KR101827862B1 - Apparatus and method for providing social network service using sound - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing a social network service using sound are disclosed. A social network service providing apparatus includes a sound receiving unit for receiving sound from a user terminal, a feature value extracting unit for extracting a feature value from the received sound, and a user for transmitting a sound matching the extracted feature value, And a group information generator for generating the group information.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE USING SOUND [0002]

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for providing a sound-based social network service that provides a social network service (SNS) to a user using a sound input by a user.

Currently, various social network services such as twitter, facebook, me2day, etc. are provided from a social network service provider through a network.

The social network service is a service that can strengthen the networking relationship with friends such as friends, seniors, and colleagues on the Internet, build a new network, and form a wide network of people. As a method of providing such a social network service, there is Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2011-0016349 "Method and apparatus for providing a social network service ".

However, as the desire for personal expression becomes stronger today, it is difficult to satisfy users who want to share information with other people with this social network service providing method.

For example, there may be a case where a user who has watched a certain movie wants to share an appreciation of the movie. In this case, the user of the existing social network service has shared his / her impression of the movie with another person through a virtual bulletin board or the like, and has shared feelings with people by entering a chat room where conversation is proceeding with the movie. However, in the case of sharing the impression with another person through the virtual bulletin board, in general, the person viewing the virtual bulletin board is a person who does not have much interest in the movie, There was a lack of satisfaction to get through.

On the other hand, when the user wants to share the appreciation by entering the chat room for the movie, it is inconvenient not only to search for the chat room for the movie but also to select a suitable keyword for searching the chat room there was. For example, when a user wants to share an impression about a play performed at a specific time or at a specific place, it is difficult to recommend a user who views the play played at a specific time or at a specific place as a conventional social network service .

Accordingly, there is a need for a method that can provide more satisfaction to users and enable users to use social network services more easily.

There is provided an apparatus and method for providing a social network service in which a user can more easily share information with another user by providing a social network service using sound.

There is provided a social network service providing apparatus and method for sharing information with a user who is listening to the same sound at a specific time or a user who is located at a specific place as well as sharing a specific event.

The social network service providing apparatus includes a sound receiving unit for receiving sound from a user terminal, a feature value extracting unit for extracting a feature value from the received sound, and a user for transmitting a sound matching the extracted feature value, And a group information generating unit for generating the group information.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a meta information search unit that compares the feature value extracted by the feature value extractor with the feature value of the sound stored in the database to search for matching meta information, The group information may be generated by grouping the users whose meta information matched with the search result is searched.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the apparatus may further include a meta information registration unit for registering meta information on the received sound from the user terminal when the meta information matched with the extracted feature value is not searched.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the group information generating unit generates the group information by grouping the users based on the time when the sound is input, or groups the users based on the position information of the user terminal to generate the group information can do.

The social network service providing apparatus includes a sound input unit for receiving a sound, a sound transmitting unit for transmitting the sound to the social network service providing server, and a sound matching feature value extracted from the transmitted sound, And a group information display unit for receiving and displaying the group information generated by grouping the users to be transmitted to the server from the social network service providing server.

A method of providing a social network service includes receiving a sound from a user terminal, extracting a feature value from the received sound, grouping users transmitting the sound matching the extracted feature value to generate group information And transmitting the generated group information to the user terminal.

A user can more easily share information with other users by grouping users who extract a feature value from a sound input from a user terminal and transmit sound that matches the extracted feature value.

By grouping users based on the time or location at which the sound is entered, it is possible to share information with a user who is listening to the same sound at a particular time or with a user who is located at a particular place, as well as sharing specific events.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system for providing a social network service using sound according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a social network service using sound according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 and 4 are views illustrating an example of providing a social network service to a user using sound in an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for providing a social network service in an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for providing a social network service in another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system for providing a social network service using sound according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the social network service providing system may include a plurality of user terminals 110 and 120, a social network service providing server 130, and a database 140.

Each of the user terminals 110 and 120 transmits a sound input by the user to the social network service providing server 130 through the network. The user terminals 110 and 120 are devices for receiving various services such as a social network service from the social network service providing server by the user and include a network function such as a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a desktop computer, And the like.

The social network service providing server 130 generates group information by grouping users who have transmitted sounds that match the sound based on the sound transmitted by the user, and transmits the group information to the user terminals 110 and 120 through the network do.

In this case, as one embodiment, the social network service providing server 130 extracts feature values from each sound transmitted from the user terminal, compares the extracted feature values, and groups the users who input matching sounds to generate group information .

Meanwhile, in another embodiment, the social network service providing server 130 extracts feature values from each sound transmitted from the user terminal, compares the extracted feature values with the feature values of sounds stored in the database 140, And generate group information based on the retrieved meta information.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a social network service using sound according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an apparatus for providing a social network service according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The user terminal 110 may include a sound input unit 210, a sound transmission unit 220, and a group information display unit 230.

