KR101954802B1 - System for providing presence infromation audio data, apparatus and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a presence information providing system using audio data, an apparatus therefor and a method therefor. The present invention relates to a presence information providing system for generating presence information Storing presence information and corresponding audio data according to a terminal setup request message and receiving an information request message for requesting presence information of a first terminal from a second terminal to transmit presence information and corresponding audio data to a second terminal And a second terminal for transmitting the information request message and receiving the presence information and the corresponding audio data, and outputting the presence information. The present invention provides a presence information providing system using audio data. According to the present invention, presence information can be provided intuitively by providing the presence information of a user through audio data. A user can intuitively provide presence information, and a new user experience (UX, user experience). Accordingly, there is an advantage that the use of the application providing the service using the presence information can be increased.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a presence information providing system using audio data,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for providing presence information, an apparatus therefor, and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a presence information providing system capable of providing presence information through audio data, .

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

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

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

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

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

In addition, such a message service provides a presence service. The presence service is a service for notifying other interested users of the connection state by grasping the current connection state of a specific user terminal, that is, the log on / off state. Such conventional presence services are provided in simple text.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0690319 B1, February 27, 2007 Announcement (Name: Playlist Generation System and Method Thereof in Client Server Architecture)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system capable of providing presence information more intuitively using audio data, an apparatus therefor, and a method therefor.

In order to achieve the above object, the presence information providing system using audio data according to the first embodiment of the present invention is configured to set audio data to be provided as a background sound when the presence information is outputted while being associated with the presence information and the presence information Storing presence information and audio data according to a setup request message and a first terminal generating and transmitting a request message for establishing a presence and receiving an information request message for requesting presence information of a first terminal from a second terminal, And a presence server for receiving the presence information and the audio data for the first terminal by transmitting an information request message to the presence server and storing the presence information and the audio data for the first terminal, When outputting the presence information, O and a second terminal for outputting the data in the background sound.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a presence information providing system using audio data according to the second embodiment of the present invention, which is connected to a sound source providing apparatus, A first terminal for generating and transmitting a setup request message to provide selected audio data as a background sound when outputting presence information, and a sound source for providing location information of audio data selected according to a setup request message of the first terminal to a presence service apparatus, A presence server for providing presence information of the first terminal and audio data provided from the sound source providing apparatus according to a request of the providing apparatus and the second terminal and audio data corresponding to the position information provided from the presence server, From the providing apparatus And a second terminal for receiving the presence information of the first terminal provided from the presence service apparatus and outputting the presence information.

In order to achieve the above object, the presence service apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a presence server, which is associated with the presence information and the presence information from the first terminal, And stores the presence information and the audio data according to a setup request message, and transmits the presence information and the audio data according to the information request message to the presence server, And a controller for transmitting the information and audio data to the second terminal.

Here, the controller may map the audio data that can represent the location if the presence information of the first terminal is a location.

In addition, when the presence information of the first terminal is an emotion, the controller may map the audio data expressing the emotion.

In addition, when the presence information of the first terminal is busy, the control unit can map the audio data of the tempo proportional to the degree of busy.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a presence service apparatus including a communication unit for communicating with a first terminal, a second terminal, and a sound source providing apparatus, A storage unit for storing location information of audio data to be output as a background sound in outputting information, and location information of audio data outputted together with presence information from the sound source providing apparatus, and storing the location information in response to an information request message of the second terminal And a controller for providing location information of audio data to be output together with presence information and presence information of the first terminal stored in the second terminal to the second terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sound source providing apparatus including a communication unit for communication with a first terminal, a second terminal and a presence service apparatus, and a storage unit storing one or more audio data A search unit for searching at least one piece of audio data associated with the presence information of the first terminal from the storage unit and providing the at least one piece of audio data to the first terminal in response to a request from the first terminal, And a sound source providing unit for transmitting the audio data corresponding to the requested location information to the second terminal according to a request from the second terminal, the control unit controlling the location information of the audio data selected by the first terminal to be transmitted to the presence service apparatus do.

Here, the search unit of the sound source providing apparatus described above may provide an audio data search result matching the search word transmitted together with the search request message of the first terminal. In addition, the presence information of the first terminal may be received from the presence service apparatus, and audio data suitable for representing the presence information may be searched and provided based on the received presence information.

 Here, if the presence information transmitted from the presence service apparatus is a location, it may provide one or more audio data for representing a location.

In addition, if the presence information transmitted from the presence service device is an emotion, it may provide one or more audio data suitable for expressing the emotion.

Furthermore, if the presence information transmitted from the presence service device is busy, one or more audio data having a tempo proportional to the degree of busy can be provided.

As described above, in order to achieve the object of the first embodiment, the first terminal includes a first communication unit for communicating with the presence service apparatus, a first communication unit for associating the presence information and the presence information with the audio data And a first controller for requesting to set presence information by transmitting the generated setup request message to the presence server through the first communication unit.

Here, when the presence information is the position, the audio data related to the position may be selected so as to express the position of the audio data.

In addition, when the presence information is an emotion, audio data representing an emotion may be selected so that the emotion is represented in the audio data.

Furthermore, when the presence information is busy, the audio data can be selected according to the tempo proportional to the degree of busy.

As described above, in order to achieve the object of the second embodiment, the first terminal is connected to the first communication unit and the sound source providing apparatus for communication with the presence service apparatus and the sound source providing apparatus, and searches the audio data to be output together with the presence information And a controller for selecting one of the audio data from the search results and outputting the audio data as a background sound when outputting the presence information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a second terminal, comprising: a second communication unit for transmitting an information request message for requesting presence information of a specific terminal to a presence service apparatus; And a second output unit for receiving and storing audio data to be output together with the presence information and presence information of the specific terminal from the presence service apparatus through the second communication unit and outputting the presence information of the specific terminal according to the user selection, And a second control unit for controlling the audio data corresponding to the presence information to be output as a background sound through the second output unit.

