KR102400166B1 - Information retrieving and sentence providing system and method under SNS messenger - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for searching information and providing phrases in an SNS messenger are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, as a user terminal included in a system for providing information and phrases through an SNS messenger, it includes a messenger management unit that executes a messenger application and checks whether a predetermined event occurs in a chat room, an information retrieval unit activated when the occurrence event is an information retrieval event, and configured to search and display the chat room, another user, or another chat room with a search result performed according to a result of analyzing a search target; And it is activated when the occurrence event is a phrase search event, recommends a candidate phrase from the database according to the analysis result of the conversation situation and the conversation partner, and uses the candidate phrase selected by the user as the final phrase in the chat room, other users, or other chat rooms There is provided a user terminal including at least one of a phrase providing unit for searching and displaying.

Description

Information retrieving and sentence providing system and method under SNS messenger}

The present invention relates to a system and method for retrieving information and providing phrases in an SNS messenger.

With the development of wired and wireless network environments, more and more people are forming relationships and building friendships online. Currently, through messengers provided by SNS (Social Network Service) such as KakaoTalk, Facebook, and Twitter, doctors and information are delivered while inputting texts or images into chat windows.

When a question arises or an argument arises about a specific content during a conversation, objective information confirmation is sometimes required. There is a problem.

Also, there are often situations that require formal or formal conversation, but it is not easy to come up with long sentences and type them every time.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1626474 (Registered on May 26, 2016) - Messenger-based document sharing service providing device and method using the same

The present invention can solve the difficulty of writing phrases by searching for various information in a messenger chat window and sharing the searched information among the interlocutors or by providing standardized phrases for each situation, age, gender, region, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for retrieving information and providing phrases in an SNS messenger.

Objects other than the present invention will be easily understood through the following description.

According to one aspect of the present invention, as a user terminal included in a system for searching information and providing phrases through an SNS messenger, it includes a messenger management unit that executes a messenger application and checks whether a predetermined event has occurred in a chat room, an information search unit that is activated when the event is an information search event and displays a search result obtained by performing a search according to a result of analyzing a search target in the chat room; and a phrase providing unit that is activated when the occurrence event is a phrase search event, recommends a candidate phrase from the database according to the analysis result of the conversation situation and the conversation partner, and displays the candidate phrase selected by the user as the final phrase in the chat room A user terminal including at least one is provided.

The information retrieval event is a selection of an information retrieval icon or an information retrieval related gesture, and the information retrieval related gesture is touch-and-drag to have a shape in which the region including the retrieval target is an inner region, or the retrieval target is underlined. It may be a touch-and-drag to display a specific and predetermined symbol.

When the information retrieval event occurs, the information retrieval unit separately outputs an information retrieval window for information retrieval, and displays the result of the search corresponding to the user's input or the context analysis result of the conversation made in the chat room. After displaying it in the information search window, it can be shared in the chat room.

The phrase search event is a selection of a phrase search icon, and the phrase providing unit separately outputs a phrase search window for phrase search when the phrase search event occurs, and according to a condition input by the user, or Corresponding to the results of the context analysis of the conversation in the chat room, the conversation situation such as promotion, telegram, marriage, birthday, funeral, etc. and age, rank, gender, region, etc. After classifying by one or more of the attributes of the conversation partner, the conversation situation and A typed phrase corresponding to the attribute may be recommended as the candidate phrase.

A first typed phrase pre-registered by a user is registered in the database, and when the first typed phrase is selected and used by another user, an incentive such as points related to an SNS service may be provided to the user .

Meanwhile, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information retrieval and sharing method performed in an information retrieval and phrase provision system through an SNS messenger, the method comprising: checking whether an information retrieval event occurs when a chat room is opened through a user terminal; analyzing a search target in response to a user input or a context analysis of a conversation made in the chat room when the information search event occurs; performing a search on the search target and displaying a search result through a search result window; and sharing the search result to the chat room. The information retrieval event is a selection of an information retrieval icon or an information retrieval related gesture, and the information retrieval related gesture is a touch and drag to have a shape in which the region including the retrieval target is an inner region, or the retrieval target is underlined. It may be a touch-and-drag to display a specific and predetermined symbol.

