KR20090001757A - Method for providing virtual community, relation service in the virtual community and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A virtual community and a relation service method and a system in the virtual community are provided to enable a user connected to a particular web page to use a service which is not realized on the particular web page, that is, a service provided by other web page or other web service provider. A relation server(100) responds to a service list transmission request, and transmits a service list to a terminal of a first user(S130). An intrinsic first user key of the first user is received(S150). A service response outputted from an application server(400) is received(S180). The relation server transmits the received service response to the first user's terminal(S190). The service is demanded to the application server(S210). The application server provides the demanded service to the first user's terminal(S230).

Description

Method for providing virtual community, relation service in the virtual community and system

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 illustrates code added to a web page to provide a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 schematically illustrates a system for providing a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 schematically illustrates an example of a web page provided with a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic data flow diagram illustrating a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 schematically illustrates a data flow diagram for a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 schematically illustrates a data flow during a game using a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a virtual community service, and more particularly, a user connected to a virtual space can see other users connected to the same space, and not only services provided in the virtual space, but also other virtual spaces or other service providers. In addition, the service provided by can be used, and if the user is a subscriber of the virtual community, he / she can receive the service he has subscribed to in the virtual space, and a method and system that can use the service provided in another virtual space with other users. It is about.

Due to the rapid development of computer, communication, and network technologies, the virtual space, the Internet, is becoming more and more closely connected with real life and is becoming more and more like the real world. In the early days, the Internet was perceived as a repository of information, but the Internet is becoming a virtual world that can replace things that happen offline, such as shopping, treatment, counseling, and reading in libraries. Therefore, how much such a virtual world is built in the same or similar to the real world is becoming a kind of trend toward the Internet.

In the offline real world, when a person goes to a space, they can meet or see the people in that space. Seeing or meeting people in the space, whether or not the person wants it, is a phenomenon that naturally happens when you go to the space. There may be other people in the space who know him or someone he does not know. Also, when a person meets someone they know in the space, they can talk or do a certain thing together. You can even become acquaintances by talking to strangers, and when you know them, you can do what you want. For example, if the people you meet in the room are going to watch TV or play games together, you just need a TV in the room or a tool to play the game. no.

In comparison, in an online virtual world, a web page or web site can be viewed as a kind of virtual space. In addition, a user who accesses / visits a web site can be thought of as going to a virtual space. Thus, when a user connects to a website (when going to a virtual space), it is necessary to be able to see other people connected to the website (in the virtual space). In other words, once you go to the virtual space, people in that space need to be visible. Some may know or others may not know. The user may talk to someone else. As a technology embodying this concept on the Internet, the present applicant has filed a "method and system for providing a roaming community service (Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0603551)" (hereinafter, 'previous application'). The contents described in the specification of "Method and System for Providing Roaming Community Service" filed by the Applicant are included as a reference of the present specification.

The virtual community herein may refer to a roaming community disclosed in a previous application. As disclosed in the previous application, the people who pre-subscribed to the roaming community may be people who know the user or only the name who went to the virtual space. In addition, a person who does not join the roaming community may be visible in the user's eyes as long as they are in the virtual space. Visible to the user means that any icon (e.g., avatar) or temporary ID corresponding to a person in the virtual space (i.e., a person who accesses a web page or web site) regardless of whether the roaming community is subscribed or not. As such, it may mean that individual distinctions are visible to the user. Of course, only a default ID (eg, visitor1, visitor2 or anonymous1, anonymous2) may be displayed for the person who does not join the roaming community.

As disclosed in the previous application, the user who has gone to the virtual space may have a conversation with a visible person or communicate a note. In addition, the technical idea in the present specification allows a user to perform a specific task in the space. For example, in the virtual space, the user can play a game. If the game service desired by the user is provided in the virtual space, the game can be played in the virtual space. However, even if the game service is not provided in the virtual space, the user does not necessarily have to move to a place where the game service is provided or a tool necessary for the game to play the game. In order for a user to play the game in the virtual space, someone has to provide a service for playing the game in the virtual space where the current user is. Of course, the user can play the game with other users in the virtual space. The relation service in the virtual community according to the present invention may play a role of bringing a service which is not provided by the virtual space where the current user is located to the user so that the user can immediately write in the current virtual space. That is, it is difficult for a specific virtual space to meet all the needs of various users. However, the relation service according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide a service that can perform a user's request in a specific virtual space. In addition, if the user's identity is revealed, a service that the user has previously used but is not provided by the current virtual space can receive in the current virtual space. In other words, from the user's point of view, it can be said that the service used by the user is carried with the service regardless of the virtual community space. In addition, as disclosed in a previous application, in a virtual community, a user may be able to do certain things that the user wants to do, such as other visible users (known people and / or unknown people) in a particular virtual space. Virtual community users or visitors do not have any program installation.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is that a user connected to a specific web page or website (hereinafter, 'web space') is not implemented in the specific web space in the web space, that is, other web spaces or It is to provide a method and system to make the service provided by the web service provider available.

It is also to provide a method and system for enabling a user to use the service with other users connected to the particular web space.

In addition, not only the specific web space but also information on users connected to other web spaces can be viewed by users connected to the specific web spaces, and the user can use a specific service together with the users connected to the other web spaces. It is to provide a method and system.

The virtual community providing method for achieving the technical problem is a step in which a terminal of a user accesses a web page, if the terminal of the user is connected to the web page, the server status information for other users connected to a specific web page And transmitting to the terminal of the user.

The specific web page may include at least one of the same web page as the web page or a web page different from the web page.

The other users may include a non-subscriber of a service for the virtual community.

