JP2024502570A - Methods, systems, and computer programs for enhancing mention functionality - Google Patents

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer programs are provided for enhancing mention functionality. When a comment including a mention is input for a post, a comment function related to the mention is identified based on the input string combined with the mention, and then the identified comment function is The comment is provided only to the comment creator who created the comment using a comment function and the mention target specified by the comment creator.

Description

The following description relates to techniques for processing comments using mentions.

With the construction of a ubiquitous computer environment that allows people to access the Internet anytime and anywhere as long as they are connected to the Internet network, the Internet has become an indispensable element for people.

People share a variety of information by providing the information they know on the Internet and obtaining the information they need, exchanging opinions with each other.

Most Internet postings, which are a form of information sharing, provide a comment registration interface so that users can attach various comments. This is a place where each user can express his or her own opinion regarding a common topic of interest.

Various community services such as SNS (Social Networking Services) and blogs, as well as Internet services such as portal services and other media services, have begun to allow users to input comments, making it increasingly difficult to express opinions on posted content. It is now possible to easily share with other users in the form of comments.

For example, Korean Published Patent No. 10-2006-0057079 (published on May 26, 2006) discloses a technology that uses a mobile terminal to send and process comments to an Internet website. .

By using mentions, a secret comment function is provided that allows comments on a post to be made public only to the comment creator and the person being mentioned.

By using mentions, we provide a chat function that allows comments on posts to be sent in a one-on-one chat between the comment creator and the person being mentioned.

A method of providing comments executed on a computer system, the computer system including at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in memory, the method of providing comments performed by the at least one processor. When a comment including a mention is input for a post, one processor identifies a comment function associated with the mention based on a character string input in combination with the mention. , and the at least one processor providing the comment only to the comment author who created the comment and a mentionee specified by the comment creator using the identified comment functionality. Provide a method of provision.

According to one aspect, the providing step may include treating the comment as a secret comment that is made public only to the comment creator and the mentionee among users who can access the post.

According to another aspect, the authority to read comments using the mention among the comments registered in the post may be granted only to the comment creator and the mention target.

According to another aspect, when the character string is input in the form of a comment for the post, the post creator who created the post may be automatically input as a mention.

According to yet another aspect, the providing step may include sending the comment to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentionee.

According to yet another aspect, the comment may not be displayed in the comment list of the post, but may be displayed in the one-on-one chat room as a message type included in the chat room.

According to another aspect, the one-on-one chat room may be created in an open chatting format that allows chatting without going through the process of adding friends.

According to another aspect, the step of sending the comment includes the step of sending a chat request message to the mentionee, and the mentionee accepting the chat with the comment creator through the chat request message. If so, the method may include transmitting the comment to the one-on-one chat room.

According to another aspect, the comment function related to the mention includes a secret comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mention target among users who can access the post, and and a chat function for transmitting the comment to a one-on-one chat room of the mentioned person and the mentioned person, and the comment providing method includes a chat function for transmitting the comment to a one-on-one chat room of the mentioned person and the mentioned person, wherein the at least one processor transmits the comment to the private comment function and the chat room according to settings for the post. The method may further include selectively blocking comments using at least one of the features.

According to still another aspect, the blocking step includes a post creator designated as the mention target rejecting requests for one-on-one chat for sending comments more than a certain number of times or at a certain rate. If so, the post may include automatically blocking a chat function of the post.

A computer program is provided that is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium to cause the computer system to execute the comment providing method.

A computer system comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in memory, wherein the at least one processor receives a comment including a mention of the post. , a comment function associated with the mention is identified based on a character string input in combination with the mention, and a comment creator who created the comment using the identified comment function and the comment creator To provide a computer system characterized in that the comment is provided only to a specified mention target person.

