WO2019172463A1

WO2019172463A1 - Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for recommending profile photo

Info

Publication number: WO2019172463A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/002615
Authority: WO
Inventors: 배희정; 김현영; 조현지
Original assignee: 라인플러스 주식회사
Priority date: 2018-03-06
Filing date: 2018-03-06
Publication date: 2019-09-12
Also published as: JP7393487B2; JP2022169565A; JP7119106B2; KR20200106186A; KR20220156099A; JP2021520533A

Abstract

A method for providing a custom profile comprises the steps of: when an input event for customizing a profile for a chat room, which is displayed in the chat room, is recognized, providing a photo attachment function to the chat room; when a photo specified by the photo attachment function is included in a request for transmitting a message created in the chat room, transmitting the specified photo with the message; and displaying the transmitted photo in a message profile area in the chat room, which corresponds to the message.

Description

How to recommend a profile picture and system and non-transitory computer readable recording media

The description below relates to a technique for reflecting a photo in the profile area of a message in a chat room.

Instant messenger, which is a general communication tool, is software that can send and receive messages or data in real time. The user may register a contact on the messenger and exchange messages in real time with the person in the contact list.

Such a messenger function is becoming more common in the mobile environment of a mobile communication terminal as well as a PC.

For example, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2002-0074304 (published September 30, 2002) discloses a mobile messenger service system of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network to provide a messenger service between mobile messengers installed in a mobile terminal, and A method is disclosed.

In general, a messenger provides a chat room with a profile picture area for the user who sent the message on a per-message basis.

The profile picture area may be customized for each message by taking a picture and / or recommending a picture in a chat room such as a messenger or social network service (SNS).

You can increase the usability of custom profile features by minimizing the process and time required to attach photos for profile customization in chat rooms.

A method of providing a custom profile executed in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory, the method of providing a custom profile by the at least one processor. Providing a picture attachment function to the chat room when an input event for customizing a profile displayed in the chat room is recognized for the chat room; Sending, by the at least one processor, the specified picture together with the message if the picture specified by the picture attaching function is included in the request to send a message created in the chat room; And displaying, by the at least one processor, the transmitted photo in the profile area of the message corresponding to the message in the chat room.

According to an aspect, the providing may include at least one of a photo recommendation list including at least some of a camera view for taking a picture in the chat room and a picture stored in the electronic device based on an input event recognized for the chat room. Determining a picture attachment function of the may include providing the determined at least one picture attachment function.

According to another aspect, the providing may include automatically activating the photo attachment function in the chat room when a special character defined as a tag is input in the message input window of the chat room.

According to another aspect, the tag may include a first tag for calling the camera view and a second tag for calling the photo recommendation list among the photo attachment function.

According to another aspect, the providing may include automatically activating the photo attachment function in the chat room when a specific gesture for the electronic device is input while the chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device. have.

According to another aspect, the providing may include automatically activating the photo attachment function to the chat room when the chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device when the angle of the electronic device with respect to the ground becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined angle. It may include a step.

According to another aspect, the providing may include automatically activating the photo attachment function in the chat room when the emotion information is extracted from the message content being input into the message input window of the chat room.

According to another aspect, the method for providing a custom profile further comprises the step of extracting and tagging a keyword associated with the photo with respect to each photo stored in the electronic device by the at least one processor. The method may include selecting at least one photo corresponding to a message input in a message input window of the chat room among the photos stored in the electronic device based on the tagged keyword and providing the photo recommendation list.

According to another aspect, the transmitting may include transmitting a photograph taken automatically through the camera view to the server at the time when the request for transmission of the message is input.

According to another aspect, the step of transmitting, if a picture is selected from the photo recommendation list at the time when the transmission request of the message is input, transmitting the selected picture with the message to the server; Can be.

According to another aspect, the message may be classified into a message type including a custom profile on the server and managed together with the picture.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of providing a custom profile to a computer is provided.

