KR101910820B1 - Instant messaging service providing method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique for users to exchange chat messages through a message server. Particularly, according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the user can send and receive a chat message with a first type of friend and can unilaterally receive a chat message with a friend of a second type, Various chat messages can be received from a company supporting a friend.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to an instant messaging service providing method,

The following embodiments relate to a technique in which users exchange chat messages through a message server.

Recently, as the penetration rate of portable terminals has rapidly increased, portable terminals have become a necessity of life for modern people. Such a portable terminal is capable of providing various data transmission services and various additional services as well as a unique voice communication service, and is thus becoming a functional multimedia communication device.

As the communication technology develops, the mobile terminal can perform not only the call and message transmission / reception functions, but also the messenger function which was possible only in the existing PC. Thus, there is a need for a way for subscribers to access the central message server and to have more convenient conversations with subscribers.

Meanwhile, in the conventional instant messaging service, a chat message between users is transmitted. That is, if the first user sends a chat message to the second user, the second user receives the chat message from the first user through the message server, and he or she also creates a chat message and sends the chat message to the first user Lt; / RTI >

As more users use instant messaging services, profit-seeking companies may want to participate in these services. For example, corporations may want to expose their ads to chat messages or deliver advertising messages to users.

Korean Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2007-0099831
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According to the embodiment of the present invention, the friends are classified into the first type and the second type, and the user can send and receive chat messages with friends of the first type, receive chat messages from the friends of the second type unilaterally A method for providing an instant messaging service and a system for providing the instant messaging service.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an instant messaging service providing method which displays messages to be transmitted by users on a receiving mobile terminal and does not overlay a user input window in case of a chat message by a second type user, It is possible to provide the providing system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user can view additional information about the second type of friend and receive a chat message such as video, coupon information, event information, advertisement information, voting interface from a second type of friend A second type of friend can be recommended to another friend, and a plurality of friends of the second type can be recommended preferentially to a few friends based on ranking information, and a method and system for providing the instant messaging service Can be provided.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a second type of user can provide an instant messaging service providing method and a system for providing the instant messaging service by automatically selecting a friend of friends registered in the second type and sending a message of the friend .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a mobile terminal for an instant messaging service, the method comprising: storing a list of a plurality of buddies having at least one of a first type and a second type; The method comprising the steps of: receiving a chat message via a communication network; determining whether the type of the sender of the received chat message is the first type or the second type; Determining whether to overlay a user input window in a chat window displaying the chat message; and selectively overlaying the user input window in the chat window based on the determination.

The determining whether the type of the sender of the received chat message is the first type or the second type may further include determining a type of the first type and the second type based on the identifier included in the sender information of the chat message, And determining whether the type of the sender is the first type or the second type.

The method of claim 1, further comprising: if the type of the sender of the received chat message is the second type, exposing additional information related to the sender to the chat window, wherein the additional information associated with the sender Links, pictures, introductory text, moving pictures, ranking information, and the number of people who are friends with the sender.

In addition, if the type of the sender of the received chat message is the second type, the recommendation may further include recommending the caller to another user based on the selection input of the user.

A method of operating a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a recommendation list of a plurality of friends having at least one of a first type or a second type from a message server Receiving rank information of the second type of friends generated based on at least one of a particular user's area of interest, location, popularity of friends, number of friends, number of recommendations, and beading information; And displaying the friend recommendation screen by sorting the friends of the second type on the friend recommendation screen based on the ranking information of friends of the friend.

Herein, the method of operating the mobile terminal comprises the steps of: acquiring a list of buddies registered as a friend with the specific user; acquiring rank information of buddies of a second type among buddies registered as friends in the list; Sorting the friends of the second type on the screen showing the list based on the ranking information of the friends of the second type, and displaying the list reflecting the sorting on the screen.

A method of operating a message server according to yet another embodiment of the present invention is a method of operating a message server for an instant messaging service, the method comprising the steps of: generating a plurality of buddies having at least one of a first type or a second type for each of a plurality of users Receiving a request for a chat message from the friend of the second type; storing location information, an area of interest, a connection status, a connection count, and a coupon usage status of users registered in the friend of the second type; Selecting recipients of the chat message among users registered in the friend of the second type based on at least one of number, friend recommendation count, and message browsing count; sending the chat message to the selected recipients .