In order to achieve the above object, a second terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes a second communication unit for communication with a presence service apparatus and a sound source providing apparatus, a second output unit for outputting audio data, Upon receiving the presence information of the first terminal and the location information of the audio data to be output together with the presence information from the service device, the audio data is received from the sound source providing device based on the received location information, And outputting the received audio data as a background sound upon output.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing presence information using audio data according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The method includes providing presence information related to presence information and presence information, Generating a setup request message requesting to set up audio data and transmitting the setup request message to the presence service apparatus; storing the presence information and the audio data according to the setup request message; Transmitting presence information and audio data to a second terminal when receiving an information request message requesting presence information of the first terminal, outputting corresponding audio data as a background sound when the second terminal outputs the presence information, .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing presence information using audio data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which includes: transmitting, by a second terminal, an information request message requesting presence information of a specific terminal to a presence service apparatus Receiving and storing audio data corresponding to the presence information and the presence information of a specific terminal from the presence service apparatus, and storing the received audio data when the presence information of the specific terminal is output according to user selection; And outputting the data together with the background sound.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing presence information using audio data according to a second embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of: Searching for one or more pieces of audio data related to the presence information of the first terminal according to a search request of the first terminal and providing the one or more pieces of audio data to the first terminal according to the search request of the first terminal, Receiving a request for setting audio data to be provided as a background sound in outputting presence information together with selection information of audio data from the terminal, and transmitting the location information of the selected audio data to the presence service device And a step of transmitting the music providing device from the presence service device Jeunseu information and receiving audio data request message from the second terminal receives the position information of the audio data, and includes the step of providing the audio data corresponding to the location information to the second terminal.

In addition, the step of searching for one or more audio data and providing the one or more audio data to the first terminal may further include the step of receiving the presence information of the first terminal from the presence service apparatus and searching for audio data based on the received presence information .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing presence information using audio data according to a second embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: transmitting, by a second terminal, an information request message requesting presence information of a specific terminal to a presence service apparatus Receiving and storing location information of audio data to be provided as a background sound in outputting the presence information and presence information of a specific terminal from the presence service apparatus and storing the location information of the audio data to be provided to the second terminal from the sound source providing apparatus Receiving and storing the audio data, and outputting the audio data as a background sound when the presence information of the specific terminal is output.

In addition, the present invention can provide a computer-readable recording medium for executing the above-described presence information providing method using audio data.

According to the present invention, the presence information can be intuitively provided by providing the presence information of the user through the audio data, and the user can enjoy the new user experience UX, User eXperience). Accordingly, there is an advantage that the use of the application providing the service using the presence information can be increased.

In addition, a list of one or more pieces of audio data that can be output together with the presence information is provided, thereby making it easier to select audio data for indicating presence information.

1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment for explaining a presence information providing system using audio data according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a second embodiment for explaining a presence information providing system using audio data according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a presence service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram for explaining a sound source providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram illustrating a first terminal for providing presence information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram illustrating a second terminal for providing presence information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information of a system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information of a system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information of a first terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information of a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating a presence information providing system using audio data according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system of the present invention includes a first terminal 100, a second terminal 200, and a presence service apparatus 300.

The first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 can access the presence service apparatus 300 through the network and the presence service apparatus 300 can access the connected first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200, To provide presence services. The presence service means a service providing presence information of another user in a group of users registered as " buddy ", i.e., presence information. Here, the " presence information " may basically include information on whether or not the other party is connected, the location of the other party, availability of communication, mood, and the like. The presence information of the first terminal 100 or the second terminal 200 may be information on the first terminal 100 or the second terminal 200 itself, And may be information on the user of the terminal 100 or the second terminal 200. [

The first terminal 100 will be described as an apparatus for providing presence information and the second terminal 200 will be connected to the presence service apparatus 300 and connected to the first terminal 200. [ The presence information of the user. The presence service apparatus 300 may provide the presence information of the first terminal 100 to the second terminal 200. [ According to an embodiment of the present invention, the presence information of the first terminal 100 is provided to the second terminal 200 as audio data instead of the general text, and the second terminal 200 provides presence information Information can be output (reproduced). Therefore, the user of the second terminal 100 can experience a new user experience (UX) that intuitively recognizes the presence information through audio instead of the existing simple text. Such audio will typically be able to use music files. However, in addition to music files, audio files or music files authored by the user, video files, animations, and the like can be illustrated.

Meanwhile, it should be understood that the first terminal 100 and the second terminal are separately described for convenience of explanation, but may be reversed depending on the situation of providing presence information.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a presence information providing system using audio data according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the first embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that a portion for processing presence information and a portion for processing audio data to be outputted as a background sound in outputting presence information are separated from the first embodiment. do.

It is to be understood that the parts omitted from the description of the second embodiment can be applied in the same manner as the first embodiment.

2, the system of the present invention includes a first terminal 100, a second terminal 200, a presence service device 300, and a sound source providing device 400, which are directly and indirectly connected through a network can do.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 can select and set audio data for displaying presence information among at least one audio data provided from the sound source providing apparatus 400, 200 receives the location information of the audio data together with the presence information from the presence service device 300 and acquires the audio data to be output as the background sound upon outputting the presence information from the sound source providing device 400 based on the received location information can do.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the presence service apparatus 300 includes presence information for the first terminal 100 and presence information of the first terminal 100 received from the sound source providing apparatus 400 Stores location information of audio data, and provides location information of stored presence information and audio data according to a request of the second terminal 200.

