KR20000054437A - video chatting treatment method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for processing chatting over a communications network is provided to improve a communication speed, by displaying a screen only supplied from a dialog participant who currently has a conversation on a dialog window, and by dividing the rest participants who do not have conversations as identifying symbols to display the identifying symbols on a participant window, after dividing a dialog screen into the dialog window and the participant window. CONSTITUTION: At least two participants connect to a chatting server by a communications network to chat to each other. A method for processing chatting over the communications network, comprises the steps of: dividing windows into two dialog windows for displaying a screen supplied from a currently-chatting participant, a participant windows for displaying the rest participants who do not currently chat as identifying symbols, and a character window for displaying dialogues inputted as characters; deciding kinds of dialog data generated from an optional participant; and if the dialog data is composed of characters, displaying the dialog data on the character window, and if the data is composed of voices, processing the voices, and if the data is generated as a screen, displaying the data on the dialog window with images.

Description

Video chatting treatment method

The present invention relates to a video chat processing method. Particularly, a chat room screen is divided into a chat window and a participant window to display only images provided from a participant who is currently chatting in the chat window, and the remaining participants who are not talking are divided into a form of an identifier. It relates to a video chat processing method to display in the participant window.

Interactive communication refers to two or more connecting clients communicating with each other through a communication network. The communication is generally known as a chat or a chat room. Such a chat system can be implemented in a client-server manner, and consists of an interactive system in which a server connects, relays, forwards, and controls the requests and data of a participant client connected to the server through a network. have. In this interactive system, as the communication media constituting the network evolve, public switched switched data networks (PSDN), public switched telephone networks (PSTN), and integrated services digital networks are developed. As high-speed communication is available through ISDN, x Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL), cable modem, or Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), the method of chatting is also changed from text-based to multimedia, mainly voice or video. Such a multimedia chat system (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a 'video chat' system) is currently used in the form of some high-end video conferencing system. It is expected to overcome the lightness of conversations caused by the dangers of sex and the avatars of avatars (graphic icons to represent themselves).

However, in a conventional video chat system, when a large number of participants are connected to a chat room, all images are displayed from all participants' clients regardless of whether they are currently in a conversation. There is a problem that the speed is reduced, and the participant client cannot be divided into major and negative.

In addition, in the conventional video chat system, a window for displaying images of each participant client is fixed to a predetermined size, so that any client does not have the flexibility to increase the communication speed by reducing the size of the video display window according to his or her communication environment. There are many inconveniences in terms of use.

The present invention divides a chat room screen into a chat window and a participant window to display only images provided from a participant in the current conversation in the chat window, and the remaining participants who are not talking are displayed in the participant window by distinguishing them in the form of identification symbols. Its purpose is to provide a video chat processing method that can improve communication speed and improve the speed of communication.

Another object of the present invention is to divide the chat window into the main window and the other window in the chat room screen described above, the main window always displays an image from the participant who is the main character of the chat room, the other window from the participant who is currently talking with the main character The present invention provides a video chat processing method capable of diversifying an operation mode of a chat room by displaying an image of a chat room.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a video chat processing method which improves communication speed and usability by allowing a participant client to arbitrarily change the size of a chat window provided on a chat room screen according to his or her communication environment or taste.

A video chat processing method of the present invention for achieving the above object is a video chat processing method in which at least two participant clients are connected to a chat server by a communication network, wherein the chat server is connected to the chat server when an arbitrary chat room is opened. For each participant client each of the two chat windows displaying images provided from the participant client currently in conversation, the participant window displaying all participant clients not currently talking in the form of an identifier, and the dialog entered as text. Displaying the text in a window; Determining a kind of conversation data generated from an arbitrary participant client, and if the generated conversation data is a text, display the text window; if a voice is performed, voice processing is performed; Characterized in that it comprises a step of displaying.

A video chat processing method according to another aspect of the present invention is a video chat processing method in which at least two participant clients are connected to a chat server by a communication network, each of which is connected to the chat server when an arbitrary chat room is opened. Two chat windows that display images from the participant client currently in conversation with the participant client, a participant window that displays all participant clients that are not currently talking in the form of text characters, and a text window that displays the chat entered as text. Classifying and displaying; Determining whether resizing data of a chat window is generated from any participant client while the chat room is in progress, and processing and transmitting image data in a controlled size to the participant client in which the resizing data of the chat window is generated. Characterized in that the made up.

