JP2022170722A - Method for providing shortcut to search result in chat room, computer apparatus, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a method for providing shortcut to a search result in a messenger chat room, a computer apparatus, and a computer program.SOLUTION: A search method to be executed by a computer apparatus includes the steps of: receiving a message transmitted with characters indicating a search function in a chat room, as a search keyword; inserting a shortcut link to a search result corresponding to the search keyword, to the message displayed in the chat room; and providing a preview for at least part of the search result in association with the message with the shortcut link inserted thereto.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The following description relates to techniques for providing search functionality within Messenger chat rooms.

An instant messenger, which is a general communication tool, is software that can send and receive messages and data in real time. A user registers a conversation partner on the messenger and exchanges messages with the other party on the conversation list. You can interact in real time.

Since such a messenger function can be used not only in PCs but also in the mobile environment of mobile communication terminals, the use of messengers is becoming more and more common.

For example, Patent Document 1 (published on September 30, 2002) describes a mobile messenger of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network, which can provide a messenger service between mobile messengers installed in the mobile terminal. A service system and method are disclosed.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2002-0074304

A message sent with characters indicating a search function in a chat room can be processed as a search keyword to quickly provide search results.

For search keywords submitted as interactive messages within a chat room, shortcuts can be provided to navigate to search results.

A search result preview can be provided within the chat room along with a shortcut link that is a search result shortcut.

A searching method performed by a computing device, said computing device comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory, said searching method comprising: receiving, as a search keyword, a message sent with characters indicating a search function in a chat room by said at least one processor displaying a shortcut link of search results corresponding to said search keyword in said chat room. and providing, by the at least one processor, a preview of at least a portion of the search results in conjunction with the message in which the shortcut link has been inserted.

According to one aspect, the receiving step may invoke a search function when the message is sent with the text in the chat room, and receive the message as the search keyword by the search function.

According to another aspect, the inserting step may include generating the shortcut link for navigating to a search results screen, and inserting and displaying the shortcut link in a UI of the message.

According to another aspect, the step of inserting includes displaying the message separately from other messages in the chat room as a message type indicating that the message is a message using the search function. good.

According to yet another aspect, the providing step may include displaying the preview at the bottom of the message with the shortcut link inserted.

According to yet another aspect, the providing step may display the preview in the chat room using message types that are formatted in JSON format.

According to yet another aspect, the step of providing may display a screenshot of at least a portion of the search results as the preview in the chat room.

According to yet another aspect, the search method includes navigating to a search results screen corresponding to the search keyword when the shortcut link or the preview is selected in the chat room by the at least one processor. May contain more.

According to yet another aspect, the shortcut link or the preview provides search results corresponding to the search keyword that are reworked based on additional information associated with the user who entered the chat room or the message. can be shown.

According to yet another aspect, the additional information includes at least one of age, gender, location information, time information of the user, themes of recent interactions in the chat room, or recent search history of the user. may contain.

A computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium is provided for causing the computer device to execute the search method.

A computing device comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory, said at least one processor being sent with characters indicative of a search function within a chat room receiving a message as a search keyword; inserting a shortcut link of search results corresponding to the search keyword into the message displayed in the chat room; A computer device is provided that provides a preview for at least a portion.

1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computing device, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of components that a processor of a computing device may include in one embodiment of the present invention; 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that may be performed by a computing device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a search function within a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a search function within a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a search function within a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a search function within a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a search function within a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a search function within a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a search function within a chat room in one embodiment of the present invention;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to techniques for providing search functionality within messenger chat rooms.

Embodiments including the matters specifically disclosed herein can provide a search function within a chat room, and in particular, a message sent with characters indicating the search function within a chat room can be used as a search keyword. Processing can provide search results quickly.

