KR101807267B1 - A method of providing a search service using emoticons and user terminal and search server for performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided are a search service providing method using an emoticon, and a user terminal and a search server for performing the same. The search service providing method comprises the following steps of: displaying one, which a user selects from search emoticons displayed on a chatting screen, on a chatting area; receiving a user input with respect to the search emotion displayed on the chatting area to transmit a search request; and displaying a result emoticon on the chatting area wherein the result emoticon includes a search result in accordance with the search request. Therefore, the search service providing method can provide a convenient search environment which enables a user to immediately search without executing a separate web browser.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a search service using emoticons and a method for providing a search service using the emoticons,

The present invention relates to a method for providing a search service using emoticons and a method for providing a search service using the emoticons.

Recently, with the development of mobile devices such as smart phones and the development of communication methods, there has been a tendency that a communication method between an individual and an individual moves from a telephone call to a text message (SMS) to a chat service. The chat service is capable of 1: 1 or 1: many conversations over the Internet network, allowing real-time conversations and sending and receiving pictures and emoticons.

When a user needs a search during a conversation, there is a need to execute a web browser and perform a search on a search page, out of an application providing a chat service. Therefore, there is a need for a way to share search and search results within an application that provides a chat service.

KR 10-2014-0002172 A

An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a chat service using a chat application and a search emoticon that can provide a search service on a chat screen without leaving a chat application using emoticons included in the chat application And to provide a search service using the service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a search service using a search emoticon that can display detailed information about a search result on a chat screen by selecting a search result provided in a chat window.

In addition, in providing a search service using search emoticons, a search term that reflects a preference regarding an attribute of a search target is provided through search emoticons, and a search emoticon that allows a user to select and search for a search term And the like.

A method of providing a search service using an emoticon according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes displaying a selected one of search emoticons displayed on a chat screen in a dialog area, receiving a user input for a search emoticon displayed in the dialog area, Transmitting a search request, and displaying a result emoticons including a search result according to the search request in a conversation area.

In addition, when the user selects a search result included in the result emoticons, detailed information on the selected search result is displayed on the chat screen.

In addition, the search emoticons provide at least one search word that reflects the taste of the attribute of the search object, at least one of which can be selected by the user.

When the user selects an emoticon list icon on the chat screen prior to the step of transmitting the search emoticon to the chat screen, a step of displaying a plurality of search emoticons searching based on the attribute of the search target on the chat screen .

Also, the user inputting the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area may include selecting at least one search word displayed in the search area of the search emoticons, or selecting a random search displayed in the search area, .

In addition, the step of transmitting the search request is also performed on the basis of user input provided by another user who has entered the chat room, in addition to the user who has transmitted the search emoticons to the conversation area.

In addition, the step of displaying one of the search emoticons in the dialog area selected by the user may include selecting the search emoticon by the user and selecting the send icon, receiving the search word list from the search server by the user terminal, Arranging the words included in the list as search terms of the suggested search area of the selected search emoticon, and displaying the search emoticons reflecting the search word list on the conversation area.

A user terminal performing a method for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory storing a method of providing a search service using emoticons, at least one user terminal, and a search service providing method using the emoticons And a processor for executing a search service providing method using the emoticons, wherein the processor displays one of the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen in a dialog area, A search request is received by receiving a user input for search emoticons displayed in a conversation area, and a result emoticons including a search result according to the search request is displayed in the conversation area.

A search server for performing a search service providing method using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit for communicating with at least one user terminal that transmits a search request according to a search service providing method using emoticons, A preference information DB storing preference information including a number of times and a time of collection of words representing preferences of people released on the Internet on the Internet, And a search execution unit for searching the preference information DB for a search target having a word indicating the search target and providing the search result to the user terminal.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

Prior to that, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed in a conventional and dictionary sense, and the inventor may properly define the concept of the term in order to best explain its invention It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a search service can be provided on a chat screen without leaving a chat application using emoticons included in a chat application providing a chat service, so that a user can execute a separate web browser It is possible to provide a convenient retrieval environment in which retrieval can be performed immediately.

