KR102118614B1 - User terminal and search server providing a search service using emoticons and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention, a search emoticon selection step of receiving an input for selecting one of the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen, receiving search terms related to the selected search emoticon to the chat screen Displaying a search term displayed, selecting a search term for receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search terms displayed on the chat screen, and receiving the input for transmitting the selected search emoticon, the selected search including the selected search terms A personalized search emoticon may be generated by performing a search emoticon transmission step of displaying an emoticon in a conversation area.

Description

User terminal and search server providing a search service using emoticons and operating method thereof

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a user terminal, a search server, and an operation method of providing a search service using emoticons.

Recently, thanks to the development of mobile devices such as smartphones and communication methods, there has been a tendency for the communication method between individuals and individuals to move to a chatting service through a text message from a telephone call. Through the chat service, users can have 1:1 or 1: multiple conversations over the Internet network, and can communicate in real time and send and receive photos and emoticons.

When a user wants to perform a search while a user is in a conversation using a conventional chat service, the user has a hassle of running a web browser and performing a search on a search page, away from an application that provides a chat service. Therefore, there is a need for a way to share search and search results within an application that provides chat services.

KR 10-2014-0002172 A

In accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, in providing a chat service using a chat application, a search emoticon that can provide a search service on a chat screen without leaving the chat application by using an emoticon included in the chat application It is to provide search service using.

In addition, the purpose according to at least some embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a search service using a search emoticon that, when selecting a search result provided in a chat window, overlaps and displays detailed information about the search result on a chat screen. It is for.

In addition, in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, in providing a search service using a search emoticon, a search term that reflects a taste related to a property of a search target is provided through a search emoticon, and a user is provided with It is to provide a taste search service using a search emoticon that can select and search for a suitable search term.

In addition, the purpose according to at least some embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a search service using a search emoticon that allows a user to select search terms to be included in a search emoticon among search terms provided by a search server and generate a personalized search emoticon. It is for.

A user terminal operation method of providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification includes a search emoticon selection step of receiving an input for selecting one of search emoticons displayed on a chat screen, and a search term related to the selected search emoticon When receiving a search query display step of displaying on the chat screen, receiving the input to select at least one or more of the search terms displayed on the chat screen, and receiving the input to send the selected search emoticon, the selected And transmitting the search emoticon displaying the selected search emoticon including the search terms in a conversation area.

In addition, when the user terminal operation method receives an input for selecting one of the search emoticons, a preview display step of displaying a preview of the selected search emoticon on the chat screen, and selecting at least one of the search terms When receiving the input, a preview reflection step of displaying the selected search term in the preview may be further included.

Further, the search emoticon includes a storage area or a shared area, and when an input for selecting the storage area or the shared area is received, the user terminal stores the search emoticon and search terms displayed in the conversation area in a search server or a chat server It can be sent to share through.

In addition, the user terminal operation method selects at least one or more of the search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area, and receives a user input for selecting a search request area, the search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area The method may include transmitting a search request including a search term selected from among them, and displaying a result emoticon including a search result according to the search request in a conversation area.

A user terminal providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification includes: a display unit displaying a chat screen including a search emoticon, an input unit receiving an input for selecting an object on the chat screen, and the input unit Upon receiving an input for selecting a search emoticon, search terms related to the selected search emoticon are displayed on the chat screen, and the input unit receives an input for selecting at least one of the search terms and inputs for transmitting the selected search emoticon. When receiving, a control unit for generating a signal for displaying the selected search emoticon containing the selected search terms in a conversation area, and a communication unit for receiving search terms related to the selected search emoticon and transmitting a search emoticon including the selected search terms can do.

A search server operation method for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification includes a search word transmission step of transmitting search terms related to a selected search emoticon among search emoticons displayed on a chat screen, and included in a search emoticon displayed in a conversation area A search request receiving step of receiving a search request including a selected search term from among searched search terms, and a search result transmission step of transmitting a search result searching for a search target of a search emoticon displayed in the conversation area using the selected search term can do.

In addition, the step of transmitting the search word may include sorting the words included in the attribute of the search target of the search emoticon selected from among the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen in order of people's interest, and the interest of the people among the sorted words. In the order of the highest, it may include the step of selecting and transmitting the words more than the number of search terms included in the suggestion area of the search emoticon.

The method further includes receiving a request to store a search emoticon displayed in the conversation area, and storing search terms displayed in the conversation area and search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area in association with a user's account. can do.

A search server providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification, a communication unit communicating with at least one user terminal using a search service using an emoticon, a search term related to a search emoticon selected from search emoticons displayed on a chat screen A search list providing unit for selecting and transmitting them, and a search performing unit for searching a search target of a search emoticon displayed in the conversation area and providing it as a search result by using a search term selected from search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area. Can be.

Features and advantages of the embodiments of the present specification will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

Prior to this, the terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be interpreted in a conventional and lexical sense, and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to explain his or her technical ideas in the best way. Based on the principle that it can be, it should be interpreted as a meaning and a concept consistent with the technical idea of this specification.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a search service can be provided on a chat screen without leaving the chat application using an emoticon included in a chat application that provides a chat service, so that a user executes a separate web browser for searching It is possible to provide a convenient search environment that allows users to search directly without doing so.