A search system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by at least one computer device, and a search method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be executed by at least one computer device included in the search system. At this time, a computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed and executed in the computer device, and the computer device executes the search method according to the embodiment of the present invention under the control of the executed computer program. can be executed. The computer program described above may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium in order to combine with a computer device and cause the computer to execute the search method.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including multiple electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 , multiple servers 150 , 160 , and a network 170 . Such FIG. 1 is merely an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited as in FIG. Also, the network environment in FIG. 1 is merely an example of the environment applicable to this embodiment, and the environment applicable to this embodiment is not limited to the network environment in FIG. .

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented by computing devices. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, navigation systems, PCs (Personal Computers), notebook PCs, digital broadcasting terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and PMPs (Portable Multimedia Players). ), and tablet PCs. As an example, FIG. 1 shows a smart phone as an example of the electronic device 110, but in embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 substantially utilizes a wireless or wired communication scheme and communicates with other devices via the network 170. may refer to one of a wide variety of physical computing devices capable of communicating with the electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and/or the servers 150, 160.

The communication method is not limited, and not only the communication method using the communication network that can be included in the network 170 (eg, mobile communication network, wired Internet, wireless Internet, broadcasting network), but also the short distance between devices. Wireless communication may be included. For example, the network 170 includes a PAN (Personal Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), a CAN (Campus Area Network), a MAN (Metropolitan Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), a BBN (Broadband Network, etc.), and the Internet. Any one or more of the networks may be included. Additionally, network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including, but not limited to, bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, tree or hierarchical networks, and the like. will not be

Each of servers 150, 160 is implemented by one or more computing devices that communicate with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 over network 170 to provide instructions, code, files, content, services, etc. good. For example, the server 150 provides services (eg, messenger service, search service, content providing service, social network service, map service, translation service, financial services, etc.).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example computing device, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Each of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130 and 140 and each of the servers 150 and 160 described above may be realized by the computer device 200 shown in FIG.

Such a computing device 200 may include memory 210, processor 220, communication interface 230, and input/output interface 240, as shown in FIG. The memory 210 is a computer-readable storage medium and may include random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and permanent mass storage devices such as disk drives. Here, a permanent mass storage device such as a ROM or disk drive may be included in computer device 200 as a separate permanent storage device separate from memory 210 . Also stored in memory 210 may be an operating system and at least one program code. Such software components may be loaded into memory 210 from a computer-readable medium separate from memory 210 . Such another computer-readable recording medium may include computer-readable recording medium such as floppy disk, disk, tape, DVD/CD-ROM, memory card. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into memory 210 through communication interface 230 that is not a computer-readable medium. For example, software components may be loaded into memory 210 of computing device 200 based on computer programs installed by files received over network 170 .

Processor 220 may be configured to process computer program instructions by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to processor 220 by memory 210 or communication interface 230 . For example, processor 220 may be configured to execute received instructions according to program code stored in a storage device, such as memory 210 .

Communication interface 230 may provide functionality for computer device 200 to communicate with other devices (eg, the recording device described above) via network 170 . As an example, processor 220 of computing device 200 can transmit requests, commands, data, files, etc. generated according to program code recorded in a recording device such as memory 210 to other devices via network 170 under the control of communication interface 230 . device. Conversely, signals, instructions, data, files, etc. from other devices may be received by computing device 200 through communication interface 230 of computing device 200 over network 170 . Signals, instructions, data, etc. received through the communication interface 230 may be transmitted to the processor 220 and the memory 210, and files may be stored in a recording medium (the permanent recording device described above) that the computing device 200 may further include. may be recorded.

Input/output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with input/output device 250 . For example, input devices may include devices such as a microphone, keyboard, or mouse, and output devices may include devices such as displays, speakers, and the like. As another example, input/output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with a device that integrates functionality for input and output, such as a touch screen. Input/output device 250 may be one device with computing device 200 .

Also, in other embodiments, computing device 200 may include fewer or more components than the components of FIG. However, most prior art components need not be explicitly shown in the figures. For example, computing device 200 may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 250 described above, and may also include other components such as transceivers, databases, and the like.

