WO2014088204A1

WO2014088204A1 - Method and device for displaying recommended photos related to sharing event, and sharing server

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Publication number: WO2014088204A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/009428
Authority: WO
Inventors: 조동원; 신정환; 오영은; 오진성; 이석영; 한선호
Original assignee: (주)카카오
Priority date: 2012-12-03
Filing date: 2013-10-22
Publication date: 2014-06-12
Also published as: KR20140072382A; KR101435533B1

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for displaying recommended photos, and a sharing server. The device for displaying the recommended photos includes: a database which stores a plurality of photos and the captured photo information of the plurality of photos; an information analyzing unit which analyzes schedule information on the sharing event shared by a plurality of users via a group application; a recommended photo selecting unit which compares the analyzed schedule information with the stored captured photo information and selects a recommended photo related to a sharing event from among the plurality of photos stored in the database; a display unit which displays the selected recommended photo together with the title of the sharing event.

Description

A method and device for displaying recommended photos associated with a shared event, and a shared server.

A method and device for displaying a recommended picture associated with a sharing event, and a sharing server for determining a recommended picture.

Instant Message Service (IMS) is a real-time online communication service that allows a message sent by a sender to immediately appear on the screen of the recipient's device, without using an e-mail program or web browser. In particular, a service that provides a chat, voice and video call using a mobile network is called a MIM (Mobile Instant Messenger) service.

Currently, in the sharing of schedules, planning, event announcements, or photo sharing among group members in groups such as family, friends, group classes, project groups, department meetings, alumni or alumni, not only e-mail but also messengers, Various PC-based communication methods such as Web Hard and SNS (Social Network Service) are being mixed. Therefore, members of the group must be familiar with all of the various communication methods to check the schedule within the group.

A device, a method, and a server for automatically recommending a photo related to a sharing event are provided. A device, a method, and a server for automatically sharing a shared event customized recommendation picture by determining a recommended picture related to schedule information of a sharing event and sharing the determined recommendation picture to a plurality of users belonging to a group. However, the technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problems as described above, and other technical problems may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of storing a plurality of photos and shooting information of the plurality of photos in a database, the schedule of shared events shared to a plurality of users through a group application Analyzing the information, comparing the analyzed schedule information with the stored shooting information, selecting a recommendation photo related to the sharing event from the plurality of photos stored in the database, and displaying the selected recommendation photo with the title of the sharing event. A recommendation photo display method may be provided.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a database for storing a plurality of photos and shooting information of a plurality of photos, an information analyzer for analyzing schedule information of shared events shared to a plurality of users through a group application, the analyzed schedule information and stored By comparing the photographing information, it is possible to provide a device including a recommendation photo selection unit for selecting a recommendation photo related to a sharing event from a plurality of photos stored in a database, and a display unit for displaying the selected recommendation photo with a title of the sharing event.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, storing photographing information of a plurality of pictures stored in each of a plurality of devices in a database, receiving schedule information and sharing user information of a sharing event from a first device among the plurality of devices, and receiving Selecting the recommended pictures related to the sharing event from the plurality of pictures stored in the database by comparing the captured schedule information with the stored shooting information, and displaying information on the recommended pictures determined based on the received shared user information, from among the plurality of devices. The method may include determining a recommended picture including informing the device.

A device, method, and server may be provided for automatically recommending a picture related to a sharing event. By determining a recommendation picture related to schedule information of a sharing event and sharing the determined recommendation picture to a plurality of users belonging to a group, a device, a method, and a server for automatically sharing a sharing event customized recommendation picture may be provided. Each of the group members belonging to the group may share the recommended picture related to the sharing event together with the sharing event created by other group members.

1 is a block diagram of a system for recommending photo sharing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a configuration diagram of the device 30 of FIG. 1.

3A to 3C are diagrams for explaining an example of a process in which a sharing event is registered.

4A to 4C are diagrams for explaining an example of a process of displaying a notification message or a recommended picture.

5A to 5C are diagrams for illustrating examples of shared content.

6 is a configuration diagram of the shared server 10 of FIG. 1.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying a recommended picture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a recommended picture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a block diagram of a system for recommending photo sharing according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the photo sharing recommendation system includes a sharing server 10 and devices 20. However, since the photo sharing recommendation system of FIG. 1 is only an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limitedly interpreted through FIG. 1. That is, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the photo sharing recommendation system may be configured differently from FIG. 1.

