KR100570739B1 - Buddy list register method in instant message service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of registering a friend list in an instant message service. More particularly, in the case of providing an instant message service in a wired network and a mobile communication network, a subscriber transmits a buddy list to a counterpart by individual and group. It is about how to register.

The friend registration method according to the present invention is a method for registering a friend list in a system for providing an instant message service to each terminal through a wired / wireless network in an IM server; A) requesting friend registration and selecting a friend list to be transmitted, requesting friend registration to the terminal B through the IM server and transmitting the selected friend list, and requesting a friend registration request from the terminal B; Responding to the terminal A via the IM server whether or not to accept whether to, whether the terminal (B) is selected from the list of friends sent by the terminal (B), the friend list that you want to register as a friend, and requests the friend list registration to the IM server And adding a friend list requested to the friend list DB of the subscriber in the IM server, and registering the friend list requested by the IM server in response to the friend list registration request from the IM server. It is composed.

Instant Messaging, Friends List, IM Server, Groups, Buddy List

Description

Buddy list register method in instant message service

1 is an output screen of a general instant message service.

2 is an output screen of adding a contact during an instant message service.

3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a synchronous and asynchronous instant message service system.

4 is a flowchart of a friend list registration call processing according to the present invention.

5 is a transmission output screen in the case of FIG.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10a, 10b: terminal 20: synchronous network

22: BSC 24: PDSN

26: HA 30: asynchronous network

32: RNC 34: SGSN

36: GGSN 40: SIP Server

50: IM server 52: Friends list DB

60: base station

The present invention relates to a method of registering a friend list in an instant message service. More particularly, in the case of providing an instant message service in a wired network and a mobile communication network, a subscriber transmits a buddy list to a counterpart by individual and group. It is about how to register.

The Instant Message service displays incoming messages on the screen of the mobile device (PC or mobile phone) when the user is connected to an instant message server (IM server) so that users who receive them can reply immediately. It is a service.

E-mail is not delivered until the other party opens it, but instant messages are printed on the other party's screen as soon as they are sent, enabling real-time communication, such as chatting or calling, and sending and receiving messages in real time on wired and wireless networks. You can check immediately.

This service is very convenient because you can specify the list of people you want to communicate with (Buddy List) to know whether the other party has connected to the wired or wireless network, and you can just click to talk and send data. to be.

When voice and image transmission technology are combined with such instant messages, it can be a breakthrough communication means that replaces existing communication methods.

In the instant message service, which is conventionally serviced on a wired or wireless network, friend list registration is made by a subscriber's individual friend registration request, and a friend list transmission of individual and group units between friends and automatic registration service thereof are not provided.

Therefore, when using the IM service that is being serviced on the wired or wireless, there is an inconvenience that the subscriber must register a friend in the friend list for friend registration.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, when providing an instant message service suitable for wired and wireless networks, it is possible to send and register their friend list to the other party individually and group so that the other subscribers do not register friends You can create a friend list without a friend list, and the friend list registration method in the instant message service that can be sent at any time during the general instant message service as well as the friend registration request to facilitate the management of the friend list. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method of registering a friend list in a system for providing an instant message service to each terminal through a wired or wireless network in an IM server;

Notifying the IM server of its own status from one terminal, responding to the status notification from the IM server to the one terminal, and requesting a friend registration request from a single terminal and a list of friends to be sent to the IM server. Requesting a friend registration to another terminal through a server and transmitting a selected friend list, responding to a friend registration to one terminal through an IM server at another terminal, and transmitting at another terminal Selecting a friend list that the user wants to register as a friend from the friend list, and requesting to register a friend list to the IM server, adding a friend list requested to the subscriber's friend list DB on the IM server, and registering the friend list; In the instant message service, characterized in that it comprises the step of responding to the friend list registration request to the other terminal in the IM server The list of nine ways to provide for registration.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an output screen of a general instant message service.

As shown in FIG. 1, subscriber A of the instant messaging service grouped a buddy list into five categories, and a group of friends corresponding to each group (group) is shown according to a state provided by an IM server. .

Here, when a new subscriber B of the instant messaging service wants to add subscriber A to his friend list, subscriber B requests member A to register his friend.

In addition, in order to add other subscribers (eg C subscriber, D subscriber, E subscriber, F subscriber) in subscriber A's buddy list to subscriber B's own buddy list for each friend You must make a request.

Similarly, when subscriber A adds other subscribers to his friend list, the same process must be followed.

In the present invention, when member A requests friend registration to member B (FIG. 2), member A transmits a part of his or her friend list to member B individually or by group (FIG. 5). Follow the steps below to automatically or manually register subscriber B's own buddy list.

The present invention can be used equally for wired and wireless networks, and here, a network diagram of a synchronous and asynchronous scheme of a wireless network is presented.

3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a synchronous and asynchronous instant message service system.

As shown, the terminal 10a, 10b, the synchronous network 20 or asynchronous network 30, the SIP server 40, IM server 50, the base station 60 is composed of.

The subscriber is subscribed to the instant messaging service as a member, and the subscriber's terminals 10a and 10b are equipped with an instant messaging service program.