The sound source providing apparatus 400 stores one or more audio data, searches for and provides one or more audio data capable of representing presence information according to a search request message of the first terminal 100, And provides audio data corresponding to positional information of audio data capable of expressing presence information according to a request.

Next, each apparatus for constructing the presence information providing system according to the first and second embodiments will be described in more detail.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a presence service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, the presence service apparatus 300 includes a communication unit 310, an authentication unit 320, a storage unit 330, and a control unit 340. The communication unit 310 transmits and receives data to and from the first terminal 100, the second terminal 200, and the sound source providing apparatus 400 via a network. This data includes an information request message or a configuration request message. The communication unit 310 may further include a function of processing data according to the type of the network and the protocol applied to the network.

The authentication unit 320 is a means for determining whether or not a user is a registered user, and registers the user by a registration procedure. Each time the first and second terminals 100 and 200 access the presence service apparatus 300, the authentication unit 320 can perform user authentication using the authentication information of the user input by the user at the time of user registration have. For example, the authentication information may include a user's ID (Identification) and a corresponding password.

The storage unit 330 stores information on a plurality of terminals and presence information mapped to each terminal. In particular, audio data set according to each presence information can be stored. The storage format of the storage unit 330 may be stored according to a file system or may be stored according to a database system. In addition, the storage unit 330 may store location information of audio data set to display the presence information.

The control unit 340 performs the presence information service according to the present invention at the request of the first terminal 100, the second terminal 200 or the sound source providing apparatus 400 connected through the communication unit 310. That is, when the control unit 340 receives the setup request message transmitted from the first terminal 100 through the communication unit 310, the control unit 340 sets the presence information of the first terminal 100 according to the received setup request message , And maps the audio data according to the preset presence information. When the control unit 340 receives the information request message transmitted by the second terminal 200 through the communication unit 310, the control unit 340 notifies the presence information of the first terminal 100, together with the presence information of the first terminal 100, 1 audio data of the terminal 100 to the second terminal 200 through the communication unit 310. [

According to a specific embodiment, when the presence information indicates the location of the first terminal 100 or the first terminal 100, the music associated with the location may be mapped to represent the location. For example, if the presence information is Spanish, typical Spanish-related music may be mapped to audio data. Also, if presence information is located in Busan, typical Busan related music can be mapped to audio data. Typical Busan related music can be music such as "Come back to Busan Harbor".

At this time, the location information may be provided by the location information receiving unit 150 of the first terminal or the location information acquired by the first terminal using the plurality of base stations.

According to another embodiment, when the presence information indicates the mood of the user of the first terminal 100, music that can express the mood of the user may be mapped so that the mood of the user is expressed. Table 1 below illustrates a method of setting audio data corresponding to presence information according to the second embodiment.

Presence information Audio data Pleasant feeling Music 1 (music in a pleasant atmosphere) ... ... blues Music 2 (melancholy music)

As shown in Table 1, when the first terminal 100 presence information is set to " pleasant mood ", the audio data representing the presence information can be mapped in a pleasant atmosphere, and the first terminal 100 ) If the presence information of the user is set to " melancholy mood ", " melancholic music " can be mapped.

According to another embodiment, the presence information of the first terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention can be stored by normalizing the degree of busy. If the presence information normalizes and expresses the degree of busy of the user, music having a tempo that can appropriately express the degree of busy can be mapped.

Table 2 below illustrates audio data for expressing the degree of user's busy according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Presence information (busy) Music Tempo Very busy 7 busyness 6 A little busy 5 Normal 4 A little free 3 Free 2 Very free One

Presence information can be set by normalizing the quickness to "very busy", "busy", "a little busy", "normal", "a little free", "free" and "very free" . In this case, if a specific music is selected as the audio data corresponding to the presence information, the tempo of the music is adjusted to 1 to 7 according to the presence information, as shown in Table 2, and can be included in the setting request message. At this time, 1 is the slowest tempo and 7 is the fastest tempo.

In addition, the control unit 340 can automatically map the audio data according to the presence information of the first terminal, provide one or more audio data corresponding to the presence information to the first terminal, You can also map data and presence information.

Meanwhile, the control unit 340 according to the second embodiment can receive and set location information of the audio data from the sound source providing apparatus 400 instead of the audio data set to display the presence information. In this case, the control unit 340 provides the location information of the audio data together with the presence information of the first terminal 100 to the second terminal 200, and the second terminal 200 receiving the location information transmits the location information of the audio data to the sound source providing apparatus 400 ) And receive audio data corresponding to the position information.

4 is a block diagram for explaining a sound source providing apparatus 400 included in the presence information providing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

4, the sound source providing apparatus 400 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 410, a search unit 420, a storage unit 430, a sound source providing unit 440, a controller 450 ) Configuration.

The communication unit 410 transmits and receives data to and from the first terminal 100, the second terminal 200 and the presence service apparatus 300 via a network. At this time, the communication unit 410 has a function of processing data in accordance with a network type or a protocol applied to the network As shown in FIG. This data includes an information request message or a configuration request message.

The storage unit 430 may store various audio data representing presence information of the terminal. At this time, the storage format of audio data can be stored in a file system or a database system. Here, the storage unit 430 may further store a header file containing information such as title, composer, album, year, description, genre, bit rate information, sampling rate information, channel information, have. In addition, information related to the presence information can be added to the header file.