Each component of the photo sharing recommendation system of FIG. 1 is generally connected via a network. The network refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between respective nodes such as terminals and servers. Examples of such a network include a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) network and a long term evolution (LTE) network. , World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX) network, Internet, Local Area Network (LAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Personal Area Network (PAN), Bluetooth (Bluetooth) Networks, satellite broadcasting networks, analog broadcasting networks, DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) networks and the like, but are not limited to these.

Referring to FIG. 1, the first network connecting the sharing server 10 and the devices 20 and the second network connecting the device 22 and the device 23 may have different types of networks. For example, the first network may be a broadband network and the second network may be a local area network. At this time, one example of a broadband network is an LTE network, and one example of a local area network is a wireless LAN.

Each of the devices 20 stores a plurality of pictures and photographing information of the plurality of pictures in a database. In this case, the plurality of pictures may be taken through a camera device (not shown) built in each of the devices 20, and may be taken through a separate camera device or an external device and transmitted to the devices 20. It may be. The photographing information of the photograph may include a photographing date, photographing time, and photographing position of the photograph. Also, the photographing information of the photograph may further include a name or serial number of the photograph.

Each of the devices 20 analyzes schedule information of the shared event. In this case, the sharing event refers to an event shared to a plurality of users through a group application installed in each of the devices 20. In general, the sharing event generated by one of the devices may be shared to another device through the sharing server 10.

Each of the devices 20 determines the date, date and time of the shared event included in the schedule information by analyzing schedule information of the shared event. For example, when a user generates a sharing event including a map image corresponding to the date, place, and place of a wedding of an acquaintance through a group application included in the device 21, the device 21 schedules information of the sharing event. By analyzing, you can find out the date and place of your wedding.

Each of the devices 20 may analyze schedule information of a sharing event generated by another device. For example, when the user 21 receives the shared event generated by the device 22 of another user from the shared server 10, the device 21 receives the date and time of the shared event generated by the device 22 of the other user. In order to grasp, the schedule information of the delivered shared event may be analyzed.

Each of the devices 20 may select the recommended picture related to the sharing event from the plurality of pictures stored in the database by comparing the analyzed schedule information and the stored shooting information. For example, each of the devices 20 may select a picture taken on the date of the sharing event among the plurality of pictures as the recommended picture by comparing the recording date of the plurality of pictures stored in each of the devices 20 with the date of the sharing event. Can be. In another example, each of the devices 20 compares the time taken by the sharing event and the time taken by the shared event of the plurality of photos stored in each of the devices 20, so that the time region of the shared event of the plurality of photos (eg, 2 pm Photo taken in the time zone from 4:00 to 4:00 pm can be selected as the recommended picture.

Each of the devices 20 displays the selected recommended picture along with the title of the sharing event. For example, each of the devices 20 may display at least one or more photos taken at a wedding, which is a sharing event, along with a sharing event title of "wedding celebration."

