KR101623005B1 - Method, terminal apparatus, service system, and recording medium for application driving - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for a terminal device, comprising: receiving a signal through a signal receiving unit; Determining whether a signal received by the signal receiving unit through the first application in which the terminal apparatus is executed in the background is an application driving command signal; And driving a second application defined in a predetermined second application or application drive command signal when it is determined that the signal received by the terminal device is an application drive command signal through the first application, A service system, and a recording medium.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a method of operating an application, a terminal apparatus, a service system, and a recording medium,

The present invention relates to an application driving method, a terminal apparatus, a service system, and a recording medium.

Nowadays, many users use terminal devices such as a smart phone and a tablet, and various kinds of applications are installed in the terminal device and use various services such as games and purchase of goods.

Thus, the service information such as coupon information or advertisement information of a push message type is notified to the user using the terminal device, and the use of the service is guided.

However, the user who receives the service information in the push message type may not be interested in the corresponding service information, or may be unable to use the service at the time of receiving the service information even if he / she is interested.

Therefore, the conventional service information providing method using the push message transmission method and the like has not been able to achieve the purpose of the service provider who intends to induce the user to use the service.

In view of the foregoing, an object of the present invention is to provide an application driving method, a terminal device, a service system, and a recording medium for inducing a user to use a corresponding service.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention provides an information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit for storing application data; A signal receiving unit for receiving a signal; And when the first application is driven in the background and the signal received at the signal receiving unit through the first application driven in the background is recognized as an application driving command signal, And a control unit for driving the second application defined by the second application.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a terminal device, comprising: receiving a signal through a signal receiving unit; Determining whether the signal received by the signal receiving unit through the first application in which the terminal device is executed in the background is an application driving command signal; And driving the second application defined by a predetermined second application or the application drive command signal if the terminal device recognizes that the signal is the application drive command signal through the first application ≪ / RTI >

In another aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus comprising: a signal generating device for generating an application driving command signal; A terminal device for driving a second application according to the application driving command signal when a signal received by the signal receiving unit through the first application driven in the background is recognized as the application driving command signal; And a service device for receiving a service request generated in the second application driven by the terminal device and controlling the service information for the service request to be displayed on a second application screen.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an application driving method, a terminal device, a service system, and a recording medium for inducing a user to use a corresponding service.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for an application-driven service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining an application driving service procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating application driving according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram of a terminal device for an application-driven service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart of an application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an application example of an application driving service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

1 is a diagram of a system 100 for application-driven services in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system 100 for an application-driven service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a signal generating device 110 for generating an application driving command signal, a first application When the signal received by the signal receiving unit 420 is judged to be an application driving command signal, the terminal apparatus 120 that drives the second application in accordance with the application driving command signal, and the second application which is driven by the terminal apparatus 120 And a service device 130 for receiving the service request and controlling the service information for the service request to be displayed on the second application screen.

On the other hand, when the third application is driven by the second application driven after the second application is started, the terminal device 120 can communicate with the other device 140 in connection with the execution of the third application.

For example, if the third application is a gaming application, the other device 140 shown in Fig. 1 may be a gaming server.

The above-described signal generating apparatus 110 is an apparatus for generating an application driving command signal and may be installed at a specific place such as a shop, a public place, a school, a station, or the like. In particular, the signal generating device 110 may be installed in a place where the floating population is large.

Such a signal generating apparatus 110 may have a specific frequency, include specific information, or generate an application driving command signal of a specific signal strength so that an application driving command signal can be recognized by the terminal apparatus 120 have.

Further, the signal generating device 110 may generate an application driving command signal including its own position information or identification information.

Further, the signal generating device 110 may generate an application drive command signal further including identification information of the application (second application).

This application driving command signal may be, for example, a high frequency sound signal including position information or identification information of the signal generating apparatus 110. [

In this case, the signal receiving unit of the terminal device 120 may be a microphone device capable of receiving a high-frequency sound signal.

The application driving command signal may be, for example, a Bluetooth signal including position information or identification information of the signal generating apparatus 110. [

In this case, the signal receiving unit of the terminal device 120 may be a Bluetooth module capable of receiving a Bluetooth signal.

The terminal device 120 may include a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a mobile communication terminal, but is not limited thereto. Any electronic device capable of communicating with the server 100 It should be broadly interpreted as a device.

The service device 130 described above has the same hardware configuration as that of a typical Web server, a web application server, or a WAP server. However, in terms of software, it may include a program module which is implemented in any language such as C, C ++, Java, PHP, .Net, Python, Ruby and so on and performs various functions.

