WO2017175951A1

WO2017175951A1 - Chatting-list-providing user terminal and provision method of same

Info

Publication number: WO2017175951A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/014880
Authority: WO
Inventors: 천영석; 천홍석
Original assignee: 주식회사 트위니; 천영석; 천홍석
Priority date: 2016-04-05
Filing date: 2016-12-19
Publication date: 2017-10-12

Abstract

According to a method of providing a chatting list of a user terminal that provides a convenient chatting window moving function, a chatting window interface that displays a chatting window enabling a user to chat with another user and a current chatting state interface that displays the current state of one or more chatting windows from among the windows in which the user is participating are divided into respective regions and displayed on one screen, one chatting window included in the current chatting state interface is selected, the selected chatting window is displayed on the chatting window interface, and the current state of the modified chatting window is updated and displayed on the current chatting state interface.

Description

Chat list provision user terminal and its provision method

The present invention relates to a user terminal for providing a chat list and a method of providing the same.

With the activation of social network services (SNS), an instant messaging service, a communication platform, has become commercially available.

Conventionally, in an instant message service (that is, a chat service), a user has to deal with a plurality of user inputs in order to move from a chat room to another chat room. For example, a user may reenter a chat room having an unacknowledged message or another desired chat room after moving to the chat room list window in which the entire chat room list is displayed after 'going out' from the chat room menu that is currently engaged. As such, there was a hassle in moving to another chat room while participating in one chat room, and the inconvenience of not knowing the situation of another chat room at all when the current chat room is active.

In this regard, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0125672 (name of the invention: an unacknowledged message display device and method of a terminal) includes a first area for displaying unacknowledged messages in an unacknowledged message sorting mode and a second for displaying acknowledgment messages. A display unit including an area; Disclosed is an unacknowledged message display apparatus of a terminal including a control unit which controls to arrange and display unacknowledged messages according to a priority set in a first area in an unacknowledged message sorting mode.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a user terminal and a method for providing the chat list that allows the user to easily move to another chat window while using the chat service.

However, the technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problem as described above, and other technical problems may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above technical problem, a user terminal for providing a chat service according to an aspect of the present invention, a communication module for performing data communication, a display unit, a memory in which a chat service providing program is stored, the memory And a processor for executing a stored chat service providing program, wherein the processor displays a chat window through which a user can chat with another user in response to the execution of the program, wherein the user displays a chat window. The chat status interface displays the status of one or more chat windows that participate. In this case, the chat status interface and the chat window interface are displayed by distinguishing areas from each other on one screen.

In addition, a chat list providing method through a user terminal providing a chat service according to another aspect of the present invention, a chat window interface for displaying a chat window in which the user can chat with other users and the user is participating Displaying a chat status interface for displaying the status of the chat window by separating the areas on one screen; And if any one of the chat windows included in the chat status interface is selected, displaying the selected chat window on the chat window interface, and updating and displaying the status of the changed chat window on the chat status interface.

According to any one of the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, when using the chat service, the user does not need to exit the current chat window and move to the window in which the list of all chat windows are displayed. You can easily navigate by checking and selecting another chat window.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, the status of other chat windows arranged according to various conditions, such as a chat window with a new message arrived on the currently active chat window, and a chat window with a recently entered history. You can check it conveniently.

In addition, according to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention, in the chat service, the user can easily check the chat window with the members registered in the 'friends' relationship as well as the members of the 'group' in which the user is a member. You can select and move.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a chat list providing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of a user terminal displaying a chat status interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a chat list providing method 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.

When a part of the specification is to "include" any component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a chat list providing user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of a user terminal displaying a chat status interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, a user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a communication module 110, an input module 120, a display unit 130, a memory 140, and a processor ( 150).

User terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a terminal that can access a server (not shown) that provides a chat service, handheld-based wireless of all kinds guaranteed portability and mobility It may be a communication device. For example, the user terminal 100 is an intelligent terminal that adds computer-assisted functions such as Internet communication and information retrieval to a portable terminal, and is a smart phone that can install and execute a plurality of applications (eg, mobile applications) desired by a user. (smart phone). In this case, a separate application for performing various processes for providing a chat service may be installed in the user terminal 100. In addition, the user terminal 100 may provide a chat service through a web browser or other pre-installed applications. For reference, the user terminal 100 may be a device that can be connected through a wired / wireless communication with a chat service server (not shown), such as a PC, in addition to a wireless communication device having portability and mobility.

