KR20200073528A - Method and apparatus for providing chatting service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a chatting service and a device thereof. Provided, in the present invention, are the device and method for providing the chatting service wherein a service user checks whether a phrase corresponding to a specific emotion is included in a chatting message written for chatting, and when a phrase corresponding to the specific emotion is included in the chatting message, an emoticon corresponding to the specific emotion is extracted from the plurality of pre-stored emoticons and the chatting message and the emoticon corresponding to the specific emotion are posted on a chatting window together.

Description

Method and device for providing chat service {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CHATTING SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a chat service.

An emoticon is a symbol used to express emotions of service users in a chat service, and is a term that combines emotion (Emotion) and icon (Icon).

The earliest emoticons were created with simple combinations of various symbols and letters on the keyboard, but recently, they have developed into a form that expresses the emotions of users through various types of characters.

As the demand of service users for these emoticons increases, it has become common to provide various types of emoticons to service users in chat services.

Here, in order to deliver an emoticon for expressing emotion to a chat partner in a conventional chat service, first, a service user enters a chat message for expressing his emotion in a chat window as shown in FIG. 7 or before inputting it. Select the emoticon input icon (dotted line in Fig. 7).

Then, a list of emoticon thumbnails corresponding to various types of emoticons provided by the chat service are displayed on a part of the chat window as shown in FIG. 8, and the service user selects a specific emoticon thumbnail from the emoticon thumbnail list to express his feelings, You can post a specific emoticon in the chat window to express your emotions.

Here, in the conventional chat service, when a service user selects an emoticon for expressing his or her emotions, there is a problem in that a lot of time has to be spent to find a specific emoticon thumbnail corresponding to his or her emotion from a list of various types of emoticon thumbnails.

On this background, the object of the present invention is to check whether a message corresponding to a specific emotion is included in a chat message written for chat by a service user using the chat service, and the phrase corresponding to a specific emotion is included in the chat message. If so, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a chat service providing apparatus and method for extracting an emoticon corresponding to a specific emotion from a plurality of previously stored emoticons, and posting an emoticon corresponding to a specific emotion together in a chat window.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention, a method for providing a chat service in a chat service providing apparatus, Chat window generating step of generating a chat window for chatting between a plurality of service user terminals; Among the plurality of service user terminals, a first chat message transmitted from a first service user terminal which is a terminal of a first service user is received, and the first chat message includes a phrase expressing a specific emotion, which is a phrase expressing a specific emotion. Chat message analysis step to check whether; An emoticon extraction step of extracting a specific emotion expression emoticon which is an emoticon expressing the specific emotion from a plurality of previously stored emoticons when the specific emotion expression phrase is included in the first chat message; And a chat message posting step of posting the first chat message and the specific emotion expression emoticon in the chat window.

In another aspect, the present invention, a data storage unit for storing a plurality of emoticons; A communication interface unit that performs data transmission and reception with the plurality of service user terminals to conduct a chat between the plurality of service user terminals; And a chat window for chatting between the plurality of service user terminals, and performing a chat between the plurality of service user terminals through the communication interface unit, the first of which is a terminal of a first service user among the plurality of service user terminals. When the first chat message transmitted from the service user terminal is received through the communication interface unit, it is checked whether the first chat message includes a specific emotion expression phrase, which is a phrase expressing a specific emotion, and the first chat message includes When a specific emotion expression phrase is included, a chat including a control unit for extracting a specific emotion expression emoticon, which is an emoticon expressing the specific emotion, from the plurality of emoticons and posting the specific emotion expression emoticon to the chat window Provide a service providing device.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a chat service providing server analyzes a chat message received from a service user terminal and includes a phrase expressing a specific emotion in the chat message, a specific emotion when posting the chat message to the chat window Since the emoticon expressing is posted together, the service user who is using the chat service does not have to perform the conventional cumbersome process in which a specific emoticon thumbnail corresponding to a specific emotion has to be searched in the list of various types of emoticon thumbnails in order to post emoticons for a specific emotion. There is convenience.

