JP2016035750A - Method for filtering instant message, instant message server, device, and application for providing filtered instant message - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for filtering an instant message where a received instant message can be copied and displayed on another chat room, an instant message server, and a device and an application for displaying the instant message.SOLUTION: A method includes: a step S110 for inputting a filtering condition for an instant message; a step S120 for displaying a filtering chat room or a filtering folder which are applied with the filtering condition; a step S130 for receiving one or more instant messages; and a step S180 for displaying the received instant message on a common chat room (S140), the instant message satisfying the filtering condition (S150 and S160) is copied by an instant message server or a device to receive the instant message (S170), for displaying the instant message on the filtering chat room or the filtering folder.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7a

Description

  The present invention relates to an instant message filtering method, an instant message server for providing a filtered instant message, a device and an application for displaying the filtered instant message.

  IMS (Instant Message Service) means a real-time online communication service that allows messages sent by the sender to be instantly displayed on the screen of the recipient's device without using an email program or web browser separately . In particular, a service that provides chat, voice and video calls using a mobile network is referred to as a MIM (Mobile Instant Messenger) service. In this regard, Korean Published Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0012315 discloses an instant message control method.

  On the other hand, the prior art that provides a service method using an instant message displays a chat message that a plurality of users exchange with each other in one chat room. At this time, when receiving a chat message, the related art displays the messages in the order in which many chat messages are received in the generated chat room.

  However, even in a single chat room, strong connections, weak connections, and temporary connections may exist depending on the familiarity of a plurality of acquaintances. Thereby, the user may try to search for a message exchanged with a specific group or acquaintance desired by the user. In addition, there may be a case where the user wants to search for a specific message desired by the user among messages exchanged with an acquaintance. However, the conventional technique for providing a service method using instant messages is not easy to search for a specific message, and there is annoyance that the user has to scroll to confirm a desired message in one chat room. Was.

  Some embodiments of the present invention can set user, content, keyword, etc. as filtering conditions for one or many chat rooms for instant messages received by the device, and satisfy the filtering conditions. Provide an instant message filtering method, an instant message server that provides a filtered instant message, a device and an application for displaying the instant message that can be copied and displayed in a separate chat room. can do.

  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 technical problem described above, the instant message filtering method according to the first aspect of the present invention includes receiving a filtering condition for filtering an instant message; the filtering condition is applied. Displaying a filtered chat room or filtering folder; receiving one or more instant messages; displaying the received instant message in a general chat room; and a copy generated to satisfy the filtering condition Displaying the copied instant message in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder, wherein the copied instant message It is copied device receiving the instant message server or the instant message forwards the instant message.

  A device for displaying a filtered instant message according to the second aspect of the present invention is a filtering condition input unit that receives an input of a filtering condition for filtering the instant message; a filtering chat room or a filtering to which the filtering condition is applied A display unit for displaying a folder; an instant message receiving unit for receiving one or more instant messages; and determining whether or not the received instant message satisfies the input filtering condition. A filtering unit for filtering; and an instant message copy unit for copying the filtered instant message; Display unit displays the instant the received message to a general chat room, and displays the copied instant message to the filtering chat rooms or filtering folder.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server for providing filtered instant messages, a filtering condition receiving unit for receiving filtering conditions for filtering instant messages from a device, and a general chat for displaying the instant messages. A chat room generating unit that generates a room or a filtering chat room to which the filtering condition is applied, an instant message receiving unit that receives an instant message to be transmitted to the device, and whether or not the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition An inspection unit that inspects the message, an instant message copy unit that copies an instant message that satisfies the filtering condition, and the received installation Includes an instant message transfer unit for transferring the cement message and the copied instant message to the device, the copied instant message is configured to be displayed on the filtering chat rooms or filtering folder.

  In addition, an application including a sequence of commands for filtering an instant message on a device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention receives a filtering condition input for filtering the instant message through a user interface of the device; A function for displaying filtering chat rooms or filtering folders to which conditions are applied, and one or more instant messages are received, the received instant messages are displayed in a general chat room, and the filtering conditions are copied. Including the function of displaying the instant message in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder. Di is copied by the device receiving the instant message server or the instant message forwarding the instant message.