The sharing server 10 relays the sharing events generated by the devices 20. For example, the sharing server 10 shares the sharing event generated by the device 21 to the device 22. To this end, the sharing server 10 may transmit data related to the sharing event or an identifier of the sharing event to the devices 20. In this case, the data related to the sharing event may be data of the sharing event itself, data of a photo related to the sharing event, product information related to the sharing event, advertisement data, etc. The identifier of the sharing event may be an ID for identifying the sharing event, identification It may be a number. After the sharing server 10 transmits the identifier of the sharing event to each of the devices 20, and receives data related to the sharing event from each of the devices 20, each of the devices 20 receives data corresponding to the identifier. Can be sent.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, each of the devices 20 may be various types of devices. For example, each of the devices 20 may be a TV device, computer or portable terminal capable of connecting to a remote server via a network. Here, an example of a TV device includes a smart TV, an IPTV set-top box, and the like, and an example of a computer includes a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc., which is equipped with a web browser. An example of a terminal is a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility, and includes a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), a personal digital cellular (PDC), a personal handyphone system (PHS), and a personal digital (PDA). Assistant (IMT), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (Wibro) terminal, smartphone, tablet PC All kinds of handheld based wireless communication devices such as the like may be included.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the sharing server 10 may determine a recommendation picture related to the sharing event of the devices 20. To this end, the sharing server 10 stores photographing information of a plurality of pictures stored in each of the plurality of devices 20 in a database. In this case, the photographing information may include image data of the photograph and a photographing date of the photograph, and may further include a photographing position (eg, GPS information) according to the type of device 20 or a setting. If necessary, the sharing server 10 may further receive the title or serial number of the picture and store it in the database.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the sharing server 10 receives schedule information and sharing user information of a sharing event from the first device 21 of the plurality of devices 20. For example, the shared server 10 may include the title and contents of the athletic meet, which is a shared event, the schedule information such as the date, time, and place of the athletic meet as information of the shared event from the first device 21 of the first user. Shared user information, which is a user who will share a schedule of an athletic meet, may be received. In this case, the users to be shared may be all users belonging to the same group or may be users selected by the first user.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the sharing server 10 selects the recommended picture related to the sharing event from the plurality of pictures stored in the device by comparing the received schedule information with the stored shooting information. In this case, the selected recommended picture may be a picture taken on a date included in the schedule information, a picture taken in the same time area as the time included in the schedule information, or the same or similar range as a location included in the schedule information. It may be a picture taken within.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the sharing server 10 informs the plurality of devices 20 of the information about the recommended picture determined based on the received shared user information. Information about the recommended picture includes text, image data of the recommended picture, shooting date, shooting time and shooting location. In addition, the sharing server 10 may inform the devices 20 of the recommendation picture through any one of a push message, an instant message, a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), or an email. have.

Each of the devices 20 may receive information on the recommended picture from the sharing server 10 and display a notification message informing of the reception. For example, the second user's device 22 receives the information about the recommended picture from the sharing server 10, and based on the received information, the notification message "The picture taken at the athletic meet was shared" is received. I can display it.

Hereinafter, the operation of each component included in the photo sharing recommendation system of FIG. 1 will be described in more detail.

2 is a configuration diagram of the device 30 of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 2, the device 30 includes an information input unit 31, a communication unit 32, an information analysis unit 33, a recommended picture selection unit 34, a display unit 35, and a database 36. However, the device 30 shown in FIG. 2 is only one implementation example of the present invention, and various modifications are possible based on the components shown in FIG. 2. For example, the device 30 may further include a user interface (not shown) that receives predetermined information from the user.

The device 30 of FIG. 2 means any one of the devices 20, the first device 21, or the second device 22 described in FIG. 1 and the following figures. Therefore, matters that are not described below with respect to the device 30 may be replaced with those described with respect to the devices 20, the first device 21, and the second device 22 through FIG. 1.

The information input unit 31 receives an input for requesting to generate a sharing event through a user interface. The user interface may be a graphical user interface provided by a group application running on the device 30.

The information input unit 31 may receive an input for requesting generation of a sharing event by selecting a sharing event among a plurality of types of shared contents through a user interface. In this case, the shared content refers to content that is shared to a plurality of users through the group application, and the shared content may be various types such as notes, photo albums, voting, surveys, files, and events.

An event is a type of content that has a schedule or schedule, such as an event or a meeting. Examples of such events include family or friends party gatherings, evening appointments, weekend gatherings, travel planning, group or project-specific meeting schedules, work schedules, meeting schedules, congresses in department meetings, weddings and in-company athletic workshops. This may be included. The sharing event refers to an event shared to a plurality of users through a group application, and a plurality of users to be shared are various groups such as family group, friend group, project group, department meeting group, and company group grouped through the group application. It can mean a group member of a group.

The information input unit 31 may provide a tool for inputting a title, schedule information, and shared user information of the shared event when the shared event is selected from among a plurality of types of shared contents through the user interface. In general, an input tool refers to a graphic user interface or a graphic icon displayed on a screen area of a group application. An example of an input tool is a graphic user interface for inputting text and a graphic icon in the form of a calendar for selecting an event.

The information input unit 31 receives a title, schedule information, and shared user information of a shared event through a user interface. At this time, the schedule information may include at least one or more of the date, time and place of the shared event.