In addition, when a user selects a search result, it is possible to overlap and display detailed information on the selected search result on the chat screen without running a web browser to leave the chat application to display information about the search result. A. Search results can be conveniently provided.

In addition, the search emoticon provides the user with a search term reflecting the taste of the attribute of the search target, and the user selects a search term suitable for his or her preference and requests a search, so that a search result suitable for the user's taste can be provided. .

In addition, a user can select a search term that reflects his/her preference among a plurality of search terms provided by the server, and generate and use his/her own search emoticon.

1 is a block diagram showing a search service providing system using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
2 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present specification.
3 is a flowchart of an operation method of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present specification.
4A to 4G are diagrams illustrating each step of a method of operating a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present specification.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a part of an operation method of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present specification.
6A to 6D are diagrams illustrating each step of a part of an operation method of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present specification.
7A to 7C are diagrams illustrating one embodiment of a search emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification.
8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a search server according to an embodiment of the present specification.
9 is a flowchart of an operation method of a search server according to an embodiment of the present specification.
10 is a block diagram of a transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present specification.
11 is a flow chart of a search service program installation process using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The objectives, specific advantages and novel features of the embodiments herein will become more apparent from the following detailed description and preferred embodiments that are associated with the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that in this specification, when adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, the same components have the same number as possible even though they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, the terms "one side", "other side", "first", and "second" are used to distinguish one component from another component, and the component is limited by the terms. no. Hereinafter, in describing the embodiments of the present specification, detailed descriptions of related well-known technologies that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the embodiments of the present specification are omitted.

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

1 is a block diagram showing a search service providing system using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present specification, and FIG. 3 is It is a flowchart of an operation method of the user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present specification.

As shown in FIG. 1, a search service providing system using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a user terminal 10 in which a chat application including an emoticon list 130 is executed, and a user through the chat application Chat server 20 providing a chat service to users, receiving a search request through the search emoticon 200 included in the emoticon list 130, and providing the search result 311 to the user through the result emoticon 300 It includes a search server (30). The chat server 20 and the search server 30 may be operated as one server, or may be operated as separate servers. As shown in FIG. 1, the user terminal 10 is connected to the chat server 20, the search server 30, and other user terminals 10 using the wired/wireless network 40.

The chat server 20 may provide a chat application, and may perform member management of chat application users, management of a chat environment, and chat connection between users. When the chat server 20 receives a search request using the search emoticon 200 from the user terminal 10, the chat server 20 may transmit the search request to the search server 30, and the search result 311 from the search server 30 Upon receiving, the search result 311 may be transmitted to the user terminal 10. Alternatively, the user terminal 10 may directly transmit and receive the search request and the search result 311 with the search server 30 through the API.

2, the user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display unit 14 for displaying the chat screen 100 including the search emoticon 200, the chat screen 100 When the input unit 15 receives an input for selecting an object on the screen, and the input unit 15 receives an input for selecting the search emoticon 200, the search screens 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200 are displayed on the chat screen. When the input unit 15 receives an input for selecting at least one of the search terms 211 and transmits the selected search emoticon 200, the selected search term 211 The control unit 13 for generating a signal for displaying the selected search emoticon 200 containing them in the conversation area 110, and the search terms 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200, and the selected search term ( It may include a communication unit 11 for transmitting the search emoticon 200 containing 211).

The chat application installed and executed on the user terminal 10 may be equipped with an'infoticon module' to perform a search service providing method using emoticons. 'Infoticon' refers to emoticons for searching and providing information, such as search emoticons 200 and result emoticons 300 shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C below and illustrated in FIGS. 4E and 4F. The'Infoticon module' includes program code for executing a search service providing method using an emoticon in a chat application. The'Infoticon module' can be included in various chat applications, and users of the chat application can also install it through in-app purchase.

The user terminal 10 may be a portable information communication device such as a smart phone, tablet PC, or laptop, or a non-portable information processing device such as a PC.

The communication unit 11 supports at least one or more other user terminals 10, a search server 30 providing a search term 211 or a search result 311 according to a search service providing method using emoticons, and supporting transmission and reception of chat contents. Send and receive data with the chat server 20.

The storage unit 12 stores data necessary for the operation of the user terminal 10. The storage unit 12 may store program code for performing a search service using emoticons.

The controller 13 may execute program code that provides a search service using emoticons. The control unit 13 may control the display unit 14 to display the search word 211, search results 311, and the like received through the communication unit 11 on the chat screen 100. The control unit 13 displays one selected by the user among the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 through the display unit 14 in the conversation area 110, and the search emoticons 200 displayed in the conversation area 110. Search request is received by receiving the user input for the input unit 15, and the display unit 14 displays the result emoticon 300 including the search result 311 according to the search request in the conversation area 110. Can perform the operation.

The display unit 14 visually provides the user with various objects displayed on the chat screen 100 and the chat screen 100 under the control of the controller 13. The display unit 14 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), active matrix organic light emitting diodes (AMOLED), or the like.

