KR20060028005A - Method for providing bulletin service and system of enabling the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a bulletin board service, and more particularly, to a bulletin board providing method characterized in that the user further activates the bulletin board by simplifying a procedure that a user must perform to register predetermined content on his bulletin board. It's about the system.

The method for registering a post in a bulletin board in an Internet bulletin board service according to the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a program associated with a post registration to a user's terminal, and allowing the program to be installed on the user terminal; Receiving a predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user; Receiving a selection of a menu for directly registering the selected content on a bulletin board among the menus provided by the installed program; Providing a bulletin board associated with the user to select a bulletin board from which the user wants to register contents; And registering the selected content with the selected bulletin board.

According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently provide a user interface by allowing a user to select a bulletin board to register contents from among a plurality of bulletin boards.

Bulletin board registration, content, program, user terminal, user management module

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING BULLETIN SERVICE AND SYSTEM OF ENABLING THE METHOD}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating another method of providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention.

3A to 3C illustrate an embodiment of providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of a bulletin board information database according to the present invention.

5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of a system for providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention.

6 is an internal block diagram of a general-purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the bulletin board service providing method according to the present invention.

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510: installation control module

520: the user interface unit

530: post registration module

540: user management module

550: bulletin board information database

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a bulletin board service, and more particularly, to a bulletin board providing method characterized in that the user further activates the bulletin board by simplifying a procedure that a user must perform to register predetermined content on his bulletin board. It's about the system.

In general, there is a service that allows a user to run a community that participates online, such as the Internet, or to manage their own homepage or blog, and users use these services to socialize each other or to use their daily lives. It can be disclosed to others. Therefore, the user can register his or her information on the bulletin board of the community, the homepage, or the blog as described above, and find a favorite content and register it on the bulletin board.

Thus, in order to register a predetermined content on the bulletin board, the user accesses the bulletin board providing server, performs user authentication, finds a bulletin board to which the content is to be registered, and stores a web address for providing the content to be registered or related information. Was stored in the user's own terminal to register the stored content on the bulletin board. Therefore, in order to perform this, the user has to store the content to be registered every time the content is registered on the bulletin board, and has a hassle to find a bulletin board to register the content by accessing a server associated with the bulletin board to be registered.

For example, if there are a large number of bulletin boards operated by a user, whenever a content is registered in each bulletin board, the user must connect to a server providing a bulletin board and perform a user authentication to find a bulletin board. If a server that provides a bulletin board wants to register content to four other bulletin boards, the user must connect to the server that provides the bulletin board four times, find a corresponding bulletin board, and register the content. This is tedious and meaningless, requiring you to do the same thing over and over again.

Accordingly, when a user finds content to register on his bulletin board while using a service provided on the Internet, a convenient method of immediately selecting one of the predetermined bulletin boards and registering the content is required. To this end, the present invention provides a predetermined program for selecting content from a user and immediately registering the content on a bulletin board to be installed in a user terminal, and easily registers the content on the bulletin board by the program.

The present invention has been made in order to improve the prior art as described above, and a bulletin board providing method and system, characterized in that to further activate the bulletin board by simplifying the procedure that a user must perform to register a predetermined content on his bulletin board The purpose is to provide.                         

An object of the present invention is to provide a user interface efficiently by allowing a user to select a bulletin board to register content among a plurality of bulletin boards.

An object of the present invention is to control the user to facilitate the modification of the content registered in the bulletin board.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, a method for registering a post in a bulletin board service in the Internet bulletin board service according to the present invention transmits a program associated with the post registration to the user's terminal, the program to the user terminal To be installed; Receiving a predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user; Receiving a selection of a menu for directly registering the selected content on a bulletin board among the menus provided by the installed program; Providing a bulletin board associated with the user to select a bulletin board from which the user wants to register contents; And registering the selected content with the selected bulletin board.