A chat window, which will be described below, is a virtual space opened to allow two or more users to exchange instant messages, and allows a user to visually send and receive instant messages (that is, chat messages) between users within a chat window. Means display information output on the user terminal 100 to check.

In addition, the 'chat window activation state' refers to a state in which the corresponding chat window is output on the screen of the user terminal 100. In this case, the user terminal 100 displays the current status of one or more chat windows in which the user participates while the chat window is output. The user terminal 100 recognizes a user input input to move to another chat window while one chat window is activated, and selects a chat window selected by the user from among a plurality of other chat windows included in the status of the displayed chat window. To handle the movement. Accordingly, the user can immediately check the current status list of other chat windows (hereinafter referred to as “chat status list”) on the currently active chat window, and only by selecting one of the chat windows of the chat status list. You can easily navigate to the chat window.

The communication module 110 processes data communication between the user terminal 100 and the chat service server (not shown) or the user terminal 100 and another user terminal (not shown). At this time, the communication module 110 transmits / receives an instant message with another terminal (that is, a terminal of a conversation partner) participating in the chat window under the control of the processor 150. For reference, the chat service server (not shown) receives an instant message from the user terminal 100 and another user terminal (that is, the terminal of the conversation partner), and serves to deliver each instant message to the target terminal.

Meanwhile, the communication module 110 may also directly send and receive instant messages with other user terminals without going through a chat service server (not shown). For example, the communication module 110 may establish a direct connection with a counterpart user terminal (not shown) through short-range communication such as wireless LAN communication and Bluetooth communication. At this time, the communication module 110 processes an instant message transmission / reception procedure according to a communication protocol suitable for connection with the counterpart user terminal.

The input module 120 receives and transmits various user inputs input by manipulating an input device (not shown) implemented on the user terminal 100 or interlocked with the processor 150. For reference, the input device (not shown) may be a device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pad, or may be a display unit of the user terminal 100 itself implemented as a touch screen panel.

The display unit 130 outputs a window in which various data related to the chat window is displayed on the screen under the control of the processor 150. At this time, the display unit 130 displays the chat window interface (indicated by 'P10' in FIG. 2) in a partial region of the window output on the screen under the control of the processor 150. In addition, the display unit 130 outputs a chat status interface (indicated as 'P20' in FIG. 2) including a chat status list to another partial area of the window displayed on the screen under the control of the processor 150. do. As such, the chat window interface and the chat status interface may be displayed by distinguishing areas from each other on the same screen.

The memory 140 includes a chat window interface for processing and displaying chat messages exchanged (ie, transmitted and received) between users participating in the chat window, and a chat status interface for displaying a status of at least one chat window in which the user is participating. The service providing program is stored. For reference, the chat message includes various types of messages such as text messages, videos, images, audio, and emoticons.

In this case, the memory 140 refers to a nonvolatile storage device that maintains stored information even when power is not supplied, and a volatile storage device that requires power to maintain stored information. In addition, the memory 140 stores programs and data for performing various functions of the user terminal 100 in addition to the chat service providing program, which may be processed by the processor 150.

The processor 150 executes a program stored in the memory 140 to process various operations.

The processor 150 displays a chat window for chatting with other users through the chat window interface in response to the execution of the chat service providing program, and displays the status of one or more chat windows in which the user participates. Display through.

Specifically, as shown in (a) of FIG. 2, the processor 150 outputs a chat message with another user included in an arbitrary chat window through the chat window interface P10. In addition, the processor 150 extracts at least one chat window according to a predetermined condition among all opened chat windows (that is, a chat window in which the user participates) to form a chat status list. The processor 150 outputs the configured chat status list through the chat status interface P20.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the chat status interface P20 and the chat window interface P10 are displayed by distinguishing areas from each other on one screen. In FIG. 2, the chat status interface P20 is disposed in a horizontal bar shape, and the chat window interface P10 is disposed below the chat status interface P20 as an example. However, the shape of the chat interface P10 and the chat status interface P20 and the location of the output area are not limited thereto.