Referring to an example of receiving the title, schedule information and shared user information of the shared event in the information input unit 31, the information input unit 31 is the title of the event, "withdrawal wedding celebration meeting" through the execution screen of the group application, Withdrawal of the last time of the winter, withdrawal! Now that you have met a good person. Congratulations on the wedding meeting, "June 30, 2012, 6 pm" and "Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden" includes the date and place Schedule information may be input. In this case, the information input unit 31 may further receive map information corresponding to a place through a map search function. In addition, the information input unit 31 may receive input of shared user information to share the title, content, and schedule information of the input event. The input shared user information may be information of all or some users of the group to which the user of the device 30 belongs.

3A to 3C are diagrams for explaining an example of a process in which a sharing event is registered. Hereinafter, an example of a process of registering a sharing event will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3C.

Referring to FIG. 3A, icons of a plurality of types of shared content are displayed on an execution screen of a group application running on the device 30. The icons of the plurality of types of shared contents may include icons 311 corresponding to note type shared contents, icons 312 corresponding to photo album type shared contents, icons 313 corresponding to event type shared contents, and voting. The icon 314 corresponding to the shared content of the / question type and the icon 315 corresponding to the shared content of the file type. 3A and 3B, when the event type icon 313 is selected through a user interface (eg, a touch input interface), the information input unit 31 selects a title, content, and date of the shared event. As a tool for receiving a time, a place, and the like, the screen configurations of FIG. 3B may be displayed.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the information input unit 31 includes an area 321 for receiving a title of a shared event, an area 322 for receiving a title of a shared event, an area 323 for receiving a date and time of a shared event, and The information on the shared event, such as the title, content, date, time, and location of the shared event, may be input through the region 324 that receives the location of the shared event. In this case, when the area 323 is selected by the user interface, a calendar graphic interface may be displayed, and the date of the sharing event may be input through the displayed calendar graphic interface. In addition, when the area 324 for receiving the location of the sharing event is selected, a map-type graphic interface may be displayed, and the location of the sharing event may be input through the displayed map-type graphic interface.

Referring to FIG. 3B, when an icon 325 requesting to register a sharing event is selected through the user interface, the information input unit 31 may share an event registration request message requesting to register a sharing event. ) Can be sent. In general, the event registration request message may include a title of the shared event, schedule information, shared user information, and a recommended picture of the input shared event, and the schedule information may include a date, time, and place of the shared event. In addition, the registered sharing event may be shared by the sharing server 10 to a plurality of users.

The registered sharing event may be displayed on devices of other users who share the sharing event with the user of the device 30. As shown in Fig. 3c, the displayed shared event is the title of the sharing event "Abortion Marriage Meeting" (331), "Late to be married late in the winter! The content of the event (332), date and time of the shared event "Date: June 30, 2012 6 pm" (333), location (334) of the shared event "place: Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden", indicating the place Map image 335, and a list 336 of users who have shared the event.

When the icon requesting to register a sharing event through the user interface is selected, the communication unit 32 transmits the title, schedule information, sharing user information, and recommended photo information of the input sharing event to the sharing server 10. do. At this time, the title, schedule information, shared user information, and recommended photo information of the shared event transmitted to the sharing server 10 may be delivered to the external devices of the plurality of users. The message transmitted and received between the communication unit 32 and the sharing server 10 may be in various forms such as a push message, an instant message, an SMS, an MMS, or an e-mail.

Referring to FIG. 3C, when the icon 325 is selected through the user interface, the communication unit 32 may share a title, content, date and time of the input sharing event, and shared user information to share the event with the sharing server ( 10), the sharing server 10 may share the received sharing event with other users in the group based on the schedule information and the shared user information of the received sharing event.

The information analyzer 33 analyzes schedule information of shared events shared by a plurality of users through the group application. For example, the information analysis unit 33 analyzes schedule information related to a wedding, which is a shared event, through a group application, and the date of the wedding is held on June 30, 2012 at 6 pm and the location of Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden. Information about the place can be obtained. When the schedule information includes location information on the map image corresponding to the place information, the information analyzer 33 may obtain GPS coordinate information about “Apgujeong-dong Three-member Garden”.

The recommended picture selecting unit 34 selects the recommended picture related to the sharing event from the plurality of pictures by comparing the analyzed schedule information with the shooting information of the plurality of pictures. At this time, the photographing information of the plurality of pictures is stored in the database 36.

