KR102373530B1 - Method for providing appointment managing service based on appointment information expressed one or more division area - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas, and a computer program stored in a recording medium for implementing the same, and to a computer program stored in a recording medium for implementing the same. In a method for a server to provide a schedule management service based on schedule information, the fixed schedule information previously input from a user is reflected in at least one or more of the divided regions, and the one or more regions in which the fixed schedule information is reflected are first Displaying the schedule information converted to the display state to the user, receiving input from the user to select at least one divided region other than the region converted to the first display state among the divided regions, and the divided region selected by the user converting to a second display state, and displaying schedule information including the divided region converted into the first display state and the second display state to the user.

Description

{METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPOINTMENT MANAGING SERVICE BASED ON APPOINTMENT INFORMATION EXPRESSED ONE OR MORE DIVISION AREA}

The present invention relates to a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas. More specifically, schedule information displayed in one or more divided areas is displayed to the user, but the display state is converted and provided for the divided area corresponding to the time when the user's schedule exists, thereby allowing the user to intuitively determine whether the schedule exists. It relates to a method of providing a schedule management service that enables confirmation of

Recently, due to the rapid development of the information and communication field, the spread of mobile terminals has been expanded, and accordingly, various services using mobile terminals have been developed and applied.

In particular, among various services using a mobile terminal, there is a service for managing a schedule or schedule input by a user. In this schedule management service, a user inputs/requires specific information about his/her schedule or schedule to his/her mobile terminal When deleted/changed, it means a service in which the mobile terminal recognizes the input schedule through an alarm or the like at the date or time included in the specific information.

In general, when a new schedule or schedule is to be added, it is first checked whether the schedule or schedule to be added already exists at the date and time at which the schedule or schedule is scheduled.

However, as described above, in order to check whether an already scheduled schedule or schedule exists, the user must check the calendar and diary one by one or apply a multi-step input to the schedule management application installed in the mobile terminal. In most cases,

In addition, the above schedule or schedule may be related only to the user, but may be related to other people as well.

In this case, even in coordinating the schedule with the other people, it is inevitable to check whether a schedule or schedule already scheduled for the user exists in advance. Alternatively, there is a problem that it is somewhat cumbersome and inconvenient because it can be confirmed only by applying an input that goes through several steps to a schedule management application installed in the mobile terminal.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, a specific method for intuitively checking whether or not a schedule scheduled for the user already exists at a specified time is required.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0781096 (published on November 17, 2006)

It is an object of the present invention to propose a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a schedule management service that enables the user to intuitively check whether a schedule exists by converting the display state of the divided area corresponding to the time when the user's schedule exists and providing it. is doing

Another object of the present invention is to propose a schedule management service that allows a user to intuitively check a time during which an appointment is possible between a user and another user by comparing a user's schedule with that of another user.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a schedule management service that recommends another user who does not have a schedule at a time corresponding to the divided region when the user receives a selection for a partitioned area in which a schedule does not exist. .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a schedule management service for a server to transmit appointment information between a user and another user to an external server so that the external server can provide a menu recommendation and reservation guide message to the user based on this. is to propose

Another object of the present invention is to propose a computer program stored in a recording medium for implementing the above method.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the above technical problems, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the following description.

In a method for a server to provide a schedule management service based on schedule information displayed in one or more divided regions according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems, fixed schedule information previously input from a user is transferred to the divided region. displaying, to the user, schedule information obtained by converting one or more areas in which the fixed schedule information is reflected into a first display state by being reflected in at least one area among the divided areas; and receiving a selection from a user for at least one or more divided regions, and converting the divided regions selected by the user into a second display state, and including divided regions converted to the first display state and the second display state. It may include displaying schedule information to the user.

In the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, one or more areas in the schedule information are divided by a number determined based on day of the week and meal number information preset by the user. can be

In a method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, schedule information of another user forming a friend relationship with the user in the schedule management service is displayed to the user, and the schedule information of the other user is displayed to the user. In the case of displaying to , one or more divided areas in the schedule information of the user and one or more divided areas in the schedule information of the other user are compared, and among them, the third display state is It can be expressed by converting

In the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the user selects two or more other users with whom the friend relationship is formed, one or more partitioned areas in the user's schedule information and the two or more other users By comparing one or more divided regions in each piece of information, a divided region in which display state conversion is not commonly performed may be converted into a third display state and displayed.

In the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an additional selection is received from the user for any one of the divided regions converted to the third display state, the divided region to which the additional selection is received may be converted into a second display state.

In the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a selection of at least one specific region other than the divided regions converted to the first display state and the second display state among the divided regions is received from a user , information on at least one other user for which display state conversion for the specific area has not been performed among other users forming a friend relationship with the user within the schedule management service may be provided to the user.

In the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server considers at least one specific region other than the divided region converted to the first display state and the second display state among the divided regions, Information on at least one other user for which the display state conversion for the specific area has not been performed among the other users previously subscribed to the schedule management service may be recommended to the user.

In the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an additional selection for any one of information on the other user or information on the other user is received from the user, the other user or the or By comparing one or more divided areas in the schedule information of other users with one or more divided areas in the schedule information of the user, a divided area in which the display state conversion is not commonly performed among them may be converted into a third display state and displayed. .