In addition, the service device 130 can be connected to an unspecified number of clients and / or other servers through a network. Accordingly, the service device 130 receives a request for performing a job from a client or another server, Or computer software (server program) installed for such a computer system.

In addition to the above-described server program, the service apparatus 130 also includes a series of application programs (application programs) operating on the service apparatus 130 and, in some cases, various databases built in or outside It should be understood as a broad concept.

Here, the database may mean a collection of data structured by managing data such as information or data for use by a server or another device, and may mean a storage medium storing an aggregate of such data.

Such a database may include a plurality of databases classified according to a data structure, a management method, and the like.

In some cases, the database may include a database management system (DBMS), which is software that allows the user to add, modify, delete, etc. information or data.

In addition, the service device 130 can store and manage various control information, contents, or data related to the service or the function in the database. Here, the database may be implemented inside or outside the server 100.

In addition, the service device 130 uses a server program that is variously provided according to an operating system such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, or Macintosh to general server hardware Typical examples include a Web site used in a Windows environment, an Internet Information Server (IIS), Apache, Nginx, and Light HTTP used in a UNIX environment.

The network connecting the service device 130 and the terminal device 120 may be a closed network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), but may be an open network such as the Internet It is possible. Herein, the Internet includes various services existing in the upper layer of the TCP / IP protocol such as HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Domain Name System (DNS), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS), which are used in the Internet.

In addition, when the terminal device 120 includes a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) and a mobile communication terminal, the network may further include a wireless access network such as a mobile communication network or a WiFi .

2 is a view for explaining an application driving service procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a diagram illustrating application driving according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3, an application driving service procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention is a service driving procedure in which the terminal device 120 is connected to the signal generating device 110 (APP2), which is defined as an application to be driven upon reception of the application drive command signal (COMMAND SIGNAL), or information included in the application drive command signal (APP2) defined by the second application (APP2).

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the terminal device 120 transmits its own position information (i.e., position information included in the application driving command signal) to the signal generating device 110 ) To the service device 130, and receives service information related to the location where the terminal device 120 is located.

On the other hand, the terminal device 120 drives the third application APP3 according to the information selected by the user among the application list (e.g., game list) displayed on the screen of the second application APP2, APP3) associated with the device 140 (e.g., may be a game server).

4 is a block diagram of a terminal device 120 for application-driven services according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, a terminal device 120 for application-driven services according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage unit 410 for storing various application data, a signal receiving unit 420 for receiving a signal, When the first application is driven in the background and the signal received by the signal receiving unit 420 through the first application running in the background is recognized as the application drive command signal, the first application is defined in the second application or application drive command signal A control unit 430 for driving the second application, and the like.

When the " game channeling application "is driven as the second application, the control unit 430 controls the game application for the game as a third application in accordance with a game execution request of one game among the game list through the game channeling application Can be driven.

The above-mentioned game channeling application is a service that allows a user to conveniently execute various games, and is a service that connects a game that can be directly served through a game site or a game application in the middle.

The signal recognized as the application driving command signal is a signal generated in the signal generating apparatus 110 installed in the vicinity of the position where the terminal device 120 is located.

In addition, the signal recognized as the application driving command signal may be a high-frequency sound signal including position information or identification information of the signal generating apparatus 110. [

The signal recognized as the application driving command signal may be a Bluetooth signal including position information or identification information of the signal generating apparatus 110. [

Meanwhile, after the received signal is determined as the application drive command signal and the second application defined in the application drive command signal or the predetermined second application is driven, the controller 430 controls the position When the information is acquired, the location information may be stored in the storage unit 410.

Here, the location information may be location information of the signal generating apparatus 110 or may be identification information of the signal generating apparatus 110 that allows the location (or address or location) of the signal generating apparatus 110 to be recognized .

When the location information is the identification information of the signal generating apparatus 110, the terminal apparatus 120 or the service apparatus 130 determines the location (or address) of the signal generating apparatus 110 corresponding to the identification information of the signal generating apparatus 110, Or place) in advance.

In this case, when a request to transmit the location information to the service apparatus 130 through the second application is received, the control unit 430 controls the location information to be transmitted through the communication unit 440, When the service information based on the location information is received, the service information may be stored in the storage unit 410 or the service information may be displayed on the second application screen displayed on the display 450 or the display 450.

Here, the service information may include at least one of coupon information, advertisement information, local information, and the like as information related to the service related to the second application.

On the other hand, after receiving the service information from the service device 130 through the second application, the controller 430 determines whether the service information is displayed or not by the second application, 130) of the terminal device (120).

The display information of the service information is information on whether or not the service information is exposed to the user.

The user response information on the service information is information indicating whether a user action such as input (click) is performed by the user in association with the service information after the service information is displayed.