1 is a diagram briefly showing the configuration of a chat service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a chat service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 and 4 are diagrams for explaining a configuration in which a chat service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention stores a plurality of emoticons,
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a first chat message including a specific emotion expression phrase and a chat window in which a specific emotion emoticon is displayed together;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a chat service in a chat service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention,
7 and 8 are views exemplarily showing a process of providing a conventional chat service.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the component from other components, and the nature, order, or order of the component is not limited by the term. It should be understood that some components may be directly connected or connected to other components, but another component may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected" between each component.

1 is a diagram briefly showing the configuration of a chat service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The chat service providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of service user terminals 110, an Internet communication network 120, and a chat service providing server 130.

The plurality of service user terminals 110 are terminals installed with a chat application for using the chat service according to an embodiment of the present invention, and access the chat service providing server 130 through execution of the chat application, and the chat service providing server It may be a terminal that uses a chat service to each other through a chat window generated through 130, that is, to send and receive chat messages and various emoticons. The plurality of service user terminals 110 may be a smart phone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a notebook computer, and a desktop computer capable of Internet communication.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first service user terminal 112 of the plurality of service user terminals 110 is a chat service providing server that provides a first chat message that is a chat message input by a first service user through a keyboard or a touch screen. 130.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the first chat message includes a specific emotion expression phrase, which is a phrase expressing a specific emotion of the first service user, the plurality of service user terminals 110 may display the first chat message and the first service user. A specific emotion expression emoticon, which is an emoticon expressing a specific emotion, may be displayed together in a chat window.

A detailed description of this will be made during the description of the chat service providing server 130.

The Internet communication network 120 is a means for mediating data transmission and reception between a plurality of service user terminals 110 and a chat service providing server 130, a wired LAN network, a wireless LAN network, a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) network, and a HSDPA (High) Speed Downlink Packet Access (LTE) network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, LTE-A (LTE Advanced) network.

The chat service providing server 130 is a server that provides a chat service according to an embodiment of the present invention to a plurality of service user terminals 110, and may be composed of a single server or two or more servers.

The chat service providing server 130 generates a chat window for chatting between the plurality of service user terminals 110, and performs a chat between the plurality of service user terminals 110, that is, the plurality of service user terminals 110 Chat messages and emoticons received from can be posted in the chat window.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the chat service providing server 130 may store multiple emoticons.

Here, the chat service providing server 130 may classify and store a plurality of emoticons by emotion type (enjoyment, sadness, anger, etc.) as shown in FIG. 3.

In addition, the chat service providing server 130 may accumulate and store the number of use times for each service user for each of a plurality of emoticons as shown in FIG. 4.

Through this, the chat service providing server 130 may provide a chat service according to an embodiment of the present invention as follows.

First, the chat service providing server 130 is a first service user terminal that is a terminal of a first service user among a plurality of service user terminals 110 while generating a chat window for chatting between the plurality of service user terminals 110. The first chat message transmitted at 112 is received.

In addition, the chat service providing server 130 analyzes the first chat message through one or more of a number of natural language understanding techniques such as morpheme analysis, keyword recognition, speech act analysis, semantic analysis, and the like. You can check whether it is included in the first chat message.

As a result of analyzing the first chat message, if the first chat message includes a specific emotion expression phrase, the chat service providing server 130 extracts a specific emotion expression emoticon that is an emoticon expressing a specific emotion from among a plurality of previously stored emoticons. can do.

In this case, after extracting the emoticon, a first chat message containing a specific emotion expression phrase and a specific emotion expression emoticon that is extracted when the first chat message includes a specific emotion expression phrase are learned and written in the newly created first chat message. When a specific emotion expression phrase has been included, it may be designed to extract a specific emotion expression emoticon that has been extracted from a plurality of emoticons.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the chat service providing server 130 may select one or more emoticons expressing a specific emotion from a plurality of emoticons, and check the number of times the first service user uses emoticons for each of the one or more emoticons. Here, the chat service providing server 130 may check the number of times of use of the emoticons of the first service user for each of the one or more emoticons by using the number of times of use for each service user for each of the plurality of emoticons.