Further, when the user selects the search result, detailed information on the search result selected on the chat screen can be overlapped and displayed without executing the web browser out of the chat application to display information about the search result, Can be conveniently provided with search results.

In addition, the search emoticon provides the search term reflecting the taste of the attribute of the search target to the user, and the user selects the search word matching the user's taste and requests the search, so that the search result suitable for the user's taste can be provided .

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a search service using emoticons according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 2A to 2G are diagrams illustrating respective steps of a method for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A to 3C are views showing one embodiment of search emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a search server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objects, particular advantages and novel features of one embodiment of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and the preferred embodiments thereof. It should be noted that, in the present specification, the reference numerals are added to the constituent elements of the drawings, and the same constituent elements are assigned the same number as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. Also, the terms "one side," " first, "" first," " second, "and the like are used to distinguish one element from another, no. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known arts which may unnecessarily obscure the gist of an embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a search service using emoticons according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 2A to 2G are flowcharts illustrating a method of providing a search service using emoticons according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

1, a method of providing a search service using an emoticon according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a method for providing a search service using an emoticon, when a user selects an emoticon list icon 122 on a chat screen 100, A step S110 of displaying a plurality of search emoticons 200 on the chat screen 100 displayed on the chat screen 100, a step of displaying one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 on the dialog area 110 S120), receiving a user input for the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and transmitting a search request (S130), receiving a result emoticon 300 including a search result 311 according to the search request The user selects the search result 311 included in the result emoticon 300 and the detailed information about the selected search result 311 is displayed on the chat screen 100 (Step S150).

The method for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention does not enter another application such as a web browser after departing from a chat application and a user can receive a search service using the emoticons in a chat application, Provides a convenient search environment.

The chat service is a service in which a user provides 1: 1 or 1: many or many: many real-time conversations through a user terminal 10 such as a PC, a tablet PC, a smart phone, or a PDA. The chat service may be provided based on a chat application installed and running on the user terminal 10. [ Or a chat service may be provided when the user terminal 10 accesses the chat server 20 without installing the chat application on the user terminal 10. [

As shown in FIG. 2A, a chat screen 100 in which a chat service is provided displays at least a chat area 110 and an input area 120. FIG. The conversation area 110 is a space for displaying messages of the user and the other party, and is an area commonly displayed in the user terminals 10 of all users who enter the chatting room. The input area 120 is an area where a user inputs a message using a keyboard or a soft key, and is not displayed to other users who enter the chat room. The input area 120 may include an input bar 121 for displaying a message input by a user and an emoticon list icon 122 for inputting an emoticon.

2B, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 on the chat screen 100, a plurality of search emoticons 200 that search based on the attribute of the search target are displayed on the chat screen 100 (S110). More specifically, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 of the input area 120, the emoticon list 130 including at least one search emoticon 200 is displayed in the input area 120. Alternatively, the emoticon list 130 may be always displayed in the input area 120.

The emoticons list 130 may include at least one search emoticon 200 for searching based on the attributes of the search object. The emoticons list 130 may include a group 131 including search emoticons 200 related to the same search object. For example, the emoticon list 130 may include a movie group 131 for searching for a movie, a star group 131 for searching for a star (entertainer), and the like, and may be included in the movie group 131 The search emoticons 200 may include a story search emoticon 200, a random search emoticon 200, a producing country search emoticon 200, and the like. Alternatively, the emoticon list 130 may include the search emoticon 200 without the division of the group 131.

2C, when the user selects the search emoticon 200 included in the emoticon list 130, the example area 132 including the detailed description of the selected search emoticon 200 is displayed on the chat screen 100 ). ≪ / RTI > The example area 132 may be displayed overlapping on the conversation area 110 and may not be displayed to other users who have entered the room. For example, when the user selects the movie group 131 of the emoticon list 130 and selects the story search emoticon 200, a description of how to use the story search emoticon 200, The example area 132 is displayed overlaid on the dialog area 110. [

When the user selects the search emoticon 200 of the emoticon list 130 displayed on the chat screen 100 and selects the transmission icon, the search emoticon 200 displayed on the chat screen 100, as shown in FIG. And displays one selected by the user in the dialog area 110 (S120). The search icon displayed in the conversation area 110 is displayed on the user terminal 10 of all users who enter the chat room.

