling the server, and controlling the server to store the activity index by location information by associating the measured activity index with the same location information in an activity database. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an activity index storage control unit. The type of the communication session is a personal chat room between users located in the same location, a group chat room between users located in the same location, a personal chat room between users located in different locations, and a location different from each other. Group chat rooms between users,
The activity index measurement control unit
Controlling the server to measure an activity index of the user by assigning an activity state weight value set in advance according to a type of the communication session to an index measured based on the at least one information. The system according to claim 8, wherein: The one or more processors are:
The information provision control part which controls the server so as to generate or provide statistical information according to location information or hourly based on the stored emotion index and the stored activity index, further comprising: Item 9. The system according to Item 8. Each of the emotion index stored in the emotion database and the activity index stored in the activity database is stored in further association with a corresponding user identifier,
The one or more processors are:
Generating location-specific or hourly statistical information about the user based on the emotion index stored in the emotion database in association with the user identifier and the activity index stored in the activity database in association with the user; The system according to claim 8, further comprising: an information providing control unit that controls the server to provide or generate or provide status information of the user. The reception control unit
Further receiving the user's exercise amount information from an external device via a network;
The one or more processors are:
The system according to claim 1, further comprising an activity index measurement control unit that measures a physical activity index of the user based on the received exercise amount information. A computer-implemented method comprising:
Providing a user with a user interface for sending a message using an instant messaging service on an electronic device;
Extracting information about the emotion of the user from a message input to the user interface at the electronic device and quantifying it to generate an emotion index for the message; and the message from the electronic device, the emotion index, and the Transmitting the position information of the electronic device to a server via a network,
By storing the emotion index in the emotion database in association with the position information of the electronic device in the server, the emotion index corresponding to a message transmitted and received by the instant messaging service is stored for each position information. A computer-implemented method. The step of generating the emotion index includes:
An emotion index for the message is generated by searching an emotion index corresponding to a word or a stamp included in the message from a recommendation database in which an emotion index for each word and an emotion index for each stamp are stored in advance. A computer-implemented method according to claim 13.   The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the message type is determined as at least one of text, a stamp, an image, and position information according to information included in the message. . The transmitting step includes
Further sending the sending time of the message to the server;
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the emotion index is stored in the emotion database further associated with the transmission time at the server.   Generate or provide emotion information by region or location based on the stored emotion index by location information in the server, or select a region or location related to specific emotion information, and the selected region or location 14. A computer implemented method according to claim 13, characterized in that it provides information about.   The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the emotion information includes at least one of a stress index, a happiness index, a dissatisfaction index, and a criminal index.   A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 13 to 18 is recorded.

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