In the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to input additional information including place information, food information, time information, and relative information in the divided area converted to the second display state, wherein the input The added information may be reflected and displayed in the schedule information.

A computer program stored in a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems is coupled to hardware including a computer or a mobile terminal, and provides a schedule management service based on schedule information displayed in one or more divided areas In order to provide , schedule information obtained by reflecting the fixed schedule information previously input from the user in at least one of the divided regions, and converting the one or more regions in which the fixed schedule information is reflected into a first display state, is provided to the user. Displaying, receiving input from a user to select one or more divided regions other than the region converted to the first display state among the divided regions, and converting the divided region selected by the user to a second display state, and displaying to the user schedule information including the first display state and the divided region converted to the second display state.

According to the present invention as described above, the effects described below can be obtained. However, the effect obtainable through the present invention is not limited thereto.

First, according to the present invention, there is an effect that a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas can be proposed.

Second, according to the present invention, a schedule management service that enables the user to intuitively check whether a schedule exists by converting the display state of the divided area corresponding to the time when the user's schedule exists and providing it will be proposed. can have an effect.

Third, according to the present invention, there is an effect that a schedule management service can be proposed in which a user's schedule is compared with that of another user to intuitively check a time period during which an appointment is possible between the user and the other user.

Fourth, according to the present invention, when a user's selection of a partition where a schedule does not exist is input, a schedule management service that recommends another user who does not have a schedule at a time corresponding to the partition can be proposed. It works.

Fifth, according to the present invention, as the server transmits appointment information between the user and other users to the external server, the external server can provide a menu recommendation and reservation guide message to the user based on this.

The effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned may be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the following description. will be.

1 is a diagram illustrating a wired/wireless communication network environment to which the present invention can be applied.
2 is a block diagram of a user terminal to which the present invention can be applied.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram for explaining schedule information displayed by one or more divided areas according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is another diagram for explaining schedule information displayed by one or more divided areas according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram for explaining schedule information of another user displayed in a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view for explaining a method for intuitively displaying a time during which it is possible to add a schedule with another user using divided areas based on a user using a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention .
8 is a diagram for explaining various types of information that can be added to schedule information.
9 is a block diagram showing each configuration of a user terminal and a server for carrying out an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram for explaining a method for an external server to provide a menu recommendation and a reservation guide message to the user based on appointment information between the user and another user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION The detailed description set forth below in conjunction with the appended drawings is intended to describe exemplary embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to represent the only embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced.

Only the present embodiments are provided so that the disclosure of the present invention is complete, and to fully inform those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, the scope of the invention, and the present invention is to be defined by the scope of the claims. only

In some cases, in order to avoid obscuring the concept of the present invention, well-known structures and devices may be omitted or shown in block diagram form focusing on core functions of each structure and device. In addition, the same reference numerals are used to describe the same components throughout the present specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "comprising or including" a certain component, it does not exclude other components unless otherwise stated, meaning that other components may be further included. do.

In addition, the term “…unit” described in the specification means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. Furthermore, "a or an", "one", and like related terms in the context of describing the present invention are used in both the singular and the plural unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by the context. It can be used in a meaning including.

In addition, specific terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are provided to help the understanding of the present invention, and unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, are used in the present invention. It has the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which it belongs. The use of these specific terms may be changed to other forms without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION The detailed description set forth below in conjunction with the appended drawings is intended to describe exemplary embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to represent the only embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced.

1 is a diagram illustrating a wired/wireless communication network environment to which the present invention can be applied.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a wired/wireless communication network environment to which the present invention can be applied may include a user terminal 100 , a server 200 , and a network 300 .

However, the wired/wireless communication network environment mentioned below includes at least one of the components shown in FIG. 1, but is not necessarily limited thereto, and only one user terminal, server, and network are shown in FIG. 1, respectively. In contrast, in a wired/wireless communication network environment to which the present invention can be applied, one or more user terminals, one or more servers (eg, a management server, an intermediate server, a relay server, or a client server), and one or more networks may exist, and each The user terminal and the server may be connected through different networks.

In the present invention, the user terminal 100 may be interpreted as a concept meaning a device capable of transmitting and receiving communication signals with other devices including the server 200 .

At this time, one or more applications may be installed in the user terminal 100 in advance. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention is a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas. An application including a related API (Application Program Interface) or embedded software may be installed.

That is, the method for providing a schedule management service described below may be performed through an application including an API or embedded software pre-installed in the user terminal 100 , but is not limited thereto and may be performed through a website (WEBSITE). there is.

On the other hand, the user terminal 100 may transmit or receive data or signals to the server 200 by itself, or may transmit or receive data or signals to the server 200 through the one or more applications. there is.

In this case, the transmitted or received data or signal may be related to the execution of the method for providing a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited thereto.

An example of the user terminal 100 is a terminal device, a terminal, a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber station (MSS), a subscriber station (SS), an advanced mobile station (AMS), a wireless terminal (WT). , a Machine-Type Communication (MTC) device, a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) device, and a Device-to-Device (D2D) device.

Of course, this is merely an example, and the user terminal in the present invention should be interpreted as a concept including all devices capable of transmitting data or signals that have been developed and commercialized or will be developed in the future in addition to the above-described examples.