According to embodiments of the present invention, mentions can be used to provide a secret comment feature that allows comments on a post to be visible only to the comment creator and the mentionee.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by using mentions, it is possible to provide a chat function that allows comments on a post to be sent in a one-on-one chat between a comment creator and a mention target.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the internal configuration of an electronic device and a server in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of components that may be included in a processor of an electronic device in an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that an electronic device may perform in an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a comment function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a comment function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a character string symbolizing a secret comment function and a character string symbolizing a chat function in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a secret comment function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a secret comment function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a chat function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a chat function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining comment block notification in an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a technique for processing comments using mentions.

Embodiments including matters specifically disclosed herein provide, as a further enhanced feature, the ability to send messages entered as comments on posts in a secret comment format or one-on-one chat format. can achieve considerable advantages in various aspects such as convenience, information protection, and service quality.

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

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals realized by a computer system. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, navigation systems, PCs (personal computers), notebook PCs, digital broadcast terminals, PDAs (personal digital assistants), and PMPs (portable multimedia players). er ), tablets, game consoles, wearable devices, IoT (internet of things) devices, VR (virtual reality) devices, AR (augmented reality) devices, etc. As an example, although FIG. 1 shows a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 110, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 110 may utilize a substantially wireless or wired communication method to communicate with others via the network 170. electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and/or servers 150, 160.

The communication method is not limited, and is not limited to communication methods that utilize communication networks that can be included in the network 170 (for example, mobile communication networks, wired Internet, wireless Internet, and broadcasting networks), as well as communication methods that utilize short distances between devices. Wireless communications may also 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), and a WAN (wide area network). area network), BBN (broadband network), the Internet, etc. may include any one or more of the networks. Additionally, network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including, but not limited to, a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, and the like. It will not be done.

Each server 150, 160 is implemented by one or more computing devices that communicate with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 via a network 170 to provide instructions, code, files, content, services, etc. good. For example, the server 150 may be a system that provides a first service to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 connected via the network 170, and the server 160 may also be a system that provides a first service to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 connected via the network 170. The system may provide a second service to electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140. As a more specific example, the server 150 provides a service (for example, a community service) targeted by the application through an application that is a computer program installed and executed on the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140. The first service may be provided to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140. As another example, the server 160 may provide, as a second service, a service that distributes files for installing and executing the above-described application to the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the internal configuration of an electronic device and a server in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the internal configurations of the electronic device 110 and the server 150 will be described as an example of the electronic device. Further, the other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and the server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configurations as the electronic device 110 or the server 150 described above.

Electronic device 110 and server 150 may include memory 211, 221, processor 212, 220, communication module 213, 223, and input/output interface 214, 224.

The memories 211 and 221 are computer-readable recording media, such as permanent memory such as RAM (random access memory), ROM (read only memory), disk drive, SSD (solid state drive), and flash memory. may include a high-capacity storage device. Here, a permanent large capacity storage device such as a ROM, SSD, flash memory, or disk drive may be included in the electronic device 110 or the server 150 as a separate permanent storage device separated from the memories 211 and 221. good. The memories 211 and 221 also include an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a browser installed and executed on the electronic device 110, and a program code installed on the electronic device 110 to provide a specific service). code for applications etc.) may be recorded. Such software components may be loaded from a computer readable storage medium separate from the memory 211, 221. Such other computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy drives, disks, tapes, DVD/CD-ROM drives, memory cards, and the like. In other embodiments, the software components may be loaded into the memory 211, 221 through a communication module 213, 223 that is not a computer readable storage medium. For example, at least one program may be a computer program (as an example, as described above) that is installed by a file provided over network 170 by a developer or a file distribution system that distributes application installation files (such as server 160, as described above). may be loaded into the memory 211, 221 based on the application (used by the user).

Processors 212, 222 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to the processor 212, 222 by a memory 211, 221 or a communication interface 213, 223. For example, processors 212, 222 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code recorded on a storage device, such as memory 211, 221.