1 is an overall network configuration in which the video chat processing method of the present invention can be implemented;

2 is an internal functional block diagram according to an embodiment of a web server in FIG. 1;

3 is an internal functional block diagram according to an embodiment of a participant client in FIG. 1;

4 is a view illustrating an example of a screen configuration of a chat room in the video chat processing method of the present invention;

5 is a structural diagram according to an embodiment of a database server in FIG. 1;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a chat room process in the video chat processing method of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of adjusting a chat window in a video chat processing method of the present invention;

8 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration of a chat room in a chat window adjusting process in the video chat processing method of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100: chat server, 110: web server,

111: memory module, 112: network interface module,

114: character / voice / picture encoding module,

115: image compositing module, 116: HTML generation module,

120: database server, 122: chat room DB,

124: chat window DB, 126: chat content DB,

128: temporary DB,

200: communication network, 300: participant client,

310, 320, 330: unit participant client,

311, 321, 331: main body, 312, 322, 332: monitor,

313, 323, 333: keyboard, 314: camera,

315, 325: microphone, 316: speaker,

400, 400 'chat room screen, W1: main window,

W2: opponent window, WN; Participant Window,

W3-W17: Individual Participants Window, W18: Previous Character Window,

W19: current text window, W20: promotional / advertising window,

W21: control window

Hereinafter, a video chat processing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall network configuration diagram in which the video chat processing method of the present invention may be implemented. As shown in FIG. 1, the network configuration in which the video chat processing method of the present invention is implemented is largely divided into a chat server 100 as a server providing a chat room for video chat, a participant client 300 having various computer environments, and It consists of a network 200 connecting the chat server 100 and the participant client 300 in a variety of communication networks.

In the above-described configuration, the chat server 100 processes the various data provided from the participant client 300 connected to the opened chat room and the established chat room according to its function, and then builds a web page. It can be divided into a web server 110 for transmitting to 300 and a database server 120 for storing a variety of data generated in the process of processing a video chat in the opened chat room.

The participant client 300 may be divided into several types of participant clients 310, 320, and 330 according to whether a multimedia environment is established. The main body 311 and the monitor (which constitute a basic personal computer) 312) and amplifies the audio signals from the video camera 314 for providing moving picture data to the keyboard 313 and the main body 311, the microphone 315 for inputting the audio data to the main body 311, and the main body 311. Having a speaker 316 (310), a main body 321, a monitor 322, a keyboard 323, a microphone 325 and a speaker 326 (320) and the main body 331 ), And only the monitor 332 and the speaker 333 can be divided into (330). According to the unit participant client 310, text, voice and video chat may be performed together or separately, and according to the unit participant client 320, the text and voice chat may be performed together or separately, According to the client 330 only text chat may be performed.

Meanwhile, the network 200 may be implemented as an internet or an intranet covering only a specific region. The structure of the database server 120 will be described later.

2 is an internal functional block diagram according to an embodiment of a web server in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the chat server 100 includes a memory module 111 in which various data are stored, a module 112 in charge of an interface with the network 200, and a character / voice / image in a required file format. On the basis of various data provided from a module 114 for compressing and encoding, an image composition module 115 for editing or composing a screen as required, such as an overlay of a chat window or a participant window, its own program, and a participant client 300. HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) generating module 116 for generating a web page, and the like. In the foregoing description, for example, the chat window indicates a base window and a counterpart window, and the participant window shows a window displaying all participant clients 300 connected to the chat room, which will be described in detail later with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is an internal functional block diagram of a participant client in FIG. 1, which is provided in a unit participant client 310 having a video camera 314, a microphone 315, and a speaker 316 in addition to a personal computer. It may be a configuration. As shown in FIG. 3, the unit participant client 310 may include a memory module 311 that stores various data, a module 313 that interfaces with the network 200, and a module 311 that controls overall operations of the system. ), A module 314 that is in charge of processing audio data input from the microphone 315 or output to the speaker 316, a module 316 that decodes image data received by compression encoding, and edits a screen as required. A picture synthesizing module 317 for compositing, a screen display module 318 for displaying the edited or synthesized screen on the monitor 312, a web browser 319 for processing web pages provided from the web server 110, and the like. Can be.