As shown in FIG. 2D, the search emoticon 200 includes a suggestion area 210 including search words 211. The search words 211 included in the proposal area 210 reflect preferences for the attributes of the search object. For example, an expression reflecting the taste of a movie viewer, such as a philosophical, sophisticated, sad, new, or solid story, etc., becomes a search term 211 with respect to a story attribute of a search object called a movie.

The search terms 211 included in the proposal area 210 may include objective information about the attributes of the search object. For example, an expression including object information such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan is a search word 211 with respect to an attribute of a production country of a search target of a movie.

The step S120 of displaying the selected one of the search emoticons 200 in the conversation area 110 by the user may include selecting the search emoticon 200 and selecting a transmission icon, A step in which the user terminal 10 arranges the words included in the search word list into the search word 211 of the proposed area 210 of the selected search emoticon 200, And displaying the search emoticon 200 in the conversation area 110. [

The search server 30 generates a list of search terms including words having a high degree of interest of people in real time, and a list of search words can be generated for each attribute of the search target. . The creation of a list of terms will be described in more detail below.

The user is able to search for the search term 200 of the search emoticon 200 by arranging the search term 211 included in the proposal area 210 of the search emoticon 200 such that the search term (211) to request a search. Accordingly, since the user searches for the search target using the search word 211 selected by the user from among the search words 211 having high interest of the people, the search result 311 related to the search target, ). ≪ / RTI >

Next, as shown in FIG. 2E, a step S130 of receiving a user input for the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and transmitting a search request is performed. The user inputting the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 is performed by selecting at least one search word 211 displayed in the search area of the search emoticon 200 or selecting a random search displayed in the search area, And to select the search request area 220 of the search emoticon 200. Or the search query 211 may be transmitted.

The user can select at least one search word 211 displayed in the proposal area 210 of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110. [ When the user selects one of the search words 211 included in the proposal area 210, the display of the selected search word 211 is changed and the user can be informed that the search word 211 is selected. For example, if the search term 211 of 'good work' is selected, the color of the search term 211 may be changed or its size may be changed.

When the selection is canceled by selecting the search word 211 selected by the user, the display of the canceled search word 211 is restored to its original state, and the user can be informed that the search word 211 is canceled. For example, when the selected keyword 211 'good work' is again selected and deselected, the color or size of the keyword 211 is restored.

Which query 211 the user selects may not be displayed in the user terminal 10 of another user who entered the chat room.

As shown in FIG. 2E, the search emoticon 200 may further include a search request area 220. When the user selects at least one search word 211 and selects the search request area 220, a search request including the search word 211 selected by the user is transmitted. That is, when the user selects the search word 211 of 'good work' and selects the search request area 220 in the story search emoticon 200, which is a movie search target, A search request for 'movie' is sent.

The step of transmitting the search request may be performed based on user input provided by another user who has entered the chat room in addition to the user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110. [ That is, the user input for selecting the search word 211 of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and selecting the search request area 220 may be a user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110 Other users who enter the chat room can also do so.

For example, when the first user sends the search emoticon 200 and the search emoticon 200 is displayed in the conversation area 110, the second user searches the search area of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 211 and select a search request area 220 to transmit a search request. Only the user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110 may select the search word 211 and the search request area 220.

The retrieval emoticon 200 to which the retrieval request is sent may be deactivated so that the retrieval request is not performed again. Alternatively, the users who enter the chat room can provide the user input only once. The result emoticon 300 may be displayed together with the name of the user to indicate which user has searched.

