KR20080081598A - Mobile terminal for providing vibration imoticon in mobile messenger and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal for providing a vibration emoticon in a mobile messenger and a method thereof are provided to enable a user to express the feeling and intention of the user to another person diversely by adding various effects, including a vibration effect, existing emoticons which are used in a mobile messenger service. A mobile terminal, which provides a mobile messenger service, comprises a memory part(210), a radio processing part(240), a vibration control part(250), and a control part(280). The memory part contains a vibration emoticon database and a messenger program to execute the mobile messenger service. The vibration emoticon database contains data about preset various vibration operations for each vibration emotion. The radio processing part transmits and receives chatting messages with a chatting partner's mobile terminal while the mobile messenger service is in use. The vibration control part controls a vibration motor(255) which vibrates the mobile terminal. In case a chatting message contains a vibration emoticon, the control part extracts data about a vibration operation equivalent to the vibration emoticon from the vibration emoticon database and drives the vibration motor through the vibration control part according to the extracted vibration operation data.

Description

Mobile terminal for providing a vibrating emoticon in a mobile messenger and a method thereof {Mobile Terminal for Providing Vibration Imoticon in Mobile Messenger and Method Thereof}

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a system for providing a mobile messenger service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal for providing a vibrating emoticon in a mobile messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing an effect set for each vibration emoticon used in the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a vibration emoticon in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a mobile messenger screen in a process of selecting and transmitting a vibrating emoticon in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving and displaying a vibration emoticon in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for providing a vibrating emoticon in a mobile messenger and a method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and a method for executing an effect applied to an emoticon transmitted and received while using a mobile messenger service.

In general, instant messenger is software or hardware that allows two or more users to send a small amount of text data in real time. A message can be registered with a contact and displayed on the messenger screen. In addition, the use of messenger has become available in mobile communication terminals as well as PCs, and its use is increasing rapidly.

The instant messenger communicates mainly on the text, and now, in order to overcome the limitation of expressing the expression of the user's expression required only in the case of a doctor or emotion, the instant messenger also provides a graphic emoticon instead of displaying the text directly. have.

In addition to the simple telephone call function, the mobile communication terminal can execute various additional functions such as a short message service (SMS) function. Short message service is a service that allows you to transfer relatively short text sentences between devices (or to a computer). It is widely used instead.

When the mobile communication terminal transmits a short message, the user manipulates a key to create a sentence to be transmitted and transmits the prepared sentence when the sentence is completed. Since the short message function can transmit and receive only 40 characters of Korean characters, the user cannot input and transmit a lot of content. In addition, it was very complicated to input and transmit many characters because only small and extremely limited keys were used to input the contents.

Therefore, it took a lot of time and effort to input a short article with a lot of contents, and the contents were dry and meaningless. In other words, the short message is to communicate mainly on the text, it was unreasonable to express the expression of the speaker, etc. necessary for the transmission of everyday words.

In order to overcome this limitation, the use of emoticons in mobile has been activated. Here, the emoticon acts as an emotional icon with the coinage of Emotion + Icon, and its origin can be found in Smiley used by the network users of the UNIX system. Emoticons like this Emoticons were able to conveniently express their feelings or expressions on the mobile using symbols.

However, the emoticon supported by the conventional messenger service or the danman message service is limited to the visual part only, and there is a problem in that there is a limit in expression in expressing one's emotion or expression.

In order to solve such a problem, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing a messenger service by adding various effects to a conventional emoticon capable of visual expression.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a mobile messenger service, a messenger program for using the mobile messenger service, and a vibration emoticon, wherein the vibration emoticon is set to vibrate action contents, and thus the transmission emoticon. A memory unit configured to store a vibration emoticon database in which various vibration operation contents are set in advance for each of the emoticons for generating a vibration operation corresponding to the vibration operation contents in the mobile communication terminal receiving the received; A wireless processing unit which transmits and receives a chat message with a mobile communication terminal of a chat partner while using the mobile messenger service; A vibration control unit controlling a vibration motor for vibrating the mobile communication terminal; And determining whether the vibrating emoticon is included in the conversation message, and if the vibrating emoticon is included, retrieves a vibration operation content corresponding to the vibrating emoticon from the vibrating emoticon database included in the memory unit, through the vibrating control unit. And a control unit for driving the vibration motor.