The processor 150 displays the status of at least one chat window in which the user participates in the chat status interface P20 as a chat window icon corresponding to each chat window. When a user selection for any one of the chat window icons displayed in the chat status interface P20 is input through the input module 120, the chat window corresponding to the chat window icon is chatted as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the window interface P10. That is, when the user selects and inputs the chat window icon of the second chat window P22 displayed on the chat status interface P20 while the first chat window P21 is activated, the second chat window P22 is easily input. I can move it. Accordingly, as shown in (b) of FIG. 2, the second chat window P22 is output on the chat window interface P10 and updated according to the chat status changed by moving the chat window on the chat status interface P20. Chat window icons are displayed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, the processor 150 identifies the number of new messages unconfirmed by the user for each chat window together with the chat window icon through the chat status interface P20. Can be displayed further.

The processor 150 may arrange and display chat window icons of the chat status interface P20 according to a preset condition.

For example, the processor 150 may sequentially output the order of the chat window icons displayed in the chat status interface P20 from the latest order in the order of the time when the chat message is registered by the user. That is, as shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 2, the chat window icon of the first chat window P21 that was joined immediately before the user moves to the second chat window P22 is the second chat window ( After moving to P22, the chat status interface P20 may be arranged in order of displaying the first rank. In this case, the processor 150 may sort the order of the chat window icons displayed in the chat status interface P20 from the latest order according to the time order for the time when any chat window is terminated from activation to inactivity.

Accordingly, since chat window icons including a chat window, which the user was participating in, are automatically included in the chat status interface P20, the user may have previously moved from any chat window regardless of the number and time of moving the chat window. You can check and return to the chat window.

In addition, the processor 150 may output the order of the chat window icons displayed in the chat status interface P20 in descending order from the chat window having the largest number of new messages. That is, as shown in (b) of FIG. 2, the remaining chat window icons may be arranged and displayed in the order of the largest number of new messages currently unidentified on the chat status interface P20.

Accordingly, since chat window icons including a chat window in which a new message is not confirmed by the user are automatically included in the chat status interface P20, the user does not need to perform an additional move operation to check the entire chat window list. You can conveniently check the status of messages received in other chat rooms.

2 (a) and 2 (b) illustrate a method of arranging chat window icons by simultaneously applying a condition based on a time when a user's chat message is registered and the number of new messages, the two conditions may be applied to each or one of them. It is also possible to apply so that has priority. In addition, the arrangement of the chat window icons is not limited thereto.

As described above, the user can continuously move to a chat window that was previously engaged or another chat window of interest within the chat window that has been moved, and the user can select a different chat window without performing a separate process. You can check and select the chat window.

Meanwhile, the processor 150 displays a chat window icon displaying a chat window with another user who is in a friend relationship with the user in the chat status interface P20, and a chat with a plurality of members of the group of which the user is a member. The chat window icon to be displayed can be displayed together.

At this time, the chat window icon of the chat window according to the friend relationship is a friend relationship between two individuals who have established a friend relationship through the acceptance of a friend relationship setting, and when the user registers a member in any group, the friend relationship is automatically connected with the group members. May include display information for distinguishing a friend relationship with the set group member. In addition, the chat window icon of the chat window with the plurality of members of the group may include information indicating that the group chat window is participating in a plurality of users to be distinguished from the friend relationship described above. In this case, the display information for distinguishing each other between a friend relationship and a group chat may include a color or text data of a chat window icon.

Hereinafter, a chat list providing method for providing a simple chat window moving function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

For reference, steps according to the method for providing a chat list to be described below are implemented through the components of the user terminal 100 described with reference to FIG. 1. However, the user terminal 100 may further include an additional configuration for processing various functions such as data / voice communication in addition to the above-described configuration.

First, the chat window in which the user is currently engaged is output through the chat window interface on the screen of the user terminal (S310).

Then, the status of at least one other chat window in which the user participates in the existing or a new message is generated is output through the chat status interface (S320).

At this time, the chat window interface and the chat status interface in steps S310 and S320 are output on the screen in parallel (or simultaneously).

