KR101779465B1 - Method for providing feedback on whether group message has been completely read - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing a feedback on whether a group message has been completely read, to allow the sender of a group message to check whether a message has been transmitted correctly, a recipient has checked the message well, and further gives motivation to read and check the group message to the recipient. The method includes a step of allowing a receiver terminal to transmit receipt notification information to a service server when a user checks a group message; a step of allowing the receiver terminal to separate a screen into N regions, identify an n region (1<=n<=N, n and N are integers) where the last information of the group message is displayed among N regions; a step of allowing the receiver terminal to transmit reading completion information to the service server when users gaze is located in the n region for a predetermined period of time; and a step of allowing the service server to transmit a feedback for classifying a plurality of receiver terminals according to the receipt notification information and the reading completion information to a caller terminal at a predetermined period.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for providing feedback on whether or not a group character is completely read,

The present invention relates to a method for providing feedback on a group character, and more particularly, to a method for providing feedback to a caller informing whether or not a group character receiver completely ignores a group character.

Since the introduction of mobile phones, text messages are widely used as simple communication and advertising means. In recent years, as a result of the generalization of the Internet use, a group text service has been implemented in which a text message created on an Internet web site can be transmitted to a plurality of mobile communication terminals through interworking of a mobile communication network and an Internet network.

Such a group text service can be classified into SMS (Short Message Service) composed of about 40 characters or more, LMS (Long Message Service) composed of about 100 characters, and MMS Messaging Service).

Since the group text service is provided through a communication company, when a group character is transmitted to a wide range of recipient terminals, the service cost becomes very high when used for advertisement or marketing. Despite these cost burdens, if the advertisement or marketing effect is high, the service satisfaction will be high, but the reality is not necessarily. For example, since the single character service is a system for unilaterally transmitting a text message to a recipient terminal, it is difficult to confirm even if a group character can not be transmitted to the recipient terminal due to spam blocking or the like. Furthermore, even if a group character is securely transmitted to a recipient terminal, there is no way to confirm whether the recipient has correctly or simply deleted it. In the case of advertisers, even if the efficiency by the group text service is low, it is still not used in other alternatives.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is that a sender of a single character can know whether a message has been transmitted correctly or whether a receiver has confirmed the message well and furthermore, To provide feedback to the user.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other matters not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing feedback on whether or not a group character is completely read, the method comprising: requesting a sender terminal to transmit a group character to a service server; The service server transmitting a trigger signal to a plurality of receiver terminals together with a single character; Automatically executing a feedback application by the trigger signal when the recipient terminal receives the group character; When the user confirms the group character using the character application of the recipient terminal, the recipient terminal transmits the receipt confirmation information to the service server using the feedback application; The receiver terminal divides the screen into N regions using the feedback application, and recognizes an n region (1? N? N, n and N being integers) in which the last information of the single character is displayed among the N regions ; The receiver terminal recognizing the user's gaze and transmitting the gaze information to the service server using the feedback application when the gaze is positioned in the n area for a predetermined time; And the service server transmitting feedback classified by the plurality of receiver terminals according to the acknowledgment information and the overtone information to the caller terminal at a predetermined period. Here, if the user does not check the group character with the character application, the service server transmits a first reminder requesting the receiver terminal to confirm the group character; If the sight line is located outside the n area, the service server transmits a second reminder requesting the receiver terminal to completely read the single character.

If the user does not confirm the group character by the character application, the service server accesses the communication company server to which the recipient terminal subscribes, and confirms whether or not the recipient terminal is subscribed to the spam blocking service; And may not transmit the first reminder if the recipient terminal is subscribed to the spam blocking service. In addition, when the receiver terminal is subscribed to the spam blocking service, the service server can request the sender terminal to change the contents of the group character.

The feedback may be that each recipient terminal is classified into one of the following categories (a) to (c). (a) a receiver not having both the acknowledgment information and the insecure information; (b) a recipient having the acknowledgment information but not having the acknowledgment information; (c) the receiver having both the acknowledgment information and the read-only information.