The input unit 15 receives the user's input and transmits it to the control unit 13. The input unit 15 may include a touch sensing sensor such as a capacitive overlay, a pressure resistive overlay, or an infrared beam, or a pressure sensor. In addition, it may be composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, which are input devices of a PC.

As shown in FIG. 3, in a method of providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a user selects an emoticon list icon 122 on the chat screen 100, the search is performed based on the attribute of the search target. Displaying a plurality of search emoticons 200 to be displayed on the chat screen 100 (S110), displaying one selected by the user among the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 on the conversation area 110 ( S120), receiving a user input for the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and sending a search request (S130), and a result emoticon 300 including search results 311 according to the search request. Step S140 displayed on the conversation area 110, 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. It may include the displayed step (S150).

The method for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification does not enter a different application such as a web browser outside the chat application, and the user can be provided with a search service using the emoticon within the chat application. It provides a convenient search environment.

The chat service is a service in which a user provides 1:1 or 1: multiple or multiple: multiple real-time conversations through a user terminal 10 such as a PC, a tablet PC, a smartphone, and a PDA. The chat service may be provided based on a chat application installed and executed on the user terminal 10. Alternatively, a chat service may be provided when the user terminal 10 accesses the chat server 20 through a web browser or the like without installing a chat application on the user terminal 10.

As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the chat screen 100 provided with a chat service may include at least a conversation area 110 and an input area 120. The conversation area 110 is an area displaying messages of the user and the other party, and is an area commonly displayed on the user terminal 10 of all users who have entered the chat room. The input area 120 is an area where a user inputs a message using a keyboard or soft key, and is an area that is not displayed to other users who have entered the chat room. Other users may be provided with similar input areas, but what content the user is inputting into the input area 120 may not be displayed to other users. 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 input of emoticons.

As illustrated in FIG. 4B, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 on the chat screen 100, a plurality of search emoticons 200 searching based on the attributes of the search target are displayed on the chat screen 100. (S110). 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 in the input area 120 is displayed. According to a modified example, the emoticon list 130 may always be displayed in the input area 120.

The emoticon list 130 may include at least one search emoticon 200 that searches based on attributes of the search target. The emoticon list 130 may include a group 131 including a search emoticon 200 for the same search target. For example, the emoticon list 130 may include a movie group 131 targeting a movie, a star group 131 targeting a star (celebrity), and the like, included in the movie group 131 The search emoticons 200 to be included may include a story search emoticon 200, a random search emoticon 200, and a country of origin search emoticon 200. According to a modified example, the emoticon list 130 may include the search emoticon 200 without including the division of the group 131.

As illustrated in FIG. 4C, when the user selects the search emoticon 200 included in the emoticon list 130, the example area 132 including detailed description of the selected search emoticon 200 includes a chat screen 100. ). The example area 132 may be displayed overlapping on the conversation area 110. 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, advertisement information, and the like are included. The example area 132 is overlapped and displayed on the conversation area 110. The example area 132 may not be displayed to other users who have entered the chat room.

When the user selects the search emoticon 200 of the emoticon list 130 displayed on the chat screen 100 and selects a transmission icon, as shown in FIG. 4D, the search emoticon 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 One selected by the user is displayed on the conversation area 110 (S120). The search icon displayed on the chat area 110 is displayed on the user terminal 10 of all users who have entered the chat room.

As shown in FIG. 4D, the search emoticon 200 includes a suggestion area 210 including search terms 211. The search terms 211 included in the proposal area 210 reflect the taste of the attribute of the search target. For example, the search term 211 is an expression that reflects the tastes of movie viewers, such as philosophical, good workability, sad, new, strong story, etc., for the attribute of the story of the search target of the movie.

The search terms 211 included in the suggestion area 210 may include objective information on attributes of the search target. For example, for an attribute of a country of origin of a search target of a movie, an expression including objective information such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan becomes the search term 211.

In step S120 of displaying one selected by the user among the search emoticons 200 in the conversation area 110, the user terminal 100 receives a selection input for selecting the search emoticon 200 from the user and selecting a transmission icon. Step, the user terminal 10 receives a list of search terms from the search server 30, the user terminal 10 search terms in the proposed area 210 of the search emoticon 200 selected words included in the search list ( 211), and displaying the search emoticon 200 in which the search word list is reflected in the conversation area 110.

The search server 30 generates a search word list including words with high interest in people in real time, and the search word list can be generated for each attribute of a search target, and provides a search word list according to the request of the user terminal 10 Can be. Details of the generation of the search term list will be described later.

By arranging words with a high interest of people as a search term 211 included in the suggestion area 210 of the search emoticon 200, the user searches for a search term with a high interest of people displayed in the suggestion area 210 of the search emoticon 200 You can make a search request by selecting (211). Therefore, since the user searches for the search target using the search term 211 selected by the user from among the search terms 211 with high interest, search results 311 matching the user's taste to the user and currently being popular. ).

Next, as shown in FIG. 4E, 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 input for the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 is after a user selects at least one search term 211 displayed in the search area of the search emoticon 200 or a random search displayed in the search area, The search request area 220 of the search emoticon 200 may be selected. Alternatively, when the search term 211 is selected, a search request may be transmitted immediately.