Referring back to FIG. 1 , the server 200 means an object capable of transmitting and receiving data with at least one or more other devices through a wired/wireless communication network environment, and in the present invention, the server 200 is an additional intermediary server and/or client server may further include.

In addition, as an example of the server 200, a cloud server, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) server, a telephony application server, an instant messaging (IM) server, a Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF) server, MSG ( Messaging Gateway) server and CSCF (Call Session Control Function) server, the server 200 is an object capable of transmitting and receiving data, such as a PC (Personal Computer), a notebook computer, and a tablet PC (Tablet Personal Computer). It may also be implemented as a referred device.

On the other hand, the network 300 is for transmitting and receiving various types of data such as text, digital images, digital images, and digital voice information between the advertiser terminal 100 , the server 200 and the user terminal 300 . It means a data communication network, and the type is not particularly limited.

For example, it may be an IP (Internet Protocol) network that provides a large-capacity data transmission/reception service through the Internet Protocol (IP) or an All IP network that integrates different IP networks.

In addition, the network 300 includes a wired network, a Wibro (Wireless Broadband) network, a mobile communication network including WCDMA, a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network, and a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network including a mobile communication network, LTE advanced ( One of a mobile communication network including LTE-A), a satellite communication network, and a Wi-Fi network, or a combination of at least one or more thereof.

2 is a block diagram of a user terminal to which the present invention can be applied.

The user terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110 , an A/V (Audio/Video) input unit 120 , a user input unit 130 , a sensing unit 140 , an output unit 150 , a memory 160 , and an interface unit. 170 , a control unit 180 , and a power supply unit 190 may be included.

However, since the components shown in FIG. 2 are not essential elements constituting the user terminal 100 , the user terminal 100 having more components or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components of the user terminal 100 will be described in turn.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication between the user terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the user terminal 100 and the network in which the user terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast reception module 111 , a mobile communication module 112 , a wireless Internet module 113 , a short-range communication module 114 , and a location information module 115 , etc. .

The broadcast reception module 111 receives a broadcast signal and/or broadcast related information from the external server 200 through a broadcast channel, and the broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel.

The mobile communication module 112 is at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network such as, but not limited to, Gobal System for Mobile communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Wideband CDMA (WCDMA). It transmits and receives a wireless signal with one. The wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission/reception of a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text/multimedia message.

The wireless Internet module 113 refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built-in or external to the display device 100 . Wireless Internet technologies include WLAN (Wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, Long Term (LTE) Evolution) (but not limited thereto) may be used.

From the viewpoint that wireless Internet access by Wibro, HSDPA, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, etc. is made through a mobile communication network, the wireless Internet module 113 for performing wireless Internet access through the mobile communication network is the mobile communication module It may be understood as a kind of (112).

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, etc. may be used as short range communication technologies.

The location information module 115 is a module for obtaining the location of the user terminal 100 , and a representative example thereof is a Global Position System (GPS) module. According to the current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites, and then applies trigonometry to the calculated information, thereby generating a three-dimensional current according to latitude, longitude, and altitude. Location information can be accurately calculated. Currently, a method of calculating position and time information using three satellites and correcting errors in the calculated position and time information using another one satellite is widely used. In addition, the GPS module 115 may calculate the speed information by continuously calculating the current location in real time.

The A/V (Audio/Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 , a microphone 122 , and the like.

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110 . Two or more cameras 121 may be provided according to the use environment.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal by a microphone in a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, and the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data may be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 and output in the call mode. Various noise removal algorithms for removing noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal may be implemented in the microphone 122 .

The user input unit 130 generates input data for the user to control the operation of the display device. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static pressure/capacitance), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The sensing unit 140 includes the user terminal 100 such as the opening/closing state of the user terminal 100 , the location of the user terminal 100 , the presence or absence of user contact, the orientation of the user terminal 100 , and acceleration/deceleration of the user terminal 100 . ) to generate a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the user terminal 100 by detecting the current state, and examples of the sensing unit 140 may include a gyroscope sensor, an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and the like.

In addition, it is also possible to sense whether the power supply unit 190 is supplied with power, whether the interface unit 170 is coupled to an external device or the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141 . This will be described later in relation to the touch screen.

The output unit 150 is for generating an output related to sight, hearing or tactile sense, and includes a display unit 151, a sound output module 152, an alarm unit 153, a haptic module 154, and a projector module ( 155) may be included.

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the user terminal 100 . For example, a user interface (UI) or graphic user interface (GUI) related to a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information displayed in one or more divided areas related to an embodiment of the present invention may be displayed. there is.

The display unit 151 is a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display (flexible). display) and a three-dimensional display (3D display), and the display unit 151 may include at least one of the inside and the outside of the user terminal 100 .

When the display unit 151 and the sensor for sensing a touch operation (hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch sensor') form a layered structure (hereinafter referred to as a 'touch screen'), the display unit 151 is provided in addition to the output device. It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, and a touch pad.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in pressure applied to a specific part of the display unit 151 or capacitance generated in a specific part of the display unit 151 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor may be configured to detect not only the touched position and area, but also the pressure at the time of the touch.