The recipient terminal can grasp the area indicated by the gaze on the screen based on the relative position between the user's eye and the recipient's terminal, the gaze direction of the user, and the inclination of the recipient terminal.

The first and second reminders may be a message notification or a push notification instead of a text message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing feedback on whether a group character is completely read or closed, the method comprising: requesting, by a calling terminal, The service server transmitting a trigger signal to a plurality of receiver terminals together with a single character; Automatically executing a feedback application by the trigger signal when the recipient terminal receives the group character; When the user confirms the group character using the character application of the recipient terminal, the recipient terminal transmits the receipt confirmation information to the service server using the feedback application; The receiver terminal divides the screen into N regions using the feedback application, and recognizes an n region (1? N? N, n and N being integers) in which the last information of the single character is displayed among the N regions ; The receiver terminal recognizing the user's gaze and transmitting the gaze information to the service server using the feedback application when the gaze is positioned in the n area for a predetermined time; And the service server transmitting feedback classified by the plurality of receiver terminals according to the acknowledgment information and the overtone information to the caller terminal at a predetermined period. Here, the service server may further include: (1) when the receiver terminal does not have both the acknowledgment information and the overtaken information, when the receiver terminal is connected to the subscribed communication company server and subscribed to the spam blocking service, Request a change in the content of a group letter; (2) transmitting, to the receiver terminal having the acknowledgment information but not the overwrite information, a reminder requesting the single character to be completely read; (3) An online coupon or a reward related to the group character is paid to the receiver terminal having both the acknowledgment information and the complete information.

The single character may be a long message (LMS).

The details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

As described above, according to the method of providing feedback on whether or not a group character is completely read according to the present invention, a sender or an advertiser of a group character does not merely transmit a message such as an advertisement or a marketing message, Feedback can be obtained in real time. For example, recipient groups of group letters can be classified into three categories, and a corresponding strategy for each category can be established. For recipient categories that do not receive group letters at all, you can change the contents of group letters so that they do not apply to spam blocking if they are subscribed to spam blocking services. For a recipient category that has received a group character but has not properly confirmed its content, a reminder for confirming the group character can be transmitted to increase the read rate of the group character. Further, by receiving an online coupon or a reward for a recipient category that receives a group character and completely decodes the content, the recipient can actively encourage the group character to completely freeze, thereby maximizing advertising and marketing effects.

As described above, if a virtuous circle structure is formed between the sender and the recipient for the single character service of the present invention, the service provider can naturally benefit from the service provider.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a single character service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically showing the service server of FIG.
3 is a block diagram schematically showing the receiver terminal of FIG.
4 and 5 are views for explaining the operation of the feedback application installed in the receiver terminal of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart sequentially showing a method of providing feedback on whether a single character is completely read according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a single character service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a service server of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram Fig.

Referring to FIG. 1, the group SMS service system of the present invention includes a service server 30, a recipient terminal 10, and a caller terminal 20.

The originator terminal 20 requests the service server 30 to transmit a group character, such as SMS, LMS, or MMS, to a plurality of pre-registered recipient terminals 10 for the purpose of advertisement or marketing. For example, the caller terminal 20 includes a computer, a smart phone, a notebook, a tablet PC, a wearable smart device, a PDA, and the like. In addition, it is preferable that the group character is composed of a long message (LMS) suitable for advertisement.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the service server 30 basically receives a request for transmitting a group of characters from the caller terminal 20 and transmits a group of characters to a plurality of receiver terminals 10. The service server 30 may transmit the text message directly to the recipient terminal 10 or may request and transmit the text message to the communication company server or the service server 30 may include a plurality of server devices including a communication company server. Hereinafter, wireless communication such as a text message or data between the service server 30 and the receiver terminal 10 may be performed directly or indirectly via a communication company server.

Specifically, the service server 30 includes a text message transmission unit 31, a feedback reception unit 32, a reminder transmission unit 33, a spam process confirmation unit 34, a reward settlement unit 35, and a database 36 .