Meanwhile, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a phrase providing method performed in a system for providing information and providing phrases through an SNS messenger, the method comprising: checking whether a phrase search event occurs when a chat room is opened through a user terminal; When the phrase search event occurs, the conversation situation such as promotion, telegram, marriage, birthday, funeral, etc. and the conversation by age, rank, gender, region, etc., corresponding to the conditions input by the user or the context analysis of the conversation made in the chat room Conversation situation, distinguished by one or more of the attributes about the other party; and analyzing the conversation partner attribute; recommending a candidate phrase from among the typed phrases registered in a database according to the conversation partner attribute; and providing the final phrase obtained by processing the candidate phrase to the chat room. Artificial intelligence (AI) may be utilized in the step of recommending a candidate phrase through the typed phrase registered in the database. In the database, a first typed phrase pre-registered by a user is registered, and when the first typed phrase is selected and used by another user, an incentive such as points related to an SNS service can be provided to the user there is.

Other aspects, features and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, various information can be searched for in a messenger chat window, and the searched information can be shared among chatters.

In addition, there is an effect that can solve the difficulty of writing phrases by providing specialized typed phrases such as standard phrases for each situation, age, gender, and region through the established database. There is a service that provides short phrases such as greetings in the past. However, according to the present invention, a database is built and the database and phrases are continuously updated according to the user, and the conversation situation and the properties of the conversation partner by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), etc. The difference is that it recommends a candidate phrase corresponding to .

1 is a block diagram of a user terminal included in an information search and phrase provision system in an SNS messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a first embodiment of a messenger screen provided by a user terminal of a system for providing information and phrases in an SNS messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a second embodiment of a messenger screen provided by a user terminal of a system for providing information and phrases in an SNS messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a flowchart of an information search and sharing method performed by an information search unit of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is an exemplary view of a terminal screen for information retrieval and sharing;
6 is a flowchart of a phrase providing method performed by a phrase providing unit of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is an exemplary view of a terminal screen for providing phrases.

Since the present invention can have various changes and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

When an element is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another element, it is understood that it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in between. it should be On the other hand, when it is said that a certain element is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle.

Terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is used only to describe specific embodiments, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that this does not preclude the possibility of addition or existence of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, the components of the embodiment described with reference to each drawing are not limitedly applied only to the embodiment, and may be implemented to be included in other embodiments within the scope of maintaining the technical spirit of the present invention, and also Even if the description is omitted, it is natural that a plurality of embodiments may be re-implemented as one integrated embodiment.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components regardless of the reference numerals are given the same or related reference numerals, and the overlapping description thereof will be omitted. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In the drawings attached to this specification, colors are given to help distinguish the components. However, even the same component may have different colors in the perspective view and the cross-sectional view. Also, the same or similar color may be assigned to different components.

In addition, terms such as “…unit”, “…unit”, “…module”, “…group”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software or hardware and software It can be implemented as a combination of

1 is a block diagram of a user terminal included in a system for providing information and phrases in an SNS messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. A first embodiment of a messenger screen provided by a user terminal of a phrase providing system, and FIG. 3 is a second example of a messenger screen provided by a user terminal of a system for searching information in an SNS messenger and providing phrases according to an embodiment of the present invention Example.

The system for searching information and providing phrases in an SNS messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention makes it easier to search for and share information desired to be shared through the SNS messenger, and solves the difficulty of writing a sentence by providing typed phrases make it possible

Referring to FIG. 1 , the user terminal 100 included in the information search and phrase provision system in the SNS messenger according to the present embodiment is illustrated. Here, the user terminal 100 may be a sender terminal.

The user terminal 100 basically includes the messenger management unit 110 , and may additionally include one or more of the information search unit 120 and the phrase providing unit 130 .

The messenger management unit 110 executes a messenger application (also referred to as an application, APP) for a conversation with another user using an SNS service, in particular, a messenger service.

When the messenger is executed through the messenger management unit 110, the user can open a chat room and have a 1:1 conversation or a group conversation with any other user or a user registered as a friend.

The messenger management unit 110 may check whether a predetermined event occurs in the chat room, and when the event occurs, activate and operate a component set for the event. In this embodiment, the event may include at least one of an information search event and a phrase search event.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a messenger screen executed in the user terminal 100 used by user A is shown.