The search unit 420 may search the audio data of the storage unit 430 according to a request from the first terminal 100. At this time, the keyword input from the input unit 130 of the first terminal 100 can be used. In another embodiment, the search unit 420 receives the presence information of the first terminal 100 from the presence service apparatus 300 through the communication unit 410 and receives one or more relevant audio data based on the received presence information You can search.

For example, if the presence information is location, emotion, or busy, information such as the title, the lyrics, and the tempo stored in the header file of the storage unit 430 may be retrieved based on one or more of the position, So that it is possible to retrieve audio data suitable for expressing the presence information.

The sound source providing unit 440 searches the storage unit 430 for the audio data corresponding to the position information received by the second terminal 200 according to the request of the second terminal 200 and transmits the audio data through the communication unit 410 To the second terminal (200). At this time, audio data can be transmitted in a streaming manner.

The control unit 450 can control the overall operation of the communication unit 410, the search unit 420, and the tone generator 440. In particular, in response to the setup request message transmitted from the first terminal 100, the search unit 420 is provided to search for related audio data, and the audio data selected by the first terminal 100 among the one or more audio data And transmits the location information to the presence service device 300.

The sound source providing apparatus 400 configured as described above manages one or more audio data that can be output as a background sound for expressing presence information, that is, outputting presence information, And can provide audio data to be a background sound when the presence information of the first terminal 100 is output from the second terminal 200. [

5 is a diagram illustrating a first terminal for providing presence information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5, a first terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first communication unit 110, a first output unit 120, a first input unit 130, a first storage unit 140, A position information receiving unit 150, and a first control unit 160.

The first communication unit 110 is for accessing the presence service apparatus 300 through the network and setting the presence information of the first terminal 100. The first communication unit 110 may transmit the presence information to be set to the presence service apparatus 300 under the control of the first control unit 160. Also, the first communication unit 110 may transmit the audio data itself corresponding to the presence information to be set, or the identification information on the audio data.

In addition, according to the second embodiment, the first communication unit 110 can receive audio data from the sound source providing apparatus 400 and, in accordance with the control of the first control unit 160, A setup request message can be transmitted.

The first output unit 120 is a unit for outputting information generated according to the use of the first terminal 100 so that the user can recognize the information through visual, auditory, or tactile sense. The first output unit 120 may include a display device for outputting visual information, an audio device for outputting auditory information, a haptic device for outputting tactile information, and the like. The display device may be a touch screen. When the display device is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display device may perform some or all of the functions of the first input device 130. An audio device may represent a speaker typically. The haptic device may be a motor or the like that outputs vibration.

The first input unit 130 may include a plurality of input keys and function keys for receiving numeric or character information and setting various functions, for receiving at least one of command, selection, data, and information of the user. have. The first input unit 130 senses a key input of the user and transmits an input signal corresponding to the sensed key input to the first control unit 160. The first input unit 130 may be an input device such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The first storage unit 140 is an apparatus for storing data, and includes a main storage unit and an auxiliary storage unit. The first storage unit 140 may store an operating system (OS), applications, and the like. In particular, the first storage unit 140 stores an application for providing presence information according to an embodiment of the present invention (abbreviated as "presence application"). Here, the application for providing the presence information may represent an address book, an instant messenger, and the like representatively. The first storage unit 140 may store various kinds of data generated according to the use of the first terminal 100 by the user. Each kind of data stored in the first storage unit 140 can be deleted, changed, or added according to a user's operation.

The position information receiving unit 150 is a means for receiving the current position information of the first terminal 100. The position information receiving unit 150 receives the GPS signal from the GPS satellite and transmits the received GPS signal to the first controller 160.

The first control unit 160 may be a process unit that actually operates the operating system. For example, the first controller 160 may be a central processing unit (CPU). When the first terminal 100 is powered on, the first control unit 160 moves the operating system from the auxiliary storage unit of the first storage unit 140 to the main storage unit, ).

If there is a user's request through the first input unit 130, the first control unit 160 generates a setup request message to set the presence information, and transmits the generated setup request message to the first communication unit 110 through the first communication unit 110 To the presence service device 300. Then, according to the setup request message, the presence information of the first terminal 100 can be set.

Particularly, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the setup request message includes presence information of the first terminal 100, information for specifying and setting audio data corresponding to the presence information (hereinafter referred to as " audio information " ) May be included. This information may be the corresponding audio data itself or an identifier of the audio data.

According to a specific embodiment, if the presence information indicates the location of the first terminal 100 or the user of the first terminal 100, the music associated with the location may be selected to represent the location. For example, if the user of the first terminal 100 is located in Spain, typical Spanish-related music may be selected as audio data. Also, if the user is located in Busan, typical Busan related music can be selected as audio data. Typical Busan related music can be music such as "Come back to Busan Harbor".

According to another embodiment, if the presence information indicates the mood of the user of the first terminal 100, music capable of representing the mood of the user may be selected so that the mood of the user is expressed. As shown in Table 1, when the presence information of the user of the first terminal 100 is set to " pleasant mood ", audio data expressing presence information can be selected in a pleasant atmosphere, When the presence information of the user of the portable terminal 100 is set to " melancholic mood ", " melancholic music "

According to another embodiment, the presence information according to the embodiment of the present invention can normalize and input the busy level of the first terminal 100 user. When the presence information normalizes the busy level of the user of the first terminal 100, the tempo of the music can be adjusted so that the degree of busy can be appropriately expressed.

Presence information can be set by normalizing the quickness to "very busy", "busy", "a little busy", "normal", "a little free", "free" and "very free" . In this case, if a specific music is selected as the audio data corresponding to the presence information, the tempo of the music is adjusted to 1 to 7 according to the presence information, as shown in Table 2, and can be included in the setting request message. At this time, 1 is the slowest tempo and 7 is the fastest tempo.