The text message transmitting unit 31 transmits a group character using the previously registered recipient list information or contact information when receiving a request for transmitting a group character from the sender terminal 20. [ It is preferable to transmit a trigger signal for automatically executing the feedback application of the receiver terminal 10 together with a text message or a combination of characters.

The feedback receiving unit 32 transmits the feedback according to whether the receiver or the user has received the message and whether the message has been completely read, to the sender terminal 20 at a predetermined period. Here, the feedback classifies the group letter recipients into the following three categories.

First, the recipient who has not opened the group letter (i.e., the recipient who does not have both the acknowledgment information and the read-out information for the group letter);

Second, the recipient who has opened the group letter but has not read it completely (that is, the recipient has the acknowledgment information of the group letter but does not have the read information);

Third, the recipient who has opened the group character and completely read it (that is, the recipient has both the acknowledgment information and the complete information of the group letter).

The reminder transfer unit 33 transmits a first reminder to the recipient terminal 10 for requesting identification of a single character when the user has not confirmed the single character in the character application of the recipient terminal 10. The reminder transfer unit 33 also transmits a second reminder to the recipient terminal 10 requesting that the single character be completely read even if the user has confirmed the common character but has not completely read it. The first and second reminders can be in the form of a badge notification or a push notification, and the communication cost can be reduced by not using a general text message.

When the user does not confirm the group character in the character application even after the reminder transfer unit 33 has transmitted the first reminder to the recipient terminal 10 a predetermined number of times, ) Accesses the subscribed communication company server and confirms whether the recipient terminal 10 subscribes to the spam blocking service. If the receiver terminal 10 is subscribed to the spam blocking service, the reminder transmitter 33 may not transmit the first reminder to the receiver terminal 10 and change the content of the single character to the sender terminal 20 Lt; / RTI &gt; Since the spam blocking service blocks the transmission of a group of characters when a group of characters contains a specific word, if the caller automatically recognizes the occurrence of such a block, the contents of the group character can be changed to prevent additional cost loss have.

The reward settlement unit 35 opens a group character to give a motive to positively confirm a group character, and provides the receiver terminal 10 with an online coupon or a reward related to the group character to the complete recipient.

The database 36 may store programs such as O / S (Operating System) and various applications necessary for driving the service server 30, contents, and other data.

1 and 3, the recipient terminal 10 is an electronic device capable of performing communication functions such as a telephone call, a text message, and the Internet while the user is moving. For example, the recipient terminal 10 includes a mobile phone or the like including a smart phone.

The receiver terminal 10 is provided with a character application 15 for transmitting and receiving a text message with the service server 30 or a communication company server and displaying the text message on the screen. Specifically, when the recipient terminal 10 receives the group character, the user can execute the character application 15 to check the group character on the screen.

The receiver terminal 10 is also provided with a feedback application 16 activated by a trigger signal transmitted together with a text message to monitor the operation of the character application 15 and provide feedback to the service server 30. [ When the user confirms a group character on the screen using the character application 15, the feedback application 16 transmits 'receipt confirmation information' to the service server 30.

The operation of the feedback application will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 and 5 are views for explaining the operation of the feedback application installed in the receiver terminal of FIG. 4 and 5, when the user confirms a group of characters on the screen, the feedback application 16 divides the screen 40 of the receiver terminal 10 into N regions, (1? N? N, n and N are integers) in which the last information is displayed. The receiver terminal 10 recognizes an area where the user's line of sight is located on the screen 40 by using one or more cameras 17 and a distance measuring unit (not shown). For example, the receiver terminal 10 may determine the relative position between the user's eye and the screen 40, the viewing direction of the user, and the degree to which the receiver terminal 10 is tilted with respect to the vertical direction On the screen 40, the area indicated by the line of sight. If the user's line of sight is located in the n area where the last information of the group character is displayed for a predetermined time, the feedback application 16 transmits 'complete information' to the service server 30.