Through the counterpart display window 201 disposed at the top of the messenger screen 200, a conversation partner (eg, 'User B' in the drawing) with which user A is conversing may be displayed.

In the middle of the messenger screen 200 , a chat window 202 in which chat contents are displayed may be disposed.

An input window 203 for inputting conversation contents may be disposed below the conversation window 202 . An icon (or button) for generating a specific event according to the present embodiment may be disposed in the input window 203 .

When the information search icon 211 is selected by an event such as touch or click, the information search unit 120 to be described later is activated to perform information search while the messenger screen 200 is displayed on the user terminal 100. make it possible In addition, depending on the user's selection, all or part of the searched information may be displayed in the chat window 202 to be shared with the chat partner.

In addition, when the phrase search icon 212 is selected by an event such as touch or click, the phrase providing unit 130 to be described later is activated, and the typed phrase is displayed while the messenger screen 200 is displayed on the user terminal 100 . to be searched for or recommended. And according to the user input, the selected candidate phrase or the selected text is modified. The phrase may be displayed in the chat window 202 so that the chat partner can confirm it.

Alternatively, when a preset search gesture is input in addition to the selection of the information search icon 211 or the phrase search icon 212, the information search unit 120 or the phrase provision unit 130, which will be described later, as if an event related to information or phrase search has occurred. can also be activated.

2 shows a case in which the information search icon 211 and the phrase search icon 212 are provided in the input window 203 by default.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 , only the integrated search icon 210 is disposed in the input window 203 to reduce the space occupied by the input window 203 . In addition, when the integrated search icon 210 is selected, the icon window 220 provided with the information search icon 221 and the phrase search icon 222 may be popped up or slid to receive a user input related to the search.

When the information search icons 211 and 221 are selected, the information search unit 120 is activated to perform a specified function.

The information search unit 120 is activated when an information search-related event occurs in a chat room, allows the user to search for desired information, and allows the search result to be shared with a chat partner through the chat room. The operation of the information search unit 120 will be described in more detail later with reference to FIG. 4 and related drawings.

Alternatively, when the phrase search icons 212 and 222 are selected, the phrase providing unit 130 may be activated to perform a specified function.

The phrase providing unit 130 is activated when an event related to a phrase search occurs in a chat room, enables a user to search for a typed phrase needed, and displays the search result as it is or by modifying it to be displayed through the chat room. . The operation of the phrase providing unit 130 will be described in more detail later with reference to FIG. 6 and related drawings.

4 is a flowchart of an information search and sharing method performed by an information search unit of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an exemplary terminal screen for information search and sharing.

A method of retrieving and sharing information will be described with reference to FIG. 4 .

A chat room is opened between user A and user B, so that A and B can conduct a conversation through the messenger screen 400 (step S300).

The messenger management unit 110 checks whether there is an information search request during the conversation between A and B (step S305).

The information retrieval request may be a touch or click event of the information retrieval icon 410 shown in FIG. 2 or 3 .

Alternatively, an input of a preset information retrieval gesture may be recognized as an information retrieval request. When the user terminal 100 is equipped with a touch screen, a gesture such as touch and drag having a predetermined shape in the chat window 402 of the messenger screen 400 may be set as an information search gesture. For example, it may be a gesture of drawing a circle or an oval. Or it could be a gesture of underlining a specific word and drawing a question mark (?). These various gestures may be set as information retrieval gestures.

When an information retrieval icon is selected or an information retrieval gesture is input, it is regarded as an information retrieval request and information retrieval is performed.

First, a search target for information search is analyzed (step S310).

The search target may be directly input from the user through an input window of the messenger screen 400 or a separate input window.

Alternatively, a search target may be derived by analyzing the context of the conversation between A and B. For example, it is possible to search for a topic word or phrase having a question or controversy from a predetermined number of latest conversations among conversations between A and B, and derive an information search target from the corresponding phrase. Alternatively, when a punctuation mark indicating a question (eg, a question mark (?)) exists, an information search target may be derived by extracting important words from a sentence containing the punctuation mark.

Alternatively, when the information retrieval request is an information retrieval gesture in step S305, an information retrieval target may be derived corresponding to the gesture.

