KR20160083705A - Method for transmitting active imoticon - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an emoticon, which is additionally selected and input, in addition to text input to a chat input window, by a user via a chatting program application used in order to have a conversation with another user in a device capable of communication, such as a smartphone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet, or the like, and more particularly to a method for transmitting and receiving an emoticon, which can automatically show a corresponding predetermined emoticon in response to a characteristic of an emoticon transmitted by a transmitter. According to the present invention, provided is the method for transmitting and receiving an emoticon, which is performed in conjunction with a server over a wired/wireless network and uses terminals of a transmitter and a receiver on which a chatting program has been installed, and in which a first emoticon is transmitted to the terminal of the receiver by the terminal of the transmitter, one or more second emoticons associated with the first emoticon are transmitted to the terminal of the receiver by the server when the first emoticon is selected on the terminal of the receiver, one of the one or more second emoticons is selected on the terminal of the receiver, and the selected emoticon is transmitted to the terminals of the users. According to the present invention, when the emoticon transmission method is employed, (1) a reply using an emoticon is available even when pay or free emoticons have not been stored in a chatting program used, (2) seniors who are not familiar with utilization of emoticons because of inexperience in using a smart terminal on which a chatting program can be installed can easily use emoticons, and (3) one emoticon can be rapidly selected among emoticons transmitted by a transmitter, and thus conversation time can be reduced, thereby enabling chatting time to be efficiently used.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for transmitting an emoticon using a reactive emoticon,

The present invention can be applied to a chat application program used for communication with other users in a device capable of communication such as a smart phone, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet, etc., More particularly, to a method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon that can automatically display a predetermined emoticon associated with the emoticon according to the nature of the emoticon transmitted by the sender.

Recently, chat programs such as KakaoTalk, line, and band are widely used to communicate with other users on devices capable of communication such as smart phones, desktop computers, notebooks, tablets, and the like.

For example, Patent Document No. 10-2008-0091375, entitled " Emoticon Character Input Method of Mobile Communication Terminal ", discloses a technique of improving the input step of the emoticon in a mobile communication terminal equipped with a chat program The user can communicate with his / her acquaintance or another person through the chat program, input a sentence to be desired through the text input window, and further transmit his / Emoticons in the form of pictures can also be selected and sent.

These emoticons may be different depending on the usage situation, but usually one emoticon is recognized as expressing only one emotional state.

In other words, if you want to express joy, you will be displayed as a happy figure, while when expressing sadness, you will be expressed as a sad figure and your love will be expressed in a shape with an idea related to love.

By the way, how do you use emoticons? And the like, the receiver attaches a predetermined emoticon corresponding to the character and transmits the emoticon to the recipient. The recipient selects and attaches a separate emoticon corresponding to the answer together with an appropriate answer to the question.

In addition, the sender who has been sent to the recipient's answer finds a separate emoticon corresponding to the sentence to be expressed according to the recipient's answer format, attaches and transmits the emoticon.

However, the method of transmitting the emoticons using the existing chat program has the following problems.

1. If you do not have paid or free emoticons in your chat program, it is difficult to reply using emoticons.

2. It is not easy to use for the elderly who have poor ability to use emoticons due to immaturity of smart terminals that can install chat programs.

3. In the case of the recipient, there was a burden and trouble to find and attach a predetermined emoticon that can respond to a question of the sender.

1. Patent Application No. 10-2008-0091375, entitled: Emoticon Character Input Method of Mobile Communication Terminal

In order to improve the conventional emoticon transmission method, the present invention proposes a method of transmitting an emoticon that can be selected by the receiver on the sender side.

A first embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon using a caller terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interlocked with a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,

(a) selecting a first emoticon to be transmitted to a recipient terminal using the chat program installed in the sender terminal;

(b) attaching, to the first emoticon, at least one second emoticon that can be transmitted from the receiver terminal to the sender terminal;

(c) transmitting the first and second emoticons to the recipient terminal.