A custom profile providing system implemented in an electronic device, comprising: a memory; And at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: input events for customization of a profile displayed in the chat room with respect to the chat room; If it is recognized, the picture attachment providing unit for providing a picture attachment function to the chat room; A message transmitter which transmits the specified picture together with the message, when the request to send the message created in the chat room includes the picture specified by the picture attachment function; And a profile reflecting unit displaying the transmitted picture in a profile area of the message corresponding to the message in the chat room.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of components that may be included in a processor of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that an electronic device may perform according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

5 to 9 are exemplary views for explaining a process of automatically activating the picture attachment function in an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is an exemplary view for explaining a custom profile of a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a technique for reflecting a photo in a profile area of a message in a chat room.

Embodiments, including those specifically disclosed herein, can customize the profile picture area for each message in a chat room such as messenger or SNS, thereby achieving significant advantages in terms of efficiency, usability, convenience, cost reduction, and the like. can do.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including a plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140, a plurality of

servers

150 and 160, and a network 170. 1 is an example for describing the present invention, and the number of electronic devices or the number of servers is not limited as shown in FIG. 1.

The plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented as computer systems. Examples of the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation device, a computer, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a portable multimedia player (PMP). , Tablet PCs, game consoles, wearable devices, wearable devices, Internet of things (IoT) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, augmented reality (AR) devices, and the like. As an example, although FIG. 1 illustrates the shape of a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 110, in the embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 may be substantially different from the network 170 using a wireless or wired communication scheme. It may mean one of various physical computer systems capable of communicating with the

electronic devices

120, 130, 140 and / or the

servers

150, 160.

The communication method is not limited and includes not only a communication method using a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired internet, a wireless internet, a broadcasting network, a satellite network, etc.) that the network 170 may include, but also a short range wireless communication between devices. Can be. For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). And one or more of networks such as the Internet. The network 170 may also include any one or more of network topologies, including bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, trees, or hierarchical networks, but It is not limited.

Each of the

servers

150 and 160 communicates with the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 through the network 170 to provide a command, code, file, content, service, or the like. It may be implemented in devices. For example, the server 150 may be a system that provides a first service to a plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 connected through the network 170, and the server 160 may also have a network ( It may be a system that provides a second service to the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 connected through the 170. As a more specific example, the server 150 is an application as a computer program installed and driven in the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140, and a service (eg, messenger, SNS, etc.) that the application is intended for. May be provided to the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 as a first service. As another example, the server 160 may provide a service for distributing the file for installing and driving the above application to the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 as a second service.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 illustrates an internal configuration of the electronic device 110 and the server 150 as an example of the electronic device. In addition, the other

electronic devices

120, 130, 140, or the server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configuration as the above-described electronic device 110 or the server 150.

The electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include

memories

211 and 221,

processors

212 and 222,

communication modules

213 and 223, and input /

output interfaces

214 and 224. The

memories

211 and 221 are non-transitory computer readable recording media. The

memories

211 and 221 are non-transitory computer-readable recording media. The

memories

211 and 221 are non-transitory computer-readable recording media. Permanent mass storage devices. In this case, the non-volatile mass storage device such as a ROM, an SSD, a flash memory, a disk drive, or the like may be included in the electronic device 110 or the server 150 as a separate persistent storage device that is distinct from the

memories

211 and 221. In addition, the

memory

211, 221 includes an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a code installed in the electronic device 110, a browser running on the electronic device 110, or an application installed in the electronic device 110 to provide a specific service). Can be stored. These software components may be loaded from a computer readable recording medium separate from the

memories

211 and 221. Such a separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, disk, tape, DVD / CD-ROM drive, memory card, and the like. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into the

memory

211, 221 through a

communication module

213, 223 that is not a computer readable recording medium. For example, at least one program is a computer program that is installed by files provided by a file distribution system (for example, the server 160 described above) through the network 170 to distribute installation files of developers or applications. It may be loaded into the

memories

211 and 221 based on (for example, the above-described application).