When the user inputs both the presence information and the corresponding audio data through the first input unit 130, the first control unit 160 generates a setup request message according to the input of the setup request message ≪ / RTI >

When the user inputs only the presence information through the first input unit 130, the first control unit 160 detects the input and generates a setup request message corresponding to the presence information, It is possible to retrieve the audio data from the audio data stored in the first storage unit 140 and then include the corresponding audio data.

In addition, the generation of the setup request message can all be generated automatically. In the case of the first embodiment, when the position information is changed, the first controller 160 receives the position information (GPS signal) changed from the position information receiver 150, recognizes the position, Accordingly, it is possible to change the presence information, retrieve the corresponding audio data from the audio data stored in the first storage unit 140, and then include the corresponding audio data. Meanwhile, although the position information of the position information receiving unit 150 is described as being used, the present invention is not limited thereto, and position information may be obtained using a plurality of base stations. In this case, the location information can be obtained through the first communication unit 110.

The first controller 160 may retrieve necessary information from the header of the audio data when searching for the audio data corresponding to the presence information in the first storage unit 140. For example, the header of the audio data includes information such as title, composer, album, year, description, genre, bit rate information, sampling rate information, channel information, producer, and description of music. Accordingly, the first controller 160 can search for necessary music through this information.

As described above, when audio information corresponding to the presence information is included together with the presence information, when the presence service device 300 requests presence information of the first terminal 100 by the other terminals, And provides the corresponding audio data together with the presence information so that the presence information of the terminal 100 can be expressed through the audio data.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the first controller 160 selects one of the audio data provided from the sound source providing apparatus 300 through the first input unit 130, together with the presence information, And may transmit a message requesting the setting of the selected audio data to the sound source providing apparatus 300. [

6 is a view for explaining a second terminal for providing presence information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a second terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a second communication unit 210, a second output unit 220, a second input unit 230, a second storage unit 240, And a second controller 250.

The second communication unit 210 is for accessing the presence service apparatus 300 through the network and communicating with the presence service apparatus 300. The second communication unit 210 requests the presence information of the first terminal 100 and acquires the presence information of the first terminal 100 under the control of the second controller 250. [ At this time, the second communication unit 210 may receive the presence information of the first terminal 100 and the audio data corresponding to the presence information.

The second output unit 220 is basically a means for outputting information generated according to the use of the second terminal 200 so that the user can recognize the information through visual, auditory, or tactile sense. The second output unit 220 may include a display device for outputting visual information, an audio device for outputting auditory information, a haptic device for outputting tactile information, and the like. The display device may be a touch screen. If the display device is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display device may perform some or all of the functions of the second input portion 230. An audio device may represent a speaker typically. Accordingly, the second output unit 220 may output the presence information of a specific terminal (e.g., the first terminal 100) through the audio device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The haptic device may be a motor or the like that outputs vibration.

The second input unit 230 may include a plurality of input keys and function keys for receiving numeric or character information and setting various functions, for receiving at least one of a command, selection, data, and information of a user. have. The second input unit 230 senses a key input of the user and transmits an input signal corresponding to the sensed key input to the second control unit 250. The second input unit 230 may be an input device such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The second storage unit 240 is an apparatus for storing data, and includes a main storage unit and an auxiliary storage unit. The second storage unit 240 may store an operating system (OS), applications, and the like. In particular, the second storage unit 240 stores an application for providing presence information according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the second storage unit 240 may store various kinds of data generated according to the use of the second terminal 200 by the user. Each kind of data stored in the second storage unit 240 can be deleted, changed or added according to the user's operation.

The second control unit 250 may be a process unit that actually operates the operating system. For example, the second controller 250 may be a central processing unit (CPU). When the first terminal 100 is powered on, the second control unit 250 moves the operating system from the auxiliary storage unit of the second storage unit 240 to the main storage unit, and then performs booting ). Then, if there is a request through the second input 230 of the user, an application may be executed to provide the presence information. If there is a request from the user through the second input unit 230, the second controller 250 generates an information request message to request the presence information of the specific terminal, and transmits the generated information request message to the second communication unit 210 To the presence service device 300 via the Internet. Then, the requesting target terminal is specified in the information request message. For example, if the second terminal 200 requests the presence information of the first terminal 100 through the information request message, the presence server 300 transmits the presence information of the first terminal 100 If the audio information corresponding to the presence information of the first terminal 100 is set, the audio information or the location information thereof may be provided so as to be expressed through the audio.

The second control unit 250 receives the presence information and the corresponding audio data through the second communication unit 210 and outputs the same via the second output unit 220. [

According to a specific embodiment, when the presence information indicates the location of the first terminal 100 user, music capable of appropriately expressing the location can be output. For example, if the user of the first terminal 100 is located in Spain, typical Spanish-related music may be output as audio data corresponding to the presence information.

According to another embodiment, when the presence information indicates the mood of the user of the first terminal 100, music capable of appropriately indicating the mood of the user can be output. Referring to Table 1, when the presence information of the user of the first terminal 100 is set to " pleasant mood ", music of pleasant atmosphere can be outputted, and presence information of the user of the first terminal 100 is " Mood ", " melancholic music " can be output.

According to another embodiment, if the presence information of the first terminal 100 indicates the busy level of the user of the first terminal 100, audio data having a tempo appropriately indicating the degree of busyness may be output. Referring to Table 2, when the presence information is set to any one of "very busy", "busy", "a little busy", "normal", "little free", "free" The tempo of the audio data can be adjusted to 1 to 7 and output. Meanwhile, according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the second controller 250 receives the presence information and the presence information of the first terminal from the presence service apparatus 300 through the second communication unit 210 The location information of the audio data is received and the audio data corresponding to the received location information is requested to the sound source providing apparatus 400 and then transmitted through the second output unit 220. [

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information of a system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the first terminal 100 accesses the presence service apparatus 300 in step S105. In step S110, the first terminal 100 transmits a setup request message requesting to set up its own presence information and audio data representing presence information To the presence service device (300).