  According to any of the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, when receiving an instant message, an embodiment of the present invention copies an instant message that matches a filtering condition desired by a user and creates a separate chat room. By displaying the message, it is possible to separately read and confirm the message desired by the user, and more efficient management of the instant message is possible.

  In addition, instant messages can be selectively copied by setting various filtering conditions for the instant messages according to the user's needs, whereby the user confirms a desired message separately. And easy management of instant messages.

1 is a diagram illustrating an instant message filtering system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the device which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a block diagram of the instant message server which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example which sets filtering conditions to "user." It is a figure which shows the filtered result. It is a figure which shows an example which sets filtering conditions to "content type." It is a figure which shows the filtered result. It is a figure which shows an example which sets filtering conditions to "keyword." It is a figure which shows the filtered result. 5 is an operation flowchart of a device side view for explaining a process of filtering an instant message according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is an operational flowchart of an aspect of an instant message server for explaining a process of filtering instant messages according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention can be easily implemented. However, the present invention can be embodied in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly describe the present invention in the drawings, parts not related to the description are omitted, and like parts are denoted by like reference numerals throughout the specification.

  In the whole specification, if one part is “connected” to another part, this is not only “directly connected” but also “electrical” with another element in between. It also includes the case where it is connected ”. In addition, when a part includes a component, this means that the component can further include other components rather than excluding other components unless specifically stated to the contrary. .

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an instant message filtering system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  At this time, each component of FIG. 1 constituting the instant message filtering system 100 may be connected through a network. Individuals can freely communicate with a desired partner using various mobile multimedia devices such as mobile phones and PDAs without being restricted by time and space through the network. Examples of networks include 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, WIMAX (World Interoperability for Wireless access, Wireless LAN, Internet (LAN), Internet (Internet), and LAN (Internet). Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), PAN (Personal Area Network), Bluetooth (registered trademark) network, satellite broadcasting network, analog broadcasting network, DMB (D gital Multimedia Broadcasting), but such networks are included, not limited to this.

  Referring to FIG. 1, an instant message filtering system (100) includes a device (10), an instant message server (20), and acquaintance devices (30, 40). The instant message filtering system 100 of FIG. 1 is merely an example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to FIG. That is, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the instant message filtering system (100) may be configured differently from FIG.

  The device (10) is connected to the instant message server (20) through the network, and receives the instant message transferred from the acquaintance device (30, 40) via the instant message server (20). At this time, the acquaintance devices (30, 40) are external devices connected to the device (10) via a network.

  For reference, the device (10) and the acquaintance device (30, 40) are wireless communication devices that ensure portability and mobility, and are PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications; registered trademark). , PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (Internal Mobile Telecommunications) -2000, CDMA (MulC) Wireless communication devices based on all types of handhelds such as ION Multiple Access), WiBro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminals, Smartphones, Tablet PCs and the like may be included. In particular, the device (10) is an intelligent device in which computer support functions such as Internet communication and information retrieval are added to a portable device, and a number of application programs (that is, applications) desired by the user are installed and executed. It can be a smart phone. In addition, the device (10) and the acquaintance device (30, 40) may be user terminals that can be connected to the instant message service server (20) through wired / wireless communication, such as a PC.

  The device (10) receives a filtering condition for filtering the instant message transferred from the acquaintance device (30, 40). At this time, the instant message may be filtered by the device (10) or may be filtered by the instant message server (20).

  First, the case of filtering by the device (10) will be described as follows.

  If the filtering condition is input to the device (10), the device (10) displays the filtering chat room or the filtering folder to which the filtering condition is applied.

  If the device (10) receives the instant message transferred from the acquaintance device (30, 40) via the instant message server (20), the device (10) determines whether the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition. After copying the instant message satisfying the filtering condition, the copied instant message is displayed in the filtering chat room, or the copied instant message satisfying the filtering condition is stored in the filtering folder of the device (10). And can be viewed through folders. In contrast, instant messages that do not satisfy the filtering condition are displayed in a general chat room without being copied.

  On the other hand, the filtering may be performed by the instant message server (20). The case of filtering by the instant message server (20) will be described as follows.

