KR101451612B1 - System for message service, apparatus and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a message service system and a method for a message service. The present invention grasps a participant who participates in a group conversation if specific input information is detected when a message service for a group conversation with at least two opposite terminal devices is carried out, classifies a transmitted/received message according to the grasped participant, rearranges the classified messages according to the participant, and displays them. When specific input information is detected, the messages arranged according to the participant are exposed on a screen, thereby easily checking desired conversation contents even if the participant does not scroll the screen one by one.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message service system, a message service system,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message service system, an apparatus and method for message service, and more particularly, to a message service system for processing a message according to specific input information, and an apparatus and method for message service.

Recently, due to the remarkable development of information communication technology and semiconductor technology, the spread and use of mobile terminals are rapidly increasing. In particular, recent mobile terminals have achieved a mobile convergence step by upgrading their performance to the area of other terminals without staying in their traditional unique areas.

Typically, the mobile communication terminal may be provided with a TV viewing function (for example, a mobile broadcasting such as DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)), a music playback function (e.g., MP3 MPEG Audio Layer-3), a picture taking function, and an Internet access function.

In addition, recent mobile communication terminals have developed a variety of participant functions based on an open OS and have provided various convenience and amusement by developing into a smart phone capable of arbitrarily installing participants. These smartphones enable easy access to a wide variety of applications that customers want by enabling open markets. With its high performance, smartphones can handle many functions that are handled by PCs.

Various services and functions can be utilized by using such a smart phone. Common services include a messenger service such as a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), an instant messenger or a mobile messenger. There is a message service that can exchange messages.

Such a message service is inexpensive compared to a call service, and its intention or message can be transmitted to the other party more easily than a direct call. Therefore, the message service is very useful. In recent years, a variety of message services And is being developed in the form of an integrated message service that can utilize various additional functions such as file transmission and content sharing.

In the conventional message service, when a plurality of participants are engaged in a group conversation, the conversation contents are increased as a plurality of participants participate in the conversation, and the screen for displaying the conversation contents is rapidly switched, and the conversation contents displayed before are disappeared. As a result, there is a need to continuously scroll the screen in order to check the contents of the conversation desired by the participant.

Korea registered patent No. 0833291, registered May 22, 2008 (name: system for instant messaging service)

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for detecting a participant participating in a group conversation, A message service system for displaying messages classified by distinguishing transmitted and received messages, and an apparatus and method for a message service.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device including: a communication unit for performing communication for message service with two or more counterpart terminal devices; An output unit for outputting a participant interface screen for a message service; And a communication unit and an output unit, and when specific input information is detected during a group conversation with two or more counterpart terminal units, the participant participating in the group conversation is identified, and the transmitted and received messages are displayed separately And a control unit for controlling the display unit.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit can display messages transmitted and received by two or more counterpart terminal devices separately by a participant through a separate message screen.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit can switch the dialog window screen and the message screen according to the participant input.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the controller may rearrange the order of the messages in the dialog window displaying the messages transmitted and received by the two or more counterpart terminals.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when a specific participant is selected from a participant menu displaying information of participants participating in a group conversation, the controller moves to a position where the messages for the selected participant are displayed, You can control to show the area where the messages are displayed.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the controller may output the participant menu on the dialog window screen when the specific input information is detected.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the participant menu may include at least one of image information per participant and identification information per participant.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when one of the messages displayed on the dialog window screen is selected, the controller checks the identification information of the participant transmitting the selected message and includes the identified identification information To retrieve one or more messages to display the retrieved messages.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the specific input information is detected, the control unit exposes a menu for setting a time for confirming the contents of the previous group conversation, And extracts the extracted messages for each participant and displays them on the message screen.

In the terminal apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the controller selects one of the messages displayed by the participants, the control unit displays the messages sent and received between the participants in the predetermined time range based on the selected message .

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the specific input information may be any one of swipe, shake, and specific menu input information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a message service in a terminal device, comprising: checking whether specific input information is detected during a group conversation; If specific input information is detected, identifying a participant participating in the group conversation; Identifying a message sent and received for each identified participant; And displaying a message classified by each participant.