The recommended picture selecting unit 34 compares the date when each of the plurality of pictures included in the shooting information of each of the plurality of pictures is taken with the date included in the schedule information of the sharing event, and captures the date of the sharing event among the plurality of pictures. Photo can be selected as a recommended photo. For example, when the schedule information of the shared event is "June 30, 2012", "6 pm", and "Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden", the recommendation photo selection unit 34 is the date of the shared event among the plurality of photos. Photos taken on "June 30, 2012" can be selected as recommended photos.

The recommended picture selecting unit 34 compares the time taken for each of the plurality of pictures included in the shooting information of each of the plurality of pictures with the time included in the schedule information of the shared event, and is equal to the time of the shared event among the plurality of pictures. Photos taken in the time domain can be selected as recommended photos. For example, if the schedule information of the shared event is "June 30, 2012", "6 pm", and "Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden", the recommendation photo selection unit 34 is the time of the shared event among the plurality of photos. Photos taken in the time zone from 5 pm to 7 pm on "June 30, 2012" can be selected as the recommended picture.

The recommended picture selecting unit 34 compares a place where each of the plurality of pictures included in the shooting information of each of the plurality of pictures is photographed with a place included in the schedule information, and includes a location range of a shared event or an adjacent place range among the plurality of pictures. The photograph taken in the inside can be selected as the recommended photograph. For example, when the schedule information of the shared event is "June 30, 2012", "6 pm", and "Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden", the recommended picture selecting unit 34 is a place of the shared event among the plurality of pictures. Photo taken within the same or adjacent position range of "Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden" position can be selected as the recommended photo.

In this way, the recommended picture selecting unit 34 may select the recommended picture from the plurality of pictures by comparing at least one of the date, time and place of the sharing event with at least one of the shooting date, the shooting time and the shooting place of the picture. have.

The display unit 35 displays the selected recommended picture with the title of the sharing event. For example, the display unit 35 may display the recommended photo selected by the recommendation photo selecting unit 34 in an area around the area where the title of the sharing event called "wedding celebration" is displayed.

When the sharing event is registered, the display unit 35 may display a notification message for notifying the recommended picture related to the registered sharing event. In this case, the content of the notification message may include the title of the sharing event, the number of recommended pictures, the title of the recommended picture, and the like.

4A to 4C are diagrams for explaining an example of a process of displaying a notification message or a recommended picture. Referring to FIG. 4A, when the sharing event is registered, the display unit 35 may display a notification message 411 for notifying a recommended picture related to the registered sharing event. At this time, the sharing event is a sharing event generated in the device 30 or a sharing event of an external device received from the sharing server 10. As shown in FIG. 4A, the notification message 411 may be in the form of a push notification displayed on the display, and the notification message 411 is photographed at the "Abortion Wedding Meeting" indicating the title of the sharing event and the number of recommended pictures. You can share 6 photos to a group. May include the phrase ".

4A and 4B, when a notification message 411 is selected through a user interface (eg, a touch interface), the display unit 35 displays an interface screen for determining a recommended picture to share from the recommended picture. do. As shown in FIG. 4B, the interface screen includes an area 421 for displaying a title of a sharing event, an area 422 for displaying recommended pictures, an all-selection icon 423 for selecting all recommended pictures, and sharing of recommended pictures. An icon 424 is requested.

4B and 4C, when an icon 424 requesting sharing of the recommended picture is selected through a user interface (eg, a touch interface), the display unit 35 displays a result screen of sharing. As shown in FIG. 4C, the result screen includes a title 431 of the sharing event, an area 432 for displaying recommended photos to be shared under the title 431, and a list 433 of users sharing the shared event and the recommended pictures. ) May be included. If only part of the recommended picture is selected through the user interface and then the icon 424 is selected, the area 432 will include only a part of the recommended picture.

The database 36 stores a plurality of pictures and photographing information of the plurality of pictures. The photographing information of the photograph may include a photographing date of the photograph, and the photographing information may further include a photographing position of the photograph according to the type of the device 30 or the setting of the device 30. In some cases, the shooting information may further include a name or a serial number of the picture. An example of such a database 36 includes a hard disk drive, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a memory card, or the like existing inside or outside the shared server 10.