A second embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon using a caller terminal and a receiver terminal, which are linked to a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,

When a predetermined message is transmitted to a recipient terminal by using a chat program installed in a sender terminal and a predetermined main emoticon is selected in addition to the message, at least one or more auxiliary emoticons associated with the predetermined main emoticon are added, And the recipient terminal may select a predetermined icon from among the at least one auxiliary emoticons and transmit the selected icon to the sender terminal.

A third embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon using a caller terminal and a receiver terminal that are linked to a wired / wireless network and have a chat program installed therein,

Selecting a predetermined main emoticon to be transmitted together with the text message while transmitting a predetermined text message to a recipient terminal using a chat program installed in the sender terminal;

Linking at least one or more auxiliary emoticons corresponding to the answer text message of the recipient terminal to respond to the text message with the answer text message;

And transmitting the text message, the main emoticons, the response text message, and the at least one or more auxiliary emoticons to the recipient terminal.

A fourth embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon using a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interfaced with a server via a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,

When the first emoticon is transmitted from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal and then the first emoticon is selected on the receiver terminal, at least one second emoticon linked to the first emoticon is transmitted from the server to the receiver terminal And select the user terminal on the receiver terminal and transmit the selected terminal to the user terminal.

Using the emoticon transmitting / receiving method using the reactive emoticons according to the present invention has the following advantages.

1. Even if you do not have paid or free emoticons in your chat program, you can use emoticons to answer them.

2. It has an advantage that it can be easily used by the elderly who lack smartphone ability because of the immature use of smart terminal that can install chat program and so on.

3. In the conventional case, the recipient has to select a predetermined emoticon from among at least one emoticon group installed in the chat program of the recipient terminal, but in the case of the present invention, one of the emoticons transmitted by the sender can be quickly selected The advantage is that the talk time is shortened and the chat time is efficiently used.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for transmitting and receiving an emoticon using a reactive emoticon according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a case in which a desired emoticon is selected at the time of chatting, and then transmitted to a receiver.
3 shows a display window of the receiver terminal.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating emoticons of various shapes matched to the answer phrase of FIG. 3 in the example of FIG. 3 on the screen.
5 shows an example of a case where a receiver receives a message from a sender.
FIG. 6 shows a method in which, when a sender sends an answer to a recipient again, the receiver selects a sent emoticon and the server transmits a predetermined emoticon corresponding thereto.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for transmitting and receiving an emoticon using a reactive emoticon according to the present invention. The term reaction type used in the present invention means that the recipient responds to a predetermined emoticon linked to the emoticon transmitted by the sender.

1, the caller terminal 100 and the receiver terminal 200 are interlocked with the server 300 through a wired / wireless network

As shown in the figure, emitters (A1, A2, A3,...) Representing various emotional expressions provided by a predetermined chat program are downloaded and stored in the caller terminal 100 and the receiver terminal 200. For reference, the embodiment of the present invention can be performed even when the emoticon is not stored in the recipient terminal 200. That is, it is also possible that a predetermined emoticon is downloaded only to the caller terminal 100.

Next, the server 300 also stores a plurality of emoticons that react with the emoticons of the chat programs installed in the caller terminal 100 or the like.

Here, the plurality of emoticons stored in the server are hierarchically divided.

(A1, a12, a13, ...: the second emoticon) belonging to the middle classification and the emoticons (a111, a12, a13, a112, a113, ..., a third emoticon).

That is, emoticons a11, a12, a13, ... exist in the lower layer of the emoticon A1 and are layered into emoticons a111, a112, a113, ... in the lower layer of the emoticon a11.

Although not shown, there are emoticons a21, a22, a23, ... in the lower layer of the emoticon A2. Therefore, the emoticons a211, a212, a213, ... exist in the lower layer of the specific emoticon a21. In the remaining cases, the same emoticons are layered.

Hereinafter, a method for transmitting and receiving an emoticon using the reactive emoticons proposed in the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. For reference, the present invention is directed to a caller terminal and a receiver terminal that are linked to a server through a wired / wireless network and have a chat program installed therein.

[Caller terminal: input step of message, etc.]