Upon receiving the setup request message, the presence service device 300 maps and stores the presence information of the first terminal 100 and the audio data representing the presence information of the first terminal 100 in step S115.

In response to the user's request, the second terminal 200 executes an application (presence application) using the presence information in step S120. Here, the application using the presence information may represent an address book, an instant messenger, and the like representatively. The presence application can display users belonging to a user group called so-called buddy. The display of such user groups may vary according to the design of the user interface (UI), and illustratively, each user may be identified using an icon.

Here, it is assumed that a user of the second terminal 200 selects a user of the first terminal 100 among a plurality of user groups. Then, the second terminal 200 detects the selection in step S125 and transmits an information request message for requesting the presence information of the first terminal 100 in step S130.

Upon receiving the request for the presence information, the presence service device 300 determines whether there is audio data corresponding to the presence information of the first terminal 100 in step S135. If the audio data representing the presence information of the first terminal 100 is set as described above, the presence service apparatus 300 transmits the audio data representing the presence information and the presence information to the second terminal 200 .

Next, the second terminal 200 receiving the audio data representing the presence information and the presence information of the first terminal 100 outputs the audio data representing the presence information in step S145. Accordingly, the user of the second terminal 200 intuitively recognizes the presence information of the first terminal 100.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step S205, the first terminal 100 may access the sound source providing apparatus 400 through a network, and request the search of the audio data in step S210.

In response to the audio data search request, the sound source providing apparatus 400 searches the audio data stored in the storage unit 430 in step S215. At this time, the search may be performed based on the keyword transmitted together with the request message of the first terminal 100, and the presence information transmitted from the presence service apparatus 400. Here, in retrieving the audio data based on the presence information, information of the header of the audio data can be used.

In step S220, the sound source search apparatus 400 provides the audio data search result to the first terminal 100. Upon receiving the audio data search result, the first terminal 100 receives the audio data search result through the first output unit 120 in step S225. And transmits the setting request message for the selected audio data to the sound source providing apparatus 400 through the first input unit 130 after outputting the result to the user.

In step S230, the sound source providing apparatus 400 receives the audio data setting request message and searches the location information of the audio data requested by the user in step S230 and provides the location information to the presence service apparatus 300. [ At this time, the presence service apparatus 300 may map the location information of the audio data to the presence information of the first terminal 100 and store the same in the storage unit 330.

Meanwhile, in response to the user's request, the second terminal 200 executes an application (presence application) using the presence information in step S235. Here, it is assumed that a user of the second terminal 200 selects a user of the first terminal 100 among a plurality of user groups. The second terminal 200 senses this selection in step S240 and transmits an information request message requesting the presence information of the first terminal 100 to the presence service apparatus 300 in step S240.

The presence service apparatus 300 receiving the information request checks the presence information of the first terminal 100 and the location information of the audio data stored in the storage unit 330 in step S250 and transmits the presence information and audio And transmits the data location information to the second terminal 200.

The second terminal 200 receiving the presence information and the location information of the audio data from the presence service apparatus 300 transmits an audio data request message to the sound source providing apparatus 400 based on the location information of the audio data in step S260 , It is possible to receive the corresponding audio data from the sound source providing apparatus 400 in step S265.

The second terminal 200 receiving the audio data outputs the presence information of the first terminal in step S265, and outputs the received audio data together with the background sound of the presence information.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information of a first terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the first controller 160 of the first terminal 100 executes a presence application in step S305 according to a user's request. Then, in step S310, the first controller 160 generates a setup request message including presence information and corresponding audio data manually, automatically or semi-automatically.

For example, when the user inputs both the presence information and the corresponding audio data through the first input unit 130, the first control unit 160 generates a setup request message in response to a setting request message Lt; / RTI > Alternatively, when the user inputs only the presence information through the first input unit 130, the first controller 160 detects the input of the setup request message in the case of the semi-automatic operation, The audio data corresponding to the entered presence information may be searched from the audio data stored in the first storage unit 140 and then the corresponding audio data may be included. When the location information is changed, the first control unit 160 acquires the location information by using the GPS signal or the signal from the base station, recognizes the location, The presence information may be changed according to the location, and the corresponding audio data may be retrieved from the audio data stored in the first storage unit 140, and then the corresponding audio data may be included.

According to the specific embodiment, when the presence information indicates the location of the first terminal 100 user, music capable of appropriately expressing the location can be selected. For example, if the user of the first terminal 100 is located in Spain, typical Spanish-related music may be selected as audio data. Also, if the user is located in Busan, typical Busan related music can be selected as audio data. Typical Busan related music can be music such as "Come back to Busan Harbor".

According to another embodiment, when the presence information indicates the mood of the user of the first terminal 100, music capable of appropriately indicating the mood of the user can be selected. As shown in Table 1, if the presence information of the user of the first terminal 100 is set to " pleasant mood ", audio data expressing presence information can be selected in a pleasant atmosphere, When the presence information of the user of the terminal 1 100 is set to " melancholy mood ", " melancholic music "

According to another embodiment, the presence information according to the embodiment of the present invention can normalize and input the busy level of the first terminal 100 user. When the presence information normalizes the busy level of the user of the first terminal 100, the tempo of the music can be adjusted so that the degree of busy can be appropriately expressed. Presence information can be set by normalizing the quickness to "very busy", "busy", "a little busy", "normal", "a little free", "free" and "very free" . In this case, if a specific music is selected as the audio data corresponding to the presence information, the tempo of the music is adjusted to 1 to 7 according to the presence information, as shown in Table 2, and can be included in the setting request message. At this time, 1 is the slowest tempo and 7 is the fastest tempo. In step S315, the first controller 160, which has generated the setup request message, transmits the setup request message to the presence service apparatus 300 through the first communication unit 110 according to the above description. Then, the presence service device 300 will register and store the presence information and the audio data according to the setup request message.