The method for providing a message service in a terminal device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention may further include setting the specific input information to one of a waving, a swipe, and a specific menu.

In the method for message service in a terminal apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step of displaying a message classified by each participant comprises: rearranging the order of the divided messages according to the participants; Selecting any one participant from a participant menu that displays information of participating users participating in a group conversation; Moving to a location at which a message for a selected participant among the messages displayed in a reordered manner for each participant is displayed; And displaying messages displayed at the moved location.

In the method for providing a message service in a terminal apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step of displaying a message classified by participants may include: displaying messages classified by participants; Extracting transmission messages including participant identification information for each participant; Extracting a message including participant information on a participant from messages transmitted by the participant; And displaying the message extracted on the message screen of the participant corresponding to the participant information included in the extracted message together.

A method for providing a message service in a terminal apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: checking whether specific input information is detected during a message service for group conversation; Displaying the participants participating in the group conversation in one area of the conversation window screen when specific input information is detected; Selecting one of the displayed participants; Extracting a message associated with the selected participant; And displaying the extracted message.

In addition, the present invention can provide a computer-readable recording medium for executing the above-mentioned method for message service.

The present invention can execute a specific service and an application without a separate device operation by only detecting specific input information set by a participant in the terminal device, and exposing a message screen displaying messages sorted by participants immediately upon detecting specific input information , It is possible to easily confirm desired conversation contents even if the participant does not scroll up the screen one by one.

In addition, since the present invention can easily identify the previous conversation contents that have disappeared from the current conversation window screen, even if the group conversation is paused and the conversation is repeated again, the conversation contents can be clearly understood in a short time, There is an effect.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a message service system according to embodiments of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal device in a message service system according to embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a control unit in a terminal device according to embodiments of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for a message service in a terminal device of a message service system according to embodiments of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of a dialog window for a message service according to embodiments of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message screen for each participant displayed in the terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an exemplary view for explaining an example of a message screen when a specific participant is selected in a message screen for each participant displayed in the terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 8 is an exemplary view for explaining another example of a message screen for each participant displayed in the terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of a message screen displayed by summarizing messages for a selected participant among participants participating in a group conversation according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an exemplary view for explaining another example of a message screen displayed by summarizing messages for a selected participant among participants participating in a group conversation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is an exemplary view illustrating an example of a message screen displayed by summarizing messages for a participant who has transmitted a selected message on a conversation window screen according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. It should be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as possible throughout the drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a message service system according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a message service system according to embodiments of the present invention may include one or more terminal devices 100 and a service device 200.

One or more terminal devices 100 are terminals capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 10 according to a key operation of a participant and can be a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC) A personal computer, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and a mobile communication terminal. The terminal device 100 is a terminal that performs voice or data communication using the communication network 10 and includes a browser for communicating with the service device 200 via the communication network 10, And a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs. That is, if the terminal apparatus 100 can perform server-client communication with the service apparatus 200 and can execute a broadcasting service, any terminal can be used, and a communication computing apparatus such as a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, It is a broad concept that includes. Meanwhile, the terminal device 100 is preferably manufactured with a touch screen, but is not limited thereto. In particular, the terminal device 100 according to the embodiments of the present invention can receive programs and applications for message service from the service device 200 by communicating with the service device 200. [ In addition, the terminal apparatus 100 can perform a service subscription procedure for a message service in cooperation with the service apparatus 200. [

The service device 200 may provide a message service to one or more terminal devices 100 in cooperation with one or more terminal devices 100 through the communication network 10 and may perform a subscriber authentication and service subscription procedure have. For example, when the service device 200 receives an invitation message for a messenger service for group conversation from any one of the terminal devices 100, the service device 200 confirms the participant information included in the received invitation message, Transmits invitation messages to the devices, and provides services for sending and receiving messages between the terminal devices participating in the conversation.

