KR20160035197A - Messenger service system with function to automatically delete chat room - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a messenger service system having a function to automatically delete a chat room, comprising at least two clients using a messenger service; and a service server allowing the at least two clients to access and providing a messenger service between the at least two clients. The service server comprises a room opening module for opening a chat room allowing the at least two clients to exchange messages in real time; and a room management module automatically deleting the chat room opened by the room opening module when a predetermined condition is met. According to the messenger service system having a function to automatically delete a chat room, the service server opens a chat room and provides a messenger service, and when a predetermined condition is met, the service server automatically deletes the chat room, and thus, a user can leave the chat room without a psychological burden of directly deleting the chat room, and can easily leave a large number of chat rooms. Also, according to the present invention, a chat room may be deleted from the service server, securing storage capacity of the service server. Also, since conversation does not remain in the service server, privacy can be protected. Also, since there is no need to store conversation in a client device or load conversion to the client device, the efficiency of the client device can be enhanced.

Description

[0001] MESSENGER SERVICE SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION TO AUTOMATICALLY DELETE CHAT ROOM [0002]

The present invention relates to a messenger service system, and more particularly, to a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function.

As the number of Internet users has surged, web applications based on HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) have been developed and various internet business and cyber culture can be created in cyber space.

Especially, as a smart device is rapidly spreading, various messenger services are being developed and provided. Such a messenger service is a service that can send and receive messages and data in real time on the Internet. Since the response is instantaneously performed, it is much faster than e-mail. Recently, a short message service (SMS) Messenger services are widely used instead of text messages. In addition, applications such as social network service (SNS) and community provide instant messaging services such as group chat as well as applications developed by messenger service.

Many users using such a messenger service tend to continue to use a room created once to send and receive a message without deleting the message after the conversation ends. In particular, since conversation contents are stored in the user's device, a lot of memory is allocated, and time and memory are wasted in loading the conversation contents every time the user enters the room, which causes the device speed to be slowed down. In addition, since the conversation contents of many users must be stored, a large storage capacity of the server is required.

On the other hand, in the case of a room opened for a specific purpose, there is a chat room in which communication is continued for a certain period of time and there is no further communication. At this time, when a user leaves first, there is a possibility that the user may be accepted as a signal that he does not want any more communication, so that the user may not be able to leave the room due to a psychological burden such as feeling sorry for other users. And when there are many rooms, it is troublesome to pick out one room and leave the room.

There is provided a method and system for providing a mobile instant messenger service to a mobile communication terminal in which a mobile communication terminal automatically terminates a connection with a messenger service server when there is no data input during a preset connection holding time, (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2004-0096331).

However, such a method and system are for efficiently using wireless communication resources and reducing communication fees, and do not delete the room itself but terminate the connection between the mobile communication terminal and the server. Therefore, it is not possible to reduce the storage capacity of the server since the conversation contents must be stored in the server. Even if the user leaves the room, conversation contents are stored in the service server, so they are vulnerable to privacy protection. There is a problem that can not help to improve efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the previously proposed methods. The present invention opens a chat room and provides a messenger service. It is an object of the present invention to provide a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function that allows a user to leave the chat room without any psychological burden of deleting the room and can easily come out from a large number of chat rooms.

In addition, the present invention can secure the storage capacity of the service server by deleting the chat room itself on the service server, protect the privacy of the service server because the contents of the conversation do not remain in the service server, It is another object of the present invention to provide a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function which can help improve the efficiency of a client device without loading.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a messenger service system having an automatic room deleting function,

At least two clients using a messenger service; And

And a service server for allowing a connection of the client and providing a messenger service between the clients,

The service server,

A room setting module for establishing a chat room in which at least two clients can send and receive messages in real time according to a request to open a room of the client; And

And a room management module for automatically deleting the chat rooms opened by the room opening module if a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Preferably, the predetermined condition is a condition that,

A predetermined period of time or a predetermined deadline may be due from the time when the chat room of the open setting module is opened.

Preferably, the predetermined condition is a condition that,

And may be a predetermined period of time after the last message is input to the chat room.

More preferably, the predetermined period is a period

And may be set up from the client.

Even more preferably,

The room management module may be reset from the client before deleting the chat room opened by the room opening module.

Preferably, the predetermined condition is a condition that,

And may be the exit of at least one of the clients constituting the chat room.

Preferably, the room management module includes:

And delete the message entered in the chat room and the chat room from the database of the service server.

Advantageously, the client comprises:

When the chat room is deleted by the room management module, the message is deleted from the service server and the chat room message stored in the client can be deleted.

According to the instant messenger service system having the automatic room deletion function proposed in the present invention, the service server opens a chat room and provides a messenger service. If a predetermined condition is satisfied, the chat room is automatically deleted, The user can leave the chat room without any psychological burden and can easily come out of a large number of chat rooms.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to secure the storage capacity of the service server by deleting the chat room itself on the service server, protect the privacy of the service server due to the lack of conversation contents, Or loading, which can help improve the efficiency of the client device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a detailed configuration of a service server in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a client that makes a request to open a room in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
4 is a diagram illustrating a client outputting a chat room opened by a room setting module in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing, for example, a client to which a chat room list is output in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing, for example, a client to which a chat room list is output in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used throughout the drawings.