1. Activate the chat program on the caller's terminal (100).

2. Select the emoticon you want to transfer. Here, the emoticon refers to an emoticon that is downloaded to the chat program stored in the sender terminal 100 and that can be executed according to the present invention. More specifically, the emoticon includes any one of the emoticons A1, A2, A3, it means.

[Step of receiving information between the calling terminal and the server]

3. When a predetermined emoticon A1 is selected in the chat program, information indicating that the emoticon A1 has been selected is transmitted to the server 300. [

4. In the server 300, predetermined predetermined text linked to the emoticon A1 is transmitted to the caller terminal, and the text is displayed on the chat program.

5. The sender may use the predetermined text sent from the server 300 or modify (edit) the text.

6. Transmit the emoticon A1 to the server 300 together with the text (or modified text: hereinafter referred to as text).

[Attach response text that responds to text on server]

7. The server 300 transmits the emoticon A1 sent from the sender terminal 100 to the recipient's terminal together with the answer text (e.g., No) corresponding to the text in response to the text.

Here, if the emoticon A1 is an image of love, for example, the answer phrase for the meaning to be expressed in the emoticon A1 may be, for example, a positive expression, a negative expression, etc. And the answer phrase may be at least one.

[Recipient terminal]

8. The server 300 transmits the emoticon A1 and a predetermined reply text corresponding to the text and the emoticon to the recipient terminal, and such information is displayed on the recipient terminal.

For example, do you love me? (A1) expressing love and answer phrases Yes and No interlocked with the emoticon (A1) are displayed.

9. If the recipient selects an answer phrase of "Yes", for example, a predetermined answer phrase out of the reply phrases displayed on the receiver terminal, this selection information is transmitted to the server 300. [

10. At the server 300, at least one emoticon a11, a12, 13 corresponding to the notion of being interlocked with the answer phrase "YES" is transmitted to the recipient terminal, and the recipient terminal receives emoticons a11 , a12, a13) are displayed.

[Server transfer phase]

11. The receiver selects any one of the emoticons a11, a12, a13, .. (for example, a11) and transmits it to the server. For reference, inputting a predetermined text to be sent by the receiver can be applied in the same manner as in the conventional method.

[Caller terminal transmission display step]

12. The server 300 transmits the emoticon a11 transmitted from the receiver terminal 200 to the caller terminal 100 and the emitter a11 is displayed on the caller terminal 100. [

[Caller terminal: re-answer input step]

13. When the sender selects the emoticon a11 displayed on the terminal 100, the selected information is transmitted to the server 300. At the server, at least one emoticon a111, a112, a113 interacting with the emoticon a11, And a predetermined text linked to the emoticons a111, a112 and a113 is transmitted to the recipient terminal 100.

As can be seen from the above, the server 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a predetermined text interlocked with the emoticons A1, A2, A3, .., an answer phrase corresponding to the text, ..., a21, a22, a23, ..., a31, a32, a33, ..., which are interlocked with each other.

Meanwhile, the text linked to the specific emoticons basically provided in the present invention can be edited at any time.

Also, in the case of the present invention, even if the text is modified, the answer text corresponding to the modified text is determined by the previously stored answer phrase matching the emoticon, but it may be possible to change the answer text from the viewpoint of the user.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described by taking an example.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a case in which a desired emoticon is selected at the time of chatting, and then transmitted to a receiver.

First, the emoticon 100 to be transmitted to the receiver is selected.

Next, when the emoticon is selected, a predetermined text is transmitted from the server, and the text can be modified by the sender.

That is, in addition to the basic text provided by the server, the text input window 110 is displayed on the screen so that the user can newly input the text.

Next, the confirmation button 130 or the cancel button 140 is selected to close the input window, and then the transmission button 150 is pressed to transmit the selected emoticon to the receiver.

3 shows a display window of the receiver terminal. As described above, the server transmits text and emoticons and an answer phrase corresponding to the emoticon, and text, emoticon, and answer phrase 100 are displayed on the display window of the recipient terminal.

 Here, the reply phrase can be automatically hidden after a certain period of time, and can be outputted again by clicking the corresponding emoticon.

If the answer phrase is selected in step 110, the server transmits the associated emoticon 120 to the recipient's terminal.