One or more of the terminal apparatuses 100 and the service apparatuses 200 are linked through a communication network 10 and the communication network 10 is connected to the communication network 10 using various wired / wireless communication technologies such as an Internet network, an intranet network, a mobile communication network, It is a network that can send and receive data by internet protocol. The communication network 10 is also coupled to the service device 200 and stores computing resources such as hardware and software. The communication network 10 may be a closed network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), an open network such as the Internet, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), a WCDMA The concept is called the next generation network and computing network that will be implemented next, such as Multiple Access, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

Hereinafter, the configuration of a plurality of terminal devices 100 according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal device in a message service system according to embodiments of the present invention.

2, one or more terminal devices 100 may include a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, an input unit 130, a storage unit 140, and an output unit 150.

The control unit 110 may be a processing apparatus that actually drives the operating system. For example, the control unit 110 may be a central processing unit (CPU). When the power of the terminal device 100 is turned on, the control unit 110 moves the operating system from the auxiliary storage unit of the storage unit 140 to the main storage unit, and then performs booting to drive the operating system. In particular, the control unit 110 controls the overall operation of the terminal device 100, and can sort messages sent and received for each participant participating in the group conversation, and display the separated messages on the screen according to the participants. In addition, the control unit 110 displays a participant menu or a participant list that displays participant information participating in the group conversation by sensing a specific input signal input from a participant, and displays transmission / reception messages with participants selected in the participant menu or participant list, It can be displayed on the screen or on a separate screen. The control unit 110 may include an input information setting unit 111, a service executing unit 112, and a message processing unit 113 according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, the control unit 110 may execute a messenger program stored in the service device 200 to perform a messenger service for conversation with the other party.

The input information setting unit 111 sets specific input information in advance for message service according to the embodiments of the present invention. Here, the specific input information can be set using the function of shaking. For example, the input information setting unit 111 may set any one of input information for a wiggly menu or input information for detecting a shake of the apparatus on a dialog window screen as specific input information. Here, the wiggling menu may be previously displayed in one area of the conversation window screen, or may be previously displayed on a screen generated by swiping the conversation window screen in a predetermined direction. In addition, the specific input information may be set as a swipe or participant input information through a predetermined specific menu. For this, if the participant selects the system setting menu of the terminal device or a specific menu for setting the input information, and selects the waving function according to the embodiments of the present invention, the input information setting section 111 sets the input information May be set to a function selected by the participant, an application for the set function may be executed, and messages may be displayed in one area of the current conversation window screen or another separate screen. For example, when the specific input information is set as the shake function, the input information setting unit 111 can select and set a displayed item of the number or direction of the shake by the participant. Accordingly, when the participant swipes in this direction, the messages classified by the participant or the messages of the selected participant can be directly displayed on the current dialog window or another separate screen. Alternatively, when the specific input information is set as the swipe function, the input information setting unit 111 sets the displayed items for one direction such as up / down, left / right, and diagonal in the swipe function menu screen It can be set by the participant.

The service execution unit 112 controls to display messages classified by the participants or messages related to the selected participants in one area of the current dialog window or another separate screen. To this end, the service execution unit 112 may extract messages sent and received for each participant, separate the extracted messages for each participant, and arrange the separated messages for each participant to be displayed. In addition, the service execution unit 112 may extract a message related to the selected participant and control the display of the extracted message. If a message is displayed on a separate screen, the service execution unit 112 may configure a message screen for each participant, expose a message screen for each participant to the screen of the output unit 150, A message screen for each participant can be sequentially displayed on the switched message screen or a message for only the participant who is requested by the participant can be displayed on the current message screen.

In addition, when a specific received message is selected on the dialog window, the service execution unit 112 identifies the participant who has transmitted the selected specific received message, and receives all or a part of the messages received from the verified participant in the group conversation And to display it on the message screen. At this time, the confirmation of the participant can be confirmed through the participant identification information included in the received message, and the participant identification information can be displayed together with the message content on the dialog window screen. At this time, the service execution unit 112 may display not only the received message, but also a message transmitted by its participant, on the message screen. For this, the service execution unit 112 extracts the message including the identified participant identification information among the stored messages in the group conversation by checking the participant information mapped with the participant identification information included in the selected message in the dialog window, Message can be displayed.