In addition, in the entire specification, when a part is referred to as being 'connected' to another part, it may be referred to as 'indirectly connected' not only with 'directly connected' . Also, to "include" an element means that it may include other elements, rather than excluding other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a block diagram of a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a client 100 and a service server 200.

That is, the present invention can be applied to a case where the client 100 accesses the service server 200 via the network and uses the messenger service while the service server 200 transmits the chat room generated according to the request for opening the client 100, It is a feature of the configuration to automatically delete when the condition is satisfied. In this way, since the chat room is automatically deleted, the user can delete the room on the service server 200 without having to delete the room directly, thereby securing the storage capacity of the service server 200, There is no content left, so privacy can be guaranteed.

Hereinafter, each component of a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The client 100 may be at least two using the messenger service. As shown in FIG. 1, the client 100 may install the messenger program 110 and access the service server 200 through a network to use the messenger service.

Here, the messenger program 110 may be a dedicated program for providing a messenger service. However, if a messenger service capable of generating a chat room and transmitting and receiving messages and data is available, regardless of the main function of the program, And can serve as a messenger program 110. The messenger program 110 may be an executable program installed by an installation program managed by an application server operated in a communication network or the like and may not download the messenger program 110 directly to the client 100, 200 and can be used simultaneously with login.

That is, the messenger service of the present invention refers to a service capable of transmitting and receiving messages and data in real time to conduct conversation, and the chat room may mean a cyber space in which two or more users can use a messenger service .

The network may be a wired network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) or a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, Such as Bluetooth, Wireless Broadband Internet (Wibro), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), and the like.

In addition, the client 100 of the present invention can be implemented as a portable terminal or a computer. Here, the portable terminal is a wireless communication device that is guaranteed to be portable and mobility, and can be used as a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), a personal digital cellular (PDC), a personal handyphone system (PHS) Handheld devices such as a handheld device, an assistant, an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, a W-CDMA ) Based wireless communication device, and the computer may include a desktop, a notebook, a laptop, or the like, on which a WEB Browser is mounted. In addition, it can be various smart devices such as smart phone, smart note, tablet PC, smart camera, smart TV, wearable computer.

However, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described terminal 100, and if the messenger service can be used by accessing the service server 200 through a network, The client 100 can play a role as much as possible.

The service server 200 can allow the client 100 to connect and provide the messenger service between the clients 100. [ That is, the service server 200 can open a chat room at the request of the client 100 while monitoring the satisfaction of predetermined conditions, while automatically providing the messenger service. Hereinafter, the detailed configuration of the service server 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a service server 200 in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, a messenger service system having an automatic room deleting function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a room setting module 230 and a room management module 240, A module 210 and a database 220. [0033] FIG.

The messenger service module 210 can provide a messenger service to the connected client 100. [ The messenger service module 210 can support not only one-on-one chat but also multi-party chat and voice chat, and can support transmission and reception of text, images, moving images, and multimedia. You can also manage your friend list and notify friends you can chat with.

The database 220 stores information of the user and the client 100, and can store the conversation contents of the chat room. In general, when one of the clients 100 leaves a chat room in which a plurality of clients 100 talk, the chat room is not deleted and the chat room is left as it is. Depending on the messenger service, You can use the service or check the previous conversation. This is because the contents of the conversation are stored in the database 220. In the present invention, when the room management module 240 is deleted by the room management module 240 to be described in detail later, the conversation contents of the corresponding chat room can be deleted from the database 220 altogether.

The room setting module 230 can open a chat room in which at least two clients 100 can send and receive messages in real time according to a request for opening a room of the client 100. [ That is, the room opening module 230 opens a chat room including both the client 100 requesting the opening of the room and the clients 100 requesting the conversation by the corresponding client 100, and transmits the chat room through the messenger service module 210 can provide a plurality of clients 100 with a messenger service.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a client 100 making a request to open a room in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, in the messenger service system having the automatic room deletion function according to the embodiment of the present invention, the client 100 selects a friend who wants to communicate in the friend list, selects "OK" And the room setting module 230 can open a chat room in which a total of four persons including three persons selected according to a request to open the room of the client 100 can talk.

4 is a diagram illustrating a client 100 outputting a chat room opened by a room setting module 230 in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, in the instant messenger service system having the automatic room deletion function according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the clients 100 input a message in the chat room opened by the room setting module 230, Can be divided.

When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the room management module 240 can automatically delete the room established by the room opening module 230. [ As shown in FIG. 4, in a chat room in which a plurality of clients 100 talk, conversely, even if one client 100 leaves, the remaining three clients 100 can continue conversation, 220). However, even if the client 100 does not request the deletion of the chat room, the room management module 240 of the present invention can delete the chat room itself when the predetermined condition is satisfied, so that the client can no longer be used.