For example, when a gesture of drawing a circle or oval is taken, it may be assumed that there is a search target among words included in an inner region created by the circle or oval. In this case, a search target can be derived with higher accuracy by limiting the range to a region specified by a gesture among a plurality of words in the chat window 402 .

In another example, when a gesture of underlining a specific word and drawing a question mark is performed, it may be determined that the underlined specific word is a search target for a search.

When the analysis of the search target is completed, a search may be performed through a separate information search window 420 (step S315, see the bottom of FIG. 5 ). In this case, the search may be performed through a search site that is set by default, preset by the user, or selected in real time. When searching for a search target, a user's past history data may be used to perform a customized search.

When the search is completed, the search result 421 may be displayed in the information search window 420 . The search result 421 may be displayed as text or an image. Also, a link indicating the source of the searched information may be added to the search result 421 .

A friend search icon 431 is provided at the bottom of the information search window 420 , so that a friend with whom the search result 421 is to be shared can be searched for. In addition, a chat room search icon 432 is provided at the bottom of the information search window 420 , so that a chat room in which the search result 421 is to be shared can be searched. In addition, a transmission icon 433 is also provided, so that the search result 421 can be transmitted for the friend or chat room searched and selected through the chat room search icon 432 previously searched and selected through the friend search icon 431 . When sending to a friend, if there is no chat room created in advance with the friend, a new chat room may be opened and the search result 421 may be transmitted to the chat room.

When the search result is transmitted to the chat room, the search result may be processed to be displayed in the chat window 402 (step S320).

Then, the processed search result is displayed on the chat window 402, so that the chat partner can share the searched information (step S325).

6 is a flowchart of a method for providing a phrase performed by a phrase providing unit of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an exemplary terminal screen for providing phrases.

A method of providing a phrase will be described with reference to FIG. 6 .

A chat room is opened between user A and user B, and A and B can conduct a conversation through the messenger screen 600 (step S500).

The messenger manager 110 checks whether there is a phrase search request during the conversation between A and B (step S505). The phrase search request may be a touch or click event of the phrase search icon 610 shown in FIG. 2 or 3 .

When there is a phrase search request, the phrase providing unit 130 is activated, and attribute analysis of the conversation situation and the conversation partner is performed (step S510). The analyzed conversation situations may be classified according to situations such as promotion, telegram, marriage, birthday, funeral, and the like. Conversation party attributes include age, job title (supervisor/subordinate), gender (male/female), and region. One or more of the following properties may be included. This is because typed phrases may be set and registered differently even for the same content by attributes such as age, rank, gender, and region.

The conversation situation and the conversation partner attribute may be input by the user or inferred through context analysis of the conversation content between A and B. As an example, if A uses respect for B and B uses slang for A, B may be considered older or higher in rank than A. As another example, if the sentence style used by B includes a dialect frequently used in a specific region, the region corresponding to B may be regarded as a region in which the corresponding dialect is used.

When the analysis of the conversation situation and the conversation partner attribute is completed, candidate phrases are recommended corresponding to the conversation situation and the conversation partner attribute (step S515).

The phrase providing unit 130 may be provided with a database in which a plurality of pre-registered typed phrases are stored, or the phrase providing unit 130 may be connected to an external database and a network through a network. The database may store various typed phrases that the user pre-written and registered or registered by other users.

The phrase providing unit 130 may transmit a query for the conversation situation and conversation partner attribute to the database to read a predetermined number of typed phrases corresponding to the conversation situation and conversation partner attribute as candidate phrases.

The candidate phrase 621 read from the database may be displayed through a separate phrase search window 620 . In the phrase search window 620, an input window 622 is disposed below the window displaying the candidate phrase 621, so that the user may input the phrase selection and correction information for the candidate phrase (step S520). In the case of the selected candidate phrase, it is highly likely that it is a typed phrase for an unspecified counterpart. Accordingly, an unspecified counterpart may be automatically modified as a current conversation partner or may be manually modified based on phrase correction information input by the user.

The final phrase for which the phrase correction is completed may be displayed in the chat window 602 of the messenger screen 600 so that the chatting partner can check it (step S525).

