KR102044743B1 - Method and apparatus for providing detail information of application, application providing system - Google Patents

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KR102044743B1
KR102044743B1 KR1020130073587A KR20130073587A KR102044743B1 KR 102044743 B1 KR102044743 B1 KR 102044743B1 KR 1020130073587 A KR1020130073587 A KR 1020130073587A KR 20130073587 A KR20130073587 A KR 20130073587A KR 102044743 B1 KR102044743 B1 KR 102044743B1
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The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a detailed view of an application, wherein the terminal device is controlled to display an application list received from a service device on an application list screen of an application providing program, and when any one application of the application list is selected, the application is selected. By extending the display area of the selected application on the list screen to display detailed information about the selected application in the extended application display area, a user input depth for viewing the detailed information can be reduced. In the display of applications in the App Store, it is possible to improve the efficiency and quality of the motion production phase, and the industrial availability to reduce costs and increase productivity through the internalization of motion production. There.

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TECHNICAL FIELD The apparatus for providing detail information of application, application providing system}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an application providing system. In particular, the application detailed information for reducing the input depth to view the detailed information of the selected application by selecting one of the applications provided by the application providing system according to a specific input signal An apparatus for provision is provided.

Recently, as computers, electronics, and communication technologies have advanced dramatically, various wireless communication services using wireless networks have been provided. Accordingly, a service provided by a mobile communication system using a wireless communication network is developing into a multimedia communication service for transmitting data such as circuit data, packet data, and the like, as well as a voice service.

In particular, with the development of mobile communication networks and the development of terminal specifications, mobile communication terminals have become a necessity of modern man and have evolved into total entertainment devices beyond the conventional simple communication devices or information providing devices.

In addition, with the sensational popularity of smartphones, the popularity of applications has risen, and domestic and overseas mobile carriers and terminal manufacturers are concentrating on the development of app stores.

In general, an app (APP) refers to a content application such as a schedule management, an address book, a game, a video, and a music playback. For example, an application store freely purchases and sells a space that can be bought and sold online. That is called an app store.

Through this app store, users can search for an application (content) of interest and download and use the required application (content). To this end, the terminal device can display the application provided in the app store in the form of an icon together with simple information about the application so that the screen can be searched.

However, due to the nature of the screen size of the terminal device, only the simple information is displayed on the application screen of the terminal device because the detailed information about the application cannot be displayed together with the type of application. Therefore, in order for a user to check detailed information about an application, it is inconvenient to search detailed information about an application.

Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2012-0093550, published on August 23, 2012 (Name: Application management method and video display device using the same)

Accordingly, the present invention is proposed to solve the conventional inconvenience, and displays an application list screen, which is one of execution screens of a web store, and one of the applications displayed on the application list screen is selected to correspond to the selected application. When a specific input signal having directionality is detected, the area of the selected application is extended in the direction according to the specific input signal, and detailed information about the selected application is displayed on the extended application display area to view detailed information of the selected application. An object of the present invention is to provide an application detailed information that can reduce an input depth.

A terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the communication unit for performing communication for providing a service device and the application; A specific input signal that is functionally connected to the communication unit, controls to display an application list received from the service apparatus on an application list screen of the application providing program, and any one application of the application list is selected to have a direction corresponding to the selected application. A controller configured to extend the display area of the selected application in a direction according to a specific input signal to display detailed information about the selected application in the display area of the extended application; And an output unit that is functionally connected to the control unit and displays an application list and detailed information about the selected application on the application list screen.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if an input signal for the selected application is detected on the application list screen on which the detailed information is displayed, the controller moves to the detailed view screen and outputs the detailed view screen for the selected application. Can be controlled.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the controller may control to display at least one item of the recommendation, the paid, the free, the new and the app code and the application list on the application list screen.

In a terminal device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the controller configures an application list for applications provided by the service device for each displayed item, stores an application list configured for each item by connecting to the corresponding item, and stores the user. According to the item selection, the application list connected to the selected item may be controlled to be displayed on the application list screen.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the detailed information may include one or more of a product description, a purchase menu, and a gift menu for the selected application.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if an input signal for a purchase menu or a gift menu is detected, the controller includes the selected application in a purchase list and moves to a storage screen to store a purchase list. You can control it to display.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if a specific input signal is detected again on the application list screen on which the detailed information is displayed, the controller reduces the extended application display area and controls to display only the application list on the application list screen. can do.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service apparatus including: a communication unit configured to perform communication for providing an application with at least one terminal device; And a functional connection with the communication unit, controlling to transmit an application list including a plurality of applications during execution of an application providing program according to a request of one or more terminal devices, and directionality corresponding to an application selected from the application list in one or more terminal devices. If a specific input signal is detected, the control unit for controlling to transmit to the at least one terminal device detailed information about the selected application for display on the extended application display area of the application list screen extended in the direction according to the specific input signal; Can be.