When the sharing event is generated at an external device of any one of a plurality of users, the communication unit 32 receives the title and schedule information of the sharing event from the sharing server 10, and the information analyzer 33 receives the information. The analyzed schedule information is analyzed, and the recommended picture selecting unit 34 may select the recommended picture related to the sharing event from the plurality of pictures stored in the database 36 by comparing the analyzed schedule information with the photographing information of the plurality of pictures. . In this case, the display unit 35 may display a notification message indicating that the title and schedule information of the shared event are received from the sharing server 10. In addition, the display unit 35 may display the selected recommendation picture together with the title of the sharing event.

5A to 5C are diagrams for illustrating examples of shared content. 5A illustrates a shared note that is shared content of note type. Referring to FIG. 5A, a screen displaying a generated shared note includes an area displaying “Jeju Island preparations for travel,” which is a title of the shared notebook, an area 511 indicating a content, date, time, and location of the shared notebook, and a note editing icon ( 512 and an area 513 that displays a list of users who have received the shared note. When the note editing icon 512 is selected by any one of the plurality of users, the title, content, date and time or location of the shared note may be edited. The screen of FIG. 5A may be activated as the note icon 311 of FIG. 3A is selected.

5B shows a shared photo album that is shared content of a photo album type. Referring to FIG. 5B, the screen displaying the created shared photo album includes an area displaying “Jeju Island travel photos” which is a title of the shared photo album, an area 521 displaying pictures included in the photo album, and a photo to be added. "Upload My Photos" icon 522 and an area 523 that displays a list of users who have shared the shared photo album. When the icon 522 is selected by any one of the plurality of users, a new picture may be added to the area 521. The screen of FIG. 5B may be activated as the photo album icon 312 of FIG. 3A is selected.

5C illustrates a shared calendar that is shared content of calendar type. Referring to FIG. 5C, the screen for displaying the created shared calendar may include an area displaying “brian shared schedule” which is a title of the shared calendar, an area 531 displaying an image of the shared calendar, and an hourly schedule of the selected date. An area 532 includes a "schedule registration" icon 533 for adding a schedule of the selected date, and an area 534 for displaying a list of users who have been shared with the shared calendar. When the icon 533 is selected by any one of the plurality of users, a new schedule may be added to the area 534.

6 is a configuration diagram of the shared server 10 of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 6, the sharing server 10 includes a storage unit 11, a communication unit 12, an information analyzer 13, a recommended picture selection unit 14, and a database 15. However, the shared server 10 shown in FIG. 6 is only one implementation example of the present invention, and various modifications are possible based on the components shown in FIG. 6. For example, the shared server 10 according to the embodiment described in FIG. 1 may include only the storage unit 11, the communication unit 12, and the database 15.

The sharing server 10 of FIG. 6 may refer to a sharing server 10 according to another embodiment described in FIG. 1. That is, the sharing server 10 of FIG. 6 may select the recommended picture in place of the device 30.

The storage unit 11 stores the photographing information of the plurality of pictures stored in the device 30 in the database 15. In this case, the photographing information of the plurality of pictures may be transmitted from the device 30 to the communication unit 12. The photographing information of the plurality of photographs may include at least one or more of image data, photographing date, photographing time, photographing position, title, and serial number of each photograph.

The storage unit 11 may store the photographing information of a plurality of pictures stored in each of the plurality of devices in the database 14. Referring to FIG. 1, the storage unit 11 may store both photographing information of photographs stored in the device 21 and photographing information of photographs stored in the device 22. For more detailed description of the photographing information, the above description of the photographing information is applied mutatis mutandis.

The communication unit 12 receives schedule information of the sharing event from the device 30. In this case, the schedule information of the shared event is schedule information generated by the device 30. The communication unit 11 may receive schedule information of a sharing event from a plurality of devices. When the device 30 is the device 30 of FIG. 2, the communication unit 12 receives schedule information of the shared event from the communication unit 32. For more detailed description of such schedule information, the contents described above with reference to the schedule information are applied mutatis mutandis through FIGS. 1 to 5.

The information analyzing unit 13 analyzes the received schedule information. For example, the information analyzer may analyze the schedule information related to the wedding, and obtain place information on the date and time of the wedding, “June 30, 2012, 6 pm” and the place “Apgujeong-dong Samwon Garden”.