Meanwhile, when the specific input information is detected according to another embodiment, the service execution unit 112 controls to output the participant list or the participant menu participating in the conversation on the dialog window screen, If the participant is selected, control can be made to extract the transmitted and received messages for the selected participant and display the extracted message on the message screen. When the participant menu area participating in the conversation is displayed on the conversation window screen, the service execution unit 112 detects specific input information on the conversation window screen, and when a participant is selected in the arbitrary participant menu, It is possible to control to display the extracted message by extracting the transmitted / received message. At this time, if the participant menu is not displayed on the conversation window screen, when the specific input information is detected, the participant menu is displayed on the dialog window screen, and a participant can be selected from the displayed participant menu.

When the participant selects any one of the displayed messages, the service execution unit 112 displays the message extracted by the message processing unit 113 in a separate screen or a pop-up window And can output a separate screen or a popup window or the like configured in one area of the current screen. The extracted messages may be messages sent or received within a certain range of time (for example, one minute or one minute after the selected message is received or transmitted).

In addition, the service execution unit 112 may control to display the displayed messages for the participants in the order of the latest time or past time according to the setting of the participants.

Next, the message processing unit 113 receives the message content and participant information input through the message creation screen from the service execution unit 112, generates a transmission message including the transmitted message content and the participant information, And controls the service execution unit 112 and the communication unit 120 to transmit the message to the terminal device 100 of the selected participant. Then, the message processing unit 113 checks the participant information (participant identification information, terminal device identification information, etc.) of the message received through the communication unit 120 from the terminal device 100 of the selected participant, To the service execution unit 112 to display the contents of the message together with the participant information on the dialog window screen.

In addition, the message processor 113 stores the messages transmitted and received during the group conversation. When specific input information is detected, the stored messages are classified and extracted for each participant, the extracted messages are temporarily stored for each participant, To the execution unit (112). Accordingly, the service execution unit 112 controls to display the delivered messages for each participant on one area of the dialog window screen or on a separate screen.

If the participant selects any one of the displayed messages, the message processing unit 113 confirms the time at which the message is received or transmitted, and transmits the message transmitted / received at the confirmed time period (for example, one minute before or one minute after) And delivers the extracted messages to the service execution unit 112 so that a message screen for displaying the extracted messages can be output to one area of the current screen or through a pop-up window.

Meanwhile, the message processor 113 identifies the participant information included in the message transmitted and received during the group conversation, and separately stores the message for each identified participant. When a specific input signal is detected, Lt; / RTI > For this, the controller 110 may configure a message table (including a participant identifier, message storage location information, or message identifier) for each participant, or may store a message for each participant by dividing the storage area for each participant.

Also, the message processor 113 can confirm the time of the message sent and received in the group conversation, map the confirmed time information to the message, store the message, and sort the messages according to the request.

If there is a large number of participants in group conversation, a lot of conversation is performed for a long time, and a message is sorted for each participant, there is a large number of messages per participant so that the controller 110 scrolls up to find a desired message. Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > messages in a particular time period. Accordingly, the message processing unit 113 extracts the requested messages in a specific time period and transmits the extracted messages to the service execution unit 112. For this purpose, the control unit 110 forms a menu for selecting time items such as 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes before a specific time zone, and when the specific input information is detected, A time item selection menu configured with a participant list can be displayed in one area of the window screen. For example, if the participant selects an item one minute ago, the message processing unit 113 arranges the message selected by one participant or all the participants one minute before, and displays a message screen for each participant in one area or another screen of the dialog window Can be displayed.

The communication unit 120 communicates with the at least one counterpart terminal device 100 and the service device 200 through the communication network 10 for message service. The communication unit 120 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 120 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 120 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively. In particular, the communication unit 120 may transmit and receive a transmission message and a response message for the message service with the counterpart terminal device 100.