The communication interfaces 213, 223 may provide functionality for the electronic device 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other via the network 170, allowing the electronic device 110 and/or the server 150 to communicate with other electronic devices (for example, 120) or other servers (eg, server 160). As an example, a request generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 according to a program code recorded in a storage device such as the memory 211 may be transmitted to the server 150 via the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213. Conversely, control signals, instructions, content, files, etc. provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 are received by the electronic device 110 via the communication module 213 of the electronic device 110 via the communication module 223 and the network 170. It's okay to be. For example, control signals, instructions, content, files, etc. of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 and the memory 211, and the content, files, etc. may be stored in the electronic device 110, which may further include It may be recorded on a medium (permanent storage device as described above).

Input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with input/output device 215. For example, input devices may include devices such as a keyboard, mouse, microphone, camera, etc., and output devices may include devices such as a display, speakers, haptic feedback devices, and the like. As another example, input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device that has integrated input and output functionality, such as a touch screen. Input/output device 215 may be comprised of one device with electronic device 110. The input/output interface 224 of the server 150 may also be a means for interfacing with input or output devices (not shown) that may be coupled to or included in the server 150. As a more specific example, when the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 processes instructions of a computer program loaded into the memory 211, a service screen or content is configured using data provided by the server 150 and the electronic device 120. , may be displayed on the display through the input/output interface 214.

Also, in other embodiments, electronic device 110 and server 150 may include more components than those in FIG. 2. However, most prior art components need not be clearly illustrated. For example, the electronic device 110 may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 215 described above, or may include a transceiver, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, a camera, various sensors, a database, etc. It may further include other components such as. As a more specific example, when the electronic device 110 is a smartphone, the smartphone generally includes an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a camera module, various physical buttons, buttons using a touch panel, input/output ports, The electronic device 110 may further include various components such as a vibrator for vibration.

Specific embodiments of methods and systems for enhancing mention functionality are described below.

In this specification, a post refers to a wide variety of postings such as text, photos, videos, and stamps displayed on community spaces on the Internet such as SNS, messengers, and blogs. good. In recent years, communities have provided timeline services that display posts arranged in chronological order.

In the following, a timeline post will be explained as a specific embodiment, but it should not be limited to this and can be expanded and applied to any community that can provide a comment function for posts. good.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of components that may be included in a processor of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of how the method can be used.

The electronic device 110 according to the present embodiment may be configured with a comment providing system implemented by a computer. For example, the comment providing system may be realized in the form of a program that operates independently, or may be configured in the form of an in-app of a specific application and can operate on the specific application. It may be realized as follows.

Based on the instructions provided by the application installed on the electronic device 110, the comment providing system implemented in the electronic device 110 may execute the comment providing method shown in FIG.

In order to execute the comment providing method according to FIG. 4, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 includes a mention identifying section 310, a comment processing section 320, and a chat providing section 330 as components, as shown in FIG. good. Depending on the embodiment, components of processor 212 may be selectively included or excluded from processor 212. Also, depending on the embodiment, components of processor 212 may be separated or combined to express the functionality of processor 212.

Such processor 212 and components of processor 212 may control electronic device 110 to perform steps 410-430 included in the comment providing method of FIG. For example, processor 212 and components of processor 212 may be implemented to execute instructions in accordance with operating system code and at least one program code contained in memory 211.

Here, the components of the processor 212 are processors that are executed by the processor 212 according to instructions provided by a program code recorded on the electronic device 110 (for example, instructions provided by an application executed on the electronic device 110). 212 may be representations of different functions. For example, the mention identifier 310 may be utilized as a functional representation of the processor 212 that controls the electronic device 110 according to the instructions described above so that the electronic device 110 identifies features associated with mentions.