At this time, the chat message may include at least one of video, coupon information, event information, advertisement information, and a voting interface.

The method of operating the message server may further include performing charging for the transmission in response to the transmission of the chat message.

1 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing an instant messaging service according to an embodiment of the present invention;
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an instant messaging service providing method.
Figs. 3 to 5 are examples of chat windows that the mobile terminal shown in Fig. 2 can display.
6 to 10 are examples of screens that the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 2 can display additionally.
11 is a view for explaining a configuration of a message server for performing an instant messaging service providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention;
12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal for performing an instant messaging service providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a view for explaining another configuration of a mobile terminal performing a method of providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
14 to 20 are screen examples that can be provided by the mobile terminal of FIG.
FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a process of receiving a chat message by a mobile terminal in a method for providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
22 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a mobile terminal receives a recommendation of a second type of friends from a message server in a method of providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
23 is a diagram for explaining a process of a message server processing a chat message of a friend of a second type in a method of providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing an instant messaging service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in an instant messaging service, a user 100 may receive a chat message from friends, create a desired chat message, and answer the friends.

In the present invention, friends are classified into a first type and a second type. The first type of friends 110 are ordinary friends such as the user 100 and the second type of friends 120 are virtual friends that are controlled by the enterprise 130 and have no entities.

Here, the business entity 130 may be, for example, a merchandising company, a business service company advertisement company, a franchise company, an entertainment company, or the like. The second type of friends 120 may send chat messages to the user 100 with the specific purpose of the enterprise 130. The second type of friends 120 may be a merchandise character, a customer center agent for business support, an item brand for a franchise company, a celebrity account operated by an entertainment company, etc., depending on the purpose of the business 130 have.

In addition, the chat messages transmitted by the second type of friends 120 may be a message including at least one of video, coupon information, event information, advertisement information, and a voting interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a diagram illustrating a chat message transmitted and received by the user 100, the first type of friends 110, and the corporation 130 can be seen. Here, the user 100 possesses his own mobile terminal 220, and the first type of friends 110 carry other mobile terminals 230. Each mobile terminal implements a chat application that provides a chat function of an instant messaging service through data communication with the message server 200. That is, the chat application is installed in each of the mobile terminals, and has a function of receiving a chat message from the message server 200, a function of displaying the received chat message on the screen, and a chat message created by the user, As shown in Fig.

The first type of friends 110 creates a chat message using the other mobile terminals 230 as their terminals and transmits the created chat message to the mobile terminal 220 through the message server 200 . Similarly, the enterprise 240 creates a chat message using its own communication device (e.g., a desktop, a server system of a corporation, a notebook computer, etc.), transmits the created chat message to the mobile terminal 220 via the message 200, . At this time, the chat message transmitted by the business entity 240 is transmitted by friends of the second type, which is a user registered in advance by the message server 200.

Mobile terminal 220 may display to the user a chat message received from a first type and a chat message received from a second type of buddies differently. In addition, the mobile terminal 220 may prevent a user from answering a chat message received from a first type, but not a chat message received from a second type of friends.

3 to 5 show an example of a screen window in which the mobile terminal 220 shown in FIG. 2 displays a chat message.

Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 220 may pop up a pop-up window 310 to notify a user of a chat message received from a friend. In the pop-up window 310, when the 'view' button is executed as a selection input by the user, the mobile terminal 220 displays the chat message received from the friend to the user through the chat window for chatting with the friend. In particular, in the present invention, the mobile terminal distinguishes whether a chat message is a message received from a friend of a first type or a message received from a friend of a second type, and displays the chat message differently.

For a message received from a first type of friend,

The mobile terminal 230 may display the received chat message on the screen 400 of FIG. The mobile terminal 230 may display on the screen 400 a chat window showing a 1: 1 or group chat with a general friend and may overlay a user input window 410 where the user can create a chat message.