The input unit 130 may include at least one of a command, a selection, data, and information of a user. The input unit 130 may include a plurality of input keys and function keys for receiving numeric or character information and setting various functions. The input unit 130 senses a key input of the participant and transmits an input signal corresponding to the sensed key input to the control unit 110. The input unit 130 may be implemented by a variety of input means that are currently commercialized or may be commercialized in the future. For example, the input unit 130 may include a general input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a touch screen, And gesture input means for sensing and generating a specific input signal. A keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a joystick, and the like. In particular, the input unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention senses specific input information (wiggle) input from a user and transmits a detection signal of the detected specific input information to the controller 110. [ Accordingly, the input unit 130 selects a participant to display a message for each participant through the displayed participant list or the participant menu, and delivers the input signal input by the user to the control unit 110. In addition, the content of the message input on the message creation screen is transmitted to the control unit 110.

The storage unit 140 is a device for storing data and includes a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device and stores information necessary for operation of the terminal device 100. The storage device 140 includes an OS , Operation System), applications, and the like. In particular, the storage unit 140 stores programs and applications for message service according to an embodiment of the present invention. In particular, the storage unit 140 may store a message to be transmitted and received in a message service, and may store temporary storage space for each participant to store the messages classified by participants in the temporary storage space. The storage unit 140 may be an optical storage medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Video Disk) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

The output unit 150 is basically a means for outputting information generated according to the use of the terminal device 100 so that the participant can recognize it by visual, auditory, or tactile sense. The output unit 150 may include a display device for outputting visual information, an audio device for outputting auditory information, a haptic device for outputting tactile information, and the like. The display device may be a touch screen. When the display device is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display device may perform some or all of the functions of the input device 130. An audio device may represent a speaker typically. Accordingly, the output unit 150 according to the embodiment of the present invention detects the input of specific information in the input unit 130, and controls the display unit 150 according to the control of the controller 110, Message can be displayed.

Hereinafter, a method for providing a message service according to specific input information according to embodiments of the present invention in the above-described message service system will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, when specific input information is detected according to the embodiments of the present invention, messages classified by participants participating in group conversation are rearranged and displayed on the conversation window screen, and the accompanying examples are shown, It should be noted that a separate message may be displayed on a separate screen as well as on a dialog window.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a message service in a terminal device of a message service system according to embodiments of the present invention.

The terminal device 100 arranges participant input information for executing an application for a message service (for example, a messenger service) or related functions, that is, a message for each participant in the current message service according to embodiments of the present invention And sets specific input information for display. This particular input information may be set to a swipe, wiggle function, or specific menu input, as described above. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in which a group service is performed between a plurality of terminal devices 100 (100a to 100n) by executing a message service, for example, a messenger program. For convenience of description, a terminal device that executes a message service according to an embodiment of the present invention is referred to as a first terminal device 100a, and other terminal devices 100b to 100n may perform the same operation.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 1101, the first terminal device 100a executes a message service, that is, a messenger program, and performs a group conversation with the second terminal device 100b through the nth terminal device 100n. 5, the first terminal device 100a may display the group conversation contents, that is, the messages transmitted and received during the group conversation, on the conversation window screen through the output unit 150. [ When the participant scrolls down the current conversation window screen 51 as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the first terminal device 100a moves to the previous conversation window screen 51 as shown in FIG. 5 (b) And a dialog window screen 52 for displaying the transmitted and received messages can be output.

Then, in step 1102, the first terminal device 100a confirms whether the input information such as wiggle, swipe, or specific menu is detected on the message service screen, that is, the predetermined window of the dialog window. At this time, for example, when the participant requests to wiggle, i.e., wiggles the menu or swipes in a specific direction, the first terminal device 100a selects a menu for the wiggling function on the displayed menu screen, Display it through a pop-up window, and count for a certain amount of time to request a shake. At this time, if the participant shakes the device itself in a predetermined manner within a predetermined time, it can be determined that specific input information for executing the message service according to the embodiment of the present invention is detected. As another example, when a participant inputs a swipe in a specific direction on the current conversation window screen or touches the empty space of the current conversation window screen for a predetermined number of times, the participant can determine that specific input information is detected.