When there is a touch input to the touch sensor, a signal(s) corresponding thereto is sent to a touch controller (not shown). The touch controller processes the signal(s) and then transmits corresponding data to the controller 180 . Accordingly, the controller 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 has been touched, and the like.

The proximity sensor 141 may be disposed in an inner region of the display device covered by the touch screen or near the touch screen.

The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object existing in the vicinity without mechanical contact using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays.

The sound output module 152 outputs audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in call signal reception, call mode or recording mode, voice recognition mode, broadcast reception mode, game mode or schedule management mode, etc. can do. The sound output module 152 also outputs a sound signal related to a function performed in the user terminal 100 (eg, a notification output when the time when a schedule input in schedule management is to be performed, etc.). The sound output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in the user terminal 100 . The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than a video signal or an audio signal, for example, vibration or a mixed form of vibration and a notification signal. Since the video signal or audio signal can also be output through the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152 , in this case, the display unit 151 and the audio output module 152 are a kind of the alarm unit 153 . may be classified.

The haptic module 154 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A representative example of the tactile effect generated by the haptic module 154 is vibration. The intensity and pattern of vibration generated by the haptic module 154 are controllable. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and outputted or output sequentially.

The memory unit 160 may store a program for processing and control of the controller 180, and may perform a function for temporarily storing input/output data (eg, schedule management information, etc.). . The memory unit 160 may store the frequency of use (eg, the number of times of inputting a predetermined number of times, the number of times of scheduling adjustments with other users, etc.) for each of the data. In addition, the memory unit 160 may store data related to vibrations and sounds of various patterns output when a touch input on the touch screen is input.

The memory 160 may include a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (eg, SD or XD memory), and a RAM. (Random Access Memory, RAM), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read-Only Memory, ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory), magnetic memory, magnetic It may include at least one type of storage medium among a disk and an optical disk.

The user terminal 100 may operate in relation to a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet.

The interface unit 170 serves as a passage with all external devices connected to the user terminal 100 . The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device, receives power and transmits it to each component inside the user terminal 100 , or transmits data inside the user terminal 100 to an external device.

For example, wired/wireless headset ports, external charger ports, wired/wireless data ports, memory card ports, ports for connecting devices equipped with identification modules, audio input/output (I/O) ports, A video I/O (Input/Output) port, an earphone port, etc. may be included in the interface unit 170 .

The controller 180 generally controls the overall operation of the user terminal 100 . For example, it performs related control and processing for schedule management, voice calls, data communication, video calls, and the like. The controller 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for playing multimedia. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented within the controller 180 or may be implemented separately from the controller 180 .

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the control unit 180 to supply power required for operation of each component.

Various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable recording medium using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to the hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein include ASICs (application specific integrated circuits), DSPs (digital signal processors), DSPDs (digital signal processing devices), PLDs (programmable logic devices), FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays, It may be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electrical units for performing functions. The described embodiments may be implemented by the controller 180 itself.

According to the software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described in this specification may be implemented as separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more functions and operations described herein. The software code may be implemented as a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the controller 180 .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , a method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed by a server and a user terminal.

First, the server provides the schedule management service to the user terminal, and the user can use the schedule management service through the user terminal according to the provision of the server as described above.

In order for the user to use the schedule management service, membership registration may be premised if necessary, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In this case, the membership registration may include a process of inputting/authentifying at least one or more pieces of information requested by the schedule management service (eg, a personal profile including an ID and password). Subscription is performed by directly/indirectly linking pre-registered user information of a social network service or a portal service associated with the schedule management service in advance according to the selection of the user terminal user, thereby linking the at least one or more It can also be done in a way that information is automatically entered.

The user may input the user's fixed schedule information in the process of performing the membership registration. In this case, the fixed schedule information refers to information about the fixed schedule allocated to the user at regular intervals. In addition, it may be interpreted as a concept including information about a date/day/time that the user does not want to schedule separately.

For example, if the user does not want to schedule another schedule during the time zone every Friday afternoon (from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm), it can be input as fixed schedule information, and the input fixed schedule information is described below. As described above, it may be reflected in schedule information for the user's schedule management service.

Hereinafter, a schedule management service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail. As mentioned above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user can intuitively compare his/her own schedule with that of another user, so that he/she can check at a glance a time period in which a new appointment with another user can be added. It has the effect that it can.

In modern society, it is a frequent occurrence to schedule a meal with others, and in the process of making a meal appointment, the first thing to do is to coordinate the schedule of when and what time to eat together with others. Since it is judged that the description is based on the assumption that the user uses the schedule management service for the purpose of managing a meal appointment, it is determined that the above-mentioned effect of the present invention can be most faithfully explained. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described.

Meanwhile, the server may provide a schedule management service to the user through the user terminal, and the schedule management service may be provided based on schedule information displayed in one or more divided areas.

That is, the schedule management service that may be provided according to an embodiment of the present invention may be provided based on schedule information indicated by one or more divided areas as shown in FIG. 4( a ).

Referring to FIG. 4( a ), schedule information composed of one or more divided areas is shown, the horizontal axis includes information on the number of meals twice consisting of lunch and dinner, and the vertical axis is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday , Saturday, and Sunday include day information.

That is, the one or more divided areas may be divided by a number determined based on day of the week and meal number information preset by the user. Accordingly, when information on the number of meals twice and information on 7 days of the week are set, the schedule information may be composed of 14 divided areas 404 .