In the case of a message received from a friend of the second type,

The mobile terminal 230 can display the received chat message on the screen 500 shown in FIG. The mobile terminal 230 may display on the screen 500 a chat window showing a 1: 1 chat with a second type of friend, and may not overlay a user input window from which the user may create a chat message.

The chat message received from the second type of friend may be implemented as a multimedia message as well as a text message. In particular, the chat message may include at least one of a video, a coupon information, an event information, an advertisement information, and a voting interface. For example, in the case of 520, the chat message includes the event content of "Shinmei Purachino 1 + 1 coupon!" And the image linked to the "coupon receiving" link.

Further, the mobile terminal 230 may further expose additional information related to the second type of friend (i. E., The originator of the chat message) to the screen 500 as an embodiment. Mobile terminal 230 may overlay this additional information on a portion of screen 500, such as 510, or display it on the next screen as in FIG. At this time, the additional information may include at least one of a sender's homepage access link, a photograph, an introduction, a moving picture, ranking information, and the number of people who are friends with the sender of the chat message.

The mobile terminal 230 can display the screen 600 of FIG. 6 when a selection input of the user occurs, such as 51 on the screen 500. FIG. Screen 600 may include a pop-up window 610 showing additional information related to a second type of friend.

The popup window 610 includes a homepage connection link button 620 of the second type of friend, a chat room connection link 611, a button 612 showing a coupon list, a button 613 for participating in an event, And display a button 614 for recommendation to another friend. In addition, the mobile terminal 230 may display an area 630 on which a second type of friend can be marketed in an area other than the pop-up window 610 on the screen 600. The area 630 may include at least one of a banner, a moving picture, a picture, and a text desired by a friend of the second type.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 230 can further display the screen 700 as shown in FIG. Particularly, in the chat message of the mobile terminal 520, as the user's selection input is generated through the 'receive coupon', the mobile terminal further receives the coupon data from the message server and displays the screen 700 based on the received coupon data .

Screen 700 is a screen for displaying coupon data regarding a coupon provided by a friend of the second type. The screen 700 includes a description 710 of the coupon, a store search button 710 that can use the coupon, a coupon usage complete button 730, detailed images 740, a detailed description 750, Button 760, an event entry button 770, and barcode information 780 for a coupon.

In addition, the mobile terminal 230 may provide a home screen associated with a second type of friend. The home screen may be implemented as a home screen 800 shown in FIG. 8 as an example. The home screen 800 is an embodiment and can be displayed as the homepage connection link button 620 is executed by the user in the pop-up window 610 of Fig. 6. For this purpose, the mobile terminal can receive data for configuring the home screen 800 from the message server.

The home screen 800 includes an area 810, a profile area 820, a marketing area 830 where the advertisement can be exposed, and event information, including a brief description related to the friend of the second type and a friend add function And an event area 840, which may be an event area.

Furthermore, the mobile terminal 230 may provide a recommendation function for a friend of a second type in a chat window with a friend of the first type. The recommendation function may be implemented as shown in Fig. 9 as an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 9, a chat window 900 showing a group conversation may provide a button 90 to a user input window. Through the button 90, a user can send data other than a general message (for example, an image message, a voice message, a gift, a contact, etc.) to the group conversation partner. Here, the mobile terminal can further provide a function of attaching data that can recommend the second type of friend to the conversation partner.

As the recommendation function is executed, the mobile terminal 230 can display a message 910 to which chatting window 900 is attached with data recommending a second type of friend.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 230 can set some information on the chat window with the friend of the second type. The above information may be set through a screen window 1000 implemented as shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 10, a screen window 1000 provides a setting function for a chat room between a user and a friend of a second type. The setting function includes a function for setting a 1: 1 chatting room name, a function for turning on / off the chatting room notification, and a function for deleting all chatting contents, a function 1010 for turning on / off the reception of multimedia messages, And a function 1020 for turning on or off accepting in real time.

11 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a message server for performing an instant messaging service providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

11, the message server 1100, in conjunction with the database 1110, provides an instant messaging service between friends of the first type. Meanwhile, the message server 1100 also provides a function of delivering a chat message sent from the business entity 130, which is a friend of the second type, to friends of friends of the second type and friend registered users.