Processor 212 may read necessary instructions from memory 211 loaded with instructions related to controlling electronic device 110 . In this case, the read instructions may include instructions for controlling processor 212 to perform steps 410-430 described below.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 410, when a comment including a mention is input for the post, the mention identification unit 310 selects a comment function associated with the mention based on the input string combined with the mention. May be identified. In this embodiment, comment functions related to mentions include a secret comment function that transmits comments on posts as secret messages, and a chat function that transmits comments on posts in a one-on-one chat. Preset character strings may be defined for each of the secret comment function and the chat function, and the secret comment function and the chat function may be distinguished depending on what character strings the mention is combined with. The character string symbolizing the secret comment function (hereinafter referred to as "secret comment character string") and the character string symbolizing the chat function (hereinafter referred to as "chat character string") may be defined as different character strings, A single character, a special symbol, or a combination of one or more characters or special symbols may be used as the secret comment character string and chat character string.

At step 420, processor 212 makes comments on the post public only to the commenter and the commenter's designated mention recipients, utilizing the feature identified at step 410, the secret comment feature or chat feature. It's fine. The above step 420 may include a comment publishing process 421 using a secret comment function and a comment publishing process 422 using a chat function.

In step 421, if the input character string combined with the mention corresponds to a secret comment string, the comment processing unit 320 sets a secret so that the comment on the post is made public only to the comment creator and the mentionee. May be treated as a comment. When a mention combined with a secret comment character string is input as a comment format for a post along with a comment message, the comment processing unit 320 provides a secret comment function so that the comment message can be sent only to the comment creator and the mention target. It may be made publicly available. The comment processing unit 320 may process a comment on a post as a secret comment that is made public only to the comment creator and the mention recipient among the users who have permission to read the post, and is not made public to the remaining users.

In order to process a comment on a post as a secret comment, if the comment received from the client includes a mention, the server 150 follows a rule in which the input string combined with the mention is defined as a secret comment string. You can check whether it satisfies the following. If server 150 receives a comment that includes a mention combined with a secret comment string, ie, a secret comment, it may change the permissions for the secret comment. For each secret comment, read and write permissions may be granted only to specified users. The basic principle is that the permission to read comments on a post is granted to all users who can access the post, but the permission to read secret comments is granted only to the comment creator and the person being mentioned. Permissions may be changed.

In step 422, if the input character string combined with the mention corresponds to the chat character string, the chat providing unit 330 provides a comment on the post in a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mention target. It's fine. When a mention combined with a chat character string is input as a comment format for a post along with a comment message, the chat providing unit 330 provides a chat function so that the comment message can be shared between the comment creator and the mention target. You can send it to a one-on-one chat room. At this time, the chat providing unit 330 first requests the mentionee's intention to accept the one-on-one chat with the comment creator, and then opens the one-on-one chat room only if the mentionee accepts. May be activated to provide comment messages. In other words, a comment containing a mention combined with a chat character string may not be displayed in the comment list of the post, but may be displayed in a one-on-one chat room as a type of message included in the chat room.

In order to send a comment on a post via chat, if the comment received from the client includes a mention, the server 150 determines whether the input string combined with the mention satisfies the rules defined as a chat string. You can check whether it is. When the server 150 receives a comment that includes a mention combined with a chat string, ie, a chat comment, it may create a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentionee. At this time, the server 150 may change the route to move from the comment registration interface of the post to a one-on-one chat room, and may send a chat request message to the mentionee asking whether he or she wishes to accept the mention. In the case of chat comments, it is also possible to directly land a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mention target on the client side.

The one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the person being mentioned is open chat, where you can chat immediately from a link such as a URL without going through the process of adding friends using phone numbers or IDs. ) may be generated in the form. Open chat rooms may be deleted at the request of the commenter or mentionee, and may be automatically deleted after a certain amount of time based on the chat room creation time or the last message received. You may also do so.

In some embodiments, comments using at least one of a secret comment feature and a chat feature may be blocked based on post settings.
For example, the post creator may selectively block at least one of a secret comment function and a chat function corresponding to the post comment function. If a comment containing a mention combined with a secret comment string or a chat string is received, the processor 212 determines whether to block this commenting feature and then assigns the comment creator to the blocked commenting feature. may provide notifications indicating blocking status.