Processors

212 and 222 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. Instructions may be provided to the

processors

212, 222 by the

memory

211, 221 or the

communication modules

213, 223. For example, the

processors

212 and 222 may be configured to execute a command received according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the

memory

211 and 221.

The

communication modules

213 and 223 may provide a function for the electronic device 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other through the network 170, and the electronic device 110 and / or the server 150 may be different from each other. It may provide a function for communicating with an electronic device (for example, the electronic device 120) or another server (for example, the server 160). For example, a request generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 211 may be controlled by the server 150 through the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213. Can be delivered. Conversely, control signals, commands, contents, files, and the like provided according to the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 pass through the communication module 223 and the network 170 to the communication module 213 of the electronic device 110. ) May be received by the electronic device 110. For example, the control signal, command, content, file, etc. of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 or the memory 211, and the content, file, etc. may be transferred to the electronic device ( 110 may be stored as a storage medium (permanent storage device described above) that may further include.

The input / output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with the input / output device 215. For example, an input device may include a device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a camera, and the like, and an output device may include a device such as a display, a speaker, a haptic feedback device, and the like. As another example, the input / output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. The input / output device 215 may be configured as the electronic device 110 and one device. In addition, the input / output interface 224 of the server 150 may be a means for interfacing with an apparatus (not shown) for input or output that may be connected to or included in the server 150. As a more specific example, a service configured using data provided by the server 150 or the electronic device 120 when the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 processes a command of a computer program loaded in the memory 211. The screen or content may be displayed on the display through the input / output interface 214.

In addition, in other embodiments, the electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include more components than those of FIG. 2. However, it is not necessary to clearly show most of the prior art components. For example, the electronic device 110 may be implemented to include at least some of the above-described input and output devices 215 or other components such as a transceiver, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, a camera, various sensors, a database, and the like. It may also include more. More specifically, when the electronic device 110 is a smartphone, an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, a camera module, various physical buttons, a button using a touch panel, an input / output port, a vibrator for vibration generally included in the smartphone Various components such as may be implemented to be further included in the electronic device 110.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the method and system for customizing the profile picture area of the message displayed in the chat room will be described.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a component that may be included in a processor of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a method that may be performed by an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A flow chart showing an example of the.

The electronic device 110 according to the present embodiment may be configured with a custom profile providing system implemented by a computer. The custom profile providing system may be implemented in the form of an application installed on the electronic device 110 to provide a desired service such as a messenger or SNS in a network environment through interworking with the server 150.

For example, the custom profile providing system implemented in the electronic device 110 may perform a custom profile providing method based on a command provided by an application installed in the electronic device 110. In order to perform the custom profile providing method according to FIG. 4, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 is an event recognition unit 310, a photo providing unit 320, as shown in FIG. 3 as a component. The photo manager 330, the message transmitter 340, and the profile reflector 350 may be included. In some embodiments, components of the processor 212 may optionally be included or excluded in the processor 212. In addition, according to an embodiment, the components of the processor 212 may be separated or merged for representation of the functions of the processor 212.

The processor 212 and the components of the processor 212 may control the electronic device 110 to perform steps S410 to S450 included in the custom profile providing method of FIG. 4. For example, the processor 212 and the components of the processor 212 may be implemented to execute instructions according to code of an operating system included in the memory 211 and code of at least one program.

Here, the components of the processor 212 are performed by the processor 212 according to a command provided by a program code stored in the electronic device 110 (for example, a command provided by an application driven in the electronic device 110). Which may be representations of different functions of the processor 212. For example, the event recognition unit 310 may be used as a functional representation of the processor 212 controlling the electronic device 110 according to the above-described command so that the electronic device 110 recognizes an input event for a chat room. .

In operation S410, the processor 212 may read a necessary command from the memory 211 loaded with a command related to the control of the electronic device 110. In this case, the read command may include a command for controlling the processor 212 to execute steps S420 to S450 to be described later.