Specific embodiments of methods and systems for providing search result shortcuts within chat rooms are described below.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components that a processor of a computing device may include in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 illustrates components executed by the computing device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flow chart illustrating an example of how this can be done.

The computing device 200 according to the present embodiment may provide a messenger service including a search function for clients by connecting to a dedicated application installed on the client or a web/mobile site associated with the computing device 200. A computer-implemented search system may be configured in the computer device 200 . For example, the search system may be realized in the form of an independently operating program, or may be configured in the form of an in-app of a specific application so that it can operate on the specific application. may be implemented in

The processor 220 of the computer device 200 includes a search term receiving unit 310, a shortcut link generating unit 320, and a preview providing unit 330 as shown in FIG. 3 as components for executing the search method according to FIG. good. Depending on the embodiment, components of processor 220 may be selectively included or excluded from processor 220 . Also, depending on the embodiment, the components of processor 220 may be separated or merged to represent the functionality of processor 220 .

Such processor 220 and components of processor 220 may control computing device 200 to perform steps 410-430 included in the search method of FIG. For example, processor 220 and components of processor 220 may be implemented to execute instructions according to the code of an operating system and the code of at least one program contained in memory 210 .

Here, the components of processor 220 may represent different functions performed by processor 220 according to instructions provided by program code recorded in computing device 200 . For example, search term receiver 310 may be utilized as a functional representation of processor 220 controlling computing device 200 in accordance with the above-described instructions such that computing device 200 receives search keywords within a chat room.

Processor 220 may read the necessary instructions from memory 210 loaded with instructions associated with the control of computing device 200 . In this case, the read instructions may include instructions for controlling processor 220 to perform steps 410-430 described below.

The steps 410-430 described below may be performed in a different order than shown in FIG. 4, some of the steps 410-430 may be omitted, or additional steps may be included. may

Processor 220 may provide a search function within chat rooms created on Messenger. Chat rooms where at least two people participate (one-on-one chat rooms and group chat rooms), personal chat rooms where only the user participates, and bot-type accounts that provide various services and contents on Messenger ( That is, chatbot chat rooms where chatbots participate, and open chat rooms where you can chat immediately through a link such as a URL without going through the process of adding friends using a phone number or ID. Any chat room created on Messenger as such may be provided with a search function that includes at least one of the features disclosed in the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 410, the search word receiving unit 310 receives and transmits a dialogue message with characters indicating a search function (hereinafter referred to as 'search characters') in the chat room. may be received as a search keyword. In other words, the search term receiving unit 310 may call a search function when a search character is input, and may receive a dialogue message input together with the search character as a keyword for searching by the search function. For example, the symbol '#' may be defined as the search character, and the symbol '#' included in the keypad may be utilized or the symbol '#' may be provided in the message input window area. The search term receiving unit 310 may receive a dialogue message as a search keyword by transmitting a dialogue message containing search characters in a chat room, and send a search request containing the received search keyword to a search server (for example, a server 160).

As another example, when an additional keyword is input together with search characters as a keyword following the search keyword, the search term receiving unit 310 may use the additional keyword as a search filter for detailed search. For example, if #keyword1#keyword2 is entered as an interactive message, keyword1 may be used as a search keyword and keyword2 may be used as a search filter for filtering primary search results corresponding to keyword1. keyword2 may be used as a contextual keyword indicating a situation such as time or place, or may be used as a content keyword associated with search collections such as playlists, music videos, images, and the like. For example, in the case of "#weather of the week", "weather" may be the basic keyword for the search, and "this week" may be the contextual keyword limiting the situation. Also, in the case of '#BTS playlist', 'BTS' may be a basic keyword for searching, and 'playlist' may be a content keyword limiting the search collection. In addition to using keyword2 as a search filter, combining it with keyword1 may be used as a keyword for providing recommendation information. For example, when "#What do you want to do on the weekend?"