In addition, in a method of providing a mobile messenger service in a mobile communication terminal, when a conversation message is received from a mobile communication terminal of a conversation partner while using the mobile messenger service, a vibration emoticon is displayed in the conversation message. Determining whether a set of emoticons for generating a vibration action corresponding to the vibration action content is set in the mobile communication terminal receiving the transmission emoticon; Searching for a vibration operation content corresponding to the vibration emoticon when the vibration emoticon is included in the determining; And driving the vibration motor according to the retrieved vibration operation contents.

In addition, in a method of providing a messaging service in a mobile communication terminal, when a message is received, the vibration emoticon is set in the vibration emoticon, wherein the vibration emoticon is set to the vibration operation content in the mobile communication terminal receiving the transmission emoticon. Determining whether or not an emoticon for causing a vibration operation to occur is included; Searching for a vibration operation content corresponding to the vibration emoticon when the vibration emoticon is included in the determining; And vibrating according to the retrieved vibration operation contents.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, this means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a system for providing a mobile messenger service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing a mobile messenger service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a base station transceiver subsystem (BTS) 122, and a base station control station (BSC). Controller 123, a mobile communication switching center 130, a messenger server 140, a Tayong communication network 160 and the other terminal 170.

Here, for convenience of description, the mobile communication terminal 110 transmits a message including a vibration emoticon, and the other terminal 170 processes a message including a vibration emoticon received from the mobile communication terminal 110. It is assumed that the terminal to be described.

Here, in the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 110 and the other terminal 170 is preferably a terminal having a similar configuration and function, in the following description of the other terminal 170 for convenience of description The configuration of the mobile communication terminal 110 will be described with reference.

The mobile communication terminal 110 is a terminal capable of using a messenger service, and is a terminal capable of chatting or transmitting / receiving data in real time with another terminal 170 using a messenger service through the messenger server 140.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes information on a vibration emoticon, which is an emoticon that supports various types of vibration effects. The vibration emoticons input together are transmitted to the other terminal 170 through the messenger server 140 to generate vibration effects of various types according to the vibration emoticons in the other terminal 170.

The configuration and operation of the mobile communication terminal 110 will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, since the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170 have a similar configuration, the other terminal 170 will be described together in the description of the mobile communication terminal 110.

The wireless base station 122 is a device connected to the mobile communication terminal 110 in a wireless section to control the mobile communication terminal 110 and connect a call channel. In an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal 110 provides a messenger service. A message including a messenger service request signal and a vibrating emoticon sent to use is transmitted to the base station control station 123.

In addition, the wireless base station 122 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal for the messenger service data for the messenger service of the messenger server 140 transmitted through the base station control station 123 and the mobile communication switching station 130. 110). Here, the messenger service data includes messenger service message data generated between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170.

The base station control station 123 interoperates with the mobile communication switching station 130 while managing the wireless base station 122. In the embodiment of the present invention, the base station control station 123 receives the messenger service request signal received from the wireless base station 122. ), And relays messenger service data between the wireless base station 122 and the mobile communication switching center 130.

In more detail, the base station control station 123 transmits the contact list and the contact image received from the messenger server 140 through the mobile communication switching station 130 to the wireless base station 122.

The mobile communication switching center 130 is a core network element of the mobile communication network, controls voice calls and various additional services, sets up a call path, and provides a connection function with various other devices and external networks.

The mobile communication switching station 130 according to the embodiment of the present invention transmits a messenger service request signal from the base station control station 123 to the messenger server 140 and transmits messenger service data received from the messenger server 140 to the base station control station. Transmit to 123.

The messenger server 140 is a server to which the mobile communication terminal 110 connects to use a messenger service. The messenger server 140 executes user authentication for the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170 using the messenger service. When the terminal 110 and the other terminal 170 pass user authentication, the terminal 110 relays messenger service data generated between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170.

The other terminal 170 is a terminal that can use the messenger service by connecting to the messenger server 140 through the Taydong communication network 160. In the embodiment of the present invention, the other terminal 170 is a terminal that becomes a conversation partner of the mobile communication terminal 110. It is preferable. In addition, the other terminal 170 according to an embodiment of the present invention when receiving a message containing a vibration emoticon received from the mobile communication terminal 110 indicates the received message through the display while executing the effect corresponding to the vibration emoticon It is preferable.