The text application 15 and the feedback application 16 may be application software downloaded by the user using the external platform to his or her recipient terminal 10 or linked to the recipient terminal 10 by default in cooperation with the operating system software of the recipient terminal 10. [ ). &Lt; / RTI &gt;

The receiver terminal 10 includes a processor 13, an internal memory 14, an input means 11 and an output means 12. The input means 11 of the receiver terminal 10 comprises a software or hardware input device and the output means 12 comprises a speaker and a display. The display may include a user interface as a means for detecting a user's touch input in UI / UX of operating system software and UI / UX of application software. The display may be a means for outputting a screen and a touch screen for simultaneously executing an input means for sensing a touch event of a user.

The internal memory 14 of the recipient terminal 10 generally provides a place for storing computer code and data used in the device. The internal memory 14 of the receiver terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a basic input / output system, an operating system, a variety of functions, and the like, as well as a character application 15, a feedback application 16, Firmware for any device can be stored, including programs, applications, user interface functions running on the device, processor functions, and the like.

The processor 13 of the recipient terminal 10 executes the computer code together with the operating system and executes the operations of generating and using the data. The processor 13 may also receive and process input and output data between components of the recipient terminal 10 using a series of instructions. The processor 13 serves as a control unit for executing functions of operating system software and various application software installed in the receiver terminal 10. [

Additional or conventional components such as a power supply of the receiver terminal 10, a communication modem, a GPS, an I / O device, a camera module, and other hardware components are not shown in the drawings, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 &gt; and / or &lt; / RTI &gt; The recipient terminal 10 may also include hardware components (including circuitry), software components (including computer code stored on a computer readable medium), or a combination of the two.

Hereinafter, a method for providing feedback on whether or not a single character is completely read according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart sequentially showing a method of providing feedback on whether a single character is completely read according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the originator terminal 20 requests the service server 30 to transmit a single character.

The service server 30 transmits a trigger signal to a plurality of receiver terminals 10 together with a single character, and the receiver terminal 10 receives a single character and a trigger signal. When the receiver terminal 10 receives a single character, the feedback application 16 is automatically executed by the trigger signal to monitor and control the character application 15, the user's line of sight, feedback, and the like.

If the user executes the character application 15 and confirms the group character, the feedback application 16 transmits 'receipt confirmation information' to the service server.

If the user does not confirm the group character, the service server 30 transmits a first reminder requesting the receiver terminal 10 to confirm the group character. In this case, the service server 30 accesses the communication company server to which the receiver terminal 10 is subscribed, checks whether or not the receiver terminal 10 is subscribed to the spam blocking service, and if it is subscribed, It is possible to request the sender terminal 20 to change the content of a single character without transmitting the same.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the user has confirmed the group character, and the remaining processes are described. The feedback application 16 divides the screen of the receiver terminal 10 into N regions, and grasps the n region (1? N? N, n and N are integers) in which the last information of a single character is displayed among N regions . In addition, the receiver terminal 10 recognizes the user's gaze and determines where the user's gaze is facing.

If the line of sight is positioned toward the n area for a predetermined time, the user determines that the group character has been completely read, and the feedback application 16 transmits the 'complete information' to the service server 30. In this case, the service server 30 provides an online coupon or a reward related to the group character to the recipient terminal 10 that has completely read the group character. In the present embodiment, whether or not the eyes are located on the n area where the last information of a single character is displayed is determined based on whether or not the eyes are completely covered, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, when the character content such as the long message (LMS) can not be displayed on one screen of the receiver terminal 10, the feedback application 16 divides the contents of the single character into M (M is an integer) , It can be determined whether the user's gaze is located in an area matched with each content after individually matching the area displayed in the N areas of the screen and determining whether the content is completely read or not. In this case, since the gaze position of all the contents is grasped, it is possible to know whether or not the user is substantially complete.

If the sight line is located for a time shorter than a predetermined time even if the line of sight is located in the area n or the area n, the service server 30 determines that the user does not completely read the group character, And transmits a second reminder requesting overwriting.

In the above process, the service server 30 transmits the feedback classified into the three categories of the recipient terminals 10 to the caller terminal 20 at regular intervals according to the presence or absence of the acknowledgment information and the confirmation information.