The user may select one or more search terms 211 displayed in the suggestion area 210 of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110. When the user selects one of the search terms 211 included in the suggestion area 210, the display of the selected search term 211 is activated in a manner such as changing, so that the user can feedback that the search term 211 is selected. . For example, when the search term 211,'good workability', is selected, the color of the search term 211 may be changed or activated in a manner in which the size is changed.

If the selection is canceled by selecting the search term 211 selected by the user again, the display of the deselected search term 211 is restored to the original state, and the user can feedback to the user that the search term 211 is deselected. For example, when the selected search term 211'good workability' is selected again and deselected, the color or size of the search term 211 is restored.

Whether the user selects a search term 211 may not be displayed on the user terminal 10 of another user who has entered the chat room.

4E, the search emoticon 200 may further include a search request area 220. When the user selects at least one search term 211 and selects the search request area 220, a search request including the search term 211 selected by the user is transmitted. That is, when the user selects the search term 211'good workability' from the story search emoticon 200 targeting the movie and selects the search request area 220, the user has a'story' with good workability. 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 term 211 of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and selecting the search request area 220 is the only user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110. No, other users who have entered the chat room can also perform it.

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 emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 ( 211) and select the search request area 220 to transmit a search request. Alternatively, only the user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110 may select the search term 211 and the search request area 220.

The search emoticon 200 once the search request is transmitted may be deactivated so that the search request is not performed again. Alternatively, it is possible to allow users who have entered the chat room to provide user input only once. The user's name may be displayed on the result emoticon 300 to indicate which user has searched.

When the user selects the search emoticon 200 and transmits a search request, as shown in FIG. 4F, the result emoticon 300 including the search result 311 according to the search request is displayed on the conversation area 110. (S150). The search request may be transmitted to the search server 30 through the chat server 20, or may be transmitted to the search server 30 without going through the chat server 20. The search server 30 performs a search based on the content of the received search request and returns the search result 311.

The result emoticon 300 includes a result area 310 including search results 311. For example, the results of the search result (311),'About Time','Busan Line', and'Inside Out', which are search results for'Movies' with'Story' with'Good workability', result area 310 Is displayed on. As a result, the emoticon 300 is displayed on the conversation area 110, and thus 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 may be changed.

The result emoticon 300 may further include a keyword area 320. The keyword area 320 is an area that displays the contents of the search request. The content of the search request may include a search target, attributes, and a search term 211. For example, if the content of the search request is a'movie' having'good work' and'new''story', in the keyword area 320 of the result emoticon 300, "#new movie with good workability" Can be displayed. The user can recognize the search result 311 as a search criteria by viewing the content of the search request displayed in the keyword area 320. The form of displaying the content of the search request in the keyword area 320 can be changed.

When the user selects the search result 311 displayed on the result emoticon 300, as shown in FIG. 4G, detailed information on the selected search result 311 is displayed.

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 illustrated in FIG. 4G, 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. Alternatively, the information area 330 for the search result 311 may be displayed overlapping the entire chat screen 100.

The information area 330 for the search result 311 may be displayed in various formats according to the type of the search target, the content 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, when the user selects'About Time' among the search results 311, the information area 330 may include a reservation icon for a movie called'About Time', a VOD purchase icon, and the like. The information area 330 may include advertisements related to the search results 311.

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

5 is a flowchart illustrating a part of an operation method of the user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present specification, and FIGS. 6A to 6D are part of an operation method of the user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present specification It is a diagram showing each step of.

5 and 6A to 6D show another embodiment of the step S120 of displaying one selected by the user among the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 on the conversation area 110.

As shown in FIG. 5, the operation method of the user terminal 10 for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification selects one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 Search emoticon selection step (S210) of receiving an input to be received, search term display step (S220) of receiving search terms 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200 and displaying them on the chat screen 100 (S220), the chat screen 100 Search term selection step (S240) for receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search terms 211 displayed on ), and receiving the input for transmitting the selected search emoticon 200, the selected search terms 211 are included A search emoticon transmission step (S260) of displaying the selected search emoticon 200 in the conversation area 110 may be included.

In addition, the operation method of the user terminal 10 for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification, upon receiving an input for selecting one of the search emoticons 200, the selected search emoticon 200 ), the preview display step (S230) of displaying the preview 240 of the chat screen 100, and receiving input to select at least one of the search terms 211, the selected search term 211 A preview reflection step (S250) of displaying in the preview 240 may be further included.

As illustrated in FIG. 6A, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 on the chat screen 100, a plurality of search emoticons 200 searching based on the attributes of the search target are displayed on the chat screen 100. Step (S110 in FIG. 3) is performed. Next, in the search emoticon selection step (S210), when the user selects one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100, the user terminal 10, the input unit 15 is connected to the chat screen 100 A search emoticon 200 selected while receiving input for selecting one of the displayed search emoticons 200 and the control unit 13 providing information (search object, attributes) regarding the selected search emoticon 200 to the communication unit 11 ) Transmits a signal requesting the search term 211 related to the search server 30.