If the user sets information on the number of meals three times (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and information on 7 days of the week, the schedule information displayed in 21 divided areas may be configured as shown in FIG. 5 .

In this case, the day information and the number of meals information may be input according to various settable criteria, and may be input while the user registers for the schedule management service, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the schedule information may include information on the user's name (eg, Jang Gwang-young), and may further include period information 401 . In this case, the period information may be expressed as a year, month, day, or a set thereof, and the schedule management service is displayed in the currently expressed year, month, day, or a set of these. Corresponding schedule information can be displayed.

For example, when the period information is expressed only as one year, month, and day indicating a specific date, only schedule information corresponding to the specific date is displayed in this case, and if the period information is from the first date to the second date When expressed as a specific period of up to (eg, January 2, 2017 to January 8, 2017), all schedule information corresponding to the period from the first date to the second date may be displayed. may be Also, it goes without saying that expressing the period information as a specific date or a specific period may vary according to a user's setting.

Accordingly, the user may perform schedule management for the past, present, or future by changing the period information.

FIG. 4(a) shows an initial state in which no display conversion is performed on the divided area constituting the schedule information, which can be interpreted as indicating a state in which the schedule set by the user does not exist. there is.

Therefore, as a user, when checking the displayed schedule information, it is provided to itself during lunch and dinner times on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from October 13, 2016 to November 6, 2016. It has the effect of intuitively confirming that no schedule exists.

As a result, according to the present invention, the user can intuitively check whether his or her own schedule information is present by using the schedule information indicated by the one or more divided areas, and in particular, because there is no schedule, he can make an additional meal appointment. You will be able to intuitively check which time zone you are in.

On the other hand, when displaying the schedule information, the server may reflect the fixed schedule information previously input by the user to at least one of the divided areas, and the reflecting of the fixed schedule information is the corresponding divided area. may be performed by converting the ? to the first display state. (S301)

For a more detailed description, refer to FIG. 4(b). Assuming that the user inputs Monday lunch and dinner, Friday evening, and Sunday lunch and dinner times as fixed schedule information, the server determines a partition corresponding to the input time among one or more partitions in the schedule information. The fixed schedule information may be reflected by changing the display 405 of each (Monday lunch and dinner, Friday evening, Sunday lunch, and dinner areas) differently.

Thereafter, the server may display, to the user, schedule information in which the display of the partial division area is converted by reflecting the fixed schedule information, and in this case, the display conversion is performed during lunch and dinner on Monday of FIG. 4( a ). It may be displayed as a change in the degree of shading, such as the conversion from the divided region to the Monday lunch and dinner divided region of FIG. 4(b), but is not limited thereto, and a change in color, change in pattern, change in display figure, etc. Of course, it can be changed in various ways depending on the

Meanwhile, after the server provides the user with schedule information in which the display of the partial divided area is converted to the first display state by reflecting the fixed schedule information, the server receives a selection for a specific divided area from the user can (S302)

Here, the specific divided area may be interpreted as meaning any one of the divided areas other than the area converted to the first display state as the fixed schedule information is reflected among the one or more divided areas constituting the schedule information. can

In this case, when the user inputs a selection for the specific partitioned area in the schedule information, after the user confirms the schedule information, a new schedule is generated in a time zone in which no schedule currently exists. It can be viewed as an act to indicate that it has been done.

That is, from the user's point of view, selecting a corresponding specific divided area is intended to convert the display of the selected specific divided area to intuitively express that a new schedule exists for the user in the time period indicated by the specific divided area. Therefore, in the present invention, the specific partitioned area selected by the user may be a partitioned area corresponding to the time when the user's new schedule occurs.

Meanwhile, when receiving a selection for a specific division area from the user, the server may convert the specific division area selected by the user into a second display state. In this case, the conversion to the second display state means a display state distinct from the aforementioned conversion to the first display state, and accordingly, the first display state according to the fixed schedule information and the user The second display state according to the selection may be made of a display state that is distinguished from each other.

The conversion to the second display state may also be indicated by a change in the degree of shading 406 as shown in FIG. 4( b ), but is not limited thereto, and is not limited thereto, as shown in FIG. 4( b ). ), of course, it can be variously changed according to settings such as a change of pattern 407, change of color, change of display figure, and the like.

After converting the specific divided area selected by the user to the second display state, the server may display schedule information including the divided area converted to the first display state and the second display state to the user. (S304)

Referring to FIG. 4(b) for explanation with a more specific example, schedule information including the divided regions converted to the first display state and the second display state is shown.

In the schedule information of FIG. 4(b), schedule information consisting of 14 divided areas is shown, and in particular, it is converted into a first display state indicating that there is fixed schedule information for Monday lunch and dinner, Friday evening, Sunday lunch and dinner. The divided area 405 is included, and the divided area 406 converted to a second display state indicating that there is an added schedule according to the user's selection is included.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a selection for at least one specific region other than the divided region converted to the first display state and the second display state among the one or more divided regions of the user is received from the user, The server includes information about at least one other user whose display state has not been changed for the specific area, that is, the specific area selected by the user, among other users forming a friend relationship with the user within the schedule management service. It is possible to provide the user with information about another user who has no schedule yet at a time corresponding to .