A friend search icon 631 is provided at the bottom of the phrase search window 620 to search for a friend to whom the final phrase is to be provided. In addition, a chat room search icon 632 is provided at the bottom of the phrase search window 620, so that a chat room to which the final phrase is to be provided can be searched. In addition, a transmission icon 633 is also provided, so that the final phrase can be transmitted to the friend searched and selected through the friend search icon 631 or the chat room searched and selected through the chat room search icon 632 . When sending to a friend, if there is no chat room created in advance with the friend, you can open a new chat room and send the final phrase to the chat room.

In this embodiment, the user may register the typed phrase in the database to be used later by the user or other users. In this case, the phrase providing unit 130 may determine the similarity to the phrase already registered in the database, and enable registration only when there is a difference by more than a reference value. This is to prevent duplication of phrases or duplicate registration of very similar phrases.

A user who has registered the typed phrase in the database can acquire a predetermined point later when another user recommends the phrase and uses it as the final phrase. The acquired points can be used to purchase emoticons in the process of using SNS.

In the above, the description has been focused on the conversational type SNS such as KakaoTalk among the SNS, but these embodiments can be applied to the SNS type such as Facebook as well. may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as an application or program module executed by a computer. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer-readable media may include computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data.

The information search and sharing method and the phrase provision method in the aforementioned SNS messenger can be executed by an application basically installed in the terminal (which may include a program included in a platform or operating system, etc. basically installed in the terminal), It may be executed by an application (ie, a program) installed directly in the master terminal by a user through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server related to the corresponding service. In this sense, the above-described information retrieval and sharing method and phrase provision method in the SNS messenger are implemented as an application (ie, program) installed by default in a terminal or directly installed by a user, and a computer-readable recording medium such as a terminal. can be recorded in

Although described above with reference to the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

100: user terminal 110: messenger management unit
120: information search unit 130: phrase provision unit
200, 400, 600: user terminal 202, 402, 602: chat window
211, 221: information search icon 212, 222: phrase search icon
220: icon window

Claims (9)

As a user terminal included in information search and phrase provision system through SNS messenger,
Including a messenger management unit that executes a messenger application and checks whether a predetermined event has occurred in the chat room,
Activated when the occurrence event is a phrase search event, the phrase search event is a selection of a phrase search icon,
and a phrase providing unit for recommending a candidate phrase from a database according to a result of analyzing the conversation situation and the conversation partner attribute, and displaying the candidate phrase selected by the user as a final phrase in the chat room;
In the database of the phrase providing unit, a phrase written and registered by a user in advance or registered by another user is stored,
The phrase providing unit separately outputs a phrase search window for phrase search when the phrase search event occurs, and selects one or more of promotion, telegram, marriage, birthday, and funeral according to the context analysis result of the conversation made in the chat room Classify into conversation situations, classify at least one of age, rank, gender, and region as conversation counterpart attributes according to the context analysis result of conversations made in the chat room, and among a plurality of typed phrases registered in the database The user terminal, characterized in that recommending a typed phrase corresponding to the conversation situation and the conversation partner attribute as the candidate phrase through the phrase search window. delete delete delete According to claim 1,
A first typed phrase pre-registered by a user is registered in the database,
When the first typed phrase is selected and used by another user, an incentive including points related to an SNS service is provided to the user. delete delete A method of providing phrases performed in a system for providing information and providing phrases through SNS messengers,
checking whether a phrase search event occurs when a chat room is opened through the user terminal;
analyzing by dividing one or more of promotion, telegram, marriage, birthday, and funeral into a conversation situation according to a context analysis result of a conversation made in the chat room when the phrase search event occurs;
analyzing, when the phrase search event occurs, classifying and analyzing one or more of age group, rank type, gender, and region as a conversation partner attribute according to a result of analyzing the context of the conversation in the chat room;
The database stores phrases written and registered by a user in advance or registered by other users, and deriving a candidate phrase from among the typed phrases registered in the database according to the conversation situation and the conversation partner attribute;
when a candidate phrase is derived, displaying a separate phrase search window in the user terminal and displaying the candidate phrase in the phrase search box;
and receiving phrase selection or correction information from a user for the candidate phrase displayed in the phrase search window, and searching the chat room, other users, or other chat rooms and providing the same. 9. The method of claim 8,
A first typed phrase pre-registered by a user is registered in the database,
When the first typed phrase is selected and used by another user, an incentive including points related to an SNS service is provided to the user.

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