When the search server 30 receives a signal requesting the search term 211 from the user terminal 10, the search server 30 searches the search terms 211 related to the search emoticon 200 selected from the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100. Send. At this time, search terms 211 provided by the search server 30 may vary according to a search target and attributes of the search emoticon 200 selected by the user, and a database related to the search terms 211 held by the search server 30 (Favorite information DB 31) is updated in real time, so even if the same search emoticon 200 is selected, the search term 211 provided by the search server 30 may be different when selected at different times. Details of the search server 30 generating a list of search terms will be described later.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, in the search term display step (S220 ), the user terminal 10 may receive and display the search terms 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200 on the chat screen 100. . The search terms 211 displayed on the chat screen 100 are greater than the maximum number of search terms 211 that may be included in the search emoticon 200. The search terms 211 may be displayed on the input area 120 of the chat screen 100, or may be displayed overlapping on the emoticon list 130 of FIG. 6A. At least a part of the search terms 211 are displayed, and when the user inputs a scroll or a sweep touch in one direction, a method in which the remaining search terms 211 not displayed on the chat screen 100 may be displayed.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 6B, when the user terminal 10 receives an input for selecting one of the search emoticons 200 together with the search term display step S220, the selected search emoticon 200 is previewed. A preview display step (S230) of displaying a view 240 on the chat screen 100 may be performed. The preview 240 of the search emoticon 200 is a thumbnail image 242 of the search emoticon 200, a search term reflection area 241 or a search emoticon 200 that can display the search term 211 selected by the user. At least one of the descriptions of the method may be included. The preview 240 of the search emoticon 200 may be displayed overlapping a part of the conversation area 110 of the chat screen 100.

Next, as shown in Figure 6c, when the user selects at least one of the search terms 211 displayed on the input area 120 of the chat screen 100, the user terminal 10 is the input unit 15 Through the input to select at least one of the search terms 211 displayed on the chat screen 100 through (S240), and displays the selected search term 211 through the display unit 14 is activated.

When receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search terms 211 displayed on the chat screen 100, the selected search term 211 is activated while the selected search term 211 is displayed in the preview 240 in advance. A view reflection step (S250) may be performed. The preview 240 of the search emoticon 200 may include the number of search term reflection areas 241 as determined by the search emoticon 200, and display the search term 211 selected by the user in the search term reflection area 241 The search term 211 is reflected in the preview 240.

For example, if the search emoticon 200 can display five search terms 211 in the proposal area 210, the search emoticon 200 preview 240 has five search term reflection areas 241. Can be. When the user selects one search term 211, the selected search term 211 is activated and may be displayed in one of five search term reflection areas 241 of the search emoticon 200 preview 240.

Next, as illustrated in FIG. 6D, when the user selects an icon for transmitting the search emoticon 200, the user terminal 10 receives an input for transmitting the selected search emoticon 200 through the input unit 15. do. The user terminal 10 displays the search emoticon 200 including the search terms 211 selected by the user in the conversation area 110, and the search emoticon 200 includes the search terms 211 selected through the communication unit 11. Sending the emoticon to the chat server 20 or the search server 30 may be performed.

Through the above process, the user can directly select search terms 211 to be included in the search emoticon 200 among a plurality of search terms 211 provided by the search server 30, and search terms 211 selected by the user are included. It is possible to create a search emoticon 200 only for the user.

7A to 7C are diagrams illustrating one embodiment of a search emoticon 200 according to an embodiment of the present specification. The search emoticon 200 may include a character or an advertisement.

7A is a search emoticon presenting a search term 211 in which at least one search term 211 is displayed in the suggestion area 210 and a user can select at least one search term 211 and select the search request area 220. (200). The number or arrangement of search terms 211 displayed in the proposal area 210 may be variously changed. The search emoticon 200 or the result emoticon 300 may further include an affiliate service area 230. The affiliate service area 230 may display advertisements, or display characters, emotions, and images of affiliates.

The search emoticon 200 may include a storage area 250 or a shared area 260. When the user wants to store the search emoticon 200 for later use, the search emoticon 200 may be stored through the search server 30 by selecting the storage area 250 of the search emoticon 200. The storage area 250 may be displayed in terms of'storage','bookmark' or'favorite'. When the user wants to share the search emoticon 200 with other chat rooms or other users, the search emoticon 200 can be delivered to another chat room or another user by selecting the sharing area 260 of the search emoticon 200. The sharing area 260 may be displayed with terms such as'sharing' or'delivery'.

In FIG. 7B, a turning board displaying a plurality of search terms 211 is displayed in the proposal area 210, and when a user selects the turning board, the search term 211 is randomly selected after a certain time and the search request area 220 can be selected. It is a random search emoticon 200. The proposal area 210 may be a roulette method or a lottery method in which a hidden search term 211 appears according to an operation of a user scratching the proposal area 210 in addition to the round plate method.

7C, at least one search term 211 and an area 212 for selecting a weight for each search term 211 are displayed in the proposed area 210 together, and a user selects a weight for the search term 211 and searches for a search request area It is a weighted search emoticon 200 from which 220 can be selected. The search word 211 may include words included in the search word list received from the search server 30, and other words included in the search word list may be added except for the search term 211 to be excluded. The weight may be input by the user using a keypad, or may be input by moving a point displayed on a bar having a range of 0 to 100%.