That is, when the user selects at least one specific region other than the divided regions converted to the first display state and the second display state, the specific region (that is, among friends previously associated with the user in the schedule management service) Information about a friend without an appointment may be displayed on the date and time corresponding to the specific area). Accordingly, the user can add a new schedule with the recommended friend, and the addition of the schedule can be made through additional selection (eg, click, double click, swipe, etc.) for the specific area, In this case, the specific region may be converted into a second display state.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server may recommend information about at least one other user among other users previously subscribed to the schedule management service to the user.

More specifically, the server may recommend information about at least one other user among other users previously subscribed to the schedule management service to the user by setting or according to the user's request.

In this case, the recommended other users may be composed of other users who do not have a specific schedule in a time zone when the user does not have any schedule when compared with the user's schedule information, and the user has previously Since the confirmed schedule may be changed in some cases, other users who do not have a specific schedule may be included in a time zone in which the user already has a schedule according to the setting.

Furthermore, the other user may be another user who has already formed a friend relationship with the user in the schedule management service, or may be another general user who has not formed a friend relationship with the user.

To this end, in the present invention, the server considers the user's schedule information, but at a time when the user does not have any schedule, another user who does not have a specific schedule can be searched for in the schedule management service.

That is, the server considers the remaining divided areas other than the divided areas converted to the first display state and the second displayed state among the user's schedule information, and then no display state conversion is made in the area corresponding to the remaining divided areas. Searching for other users who have not been defeated, it is possible to recommend or provide another user derived as a result of the search to the user.

Accordingly, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the above recommendation is at least one other than a region in which the user has no schedule yet, that is, a divided region converted to the first display state and the second display state. It may be performed when the above specific area is selected. In this case, information about other users who do not have any schedule in the corresponding time zone may be recommended to the user in consideration of the selected specific area. Accordingly, after considering all time zones in which no current schedule exists in the user's schedule information, other users who do not have a specific schedule for each time zone are searched for, and then all of the search results may be recommended to the user. .

After all, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the user selects at least one specific region other than the divided regions converted to the first display state and the second display state, the server is It is also possible to provide information on other users who have not undergone display state conversion for the specific area among other users forming a friendship relationship with the user. However, information on other users whose display state has not been changed for the specific region may be recommended to the user.

On the other hand, as mentioned above, the method of requesting that the user selects the specific area to provide or receive information on other users is merely an example, and the characteristics of providing or receiving information on the other user may vary depending on the setting. It can also be done by a method.

The user may add a new schedule in a relationship with other users provided according to the above-mentioned process, and the addition of the schedule may be made through additional selection of the specific area. In this case, the specific area is the first 2 can be converted to a display state.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(d), the server provides schedule information of other users who form a friend relationship with the user within the schedule management service. may be displayed to the user.

If there are other users forming a friend relationship with the user, for example, friend 1 (Saeyoung Jang), friend 2 (Woo-jeong Seok), and friend 3 (Jin-young Kim), the user is connected to the friend 1 through the user terminal. (Jang Se-young), Friend 2 (Seok Woo-jeong), and Friend 3 (Kim Jin-young) schedule information can be viewed.

In this case, the user terminal may display the schedule information of the friend 1, the friend 2, and the friend 3 one by one, and swipe left and right or click input while reading the schedule information for the friend 1 In the case of adding , it is possible to view schedule information for Friend 2 and Friend 3, which are other users, but this method is merely an example, and the method of viewing schedule information of another user may vary depending on settings.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in a situation in which schedule information of another user who is forming a friend relationship with the user is displayed to the user, the user can make an appointment between the user and the other user (or The corresponding division area) can be checked intuitively.

More specifically, when the server displays the schedule information of the other user to the user, one or more partitions in the user's schedule information and schedules of the other users (eg, Friend 1, Friend 2, and Friend 3) By comparing one or more divided regions in the information, a divided region in which display state conversion is not commonly performed among them may be converted into a third display state and displayed.

In this case, the partitioned area converted to the third display state is a partitioned area in which a new appointment schedule between the user and the other users (Friend 1, Friend 2, and Friend 3) can be newly added, that is, the user and the other user. All four, including three, may indicate a time when no schedule exists.

Referring again to FIGS. 6(a) to 6(d) for a more detailed description, first, the user's schedule information is shown in FIG. 6(a). The user (Kwang-Young Jang) of FIG. 6(a) has a fixed schedule for Monday lunch and dinner, Friday evening, Sunday lunch and dinner, and the schedule added by the user for Wednesday lunch, Thursday evening, Friday lunch, and Saturday evening. There are no schedules for Tuesday lunch and dinner, Wednesday evening, Thursday lunch and Saturday lunch.

Next, schedule information of friend 1 (Jang Se-young) is shown in FIG. 6(b) . Friend 1 (Saeyoung Jang) has fixed schedules for Monday evening, Wednesday evening, Saturday evening, and Sunday evening, and there is a schedule added by friend 1 (Chang Se-young) for Monday lunch, Tuesday evening, Wednesday lunch, and Sunday lunch. There are no schedules for Tuesday lunch, Thursday lunch and dinner, Friday lunch and dinner, and Saturday lunch.