The terminal wirelessly communicates with the base station within the range of the base station 60, and the base station communicates with the synchronous network 20 or the asynchronous network 30 by wire.

The SIP server 40 transmits and receives between the IM server 50 and the terminals 10a and 10b using SIP, which is a protocol for processing video services.

The IM server 50 that provides an instant message service to each terminal 10a or 10b operates a friend list DB 52 for each subscriber, and when a friend list registration request is received from the subscriber, the IM list 50 is added to the friend list DB 52. Add it.

The synchronous network 20 provides access to various servers of a base station controller (BSC) 22 that controls and manages a base station 60, a packet data serving node (PDSN) 24 for connecting to the Internet, mobile IP, and the Internet. It consists of HA (Home Agent, 26).

In order to provide an instant message service through the synchronous network 20, as shown in FIG. 3a, a synchronous packet network is used, and the terminals 10a and 10b use the SIP protocol. Notify the status of, view the status of subscribers in their friends list, add friends list.

The asynchronous network 30 may include a Radio Network Controller (RNC) 32 managing a base station 60 and a radio control station, a Serving GPRS Support Node 34 (SGSN) supporting an OS according to various data service processes for a GPRS service, It is composed of Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) 36 which provides mobility of packet data service and processes various data related protocols for GPRS data service.

In order to provide an instant message service through the asynchronous network 30, as shown in FIG. 3B, an asynchronous packet network is used, and the terminals 10a and 10b use the SIP protocol to provide their own IM server 50. Notify the status of, view the status of subscribers in their friends list and add friends list.

4 is a flow chart of a friend list registration call processing according to the present invention.

First, subscriber A (subscriber B) runs the instant messaging service program of the terminal 10a to notify the IM server 50 of its status (online, offline, away, busy, etc.) through the communication network (S402). ).

The IM server 50 responds to the status notification from the A subscriber's terminal 10a (S404).

As shown in FIG. 5, the A subscriber's terminal 10a selects a friend registration request and a friend list to be transmitted, requests a friend registration to the B subscriber's terminal 10b through the IM server 50, and selects a friend list. It transmits (S406).

At this time, the transmission of the friend list may be transmitted from the terminal 10a of the subscriber A or from the IM server 50 according to the location where the friend list information is stored.

In addition, when sending a friend list, it supports various GUI forms provided for an instant message service so that it can be easily selected and transmitted.

In step S406, a part of the friend list is transmitted to subscriber B by individual or group.

The subscriber station 10b of the subscriber B responds to the friend registration to the terminal 10a of the subscriber A through the IM server 50 (S408).

A friend list to which the user wants to register as a buddy is selected from the friend list transmitted from the terminal 10b of the subscriber B, which has received the friend list from the subscriber's terminal 10a, to the IM server 50. Request registration (S410).

At this time, subscriber B may request a friend registration manually or may automatically request a friend registration for all friend lists received by the IM server.

The IM server 50 adds and registers the requested friend list in the friend list DB 52 of the subscriber B (S412), and then responds to the friend list registration request to the terminal 10b of the subscriber B (S414).

In the call processing flowchart described above, the request for transmitting a friend list between subscribers enables transmission at any time during instant message service as well as when subscriber A sends a friend registration request message to subscriber B.

As described above, when subscriber A uses the instant messaging service, the subscriber list is transmitted to subscriber B individually and in a group, and subscriber B registers his or her friend list automatically or manually, so that subscriber B registers his friend. You can create a friend list without having to.

As described above, according to the present invention, when providing an instant message service suitable for wired and wireless networks, it is possible to transmit and register their friend list to the other party individually and in groups so that the subscribers do not have to register their friends individually. It is possible to create a friend list transmission, as well as the friend registration request can be sent at any time during the general instant message service, it is convenient to manage the friend list.

Claims (4)

A method of registering a friend list in a system that provides an instant message service to each terminal through a wired or wireless network in an IM server; Notifying the IM server of its status in the terminal A having a friend list by joining the IM service; Responding to the status notification from the IM server to the terminal A; Requesting a friend registration request and a friend list to be transmitted from the terminal A, requesting a friend registration to the terminal B of a friend who is newly registered to the friend list through an IM server, and transmitting the selected friend list; Responding to the terminal A through the IM server whether to request the friend registration and transmitting the selected friend list in the step of transmitting the selected friend list from the terminal B; Requesting a friend list to be registered as a friend from the friend list transmitted in the step of requesting the friend registration and transmitting the selected friend list, requesting a friend list registration to the IM server; Registering the friend list requested by the IM server in the friend list DB of the subscriber; And a method for responding to a friend list registration request from the IM server in response to the friend list registration request. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step of transmitting the friend list, when the friend list information is stored in the terminal A, the terminal A transmits, and when the friend list information is stored in the IM server, characterized in that for transmitting from the IM server How to register friend list in instant messaging service. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein in the step of transmitting the friend list, a friend list registration method of an instant message service, characterized in that a part of a friend list is transmitted individually or in groups. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step of requesting a friend list registration to the IM server, the terminal B requests friend registration manually, or the IM server automatically requests friend registration for all friend lists transmitted. How to register a friend list in the instant message service.

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