As another example, if a post creator designated as a mention target rejects one-on-one chat requests to send comments a certain number of times or at a certain rate, the comment function for that post will be disabled. It is also possible to automatically block the chat function.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when a comment including a mention is input to a post, the comment is treated as a secret comment or sent to a one-on-one chat room, thereby strengthening the mention function. I can do it.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are exemplary diagrams for explaining a comment function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a timeline service screen 500.

As shown in FIG. 5, the processor 212 may display the timeline posts 510 received from the server 150 in a chronological order on the service screen 500.

At this time, each post 510 included in the timeline service screen 500 is provided with a comment registration interface 511 for attaching comments in various forms such as text, photos, videos, and stamps.

When the user selects the comment registration interface 511 on the timeline service screen 500, the processor 212 may provide a comment registration screen 620, as shown in FIG.

The comment registration screen 620 may include a comment list 621 registered in the post 510, a comment input interface 622 for inputting comments, and the like.

When user2, who is a user who can access the timeline post 510, posts a comment to user1 with a mention (@), user1 specified by user2 will receive the mention notification, access the corresponding post 510, and post a comment to user2. You can check the comments posted by.

Even if mentions are used, the comments registered in the post 510 are in the public comment format, so the comments posted by user2 to user1 using mentions are also public comments and cannot be accessed by users who can access the post 510. If so, you can view it.

This embodiment can provide comments in a private format by enhancing the mention function. The enhanced mention function uses mentions combined with preset character strings to send comments on posts as a secret message only to the comment creator and the person receiving the mention.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a character string symbolizing the secret comment function and a character string symbolizing the chat function in an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the comment function using mentions includes a secret comment function that sends a comment on a post as a secret message, and a chat function that sends a comment on a post in a one-on-one chat.

For example, "To" may be used as the character string indicating the secret comment function, and "Chat" may be used as the character string indicating the chat function.

When a mention combined with the secret comment string "To" is input as a comment format for a post along with a comment message, the processor 212 recognizes this as a secret comment function, and the comment message is shared between the comment creator and the mentionee. You may treat it as a private comment that will only be made public.

When a mention combined with the chat string "Chat" is input as a comment format for a post along with a comment message, the processor 212 recognizes this as a chat function, and the comment message is sent to one of the comment creator and the mentionee. It may be provided in a one-to-one chat room.

A mention specifies a user who can access a post, and in some embodiments, a mention that can be combined with a secret comment string and a chat string may specify only the post creator. At this time, when a secret comment character string or chat character string is input as a comment on a post, the post creator may be automatically input as a mention.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are exemplary diagrams for explaining a secret comment function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention.

8 and 9 show a service screen 500 displayed on the electronic device screen of user2, who is one of the users who can access the post 510, where user2 posts a comment by specifying the post creator. This is a hypothetical situation.

As shown in FIG. 8, the processor 212 registers the user2 by inputting the secret comment string "To" and a mention (@Post) specifying the post creator into the comment input interface 622 along with the comment message "Hello". If so, the comment message "Hello" may be treated as a secret comment.

Among the comments registered in the post 510, read authority for the comment message "Hello" that is processed as a secret comment is granted only to user2, who is the comment creator, and the post creator, who is the mention target.

As shown in FIG. 9, the comment message "Hello" that has been processed as a secret comment can be viewed by user2, the comment creator, and the post creator, who is the mention target, only on the confirmed service screen 500. and is not visible to other users.

A display element that can be distinguished from other comments may be applied to the secret comment in the comment list 621 registered in the post 510, and for example, an icon 91 indicating the secret comment may be displayed.

Therefore, by using mentions combined with the secret comment character string "To", comments on posts can be disclosed in the form of secret comments only to the comment creator and the mention recipient.