Database 1110 stores a list of a plurality of buddies having at least one of a first type or a second type for each of a plurality of users.

The message server 1100 sends a chat message received from friends of the first type or second type to the recipient of the chat message based on the list of buddies stored in the database 1110. [

The message server 1100 includes a business message reception unit 1101, a receiver selection unit 1102, and a message transmission unit 1103.

The enterprise message receiving unit 1101 receives a request for sending a chat message from a friend of the second type. Here, the chat message may be a message written directly by the friend of the second type, or a message automatically generated in connection with the friend of the second type. The chat message may include at least one of a video, coupon information, event information, advertisement information, and a voting interface.

At this time, the enterprise message receiving unit 1101 may receive a request for sending a chat message from a friend of the second type in cooperation with an application programming interface (API) of a specific company. Further, in another embodiment, the message server 1100 may pre-issue accounts to businesses. In this case, the enterprise message acceptance unit 1101 may proceed with the enterprise log-in based on the data reception from the enterprise and make a request for originating a chat message when the login is successful.

The recipient selection unit 1102 acquires information on users registered as friends of the second type from the database 1110 and acquires location information of the users, The number of coupon use, the number of friend recommendation, and the number of message browsing can be analyzed. Based on the analysis result, the receiver selection unit 1102 can select recipients of the chat message requested from the users registered as friends with the friend of the second type. Here, the selected recipients may be limited to the number of persons requested by the friend of the second type, or both of the friends of the second type and the friends registered as friends.

The message transmitting unit 1103 transmits the chat message to the recipients selected by the recipient selecting unit 1102. [ At this time, the message transmission unit 1103 inserts an identifier (e.g., '@' mark) indicating the second type of friend into the sender information of the chat message, and then transmits a chat message of the sender information, Lt; / RTI >

On the other hand, when a request to send a chat message is received from a friend of the first type, the message transmitter 1103 can automatically transmit a chat message requested to be sent from the first type of friend to the receiver. That is, the message transmission unit 1103 can transmit the chat message requested by the friend of the first type and the chat message requested by the friend of the second type without discrimination. However, in another embodiment, a configuration in which a chat message is transmitted for each type of friend may be separately implemented.

In addition, when the second type of friend transmits a chat message requested by the friend, the message transmitting unit 1103 can perform billing for the transmission. For example, the message transmission unit 1103 can match the predetermined amount of money to the friend of the second type corresponding to each transmission of the chat message requested by the friend of the second type. In another embodiment, the message transmission unit 1103 may check in real time the number of transmissions or the period of the amount paid in advance by the friend of the second type.

12 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a mobile terminal for performing an instant messaging service providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the mobile terminal 1200 will mainly describe a function of receiving a chat message transmitted from a first type of friend or a second type of friend. The above functions may correspond to some functions of the chat application installed in the mobile terminal 1200.

12, a mobile terminal 1200 includes a memory 1201 and may include a message receiver 1202, a caller type determination unit 1203, and a chat window display unit 1204. [

Memory 1201 mounts a chat application and stores a list of a plurality of buddies having at least one of a first type and a second type with respect to the chat application.

The message receiving unit 1202 receives the chat message from the message server via the wireless communication network.

The sender type determination unit 1203 determines whether the type of the sender of the chat message received by the message receiving unit 1202 is the first type or the second type. That is, the sender type determination unit 1203 can determine whether the sender is a first type of friend or a second type of friend, based on the sender information of the received chat message. The above determination may be made by the sender type determination unit 1203 reading the friend of the same identification information as the sender from the memory 1201 to determine which type is the first type or the second type. In another embodiment, if the message server inserts an identifier ('@') promised in advance to the sender information of the chat message requested by the friend of the second type, the sender type determination unit 1203 pre- It may be implemented by judging only whether or not the promised identifier is included.

The chat window display unit 1204 determines whether to overlay the user input window in the chat window displaying the chat message according to the type of the sender of the chat message, and based on the determination, Optionally overlay.