A process of displaying a vibrating emoticon by receiving a message including a vibrating emoticon in another terminal 170 will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal for providing a vibration emoticon in a mobile messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is set for each vibration emoticon used in the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention The effect was shown.

2, a mobile communication terminal providing a vibration emoticon in a mobile messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory unit 210, a key input unit 220, a display unit 230, a wireless processing unit 240, and a vibration control unit. 250, a vibration motor 255, a sound controller 260, a speaker 265, a display unit controller 270, and a controller 280.

The memory unit 210 temporarily stores a program for the operation of the controller 280, a messenger program for using the messenger service, and data processed during the operation.

The memory unit 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention stores a vibration emoticon database having a database of vibration emoticons used in a messenger service and various preset effects for each vibration emoticon. Here, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is described that the memory unit 210 includes the vibration emoticon database in which the information on the vibration emoticon is stored. However, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be stored in a separate module.

Here, various effects set in advance for each vibration emoticon will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, the vibration emoticon according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention preferably has various vibration lengths, vibration tempo / intensity, sounds, and screen flickering for each vibration emoticon. Here, the vibration length represents the time when the mobile communication terminal 110 or the other terminal 170 is vibrated by the vibration function of the mobile communication terminal 110, the vibration length is 0.5 seconds, 1 second, for example for each vibration emoticon, It can be set to various lengths such as 1.5 seconds, 2 seconds, etc. It is also possible to set the strength and tempo of vibration together.

In addition, the sound represents a sound source that is output to the outside through the speaker 265 of the mobile communication terminal 110, for example, it can be set to a variety of sound sources, such as ringtone, bird sound, etc. for each vibration emoticon.

In addition, the screen flashing indicates the number of flashes of the light providing the light of the display unit 230 of the mobile communication terminal 110. For example, various flashing lights such as 0 flashes, 1 flashes, 2 flashes, and the like continue to flash. Can be set to the number of times.

In addition, the vibration emoticon according to the embodiment of the present invention may be assigned a key of the key input unit 220 for each vibration emoticon.

The key input unit 220 includes a plurality of numeric / character keys and function keys for executing various functions, and controls the electrical signal of the key data corresponding to the key input by the user of the mobile communication terminal 110. ) In addition, the key input unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a selection command that is a command for selecting a vibration emoticon by the user of the mobile communication terminal (110).

The display unit 230 may be configured as a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a light emitting diode (LED), and may include a sentence according to a message including a vibration emoticon received from the mobile communication terminal 110. And vibrate emoticons.

The radio processor 240 converts a signal received from the antenna into an intermediate frequency signal and outputs the signal, and converts a signal to be transmitted from an intermediate frequency signal into a radio signal and outputs the signal through the antenna. Here, the wireless processing unit 240 according to the embodiment of the present invention transmits and receives a message including the vibration emoticon generated between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170 through the antenna.

The vibration controller 250 drives the vibration motor 255 to execute the vibration effect when the controller 280 determines that the vibration emoticon has any one of vibration length and tempo / strong intensity.

The sound controller 260 outputs the sound effect through the speaker 265 when the controller 280 determines that the vibration emoticon has a sound effect.

When the controller 280 determines that the vibrating emoticon has a screen blinking effect, the display controller 270 blinks the screen of the display 230 to execute the screen blinking effect.

The controller 280 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 110 or the other terminal 170, the control unit 280 of the mobile communication terminal 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention Provides a messenger window through the display unit 280 so that the user can use the messenger service, and selects the text and vibration emoticon through the key input unit 220 to generate a message containing the vibration emoticon to transmit to the wireless processing unit 240 .

In addition, when a message including a vibrating emoticon is received through the wireless processing unit 240, the controller 280 of the other terminal 170 according to an embodiment of the present invention determines whether a vibrating emoticon exists in the message including the vibrating emoticon. If it is determined that the vibration emoticon is present, at least one of the vibration controller 250, the sound controller 260, or the display controller 270 by searching for the effect corresponding to the vibration emoticon in the vibration emoticon database of the memory unit 210. Control the vibrate emoticon corresponding to the effect.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a vibration emoticon in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a mobile messenger in a process of selecting and transmitting a vibration emoticon in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows the screen.

4 and 5, a process of including and transmitting a vibration emoticon selected by a user of the mobile communication terminal 110 in a message to be transmitted in the mobile communication terminal 110 will be described.