In an Internet bulletin board service according to an aspect of the present invention, a system for registering a post on a bulletin board includes a bulletin board information database for maintaining one or more bulletin boards associated with a user; An installation control module which transmits a program associated with a post registration to a user's terminal and allows the program to be installed on the user terminal; The user selects a predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user, selects a menu for directly registering the selected content on the bulletin board from the menu provided by the installed program, and refers to the user by referring to the bulletin board information database. A user interface unit providing a bulletin board associated with the bulletin board; And a post registration module that receives a bulletin board from which the user wants to register content, and registers the selected content on the selected bulletin board.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of a method and system for registering a bulletin board in the Internet bulletin board service of the present invention in detail.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention.

First, in step S110, the bulletin board service providing system transmits a program associated with a post registration to a user's terminal, and the program is installed in the user's terminal. The program allows a bulletin board service providing system to directly register contents to a plurality of user bulletin boards, and may be installed in a user terminal with the user's consent. Therefore, when a user accesses the bulletin board service providing system and requests the program download, the bulletin board service providing system transmits the program to a user terminal and installs the program. In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the bulletin board service providing method according to the present invention does not download the program in the bulletin board service providing system, but is currently commercialized Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer) or Netscape (Netscape), etc. Can be distributed in the form of a plug-in to the web browser means.

Next, in step S120, the bulletin board service providing system receives a predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user. The step performed in the present invention is performed by the program installed in the user terminal. Since the program is provided by the bulletin board service providing system, even if the subject is a bulletin board service providing system, there is no problem. In addition, the content includes files stored in a user's terminal as well as sources such as text, images, document files, and moving pictures on the Internet. Therefore, when the user finds a favorite content on the Internet or in a file stored in his computer, the user presses the mouse right button on the content to register and a menu that can be provided on the current page is displayed. Is displayed on the screen. Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention described above with reference to Figure 3a will be described in detail.

3A is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention. The bulletin board service providing system drags the contents of an article containing a picture image and a text (mouse dragging) from the user to select the content to be registered on the bulletin board, and receives a command to press the right button of the mouse. A predetermined menu 310 for registering content to a bulletin board is provided. The menu 310 provides a menu for registering the selected content as a bulletin board or album. The bulletin board service providing system may register the content selected from the user to the bulletin board or album according to the user's selection. For example, the bulletin board service providing system may be registered in a bulletin board when the content includes a post and a picture image, and may be registered in an album when only the picture image is included. However, it may be registered as an album even if it includes a post and a picture image, or may be registered to a bulletin board even if only a picture image is included.

In step S130, the bulletin board service providing system receives a menu for directly registering the selected content on the bulletin board from the user of the menu provided by the installed program. The bulletin board service providing system receives a user from the menu 310 described above with reference to FIG. In addition, the bulletin board service providing system may allow the selected content to be registered as a specific bulletin board. For example, a bulletin board service providing system receives a predetermined bulletin board from the user, so that when the user selects content, the bulletin board service providing system can be directly registered as a bulletin board already set by the user. In addition, the bulletin board service providing system stores the information on the bulletin board that the user most recently registered in the form of log information, and when the user selects the content to register on the bulletin board, the most recent log among the log information. It may be implemented to register the corresponding content in the bulletin board corresponding to the information. Accordingly, the bulletin board service providing system may directly register to a specific bulletin board that is already set or finally registered without selecting one bulletin board among a plurality of bulletin boards whenever the user wants to register the content selected by the user to the bulletin board.

In step S140, the bulletin board service providing system provides a bulletin board associated with the user and receives a bulletin board from which the user wants to register content. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 3B and 4.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of a bulletin board information database according to the present invention.