In an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, an application list is displayed on an application list screen of an application providing program, and any one application is selected from a user in the application list and selected. At least one terminal device when the specific input signal having a direction corresponding to the application is detected, extending the display area of the selected application in a direction according to the specific input signal to display detailed information about the selected application in the extended display area of the application; And a service device that provides an application providing program to at least one terminal device, transmits an application list to at least one terminal device during execution of the application providing program, and transmits detailed information about an application selected by the at least one terminal device to at least one terminal device. It may include.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing application detailed information in a terminal device, the method including: executing an application providing program provided from a service device; Receiving an application list from a service device; Displaying the received application list on the application list screen of the application providing program; Selecting one application from a user in an application list to determine whether a specific input signal having a direction corresponding to the selected application is detected; If a specific input signal is detected, extending the display area of the selected application in a direction according to the specific input signal; And displaying detailed information on the selected application in the display area of the extended application.

A method for providing application detailed information in a terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: moving to a detailed view screen when an input signal for a selected application is detected on an application list screen on which detailed information is displayed; And outputting a detailed view screen for the selected application.

A method for providing application detailed information in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: requesting detailed information about a selected specific application from a service device when a specific application is selected on an application list screen; And receiving and storing detailed information on the specific application selected from the service device.

A method for providing application detailed information in a terminal device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: downloading an application selected from a service device when an input signal for making a purchase included in the detailed information is detected; Including the downloaded application in a purchase list; Moving to the library screen; And displaying the purchase list on the storage screen.

In a method for providing application detailed information in a terminal device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when a signal for presenting included in the detailed information is detected, a gift request message for a selected application is transmitted to a service device. Doing; Including the selected application in the gift list; Moving to the library screen; And displaying the gift list including the selected application on a library screen.

In addition, in the computer-readable recording medium of the present invention for achieving the above object, a program for executing a method for providing application detailed information is recorded.

According to the present invention, when any one application is selected according to a specific input signal by a user in an application list displayed on an execution screen of a web store, detailed information about the selected application is displayed on an execution screen on which an application list is displayed. There is an effect that can reduce the user input (depth) for.

In addition, the present invention can improve the efficiency and quality of the motion production step in displaying the application in the app store in the terminal device, there is an effect that can reduce the cost and productivity through the internalization of the motion production.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device in an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus in an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of an application list screen in a terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of displaying detailed information of an application selected on an application list screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of a detailed view screen of an application in a terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a movement from a detailed view screen of an application to an application list screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing detailed information of an application in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. In addition, it should be noted that like elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate as concepts of terms for explaining their own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, and various alternatives may be substituted at the time of the present application. It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for providing detailed information about an application in an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the configuration of an application providing system and a terminal device in such a system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes one or more terminal devices 100 and a service device 200, and the one or more terminal devices 100 and the service device 200 may include one or more terminal devices. The communication is performed by interworking with the communication network 10.

One or more terminal devices 100 refers to a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 10 according to a user's key operation, and includes a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC: Personal Computer), Smart Phone, Long Term Evolution (LTE) Phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and Mobile Communication Terminal (Mobile Communication Terminal). And may include any user device that is commercially available or will be developed in the future.

In addition, at least one terminal device 100 is a terminal for performing voice or data communication using the communication network 10, a memory for storing a browser, a program and a protocol for communicating with the service device 200 via the communication network, Means a terminal having a microprocessor for operating and controlling various programs. That is, the terminal device 100 may be any terminal as long as the service device 200 and the server-client communication are possible, and are a broad concept including all communication computing devices such as a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, and a PDA. On the other hand, the terminal device 100 is preferably manufactured in the form having a touch screen, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

In particular, at least one terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention downloads and executes an application (including content) providing program (eg, an app store (market) program) from the service device 200. Here, the application providing program will be described below using an app store program as an example.