The recipient selects one of the plurality of emoticons 120 and transmits it to the sender.

For reference, the emoticons that match the answer text are basically registered in the server, but if necessary, it may be possible to search for another emoticon, select a desired emoticon, and transmit the emoticon to the person who is the interrogator.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating emoticons of various shapes matched to the answer phrase of FIG. 3 in the example of FIG. 3 on the screen.

5 shows an example of a case where a receiver receives a message from a sender.

In the example, reference numeral 100 denotes emoticon information originally transmitted by the caller, and reference numeral 110 denotes an example of emoticon information selected by the recipient and an answer message transmitted by the recipient.

6, when the sender selects the emoticon sent by the receiver in transmitting the reply to the receiver, the server transmits and displays a predetermined emoticon 120 corresponding to the selected emoticon.

Accordingly, the sender can select any one of the emoticons 120 and input a message to send, and then resend the message to the receiver.

6, when the user desires to transmit another emoticon other than the default emoticon set in the server to the other party, the user can click the button corresponding to the more information, find the desired emoticon, and transmit the corresponding information to the other party .

As described above, according to the technical idea proposed by the present invention, when a sender terminal transmits a predetermined emoticon to a receiver terminal, when the receiver terminal selects the predetermined emoticon, the selected information is transmitted to the server, So that the recipient can easily select one or more emoticons.

Meanwhile, when selecting an emoticon in the method of transmitting an emoticon between a sender terminal and a receiver terminal and a receiver terminal described in the present invention, a method of receiving a plurality of emoticones and the like separately from the server itself may have a general knowledge So that detailed description of the program processing itself will be omitted.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the information of the first emoticon second emoticon third emoticon is loaded on the server, so that the sender and the recipient terminal are interlocked with the server, but this is merely an embodiment for realizing the technical idea of the present invention. do.

Therefore, the technical idea of the present invention is also possible, for example, in a state where the first emoticon, the second emoticon, the third emoticon, etc. are stored in a layered manner in a manner similar to that stored in the server in the sender terminal or the receiver terminal.

In this case, the emoticon transmission method is performed in the same or similar manner as described above, except that the emoticon transmission method does not request a predetermined lower layer emoticon from the server. That is, it is also possible to implement the functions of the server in the sender and the receiver terminal itself.

In the case of using the emoticon transmission method of the present invention as described above, (1) even if the paid chat or free emoticons are not stored in the chat program to be used, it is possible to reply using the emoticons, (2) (3) It is possible to use one of the emoticons sent by the sender quickly, so that the conversation time can be shortened and the chat time can be used efficiently .

100: caller terminal
200: receiver terminal
300: server

Claims (14)