In operation S420, the event recognizer 310 may recognize an input event for customizing a profile displayed in the chat room with respect to the chat room. When displaying a message in a chat room, such as a messenger or SNS, the profile area for the user who sent the message is displayed together. The present invention can provide a custom profile function of applying a different profile picture for each message. The custom profile function sends a message with a picture attached to the profile area of the message. Therefore, different profile pictures can be applied to each message, thereby providing a variety of emotional expressions or fun. In order to increase the usability of the custom profile function, it is necessary to input a user command for attaching a photo and to reduce the time taken to attach the photo. In the chat room, an input rule for directly calling a photo attachment function may be defined in advance without operating a separate menu. For example, the event recognizer 310 may define a special character defined as a tag in a message input window of a chat room, for example. When symbols such as '#', '@', and '+' are input, they can be recognized as input events for invoking a photo attachment function. As another example, when a chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device 110, the event recognition unit 310 may recognize a specific gesture, for example, a shake gesture, as an input event for calling a photo attachment function. As another example, the event recognizer 310 may have an angle (or tilt) of the electronic device 110 with respect to the ground in a state where a chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device 110. If it is, it can be recognized as an input event for calling a picture attachment function. As another example, when the emotion information is extracted from the content of the message being input into the message input window of the chat room, the event recognition unit 310 may recognize it as an input event for calling a photo attachment function. In this case, the event recognition unit 310 may extract a keyword pre-classified as a term representing emotion from the message content being input by the user in the message input window of the chat room, and input the event based on the learning or user history on the custom profile function. Can be recognized.

In operation S430, the photo attachment providing unit 320 recommends a photo including at least some of a camera view for taking a photo in a chat room and a photo stored in the electronic device 110 based on the input event recognized in operation S420. The at least one photo attachment function in the list may be determined to provide the determined photo attachment function. In other words, when the input event for profile customization of the chat room is recognized, the photo attachment providing unit 320 may provide at least one of a camera view and a photo recommendation list as a photo attachment function. In this case, the photo attachment providing unit 320 may provide only a camera view, a photo recommendation list, or both a camera view and a photo recommendation list according to an input event. Accordingly, the photo attachment providing unit 320 may automatically activate the photo attachment function only by an input event recognized in a message writing process in a chat room without the user directly operating a separate menu.

As a dictionary process necessary for recommending a photo, the photo manager 330 may tag the extracted keyword by extracting a keyword, such as a word or a subject related to the photo, from each photo stored in the electronic device 110. have. The photo manager 330 may be an AI application framework such as Vision Core (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/vision/classifying_images_with_vision_and_core_ml) or face recognition API (https://wicg.github.io/) of iOS CoreML. Shape-detection-api /) can be used to extract and store related keywords (such as things like names or similar words) in photos. The photo manager 330 may complete tagging in advance with respect to the entire photo stored in the electronic device 110, or at the time when a photo recommendation request is received from the photo attachment providing unit 320. It is also possible to perform a tagging operation in real time on some recently stored pictures (for example, pictures stored in the last week or 100 recently stored, etc.) among all the stored pictures. Accordingly, the photo attachment providing unit 320 may provide a photo tagged list of a keyword corresponding to a message input in a message input window of a chat room among the photo on which the tagging operation is performed as a photo recommendation list of the photo attachment function. The photo attachment providing unit 320 may select and provide at least one photo corresponding to the message input in the message input window of the chat room among the photos stored in the electronic device 110 based on the tagged keyword and provide the photo recommendation list. . In the present specification, a picture is described as a representative example of a recommendation target in the custom profile function, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may include a still image as well as a video, a GIF file, and the like. For example, in the case of a video, a related keyword may be extracted and tagged from at least some frames such as a representative image or a thumbnail, and a video recommendation list may be provided based on the keyword tagged in the video.