Next, schedule information of friend 2 (Suk Woo-jeong) is shown in FIG. 6(c) . Friend 2 (Seok Woo-jung) has fixed schedules for Monday lunch and dinner, Tuesday lunch, and Sunday lunch, and there is a schedule added by friend 2 (Seok Woo-jeong) for Wednesday evening, Thursday evening, and Sunday evening, There are no schedules for Tuesday evening, Wednesday lunch, Thursday lunch, Friday lunch and dinner, and Saturday lunch and dinner.

Next, schedule information of friend 3 (Kim Jin-young) is shown in FIG. 6( d ). Friend 3 (Kim Jin-young) has a fixed schedule for Monday evening, Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening, Thursday evening, and Sunday evening, and the schedule added by friend 3 (Kim Jin-young) is for Tuesday lunch, Wednesday lunch, Friday lunch and dinner. There are no schedules for Monday lunch, Thursday lunch, Saturday lunch and dinner.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, schedule information of other users (Friend 1, Friend 2, Friend 3) forming a friend relationship with the user as above is shown in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(d). In a situation displayed to the user, the server may convert and display the divided area indicating the available time for an appointment between the user and the other user to a third display state, specifically, one or more divisions in the user's schedule information By comparing the region and one or more divided regions in the schedule information of the other users (eg, Friend 1, Friend 2, and Friend 3), a third display is made for a divided region in which the display state conversion is not performed in common It can be converted into a state.

Accordingly, the partitioned area indicating the available appointment time between the user and the friend 1 (Jang Se-young) corresponds to lunch on Tuesday, lunch on Thursday, and lunch on Saturday. 3 It can be displayed after being converted to a display state. In this case, each of the divided regions displayed in the first display state and the second display state included in the schedule information of the friend 1 may be displayed separately as shown in FIG. 6(b), but as shown in FIG. 7(b) They may be displayed in the same display state without being distinguished from each other.

Similarly, since the partitioned area indicating the available time for appointment between the user and the friend 2 (Suk Woo-jeong) corresponds to Tuesday evening, Thursday lunch, and Saturday lunch, as shown in FIG. It may be converted into a display state and displayed.

In addition, since the divided area indicating the available time for appointment between the user and the friend 3 (Kim Jin-young) corresponds to lunch on Thursday and lunch on Saturday, the divided area is converted to the third display state as shown in FIG. 7( d ). can be displayed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, after the schedule of another user who has a friend relationship with the user within the schedule management service is compared with the schedule of the user, a time period during which an appointment between the user and another user is possible can be intuitively displayed. effect may exist.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, after confirming a time period during which an appointment is possible with the friend 1, friend 2, and friend 3, respectively, through the schedule information, if the user determines a time period during which an appointment with friend 1 is possible When an additional region is selected, the server converts the divided region to which the additional selection is input to a second display state and displays it, thereby intuitively indicating that a new schedule of an appointment between the user and the friend 1 has been added.

At this time, as shown in FIGS. 8(a) to 8(c), the divided area includes information about friend 1, rendezvous point information, and food promised together, etc. at a time corresponding to the divided area. The existing schedule may be set to display a meal appointment with the friend 1, a meal appointment in a certain area, and the like.

In this case, the information on the friend 1, the rendezvous information, and the promised food information, etc. may be displayed separately from each other as shown in FIGS. 8(a) to 8(c). It may be set to display related information together.

Accordingly, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user confirms the schedule information, but records who/where/what ate with whom/where/what he/she ate in the past at a specific point in time by changing the period information included in the schedule information And there may be an effect that it is possible to confirm it.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, although not shown in FIG. 7 , if the user desires to check a time period during which an appointment is possible with all of the friend 1, friend 2, and friend 3, the user's schedule information By comparing all schedule information of Friend 1, Friend 2, and Friend 3, the divided regions corresponding to Thursday lunch and Saturday lunch are converted into a third display state and displayed, so that the user can view the Friend 1, Friend 2, and Friend 3 You can also intuitively check the available time slots for appointments and appointments.

Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, schedule information for intuitively confirming the time available for appointments with the friend 1, friend 2, and friend 3 may be shared with each of the friend 1, friend 2, and friend 3, , may open an online chat room including all of the friend 1, friend 2, and friend 3 to provide each of the friend 1, friend 2, and friend 3 to view the schedule information in the online chat room.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the server transmits appointment information between the user and another user to an external server so that the external server transmits a menu recommendation and reservation guide message to the user based on this. can

Referring to FIG. 10 for a more detailed description, the server controls the schedule management service used by each of the user and the other user, and accordingly, schedule information of each of the user and the other user and/or the user and the other user All appointment information between users may be stored/controlled.

Accordingly, when appointment information between the user and the other user is generated in the schedule management service according to the above-described process, the server may store/control appointment information between the user and the other user, and the user and the appointment information between the other users may be transmitted to at least one external server. In this case, the appointment information may include contact information of each of the user and the other users together.

In this case, the external server may be a server operated by various companies such as restaurants, cafes, restaurants, theaters, pubs, bars, etc. In particular, receiving appointment information between the user and the other user from the server For this purpose, it may be a server of a company that has entered into a fee agreement and/or personal information utilization agreement with the user and/or the operator of the server in advance, but is not limited thereto.