  If the filtering condition is input to the device (10), the device (10) transfers the input filtering condition to the instant message server (20). At this time, the instant message server (20) generates a filtering chat room or a filtering folder according to the filtering condition received from the device (10). The instant message server (20) checks whether the instant message received from the acquaintance device (30, 40) satisfies the filtering condition according to the filtering condition received from the device (10). At this time, if the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition, it is copied when the instant message received from the acquaintance device (30, 40) is transferred to the device (10) after copying the instant message satisfying the filtering condition. Forward instant messages together. Thereby, the device (10) displays the copied instant message in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder.

  The instant message server (20) serves to relay an instant message for the acquaintance device (30, 40) to transfer to the device (10). That is, the instant message server (20) receives the message transferred from the acquaintance device (30, 40) and transfers it to the device (10).

  At this time, if the instant message server (20) receives the filtering condition from the device (10), the instant message server (20) can generate a filtering chat room or a filtering folder in accordance with the input filtering condition. In addition, the instant message that satisfies the filtering condition can be copied and the instant message copied so as to be displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder of the device (10) can be transferred to the device (20).

  Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the device (10) and the instant message server (20) for providing filtered instant messages according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. .

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a device (10) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A device (10) for displaying a filtered instant message according to the present invention includes a filtering condition input unit (11), a display unit (12), an instant message receiving unit (13), a filtering unit (14), and an instant message. A copy section (15) can be included. However, the configuration of the device (10) according to an embodiment of the present invention may be different from that of FIG.

  A filtering condition input unit (11) receives an input of a filtering condition for filtering an instant message. That is, the filtering conditions desired by the user can be input through the user interface of the device (10). At this time, the filtering condition may be one or more of “user”, “content type”, and “keyword”, and various other filtering conditions may be applied.

  Hereinafter, filtering conditions applied to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4A to 6B.

  FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of setting the filtering condition to “user” (51), and FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a result of filtering by this.

  The device (10) according to the present invention can set “user” as a filtering condition, and can display a list of acquaintances already stored for this purpose. Accordingly, the filtering condition may be for filtering instant messages received from acquaintance devices (30, 40) corresponding to one or more acquaintances selected from the displayed acquaintance list.

  As an example, as shown in FIG. 4a, first, when an input screen for receiving an input of filtering conditions is activated on the device (10), a "user" (51) and a "content type" (52 ) And “keyword” (53) can be activated on the filtering condition setting screen (54) that can receive the setting.

  At this time, if “user” (51) is selected as the filtering condition among the activated items, the acquaintance list already stored in the device (10) is displayed. Thereby, the device (10) can filter the instant message received from the acquaintance device (30, 40) corresponding to one or more acquaintances selected by the user from the acquaintance list displayed in this way. .

  On the other hand, if one or more acquaintances are selected in the selection area (55), the instant message received from the acquaintance device (30, 40) corresponding to the selected acquaintance is filtered and copied. At this time, the name input screen (56) for inputting the name of the filtering chat room in which the copied instant message is displayed can be activated. And the name of the filtering chat room which a user desires can be input into the activated name input screen (56). As a result, the filtering chat room generated by the instant message server (20) is displayed in the upper part (57) of the chat room list of the device (10) by the input name.

  As an example, referring to FIG. 4a, when “Fukagawa” and “Suzuki” are selected in the acquaintance list and the name of the filtering chat room is set to “friend”, a new filtering is performed in the upper part (57) of the chat room list. A filtering chat room named “Friends” is displayed as a chat room. FIG. 4b shows the result filtered according to such filtering conditions. You can confirm that instant messages corresponding to “Fukagawa” and “Suzuki” were copied and displayed in the filtering chat room named “Friends”.

  As another example, if there is a group chat room that includes acquaintances in the workplace, and an acquaintance in the workplace is selected as a filtering condition by the user, an acquaintance corresponding to a specific department is selected. An instant message for an acquaintance corresponding to a specific department among messages in the group chat room including the acquaintance may be displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of setting the filtering condition to “content type” (52), and FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating a result of filtering by this.

  The device (10) according to the present invention can use “content type” (52) as a filtering condition, and for this purpose, a content type list including one or more of image, video, audio, and URL is provided. Can be displayed. Thus, filtering an instant message corresponding to one or more content types selected from the displayed content type list can be used as a filtering condition.