First, the controller 280 drives the mobile messenger program included in the memory unit 210 at the request of the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 (S410), and contacts the user by the user of the mobile communication terminal 110. Receive a selection (S420), and opens a chat window with the selected chat partner (S430). At this time, when a chat window is opened between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170, the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 and the user of the other terminal 170 uses a messenger service for transmitting and receiving contents desired by the user. 5a).

Subsequently, the controller 280 determines whether there is a vibration emoticon input request by the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 (S440, 5b), and if it is determined that the vibration emoticon is input, the controller 280 may select the vibration emoticon from the display unit 230. Provide a vibration emoticon menu (S453, 5c). Here, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 selects the vibration emoticon set as the second key of the key input unit 220. At this time, the selected vibration emoticon vibrates the other terminal 170 slightly for 0.5 seconds, executes the sound source bell01.wave, and causes the display unit 230 to blink twice.

Subsequently, when the controller 280 receives the vibration emoticon from the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 (S456, 5d), the controller 280 transmits a message including the vibration emoticon to the other terminal 170 (S458, 5e). Here, the message including the vibration emoticon means a message including a code corresponding to the vibration emoticon selected by the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 in the control unit 280 in the vibration emoticon database of the memory unit 210 in the message to be transmitted. do. At this time, the other terminal 170 that receives the message containing the vibration emoticon will have an effect corresponding to the vibration emoticon.

Subsequently, it is determined whether there is a request for ending the chat window from the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 (S470). If it is determined that there is a request for ending the chat window, the chat window established with the chat partner is terminated (S480).

If it is determined in step S440 that there is no input of the vibration emoticon, the controller 280 transmits and receives a conversation message generated between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170 (S460) and proceeds to step S471.

If it is determined in step S470 that there is no request for ending the chat window, the controller 280 executes step S440.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving and displaying a vibration emoticon in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a chat window is opened between the other terminal 170 and the mobile communication terminal 110, the control unit 280 of the other terminal 170 receives a chat message from the mobile communication terminal 110 through the wireless processing unit 240. In operation S610, a dialog window with the user of the other terminal 170 is executed (S615).

Subsequently, the controller 280 determines whether the vibration emoticon is included in the received conversation message (S620), and if it is determined that the vibration emoticon is included, the vibration emoticon database included in the memory unit 210 has an effect corresponding to the vibration emoticon. Search at (S633).

Subsequently, the controller 280 displays a chat message along with the vibrating emoticon in the executed chat window while executing an effect corresponding to the searched vibrating emoticon through one or more of the vibrating motor 255, the speaker 265, or the display 230. (S635).

Subsequently, the controller 280 determines whether there is a request for ending the chat window from the user of the other terminal 170 (S660), and if it is determined that there is a request for ending the chat window, the controller 280 ends the chat window established with the chat partner (S670).

If it is determined in step S440 that there is no input of the vibration emoticon, the controller 280 displays a conversation message generated between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the other terminal 170 (S640) and executes step S660.

If it is determined in step S660 that there is no request for ending the chat window, the controller 280 executes step S620.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the mobile communication terminal displays the vibration emoticon generated while using the messenger service. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and the vibration emoticon is included in the message generated while using the messaging service. It is also possible to execute the vibration motion content corresponding to the vibration emoticon while displaying the vibration emoticon. In this case, the messaging service preferably includes a short messaging service (SMS) or a multimedia messaging service (MMS).

An application example thereof will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

First, a process of creating a message including a vibrating emoticon in a mobile communication terminal using a messaging service will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

When the user of the mobile communication terminal requests a vibration emoticon input while composing a message using a messaging service (S440), the controller 280 provides a vibration emoticon selection menu through the display unit (S453). Subsequently, when the user of the mobile communication terminal selects the vibration emoticon (S456), the user may include the selected vibration emoticon in a message and transmit (S456).

In addition, a method of processing a message including a vibration emoticon in a mobile communication terminal using a messaging service will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

When receiving the message (S610), the control unit 280 determines whether the vibration emoticon is included in the message (S620), and if the vibration emoticon is included in the vibration emoticon database included in the memory unit 210 by searching for a corresponding vibration The vibration operation can be executed according to the operation content (S670), and thus it can be seen that the process is similar to FIG. 5.

That is, in addition to the messenger service described in the embodiments of the present invention, the present invention can be applied to a messaging service.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, according to the present invention, by adding various types of effects including vibration effects to the visual effect-oriented emoticons supported by the mobile messenger service, it is possible to express various emotions and intentions to others in various ways. have.