On the other hand, when the appointment information between the user and the other user is transmitted by the server to at least one external server, the external server is scheduled to meet on a specific date between the user and the other user through the appointment information , and if the appointment information includes area information in addition to the date information for the meeting, it may also be possible to confirm the specific meeting area.

Accordingly, the appointment information between the user and the other user provided by the server is to transmit a menu recommendation and reservation guide message that the external server can promote its own business to the user and/or the other user. can be used

In this case, the external server may transmit a menu recommendation and reservation guide message that can promote its own business to the user and/or the other user within the schedule management service. It can also be performed using various methods, such as Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).

On the other hand, each of the user and/or the other user receiving the menu recommendation and reservation guide message from the external server performs reservation and payment processing within the schedule management service to perform a reservation procedure for a company operating the external server. may step on If the reservation procedure is performed within the schedule management service, the reservation information may be included and displayed on each corresponding specific date in the schedule information of the user and/or the other user. It is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a user terminal and a server to which an embodiment of the .

Referring to FIG. 9 , a user terminal 100 and a server 200 that can be applied in the present invention are illustrated.

The server 200 includes a wired/wireless communication unit 920 including a transmitter and a receiver capable of transmitting and receiving connection information required for wired or wireless connection, a memory unit 921, a display unit 922, and a control unit (or processor 923), which is merely an example, and may further include other components than the configuration shown in FIG.

In addition, the overall process of data communication with the user terminal 100 such as signal processing and layer processing of the server 200 is controlled by the memory 921 and the control unit 923, and the memory unit 921 and the wired/wireless communication unit A connection relationship may be formed between the 920 and the controller 923 .

The wired/wireless communication unit 920 included in the server 200 may include a transmitting unit and a receiving unit as described above, and the transmitting unit and the receiving unit are not shown in the user terminal 100 , the server 200 or FIG. 9 , but at least It may be configured to transmit and receive data or signals with one or more external devices.

The control unit 923 may be functionally connected to a transmitter and a receiver in the wired/wireless communication unit 920, and accordingly the transmitter and the receiver control the process of transmitting and receiving data or signals between the user terminal 100 and the server 200. can be

In addition, the controller 923 may perform various pre-processing on the data to be transmitted and then transmit it to the transmitter, and may perform other post-processing on the data received by the receiver.

If necessary, the control unit 923 may store information included in the transmitted/received data in the memory unit 921 . With such a structure, the server 200 may perform the methods of various embodiments of the present invention described above.

Referring to the user terminal 100 of FIG. 9 , the user terminal 100 includes a wired/wireless communication unit 910 including a transmitter and a receiver of a memory unit 911, a display unit 912, and a control unit 913. This can be done, and the configuration of the user terminal 100 has been described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 above, and will be omitted below.

The control units 913 and 923 of the user terminal 100 and the server 200 may instruct (eg, control, adjust, manage, etc.) operations of the user terminal 100 and the server 200, and each The controllers 913 and 923 may also be connected to the memories 911 and 921 capable of storing program codes and data.

The memories 911 and 921 may be connected to the controllers 913 and 923 to store an operating system, applications, and general files.

The controllers 913 and 923 of the present invention may also be referred to as a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, or the like. Meanwhile, the control units 913 and 923 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.

In the case of implementation by firmware or software, an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of modules, procedures, functions, etc. that perform the functions or operations described above. The software code may be stored in the memory units 911 and 921 and driven by the controllers 913 and 923 .

In this case, the memory unit may be located inside or outside the user terminal 100 and the server 200 , and may exchange data with the control units 913 and 923 by various known means.

Meanwhile, the above-described method can be written as a program that can be executed on a computer, and can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer that operates the program using a computer-readable medium. In addition, the structure of the data used in the above-described method may be recorded in a computer-readable medium through various means. A computer readable medium storing executable computer code for performing various methods of the present invention may include a magnetic storage medium (eg, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), an optically readable medium (eg, CD-ROM, DVD). storage media, such as).

A person of ordinary skill in the art related to the embodiments of the present invention will understand that it can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the description. Therefore, the disclosed methods are to be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is indicated in the claims rather than the detailed description of the invention, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

A method of providing a schedule management service based on schedule information displayed by one or more divided areas according to the present invention and a computer program stored in a recording medium for implementing the same are various methods for providing a schedule management service and stored in a recording medium for implementing the same It is possible to apply it to a computer program.

Claims (1)

A method for a server to provide a schedule management service based on schedule information indicated by one or more partitions,
By reflecting the fixed schedule information previously input from the user to correspond to at least one or more of the divided regions, the schedule information converted into the first display state for the one or more regions in which the fixed schedule information is reflected is displayed to the user step;
receiving, from a user, a selection of at least one divided area other than the area converted to the first display state among the divided areas;
converting the divided region selected by the user into a second display state and displaying schedule information including the divided region converted to the first display state and the second display state to the user; and
Containing, including; converting to a third display state, which is a divided area indicating the available time for an appointment between the user and another user;
When the appointment information between the user and the other user is generated, the server may store or control the appointment information between the user and the other user and transmit it to an external server,
The external server is capable of confirming that a meeting is scheduled on a specific date between the user and the other user through the specific information between the user and the other user through the appointment information.

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