KR20030069316A - Cyber Assistant Offering Method Using Virtual Character and System Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for supplying a cyber helper using a virtual character is provided to supply information adapted to Internet users by recognizing tendency and pattern information of the Internet users using various theme characters of a virtual space. CONSTITUTION: A user who wants to receive information through the Internet connects to the Internet using a client terminal(S11) and performs a log-in process. A user authentication procedure is executed(S12). If the user is a member and the user selects an icon out of a virtual character download menu icon or a version update icon, a virtual character is downloaded and installed in the client terminal of the user(S14). If the user selects a dialogue with the virtual character being output on a screen(S15), the virtual character is output on the screen, the virtual character asks the user a tendency, and an inputted tendency is stored in a user personal information storage(S16). The inputted tendency information is transmitted to a cyber helper web site through the Internet, and related contents data, shopping mall commodity information, and various kinds of service information are supplied(S17).

Description

Cyber Assistant Offering Method Using Virtual Character and System Thereof}

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a cyber helper using a virtual character, and more particularly, to grasp the propensity and pattern information of Internet users using various theme characters in a virtual space and to provide appropriate information to users. It relates to a cyber helper providing method and system using the virtual character.

At present, due to the development of the Internet-based network, there is a great change in information and transactions, and the era of sharing all information and trading without borders is approaching rapidly.

In addition, the creation of virtual spaces through the network has brought about various services and online real-time transactions in these virtual spaces, and offline real-world transactions and various agency services as well as electronic commerce on-line are being activated. to be.

An avatar, a virtual character on the Internet, is a virtual surrogate that is a visual image representing the user's alteration in cyberspace, that is, a virtual human or anthropomorphic object that exists in cyberspace. It is widely used in shopping. The avatar serves as an agent of the user in the virtual world, and is an animated character performing a function that can be conveniently used within the site.

Currently, avatars are being used in cyber shopping malls, virtual education, virtual offices, etc. in addition to chatting and online games, and the most popular areas are online chat services, such as icon chat and 3D graphic chat. The service is being introduced. The avatar connects the virtual world with the real world, and exists in the middle of anonymity and blindness. In the past, netizens have been fascinated by the anonymity of cyberspace, but now they feel the desire to express themselves, and there are avatars that satisfy both of them.

However, most of the virtual characters such as avatars are limited to a service that mainly combines a few characters in a game or a chat service or provides a virtual character that has already been completed.

The present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, by performing the role of the cyber helper to the user through various theme characters of the virtual space to analyze the user's disposition and pattern and suitable for the user through the analyzed result The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cyber helper providing method and system using a virtual character that can provide information according to a user's disposition by providing information according to priorities.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a cyber helper providing system using a virtual character according to the present invention;

2 and 3 are a flow chart illustrating a cyber helper providing method using a virtual character according to the present invention;

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: Client Terminal 11: Lava Desk

12: Lava desk information storage unit 13: user personal information storage unit

20: Internet 30: Cyber Helper Website

31: Web server 32: User database

33: Lava Desk Engine 40: Partner Website

50: Website

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises the steps of forming a network by sharing an automatic link or a partial database through partnerships and contracts with websites that provide paid and free contents, shopping product information, and various services through the Internet. ; Performing a login procedure by accessing a cyber helper website through a client terminal and performing a member registration procedure in case of a non-member; Downloading and installing the virtual character to the client terminal of the user when the user selects the virtual character down menu icon or the version update icon; When the user selects a dialogue with the virtual character outputted on the screen while the virtual character is installed or the version update is completed on the client terminal of the user, outputting the lava desk and the virtual character to the screen; Storing the taste and need information directly input by the user by querying taste and need information of the user in a user personal information storage unit; The user taste and need information is transmitted to a cyber helper website through the Internet, and analyzing user taste and need information through a Lava desk engine; It provides a method for providing a cyber helper using a virtual character, comprising the step of providing the corresponding information suitable for the user through the virtual character based on the analyzed user's taste and needs information.