In operation S440, if the message specified by the picture attach function is included in the request for transmitting a message created in the chat room, the message transmitter 340 may transmit the specified picture together with the corresponding message. The message transmitter 340 transmits the corresponding message to the server 150 according to a request for transmission of a message input in a message input window of a chat room. At this time, a picture specified by a picture attachment function, that is, a camera view, is transmitted. You can send a picture taken in the photo or a photo selected from the photo recommendation list together. The message transmitter 340 may automatically take a picture through a camera view at the time when a message transmission request is input and transmit the picture with the message, or at the point of time when a request for message transmission is input, When a picture is selected by the user, the selected picture can be sent along with the corresponding message. In this case, the message transmitter 340 may transmit the message to the server 150 together with the picture specified by the picture attachment function, and the server 150 classifies the message into a message type including a custom profile and displays the picture. For message types that store and manage together, and include custom profiles, you can deliver messages and photos to users in the chat room.

In operation S450, the profile reflecting unit 350 may reflect the picture transmitted together with the corresponding message in the profile area corresponding to each message while displaying the message exchanged through the corresponding chat room in the chat room. In other words, the profile reflecting unit 350 may display a profile area reflecting a different profile picture for each message in the case of a message type including a custom profile among messages exchanged through the chat room.

Therefore, the present invention provides a chat room with a photo attachment function through a camera view for taking a picture or a photo recommendation using artificial intelligence, thereby customizing a profile area for each message.

Referring to FIG. 5 as an example of a process of automatically activating a picture attachment function, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may include keywords (not shown) with a special character 501 defined as a tag in a message input window of the chat room 500. When the 502 is input, the special character 501 may be recognized as an input event for invoking a picture attach function, and the picture attach function may be automatically activated. Automatically provide a photo recommendation list 520 associated with the keyword 502. For example, when the user inputs the keyword 'phone' together with the tag '#' in the message input window of the chat room 500, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may view the camera view as the tag '#' is recognized. 510 may be immediately activated and at the same time, a photo recommendation list 520 tagged with the keyword 'phone' among the pictures stored in the electronic device 110 may be provided together. In addition to providing a photo recommendation list 520 matched with the keyword, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 recognizes the object matched with the keyword in the image captured through the camera view 510 based on the object recognition technology. It is also possible to automatically adjust the camera focusing. For example, when the user inputs the keyword 'phone' with the tag '#' in the message input window of the chat room 500, the camera view 510 is immediately activated and at the same time the 'phone' is captured in the image captured by the camera view 510. Focusing on things that correspond to

Referring to FIG. 6 as another example of a process in which a picture attachment function is automatically activated, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may input a shake gesture 601 for the electronic device 110 while the chat room 600 is displayed. The camera view 610 may be automatically activated as a picture attachment function. In this case, as the shake gesture 601 is recognized, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may also activate the keyboard region 630 together with the camera view 610 for writing a message. In addition, when the shaking gesture 601 for the electronic device 110 is input while the keyword 212 is input to the message input window of the chat room 600, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may use the keyword as a picture attachment function. A list of photo recommendations related to the camera view 610 may be activated.

As another example of a process of automatically activating a picture attachment function, referring to FIG. 7, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 recognizes an angle (or tilt) 701 of the electronic device 110 to communicate with the chat room 700. When the angle 701 of the electronic device 110 is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle (eg, 70 degrees) in the displayed state, the camera view 710 may be automatically activated as a photograph attachment function. In this case, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may also activate the keyboard area 730 together with the camera view 710 for writing a message. In addition, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 recommends a picture related to the keyword as a function of attaching a picture when the electronic device 110 is set at a predetermined angle or more while some keywords are input in the message input window of the chat room 700. The list may also be activated with the camera view 710.

As another example, as a photo attachment function, it is also possible to separately apply a tag for calling a camera view and a tag for calling a photo recommendation list. Referring to FIG. 8, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may use the camera view 810 as a photo attachment function when '@' is input to the message input window of the chat room 800 as the first tag 801-1. When the '#' is input as the second tag 801-2 in the message input window of the chat room 800, the photo recommendation list 820 may be activated as a photo attachment function. The photo recommendation list 820 may be a list of photos tagged with the keyword 802 'phone' input together with '#' of the second tag 801-2 among the photos stored in the electronic device 110.