If it is determined that the predetermined input information has been detected in the dialog window, the first terminal device 100a may sort the messages sent and received for each participant in step 1103 and display the separated messages on the dialog window . At this time, it is possible to display reordered messages for each participant on the screen, display the current group conversation contents in one area of the conversation window screen, and display messages for each participant in another area on the conversation window screen. In addition, messages for each participant may be displayed in separate areas for each participant.

Then, in step 1104, the first terminal device 100a may display reordering messages classified by participants as shown in FIGS. 6 to 10 attached hereto.

In step 1105, the first terminal device 100a determines whether specific input information has been previously detected. When specific input information is detected, the first terminal device 100a returns to step 1106, Display group conversation contents.

In the message service method described above, specific embodiments for displaying a per-participant message as specific input information is detected on a conversation window screen will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

5, the first terminal device 100a according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first participant (a 'strong' 00 '), a second participant 00 ') and the third participant (" 00 "), i.e., the counterpart terminal devices 100b, 100c and 100d. At this time, when specific input information, for example, shaking is detected on the conversation window screen, the first terminal device 100a reads the messages transmitted and received during the group conversation stored in the storage unit 140 and stores the read- , And temporarily stores the separated messages for each participant. Then, the first terminal device 100a connects the temporarily stored messages of the participants to the current screen so as to rearrange the divided messages for each participant to display on one screen, Messages can be rearranged and displayed. At this time, the displayed message screen includes a participant menu area 61 for displaying participants participating in the conversation ('Kang 00', '00', '00') and a message display Area 62. In the example of FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the first terminal device 100a transmits messages 64 transmitted and received between a first participant ('lucky 00') and a second participant And '00'), and messages 66 sent and received between the third party ('00') and the third party ('00'). At this time, if there are many participants or a lot of conversation contents, the entire contents can not be displayed on one screen. Therefore, the message display area 63 displaying the remaining participant messages not displayed on the current screen can be displayed through the scroll function have.

Then, when the participant selects the icon of the second participant ('00') displayed in the participant menu area 61, the first terminal device 100a displays the participant- , Messages 65 sent to and received from the second participant ('00') are moved to the display area of the messages 65 displayed in the message display area 62, ) Can be displayed.

Another example of the message screen for each participant according to the first embodiment of the present invention will now be described.

When specific input information is detected during a group conversation according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal device 100a reads messages transmitted and received during group conversation stored in the storage unit 140, , And temporarily stores the sorted messages for each participant. Then, the first terminal device 100a constitutes a message display area for each participant or a separate message screen, and connects the message for each participant or the message for each participant temporarily stored in a separate message screen, 8, a message area for each participant or a separate message screen (81, 82, 83) for displaying messages for each participant can be displayed in the corresponding area of the display unit, respectively. At this time, the first terminal device 100a displays the received messages for each participant, extracts a message including the message content corresponding to the participant identifier using the participant identifier among the transmitted messages, May be displayed along with the received message in the area for that identifier. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the first terminal device 100a receives the content corresponding to the participant identifier of the first counterpart terminal device ('Kang 00') among the transmission messages, ~ What have you done today? " Extracts the transmission message including the content, and displays the message "What are you doing today? 00: 00 ~ What are you doing today?" On the message screen 81 of the first participant ('Kang 00' The contents can be displayed. In addition, although not shown in FIG. 8, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal device 100a constructs a separate message screen for displaying only transmitted messages, Area. The user can display his or her icon (not shown) in the participant area 81 as shown in FIG. 8, and when the user selects his / her icon, Can be displayed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when specific input information is detected during group conversation, examples of displaying messages transmitted and received for each participant participating in group conversation on one area or another screen of the conversation window screen In the second embodiment of the present invention, when specific input information is detected, participants participating in the group conversation are displayed in one area or a pop-up window of the conversation window screen, and when one participant is selected, Message can be displayed.