As another example, when an additional dialogue message is transmitted together with search characters by a reply function to a dialogue message processed as a search keyword, the search word receiving unit 310 may receive the dialogue message transmitted as a reply before. It is also possible to use it as a keyword for additional searches for the search results of

In some embodiments, along with the search keywords, additional information associated with the user or chat room may be communicated to the search server to provide personalized search results to the user. Additional information may be utilized as a search filter for advanced searches. For example, the search term receiving unit 310 may transmit basic demo information such as the user's age, gender, and residential area as additional information. As another example, the search term receiving unit 310 may transmit user's current location information and time information that can be collected by the computer device 200 as additional information. As another example, the search term receiving unit 310 may transmit, as additional information, analysis results of patterns of conversations exchanged in the chat room and the context of the conversations. For example, based on the dialogue message entered as a search keyword, the theme of the dialogue can be grasped and transmitted from the previous dialogue message, or the dialogue messages exchanged within a certain time among the recent messages or a certain number of dialogues Words frequently appearing in messages may be extracted and transmitted. As another example, the search term receiving unit 310 may transmit a recent search history in a chat room, for example, a keyword list recently transmitted as a search request, as additional information. The demo information and search history of the user, which are part of the additional information described above, can of course be transmitted from the client to the search server, and can also be directly acquired by the search server.

In operation 420, the shortcut link generator 320 may generate a shortcut link for moving to a search result screen corresponding to the search keyword. The shortcut link generation unit 320 generates a search result shortcut link and inserts it into the interactive message (i.e., search keyword) displayed in the corresponding chat room in order to support the function of quickly moving to the search result. you can The shortcut link generation unit 320 displays a dialogue message in a message UI (for example, balloon) in the chat room. At this time, the shortcut link of the search result is inserted into the search keyword on the message UI and displayed. you can Conventionally, when a search was required during a conversation in a messenger chat room, a search application separate from messenger was used to execute the search, and the search results were shared in the messenger chat room. In the present embodiment, this series of processes is shortened, and the search function can be performed by simply sending the search keyword as an interactive message in the chat room, and a shortcut link of the search result by the corresponding message is provided. be able to.

In operation 430, the preview providing unit 330 may provide a search result preview of the corresponding link in association with the interactive message in which the shortcut link is inserted in the chat room. The preview providing unit 330 may display the search result preview at the bottom of the interactive message with the shortcut link inserted in the chat room. At this time, the preview providing unit 330 may provide a preview of at least some of the search results corresponding to the search keyword. For example, the preview providing unit 330 may display a search result preview using a Flex message type created in JSON (Javascript Object Notation) format as a message with a user-definable layout. As another example, the preview provider 330 may display a screen shot of an image of at least some of the search results as a review. For example, the preview providing unit 330 may provide a screenshot of the top ranked image in the search results as the image preview.

The processor 220 may move to a search result screen for checking the entire search result corresponding to the search keyword when the message UI in which the shortcut link of the search result is inserted or the search result preview area is selected. Search results corresponding to search keywords include not only user demo information (age, gender, etc.) transmitted with search keywords, but also location information, time information, analysis results of conversations in chat rooms, recent search history, etc. It may be reworked based on the information. Search results corresponding to search keywords may differ depending on additional information used as search filters, and search result previews may also be differentiated for each user or chat room according to the reworked search results.

5-11 are exemplary diagrams for explaining the search function within the chat room in one embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 5 and 6 show an example of accessing the search function in a chat room.

Referring to FIG. 5, processor 220 uses keypad 520 to enter and send a message along with search characters 501 when entering a message to be sent in chat room 500 into message input window 510 . , a search character 501 may be entered to invoke the search function. At this time, the processor 220 may receive the message input with the search character 501 as a search keyword.