In addition, the chat status interface and the chat window interface are displayed by separating areas from each other on one screen. For example, the chat status interface may be arranged in a horizontal bar form, and the chat window interface may be disposed at the bottom of the chat status interface.

In addition, the chat window status interface may display a chat window icon for identifying at least one other chat window and identification information indicating the number of new messages to correspond to the chat window icon.

In addition, a chat window icon for displaying a chat window with a user who is in a friend relationship and a chat window icon for displaying a chat window with a plurality of members of a group in which the user is a member can be displayed together.

Next, the user's selection for any one of the chat window icons included in the chat status interface is received (S330).

Accordingly, the corresponding chat window according to the user selection is displayed on the chat window interface to process the chat window movement (S340).

Then, the changed status of the chat window icon according to the chat window is updated and displayed through the chat status interface (S350).

In this case, the chat window interface and the chat status interface in steps S340 and S350 are output on the screen in parallel (or simultaneously).

The chat window icons included in the chat status interface are sequentially based on at least one condition of each chat window based on the number of new messages unconfirmed by the user, the time when the user's chat message is registered, and the time when the chat window is activated. Can be aligned.

The user terminal for providing a chat list and the method for providing a chat list according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by a computer. Can be. 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. Computer-readable media can also 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.

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 user terminal providing a chat service,

A communication module for performing data communication,

Display unit,

Memory where the chat service provider is stored,

A processor for executing a chat service providing program stored in the memory;

In response to the execution of the program, the processor displays a chat window through which a user can chat with another user through a chat window interface, and displays a status of one or more chat windows in which the user participates. Through the

The chat status interface and the chat window interface are displayed on one screen by dividing areas from each other.
The method of claim 1,

The processor,

In the chat status interface, the status of at least one chat window in which the user participates is displayed as a chat window icon corresponding to each chat window.

And when one of the displayed chat window icons is selected, displaying a chat window corresponding to the selected chat window icon through the chat window interface.
The method of claim 1,

The chat status interface is arranged in a horizontal bar form on a portion of the window output on the screen of the display unit,

The chat window interface is a user terminal that is disposed at the bottom of the chat status interface in the remaining area of the output window.
The method of claim 1,

The processor,

In the chat status interface, the status of at least one chat window in which the user participates is displayed as a chat window icon corresponding to each chat window.

The user terminal sorts the order of the chat window icons displayed in the chat status interface in descending order from the chat window having the largest number of unidentified new messages for each chat window.
The method of claim 1,

The processor,

In the chat status interface, the status of at least one chat window in which the user participates is displayed as a chat window icon corresponding to each chat window.

And a user terminal for sorting the order of chat window icons displayed in the chat status interface from the latest order based on the time when the chat message by the user is registered.
The method of claim 1,

The processor,

In the chat status interface, the status of one or more chat windows in which the user participates is displayed as a chat window icon corresponding to each chat window.

In the chat status interface, a chat window icon corresponding to a chat window with another user who is friends with the user, and a chat window icon corresponding to a chat window with a plurality of members of a group to which the user is registered as a member User terminal to display together.
In the chat list providing method through a user terminal providing a chat service,

A chat window interface for displaying a chat window in which a user can chat with another user, and a chat status interface for displaying a status of one or more chat windows in which the user is participating are separated from each other on one screen. step; And

If any one of the chat window included in the chat status interface is selected, displaying the selected chat window on the chat window interface, and updating and displaying the status of the changed chat window on the chat status interface. .
The method of claim 7, wherein

The chat status interface displays a chat window icon corresponding to one or more chat windows in which the user participates.

Updating and displaying the status of the changed chat window,

The chat list providing method of displaying the order of the chat window icon sorted in descending order from the chat window with the largest number of unidentified new messages for each chat window.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The chat status interface displays a chat window icon corresponding to one or more chat windows in which the user participates.

Updating and displaying the status of the changed chat window,

The chat list providing method of displaying the order of the chat window icon sorted from the latest order based on the time the chat message by the user is registered.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The chat status interface,

A chat window icon corresponding to at least one chat window in which the user participates is displayed.

A chat list in which a chat window icon corresponding to a chat window with another user having a friend relationship with the user and a chat window icon corresponding to a chat window with a plurality of members of a group of which the user has joined as a member are displayed together. How to Provide.