  At this time, the content type is not limited to an image, a moving image, an audio, and a URL, but may include a combination of these or a content type in a different form.

  Referring to FIG. 5a, first, when an input screen for receiving an input of filtering conditions is activated and “content type” (52) is selected as a filtering condition through the filtering condition setting screen (54), “URL link”, A list of “images”, “movies” and “sounds” may be displayed.

  At this time, one or more contents can be selected from the selection area (61) generated from the displayed content type list, and when the selection of the content type is completed, the name input screen (56) of the filtering chat room is completed. Is activated and you can enter the name of the chat room. As shown in FIG. 5a, when the user selects “URL link” and “video” and sets the name of the filtering chat room to “document”, the filtering of the name set in the upper part (62) of the chat room list A chat room is displayed. In the filtering chat room displayed in this manner, as shown in FIG. 5B, an instant message including a URL link and a moving image is filtered and then copied and displayed.

  FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example of setting the filtering condition to “keyword” (53), and FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating a result of filtering by this.

  The device (10) according to the present invention can use “keyword” (53) as a filtering condition. For this reason, at least one of the keyword input screen (71) and the keyword input screen (71) input. It may further include a keyword list including one keyword. The filtering condition can filter instant messages including the keywords displayed in the keyword list.

  Referring to FIG. 6a, first, when an input screen that receives an input of filtering conditions is activated and “keyword” (53) is selected from the items through the filtering condition setting screen (54), the keyword input screen (71) is displayed. By being activated, the user can receive an input of a desired keyword. At this time, a plurality of keywords may be input. For this reason, the keyword can be added by an add button, and the added keyword can be deleted by a delete button.

  As an example, referring to FIGS. 6a and 6b, “Liquor”, “18th” and “Study” are entered as keywords, the name entry screen (56) of the filtering chat room is activated, and the name of the chat room is entered. Can be set. The filtering chat room is displayed in the chat room name entered in the upper part (72) of the chat room list, and is a large number of already generated and displayed chat rooms. “Liquor”, “18th” and “Study” The instant message satisfying any one of the conditions can be newly displayed in the filtering chat room. That is, one or more keywords may be input, so that all instant messages including each keyword can be displayed in the filtering chat room.

  In addition to the user, keyword, and content type described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 6B, the device (10) according to the present invention can set a reception time range as a filtering condition. That is, the device (10) according to the present invention can display a time input screen for setting a reception time range of an instant message, whereby the device (20) is input to the displayed time input screen. Instant messages received within the reception time range can be filtered.

  The device (10) selects a specific chat room from chat rooms including a general chat room and a filtering chat room, and displays an instant message received in the selected specific chat room in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder. can do. Thus, the device (10) according to the present invention may include a filtering condition for filtering instant messages according to the chat room selected by the user in the displayed chat room list. At this time, the general chat room may be one or more group chat rooms or one or more individual chat rooms displayed on the user interface on the device (10), or may be the entire chat room.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the display unit (12) displays the filtering chat room or the filtering folder to which the filtering condition is applied. At this time, the instant message that satisfies the filtering condition is copied and displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder, and the instant message that does not satisfy the filtering condition is displayed in the general chat room.

  On the other hand, the display unit (12) according to the present invention can output the notification information together when the copied instant message satisfying the filtering condition is displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder.

  When there are one or more filtering conditions and filtering chat rooms or filtering folders, the display unit (12) has as many instant messages as the number satisfying the filtering condition in the instant message copy unit (15) as described below. Each copied and copied instant message can be displayed in a filtering chat room or filtering folder corresponding to the filtering condition.

  Further, the display unit (12) can confirm reception of the copied instant message separately from reception confirmation of the instant message displayed in a general chat room. For example, the display unit (12) can change the display of the receipt confirmation of the instant message when confirming the instant message by connecting to the general chat room of the user. When the copied instant message is confirmed by the connection, the confirmation display of the instant message reception confirmation displayed in the general chat room corresponding to the copied instant message can be displayed so as not to be changed.