Specifically, according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when specific input information is detected during a group conversation, the first terminal device 100a may display a participant menu at the top, as shown in FIG. Then, when the first terminal device 100a selects a specific participant, for example, a second participant ('one 00') from the participant menu, messages for the selected second participant are extracted using the participant identification information, The message screen displaying the messages can be exposed to one area of the dialog window screen or a separate screen.

As another example, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal device 100a may display a long or two empty areas of the conversation window screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 10 (a) When a specific input information such as a touch is detected, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), participants participating in a group conversation can be displayed in a list form through one area of the conversation window screen or a pop-up window. Accordingly, when the first terminal device 100a selects one participant from the participant list, the first terminal device 100a can extract the messages for the selected participant and expose the extracted messages to one area of the dialog window screen or a separate screen.

In addition, in the third embodiment of the present invention, when specific input information is detected during a group conversation, messages for the selected participant can be displayed on the conversation window screen. Specifically, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal device 100a displays the group conversation contents with a plurality of participants on the conversation window screen, as shown in FIG. 11 (a) For example, when the participant selects the content of the message ("watching TV") received from the second participant ('00') among the messages displayed on the conversation window screen, the first terminal device 100a (&Quot; 00 "), as shown in Figure 11 (b). At this time, the first terminal device 100a displays the received messages for each participant, extracts a message including the message content corresponding to the participant identifier using the participant identifier among the transmitted messages, May be displayed along with the received message in the area for that identifier.

Meanwhile, in the embodiments of the present invention, when specific input information is detected, the terminal device 100 exposes either a menu area or a menu screen for setting a time for confirming the previous group conversation contents. Accordingly, when the time is input from the menu exposed from the participant, the terminal device 100 extracts the messages sent and received at the input time, and displays the extracted messages according to the participants. At this time, the terminal device 100 may directly move to the corresponding area displaying the messages transmitted and received at the input time on the conversation window screen, and may expose the conversation window screen displaying the messages transmitted and received at the input time.

In the embodiments of the present invention as described above, the terminal device 100 displays only the messages of the selected participants or sequentially displays the messages organized by the participants, so that the desired message can be easily confirmed. At this time, since only the messages received from the participants can be displayed, or only the extracted transmission message can be displayed by confirming the participant information of the participants, it is necessary to confirm the conversation contents related to the displayed message conveniently on the current screen. To this end, when the participant inputs predefined input information and selects one of the messages displayed on the screen, the terminal device 100 displays the messages transmitted and received for a predetermined time period based on the received time of the selected message One message screen can be exposed in a popup window or one area of the current screen. For example, when a participant shakes the terminal device 100 on a message screen as shown in FIG. 6 and selects a message ("climbed") received from the first participant ('strong 00'), The device 100 confirms the time at which the selected message was received, and extracts messages sent and received at a time, for example, one minute before or one minute after the confirmed time. For example, the time at which the selected message is received is 9:10. As shown in FIG. 5, the terminal device 100 transmits a message (" (&Quot; climbed ") received from the first participant (" climbed") and the message sent by the participant at 9:11 , It is possible to expose it to a certain area on the current screen or to expose it as a pop-up window.

The message service method according to the present invention as described above can be implemented in a form of software readable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions to be recorded on a recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. For example, the recording medium may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital video disk (DVD) Includes a hardware device that is specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, do. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. Such hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Furthermore, although specific terms are used in this specification and the drawings, they are used in a generic sense only to facilitate the description of the invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

The present invention relates to a message service system, a device for a message service, and a method thereof. In the terminal device, a specific service and an application can be executed without a separate device operation by only detecting specific input information set by a participant, By exposing a message screen displaying messages sorted by participants immediately upon sensing input information, it is possible to easily confirm desired conversation contents even if the participants do not scroll up the screen.