The search emoticon 200 has a type in which the user cannot select the search term 211 included in the suggestion area 210, and the user selects the search term 211 included in the suggestion area 210 to search only the user. There are types that can generate the emoticon 200.

8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a search server 30 according to an embodiment of the present specification, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an operation method of the search server 30 according to an embodiment of the present specification.

As shown in FIG. 8, the search server 30 includes a taste information database (DB), a taste information management unit 32, a search execution unit 33, a communication unit 36, a search word list providing unit 34, and an affiliate service. It may include a provision unit 35, an additional function management unit 37. The search server 30 itself has information on the search target, and when a search request is received, it performs a search according to the content of the search request and transmits the search result 311.

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

The taste information DB 31 stores taste information including words (or expressions) representing the tastes of people published on the Internet with respect to the attributes of the search target and the number and time of collecting the words.

Various objects such as movies, stars, wine, and webtoons exist as search targets. Each search object has properties. For example, a movie may have attributes such as story, country of origin, and actor, and a star may 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 target. For example, for the story of a movie, people can express their feelings about the movie by using words that represent novel, sad, anti-war, philosophical tastes.

The taste information is data that collects words indicating taste from among the subjects subjectively evaluated a single search target on the Internet, such as homepage, blog, SNS, and Twitter, and aggregates the time and number of times the words representing taste were collected. to be. Words included in any one attribute of any one search target may be stored in association with the time the word was collected, the number of times the word was collected, the source of the word collection, and public information about the author. Such information can be quantified for each word.

The taste information management unit 32 collects words representing people's tastes with respect to various attributes of the search target from among information published on the Internet, and generates taste information including the time and number of times the words are collected to taste information The DB 31 is continuously updated. 'Information disclosed on the Internet' includes information disclosed on the Internet, such as a homepage, blog, cafe, social network service (SNS), mass media such as newspapers and magazines published on the Internet, and portal sites.

The search word list providing unit 34 generates a search word list including words with high interest among people among words for the attribute of the search target, and transmits the search word list to the user terminal 10. The words included in the search word list may be displayed as the search word 211 in the proposal area 210 of the search emoticon 200.

When extracting a word included in the search word list, the interest level is evaluated among words included in individual attributes of the search target. For example, if there is an attribute called story in the search target of'movie', the order of the highest interest among words (sad, new, etc.) for the attribute called story, without considering whether it is an evaluation of the story of a movie work It can be included in the list of search terms.

People's interest level can be judged to be high if the number of times collected is high based on the number of times collected within a certain period.Refer to real-time information on anniversaries such as Christmas or holidays, or natural phenomena such as snow, rain, typhoon, etc. You can control the level of interest. The interest level may be calculated by assigning a weight to the recently collected words and assigning weights according to the collected points in a way that lowers the scores collected long ago.

When a search request is received, the search execution unit 33 searches the target information DB 31 for search targets having words indicating tastes that match the search terms 211 included in the content of the search request, and the user terminal ( 10) as a search result 311. For example, a search term 211 selected by a user for one attribute of a specific search target is searched in the preference information DB 31, and search targets having the same word as the search term 211 are transmitted as the search result 311 do. The search result 311 is displayed in the result area 310 of the result emoticon 300. When transmitting the search result 311, detailed information on each search result 311 may be transmitted together, and the detailed information is an information area displayed when the user selects the search result 311 of the search emoticon 200 ( 330).

The affiliate service providing unit 35 provides advertisement information displayed in the advertisement area that may be included in the search emoticon 200 or the result emoticon 300, or purchases, reservations, etc. displayed in the search emoticon 200 or the result infoticone. When selected, the process of linking to the affiliate's service page can be controlled. For example, when the search emoticon 200 is transmitted to the conversation area 110, different advertisements may be displayed each time the affiliate service provider 35 provides advertisement information in real time and transmits the search emoticon 200. In addition, the number of times the advertisement is displayed may be stored. Or, when the user selects a purchase or reservation icon from the search emoticon 200 or the result emoticon 300, if an in-app purchase is available, the corresponding service is provided, and the affiliate purchase or reservation service page Can connect.

The add-on management unit 37 provides additional functions such as storing or sharing the search emoticon 200. When the search server 30 receives a request to store the search emoticon 200 from the user terminal 10, the add-on management unit 37 is associated with the user terminal (or user ID) associated with the ID or account of the user using the user terminal 10 ( Search emoticon 200 received from 10) is stored. In addition, when the search server 30 receives a request to share the search emoticon 200 from the user terminal 10, the add-on management unit 37 may search the search emoticon 200 received from the user terminal 10 for another user or Send it to another chat room.

At this time, the stored or shared search emoticon 200 may include a search term 211 in which search terms 211 provided by the search server 30 are automatically reflected, as shown in FIG. 4D. Alternatively, the stored or shared search emoticon 200 may include a user including search terms 211 selected by the user among search terms 211 provided by the search server 30, as illustrated in FIGS. 6C and 6D. It may be the generated search emoticon 200.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the operation method of the search server 30 that provides a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present specification includes a search emoticon selected from the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 ( Search query transmission step (S320) of transmitting search terms 211 related to 200), a search request including a search term 211 selected from search terms 211 included in the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110. A receiving search request receiving step (S330), and a searching result transmitting step (S340) of transmitting a search result searching for a search target of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 using the selected search term 211 (S340) ).