In the above description, it is described that the first terminal 100 transmits a setup request message including audio data. Alternatively, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 transmits a setup request message including audio data 400 to request the retrieval of audio data to be output as the background sound of the presence information and to transmit a setup request message for the selected audio data among the one or more audio data transmitted from the sound source providing apparatus 400 to the sound source providing apparatus 400 (400). The sound source providing apparatus 400 then transmits the location information of the selected audio data from the first terminal 100 to the presence service apparatus 300 so that the presence service apparatus 300 transmits the location information of the audio data to be output together with the presence information May be mapped and stored.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing presence information of a second terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10, in response to a user's request, the second controller 250 of the second terminal 200 executes a presence application in step S405, and then, in step S410, And displays the list of user groups.

It is assumed that the user of the second terminal 200 selects any one of the users in the list of user groups through the second input unit 230 while the list of user groups is displayed. It is assumed that the selected user is a user of the first terminal 100. Then, the second controller 250 can sense the selection through the second input unit 230 in step S415. Accordingly, the second controller 250 generates an information request message for requesting the presence information of the first MS 100 in step S420.

Then, the second control unit 250 transmits an information request message to the presence service apparatus 300 through the second communication unit 210 in step S425. The presence service apparatus 300 receiving the information request message, which is a request for the presence information, if the audio data representing the presence information of the first terminal 100 is set, the presence service apparatus 300 transmits the presence information and the presence information To the second terminal 200. If the audio data representing the presence information of the first terminal 100 is not set, it will transmit only the presence information.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the presence service apparatus will transmit the audio data position information to be output together with the presence information and the presence information.

Accordingly, the second controller 250 can receive the audio data representing the presence information and the presence information or the position information of the audio data through the second communication unit 210 in step S430. Here, when receiving the location information of the audio data, the second terminal 200 can receive the corresponding audio data from the sound source providing apparatus 400 based on the received location information.

In step S435, the second controller 250 outputs the audio data representing the presence information and the presence information through the second output unit 220. [ According to a specific embodiment, when the presence information indicates the location of the first terminal 100 user, music capable of appropriately expressing the location can be output. For example, if the user of the first terminal 100 is located in Spain, typical Spanish-related music may be output as audio data corresponding to the presence information. According to the second embodiment, when the presence information indicates the mood of the user of the first terminal 100, music capable of appropriately indicating the mood of the user can be output. If the presence information of the user of the first terminal 100 is set to " pleasant mood ", music of pleasant mood can be output, and if the presence information of the user of the first terminal 100 is set to " Melancholy music "can be output. An example of this is shown in Table 1 above.

According to another embodiment, if the presence information of the first terminal 100 indicates the busy level of the user of the first terminal 100, audio data having a tempo appropriately indicating the degree of busyness may be output. For example, as described in Table 2, if the busyness level of the presence information is "very busy", "busy", "little busy", "normal", "little free", " If any one of these busy levels is set as the presence information, the tempo of the audio data to be output may be adjusted to 1 to 7 and output.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, presence information can be provided through audio data rather than simple text, whereby a user has a user experience (UX) that can more intuitively recognize presence information .

The presence information providing method according to the present invention may be implemented in a form of software readable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be those known and available to a computer software artisan. For example, the recording medium may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital video disk (DVD) Includes a hardware device that is specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, do. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. Such hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software 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, It is obvious to those who have the knowledge of. Furthermore, although specific terms are used in this specification and the drawings, they are used in a generic sense only to facilitate the description of the invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

The present invention relates to a presence information providing system using audio data, an apparatus therefor, and a method therefor. The system includes a first terminal for generating and transmitting a presence request message requesting to set presence information and corresponding audio data, Storing presence information and corresponding audio data in response to a message and receiving an information request message for requesting presence information of a first terminal from a second terminal to transmit presence information and corresponding audio data to a second terminal, And a second terminal for transmitting the information request message and receiving the presence information and the corresponding audio data, and outputting the received presence information.

In this way, when providing presence information, presence information can be provided using audio data, rather than conventional plain text. Through the audio data, the presence information can be provided through the audio data, for example, the location, emotion, busy level, etc. of the user. This allows the user to experience a user experience (UX) that can more intuitively perceive the presence information of the other party. This is not only a possibility of commercialization or sales, but also a possibility of being industrially applicable since it is practically possible to carry out clearly.