The sound input unit 210 receives sound to be transmitted to the social network service providing server 130 by a user. For this, the sound input unit 210 may be implemented as a sound input device such as a microphone or the like, and may be provided on one side of the user terminal.

The sound transmitting unit 220 transmits the sound input through the sound input unit 210 to the social network service providing server 130 through a network such as a wireless communication network or a mobile communication network.

The group information display unit 230 receives group information from the social network service providing server 130 via the network and displays the group information. The group information may be a group information of a user who extracts a feature value from a sound transmitted from the user terminal 110 and transmits a sound matching the feature value to the social network service providing server, In another embodiment, the meta information corresponding to the retrieved meta information is searched for the sound having the feature value matching the feature value among the plurality of sounds stored in the database 140 May be created by grouping users.

The group information display unit 230 displays the group information received from the social network service providing server 130 in a predetermined form, for example, in the form of an application in the user terminal, .

Meanwhile, the social network service providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a sound receiving unit 240, a feature value extracting unit 250, and a group information generating unit 260.

The sound receiving unit 240 receives the sound transmitted from the user terminal through the network.

The feature value extraction unit 250 extracts a feature value (fingerprint) from the sound received from the sound reception unit 240.

The group information generation unit 260 generates group information by grouping users transmitting sounds matching the feature values extracted by the feature value extraction unit 250. [ At this time, the group information generation unit 260 generates the group information by grouping the users based on the sound input time, or groups the users based on the location information of the user terminal, Can be generated.

For example, when the group information generating unit 260 generates group information based on a time at which a sound is input, the group information generating unit 260 generates the group information based on the sound received by the sound receiving unit 240 for a predetermined time And group information by grouping the users who transmit the sound including the matching feature value. In this case, since the social network service providing server 130 can group users who transmit sound at a specific time, it is possible for the user to listen to a play being performed at a specific time, The user can share the appreciation of the play with other users by simply inputting the sound.

When the group information generating unit 260 generates the group information based on the location information of the user terminal, the social network service providing server 130 transmits the location information of the user terminal when the sound is received by the sound receiving unit 240 Information can be detected by using a GPS (Global Positioning System), and the group information can be generated by grouping the users whose location information and the feature value match the feature values of the sound transmitted by the user. In this case, since the social network service providing server 130 can group users who transmit sound at specific locations, even if the user wants to share his / her appreciation of the movie with other users while watching the movie, To share your impression with other users who appreciate it.

In another embodiment, the social network service providing server 130 may include a sound receiving unit 240, a feature value extracting unit 250, and a group information generating unit 260, a meta information searching unit 270, 280).

In this case, the meta information searching unit 270 compares the feature value extracted by the feature value extracting unit 250 with the feature value of the sound stored in the database 140 to search for matching meta information. Here, the meta information may include information about a sound, and may include, for example, a title of the movie, information on a theater that displays the movie, and the like when the sound is a sound for the movie.

If the meta information matching unit 270 does not retrieve meta information matching the extracted feature value, the meta information registration unit 280 transmits a meta information registration request for the sound to the user terminal 110, Meta information about the sound to be received may be registered and stored in the database 140. Therefore, even if a user inputs a sound not registered in the database 140, the sound can be registered so that the user can share information with other users when transmitting a sound matching another user's sound.

The group information generation unit 260 generates group information by grouping users whose meta information matched with the meta information searched in the meta information search unit 270 is searched. At this time, the group information generation unit 260 generates the group information by grouping the users based on the time when the sound is input, or groups the users based on the location information of the user terminal to generate the group information So that information can be shared with a user who is listening to the same sound at a specific time or with a user located at a specific place.

For example, when a first user transmits a sound corresponding to 10 to 12 minutes during the running time of a specific movie to the social network service providing server 130 and the second user transmits sound corresponding to 11 to 13 minutes of the movie To the social network service providing server 130, the social network service providing server 130 uses the feature value of the sound corresponding to 11 minutes to 12 minutes of the movie, 2 users can be grouped, but a first user may transmit a sound corresponding to 10 to 11 minutes during the running time of a certain movie to the social network service providing server 130, and the second user may transmit the sound corresponding to 12 to 13 Minute, a feature value extracted from the sound transmitted by the first user and a feature value extracted from the sound transmitted by the second user are transmitted to the social network service providing server 130, In this case, the meta information searching unit 270 compares the feature value of the sound stored in the database 140 with the feature value of the sound transmitted by the first user, By searching the meta information, it is possible to detect which sound of the movie corresponds to the sound transmitted by the first user. Therefore, even if the feature value of the sound transmitted by the user does not match the feature value of the sound transmitted by the user, the group information generating unit 270 searches the meta information matched with the meta information of the sound transmitted by the user Users can be grouped to generate group information.