As another example, as shown in FIG. 6, a message input window 510 of a chat room 500 may be provided with search characters 501 . Processor 220 may call a search function by inputting search character 501 when a message is input with search character 501 in message input window 510 and sent, and the search function is input with search character 501 . A message may be received as a search keyword.

In addition to inputting the search character 501 using the keypad 520 or the message input window 510, the search character 501 can be input in various ways. When a predefined user input to chat room 500 is recognized, eg, a double tap on a message entry field, search characters 501 may be automatically entered.

The processor 220 treats the message sent with the search character 501 as a separate message type indicating that it is a message using the search function, and displays it separately from other interactive messages in the chat room 500. you can

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, processor 220 displays a phrase (for example, " "Search with this") or an identification symbol may be included in the display.

In particular, processor 220 may insert and display search results shortcut link 711 to the message entered with search text 501 in balloon 710 . Accordingly, processor 220 will provide search result shortcut links 711 based on the keywords in balloons 710 of chat room 500 .

The processor 220 provides the search result shortcut link to the balloon 710 in the chat room 500, and at the same time, at the bottom of the balloon 710, as shown in FIG. A search result preview 820 with a preview function may be provided.

The search result preview 820 may display a portion of the search results corresponding to the search keyword, eg, a screenshot of the top ranked content in the search results.

Primary search results corresponding to the search keyword may be reworked based on additional information associated with the user or chat room, and search result preview 820 may differ in content depending on the reworked search results.

As an example, the processor 220 may provide a preview 820 of search results filtered by the user's demo information by reworking the primary search results using the user's demo information as a search filter.

As another example, the processor 220 may rework the primary search results using the user's current location and time information as a search filter to provide a preview 820 of search results filtered by current location and time information.

As yet another example, the processor 220 may rework the primary search results using the recent interaction theme of the chat room 500 as a search filter to provide a preview 820 of search results filtered by recent interaction theme. You can

As yet another example, the processor 220 may provide a preview 820 of search results filtered by the user's recent search history by reworking the primary search results using the user's recent search history as a search filter.

The processor 220 may provide a differentiated search result preview 820 for each chat room or for each user utilizing the search function within the chat room.

Processor 220 may also provide search result preview 820 after considering the category of the search keyword. For example, the processor 220 may provide a preview 820 of search results corresponding to the search keyword that belong to a collection of categories that are most relevant to the search keyword.

This embodiment provides a link that allows immediate movement to search results simply by entering "#keyword" in the flow of dialogue without the need to use a separate search menu during dialogue in the chat room. can provide. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a search result preview that allows a part of the search result to be checked in advance in the chat room without moving to the search result screen, along with the shortcut link of the search result.

Processor 220 may provide real-time search results at the time of sending the “#keyword”. At this time, the processor 220 may provide search result previews for the keywords in the category that the user primarily searches for. In other words, processor 220 may provide search result previews for queries in categories that have been defined on the search server as positive search results. For example, a preview of search results generated to provide information about the identified content, such as weather, COVID-19, people info, etc., may be provided. It may also provide previews of search results for content of services being offered on the search server, or search results generated for the use of tools such as calendars, translations, calculators, and the like.

Processor 220 may provide custom types of search results based on user search patterns, demo information, search time, location, and the like. As an example, processor 220 may recommend #keyword via auto-completion based on the user's recent search term record. For example, for a user who frequently searches for BTS, "#BTS" may be recommended by automatic completion when "#B" is entered. As another example, processor 220 may provide personalized search results based on the user's gender and age. For example, if the user is in their teens when "#spring dress" is searched, search results of spring dress styles preferred by teens may be preferentially provided. If the user is in his/her thirties when "#gourmet restaurant" is searched, the search results of izakayas most often searched by people in their thirties may be preferentially provided.

Referring to FIG. 9, processor 220 performs a search for reviewing the entire search results if balloon 710 with search results shortcut link 711 inserted or search results preview 820 provided together at the bottom of balloon 711 is selected. A results screen 900 may be provided.