Another feature of the invention is a client terminal that the user is provided with a variety of services by accessing the Internet; The Internet, which is a network for transmitting and receiving data via communication at a remote location; Web server that provides cyber helpers using virtual characters to registered users, a user database that stores personal information of the registered users and the analyzed user's disposition and pattern information, and provides virtual character programs to users. It consists of the Lava Desk Engine that analyzes the user's propensity and pattern identified through the virtual character, and analyzes the propensity and pattern of users who subscribe as members through the virtual character and prioritizes the information suitable for the user based on the analyzed data. Provided by the Cyber Helper website; A plurality of partner websites that provide content, product information, and services in partnership with the cyber helper website; It provides a cyber helper providing system using a virtual character comprising a plurality of websites that provide a variety of information and various services through the Internet.

Hereinafter, a cyber helper providing method and system using a virtual character according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a cyber helper providing system using a virtual character according to the present invention. FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate a cyber helper providing method using a virtual character according to the present invention. Flowchart for

Referring to FIG. 1, the cyber helper providing system using a virtual character according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, transmits / receives data through a remote communication with a client terminal 10 that receives various services by a user connecting to the Internet. Internet helper network 30, the cyber helper website 30 that analyzes the propensity and pattern of users to join as a member through the virtual character and provides the user with the appropriate information based on the analyzed data in priority order, A plurality of web sites for providing a variety of information and services through a plurality of partner websites (40) for providing content, product information and services in partnership with the cyber helper website (30) and the Internet (20) Site 50.

The client terminal 10 is connected to the Internet 20 through a personal computer (PC), an Internet TV, a cellular phone (not shown), a personal digital assistant (PDA) and an IMT2000 installed by a user using the Internet 20. ), The lava desk 11 storing the various information related to the lava desk 11, the lava desk 11 for selecting a type of lava or a cyber helper function as a virtual character, for example. It consists of a user personal information storage unit 13 for storing the user's personal information.

The cyber helper website 30 receives a variety of contents, products, services, etc. from the affiliated and contracted partner website 40, and provides a web server 31, cyber, which is provided to the registered users through virtual characters. Providing a virtual character program to users, a user database 32 for storing personal information of users registered on the helper website 30 and the propensity and pattern information of the users analyzed through the Lava desk engine 33, Lava desk engine 33 for analyzing the user's propensity and pattern identified through the virtual character.

A cyber helper providing method and system using a virtual character according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

First, the cyber helper website 30 according to the present invention is automatically linked through partnerships and contracts with partner websites 40 that provide paid and free content, shopping product information, and various services through the Internet 20. Or a network that shares some databases.

A user who wishes to receive useful information through the Internet 20 accesses the Internet 20 using his client terminal 10 (S11), and provides a cyber helper service using a virtual character. When the domain is input, the web server 31 outputs the homepage on the screen, and when the user selects login, the web server 31 outputs a login message on the screen to perform a user authentication procedure for determining whether the user is a member (S12). ).

When the user is a non-member, the web server 31 displays a member agreement and a member information input window on the screen to perform a member registration procedure and stores member information input from the user in the user database 32 ( S13). Here, the user information is directly input the user's address, name, ID, password, email address, contact, hobby and specialty for checking the user's taste.

In step S12, the web server 31 determines whether the user is a member. When the user is a member, the web server 31 checks whether a virtual character down menu icon or a version update icon is displayed on the screen. If the icon is selected, the virtual character is downloaded and installed to the client terminal 10 of the user (S14).

When the user selects a conversation with the virtual character output to the screen in the state in which the virtual character installation or version update is completed on the client terminal 10 (S15), the lava desk 11 and the virtual character are output to the screen and the virtual character is The user's taste and need information is queried and taste and need information directly input by the user is stored in the user personal information storage unit 13 (S16).

The input user taste and need information is transmitted to the cyber helper website 30 through the Internet 20, and the user needs are analyzed through the Lava desk engine 33 to provide related content data, shopping mall product information, and various service information. It will be provided (S17).