The predetermined condition may be an elapse of a predetermined period or a predetermined period of time from the time of opening the chat room of the room opening module 230. [ For example, if a predetermined period of time is 1 month, if a chat room was opened on July 1, 2014, the room management module (1 August 2014), which resulted in 1 month, 240) can automatically delete the corresponding chat room. In addition, according to the embodiment, a time limit set in advance at a specific time, such as December 25, 2014, may be set and the chat room may be automatically deleted when the date arrives.

The predetermined condition may be an elapse of a predetermined period from the time when the last message is input to the chat room. For example, if a predetermined period of time is one month, if the chat room was opened on July 1, 2014, and the last message was entered on July 20, 2014, the chat room will not be deleted even if August 1, 2014 arrives. If you do not enter a new message by August 20, 2014, your chat room may be deleted on August 20, 2014. However, if a new message is input before August 20, 2014, the chat room is not deleted and the preliminary period's due date can be changed.

On the other hand, the predetermined period can be set basically by the service server 200 side, but may also be set by the client 100 side. At this time, the client 100 can set a predetermined period at the time of requesting the opening of the room, but it can be set after the opening of the room. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the client 100 can select "automatic deletion" while setting a predetermined period while requesting the service server 200 to open the room. Here, the preliminarily set preliminary period starting date may be the time when the chat room is opened or the last message is inputted into the chat room.

The predetermined period of time can be reset by the client 100 before the room management module 240 deletes the chat room opened by the room setting module 230. [ For example, as shown in FIG. 3, even if the predetermined period is set to one week, by allowing the client 100 requesting the opening of the room or the client 100 selected as the conversation state to reset the predetermined period, It is possible to change the setting according to necessity and to provide usable convenience. Depending on the embodiment, the reset authority for a predetermined period may be given only to the client 100 requesting the disclosure.

On the other hand, the predetermined condition may be the exit of at least one of the clients 100 constituting the chat room. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when at least one of the four clients 100 is leaving at least one of the chat rooms in which the client 100 is chatting, the chat room itself can be deleted to make further chatting impossible, You can have a new chat room open.

At this time, by setting the departing person to be set, the chat room can be automatically deleted when a predetermined number of persons or more exit. For example, in a case where the majority is set to be a redemption, when more than half of the clients 100 constituting the chat room exit, the chat room may be automatically deleted.

The room management module 240 can delete the messages entered in the chat rooms and chat rooms from the database 220 of the service server 200. [ The messages entered in the chat room here may include not only text and emoticon messages but also various data such as image, sound, video, and multimedia. In this way, the room management module 240 deletes all the data together with the chat room deletion, thereby making it impossible to make the confirmation even if the client 100 wants to re-enter the chat room or check the previous data. Therefore, the space of the database 220 of the service server 200 can be efficiently used, and the private life of the client 100 can be prevented from being leaked.

When the chat room is deleted by the room management module 240, the client 100 can delete the chat room message stored in the client 100 by receiving the deletion signal from the service server 200. [ That is, the conversation divided by the chat room can be stored in the memory of the client 100. The service server 200 transmits a delete signal to the client 100 via the network, ) Can also be deleted.

5 and 6 are views showing, for example, a client 100 outputting a chat room list in a messenger service system having an automatic room deletion function according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the messenger service system having the automatic room deletion function according to the embodiment of the present invention, if the chat room on the list as shown in FIG. 5 satisfies a predetermined condition without operating the client 100 6 as shown in FIG. Since the deleted chat room is automatically deleted from the client 100, the user can no longer use the messenger service through the chat room. In order to chat with the same member, a new chat room can be opened and used.

Meanwhile, the present invention may include a computer-readable medium including program instructions for performing operations implemented in various communication terminals. For example, the computer-readable medium can be any suitable medium, such as magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD ROM, DVD, Magneto-optical media and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.

Such computer-readable media may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable medium may be those specially designed and configured to implement the present invention or may be those known to those skilled in the computer software. For example, it may include machine language code such as that produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The present invention may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention.

100: Client 110: Messenger program
200: service server 210: messenger service module
220: Database 230: Opening module
240: Room management module

Claims (8)

A messenger service system for providing a messenger service,
At least two clients (100) using a messenger service; And
And a service server (200) for allowing a connection of the client (100) and providing a messenger service between the clients (100)
The service server (200)
A room setting module (230) for establishing a chat room in which at least two clients (100) can send and receive messages in real time according to a request to open a room of the client (100); And
And a room management module (240) for automatically deleting the chat rooms opened by the room opening module (230) if a predetermined condition is satisfied.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the predetermined time period or a predetermined time limit elapses from a time point at which the chat room is opened by the room setting module (230).
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the predetermined period of time elapses from the time when the last message is input to the chat room.
4. The method according to claim 2 or 3,
Wherein the setting information is set by the client (100).
5. The method according to claim 4,
Wherein the room management module (240) is reset by the client (100) before deleting the chat room opened by the room opening module (230).
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the at least one of the plurality of clients (100) constituting the chat room is an exit of the messenger service system.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the room management module (240)
And deletes the message entered in the chat room and the chat room from the database (220) of the service server (200).
The method of claim 1, wherein the client (100)
When the chat room is deleted by the room management module 240, deletes the chat room message stored in the client 100 by receiving a delete signal from the service server 200, Having a messenger service system.

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