In addition, in the search term transmitting step (S320), the words included in the attribute of the search target of the search emoticon 200 selected from among the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 are sorted in the order of highest interest. Step (S321), and in the order of the people's highest interest among the sorted words, the step of selecting and transmitting a number of words of the search term 211 included in the proposed area of the search emoticon (200) (S322) It can contain.

First, when the user selects one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 and selects a transmission icon, or when the user selects one of the search emoticons 200 that can select a search term 211 , The user terminal 10 transmits a signal requesting the search term 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200.

When the search server 30 receives a signal for requesting a search term 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200 through the communication unit 36 (S310), the search word list providing unit 34 is configured to display the selected search emoticon 200. The words included in the attribute of the search target are sorted in order of interest (S321). Since the words stored in the taste information DB 31 are updated in real time by the taste information management unit 32, the ranking of the search terms 211 may vary each time a list of search terms is generated.

The search word list providing unit 34 selects a predetermined number of words or more in order of high interest (S322). In the case of the search emoticon 200 of a type in which the user cannot select the search term 211 to be included in the search emoticon 200, a word corresponding to the number of search terms 211 displayed in the suggested area of the search emoticon 200 is selected and selected. Generate a list of search terms. For example, when five search terms 211 are included in the search emoticon 200, five words may be selected as the search terms 211.

In the case of the search emoticon 200 of the type in which the user can select the search term 211 to be included in the search emoticon 200, words more than the number of search terms 211 displayed in the suggestion area 210 of the search emoticon 200 Select them to generate a list of search terms. For example, when the search emoticon 200 includes 5 search terms 211, 15 words may be selected as the search term 211. The search word list providing unit 34 may transmit words selected through the above process as search terms 211 related to the search emoticon 200 selected by the user.

Next, when the user selects at least one of the search terms 211 included in the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and selects the search request area 220, the user terminal 10 displays the conversation area A search request signal including a search term 211 selected from search terms 211 included in the search emoticon 200 displayed at 110 is transmitted.

When the search server 30 receives a search request including the search term 211 selected from the search terms 211 included in the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 (S330), the search execution unit 33 The search result 311 that searches for the search target of the search emoticon 200 is transmitted using the search term 211 included in the content of the search request (S340).

According to one embodiment of the present specification described above, the search service can be provided on the chat screen 100 without leaving the chat application by using the emoticon included in the chat application providing the chat service, so that the user can search It is possible to provide a convenient search environment to search directly without running a separate web browser.

In addition, when the user selects the search result 311, without displaying a chat application and running a web browser to display information on the search result 311, the search result 311 selected on the chat screen 100 is displayed. Since the detailed information on the overlap can be displayed, the user can conveniently receive the search result 311.

In addition, the search emoticon 200 provides the user with a search term 211 that reflects the taste of the attribute of the search target, and the user selects the search term 211 suitable for his or her preference and requests a search, so that the user's taste Search results 311 suitable for may be provided.

In addition, while providing detailed information about the search result 311, it is possible to provide an affiliate service such as an advertisement or a purchase service or a reservation service, thereby providing a convenient e-commerce environment from search to purchase.

10 is a block diagram of a transmission device 50 according to an embodiment of the present specification.

The transmission device 50 may include a communication unit 51, a control unit 52, and a storage unit 53. The storage unit 53 stores a program (infoicon module) for performing some of the above-described embodiments with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 and/or an installation package (installation program) for installing the program. . Hereinafter, "a program for performing some of the above-described embodiments with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 (informicon module), and/or an installation package for installing the program (installation program)" is referred to as an infoticone program. It is called.

A developer using the system for transmitting devices 50 or an administrator of the device 50 may store an infoticon program in the storage unit 53. Upon receiving the request message requesting the infoticon program through the communication unit 51, the control unit 52 transmits the infoticon program to the user terminal 10 that sent the request message through the communication unit 51.

11 is a flow chart of a search service program installation process using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

First, the user terminal 10 transmits a package request message to the transmitting device 50 (S410). The package request message is a message requesting the Infoticon program. The transmitting device 50 delivers the infoticon program (package) to the user terminal 10.

The user terminal 10 installs the received infoticon program (package) (S430). If installation is unnecessary and the received InfoTicon program can be executed as it is, step S430 may be omitted. The user terminal 10 executes an infoticon program according to a user's input, and is connected to the search server 30 and/or the chat server 20 to at least some of the embodiments described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9. The corresponding process is performed (S440).

The present invention has been described in detail through specific examples, but this is for specifically describing the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this, and by a person skilled in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent that the modification or improvement is possible.

All simple modifications or changes of the present invention belong to the scope of the present invention, and the specific protection scope of the present invention will be clarified by the appended claims.