In addition, the terminal device 100 displays an application list provided by the service device 200 on the execution screen of the executed app store, and an icon of one application is displayed according to specific input information by the user on the displayed application list screen. When a specific input signal having a direction corresponding to the selected application is detected, the display area of the selected application is extended in the direction according to the detected specific input signal, and detailed information about the selected application is displayed on the extended application display area. can do. In addition, the terminal device 100 moves to the storage screen according to the selection of a menu for making a purchase or a gift included in the detailed information displayed on the application list screen, and includes a application selected for purchase or a gift list on the storage screen. Or you can display a list of gifts.

The service device 200 interworks with one or more terminal devices 100 through the communication network 10, provides an app store program to the terminal device 100, and requests an application by executing an app store on the terminal device 100. If so, the terminal device 100 may provide various applications registered from the application producers through the app store.

The terminal device 100 and the service device 200 are interworked through the communication network 10. The communication network 10 uses an internet protocol using various wired / wireless communication technologies such as an internet network, an intranet network, a mobile communication network, and a satellite communication network. A network that can send and receive data. In addition, the communication network 10 is combined with the service device 200 to store computing resources such as hardware and software. Such a communication network 10 is not only an open network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), an open network such as the Internet, but also code division multiple access (CDMA) and wideband code division (WCDMA). It is a concept that collectively refers to networks such as Multiple Access (GSM), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and Evolved Packet Core (EPC), as well as next-generation networks and computing networks to be implemented.

Next, a configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention in the application providing system configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device in an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2, the terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, an input unit 130, a storage unit 140, and an output unit 150. Can be.

The controller 110 controls the overall operation of the terminal device 100. In particular, the controller 110 requests an application from the service device 200 while executing an app store program according to a user's input signal, and the service device. The control unit 200 receives various applications (contents) from the app store and displays them on the screen. To this end, the controller 110 may be configured to include an application provision management module 111.

In detail, the application providing management module 111 receives and stores an application providing program from the service device 200 and executes an app store program as the user executes an app store icon displayed on the screen of the terminal device 100. . Accordingly, the controller 110 displays an initial screen provided by the app store program. In this case, the application providing management module 111 transmits an app store execution message to the service device 200 as the app store program is executed. Accordingly, the service device 200 provides an application providing message including application information to the terminal device 100 through the app store. Then, the application providing management module 111 receives and stores application information from the service device 200.

Subsequently, when a user selects a specific category menu, for example, a best category menu on the initial screen, the application providing management module 111 configures and displays a basic configuration screen of the best category as a list of received application information. The application list screen to be displayed can be displayed. Here, the basic configuration screen of the best category menu may include a menu item area and an application list area such as recommendation, paid, free, new, and app coordination, as shown in FIG. 4. In addition, the application list screen may be composed of an icon representing the application, brief information (title, rating, number of views, etc.), and money information, and the applications may be classified and displayed according to each menu item. Accordingly, the application provision management module 111 constructs an application list for the applications provided for each item such as recommendation, paid, free, new, and app coordination displayed on the application list screen, and the application list configured for each item corresponds to the corresponding item. Connect to and save. Then, the application providing management module 111 controls to display the application list connected to the selected item according to the user's item selection on the application list screen as shown in FIG. 4.

If any one application is selected as a specific input signal by the user among the applications displayed on the application list screen, the application provision management module 111 may simply display detailed information on the application list screen for checking the description of the selected application. Display. In this case, when an application is selected on the application list screen and a specific input signal having a direction corresponding to the selected application is detected, the application providing management module 111 displays a display area of the application selected in the direction according to the detected specific input signal. May be extended to display detailed information in the display area of the extended application. In this case, the specific input signal may be a signal that spreads up or down in a region of the selected application by touching or motion, and swipes (drags) in a specific direction (up or down). In addition, when swiping the region of the selected application in the left / right direction, only the region of the application selected in the application list screen may disappear in the left / right direction and detailed information may be displayed in the corresponding region. In this case, when a predetermined time elapses or when swiping in the opposite direction, detailed information displayed on the application list screen may disappear and the selected application area may be displayed on the application list screen again.