In addition, the chat service providing server 130 emits each emoticon for the first service user using one or more emoticons in a period from the time when the first chat message is received to a predetermined date (eg, 20 days or more). The number of times of use may be calculated as the number of times of use of the emoticon of the first service user for each of the one or more emoticons.

For example, when one or more emoticons expressing a specific emotion are the first emoticon and the second emoticon, the chat service providing server 130 may receive the first service user from the 20th day until the first chat message is received. The number of times of using the emoticon and the number of times of using the second emoticon can be grasped from information on the number of times of use for each service user for each of the plurality of emoticons, and it can be calculated as the number of times of use of the emoticon for each of the one or more emoticons. .

After confirming the number of times of use of the first service user's emoticon for each of the one or more emoticons as described above, the chat service providing server 130 uses the emoticon with the highest number of times of the first service user's emoticon as the specific emotion expression emoticon. Can be extracted.

In addition, the chat service providing server 130 may post a first chat message and a specific emotion expression emoticon to the chat window as shown in FIG. 5.

In other words, in the embodiment of the present invention, the chat service providing server 130 may be identified by the chat service providing server 130 when a plurality of service users in a chat contain specific emotion expressions in the chat message to be posted in the chat window. The emoticon corresponding to the emotion is automatically posted in the chat window.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the chat service providing server 130 analyzes the first chat message received from the first service user terminal 112, and includes a phrase expressing a specific emotion in the first chat message. If present, when the first chat message is posted to the chat window, emoticons expressing specific emotions are also posted, so that the first service user who is using the chat service is specific to various emoticon thumbnail lists to post emoticons for specific emotions. There is no need to perform the conventional cumbersome process of finding a specific emoticon thumbnail corresponding to emotion.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the chat service providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the chat service providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a chat service providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The chat service providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication interface unit 210, a data storage unit 220, and a control unit 230.

The communication interface 210 performs data transmission and reception with a plurality of service user terminals 110 connected through the Internet communication network 120.

In other words, the communication interface unit 210 performs data transmission and reception with the plurality of service user terminals 110 in order to conduct a chat between the plurality of service user terminals 110.

The communication interface unit 210 may be implemented with a network interface card or the like.

The data storage unit 220 temporarily stores data processed by the control unit 230 to be described later, or stores a program for performing a function of the chat service providing server 130, and operates the chat service providing server 130 Save necessary data.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the data storage unit 220 stores a plurality of emoticons.

Here, the data storage unit 220 may classify and store a plurality of emoticons by emotion type as shown in FIG. 3.

In addition, the data storage unit 220 may accumulate and store the number of use times for each service user for each of a plurality of emoticons, as shown in FIG. 4.

The data storage unit 220 may include one or more of an internal storage device of the chat service providing server 130 and a storage server separate from the chat service providing server 130.

The control unit 230 is a module that controls the overall function of the chat service providing server 130 and may be implemented as a main board including a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 230 may generate a chat window for chatting between the plurality of service user terminals 110, and may perform a chat between the plurality of service user terminals 110 through the communication interface unit 210. have.

As described above, when a chat is performed between a plurality of service user terminals 110, the controller 230 may provide a chat service according to an embodiment of the present invention as follows.

First, when the first chat message transmitted from the first service user terminal 112 which is the terminal of the first service user among the plurality of service user terminals 110 is received through the communication interface unit 210, the control unit 230 It is checked whether a specific emotion expression phrase, which is a phrase expressing a specific emotion, is included in the first chat message. Here, the control unit 230 analyzes the user-written text through one or more of a number of natural language understanding techniques such as morpheme analysis, keyword recognition, speech act analysis, semantic analysis, to determine whether a specific emotion expression phrase is included in the first chat message. Can be confirmed.