For reference, the method of providing feedback on whether or not a single character is completely read according to the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the 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. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, A hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine accords such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules 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, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

10: Receiver terminal
11: input means
12: output means
13: Processor
14: Internal memory
15: Character application
16: feedback application
17: Camera
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33: Reminder transfer section
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35: reward settlement part
36: Database
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Claims (5)

A method for providing feedback on whether a group SMS consisting of SMS, LMS, or MMS is completely read:
The originator terminal requesting the service server to transmit a single character;
The service server transmitting a trigger signal to a plurality of receiver terminals together with a single character;
Automatically executing a feedback application by the trigger signal when the recipient terminal receives the group character;
Transmitting the acknowledgment information to the service server using the feedback application when the user executes the character application of the receiver terminal and opens the group character and confirms the contents thereof;
The recipient terminal divides the screen into N regions in a vertical direction using the feedback application, and an n region (1? N? N, where n and N are integers) in which the last information of the single character is displayed among the N regions Identifying;
The receiver terminal recognizing the user's gaze and transmitting the gaze information to the service server using the feedback application when the gaze is positioned in the n area for a predetermined time; And
Wherein the service server transmits feedback classified by the plurality of receiver terminals to the sender terminal at a predetermined period according to the acknowledgment information and the overtone information,
When the user does not check the group character with the character application, the service server transmits a first reminder requesting the receiver terminal to confirm the group character,
The service server transmits a second reminder requesting the recipient terminal to completely read the group character if the line of sight is located outside the n region,
The recipient terminal divides the contents of the group character into M contents (M is an integer) by using the feedback application, matches each of the contents displayed in the N regions with each other, Determining whether the character string is located in a matching area, and determining whether the character string is completely read or not. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the user does not check the group character with the character application,
The service server accesses a communication company server to which the recipient terminal is subscribed, and confirms whether or not the recipient terminal is subscribed to the spam blocking service; Wherein the first reminder is not transmitted when the recipient terminal is subscribed to the spam blocking service. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the feedback is to provide feedback on whether the group character is completely read or not, wherein each recipient terminal is classified into one of the following categories (a) to (c):
(a) a receiver not having both the acknowledgment information and the insecure information;
(b) a recipient having the acknowledgment information but not having the acknowledgment information;
(c) the receiver having both the acknowledgment information and the read-only information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the recipient terminal grasps an area indicated by the visual line on the screen based on a relative position between the user's eye and a screen of the recipient terminal, a gaze direction of the user, and a slope of the recipient terminal. How to provide feedback on whether a character is completely read. A method for providing feedback on whether a group SMS consisting of SMS, LMS, or MMS is completely read:
The originator terminal requesting the service server to transmit a single character;
The service server transmitting a trigger signal to a plurality of receiver terminals together with a single character;
Automatically executing a feedback application by the trigger signal when the recipient terminal receives the group character;
Transmitting the acknowledgment information to the service server using the feedback application when the user executes the character application of the receiver terminal and opens the group character and confirms the contents thereof;
The recipient terminal divides the screen into N regions in a vertical direction using the feedback application, and an n region (1? N? N, where n and N are integers) in which the last information of the single character is displayed among the N regions Identifying;
The receiver terminal recognizing the user's gaze and transmitting the gaze information to the service server using the feedback application when the gaze is positioned in the n area for a predetermined time; And
Wherein the service server transmits feedback classified by the plurality of receiver terminals to the sender terminal at a predetermined period according to the acknowledgment information and the overtone information,
The service server comprises:
(1) When the receiver terminal does not have both the acknowledgment information and the overtaken information, when the receiver terminal is connected to the subscribed communication company server and subscribed to the spam blocking service, the receiver terminal is requested to change the contents of the group character and;
(2) transmitting, to the receiver terminal having the acknowledgment information but not the overwrite information, a reminder requesting the single character to be completely read;
(3) An online coupon or a reward related to the collective character is paid to the recipient terminal having both the acknowledgment information and the complete information,
The recipient terminal divides the contents of the group character into M contents (M is an integer) by using the feedback application, matches each of the contents displayed in the N regions with each other, Determining whether the character string is located in a matching area, and determining whether the character string is completely read or not.

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