In addition, since the present invention can easily identify the previous conversation contents that have disappeared from the current conversation window screen, even if the group conversation is paused and the conversation is repeated again, the conversation contents can be clearly understood in a short time, There is an effect that can be used industrially.

10: communication network 100: terminal device 110:
111: Input information setting unit 112: Service execution unit 113: Message processing unit
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Claims (18)

A communication unit for performing communication for message service with two or more counterpart terminal devices;
An output unit for outputting a chat window screen displaying messages exchanged with the two or more counterpart terminals; And
And a control unit operatively connected to the communication unit and the output unit to identify a participant participating in the group conversation and detect messages sent and received for each identified participant when detecting specific input information during group conversation with the two or more counterpart apparatuses And controlling the display of messages sent and received between the participants in a predetermined time range based on the selected message when the user selects one of the messages displayed by the participants.
And a terminal device. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein each of the two or more counterpart terminal devices displays messages transmitted and received by a participant through a separate message screen. 3. The apparatus of claim 2,
And switches the dialog window and the message screen according to a participant input. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein the order of the messages is rearranged and displayed for each participant in a dialog window displaying messages exchanged with the two or more counterpart terminal devices. 5. The apparatus of claim 4,
When the user selects a specific participant from the participant menu that displays information on the participants participating in the group conversation, the controller moves to a position where the messages for the selected participant are displayed, and controls to display an area where the messages for the selected participant are displayed. . The apparatus of claim 1,
And when the specific input information is sensed, outputs a participant menu on the dialog window. 7. The method of claim 6,
Image information for each participant, and identification information for each participant. The apparatus of claim 1,
When one of the messages displayed on the dialog window screen is selected, the identification information of the participant transmitting the selected message is checked, and one or more messages including the identified identification information are searched for and the searched message is displayed. . The apparatus of claim 1,
If the specific input information is detected, a menu for setting a time for confirming the previous group conversation contents is exposed, a message transmitted and received based on the set time is extracted from the exposed menu, And displays the message on the message screen. delete The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
Swipe, shake, and specific menu input information. Confirming whether specific input information is detected during a group conversation;
Identifying the participant participating in the group conversation when the specific input information is sensed;
Identifying a message sent and received for each identified participant;
Displaying a message classified by the participants; And
Displaying messages sent and received between the participants in a predetermined time range based on the selected message when one of the messages displayed by the participants is selected;
And transmitting the message to the terminal device. 13. The method of claim 12,
Setting the specific input information to any one of a shaking, a swipe, or a specific menu;
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 13. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying the message,
Rearranging the sorted messages for each participant;
Selecting an arbitrary participant from a participant menu displaying information of participating users participating in the group conversation;
Moving to a location where a message for a selected participant among the messages displayed in the reordered manner for each participant is displayed; And
Displaying messages displayed at the moved location;
And transmitting the message to the terminal device. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying the message,
Displaying messages distinguished by the participants;
Extracting transmission messages including participant identification information for each participant;
Extracting a message including participant information on a participant from messages transmitted by the participant; And
Displaying the extracted message on a message screen of a participant corresponding to participant information included in the extracted message;
And transmitting the message to the terminal device. Confirming whether specific input information is detected during a message service for group conversation;
Displaying the participants participating in the group conversation in one area of the conversation window screen when the specific input information is sensed;
Selecting one of the displayed participants;
Extracting a message associated with the selected participant; And
Displaying the extracted message;
And transmitting the message to the terminal device. Confirming whether specific input information is detected during a group conversation;
Identifying the participant participating in the group conversation when the specific input information is sensed;
Identifying a message sent and received for each identified participant;
Displaying a message classified by the participants; And
Displaying messages sent and received between the participants in a predetermined time range based on the selected message when one of the messages displayed by the participants is selected;
The method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a message service; Confirming whether specific input information is detected during a message service for group conversation;
Displaying the participants participating in the group conversation in one area of the conversation window screen when the specific input information is sensed;
Selecting one of the displayed participants;
Extracting a message associated with the selected participant; And
Displaying the extracted message;
The method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a message service;

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