Here, as shown in the accompanying FIG. 5, the detailed information may include, for example, a product description, a use level, a sales member, a distributor, a platform, a purchase menu, a gift menu, and the like. Can be displayed in the displayed display area. In this case, when the purchase or gift menu displayed in the detailed information area is selected, the application providing management module 111 performs an operation for purchasing or presenting the selected application, and moves to the storage screen to display the purchase or gift list of the storage box. It can include a processed application and display a list of purchases or gifts on the storage screen.

In addition, when the user selects an application, the application providing management module 111 generates an application request message for requesting detailed information about the selected application and transmits the generated application request message to the service apparatus 200. Accordingly, when the service apparatus 200 receives the application providing message including the application detailed information, the application providing management module 111 temporarily stores the received detailed information and displays the detailed information in the extended display area of the application list screen. Can be.

In addition, the application provision management module 111 may touch a selected application on the application list screen on which detailed information is displayed, or press a specific input signal such as a swipe or long press on an area where the detailed information is displayed, for example, in an up / down direction. If detected, the extended display area may be hidden, that is, the extended application display area may be reduced so that only the application list is displayed.

On the other hand, if any one application is selected by the user as a general input signal (for example, one touch) on the application list screen, the application providing management module 111 as shown in FIG. ) May move from the application list screen to the detail view screen and display the stored detailed view information for the detailed description of the selected application on the moved detail view screen. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the detailed view screen may display an icon display area, a brief information area, an amount of money information, a purchase menu, and a gift menu area of an application selected at the top, and the application at the bottom. An image area, a source and usage information area, and a detailed description (product description, evaluation, recommendation, etc.) area may be displayed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, when the input signal input by the user is received in the previous detail view screen, the application providing management module 111 may move to the screen and display the application list screen again.

In addition, even when detecting an input signal in which the detailed information area displayed on the application list screen is detected, the application providing management module 111 moves from the application list screen to the detailed view screen and stores the detailed view information for more detailed description of the selected application. Can be displayed on the moved detail view screen.

The communication unit 120 is for transmitting and receiving data with the service apparatus 200, and may transmit and receive data with other terminal devices through various communication methods as well as wired and wireless methods. In addition, data may be transmitted and received using one or more communication methods, and for this purpose, the communication unit 120 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods. In particular, the communication unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives the app store program from the service device 200 and delivers it to the control unit 110, the application request message configured in the control unit 110 to the service device 200 And transmits the application providing message received from the service device 200 to the controller 110.

The input unit 130 generates a user input signal corresponding to a user's request or input information according to a user's manipulation. In the present invention, the user input signal may include, for example, a selection signal for a menu displayed on an execution screen of an app store, an application selection signal and a specific input signal on an application list screen, and an input signal on a detailed information screen. . The input unit 130 may be implemented by various input means that are currently commercialized or may be commercialized in the future. For example, a user's motion as well as a general input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a touch screen, a touch pad, It may include a gesture input means for detecting and generating a specific input signal.

The storage unit 140 stores programs and data necessary for the operation of the terminal device 100, and basically stores an operation program of the terminal device 100, and stores information related to application provision and messages transmitted and received. Can be. In particular, the storage 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention may store an application providing (app store) program, application information, and application detailed information provided from the service device 200. The storage unit 140 may include an optical media such as a magnetic media such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), and a digital video disk (DVD). Magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, random access memory (RAM), and flash memory.

Lastly, the output unit 150 is basically a means for outputting information generated according to the use of the terminal device 100 so that the user can recognize visually, auditoryly, or tactilely. The output unit 150 may include a display device for outputting visual information, an audio device (speaker) for outputting auditory information, a haptic device for outputting tactile information, and the like. The display device may be a touch screen, and when the display device is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display device may perform some or all of the functions of the input unit 130. The audio device may representatively represent a speaker. Therefore, in particular, the output unit 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention may display an app store program execution screen, and display an application list screen configured in the controller 110 as the user selects the best category. When one application is selected on the list screen according to a specific input signal, detailed information may be displayed on the application list screen, and the detailed view screen configured by the controller 110 may be displayed according to the application selection signal. In addition, when the input signal is detected in the situation or the detailed view screen in which the detailed information is displayed, the output unit 150 displays the application list screen again.