The recommended picture selection unit 14 selects a recommended picture related to the shared event from the plurality of pictures by comparing the schedule information with the shooting information.

The communication unit 12 informs the device 30 of the determined recommended picture. The information on the recommended picture includes a predetermined text, image data of the picture, a shooting time and a shooting location, and the communication unit 12 sends information on the recommended picture by push notification, instant message, short message service (SMS), multimedia (MMS). The device 30 may be notified through a notification message of either a message service or an email. The device 30 may display the received notification message on the display. For example, the device 30 may display, on the display, the text “You can share six pictures taken at the wedding celebration to the group” included in the received notification message.

The communication unit 12 may inform the plurality of devices of the information about the determined recommended picture. In this case, the communication unit 12 uses the shared user information of the shared event received together with the schedule information of the shared event from the device 30. For example, the communication unit 12 may identify a plurality of users to be shared included in the shared user information, and transmit information on the recommended picture to the devices of the identified plurality of users. In this case, the identified plurality of users may mean a user who will receive a sharing event.

The database 15 stores shooting information of a plurality of pictures and image data of the plurality of pictures. An example of such a database 15 includes a hard disk drive, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a memory card, or the like existing inside or outside the shared server 10.

Each of the information analyzer 13, the recommended picture selector 14, and the database 15 is the same as the operations of the information analyzer 33, the recommended picture selector 34, and the database 36 of FIG. 2. Or similar. Therefore, the information that is not described below with respect to the information analyzing unit 13, the recommended picture selecting unit 14, and the database 15 will be described above in the information analyzing unit 33, the recommended picture selecting unit 34, and the database 16. Since it is easily inferred by those skilled in the art from the same or described as described for the description will be omitted below. In addition, the content which is not described about the shared server 10 applies the content described above with respect to the shared server 10 through FIGS. 1 to 5.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying a recommended picture according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for displaying a recommended picture according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 includes the steps of time series processing in the device 30 shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, although omitted below, the descriptions of the device 30 through FIGS. 2 to 6 also apply to FIG. 7.

In operation S701, the device 30 stores the plurality of photos and photographing information of the plurality of photos in the database 36. In step S702, the information analyzer 33 analyzes schedule information of shared events shared to a plurality of users through the group application. At this time, the schedule information may include at least one or more of the date, time and place of the shared event.

In step S703, the recommended picture selecting unit 34 selects a recommended picture related to the shared event from the plurality of pictures stored in the database 36 by comparing the analyzed schedule information and the stored shooting information. In this case, the recommended picture selecting unit 34 may select a picture taken on the date of the sharing event or a picture taken within the same time region as the time of the sharing event, from among the plurality of pictures. In addition, the recommended picture selecting unit 34 may select a picture taken within the same or adjacent range as the place of the sharing event among the plurality of pictures as the recommended picture.

In step S704, the display unit 35 displays the selected recommendation picture together with the title of the sharing event.

Although not shown in FIG. 7, the method for displaying a recommended picture may further include receiving a title and schedule information of a sharing event through a user interface (not shown). In this case, the information input unit 31 may provide a tool for inputting a title and schedule information of the shared event when the shared event is selected from among a plurality of types of shared contents through the user interface. In addition, the user interface includes a calendar type interface, and schedule information may be input through the calendar type interface.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the sharing event may be generated at an external device of any one external user of the plurality of users. In this case, the title and schedule information of the sharing event may be received from the sharing server 10 connected to the external device.

Although not shown in FIG. 7, in the recommendation picture display method, when an icon requesting to register a sharing event is selected through a user interface, a title, schedule information, and information on the recommended picture of the input sharing event may be shared with the server ( 10) may further include transmitting (not shown). In this case, the step (not shown) of transmitting to the sharing server 10 may be performed by the communication unit 32. The information on the title, schedule information, and recommendation picture of the shared event transmitted may be delivered to the external device of the plurality of users by the sharing server 10.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a recommended picture according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for determining a recommended picture according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 includes the steps of time series processing in the sharing server 10 shown in FIG. 6. Therefore, although omitted below, the content described with reference to the shared server 10 through FIGS. 1 to 6 also applies to FIG. 8.

In operation S801, the storage unit 11 stores the photographing information of the plurality of pictures stored in the device 30 in the database 15. To this end, the communication unit 12 receives photographing information from the device 30. In operation S802, the communication unit 12 receives schedule information of a sharing event from the device 30.