The search results screen 900 may consist of primary search results corresponding to the search keyword, and in some embodiments, the primary search results corresponding to the search keyword have been reworked based on additional information associated with the user or chat room. It may consist of search results.

FIG. 10 shows an example of retrieval using a combination of keywords.

Processor 220 may provide search results for the combination of keywords. A new search result may be provided by combining the basic keyword with another keyword, and the keyword combination may be defined in various forms such as #keyword1#keyword2, #keyword1keyword2, #keyword1+keyword2.

Referring to FIG. 10 , when consecutive keywords are input to chat room 500 together with search characters as an interactive message, for example, when #keyword1#keyword2 is input, processor 220 inserts keyword1 and keyword2 into message bubble 1010 . At the same time that the utilized search result shortcut link 1011 is displayed, a search result preview 1020 may also be displayed at the bottom of the message bubble 1010 .

The search screen provided by the search result shortcut link 1011 and the search result preview 1020 may include search results obtained by reprocessing the search results corresponding to keyword1 with keyword2. May contain relevant recommendation information.

The processor 220 may recommend combination keywords that the user frequently searches for through auto-completion. For example, when a user frequently searches for "#BTS#playlist", keyword combinations such as "#BTS#playlist" may be recommended by auto-completion when "#BTS" is entered. By recommending keywords that reflect the needs of many users as search terms, it is possible to utilize them for learning search terms.

FIG. 11 shows an additional search example using replies.

Referring to FIG. 11 , when #keyword is input as an interactive message in chat room 500 , processor 220 displays search result shortcut link 1111 using keyword in message balloon 1110 and at the bottom of message balloon 1110 . A search result preview 1120 may also be displayed.

If an additional search is required for the search results using the keyword, which is the primary search result, an additional search word may be entered and sent as a reply message to the message balloon 1110 or search result preview 1120 . For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when #keyword2 is input as a reply message, the processor 220 displays an additional search result shortcut link 1131 using keyword2 in the reply message balloon 1130, and at the same time Additional search result previews 1140 may also be displayed at the bottom of 1130 .

In other words, the search function can leverage the reply function to provide additional searches, and reply messages to the search message type can perform additional searches on primary search results.

Thus, the processor 220 can provide a search function within the chat room, where a shortcut that allows quick navigation to search results within the chat room by simply sending the search keyword as an interactive message. can be provided.

The processor 220 may provide a search result shortcut link through a balloon in the chat room, and at the same time, provide a search result preview at the bottom of the balloon so that the contents of the search result shortcut link can be confirmed in advance.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a search result can be quickly provided by processing a message sent with characters indicating a search function in a chat room as a search keyword. In particular, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a shortcut link for moving to a search result screen and a preview for confirming part of the contents of the search result in advance for a search keyword sent as a dialogue message in a chat room are provided. can be provided.

The apparatus described above may be realized by hardware components, software components, and/or a combination of hardware and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments include processors, controllers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs), digital signal processors, microcomputers, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic units (PLUs), microprocessors, Or may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as various devices capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing unit may run an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that run on the OS. The processor may also access, record, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to executing software. For convenience of understanding, one processing device may be described as being used, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that a processing device may include multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. You can understand that. For example, a processing unit may include multiple processors or a processor and a controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may include computer programs, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, to configure or, independently or collectively, to instruct a processor to perform a desired operation. You can Software and/or data may be embodied in any kind of machine, component, physical device, computer storage medium, or device for interpretation by, or for providing instructions or data to, a processing device. good. The software may be stored and executed in a distributed fashion over computer systems linked by a network. Software and data may be recorded on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiments may be embodied in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. Here, the medium may record the computer-executable program continuously or temporarily record it for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be various recording means or storage means in the form of a combination of single or multiple hardware, and is not limited to a medium that is directly connected to a computer system, but is distributed over a network. It may exist in Examples of media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, and ROM, RAM. , flash memory, etc., configured to store program instructions. Other examples of media include recording media or storage media managed by application stores that distribute applications, sites that supply or distribute various software, and servers.