The bulletin board information database 400 includes a bulletin board name 420 and a bulletin board address 430 associated with the bulletin board name 420 in association with the user identifier 410 of the user. The user identifier 410 is an identifier for identifying a user who has subscribed to the bulletin board service providing system and may be represented by letters or numbers. A user can register a bulletin board frequently used by the bulletin board service providing system when joining the bulletin board service providing system. Accordingly, the bulletin board service providing system receives a bulletin board address 430 including a bulletin board name 420 and bulletin board location information (URL) associated with the bulletin board name from the bulletin board. Store in

That is, when a user having a user identifier 410 named "heejin" selects a bulletin board direct registration menu, the bulletin board service providing system displays a bulletin board associated with a user whose user identifier 410 is "heejin" in the bulletin board information database 400. Search. The bulletin board service providing system provides a bulletin board name 420 associated with the searched bulletin board to the user and selects a bulletin board to register contents from the user.

3B is a diagram for selecting a bulletin board from a user according to an embodiment of the present invention. The bulletin board service providing system provides a pop-up window 320 including a bulletin board name 420 associated with the searched bulletin board to the user so that the bulletin board name 420 is selected from the user by the bulletin board. The bulletin board service providing system may select one of bulletin boards or albums provided by the "myspace" bulletin board service when the user selects a bulletin board called "myspace". Accordingly, the bulletin board service providing system recognizes an input of selecting one of service menus associated with a bulletin board called "My Homepage" and clicking the "OK" button as a command to register contents to the bulletin board or album of the "My Homepage". Register the content on the bulletin board.

Finally, in step S150, the bulletin board service providing system registers the selected content on the selected bulletin board. It demonstrates with reference to FIG. 3C.

3c is a diagram illustrating contents registered in a bulletin board according to the present invention. The bulletin board service providing system registers the content selected by the user in the "my homepage" bulletin board selected by the user. Since the bulletin board service providing system includes a bulletin board address 430 associated with the bulletin board in the bulletin board information database 400, the bulletin board service providing system may directly register contents with the bulletin board selected by the user. In addition, the bulletin board service providing system provides a function of editing and deleting contents registered in a bulletin board according to a user's request.

2 is a flowchart illustrating another method of providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention.

In step S210, the bulletin board service providing system searches for logging in to the bulletin board providing web page of the user who selects the menu to register immediately. The bulletin board service providing system searches for whether the user has logged in to a bulletin board providing web page in order to know a bulletin board to register contents.

In operation S220, when the bulletin board service providing system logs in, the bulletin board service search system searches for a bulletin board associated with the user. The bulletin board service providing system searches for a bulletin board corresponding to the user identifier 410 associated with the logged in user by referring to the bulletin board information database 400.

In step S240, the bulletin board service providing system receives user information necessary for logging in from the user when the user does not log in. The bulletin board service providing system may request to log in to the bulletin board service providing system in order to know a bulletin board associated with the user who has requested content registration on the bulletin board. Accordingly, the bulletin board service providing system may receive a user identifier and a password thereof from the user, authenticate the user, and log in.

In operation S230, the bulletin board service providing system provides the searched bulletin board to the user (see FIG. 3B).

5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of a system for providing a bulletin board service according to the present invention.

The bulletin board service providing system 500 includes an installation control module 510, a user interface 520, a post registration module 530, a user management module 540, and a bulletin board information database 550.

The bulletin board information database 550 maintains one or more bulletin boards associated with the user. Since the bulletin board information database 550 has been described in detail with reference to FIG. 4, it is omitted.

The installation control module 510 transmits a program associated with the post registration to the user's terminal, and controls the program to be installed in the user's terminal. The installation control module 510 receives a program transmission request from the user through the user interface 520 and transmits the program to the user terminal and installs the program.

The user interface unit 520 receives a predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user, and selects a menu for directly registering the selected content from the user from the menu provided by the installed program to the bulletin board. The user management module 540 searches for a bulletin board associated with the user by referring to a bulletin board information database, and the user interface 520 provides the searched bulletin board to the user.

The post registration module 530 receives a bulletin board from which the user wants to register content, and registers the selected content with the selected bulletin board. The post registration module 530 may search a bulletin board address with reference to the bulletin board information database 550 in relation to the bulletin board selected by the user, and register the content in the searched bulletin board.