3 and 4 are views illustrating an example of providing a social network service to a user using sound in an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user goes to the OX concert and wants to share his / her impression with the people who are currently at the OX concert, the user can transmit sound to the social network service providing server using the user terminal as shown in FIG. In this case, the social network service providing server receives the sound from the user terminal and extracts the feature value from the sound. Then, the group information is generated by grouping the users who transmit sounds that match the extracted feature values. At this time, the social network service providing server generates the group information by grouping the users based on the time at which the sound is input, the location information of the user terminal, and the like, To share your appreciation with people who are currently at the OX concert. Meanwhile, the social network service providing server compares feature values extracted from the sound with feature values of sounds stored in a database to search for matching meta information, and grouping users whose meta information matched with the meta information is searched Group information can be generated. In this case, since the social network service providing server groups the users based on the meta information, not only the users present in the OX concert but also the fans of the singer opening the OX concert, the people who want to purchase tickets of the OX concert, Or to share information. Thus, the user can more easily share information with people who have a common interest with him or her, and can form a closer consensus.

5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for providing a social network service in an embodiment of the present invention.

The server for providing a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention receives sound through a network from a plurality of user terminals (S510) and extracts a feature value from the sound (S520). Then, the group information is generated by grouping the users transmitting sounds matching the extracted feature values (S530), and transmits the group information to the user terminal. At this time, the group information may be generated based on the time at which the sound is input and / or the location information of the user terminal. Therefore, the apparatus for providing a social network service according to the present invention can group users who transmit sounds at specific time and / or specific places, so that the user can more easily share information with other users using sound , A user who is listening to the same sound at a specific time, or a user who is located at a specific place.

6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for providing a social network service in another embodiment of the present invention.

In step S620, the server for providing a social network service according to another embodiment of the present invention receives sound through a network from a plurality of user terminals (S610) and extracts a feature value from the sound. Then, the extracted feature value is compared with the feature value of the pre-stored sound to search for matching meta information (S630).

At this time, the social network service providing server determines whether the meta information matched with the extracted feature value is searched (S640). If not, the meta information registration request for the sound is transmitted to the user terminal 110 Meta information is received from the user and registered (S660). Then, group information is generated by grouping the users whose identical meta information is searched (S670), and transmits the group information to the user terminal. Therefore, even if the user inputs a sound not registered in the database 140, the user can register the sound, thereby allowing the user to share information with other users when transmitting a sound matching another user's sound, Even if the feature value of the sound transmitted by the user does not match the feature value of the sound transmitted by another user, the user is searched for meta information matched with the meta information of the sound transmitted by the user, .

The method for providing a social network service according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill 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. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims.

110, 120: user terminal
130: a social network service providing server
140: Database

Claims (6)

A sound receiver for receiving a first sound from a first user terminal and a second sound from a second user terminal;
A feature value extracting unit for extracting a first feature value from the first sound received and extracting a second feature value from the second sound; And
A meta information retrieval unit for retrieving meta information
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Wherein the meta information retrieving unit retrieves the meta information matching the first feature value when the first feature value does not match the second feature value and transmits the sound having the retrieved meta information, And specifies a user terminal other than the first user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
And a meta information registration unit for registering the meta information of the first sound received from the first user terminal when the meta information matching the first feature value is not searched,
Further comprising: means for receiving a service request from the service provider; A social network service providing apparatus comprising:
A sound input unit that receives a first sound from a first user terminal and receives a second sound from a second user terminal; And
A sound transmission unit for transmitting the first sound and the second sound to the social network service providing server,
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Comparing the first feature value with the feature value of the sound stored in the database when the first feature value extracted from the first sound does not match the second feature value extracted from the second sound, The meta information matching the value and specifies a user terminal other than the first user terminal that has transmitted the sound having the meta information searched. A method for providing a social network service performed by a social network service providing apparatus including a sound receiving unit, a feature value extracting unit, and a meta information searching unit,
Receiving, in the sound receiving unit, a first sound from a first user terminal and a second sound from a second user terminal;
Extracting a first feature value from the first sound received and extracting a second feature value from the second sound at the feature value extracting unit; And
Wherein the meta information search unit compares the first feature value with a previously stored sound feature value when the extracted first feature value and the extracted second feature value do not match, Step of retrieving meta information
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The step of retrieving the meta information includes:
Identifying a user terminal other than the first user terminal that has transmitted the sound having the meta information searched for
The method comprising the steps of: 5. The method of claim 4,
The social network service providing apparatus further includes a meta information registration unit,
After the step of retrieving the meta information,
Receiving meta information of the first sound received from the first user terminal when the meta information registered in the meta information registration unit does not match the extracted first feature value,
Further comprising the steps of: A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a method of providing a social network service according to any one of claims 4 to 5 is recorded.

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