Accordingly, the chat window display unit 1204 determines that if the type of the sender of the chat message is the second type, it does not overlay the user input window in the chat window and sends a chat message between the user and the sender of the second type of friend A chat window can be displayed. Further, the chat display unit 1204 may further expose the chat window to additional information related to a caller who is a second type of friend.

13 is a view for explaining another configuration of a mobile terminal performing a method of providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, functions of the mobile terminal 1300 for recommending and managing friends of the first type and the second type through interworking with the message server will be mainly described. The above functions may correspond to some functions of the chat application installed in the mobile terminal 1200.

The message server may send a list of first type of friends and second type of friends to the mobile terminal. In addition, the message server may generate rank information of each friend based on at least one of a region of interest, a location, a friend's popularity, a friend number, a recommendation number, and beading information of a specific user.

The mobile terminal 1300 may include a list acquisition unit 1301, a friend sorting unit 1302, and a list display unit 1303.

The list acquisition unit 1301 may receive a recommendation list of a plurality of friends having at least one of the first type or the second type from the message server.

The friend sorting unit 1302 can receive ranking information of friends of the second type generated based on at least one of the user's interest area, location, friend's popularity, friend number, recommendation number and beading information from the message server . At this time, the friend sorting unit 1302 may receive ranking information of friends of the second type from the message server, and may receive information related to the user from the message server (e.g., interest area, location, And at least one of the number and the beading information), it is possible to directly generate the ranking information.

The list display unit 1303 can arrange the friends of the second type on the friend recommendation screen based on the ranking information of the friends of the second type and display the list reflecting the alignment on the screen.

Further, the mobile terminal may, as an embodiment, preferentially arrange in the friend list even after friend registration of the friend of the second type.

In this case, the mobile terminal can acquire a list of friends registered as a specific user and a friend from a message server or a memory, and obtain ranking information of friends of the second type among friends registered as friends in the list. The mobile terminal can sort the friends of the second type on the screen showing the list based on the ranking information of the friends of the second type, and display the list reflecting the sorting on the screen.

Figs. 14 to 20 show screen examples that can be provided by the mobile terminal of Fig.

14 and 15, the mobile terminal can provide screens for recommending friends.

In this case, the mobile terminal may receive a recommendation list of a plurality of friends having at least one of the first type or the second type from the message server, and obtain the ranking information of the friends of the second type among the friends of the recommendation list . Then, based on the obtained ranking information, the mobile terminal can arrange to allow the second type of friends to be preferentially exposed in the recommendation list.

14, the screen window 1400 is a screen for recommending the second type of friends from the message server. The mobile terminal may display a list of friends of the second type on the screen 1420 to increase the rank of a particular friend of the second type of friends or to expose it to the top 1410 of 1420. [

Referring to FIG. 15, the screen window 1500 is a screen for recommending friends of the first type and friends of the second type from the message server. As an example, the mobile terminal may expose the second type of friends at the top and expose the first type of friends at the bottom, such as 1520, based on the recommendation list received from the message server. In this case, the mobile terminal can be implemented by determining the types of friends included in the recommendation list and determining where to expose them.

Further, the user can register the friend of the second type desired by himself / herself as a friend by inputting the keyword. In this case, the message server can provide the search function as shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 16, the mobile terminal can transmit a keyword for searching for a friend of the second type to the message server, and as a result, receives information related to the friend of the second type received from the message server, can do. At this time, the message server can provide a specific identifier ('@') for quick search when searching for a keyword. The identifier may be an identifier ('@') for identifying friends of the second type, and may, according to an embodiment, be included directly in the identification information corresponding to the second type of friends, Element. ≪ / RTI >

As a result of the keyword search, the mobile terminal may display information related to the second type of friend received from the message server on the screen 1610. [ Screen 1610 may include at least one of a portion 1611 for introducing a second type of friend, a button 1612 for requesting the addition of a friend, and a portion 1613 capable of marketing in relation to a second type of friend have.

The mobile terminal can request the message server to add a friend to the second type of friend selected by the user through the screens of FIGS.