Each of the functional modules in FIGS. 2 and 3 may be implemented in software or hardware and a combination of both, and may be appropriately added, subtracted, integrated or separated.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen configuration of a chat room in the video chat processing method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the chat room screen 400 is largely a chat window displaying an image from a participant client 300 who is currently communicating with a participant, and a participant window (WN) displaying all participants who are connected to the chat room. A current text window W18 for displaying an ongoing text-type conversation, and the like, in addition to the immediately preceding text window W19 for displaying a text-form conversation made as a character, various promotional messages or advertisement messages are displayed. The promotion / advertisement window W20 and a control window W21 for adjusting the volume control, the mute, the effect sound, the background sound, the screen rejection, or the sending of the picture screen for the chat room may be provided to enhance usability.

In the above-described configuration, the chat window is preferably a base window W1 displaying an image of the participant client 300 to be the main character in the chat room and a counterpart displaying the image of the participant client 300 currently in conversation with the main character. It can be divided into the window (W2), the size of these basic window (W1) and the counterpart window (W2) is displayed in a predetermined size when opening the chat room. And, the main character appearing in the main window (W1) of the celebrities engaged in broadcasting / entertainment, music, theater, comedy, sports or culture, etc., the operator of the chat server 100 seems to want to chat with the general public, Hereinafter, the claims may be defined as 'famous person'. The counterpart window W2 displays an image of the participant client 300 having a conversation with the main character currently displayed on the main window W1 among the participant client 300 displayed on the participant window WN.

Meanwhile, the chat server 100 may attract more advertisements by providing an advertisement block ABL at a location of the main window W1, for example, to indicate that the advertisement displayed here is related to the main character. The ad revenue thus attracted may be part of the revenue model of the chat server 100.

The participant window (WN) may be displayed by being divided into a symbol that can be identified by all participant clients 300 connected to the chat room, for example, an ID.

In the chat room screen 400 illustrated in FIG. 4, a total of 16 clients 300 including the main character participate in the bar. The main character is always displayed in the main window W1, and the main character is currently displayed in the counterpart window W2. An image of the participant client 300 in conversation is displayed. Therefore, if the participant client 300 is a unit participant client 330 having a computer environment where video chat is not possible, for example, an avatar of the unit participant client 330 is displayed in the counterpart window W2 (avatar) Will be provided) or will be displayed as ID or blank.

5 is a structural diagram according to an embodiment of a database server in FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 5, the database server 120 includes various types of information generated during the progress of a chat room, that is, a chat room DB 122 and a chat window DB. 124, the dialogue contents DB 126, the temporary DB 128, and so on.

The chat room DB 122 stores the title of the chat room, the opening time, the establisher, the number of people allowed, whether to leave the room and the owner. The chat window DB 124 includes information on the size and position of the base window W1 and whether the overlay is overlaid for each participant client 300, information on the size, position and overlay of the counterpart window W2, and the participants. Information regarding the size and position of the window WN and whether the window is overlaid may be stored. The conversation contents DB 126 stores participation ID, text data information, voice data information, image data information, and the like for each participant client 300. Finally, the temporary DB 128 includes a horizontal (X) scale and a vertical (Y) scale and a counterpart window (W2) of the base window (W1) for the participant client 300 that generated the current chat window control data. The horizontal (X) scale and the vertical (Y) scale are temporarily stored, and this data is then transferred to the chat window DB 124 where the size of the base window W1 for the participant client 300 and The size or location data of the location or counterpart window W2 is stored.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a chat room progression process in the video chat processing method of the present invention. It is to be noted that unless otherwise described, the chat server 100 performs the subject. As shown in FIG. 6, in a state where an arbitrary chat room is opened, in step S10 and step S12, when there is a new participant, an ID and password (P / W) are input to the participant. After performing the check-in, it is stored in the conversation contents DB 126 or the like.

Next, in step S20, it is determined whether chat data has been generated from any participant client 300 connected to the chat room. If it is determined in step S20 that the chat data has been generated from any participant client 300, the process proceeds to step S30 in which the type of data generated is text data, voice data, image data, or any one or more thereof. To determine if it is in a correct form.

If it is determined in step S30 that the type of data is a character, the flow proceeds to step S32 in which the ID-related information of the participant client 300, the "> " In the case of a voice, the voice signal is output to the voice processing module 314. In the case of an image, the voice signal is output to the base window W1 or the counterpart window W2 depending on whether the character is the main character or the participant. At this time, if the subject of the conversation data is not the main character, the participant client 300 whose image is displayed in the counterpart window W2 immediately before is transferred to the participant window WN and the current participant client in the counterpart window W2. The image of 300 is displayed on the counterpart window W2.