FIGS. 10 and 11 are exemplary diagrams for explaining a chat function using mentions in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows a service screen 500 displayed on the electronic device screen of user2, who is one of the users who can access the post 510, assuming a situation where user2 posts a comment by specifying the post creator. This is what I did.

As shown in FIG. 10, when user 2 enters the comment input interface 622, the chat character string "Chat", and the mention (@Post) specifying the post creator along with the comment message "Hello", the processor 212 registers the message. , you may provide a comment message "Hello" in the chat.

Among the comments registered in the post 510, the comment message "Hello" registered as a mention combined with the chat string "Chat" is not displayed in the comment list 621, and is not displayed in the comment list 621 and is shared between the comment creator user2 and the mention target. may be sent to a one-on-one chat room of the post author.

FIG. 11 shows a one-on-one chat room 1100 in which a comment creator user2 and a post creator who is a mention target participate, and a chat screen displayed on the post creator's electronic device screen. .

The one-on-one chat room 1100 may be generated as an open chat room, and as shown in FIG. 11, first, a chat request message 1110 is sent to the post creator who is the mentionee, and the mentionee accepts the chat. Only in this case, the comment message 1101 posted by user2 may be sent to the one-on-one chat room 1100.

Therefore, by using a mention combined with the chat character string "Chat", a comment on a post can be sent to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mention target.

Processor 212 may also provide notifications for blocked comment functions during the comment entry process.

When the processor 212 inputs a comment on the post 510 on the comment registration screen 620 using a mention combined with the secret comment string "To" or the chat string "Chat," the processor 212 determines whether to block the corresponding comment function. After verifying, the blocked comment feature may provide a notification to the comment author indicating the blocked status.

For example, referring to FIG. 12, when user2 inputs the chat string "Chat" and a mention (@Post) specifying the post creator into the comment input interface 622 along with the comment message "Hello", The blocking status of the chat function may be checked by setting the post 510. If the chat function among the comment functions of the post 510 is blocked, a notification 1210 may be displayed to user2, who is the comment creator, indicating that the comment using the chat function has been blocked.

Accordingly, processor 212 can block comments using at least one of the secret comment feature and the chat feature based on the settings of post 510.

Thus, according to embodiments of the present invention, by utilizing mentions combined with secret comment strings, it is possible to provide a secret comment feature in which comments on a post are only visible to the comment creator and the mentionee. can. Additionally, embodiments of the present invention provide a chat feature where comments on a post are sent to a one-on-one chat between the commenter and the mentionee by utilizing mentions combined with chat strings. can.

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 a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, 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. A processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that execute on the OS. The processing device may also be responsive to execution of the software to access, record, manipulate, process, and generate data. For convenience of understanding, one processing device may be described as being used, but those skilled in the art will understand that a processing device may include multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. You will understand that. For example, a processing device may include multiple processors or a processor and a controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

The software may include computer programs, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these that configure the processing device or instruct the processing device, individually or collectively, to operate as desired. You may do so. The software and/or data may be embodied in a machine, component, physical device, computer storage medium or device of any kind for being interpreted by or providing instructions or data to a processing device. good. The software may be distributed on computer systems connected by a network, and may be recorded or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be recorded on one or more computer readable storage media.

Methods according to embodiments may be implemented in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on computer-readable media. Here, the medium may be one that continuously records a computer-executable program, or one that temporarily records it for execution or download. Also, the medium may be a variety of recording or storage means in the form of a single or multiple hardware combinations, and is not limited to a medium directly connected to a computer system, but may be distributed over a network. It may also exist. Examples of media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, It may also include ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc., and may be configured to record program instructions. Further, other examples of the medium include an application store that distributes applications, a site that supplies or distributes various other software, and a recording medium or storage medium managed by a server.

As mentioned above, although the embodiments have been described based on limited embodiments and drawings, 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 of the systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. described may be performed in a different form than in the manner described. Even when combined or combined, opposed or replaced by other components or equivalents, suitable results can be achieved.