  The display unit (12) can display an icon for outputting an input screen for receiving an input of filtering conditions. In this case, the icon may be included in one or more of a user interface control screen, a general chat room control screen, and a filtering chat room control screen.

  The instant message receiving unit (13) receives one or more instant messages transferred from any of the acquaintance devices (30, 40) from the instant message server (20).

  The filtering unit (14) filters the instant message received from the instant message server (20) based on the filtering condition input to the filtering condition input unit (11). That is, the filtering unit (14) checks whether or not the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition. If the filtering condition is satisfied, the filtering unit (14) filters this and transmits it to the instant message copy unit (15) described below. To copy.

  The instant message copy unit (15) copies an instant message that satisfies the filtering condition. That is, if the received instant message is filtered by the filtering unit (14) according to the filtering condition, the instant message copy unit (15) copies the filtered instant message.

  On the other hand, the device (10) according to the present invention provides an instant message corresponding to the filtered and copied instant message if any one of the copied instant messages displayed in the filtering chat room is selected by the user. You can move to a general chat room that displays.

  Further, the device (10) according to the present invention can delete the copied instant message displayed in the filtering chat room. At this time, if the copied instant message displayed in the filtering chat room is deleted, the instant message displayed in the general chat room corresponding to the deleted copied instant message may be deleted. In other words, if any one of the copied instant messages existing in the filtering chat room is selected and deleted, the copied instant message and the corresponding instant message of the general chat room can be deleted together.

  In addition, if the copied instant message displayed in the filtering chat room is selected, the device (10) according to the present invention displays the stored acquaintance list, whereby the copied instant message is displayed. The message can be communicated to an acquaintance device (30, 40) corresponding to one or more acquaintances selected from the displayed acquaintance list.

  Meanwhile, the device (10) according to the present invention may further include a storage unit (16). The storage unit (16) may store the filtered and copied instant message in the filtering folder or the filtering chat room of the device (10). At this time, when the copied instant message is stored in the filtering folder, the display unit (12) can read out the stored copied instant message and display it on the device (10). For example, the copied instant message is stored in the filtering folder of the device (10) in a format like a text file, and when the text file stored in the filtering folder is clicked, the instant message copied by another application is read. Can be issued. As another example, when an image and a moving image are selected as a filtering condition among content types, an image and a moving image file included in an instant message that has been filtered and copied can be stored in the filtering folder.

  In contrast, when the copied instant message is stored in the filtering chat room, the display unit (12) can read out the stored copied instant message and display it on the filtering chat room.

  The device (10) according to the present invention can store the copied instant message in the memory of the device (10), and unlike this, the instant message server (20) performs filtering as described below. If so, the copied instant message may be stored in a database of the instant message server (20) that forwards the instant message.

  On the other hand, the memory and the database according to the present invention include a cache, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a PROM (Programmable ROM), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and a flash memory (Flash memory). It can be implemented by at least one of a non-volatile memory device, a volatile memory device such as RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive (HDD, Hard Disk Drive), or a CD-ROM. However, it is not limited to this.

  The filtering condition input unit (11) of the device (10) according to the present invention can change the input filtering condition. By changing the filtering condition, the display unit (12) can display the filtering chat room or the filtering folder to which the changed filtering condition is applied, and the copied instant message satisfying the changed filtering condition. Can be displayed in the filtering chat room or filtering folder. In addition, the device (10) according to the present invention can perform filtering not only by changing the filtering condition but also by receiving a new condition input during the chat.

  On the other hand, the device (10) according to the present invention has been described that after filtering by the filtering unit (14), an instant message satisfying the filtering condition is copied and displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder. In contrast, the instant message server (20) performs filtering according to the filtering condition input to the device (10), copies the instant message satisfying the filtering condition, and is copied when the instant message is transferred to the device (10). Instant messages can be forwarded together. Hereinafter, the instant message server (20) that performs filtering in this way and copies and transfers the filtered instant message will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an instant message server (20) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
An instant message server (20) for providing filtered instant messages according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a filtering condition receiving unit (21), a filtering chat room generating unit (22), an instant message receiving unit (23), an instant A message check unit (24), an instant message copy unit (25), and an instant message transfer unit (26) are included. However, the configuration of the instant message server (20) according to an embodiment of the present invention may be different from that of FIG.