As another example of a process of automatically activating a picture attachment function, referring to FIG. 9, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may extract emotion information from a keyword 902 input in a message input window of a chat room 900. In this case, a photo recommendation list 920 related to the camera view 910 and the keyword 902 may be provided as a photo attach function. The emotion information may be extracted from words or sentences included in the message content written in the message input window of the chat room 900. Terms representing emotions, that is, emotion terms may be determined in advance, and the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may input a keyword 902 classified as an emotion term in the message input window of the chat room 900. It may be determined that the emotion information has been extracted to automatically activate the picture attachment function. In this case, the photo recommendation list 920 may include a list of pictures tagged with the keyword 902 'perfect' in a message input window of the chat room 900 among the pictures stored in the electronic device 110. Alternatively, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may learn or accumulate user histories for the custom profile and provide a photo recommendation list 920 based on the user history for each emotional term. For example, if the keyword 902 'perfect' corresponding to the emotional term is entered in the message input window of the chat room 900, the photo most recently attached or the most recently attached photo for 'perfect' Can automatically recommend.

The processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may automatically activate at least one photo attachment function of the camera view and the photo recommendation list when a predefined input event is recognized for the chat room and input the message input window of the chat room. When a message is sent, the photo specified by the photo attachment function may be transmitted together to be reflected in the profile area of the message. Referring to FIG. 10, when displaying a message exchanged through the chat room 1000 in the chat room 1000, the attached picture is reflected in the

profile areas

1011, 1012, and 1021 of the corresponding message through a picture attaching function. can do. FIG. 10 illustrates a chat room 1000 in which user A of electronic device 110 exchanges messages with other users 'HY' and 'Nyana'. When the user 'HY' attaches a different picture for each message and transmits the same picture, different profile pictures may be reflected in the

profile areas

1011 and 1012 of each message even if the message is sent by the same user. The messages sent by user A are arranged on the right side of the chat room 1000, and the messages sent by the counterparts 'HY 나' and 'Nayana' are arranged on the left side of the chat room 1000. In this case, the profile area is displayed for the messages sent by user A. If the user A attaches the picture through the attach picture function when the message is transmitted, the profile area 1021 may also be displayed for the corresponding message. The processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may customize the picture to be reflected in the profile area of the message for each message of the chat room 1000 by applying a custom profile function to the chat room.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, the profile picture area may be customized for each message by taking a picture and / or recommending a picture in a chat room such as a messenger or SNS, and the process required for attaching a picture for profile customization in the chat room; Minimize time to increase the usability of custom profile features.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments may include a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable PLU (programmable). It can be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as logic units, microprocessors, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of the software. For convenience of explanation, one processing device may be described as being used, but one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and / or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as parallel processors.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the above, and configure the processing device to operate as desired, or process it independently or collectively. You can command the device. The software and / or data may be embodied in any type of machine, component, physical device, computer storage medium or device in order to be interpreted by or provided to the processing device or to provide instructions or data. have. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems so that they may be stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be embodied in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. In this case, the medium may be to continuously store a program executable by the computer, or to temporarily store for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, it may be distributed on the network. Examples of the medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, And ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like, configured to store program instructions. In addition, examples of another medium may include a recording medium or a storage medium managed by an app store that distributes an application, a site that supplies or distributes various software, a server, or the like.

Although the embodiments have been described by the limited embodiments and the drawings as described above, various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method, and / or components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components. Or even if replaced or substituted by equivalents, an appropriate result can be achieved.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are within the scope of the claims that follow.