When the friend registration is completed, the mobile terminal can display a popup window 1710 indicating that the friend addition is completed on the screen 1700 of Fig. 17 as an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 17, the pop-up window 1710 can provide a function of notifying that the addition of a friend is completed as well as receiving a user's additional information. For example, the additional information may be an area of interest. Such additional information may be registered in the message server, and may be referred to when a second type of friend sends a chat message to the user. The mobile terminal can display a screen 1800 for registering the user's area of interest in the message server. The screen 1800 may include a function 1830 for searching a region of interest by a user, or a function 1830 for selecting from a list.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal can further provide several screens related to friend registration.

Referring to FIG. 19, a mobile terminal may implement a screen for setting a friend management as a screen 1900 as an embodiment. Screen 1900 can provide, among user's friends, a function 1910 that shows the entire list of friends of the first type, and a function 1920 that shows the entire list of friends of the second type.

When the function 1920 of displaying the entire list of friends of the second type is executed, the mobile terminal can configure an entire list of friends of the second type as a screen 2000 as an embodiment. Here, in the screen 2000, the mobile terminal may arrange the second type of friends in the name order, registration order, or on the basis of the ranking information described above.

21 is a view for explaining a process in which a mobile terminal receives a chat message in a method for providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention. The above method can be executed by the chat program of the mobile terminal.

Referring to FIG. 21, in step 2100, the mobile terminal stores a list of a plurality of friends having at least one of a first type and a second type in a memory.

In step 2110, the mobile terminal receives a chat message from the message server through the wireless communication network.

The mobile terminal determines in step 2120 whether the type of the sender of the received chat message is the second type.

If the caller's type is of the second type, the mobile terminal determines in step 2130 not to overlay the user input window in the chat window displaying the chat message.

If the sender's type is not of the first type, the mobile terminal, in step 2140, decides to overlay the user input window in the chat window displaying the chat message.

The mobile terminal selectively overlaid the user input window in the chat window in step 2150, based on the determination of step 2130 or step 2140. [

At this time, in step 2120, determining whether the type of the sender is the second type may be checked based on the identifier included in the sender information of the chat message. For example, it is determined whether or not the sender information includes an identifier ('@').

Further, the mobile terminal may expose additional information such as at least one of the sender's homepage access link, photo, introductory text, video, ranking information, and the number of people who are friends with the sender to the chat window or other window . The mobile terminal may also provide a function of recommending a second type of friend to another user.

22 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a mobile terminal receives a recommendation of a second type of friends from a message server in a method of providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

22, in step 2200, the mobile terminal may receive a recommendation list of a plurality of friends having at least one of a first type or a second type from the message server.

The mobile terminal can receive ranking information of the second type of friends generated based on at least one of the interest area, the location, the friend's popularity, the number of friends, the recommendation number and the beading information of the specific user in step 2210.

The mobile terminal can preferentially recommend the second type of friends on the friend recommendation screen based on the received ranking information in step 2220. [ That is, the mobile terminal can arrange the second type of friends to be located at the top of the screen than the first type of friends based on the ranking information, and display the friend recommendation screen reflecting the sorted results. The alignment herein may be implemented by aligning the entire group of friends of the second type to the top or ranking the rank of each of the second type of friends, according to an embodiment.

In step 2230, the mobile terminal may request the message server to add a friend selected by the user on the friend recommendation screen.

After adding the friend, the mobile terminal can preferentially list the second type of friends in the friend list registered as the friend and the friend. That is, the mobile terminal obtains a list of friends registered as a friend and a friend from a memory or a message server, and obtains rank information of friends of the second type among the friends. In this case, the mobile terminal can display the rank of the second type of friends or display them separately on the screen showing the list of friends based on the ranking information of the friends of the second type. Thus, in the list of friends registered as a user and a friend, the second type of friends can be listed separately or preferentially exposed, so that the user can easily find the second type of friends.

23 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a message server processes the origination of a chat message of a friend of a second type in a method of providing an instant messaging service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 23, in step 2300, the message server may store a list of a plurality of friends having at least one of a first type or a second type for each of a plurality of users.