The user management module 540 searches whether the user logs in the bulletin board providing web page, and controls to provide the searched bulletin board to the user by searching the bulletin board associated with the user when the user logs in. In addition, when the user does not log in, the user management module 540 receives user information necessary for logging in from the user through the user interface 520 and controls the user to log in.

The bulletin board service providing method according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

6 is an internal block diagram of a general-purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the bulletin board service providing method according to the present invention.

Computer device 600 includes one or more processors 610 connected to a main memory including random access memory (RAM) 620 and read only memory (ROM) 630. The processor 610 may also be called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 630 serves to transfer data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 620 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 620 and ROM 630 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 640 is bidirectionally coupled to processor 610 to provide additional data storage capability, and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 640 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is a secondary memory device such as a hard disk which is generally slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 660 may be used. The processor 610 may include one or more input / output interfaces such as a video monitor, trackball, mouse, keyboard, microphone, touchscreen display, card reader, magnetic or paper tape reader, voice or handwriting reader, joystick, or other known computer input / output device. 650 is connected. Finally, the processor 610 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 670. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the present invention, there is provided a bulletin board providing method and system, which further activates the bulletin board by simplifying the cumbersome procedure that a user has to perform in order to register predetermined content on his bulletin board.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently provide a user interface by allowing a user to select a bulletin board to register content from among a plurality of bulletin boards.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to control so that the user can easily modify the content registered in the bulletin board.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

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In the Internet bulletin board service to register a post on the bulletin board, Transmitting a program associated with a post registration to a user's terminal, and causing the program to be installed on the user terminal; Receiving predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user; Receiving a selection of a menu for directly registering the selected content on a bulletin board among the menus provided by the installed program; Providing a bulletin board list associated with the user and selecting a bulletin board to which the user wants to register contents from the user; And Registering the selected content with the selected bulletin board Bulletin board service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The step of providing a bulletin board associated with the user, Searching whether the user who selects the menu to register immediately logs in to the bulletin board provided web page; And Searching for a bulletin board associated with the user when the user logs in, and providing the searched bulletin board to the user; Bulletin board service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The step of providing a bulletin board associated with the user, Searching whether the user who selects the menu to register immediately logs in to the bulletin board provided web page; If the user is not logged in, receiving user information necessary for logging in from the user; And Searching for a bulletin board associated with the user using the input user information and providing the searched bulletin board to a user; Bulletin board service providing method comprising a. In the Internet bulletin board service to register a post on the bulletin board, Transmitting a program associated with a post registration to a user's terminal, and causing the program to be installed on the user terminal; Providing a user interface for inputting bulletin board information for registering content selected by the user to the user; Receiving the bulletin board information from the user through the user interface; Selecting a predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user; And Transmitting the selected content to a predetermined internet address included in the set bulletin board information, and controlling the content to be registered in the bulletin board. Bulletin board service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The step of providing the user interface for inputting the bulletin board information for registering the content selected by the user, And providing the bulletin board information of the bulletin board corresponding to the latest log information among the log information of the bulletin board in which the user has registered the contents to the user. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 5. In the system for registering a post in the bulletin board service, A bulletin board information database that maintains one or more bulletin boards associated with the user; An installation control module which transmits a program associated with a post registration to a user's terminal and allows the program to be installed on the user terminal; The user selects a predetermined content to be registered as a post from the user, selects a menu for directly registering the selected content on the bulletin board from the menu provided by the installed program, and refers to the user by referring to the bulletin board information database. A user interface unit providing a bulletin board associated with the bulletin board; And A post registration module that receives a bulletin board from which the user wants to register content, and registers the selected content in the selected bulletin board. Bulletin board service providing system comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein When the user logs in by searching whether the user logs in to the bulletin board providing web page, the user searches for a bulletin board associated with the user and provides the searched bulletin board to the user. User management module that controls user login by providing user interface to receive user information Bulletin board service providing system, characterized in that it further comprises.

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