Therefore, even if the embodiments are different, if they are equivalent to the scope of the claims, they fall within the scope of the appended claims.

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A method for providing comments executed on a computer system, the method comprising:
The computer system includes at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in memory;
The comment providing method is as follows:
When a comment including a mention is input for a post, the at least one processor identifies a comment function associated with the mention based on a string input in combination with the mention. and the at least one processor provides the comment only to the comment author who created the comment using the identified comment functionality and the mentionee specified by the comment creator. , how to provide comments. The step of providing includes:
2. The comment providing method according to claim 1, further comprising processing the comment as a secret comment that is made public only to the comment creator and the mention target among users who can access the post. The comment providing method according to claim 1, characterized in that, of the comments registered in the post, permission to read comments using the mention is granted only to the comment creator and the mention target. . 2. The comment providing method according to claim 1, wherein when the character string is input in the form of a comment for the post, a post creator who created the post is automatically input as a mention. The step of providing includes:
The comment providing method according to claim 1, comprising the step of transmitting the comment to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentionee. 6. The comment providing method according to claim 5, wherein the comment is not displayed in the comment list of the post, but is displayed in the one-on-one chat room as a message type included in the chat room. The method of claim 5, wherein the one-on-one chat room is created in the form of an open chat that allows chatting without going through the process of adding friends. The step of sending the comment includes:
sending a chat request message to the mentionee; and if the mentionee accepts the chat with the comment creator through the chat request message, sending the comment to the one-on-one chat room; The comment providing method according to claim 5, comprising the steps of: The comment function related to the mention includes a secret comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mention target among the users who can access the post, and a secret comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mention target. a chat function for sending the comment to a one-on-one chat room;
The comment providing method is as follows:
The comment provision method according to claim 1, further comprising: the at least one processor selectively blocking comments using at least one of the secret comment function and the chat function according to settings for the post. Method. The blocking step includes:
If the post creator specified as the mentioned person refuses one-on-one chat requests to send comments more than a certain number of times or at a certain rate, the chat function of the post will be automatically blocked. The comment providing method according to claim 9, comprising the step of: providing a comment. A computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium for causing the computer system to execute the comment providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A computer system,
at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in the memory;
The at least one processor includes:
When a comment including a mention is input for a post, identifying a comment function associated with the mention based on a character string input in combination with the mention;
A computer system characterized in that the comment is provided only to a comment creator who created the comment using the identified comment function and a mention target specified by the comment creator. The at least one processor includes:
13. The computer system according to claim 12, wherein the comment is treated as a secret comment that is made public only to the comment creator and the mention target among users who can access the post. 13. The computer system according to claim 12, wherein when the character string is input in the form of a comment for the post, a post creator who created the post is automatically input as a mention. The at least one processor includes:
13. The computer system according to claim 12, further comprising: transmitting the comment to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentionee. 16. The computer system according to claim 15, wherein the comment is not displayed in the comment list of the post, but is displayed in the one-on-one chat room as a message type included in the chat room. The computer system according to claim 15, wherein the one-on-one chat room is created in the form of an open chat where you can chat without going through the process of adding friends. The at least one processor includes:
After sending a chat request message to the mentionee, if the mentionee accepts a chat with the comment creator through the chat request message, sending the comment to the one-on-one chat room; 16. The computer system according to claim 15, characterized in that: The comment function related to the mention includes a secret comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mentionee among the users who can access the post, and a secret comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mentionee. a chat function for sending the comment to a one-on-one chat room;
The at least one processor includes:
13. The computer system according to claim 12, wherein a setting for the post selectively blocks comments using at least one of the secret comment function and the chat function. The at least one processor includes:
If the post creator specified as the mentioned person refuses one-on-one chat requests for comment submission more than a certain number of times or at a certain rate, the chat function of the post will be automatically blocked. The computer system according to claim 19, characterized in that.

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