When the user selects the search emoticon 200 and transmits a search request, the result emoticon 300 including the search result 311 according to the search request is displayed in the conversation area 110 as shown in FIG. 2F (S150). The search request may be transmitted to the search server 30 via the chat server 20 and may be transmitted to the search server 30 without going through the chat server 20. [ The search server 30 performs search based on the content of the received search request and returns the search result 311. [

The result emoticon 300 includes a result region 310 including search results 311. [ For example, a search result 311, 'About Time', 'Busan Line' and 'Inside Out', which is a search result for a 'movie' having a 'good story' . Since the result emoticon 300 is displayed in the conversation area 110, the result emoticon 300 can be displayed on the user terminal 10 of all users who have entered the chat room. The display format of the search result 311 displayed in the search area 310 is not limited to this embodiment and can be changed.

The result emoticon 300 may further include a keyword area 320. The keyword area 320 is an area for displaying the content of the search request. The content of the search request may include a search target, an attribute, and a search term 211. For example, if the content of the search request is 'movie' having a 'good' and 'new' 'story', the keyword area 320 of the result emoticon 300 may be displayed as Can be displayed. The user can view the content of the search request displayed in the keyword area 320 and recognize what criteria the search result 311 is searched for. The format for displaying the contents of the search request in the keyword area 320 can be changed.

When the user selects the search result 311 displayed in the result emoticon 300, detailed information about the selected search result 311 is displayed as shown in FIG. 2G.

When the user selects the search result 311 included in the result emoticon 300, detailed information on the selected search result 311 is displayed on the chat screen 100 (S150). As shown in FIG. 2G, the information area 330 for the search result 311 may include detailed information about the search result 311 and may be displayed overlapping with the result area of the result emoticon 300 have. Or the information area 330 for the search result 311 may overlap and be displayed on the entire chat screen 100. [

The information area 330 for the search result 311 can be displayed in various formats according to the kind of the search object, the contents of the search result 311, and the like. The information area 330 may include icons that provide various functions such as reservation, purchase, and sharing. For example, if the user selects 'About Time' in the search result 311, the information area 330 may include a purchase icon, a VOD purchase icon, and the like for a movie called 'About Time'. The information area 330 may include advertisements associated with the search results 311.

The information area 330 displayed on the chat screen 100 may include a close icon. When the user selects the close icon, the chat screen 100 returns to the state before the information area 330 is displayed .

3A to 3C illustrate exemplary embodiments of the search emoticon 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The search emoticon 200 may include characters, advertisements, and the like.

3A shows a search word 211 in which at least one search word 211 is displayed in a proposal area 210 and a user selects at least one search word 211 and can select a search request area 220, (200). The number and arrangement of the search words 211 displayed in the proposal area 210 can be variously changed. The search emoticon 200 or the result emoticons 300 may further include an affiliate service area 230. The affiliate service area 230 may display advertisements, characters of affiliates, images representing emotions, and the like.

3B shows a case where a plurality of search words 211 are displayed in the proposed region 210. When the user selects the turnkey, a search word 211 is selected at a random time and a search request region 220 is selected (200). ≪ / RTI > The proposal area 210 may be a roulette scheme or a lottery scheme in which a hidden search term 211 appears according to an operation of the user scratching the proposal area 210,

3C shows a case where at least one search word 211 and an area 212 for selecting a weight for each search word 211 are displayed together in the proposal area 210. When the user selects a weight of the search word 211, The search emoticon 200 is a weighted search emoticon 200 that can be selected. The search word 211 may include words included in the search word list received from the search server 30 and may include other words included in the search word list except for the search word 211 to be excluded. The weight can be input by the user using the keypad or by moving the point displayed on the bar having a range of 0 to 100%.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the search server 30 of FIG.

The system for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 10 on which a chat application including an emoticon list 130 is executed, A search server 30 that receives a search request through search emoticons 200 included in the emoticons list 130 and provides a search result 311 to a user through the result emoticons 300 do. The chat server 20 and the search server 30 may be operated as one server or as separate servers.