As a result of analyzing the first chat message, if the first chat message includes a phrase expressing a specific emotion, the controller 230 may emit a specific emotion expression emoticon, which is an emoticon expressing a specific emotion among a plurality of emoticons stored in the data storage unit 220. To extract.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 230 may select one or more emoticons expressing a specific emotion from among a plurality of emoticons, and check the number of times the first service user uses emoticons for each of the one or more emoticons. Here, the control unit 230 may check the number of times of use of the emoticons of the first service user for each of the one or more emoticons by using the number of times of use of each service user for each of the plurality of emoticons stored in the data storage unit 220.

In addition, the controller 230 determines the number of times each emoticon is used by the first service user using one or more emoticons in a period from the time when the first chat message is received to a predetermined date (for example, 20 days or more). The number of times the first service user uses emoticons for each of the one or more emoticons may be calculated.

After confirming the number of times the first service user uses emoticons for each of the one or more emoticons as described above, the controller 230 may extract the emoticon with the highest number of times the first service user uses the emoticon among the one or more emoticons as a specific emotion expression emoticon. have.

In addition, the control unit 230 may post a first chat message and a specific emotion expression emoticon to the chat window as shown in FIG. 5.

Hereinafter, a process of providing a chat service by the chat service providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a chat service in a chat service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the chat service providing server 130 is a first service user terminal that is a terminal of a first service user among a plurality of service user terminals 110 while generating a chat window for chatting between the plurality of service user terminals 110. The first chat message transmitted from (112) is received (S610, S620).

In addition, the chat service providing server 130 analyzes the first chat message through one or more of a number of natural language understanding techniques such as morpheme analysis, keyword recognition, speech act analysis, semantic analysis, and the like. It can be confirmed whether it is included in the first chat message (S630).

As a result of analyzing the first chat message, if the first chat message includes a specific emotion expression phrase, the chat service providing server 130 extracts a specific emotion expression emoticon that is an emoticon expressing a specific emotion from among a plurality of previously stored emoticons. It can be done (S640, S650).

At this time, the chat service providing server 130 learns a new emotion expression emoticon that is extracted when the first chat message including the specific emotion expression phrase and the specific emotion expression phrase is included in the first chat message after the emoticon extraction. In the case where a specific emotion expression phrase that has been previously written is included in the created first chat message, a specific emotion expression emoticon that has been extracted from a plurality of emoticons may be designed to be extracted.

Then, the chat service providing server 130 may post a first chat message and a specific emotion expression emoticon to the chat window as shown in FIG. 5 (S660).

Meanwhile, in step S640, if a specific emotion expression phrase is not included in the first chat message, the chat service providing server 130 may post only the first chat message to the chat window (S670).

In step S650, the chat service providing server 130 may select one or more emoticons expressing a specific emotion from a plurality of emoticons, and check the number of times the first service user uses emoticons for each of the one or more emoticons. Here, the chat service providing server 130 may check the number of times of use of the emoticons of the first service user for each of the one or more emoticons by using the number of times of use for each service user for each of the plurality of emoticons.

In addition, the chat service providing server 130 emits each emoticon for the first service user using one or more emoticons in a period from the time when the first chat message is received to a predetermined date (eg, 20 days or more). The number of times of use may be calculated as the number of times of use of the emoticon of the first service user for each of the one or more emoticons.

As described above, the process of providing the chat service from the chat service providing server 130 may be implemented as a computer program, and the chat service providing server 130 may be combined with a computer program to execute the process. In other words, the computer program is stored and installed in the chat service providing server 130, so that the process is executed in the chat service providing server 130.