In step 2310, the message server may receive an outgoing request for a chat message from a friend of a first type or a second type.

At this time, the chat message requested to be originated from the friend of the second type may include at least one of video, coupon information, event information, advertisement information, and a voting interface.

The message server may determine in step 2320 whether the second type of friend is sending a message.

If the second type of friend does not originate a message, the message server may send a chat message to the recipient of the chat message in step 2330.

However, if the second type of friend is a message originator, the message server determines in step 2340 whether the second type of friend and friend are registered as location information, interest area, connection status, connection count, The recipients of the chat message may be selected among those users based on at least one of the number and the number of message browsing.

In step 2350, the message server may send a chat message to the recipients selected in step 2340. In step 2360, the message server may further perform the charging for the transmission in step 2350.

In the embodiment of FIG. 23, the message server is configured to process a chat message requested by a friend of a first type and a chat message requested by a friend of a second type at a time. However, according to the embodiment, The message server can exist in a configuration independent of each other. In this case, the message server may be configured as in the case of FIG. 11, and steps 2320 and 2330 may not be performed.

The methods according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions 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.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. This is possible. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims.

Claims (11)

delete A method for providing an instant messaging service performed by a user terminal,
Receiving a chat message through a chat application from a friend corresponding to a type of one of the first type of friend registered by the user and the second type of friend; And
If the sender of the received chat message is a friend of the user's second type, providing additional information about a second type of friend
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Wherein the first type of friend and the second type of friend are distinguished according to a previously promised identifier indicating that the friend is a second type of friend,
Wherein the second type of friend forwards the chat message to the user unilaterally,
The chat application,
The user can answer the chat message delivered by the friend of the first type but can not answer the chat message delivered by the friend of the second type,
The chat application,
And does not overlay a user input window for creating a chat message in response to the chat message delivered by the second type of friend on the chat window. 3. The method of claim 2,
If the sender of the received chat message is a friend of the second type of user, additional information including the content registered by the friend of the second type or the number of persons registering the friend of the second type as a friend, Step through the chat window of
The instant messaging service providing method comprising: delete delete 3. The method of claim 2,
The chat application,
Providing a recommendation area for registering a friend of the first type and a friend of the second type as a friend to the user,
Wherein the recommendation area is displayed at the top of the second type of friend than the first type of friend. 3. The method of claim 2,
The chat application,
Providing a list for recommending the second type of friends the user can register as a friend,
In the list,
And a name of the second type of friend and an image or text registered by the friend of the second type. A method for providing an instant messaging service performed by a message server,
Identifying a chat message created by a first type of friend or a second type of friend registered by the user;
Providing the chat message to a user terminal installed with a chat application
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Wherein the first type of friend and the second type of friend are distinguished according to a previously promised identifier indicating that the friend is a second type of friend,
The chat application,
If the chat message is created by a friend of the second type, providing additional information about the friend of the second type through a chat window,
Wherein the second type of friend forwards the chat message to the user unilaterally,
The chat application,
The user can reply to the chat message delivered by the friend of the first type but not allow the user to answer the chat message delivered by the friend of the second type,
The chat application,
And does not overlay a user input window for creating a chat message in response to the chat message delivered by the second type of friend on the chat window. 1. A message server for performing an instant messaging service providing method,
Wherein the message server comprises at least one processor,
The processor comprising:
Identifying a chat message created by a friend of a first type registered by a user or a friend of a second type and providing the chat message to a user terminal installed with a chat application for displaying the chat message,
Wherein the first type of friend and the second type of friend are distinguished according to a previously promised identifier indicating that the friend is a second type of friend,
The chat application,
If the chat message is created by a friend of the second type, providing additional information about the friend of the second type through a chat window,
Wherein the second type of friend forwards the chat message to the user unilaterally,
The chat application,
The user can reply to the chat message delivered by the friend of the first type but not allow the user to answer the chat message delivered by the friend of the second type,
The chat application,
And does not overlay a user input window for creating a chat message responded to by the user on a chat message delivered by the friend of the second type. delete delete

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