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the virtual character residing in the client terminal 10 may allow the user to surf the Internet using the Internet 20 or search for various information and use various shopping malls. Is periodically extracted and transmitted to the cyber helper website 30, and the web server 31 stores the user propensity and pattern information transmitted from each client terminal 10 in the user database 32, and the Lava desk engine. The user propensity and pattern are analyzed through step 33 (S21).

The Lava desk engine 33 extracts the information related to the analyzed user's disposition from the cooperative company website 40 and stores it in the user database 32 (S22), and the user uses his client terminal for the purpose of surfing the Internet (S22). If the user accesses the Internet 20 using 10) (S23), the information according to the user's disposition stored in the user database 32 is read and transmitted to the user's client terminal 10 (S24).

The client terminal 10 is sequentially provided with the analyzed information according to the user's preference through the installed Lava desk 11 and the virtual character (S25).

Therefore, as described above, the method and system for providing the cyber helper using the virtual character according to the present invention analyzes the user's disposition and pattern through the virtual character on various information distributed on the Internet, and based on the analyzed data. It is possible to provide information that is appropriate to the priorities.

In addition, the cyber helper providing method and system using the virtual character according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the technical gist of the invention.

According to the present invention as described above, by analyzing the user's propensity and pattern through the virtual character, and by providing the information suitable for the user according to the priority based on the analyzed data, a variety of information distributed on the Internet There is an effect that can be efficiently provided to the user appropriately.

Claims (4)

Forming a network by sharing an automatic link or a partial database through partnerships and contracts with websites providing paid and free contents, shopping product information, and various services through the Internet; Performing a login procedure by accessing a cyber helper website through a client terminal and performing a member registration procedure in case of a non-member; Downloading and installing the virtual character to the client terminal of the user when the user selects the virtual character down menu icon or the version update icon; When the user selects a dialogue with the virtual character outputted on the screen while the virtual character is installed or the version update is completed on the client terminal of the user, outputting the lava desk and the virtual character to the screen; Storing the taste and need information directly input by the user by querying taste and need information of the user in a user personal information storage unit; The user taste and need information is transmitted to a cyber helper website through the Internet, and analyzing user taste and need information through a Lava desk engine; And providing the corresponding information suitable for the user through the virtual character based on the analyzed user's taste and need information. The method of claim 1, In the step of providing information suitable for the user through the virtual character, the virtual character residing on the client terminal periodically extracts the user's disposition and pattern information through the process of surfing using the Internet to the cyber helper website Transmitting; The cyber helper website storing user propensity and pattern information transmitted from each client terminal in a user database and analyzing the user propensity and patterns through a Lava desk engine; Extracting information related to the analyzed user disposition from a supplier web site and storing the information in a user database; If a user accesses the Internet using a client terminal, reading information according to a user's disposition stored in the user database and transmitting the information to the client terminal of the user; The client terminal is a cyber helper providing method using a virtual character characterized in that it comprises the step of sequentially providing the analyzed information according to the user preferences through the installed Lava desk and the virtual character. A client terminal 10 in which a user accesses the Internet and receives various services; The Internet 20, which is a network for transmitting and receiving data through remote communication; Web server 31 that provides cyber helpers using virtual characters to registered users, user database 32 that stores personal information of the registered users and analyzed user's disposition and pattern information, and virtual to users It is composed of Lava desk engine 33 that provides a character program and analyzes the user's propensity and pattern identified through the virtual character, and analyzes the propensity and pattern of users who register as members through the virtual character and analyzes the analyzed data. A cyber helper website 30 that provides, based on priorities, information suitable for the user on a basis thereof; A plurality of partner websites (40) for providing contents, product information, and services in partnership with the cyber helper website (30); Cyber helper providing system using a virtual character, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of websites (50) for providing a variety of information and various services through the Internet (20). The method of claim 3, The client terminal 10 stores the lava desk information for storing a variety of information related to the lava desk 11 and the lava desk 11, in which a user using the Internet 20 selects a virtual character type and selects a cyber helper function. Part 12, the cyber helper providing system using a virtual character, characterized in that consisting of a user personal information storage unit for storing the user's personal information (13).