Hereinafter, an application driving method of the terminal device 120 described with reference to FIG. 4 will be briefly described again with reference to FIG.

5 is a flowchart of an application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5, a method of driving an application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a step S810 in which a terminal device 120 drives a first application in the background, A step S530 of determining whether the signal received by the signal receiving unit 420 is an application driving command signal through the first application in which the terminal device 120 is running in the background, And a step (S540) of driving a second application defined by a predetermined second application or an application driving command signal when the terminal device 120 recognizes that the signal is an application driving command signal through the first application .

5, the method for driving an application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: after the above-described step S540, when the terminal device 120 receives a game of one game among the game list through the game channeling application corresponding to the second application In accordance with the execution request, the game application for the game may be operated as a third application (S580).

5, the method for driving an application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include acquiring location information from a signal identified as an application drive command signal through the second application after step S540 A step S560 of transmitting the location information to the service device 130 through the second application and a step S560 of transmitting the location information to the service device 130 through the second application, (Step S570) displaying the service information on the basis of the location information received from the service provider 130 on the display 450 or the second application screen output on the display 450, and the like.

The application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention described above can be applied to an application installed in the terminal device 120 (which may be included in a platform that is basically installed in the terminal, or included in an operating system, And is also compatible with the operating system of the terminal device 120 and installed directly on the terminal device 120 through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application or a Web server related to the service, (I.e., a program). Here, the operating system of the terminal device 120 may be an operating system such as a window or a Macintosh installed in a general PC such as a desktop, iOS installed in a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, Android) and other mobile-specific operating systems.

In this regard, the above-described method for operating an application according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as an application (i.e., a program) installed in the terminal device 120 or directly installed by a user, And can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

The program implementing the application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a function of determining whether the signal received at the signal receiving unit in which the terminal device 120 is executed in the background is an application driving command signal, Executes a function of driving a second application defined in a predetermined second application or an application driving command signal if the received signal is determined to be an application driving command signal. The program may be one that implements the first application.

In addition, the program implementing the application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a second application driven by the first application.

Such a program may be recorded on a recording medium that can be read by a computer and executed by a computer so that the above-described functions can be executed.

As described above, in order for a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium and to execute an application driving method implemented by the program, the above-mentioned program may be stored in a computer such as a C, C ++, JAVA, And may include a code encoded in a language.

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, such code may further include memory reference related code as to what additional information or media needed to cause the processor of the computer to execute the aforementioned functions should be referenced at any location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer .

In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server, etc., to perform the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a computer's communication module (e.g., a wired and / ) May be used to further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

The functional program for implementing the present invention and the related code and code segment may be implemented by programmers in the technical field of the present invention in consideration of the system environment of the computer that reads the recording medium and executes the program, Or may be easily modified or modified by the user.

Also, the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded may be distributed to a computer system connected via a network so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above and send the results of the execution to one or more of the other distributed computers, The computer may also perform some of the functions described above and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

As described above, the computer-readable recording medium on which the program for executing the application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention is recorded may be a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk , And optical media storage devices.

In addition, a computer-readable recording medium storing an application, which is a program for executing an application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes an application store server, an application or a web server (For example, a hard disk) included in an application provider server including an application server, a server, or the like, an application providing server itself, or another computer storing the program or a storage medium thereof.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium on which an application, which is a program for executing an application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention, can be read may be a calling terminal 110, and may be a general PC such as a general desktop or a notebook computer, A mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a mobile communication terminal. In addition, the present invention should be interpreted as any computing capable device.

If a computer capable of reading a recording medium storing an application, which is a program for executing an application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention, is a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) , The mobile terminal can download and install the application from an application providing server including an application store server and a web server. In some cases, after downloading from the application providing server to a general PC, Or may be installed in the terminal.

The application driving method according to an embodiment of the present invention described above can be applied to various services. Among them, an application example of a smart coupon service or a smart advertisement service will be described with reference to FIG.

6 is a diagram illustrating a smart coupon service or a smart advertisement service as an application example of an application driving service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a company providing a smart coupon service installs a signal generator 110 in a place where a lot of users are present. The signal generator 110 periodically generates an application driving command signal in the form of a high frequency sound signal or a Bluetooth signal.

When a user is heard in a place where the signal generating apparatus 110 is installed, the terminal apparatus 120 of the user receives an application driving command signal generated by the signal generating apparatus 110. In this case, the terminal device 120 may be driven in the background by a first application capable of recognizing an application driving command signal generated by the signal generating device 110.

Upon receiving the application driving command signal generated by the signal generating device 110, the terminal device 120 recognizes and analyzes the application driving command signal and transmits the application driving command signal to the application to be driven upon reception of the application driving command signal (COMMAND SIGNAL) And drives the second application APP2 defined by the predefined second application APP2 or the information included in the application drive command signal (application identification information).