Next, a configuration of a service apparatus of an application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service device 200 interoperates with one or more terminal devices 100 through a communication network 10 and performs an operation for providing various applications through an app store. To this end, the service device 200 may include a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

When the controller 210 provides an app store program to the terminal device 100 and requests an application by executing the app store in the terminal device 100, the controller 210 is registered from the application producers through the app store to the terminal device 100. Various applications can be provided.

In detail, when the app store program is executed from the terminal device 100 when the app store execution message is received, the controller 210 transmits an application providing message including application information to the terminal device 100 through the executed app store. Can be. In addition, when a new application is periodically registered, the controller 210 may transmit application information to the terminal device 100.

In addition, when a user selects a specific category menu, for example, a best category menu on the initial screen, and receives an application information request message, the controller 210 may recommend, pay, free, An application list for each menu item such as new and app-coordinate is configured, and the configured application list is transmitted to the terminal device 100. Here, the application list for each menu item may include various applications corresponding to each menu item.

When one application included in the provided application list is selected, when the detailed information request message for the selected application is received from the terminal device 100, the control unit 210 receives detailed information about the selected application from the terminal device 100. Can be sent to.

In addition, when the controller 210 receives a purchase request for the selected application from the terminal device 100, the controller 210 provides a user to download and use the requested application, and in the case of a paid application, a payment service device (not shown). In conjunction with the payment process can be performed.

In addition, when receiving a request for presenting the selected application from the terminal device 100, the controller 210 may check the counterpart user information included in the request message and provide the requested application to the counterpart user to present. In this case, the controller 210 may first transmit a notification message indicating that the gift has arrived, and when the counterpart user confirms the notification message and requests the application, the controller 210 may provide the counterpart application to the counterpart user according to the request.

The controller 210 may manage a history of purchases or gifts for each terminal device 100, and may grasp user's interest information based on purchase or gift history information. Accordingly, the controller 210 may configure and provide an application list according to the identified interest information. For example, when an application mainly downloaded by a user of the terminal device 100 is related to a melodramatic movie, the controller 210 may provide an application list with priority for the melodramatic movie application to the recommendation item.

The communication unit 220 transmits and receives messages for providing an application with one or more terminal devices 100 through the communication network 10. The communication unit 220 may transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wired and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 220 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods, and for this purpose, the communication unit 220 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods. In particular, the communication unit 220 may transmit detailed information about the application or the application to the terminal device 100 periodically or when the application is registered.

The storage unit 230 stores related information for providing an application. In detail, the storage unit 230 may store application information registered from an application providing program (web store program) and application producers, and store purchase and gift history information and interest information for each terminal device 100. The storage unit 230 may include an optical media such as a magnetic media such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), and a digital video disk (DVD). And magneto-optical media such as floppy disks and ROM, random access memory (RAM), and flash memory.

Next, a method for providing application detailed information in the application providing system configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing detailed information of an application in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in operation 1101, the terminal device 100 receives, stores, and installs a program for providing an application from the service device 200, for example, an app store program.

In step 1102, the user selects an app store icon displayed on the screen of the terminal device 100 to check whether an application store program execution is requested. As a result of the check, when a request signal for executing the app store program is received from the user, the terminal device 100 executes the app store program in step 1103 and displays the initial screen of the app store on the display device of the output unit 150. do. In this case, the terminal device 100 transmits a message informing the execution of the app store to the service device 200. Accordingly, the service device 200 configures application information to be provided through the app store, and transmits an application providing message including the configured application information to the terminal device 100.

In operation 1104, the terminal device 100 receives an application providing message from the service device 200 and stores application information included in the application providing message.

Then, when the user selects, for example, a best category from the category displayed on the app store initial screen, in step 1105, the terminal device 100 configures a basic screen of the best category and provides it from the service device 200. The application list screen of the best category is displayed by organizing the received application information into a list.

In operation 1106, the terminal device 100 checks whether the user selects one of the applications displayed on the application list screen. That is, one application is selected to determine whether a specific input signal having a direction is detected corresponding to the selected application. As a result of the check, if a specific input signal is detected, the terminal device 100 displays detailed information about the selected application on the application list screen in step 1107. In this case, the terminal device 100 expands the display area of the application selected on the application list screen in a direction according to a specific input signal, and exposes an area for displaying detailed information, and receives the selected area received from the service device 200 in the exposed area. Display detailed information about the application. At this time, the terminal device 100 simultaneously transmits an application detail information request message requesting detailed information about the selected application to the service device 200. Accordingly, the service device 200 configures detailed information about the corresponding application and transmits an application providing message including the application detailed information configured to the terminal device 100.