Claims (13)

In the mobile communication terminal providing a mobile messenger service, A messenger program and a vibration emoticon for using the mobile messenger service, wherein the vibration emoticon is an emoticon in which a vibration action content is set to cause a vibration action corresponding to the vibration action content in a mobile communication terminal receiving the transmission emoticon. A memory unit configured to store a vibration emoticon database in which various vibration operation contents set in advance are databased; A wireless processing unit which transmits and receives a chat message with a mobile communication terminal of a chat partner while using the mobile messenger service; A vibration control unit controlling a vibration motor for vibrating the mobile communication terminal; And It is determined whether the vibration emoticon is included in the conversation message, and if the vibration emoticon is included, the vibration operation content corresponding to the vibration emoticon is searched from the vibration emoticon database included in the memory unit, and the vibration is controlled through the vibration controller. Control unit for driving motor Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The vibration operation details An operation of driving the vibration motor for a predetermined time, an operation of driving according to a preset strength or weakness of the vibration, or a preset vibration tempo (Tempo) -where the tempo is a vibration by arranging the strength and weakness of the vibration in a preset order Driving according to the rhythm added to A mobile communication terminal that is driven by one or more of the operations. The method of claim 1, The control unit And when the vibration emoticon is included in the conversation message, displaying the contents included in the conversation message and the vibration emoticon while driving the vibration motor through the vibration controller. The method according to claim 1 or 3, The control unit If the content of the operation of flashing the light of the display unit of the mobile communication terminal for outputting a messenger screen on the vibration emoticon or the operation content for outputting the corresponding sound source from the speaker of the mobile communication terminal for outputting a sound source is additionally set, A mobile communication terminal that executes the operation contents. The method of claim 1, The control unit And providing a selection menu for selecting at least one of a plurality of vibration emoticons included in the vibration emoticon database from a user of the mobile communication terminal, and including the selected vibration emoticon in a conversation message to be transmitted through the selection menu. The method of claim 1, The control unit The user of the mobile terminal provides a selection menu for selecting the vibration emoticon while using a short message service (SMS) or a multimedia message service (MMS), and the vibration selected by the user of the mobile terminal A mobile terminal for transmitting an emoticon in a short message or a multimedia message. In the method for providing a mobile messenger service in a mobile communication terminal, When the mobile messenger service receives a conversation message from the mobile communication terminal of the conversation partner, the vibration emoticon is set in the conversation message, wherein the vibration emoticon is set to vibrate action contents, and the mobile communication terminal receives the transmission emoticon. Determining whether a corresponding emoticon for causing a corresponding vibration action is included; Searching for a vibration operation content corresponding to the vibration emoticon when the vibration emoticon is included in the determining; And Driving a vibration motor according to the searched vibration operation contents How to include. The method of claim 7, wherein The driving step The vibration motor is driven for a preset time, driven according to a preset strength or weakness, or a tempo of vibration set in advance. Here, tempo is a rhythm given to vibration by arranging the strength and weakness of vibration in a predetermined order. -Drive according to one or more of driving according. The method of claim 7, wherein The searching step A method of retrieving from a database of vibration emoticons, which has a variety of motion contents set in advance for each vibration emoticon. The method of claim 7, wherein In the searching step Contents of a blinking operation of blinking an illumination of a display unit of the mobile communication terminal or A method of searching for a sound source output operation content for outputting a corresponding sound source through a speaker of the mobile communication terminal. In the method for providing a messaging service in a mobile communication terminal, Upon receiving the message, the message includes a vibration emoticon, wherein the vibration emoticon is an emoticon in which a vibration action content is set to cause a vibration action corresponding to the vibration action content in the mobile communication terminal receiving the transmission emoticon. Determining if there is; Searching for a vibration operation content corresponding to the vibration emoticon when the vibration emoticon is included in the determining; And Vibrating according to the searched vibration operation contents How to include. The method of claim 11, The messaging service Method of short message service (SMS) or multimedia message service (MMS). The method according to claim 11 or 12, In the vibrating step Vibrating motion for a preset time, vibrating according to a preset strength or strength, or tempo of a preset vibration, where a tempo is a rhythm to vibration by arranging the strengths and weaknesses of vibration in a preset order. Vibrating in one or more of the motions to vibrate according to.

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