Next, in step S40, the text / voice / image data is stored in the conversation contents DB 126 depending on the ID of the participant client 300, and then the process returns to step S10.

Meanwhile, in step S50, it is determined whether chat control data is generated from any participant client 300. As a result of the determination in step S50, when chat window control data is generated from any participant client 300, the process proceeds to step S60 to perform a chat window adjusting process to be described later, otherwise proceeds to step S70. To determine if the chat room closure requirement has matured. As a result of the determination at step S70, if the chat room closing requirement is not mature, the process returns to step S10. If maturity is reached, the process proceeds to step S72 to close the chat room and then the program is terminated.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a chat window adjusting process in the video chat processing method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, in step S61, it is determined whether the type of the chat window that any participant client 300 wants to control is the base window W1 or the counterpart window W2. As a result of the determination in step S61, when the type of the chat window is the main window W1, the process proceeds to step S62, where HTML encoding is performed at the size of the adjusted main window W1, and when the counter window W2 is used. In step S63, HTML encoding is performed at the size of the adjusted counterpart window W2. Next, in step S64, the encoded data is stored in the temporary DB 128, and in step S65, the window size data stored in the temporary DB 128 is stored in the participant client item of the chat window DB 124. .

8 is a view illustrating a screen configuration of a chat room during a chat window adjusting process in the video chat processing method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, as the conversation progresses, the text conversation made immediately before is transferred from the current text window W19 to the immediately preceding text window W18, and the text conversation content currently being progressed is the current text window W19. ) Will be displayed. At the same time, the image sent from the participant client 300 which is the conversation partner with the current main character is displayed on the counterpart window W2.

In FIG. 8, the dotted line portions of the base window W1 and the counterpart window W2 represent past window sizes, and the solid line portions represent adjusted window sizes. At this time, it can be seen that the advertisement block ABL displayed on the base window W1 is also adjusted as shown.

The video chat processing method of the present invention as described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the identification symbol indicating the participant client who is not participating in the conversation may include text characters or avatars.

According to the video chat method of the present invention as described above, the chat room screen is divided into a chat window and a participant window to display only the images provided from the participants who are currently in the conversation in the chat window, and the remaining participants who are not talking are in the form of identification symbols. By dividing it into the participant window, it is possible to improve the communication speed and improve the mystery of the operation of the chat room.

In addition, the chat window is divided into the main window and the other window in the chat room screen, the main window always displays the image from the participant who is the main character of the chat room, the other window displays the image from the participant who is currently in conversation with the main character This can diversify the operation of chat rooms.

In addition, it is possible to improve the communication speed and usability by allowing the participant client to arbitrarily change the size of the chat window provided on the chat room screen according to his or her communication environment and taste.

Claims (6)

A video chat processing method in which at least two participant clients are connected to a chat server by a communication network, Two chat windows that display images from the participant client currently in chat for each participant client connected to the chat server upon opening any chat room, displaying all participant clients not currently in the form of identifiers. Displaying a participant window and a text window for displaying a dialog input as a text; Determining the type of conversation data generated from any participant client; and If the generated chat data is a text, displaying the text in the text window; in the case of a voice, performing voice processing; and in the case of an image, displaying the video in the chat window as an image. . The video chat processing method according to claim 1, wherein the chat window comprises a main window in which an image is always displayed and a counterpart window in which a picture from a participant client which is a partner who is currently in conversation with a participant client displayed in the base window is displayed. The method of claim 2, wherein the participant client displayed in the main window is a celebrity. 4. The video chat processing method according to claim 3, wherein an advertisement display block for displaying an advertisement is provided in place of the basic window. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Determining whether resizing data of a chat window has been generated from any participant client during a chat room; and And processing and transmitting the image data in the adjusted size to the participant client in which the size control data of the chat window is generated. A video chat processing method in which at least two participant clients are connected to a chat server by a communication network, Two chat windows displaying images provided from the participant client currently in conversation for each participant client connected to the chat server upon opening any chat room, displaying all participant clients not currently in the form of text characters. Displaying a participant window and a text window for displaying a dialog input as a text; Determining whether resizing data of a chat window is generated from any participant client during the chat room; and And processing and transmitting the image data in the adjusted size to the participant client in which the size control data of the chat window is generated.