100: first terminal 110: first communication unit 120: first output unit
130: first input unit 140: first storage unit 150: position information receiving unit
160: first control unit 200: second terminal 210: second communication unit
220: second output unit 230: second input unit 240: second storage unit
250: second control unit 300: presence service apparatus 310: communication unit
320: authentication unit 330: storage unit 340:

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◈ Claim 1 is abandoned upon payment of registration fee. A first terminal which is associated with the presence information and the presence information and generates and transmits a setup request message requesting to set audio data to be provided as a background sound in outputting the presence information;
Storing the presence information and the audio data to be output together with the presence information according to the setup request message and receiving the information request message requesting the presence information of the first terminal from the second terminal, A presence service apparatus for transmitting to a second terminal; And
Receiving the presence information and the audio data for the first terminal and outputting the presence information for the first terminal according to a user's selection and outputting the audio data as a background sound, And a terminal,
The presence service apparatus comprises:
And if the presence information of the first terminal is a location, audio data representing a location is mapped and stored. ◈ Claim 2 is abandoned due to payment of registration fee. A first terminal connected to the sound source providing apparatus to request a search for audio data and to generate and transmit a setup request message to provide audio data selected from search results provided from the sound source providing apparatus as a background sound when outputting presence information;
A sound source providing apparatus for providing location information of the selected audio data to a presence service apparatus according to a setup request message of the first terminal;
A presence service apparatus for providing presence information of the first terminal and location information of audio data provided from the sound source providing apparatus according to a request of the second terminal; And
And a second terminal for receiving audio data corresponding to position information provided from the presence service apparatus from the sound source providing apparatus and outputting together with presence information of the first terminal received from the presence service apparatus,
The presence information providing system comprising: A communication unit that receives a setup request message requesting to set up audio data to be output together with presence information and presence information from a first terminal and receives an information request message requesting presence information of the first terminal from a second terminal;
Managing the audio data to be provided as a background sound in association with the presence information and the presence information of the first terminal and outputting the presence information according to the setup request message and managing the audio data to be provided to the first terminal And a controller for transmitting the presence information and the audio data to the second terminal,
Wherein,
And mapping the audio data that can represent the location if the presence information of the first terminal is a location. delete ◈ Claim 5 is abandoned due to the registration fee. The apparatus of claim 3,
And mapping the audio data capable of expressing emotion when the presence information of the first terminal is an emotion. ◈ Claim 6 is abandoned due to the registration fee. The apparatus of claim 3,
And mapping the audio data having a tempo proportional to the degree of busy if the presence information of the first terminal is busy. A communication unit for communication with the first terminal, the second terminal, and the sound source providing apparatus;
A storage unit for storing presence information of the first terminal and location information of audio data to be output as a background sound in outputting the presence information; And
Receiving and storing location information of audio data output together with the presence information from the sound source providing device and outputting presence information and presence information of the first terminal stored in the storage according to the information request message of the second terminal To provide the location information of the audio data to be transmitted to the second terminal
Wherein the presence information includes at least one of audio data and audio data. A communication unit for communication with the first terminal, the second terminal and the presence service apparatus;
A storage unit for storing one or more audio data;
A searching unit searching the storage unit for one or more pieces of audio data related to presence information of a first terminal according to a request of the first terminal and providing the one or more pieces of audio data to the first terminal;
A control unit for controlling the presence service apparatus to transmit location information of audio data selected by the first terminal among at least one audio data related to presence information of the first terminal; And
A sound source providing unit transmitting audio data corresponding to the requested location information to the second terminal according to a request from the second terminal;
Wherein the audio data providing apparatus provides the audio data. delete delete A second communication unit for communicating with the presence service apparatus;
A second output unit for outputting presence information and audio data; And
Wherein the first communication unit receives presence information including a location of a specific terminal from the presence service apparatus and audio data capable of expressing the location, and when the presence information of the specific terminal is output, A second control unit for controlling the output of the second control unit;
And a second terminal. A second communication unit for communicating with the presence service apparatus and the sound source providing apparatus;
A second output unit for outputting audio data; And
Upon receipt of location information of audio data to be output together with presence information and presence information of the first terminal from the presence service apparatus, receiving the audio data from the sound source providing apparatus on the basis of the location information, When the presence information of the received audio data is outputted,
And a second terminal. The presence service device receiving a setup request message requesting to set up audio data to be output together with presence information and presence information of the first terminal;
Mapping the presence information and the audio data to the presence service apparatus according to the setup request message; And
And transmitting the presence information and the audio data to the second terminal when the presence service apparatus receives an information request message requesting presence information of the first terminal from the second terminal,
Wherein the storing step comprises:
And mapping the audio data that can represent the location if the presence information of the first terminal is a location. The second terminal transmitting to the presence service apparatus an information request message requesting presence information of the specific terminal; And
Receiving and storing audio data capable of representing the location, wherein the second terminal is associated with the presence information including the location of the specific terminal and the presence information from the presence service device;
Outputting the audio data as a background sound when the second terminal outputs the presence information of the specific terminal;
The method of claim 1, further comprising: Receiving a search request of audio data to be provided as a background sound in outputting presence information from a first terminal to which a sound source providing apparatus is connected;
Searching for one or more audio data related to presence information of a first terminal according to a search request of the first terminal and providing the one or more audio data to the first terminal;
Receiving the setting request of the audio data to be provided as a background sound in outputting the presence information together with the selection information of the audio data from the first terminal;
Transmitting the location information of the selected audio data to the presence service device in response to the setting request of the first terminal;
Receiving the audio data request message from the second terminal which has received the location information of the presence information and the audio data from the presence service apparatus, and providing the audio data corresponding to the location information to the second terminal
The method of claim 1, further comprising: ◈ Claim 16 is abandoned due to registration fee. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the retrieving and providing the one or more audio data to the first terminal comprises:
Wherein the sound source providing apparatus receives the presence information of the first terminal from the presence service apparatus and searches the audio data based on the received presence information. The second terminal transmitting to the presence service apparatus an information request message requesting presence information of the specific terminal; And
Receiving and storing location information of audio data to be provided as a background sound in outputting the presence information and the presence information of the specific terminal from the presence service device;
Receiving the audio data corresponding to the location information from the sound source providing device and storing the audio data; And
Outputting the audio data as a background sound when the presence information of the specific terminal is output;
The method of claim 1, further comprising: delete

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