  The filtering condition receiving unit (21) receives a filtering condition for filtering instant messages from the device (10). The device (10) can receive input of filtering conditions according to user preferences. At this time, the filtering conditions may be “user”, “content type”, “keyword”, “reception time range”, and the like.

  The filtering chat room generating unit (22) generates a general chat room for displaying an instant message or a filtering chat room to which filtering conditions are applied. As shown in FIGS. 4a to 6b, the filtering chat room is displayed in the name of the chat room input by the user, and can be located at the top of the chat room list.

  The instant message receiving unit (23) receives an instant message to be transmitted to the device (10). That is, the instant message server (20) transmits the instant message received from any one of the acquaintance devices (30, 40) to the device.

  The instant message checking unit (24) checks whether or not the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition. That is, it checks whether the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition, and thereby determines whether to copy the instant message.

  The instant message copy unit (25) copies the instant message that satisfies the filtering condition after filtering it according to the filtering condition. At this time, the copied instant message can be stored in the database of the instant message server (20), and can be stored in the memory of the device (10).

  The instant message transfer unit (26) transfers the received instant message and the copied instant message to the device (10). At this time, the copied instant message may be displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder.

  For reference, the components shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the form of software, or hardware such as FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). , Can play a predetermined role.

  However, “component” is not meant to be limited to software or hardware, but each component can also be configured to reside on a storage medium that can be addressed, and can include one or more processors. Can also be configured to play.

  Thus, by way of example, a component can be a component such as a software component, an object-oriented software component, a class component, and a task component, a process, a function, an attribute, a procedure, a subroutine, a segment of program code, Includes drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables.

  The functions provided in the component and the corresponding component may be combined with a smaller number of components or further separated into additional components.

  FIG. 7a is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the device 10 for explaining a process of filtering instant messages according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7b is a flowchart of filtering instant messages according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart on the side of the instant message server (20) for demonstrating the process to perform. The instant message filtering method according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7A to 7B includes steps processed in time series in the example described through FIGS.

  Referring to FIG. 7a, in the operation flowchart of the device (10) side, in step S110, the device (10) receives an input of a filtering condition for filtering an instant message. At this time, the filtering condition may be one or more of “user”, “content type”, and “keyword”, and various other filtering conditions may be applied. On the other hand, the specific description regarding the filtering condition has been described with reference to FIGS.

  Next, in step S120, the device (10) displays the filtering chat room or the filtering folder to which the filtering condition is applied. That is, if a filtering chat room is generated by the instant message server (20) according to the filtering condition and transferred to the device (10), the device (10) can display the filtering chat room. . Further, the device (10) can display the filtering folder, which is the storage folder of the device (10), instead of the filtering chat room, and then store the copied instant message in the filtering folder.

  Next, in step S130, the device (10) receives one or more instant messages. At this time, the device (10) receives the instant message filtered and copied according to the filtering condition from the instant message server (20), and simultaneously receives the instant message that does not satisfy the filtering condition. it can. In contrast, the device (10) receives an instant message from the instant message server (20) and determines whether the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition. Accordingly, as described below, an instant message that satisfies the filtering condition can be copied and then copied, and the copied instant message can be displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder.

  Next, in step S140, the device (10) displays the received instant message in a general chat room, and finally, in step S180, the copied instant message that satisfies the filtering condition is stored in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder. indicate.

  At this time, the device (10) determines whether or not the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition (step S150). If the filtering condition is satisfied, after filtering according to the filtering condition (step S160), The filtered instant message is copied (step S170). In this way, the copied instant message is finally displayed in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder in step S180.

  Next, a series of processes filtered by the instant message server (20) will be described with reference to FIG. 7b. First, in step S210, the instant message server (20) performs filtering for filtering instant messages from the device (10). Receive conditions.

  Next, in step S220, the instant message server (20) generates a general chat room or a filtering chat room. In step S230, the instant message server (20) receives an instant message to be transmitted to the device (10). In step S240, the instant message server (20) satisfies the filtering condition for the received instant message. Inspect whether or not.