Claims

In the method for providing a custom profile to be executed in the electronic device,

The electronic device comprises at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory,

The custom profile providing method,

Providing, by the at least one processor, a picture attach function to the chat room when an input event for customization of a profile displayed in the chat room is recognized for the chat room;

Sending, by the at least one processor, the specified picture together with the message if the picture specified by the picture attaching function is included in the request to send a message created in the chat room; And

Displaying, by the at least one processor, the transmitted picture in a profile area of the message corresponding to the message in the chat room;

Custom profile providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

The at least one determined by determining a photo attachment function of at least one of a camera view for taking a picture in the chat room and a photo recommendation list including at least some of pictures stored in the electronic device based on the input event recognized for the chat room; Steps to provide photo attachment of

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

Automatically activating the picture attachment function in the chat room when a special character defined as a tag is input in the message input window of the chat room;

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 3,

The tag includes a first tag for calling the camera view and a second tag for calling the photo recommendation list among the photo attaching functions.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

Automatically activating the attach picture function to the chat room when a specific gesture for the electronic device is input while the chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device;

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

Automatically activating the photo attachment function in the chat room when the angle of the electronic device with respect to the ground becomes greater than a predetermined angle while the chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device.

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

Automatically activating the attach picture function to the chat room when emotion information is extracted from the message content being input into the message input window of the chat room;

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 2,

The custom profile providing method,

Extracting and tagging, by the at least one processor, a keyword associated with the photo for each photo stored in the electronic device;

More,

The providing step,

Selecting at least one photo corresponding to a message input in a message input window of the chat room based on the tagged keyword and providing the photo recommendation list to the photo recommendation list;

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 2,

The transmitting step,

Transmitting a photograph automatically taken through the camera view to the server at the time when the message transmission request is input;

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 2,

The transmitting step,

If a picture is selected from the photo recommendation list at the time when the request for transmission of the message is input, transmitting the selected picture together with the message to the server;

Including, a custom profile providing method.
The method of claim 9 or 10,

The message is classified into a message type including a custom profile on the server and managed with the picture.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the method of providing a custom profile according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
In the custom profile providing system implemented in an electronic device,

Memory; And

At least one processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in the memory

Including,

The at least one processor,

A picture attachment providing unit for providing a picture attachment function to the chat room when an input event for customizing a profile displayed in the chat room is recognized with respect to the chat room;

A message transmitter which transmits the specified picture together with the message, when the request to send the message created in the chat room includes the picture specified by the picture attachment function; And

Profile reflecting unit for displaying the transmitted picture in the profile area of the message corresponding to the message in the chat room

Custom profile providing system comprising a.
The method of claim 13,

The photograph attachment provider,

The at least one determined by determining a photo attachment function of at least one of a camera view for taking a picture in the chat room and a photo recommendation list including at least some of pictures stored in the electronic device based on the input event recognized for the chat room; A custom profile provision system that provides photo attachment capabilities.
The method of claim 13,

The photograph attachment provider,

And a special character defined as a tag is inputted into the message input window of the chat room to automatically activate the picture attachment function in the chat room.
The method of claim 15,

The tag includes a first tag for calling the camera view and a second tag for calling the photo recommendation list among the photo attaching functions.
The method of claim 13,

The photograph attachment provider,

And automatically attaching the photo attachment function to the chat room when a specific gesture for the electronic device is input while the chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device.
The method of claim 13,

The photograph attachment provider,

And automatically attaching the photo attachment function to the chat room when the angle of the electronic device with respect to the ground becomes greater than a predetermined angle while the chat room is displayed on the screen of the electronic device.
The method of claim 13,

The photograph attachment provider,

And when the emotion information is extracted from the message content being input into the message input window of the chat room, automatically activating the attach picture function to the chat room.
The method of claim 14,

The at least one processor,

Photo management unit for extracting and tagging a keyword associated with the photo for each photo stored in the electronic device

More,

The photograph attachment provider,

And selecting at least one photo corresponding to a message input in a message input window of the chat room among the photos stored in the electronic device based on the tagged keyword and providing the photo recommendation list.
The method of claim 14,

The message transmission unit,

And at the point in time at which the request for transmission of the message is input, transmitting the photograph automatically taken through the camera view to the server together with the message.
The method of claim 14,

The message transmission unit,

And when a picture is selected from the photo recommendation list at the time when the request for transmission of the message is input, transmits the selected picture together with the message to a server.