A method for transmitting and receiving emoticons using a caller terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interlocked with a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
(a) selecting a first emoticon to be transmitted to a recipient terminal using the chat program installed in the sender terminal;
(b) attaching, to the first emoticon, at least one second emoticon that can be transmitted from the receiver terminal to the sender terminal;
and (c) transmitting the first and second emoticons to the recipient terminal. The method according to claim 1,
(d) displaying the first emoticon on the recipient terminal;
(e) displaying the at least one second emoticon when the first emoticon is selected in the recipient terminal, when the first emoticon is selected in the recipient terminal. 3. The method of claim 2,
Selecting one of the at least one second emoticon, and transmitting the selected emoticon to the caller terminal. A method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon using a caller terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interlocked with a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
When a predetermined message is transmitted to a recipient terminal by using a chat program installed in a sender terminal and a predetermined main emoticon is selected in addition to the message, at least one or more auxiliary emoticons associated with the predetermined main emoticon are added, And the recipient terminal is able to select a predetermined icon from among the at least one of the auxiliary emoticons and transmit the selected icon to the sender terminal. A method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon using a caller terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interlocked with a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
Selecting a predetermined main emoticon to be transmitted together with the text message while transmitting a predetermined text message to a recipient terminal using a chat program installed in the sender terminal;
Linking at least one or more auxiliary emoticons corresponding to the answer text message of the recipient terminal to respond to the text message with the answer text message;
And transmitting the text message, the main emoticon, the response text message, and the at least one or more auxiliary emoticons to the recipient terminal. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the text message and the main emoticons are displayed on a display panel of the recipient terminal. The method according to claim 6,
At least one of the SMS message and the at least one auxiliary emoticon is displayed on the display window of the receiver terminal when the text message or the main image is selected and the receiver terminal selects any one of the at least one auxiliary emoticon, And transmitting the emoticon to the sender terminal. A method for transmitting / receiving an emoticon using a caller terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interlocked with a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
The emoticon transmitting and receiving method using the responsive emoticon according to the present invention is characterized in that a first emoticon is transmitted from a sender terminal to a receiver terminal and a second emoticon selected by a receiver terminal and retransmitted to a sender terminal is transmitted together A method of transmitting and receiving an emoticon using a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interfaced with a server through a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
(a) selecting a first emoticon on an originator terminal;
(b) transmitting from the server a predetermined phrase linked to the first emoticon to the calling terminal and displaying the sentence;
(c) transmitting the first emoticon and the phrase from the calling terminal to the server;
(d) transmitting the first emoticon and the phrase from the server to the recipient terminal;
(e) displaying the first emoticon and the phrase on the recipient terminal;
(f) selecting at least one second emoticon associated with the phrase from the server when the phrase displayed on the recipient terminal is selected, and transmitting the second emoticon to the recipient terminal and displaying the second emoticon;
(g) selecting one of the at least one second emoticon and transmitting the selected one to the server;
(h) transmitting the selected second emoticon sent to the server to the calling terminal and displaying the second emoticon. A method of transmitting and receiving an emoticon using a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interfaced with a server through a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
(a) selecting a first emoticon on an originator terminal;
(b) transmitting, from the server, predetermined text associated with the first emoticon to the calling terminal and displaying the text;
(c) transmitting the text and the first emoticon displayed on the calling terminal to the server;
(d) transmitting, by the server, the first emoticon, the text, and an answer phrase corresponding to the text to the recipient terminal;
(e) displaying the first emoticon, the text and the answer phrase on the recipient terminal;
(f) transmitting at least one second emoticon linked to the answer phrase from the server to the recipient terminal when the answer phrase displayed on the recipient's terminal is selected and displayed;
(g) selecting one of the at least one second emoticon and transmitting the selected one to the server;
(h) transmitting the selected second emoticon sent to the server to the calling terminal and displaying the second emoticon. 11. The method of claim 10,
The server
The text associated with the first emoticon,
An answer phrase corresponding to the text,
And storing information on at least one second emoticon linked to the answer phrase. A method of transmitting and receiving an emoticon using a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interfaced with a server through a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
(a) selecting a first emoticon on an originator terminal;
(b) transmitting, from the server, predetermined text associated with the first emoticon to the calling terminal and displaying the text;
(c) modifying the text displayed on the caller terminal to generate a modified text and transmitting the corrected text to the server together with the first emoticon;
(d) transmitting, by the server, the first emoticon, the modified text, and an answer phrase corresponding to the modified text to the recipient terminal;
(e) displaying the first emoticon, the modified text and the reply phrase on the recipient terminal;
(f) transmitting at least one second emoticon linked to the answer phrase from the server to the recipient terminal when the answer phrase displayed on the recipient's terminal is selected and displayed;
(g) selecting one of the at least one second emoticon and transmitting the selected one to the server;
(h) transmitting the selected second emoticon sent to the server to the calling terminal and displaying the second emoticon. 13. The method of claim 12,
The server
The text associated with the first emoticon,
An answer phrase corresponding to the text,
Information about at least one second emoticon linked to the reply phrase is stored,
Wherein the answer text corresponding to the modified text is determined by an answer phrase corresponding to the text. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > 8. < / RTI > A method of transmitting and receiving an emoticon using a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, which are interfaced with a server through a wired / wireless network and equipped with a chat program,
When the first emoticon is transmitted from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal and then the first emoticon is selected on the receiver terminal, at least one second emoticon linked to the first emoticon is transmitted from the server to the receiver terminal And transmitting the selected emoticon to the user terminal by using the response type emoticon.

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