  Next, in step S250, the instant message server (20) filters the instant message satisfying the filtering condition according to the filtering condition, copies the instant message, and then copies the instant message received in step S260 and the copied instant message. Forward the message to the device (10).

  Meanwhile, in the above description, steps S110 to S260 may be further divided into additional steps or may be combined with fewer steps depending on the implementation of the present invention. Some steps can be omitted as necessary, and the order between the steps can be changed.

One embodiment of the invention, the application steps of the instant message filtering method described through FIGS. 7a and 7b, a computer program for executing a computer to execute a smart device (e.g., smart phone), and the content in the device It can also be implemented by a program including a sequence of instruction words that share a word. For example, an embodiment of the present invention may provide an application that operates in conjunction with the device (10).

  In other words, in the device (10), if an application including a command sequence for filtering an instant message receives an input of filtering conditions for filtering the instant message through the user interface of the application, the instant message is determined according to the filtering condition. The filtering chat room or filtering folder generated by the server (20) is displayed.

  When the application receives one or more instant messages from the instant message server (20), the received instant message is displayed in a general chat room, and the copied instant message that satisfies the filtering condition is filtered. To display. The filtered instant message displayed in such an application may have been filtered on the device (10) as described above and, unlike this, is filtered by the instant message server (20). It may be.

  The embodiment of the present invention can be realized in the form of a recording medium including an instruction word 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 the computer and includes all volatile and non-volatile media, separated and non-separated media. In addition, computer readable media can include all computer storage media and communication media. A computer storage medium may be volatile and non-volatile, separated and embodied in any method or technique for storing information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data. Includes all non-separable media. 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 transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. .

  Although the method and system of the present invention have been described with respect to particular embodiments, some or all of those components or operations can be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

  The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only, and a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can be applied to other specific examples without changing the technical idea and essential features of the present invention. It will be understood that various modifications can be easily made. Accordingly, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all aspects and not limiting. For example, each component described in a single type can be implemented in a distributed manner, and components that are also described as being distributed can be implemented in a combined form.

  The scope of the present invention is defined by the following claims rather than the above detailed description, and all modifications or variations derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts thereof are described in the present invention. Should be construed as falling within the scope of

10: Device 20: Instant message server 30, 40: Acquaintance device 54: Filtering condition setting screen 56: Name input screen