4, the user terminal 10 is connected to the chat server 20, the search server 30, and the other user terminals 10 using the wired / wireless network 40. The user terminal 10 includes a memory for storing a search service providing method using emoticons, a search server 30 for providing a search result 311 according to a search service providing method using at least one user terminal 10 and emoticons, And a processor for executing a search service providing method using emoticons. The processor displays one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 in the conversation area 110 and receives user input for the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110, And displaying the result emoticons 300 including the search result 311 according to the search request in the conversation area 110. [

The chat application installed and executed in the user terminal 10 may mount an 'infoticon module' to perform a search service providing method using emoticons. Infoticon " refers to emoticons for search and information providing, such as search emoticons 200 and result emoticons 300 shown in Figs. 3A to 3C and illustrated in Figs. 2E and 2F. 'Infoticon module' is a program for executing a search service providing method using emoticons in a chat application. The InfoCon module can be included in various chat applications, and users of chat applications can install it through in-app purchases.

The chat server 20 can provide a chat application, manage members of chat application users, manage the chat environment, and make chat connections between users. The chat server 20 can transmit a search request to the search server 30 and receive the search result 311 from the search server 30 when receiving a search request using the search emoticon 200 from the user terminal 10. [ The user terminal 10 can transmit the search result 311 to the user terminal 10. Alternatively, the user terminal 10 may directly transmit and receive the search request and the search result 311 to the search server 30 through the API.

5, the search server 30 includes a taste information database DB, a taste information managing unit 32, a search performing unit 33, a communication unit 36, a search word list providing unit 34, And may include a provisioning unit 35. When the search request is received, the search server 30 performs search according to the content of the search request and transmits the search result 311. [

The taste information DB 31 stores taste information including the words (or expressions) indicating the taste of the people disclosed on the Internet, the number of times the words are collected, and taste information about the attribute of the search object.

There are various objects such as movie, star, wine, and webtoon. Search objects have attributes. For example, a movie can have attributes such as a story, a country of production, an actor, and the like, and a star can have attributes such as personality, charm, and image. Various words (or expressions) are stored that reflect people's taste for the attributes of the search object. For example, with regard to the story of a movie, people can express their feelings about the movie using words that express their taste of novel, sad, inverted, or philosophical.

The taste information collects words indicating preferences among the articles subjectively evaluated by a person on the Internet such as a homepage, a blog, an SNS, a Twitter, etc., and collects data on the time and number of times to be. Words contained in any one attribute of any one search object may be stored in association with the time at which the word was collected, the number of times it was collected, the source from which the word was collected, and the published information about the author. Such information can be quantified for each word.

The taste information management unit 32 collects words representing the taste of the people regarding the various attributes of the search object from the information disclosed on the Internet, generates taste information including the collection time and the number of words, DB 31 continuously. 'Information published on the Internet' includes information disclosed on the Internet such as a homepage, a blog, a cafe, a social network service (SNS), a mass media such as a newspaper and a magazine, and a portal site.

The search term list providing unit 34 generates a list of search terms including words having a high degree of interest of the people among the words related to the search target attributes, and transmits the search term list to the user terminal 10. A word included in the search word list may be displayed as a search word 211 in the suggestion area 210 of the search emoticon 200. [

When extracting the words included in the search word list, the degree of interest is evaluated among the words included in the individual attributes of the search object. For example, if there is a property called a story in a search target called 'movie', it is possible to search for a story having a high degree of interest among the words (sad, new, etc.) Can be included in the search term list.

People's interest can be judged to be of high interest when the number of collected times is high based on the number of times collected within a certain period of time. It is also possible to refer to real-time information on natural phenomena such as Christmas, holidays, Interest can be controlled. Interests can be calculated by assigning weights to recently collected words, and by collecting previously collected words in a way that gives a lower score.

When the search request is received, the search performing unit 33 searches the preference information DB 31 for search objects having a word indicating preference matching the search word 211 included in the content of the search request, 10 as a search result 311. [ For example, a search word 211 selected by the user for one attribute of a specific search object is searched in the taste information DB 31, and a search object having the same word as the search word 211 is transmitted as a search result 311 do. The search result 311 is displayed in the result area 310 of the result emoticon 300. Detailed information on each search result 311 may be transmitted when the search result 311 is transmitted and the detailed information may be transmitted to the information area 314 displayed when the user selects the search result 311 of the search emoticon 200 330 < / RTI >

The affiliate service providing unit 35 may provide the advertisement information displayed in the advertisement area that can be included in the search emoticon 200 or the result emoticons 300 or may provide the advertisement information displayed in the search emoticon 200 or the result information icon, Is selected, the process of connecting to the service page of the affiliate can be controlled. For example, when the search emoticon 200 is transmitted to the conversation area 110, each time the affiliate service provider 35 provides the advertisement information in real time and transmits the search emoticon 200, another advertisement may be displayed And may store the number of times the advertisement is displayed. Alternatively, when the user selects the purchase or advance icon from the search emoticon 200 or the result emoticons 300, the user can provide the corresponding service if the in-app purchase is possible, .