In the above, even if all the components constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operated as one, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments. That is, if it is within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively combined and operated. The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the claims below, and all technical spirits within the equivalent range should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

In the method of providing a chat service on the chat service providing device,
A chat window generation step of generating a chat window for chatting between a plurality of service user terminals;
Among the plurality of service user terminals, a first chat message transmitted from a first service user terminal which is a terminal of a first service user is received, and the first chat message includes a phrase expressing a specific emotion, which is a phrase expressing a specific emotion. Chat message analysis step to check whether;
An emoticon extraction step of extracting a specific emotion expression emoticon which is an emoticon expressing the specific emotion from a plurality of previously stored emoticons when the specific emotion expression phrase is included in the first chat message;
After the emoticon is extracted, a first chat message including a specific emotion expression phrase and a specific emotion expression emoticon that is extracted when the first chat message includes a specific emotion expression phrase are learned to write a specific first expression in the newly created first chat message. If emoticon expressions are included, the emoticon learning and extraction step of extracting a specific emoticon emoticon among a plurality of emoticons and
Posting a chat message to post the first chat message and the specific emoticon emoticon in the chat window
Chat service providing method comprising a. According to claim 1, The emoticon extraction step
Selecting one or more emoticons expressing the specific emotion from the plurality of emoticons;
Checking the number of times the first service user uses emoticons for each of the one or more emoticons;
Extracting the emoticon with the highest number of emoticons used by the first service user as the specific emotion expression emoticon among the one or more emoticons
Chat service providing method comprising a. According to claim 2,
The chat service providing device may use the number of times each emoticon is used by the first service user for each of the one or more emoticons in a period from the time when the first chat message is received until a predetermined date. Chat service providing method characterized in that it is calculated by the number of times the first service user uses emoticons. According to claim 1, In the chat message analysis step
The chat service providing device analyzes the first chat message through one or more of a number of natural language understanding techniques including morpheme analysis, keyword recognition, speech act analysis, and semantic analysis, so that the specific emotion expression phrase is added to the first chat message. A method of providing a chat service, characterized in that it is included. A data storage unit for storing a plurality of emoticons;
A communication interface unit that performs data transmission and reception with the plurality of service user terminals to conduct a chat between the plurality of service user terminals; And
A chat window for chatting between the plurality of service user terminals is generated, and a chat is performed between the plurality of service user terminals through the communication interface, but a first service that is a terminal of a first service user among the plurality of service user terminals is performed. When the first chat message transmitted from the user terminal is received through the communication interface unit, it is checked whether the first chat message includes a specific emotion expression phrase, which is a phrase expressing a specific emotion, and the first chat message is specified. If an emotion expression phrase is included, a control unit for extracting a specific emotion expression emoticon, which is an emoticon expressing the specific emotion from among the plurality of emoticons, and posting the 1 chat message and the specific emotion expression emoticon to the chat window
Chat service providing device comprising a. The method of claim 5,
The data storage unit accumulates and stores the number of uses for each service user for each of the plurality of emoticons,
The control unit selects one or more emoticons expressing the specific emotion from among the plurality of emoticons, checks the number of times the first service user emoticons are used for each of the one or more emoticons, and then checks the number of emoticons of the first service user among the one or more emoticons. The apparatus for providing a chat service, characterized in that the emoticon with the highest number of emoticons is extracted as the emoticon expressing the specific emotion. The method of claim 6,
The control unit determines the number of times each emoticon is used by the first service user for using the one or more emoticons in a period from the time when the first chat message is received to a predetermined date before the first for each of the one or more emoticons. A device for providing a chat service, characterized in that it is calculated by the number of times the service user emoticons are used. The method of claim 5,
The control unit analyzes the first chat message through one or more of a number of natural language understanding techniques including morpheme analysis, keyword recognition, dialogue act analysis, and semantic analysis, so that the specific emotion expression phrase is included in the first chat message Chat service providing device characterized in that the check. The method of claim 5,
The data storage unit is a chat service providing apparatus, characterized in that the classification and storing the plurality of emoticons by emotion type.

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