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In the instant message filtering method,
Receiving an input of filtering conditions for filtering instant messages;
Displaying a filtering chat room or a filtering folder to which the filtering condition is applied;
Receiving one or more instant messages;
Displaying the received instant message in a general chat room; and
Displaying the copied instant message generated by satisfying the filtering condition in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder,
The copied instant message is copied by an instant message server that transfers the instant message or a device that receives the instant message. Forwarding the inputted filtering condition to the instant message server;
The instant message according to claim 1, wherein the instant message server determines whether the instant message satisfies the filtering condition, filters the instant message satisfying the filtering condition, and copies the filtered instant message. Filtering method. Determining whether the received instant message satisfies the input filtering condition;
Filtering instant messages that satisfy the filtering condition; and
The method of claim 1, further comprising copying the filtered instant message.   When the filtering condition and the filtering chat room or the filtering folder are one or more, the instant message is copied by the number satisfying the filtering condition, and the filtering chat room or filtering corresponding to the satisfied filtering condition. The instant message filtering method according to claim 2 or 3, which is displayed in each folder. Storing the copied instant message in a filtering folder of a device; and
4. The instant message filtering method according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising the step of reading the copied instant message stored in the filtering folder and displaying it on the device. Storing the copied instant message in the filtering chat room;
4. The instant message filtering method according to claim 2, wherein the displaying in the filtering chat room reads and displays the copied instant message stored in the filtering chat room.   The method of claim 1, wherein the copied instant message is stored in a memory of a device or a database of an instant message server that transfers the instant message. Further comprising displaying a stored acquaintance list;
The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the filtering condition is for filtering an instant message received from an acquaintance device corresponding to one or more acquaintances selected from the displayed acquaintance list. Further comprising displaying a content type list including one or more of image, video, audio and URL;
The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the filtering condition is for filtering an instant message corresponding to one or more content types selected from the displayed content type list. A step of displaying a keyword input screen and a keyword list including at least one keyword input by the keyword input screen;
2. The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the filtering condition is for filtering an instant message including a keyword included in the displayed keyword list. A step of displaying a time input screen for setting a reception time range of the instant message;
The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the filtering condition is for filtering an instant message received within a reception time range input on the displayed time input screen. Further comprising displaying a chat room list including the general chat room and the filtering chat room,
The filtering condition is for filtering instant messages according to a chat room selected by the user in the displayed chat room list,
The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the general chat room is one or more group chat rooms, one or more individual chat rooms, or an entire chat room displayed on a user interface on the device. Displaying the received instant message in the filtering chat room or filtering folder includes:
The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein notification information is output together when a copied instant message that satisfies the filtering condition is displayed in the filtering chat room or filtering folder. Further comprising changing the input filtering condition;
The step of displaying the filtering chat room or the filtering folder to which the filtering condition is applied displays the filtering chat room or the filtering folder to which the changed filtering condition is applied,
2. The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder displays the copied instant message in the filtering chat room or the filtering folder. The device user interface includes an icon for outputting an input screen for receiving an input of the filtering condition,
The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the icon is included in at least one of a control screen of the user interface, a control screen of the general chat room, or a control screen of the filtering chat room. Selecting the copied instant message displayed in the filtering chat room; and
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of moving to the general chat room in which an instant message corresponding to the copied instant message is displayed. Deleting the copied instant message displayed in the filtering chat room; and
The method of claim 1, further comprising: deleting an instant message displayed in the general chat room corresponding to the deleted copied instant message. Selecting the copied instant message displayed in the filtering chat room;
Displaying a stored acquaintance list; and
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of communicating the copied instant message to an acquaintance device corresponding to one or more acquaintances selected from the acquaintance list.   The instant message filtering method according to claim 1, wherein the receipt confirmation of the copied instant message is performed separately from the receipt confirmation of the instant message displayed in the general chat room. The confirmation display of the instant message reception confirmation is changed when the instant message is confirmed by the general chat room connection,
The confirmation display of the instant message reception confirmation displayed in the general chat room corresponding to the copied instant message is not changed when the copied instant message is confirmed by the filtering chat room connection. Instant message filtering method. On devices that display filtered instant messages:
A filtering condition input unit for receiving an input of a filtering condition for filtering an instant message;
A display unit for displaying a filtering chat room or a filtering folder to which the filtering condition is applied;
An instant message receiver for receiving one or more instant messages;
A filtering unit that determines whether the received instant message satisfies the input filtering condition and filters the instant message that satisfies the filtering condition; and
An instant message copy unit for copying the filtered instant message;
The display unit is a device that displays the received instant message in a general chat room and displays the copied instant message in the filtering chat room or a filtering folder. A storage unit for storing the copied instant message in the filtering folder or the filtering chat room;
When the copied instant message is stored in the filtering folder, the display unit reads out the copied instant message stored in the filtering folder and displays it on the device;
21. The device of claim 20, wherein when stored in the filtering chat room, the copied instant message stored in the filtering chat room is read and displayed on the filtering chat room. On a server that provides filtered instant messages:
A filtering condition receiver for receiving filtering conditions for filtering instant messages from the device,
A chat room generating unit for generating a general chat room for displaying the instant message or a filtering chat room to which the filtering condition is applied;
An instant message receiver for receiving an instant message for transmission to the device;
An inspection unit for inspecting whether the received instant message satisfies the filtering condition;
An instant message copy unit that copies an instant message that satisfies the filtering condition; and
An instant message transfer unit for transferring the received instant message and the copied instant message to the device;
An instant message server configured to display the copied instant message in the filtering chat room or filtering folder. In an application that includes a sequence of instructions that filters instant messages on a device,
A function of receiving a filtering condition for filtering the instant message through a user interface of the device;
A function of displaying a filtering chat room or a filtering folder to which the filtering condition is applied; and
If one or more instant messages are received, the received instant message is displayed in a general chat room, and the copied instant message that satisfies the filtering condition is displayed in the filtering chat room or filtering folder.
The copied instant message is an application copied by an instant message server that transfers the instant message or a device that receives the instant message.

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