In step S803, the recommended picture selecting unit 14 selects a recommended picture related to the sharing event from the plurality of pictures by comparing the received schedule information with the stored shooting information. In this case, the received schedule information is analyzed by the information analyzer 13, and the recommended picture selecting unit 14 compares the analyzed received schedule information with stored photographing information, thereby selecting a plurality of recommended pictures related to the shared event. You can also choose from photos.

In step S804, the communication unit 12 informs the device 30 of the determined recommended picture information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 12 may inform the plurality of devices of the information about the determined recommended picture. In this case, the communication unit 12 receives the shared user information of the sharing event together with the schedule information of the sharing event from the device 30, and the communication unit 12 receives the information on the recommended picture determined using the received sharing user information. The sharing event may inform a plurality of devices that are shared.

Each of the recommended picture display method or the recommended picture determination method described with reference to FIGS. 7 or 8 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

An embodiment of the present invention may provide a method for providing a predetermined application that operates in conjunction with the device 30 executing the recommendation photo display method described with reference to FIG. 7. At this time, the device 30 is characterized by performing a recommendation photo display method. In addition, the application may be provided to the device 30 by the shared server 10, may be provided to the device 30 by another server configured separately from the shared server 10, and may be different from the shared server 10. It may be provided to the device 30 by another server operated by the subject.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

Claims

In the method for displaying a recommended photo related to a sharing event,

Storing a plurality of pictures and photographing information of the plurality of pictures in a database;

Analyzing schedule information of shared events shared to a plurality of users through a group application;

Selecting a recommended picture related to the shared event from a plurality of pictures stored in the database by comparing the analyzed schedule information and the stored shooting information; And

And displaying the selected recommendation picture together with a title of the sharing event.
The method of claim 1,

The schedule information includes at least one or more of the date, time and place of the shared event.
The method of claim 2,

The selecting of the recommended picture may include selecting at least one of a picture taken on the date of the plurality of pictures, a picture taken within the same time region as the time, or a picture taken within the same or adjacent range of the place. Recommended picture display method to choose with.
The method of claim 1,

And receiving a title and schedule information of the sharing event through a user interface.
The method of claim 4, wherein

If the icon requesting to register the sharing event through the user interface is selected, transmitting the title, schedule information, and information on the recommended photo of the input sharing event to a sharing server; Display method.
The method of claim 5,

The title, schedule information, and information on the recommended photo of the transmitted shared event are delivered to external devices of the plurality of users.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The receiving of the input includes providing a tool for inputting a title and schedule information of the shared event when the shared event is selected from among a plurality of types of shared content through a user interface.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The user interface comprises a calendar type interface,

And the schedule information is input through the calendar type interface.
The method of claim 1,

The sharing event is generated in the external device of any one of the plurality of users, the title and schedule information of the sharing event is received from a sharing server connected to the external device, the recommended picture display method.
In the method for providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device for performing the recommended picture display method,

The device is an application providing method characterized in that the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
A device for displaying a recommended picture related to a sharing event,

A database storing a plurality of pictures and shooting information of the plurality of pictures;

An information analyzer configured to analyze schedule information of shared events shared by a plurality of users through a group application;

A recommendation photo selection unit for selecting a recommendation photo related to the sharing event from a plurality of photographs stored in the database by comparing the analyzed schedule information with the stored photographing information; And

The display device may further include a display unit to display the selected recommendation picture together with the title of the sharing event.
The method of claim 11,

An information input unit configured to receive a title and schedule information of the shared event through a user interface; And

The device further comprises a communication unit for receiving information from the shared server.
In the method of determining a recommended picture related to a shared event on a shared server,

Storing photographing information of a plurality of pictures stored in the device in a database;

Receiving schedule information of a sharing event from the device;

Selecting the recommended picture related to the sharing event from the plurality of pictures by comparing the received schedule information with the stored shooting information; And

And informing the device of the information about the determined recommended photo.
The method of claim 13,

Receiving the schedule information, receiving the schedule information of the shared event and the shared user information of the shared event from the device,

And informing the device to inform the plurality of devices to which the sharing event is shared, the information about the determined recommended photo by using the received shared user information.