In operation 1108, the terminal device 100 checks whether an input signal is detected on the application list screen on which detailed information is displayed. As a result of the check, if an input signal is detected, in step 1109, the terminal device 100 hides the detailed information on the application list screen and displays the application list again.

When the purchase menu displayed in the detailed information area displayed on the application list screen is selected by the user in step 1107, the terminal device 100 transmits a purchase request message for the selected application to the service device 200. When the purchase process is completed in the service device 200, the corresponding application provided by the service device 200 may be downloaded and stored. In this case, when the purchase menu is selected, the terminal device 100 may move to the storage screen and display a purchase list including the purchased application on the storage screen.

In addition, when the present menu is selected, the terminal device 100 transmits a gift request message including information on the counterpart user who will present the selected application to the service device 200 and receives a result message thereof from the service device 200. can do. In this case, the terminal device 100 may move to the storage screen and display a gift list including an application present on the storage screen. In addition, information about the purchased or gifted application is displayed in the form of an icon on the My Page screen in connection with My Page for easy checking.

Meanwhile, when an input signal is received by the user once clicking the application icon or the brief information area in step 1106 as described above, the terminal device 100 moves to the detailed view screen of the selected application on the currently displayed application list screen. The detailed view screen can be displayed. Accordingly, the service device 200 configures detailed information about the corresponding application and transmits an application providing message including the application detailed information configured to the terminal device 100. Then, the terminal device 100 may display the application detailed information on the detail view screen. Subsequently, when an input signal is detected on the currently displayed detail view screen, the terminal device 100 may move to the application list screen and display the application list again.

The method for providing application detailed information according to the present invention may be implemented in software form readable by various computer means and recorded on a computer readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium may include a program command, a data file, a data structure, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. For example, the recording medium may be magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical disks such as Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), digital video disks (DVD), Magnetic-Optical Media, such as floppy disks, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, random access memory (RAM), flash memory, and the like. do. Examples of program instructions may include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter as well as machine code such as produced by a compiler. Such hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, although the present specification and drawings disclose preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is understood that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be implemented in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge. In addition, although specific terms are used in the specification and the drawings, they are only used in a general sense to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and to help the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing application detailed information, and an application providing system for the same. When any one application is selected by a user from an application list displayed on an execution screen of a web store, By displaying detailed information about the selected application on the execution screen displaying the application list, there is an effect of reducing the user input depth for the detailed information view, and in displaying the application in the app store on the terminal device, producing a motion There is industrial applicability that can improve the efficiency and quality of the steps and reduce costs and improve productivity through internalization of motion production.

10: communication network 100: terminal device 110: control unit
111: application delivery management module
120: communication unit 130: input unit 140: storage unit
150: output unit 200: service device 210: control unit
220: communication unit 230: storage unit

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A communication unit for performing communication for providing a service device and an application;
It is functionally connected to the communication unit, and controls to display the application list received from the service device on the application list screen of the application providing program, any one application of the application list is selected, the direction corresponding to the selected application When a specific input signal is detected, the display area of the selected application is extended in a direction corresponding to the specific input signal to control to display detailed information about the selected application in the display area of the extended application, and to display the detailed information. A control unit for controlling to display a detailed description of the selected application by moving from the application list screen to a detailed view screen when an input signal for selecting a detailed information area is detected; And
An output unit operatively connected to the control unit to display detailed information on the application list and the selected application on the application list screen;
Terminal device comprising a. delete delete delete delete delete delete A communication unit for performing communication for providing an application with at least one terminal device; And
Is functionally connected with the communication unit, controls to transmit an application list including a plurality of applications during the execution of an application providing program in response to a request of the at least one terminal device, and corresponding to the application selected from the application list in the at least one terminal device When a specific input signal having a directionality is detected, the controller transmits detailed information about the selected application to be displayed on the application display area of the application list screen extended in the direction corresponding to the specific input signal to the one or more terminal devices. When an input signal for selecting a detailed information area for displaying the detailed information is detected by the at least one terminal device, a detailed description of the selected application on the application list screen will be provided. Display is a detailed view of a control unit for controlling to transmit the information to the one to a screen of at least the terminal device;
Service device comprising a. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete
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