As described above, the embodiments have been described based on the limited embodiments and drawings, but those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and variations based on the above description. For example, the techniques described may be performed in a different order than in the manner described and/or components such as systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. described may be performed in a manner different from the manner described. Appropriate results may be achieved when combined or combined, opposed or substituted by other elements or equivalents.

Accordingly, different embodiments that are equivalent to the claims should still fall within the scope of the appended claims.

220: Processor 310: Search term receiving unit 320: Shortcut link generating unit 330: Preview providing unit

Claims (20)

A search method performed by a computer device, comprising:
The computing device includes at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in memory;
The search method is
receiving, by the at least one processor, a message sent with characters indicating a search function within the chat room as a search keyword;
inserting, by the at least one processor, a shortcut link of search results corresponding to the search keyword into the message displayed in the chat room; and, by the at least one processor, the message into which the shortcut link is inserted. providing a preview for at least some of said search results in conjunction with. The receiving step includes:
The search method according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the message is sent with the text in the chat room, calling a search function and receiving the message as the search keyword by the search function. The step of inserting
The search method according to claim 1, comprising: generating the shortcut link for moving to a search result screen; and inserting and displaying the shortcut link in a UI of the message. The step of inserting
2. The search method according to claim 1, further comprising: displaying the message as a message type indicating that the message is a message using the search function, distinguishing it from other messages in the chat room. The providing step includes:
2. The method of claim 1, comprising displaying the preview at the bottom of the message in which the shortcut link is inserted. The providing step includes:
2. The search method of claim 1, wherein the preview is displayed in the chat room using a message type created in JSON format. The providing step includes:
2. The method of claim 1, wherein screenshots of at least some of the search results are displayed as the preview in the chat room. The search method is
The search method of claim 1, further comprising: navigating to a search results screen corresponding to the search keyword when the shortcut link or the preview is selected within the chat room by the at least one processor. wherein the shortcut link or the preview indicates a reworked search result corresponding to the search keyword based on additional information related to the user who entered the chat room or the message. The search method according to claim 1. The additional information includes at least one of the user's age, gender, location information, time information, themes of recent interactions in the chat room, or the user's recent search history. The search method according to claim 9. A computer program that causes the computer device to execute the search method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A computer device,
at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in memory;
The at least one processor
Receive messages sent with characters indicating the search function in the chat room as search keywords,
inserting a shortcut link of search results corresponding to the search keyword into the message displayed in the chat room;
A computing device that provides a preview for at least a portion of the search results in conjunction with the message in which the shortcut link is inserted. The at least one processor
13. The computer device of claim 12, wherein when the message is sent with the text in the chat room, a search function is invoked and the message is received as the search keyword by the search function. The at least one processor
13. The computer apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, after generating the shortcut link for moving to a search result screen, the shortcut link is inserted and displayed in the UI of the message. The at least one processor
13. The computer apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the message is displayed separately from other messages in the chat room as a message type indicating that the message is a message using the search function. The at least one processor
13. The computer device of claim 12, wherein the preview is displayed at the bottom of the message in which the shortcut link is inserted. The at least one processor
13. The computer device of claim 12, wherein the preview is displayed in the chat room using a message type created in JSON format. The at least one processor
13. The computer device of claim 12, wherein screenshots of at least some of the search results are displayed as the preview in the chat room. The at least one processor
13. The computer device of claim 12, wherein when the shortcut link or the preview is selected in the chat room, a search result screen corresponding to the search keyword is navigated to. wherein the shortcut link or the preview indicates a search result corresponding to the search keyword that has been reworked based on additional information related to the user who entered the chat room or the message. Item 13. The computer device according to Item 12.

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