The communication unit 36 provides an interface for the search server 30 to communicate with the at least one user terminal 10 that transmits a search request according to the chat server 20 or a method of providing a search service using emoticons. The communication unit 36 may provide an application programming interface (API) for transmitting and receiving the search request and the search result 311.

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, since the search service can be provided on the chat screen 100 without leaving the chat application by using the emoticons included in the chat application providing the chat service, It is possible to provide a convenient search environment in which a search can be performed immediately without executing a separate web browser.

When the user selects the search result 311, the search result 311 is displayed on the chat screen 100 without executing the web browser out of the chat application in order to display the information on the search result 311 The detailed information on the search result 311 can be displayed in an overlapping manner, and the user can conveniently receive the search result 311. [

In addition, since the search emoticon 200 provides the user with the search word 211 reflecting the taste of the search target attribute, the user selects the search word 211 matching the user's taste and requests the search, The user can be provided with the search result 311 corresponding to the search result.

In addition, while providing detailed information on the search result 311, an affiliate service such as an advertisement or a purchase service or a reservation service can be provided together, thereby providing a convenient electronic commerce environment from search to purchase.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the present invention. It is obvious that the modification and the modification are possible.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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Claims (9)

Displaying a selected one of search emoticons displayed on a chat screen in a conversation area;
Receiving a user input for search emoticons displayed in the conversation area and transmitting a search request;
And displaying result emoticons including a search result according to the search request in a conversation area. The method according to claim 1,
And displaying detailed information on the selected search result on the chat screen when the user selects the search result included in the result emoticons. The method according to claim 1,
The search emoticons
A method of providing a search service using an emoticon that provides at least one user with a search word that reflects a preference for an attribute of a search object. The method according to claim 1,
When the user selects the emoticon list icon on the chat screen before the step of transmitting the search emoticon to the chat screen, displaying a plurality of search emoticons for searching based on the attribute of the search target on the chat screen A method of providing a search service using a search service. The method of claim 3,
The user input for the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area is
Wherein the user selects at least one search word displayed in the search area of the search emoticons or selects a search request area of the search emoticons after selecting a random search displayed in the search area. The method of claim 5,
The step of sending a search request
The emoticons are also performed based on user input provided by another user who has entered the chat room in addition to the user who has transmitted the search emoticons to the conversation area. The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying one of the retrieval emoticons selected by the user in the conversation area
The user selecting the search emoticon and selecting the send icon;
The user terminal receiving a list of search terms from a search server;
Arranging words included in a search word list of a user terminal as a search word of a proposed area of the selected search emoticons;
And displaying the search emoticons reflecting the search word list in the conversation area. A memory for storing a search service providing method using an emoticon;
A communication module for communicating with at least one user terminal and a search server for providing a search result according to a search service providing method using the emoticons;
And a processor for executing a search service providing method using the emoticons,
The processor
A result emoticon that includes a search result in response to the search request, displays a search result of the search emoticon on the chat screen, displays one of the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen in the conversation area, receives a user input for the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area, The method comprising the steps of: providing a search service using an emoticon; A communication unit for communicating with at least one user terminal for transmitting a search request according to a search service providing method using an emoticon;
A preference information DB storing preference information including the number of times of collection of words representing preferences of people who are disclosed on the Internet and attributes and the time of the attributes of the search object;
And a search execution unit for searching, in the preference information DB, search objects having a word indicating the taste corresponding to the search word included in the content of the search request and providing the search result to the user terminal, A search server for performing a search service providing method using a search server.

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