10: user terminal 11: communication unit
12: storage unit 13: control unit
14: display unit 15: input unit
20: Chat server 30: Search server
31: taste information DB 32: taste information management department
33: search execution unit 34: search term list providing unit
35: affiliate service providing unit 36: communication unit
37: add-on management unit 40: network
50: transmitting device 51: communication unit
52: control unit 53: storage unit
100: chat screen 110: conversation area
120: input area 121: input bar
122: Emoticon list icon 130: Emoticon list
131: Group 132: Example area
200: search emoticon 210: suggestion area
211: search term 220: search request area
230: Affiliate service area 240: Preview
241: search term reflection area 242: thumbnail image
250: storage area 260: shared area
300: result emoticon 310: result area
311: Search result 320: Keyword area
330: information area

Claims (11)

A search emoticon selection step of receiving an input for selecting one of search emoticons searched based on an attribute of the search target displayed on the chat screen;
A search term display step of receiving search terms related to the selected search emoticon and reflecting tastes related to the property of the search target and displaying the search terms on the chat screen;
A search term selection step of receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search terms displayed on the chat screen; And
When receiving an input for transmitting the selected search emoticon, a search emoticon transmission step of displaying the selected search emoticon containing the selected search terms in a conversation area,
If at least one of the search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area is selected and a user input for selecting a search request area is received, a search term selected from among search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area is included. Further comprising the step of sending a search request,
The chat area is an area common to all user terminals entering the chat room, and the step of transmitting the search request is not only input to a user terminal that transmits the search emoticon to the chat area, but also other users who have entered the chat room. User terminal operation method for providing a search service using emoticons, which is performed based on terminal input. The method according to claim 1,
A preview display step of displaying a preview of the selected search emoticon on the chat screen when an input for selecting one of the search emoticons is received; And
When receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search terms, the user terminal operation method of providing a search service using an emoticon further comprising a preview reflection step of displaying the selected search term in the preview. The method according to claim 1,
The search emoticon includes a storage area or a shared area,
When an input for selecting the storage area or the shared area is received, a user terminal operation of providing a search service using an emoticon that transmits search emoticons and search terms displayed in the conversation area to a search server or to share them through a chat server Way. The method according to claim 1,
A method of operating a user terminal providing a search service using an emoticon, comprising displaying a result emoticon including a search result according to the search request in a conversation area. A display unit that displays a chat screen including a search emoticon searching based on an attribute of a search target;
An input unit that receives an input for selecting an object on the chat screen;
When the input unit receives an input for selecting the search emoticon, search terms related to the selected search emoticon and reflects a taste related to an attribute of the search target are displayed on the chat screen, and the input unit includes at least one of the search terms When receiving an input for selecting and receiving the input for transmitting the selected search emoticon, a control unit for generating a signal for displaying the selected search emoticon containing the selected search terms in a conversation area; And
And a communication unit for receiving search terms that reflect the taste of the attribute of the search target related to the selected search emoticon and transmitting a search emoticon including the selected search terms,
The control unit selects at least one of search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area and receives a user input for selecting a search request area, and selects among search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area. The communication unit transmits a search request including a search term,
The chat area is an area commonly displayed on the user terminals of all users who have entered the chat room, and the transmission of the search request is not only input to the user terminal that transmits the search emoticon to the chat area, but also other users who have entered the chat room. A user terminal that provides a search service using emoticons, which is performed based on terminal input. In the method for operating the search server to communicate with the user terminal of claim 5 to provide a search service using emoticons,
A search term transmission step of transmitting search terms related to a search emoticon selected from among search emoticons searched based on an attribute of a search target displayed on a chat screen and reflecting a taste of the search target attribute;
A search request reception step of receiving a search request including a search term selected from search terms included in the search emoticon displayed in the conversation area; And
And a search result transmission step of transmitting a search result of searching for a search target of a search emoticon displayed in the conversation area using the selected search term, a search server operation method of providing a search service using an emoticon. The method according to claim 6,
The search term transmission step
Sorting the words included in the attribute of the search target of the search emoticon selected from the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen in the order of high interest of the people; And
A method of operating a search server for providing a search service using an emoticon, comprising selecting and transmitting the words above the number of search terms included in the suggestion area of the search emoticon, in the order of highest interest among the sorted words. . The method according to claim 6,
Receiving a request to store a search emoticon displayed in the conversation area; And
A method of operating a search server providing a search service using an emoticon, further comprising storing search emoticons displayed in the conversation area and search terms included in the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area in association with a user's account. Communication unit for communicating with the user terminal of claim 5;
A search term list providing unit for selecting and transmitting search terms related to a search emoticon selected from among search emoticons searched based on the properties of the search target displayed on the chat screen, and reflecting the taste of the search target property; And
A search service providing search service using emoticons, including a search performer that searches the search targets of search emoticons displayed in the conversation area and provides them as search results using search terms selected from search emoticons displayed in the conversation area. server. A transmission method for transmitting a program code readable by an electronic device,
Obtaining a program code for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 4, or an installation program code for installing the program code; And
And transmitting the program code or the installation program code. A transmitting device for transmitting a program code that can be read by an electronic device,
A program code for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 4, or a control unit for obtaining an installation program code for installing the program code; And
And a communication unit that transmits the program code or the installation program code.

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