Referring to FIG. 6, after driving the second application APP2, the terminal device 120 transmits position information related to the position of the signal generating device 110, which is found from the application driving command signal, to the service device 130 .

The service device 130 confirms the location information received from the terminal device 120 and extracts or generates coupon information or advertisement information related to the location as service information and transmits the extracted coupon information or AD information to the terminal device 120 ).

Accordingly, the terminal device 120 receives coupon information including coupon information and amount information, or advertisement information (AD Information) related to goods, services, and the like as service information and transmits it to the second application APP2, On the screen of FIG.

Accordingly, the user is either paid the coupon or exposed to the advertisement.

The terminal device 120 receives information related to a user action such as a click or response of a user to coupon information or advertisement information displayed on the second application screen, A coupon issuer or an advertising company device 140, which is a provider of a coupon service or an advertisement service.

Thereafter, the user can use the coupon that he / she has received, or purchase a commodity or the like.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an application driving method, a terminal device, a service system, and a recording medium for inducing a user to use a corresponding service.

The signal generating apparatus 110 is installed in a situation or place where a user is likely to use a service (a service related to the second application or the third application) (e.g., a PC room entrance, a department store entrance, Via the signal generating device 110, an application driving command signal for driving an application related to service utilization.

Accordingly, the user terminal device 120 receives the application driving command signal generated by the signal generating device 110, drives the second application, and can receive the service information thereafter.

At this time, since the user is in a position related to the third application that can be driven through the second application or the second application, the user can use the service information (e.g., coupon information, advertisement information, etc.) Will likely be quite high.

Therefore, a service provider (e.g., a game company, a PC room company, a department store, a mart, etc.) has an advantage of providing advertisement information or coupon information to a user who is likely to actually use the service.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (14)

A storage unit for storing application data;
A signal receiving unit for receiving a signal; And
When the first application is driven in the background and the signal received at the signal receiving unit through the first application driven in the background is recognized as the application driving command signal, the predetermined second application or the application driving command signal And a control unit for driving the second application to define the second application,
Wherein,
When the game channeling application is driven as the second application,
And the game application for the game is driven as a third application according to a game execution request of one of the games list through the game channeling application. delete The method according to claim 1,
The signal identified as being the application drive command signal,
Wherein the terminal device is a signal generated in a signal generating device provided in the vicinity of the position of the terminal device. The method of claim 3,
Wherein,
Wherein the position information is stored in the storage unit when position information is obtained from the signal that is the application driving command signal after the second application is driven. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein,
When the request for transmitting the location information to the service apparatus occurs through the second application, controls the location information to be transmitted through the communication unit,
When the service information based on the location information is received through the communication unit, the service information is stored in the storage unit, or the service information is displayed on the display or the second application screen displayed on the display Terminal device. 6. The method of claim 5,
The service information includes:
Coupon information, advertisement information, and local information. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein,
Wherein the control unit controls the service apparatus to display information on whether to display the service information or information on whether the user does not want to receive the service information through the second application. The method of claim 3,
The signal identified as being the application drive command signal,
And a high frequency sound signal including position information or identification information of the signal generating device. The method of claim 3,
The signal identified as being the application drive command signal,
Wherein the terminal device is a Bluetooth signal including position information or identification information of the signal generating device. The terminal device receiving the signal through the signal receiver;
Determining whether the signal received by the signal receiving unit through the first application in which the terminal device is executed in the background is an application driving command signal; And
Driving the second application defined by a predetermined second application or the application drive command signal when the terminal device recognizes that the signal is the application drive command signal through the first application; And
And causing the terminal device to execute the game application for the game as a third application in response to a game execution request of one of the games list through the game channeling application corresponding to the second application. delete 11. The method of claim 10,
After running the second application,
Acquiring and storing location information from the signal that the terminal device is identified as the application drive command signal through the second application;
The terminal device transmitting the location information to the service device through the second application; And
Wherein the terminal device displays the location information based service information received from the service device through the second application on a display or a second application screen output on the display. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the application driving method according to claim 10. A signal generating device for generating an application driving command signal;
A terminal device for driving a second application according to the application driving command signal when a signal received by the signal receiving unit through the first application driven in the background is recognized as the application driving command signal; And
And a service device for receiving a service request generated in the second application driven by the terminal and controlling the service information for the service request to be displayed on a second application screen,
The terminal apparatus comprises:
And when the game channeling application is driven as the second application, the game application for the game is driven as a third application in response to a game execution request of one of the games list through the game channeling application.

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