The relation service providing method in a virtual community for achieving the technical problem is a relation server in response to the service list transmission request output from the terminal of the first user connected to the first web page, the service list of the terminal of the first user Transmitting, by the relation server, a service identifier of a service selected from the first user from the service list transmitted from the first user and a unique first user key of the first user, wherein the relation server receives the relation server from the relation server. Receiving a service response output from an application server in response to the transmitted service identifier and the first user key; and transmitting, by the relation server, the received service response to the terminal of the first user. The terminal of the first user is On the basis of the service response, and requesting the service to the application server, the application server can provide the requested service to the first user terminal

The service list may include at least one of at least one service designated by the first user or information on a service used by the first user.

The service may be a web client connected to the first web page to perform the service on the first web page.

The service list may include at least one of a game application, a web application, an advertisement, or content.

The service response may include information corresponding to data for providing the service stored in the application server.

The relation service providing method in a virtual community for achieving the technical problem is a relation server in response to the service list transmission request output from the terminal of the first user connected to the first web page, the service list of the terminal of the first user Transmitting the service to the first user by selecting one of the service lists transmitted from the first user, and jointly sharing the service based on information on at least one other user displayed on the terminal of the first user. When selecting a second user to use, the relation server transmits information about the service, the first user, and the second user to an application server, the service to which the relation server is transmitted, the first The application server in response to information about a user and the second user; Receiving a service response output from the terminal, and transmitting, by the relation server, the received service response to the terminal of the first user and the terminal of the second user. The terminal of the second user may request the service from the application server based on the service response, and the application server may provide the requested service to the terminal of the first user and the terminal of the second user.

The terminal of the second user may be connected to a web page such as the first web page or a second web page different from the first web page.

The virtual community providing method and the relation service providing method in the virtual community may be stored in a recording medium recording a program.

The relation service providing system in the virtual community for achieving the technical problem is provided with a service management unit for receiving information on the service available from the relation module and the application server, and manages the service list based on the information on the service; The service manager transmits the service list to the terminal of the first user in response to the service list transmission request outputted from the terminal of the first user connected to the first web page, and the relation module transmits the service list. The relation server receives the service identifier of the service selected from the terminal of the first user and the unique first user key of the first user based on the service list, and outputs the received information to the application server, which is output from the application server. It is possible to receive a response that the relation server to send to the terminal of the first user.

The relation service providing system includes a community module for transmitting information about a second user connected to a web page such as the first web page or a second web page different from the first web page to the terminal of the first user. And the relation module further receives from the terminal of the second user a second user key of the second user which is selected from the terminal of the user based on the information about the second user and which will jointly use the service. The service response received from the application server may be further transmitted to the terminal of the second user.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

In addition, in the present specification, when one component 'transmits' data to another component, the component may directly transmit the data to the other component, or through at least one other component. Means that the data may be transmitted to the other component.

On the contrary, when one component 'directly transmits' data to another component, it means that the data is transmitted from the component to the other component without passing through the other component.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 illustrates code added to a web page to provide a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a predetermined web page accessed by a user may include a predetermined code (eg, html code), and the web page provides a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. It may include a predetermined code for.

As shown in FIG. 1, the predetermined code may be an object, a script, or a uniform resource locator (URL) address where the object or the script is located. That is, the web page may include the entire code of the object or the script, but may simply include the URL address of the script. Accordingly, the operator of the web page may insert the URL address of the script into the web page so that users accessing the web page can use the relation service in the virtual community according to the embodiment of the present invention.

One of the major technical features of the present invention is that a user accessing the web page needs to install any program on his or her user terminal (eg, a computer) in order to use a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. There is no. Of course, in order to use the relation service in the virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention, the service subscription procedure may be performed. However, it is not necessary to subscribe to the service, and even if the user does not subscribe to the service, simply by accessing a web page including the predetermined code, the relation service in the virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. Can be. The difference between the case of subscribing to the service and the case of not subscribing will be described later.

In the present specification, a case where the predetermined code for relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention is a script will be described as an example. In addition, the fact that the script is included in a predetermined web page is used to include not only the case where the script itself is included, but also the case where the script includes an object and a URL address.

The script may perform a roaming community service as described in the previous application and a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. The roaming community service provides information on other users accessing the web page to the user accessing the web page, and the user may talk or send a message with at least one of the other users. That is, the roaming community service does not only display information about people designated by a user in a predetermined relationship (for example, a friend, a cousin, etc.) after logging in to a specific web page, as in the existing community service. Simply by connecting, you can see all the users connected to the particular web page. In other words, you can see people in the virtual space just by going to the virtual space.

3 schematically illustrates an example of a web page provided with a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, a virtual community, ie, a roaming community service, according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a user with information about people accessing the web page. Information about the people who access the web page may be in the form of avatars (1, 2, 3), as shown in FIG. 3, but is not limited thereto. May be displayed at a predetermined position of the web page. When a user who subscribes to a roaming community service according to an embodiment of the present invention accesses the web page, as shown in FIG. 3, the ID of the user who subscribed may be displayed. In addition, when a non-subscriber accesses the web page, a predetermined icon or a predetermined text (eg, a visitor, anonymous, etc.) may be displayed.

 Of course, when there are many users accessing the specific web page, the user may filter or sort through the predetermined criteria or display only the people who meet the conditions set by the user. For example, the information about user A who has subscribed to the roaming community service may be an ID of user A, and when the information about user B who has not subscribed to the roaming community service is a 'visitor', the user may be a 'visitor'. You can set it up so that you can only see information about people.

2 schematically illustrates a system for providing a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user may access a web server 200 including a predetermined web page through a wired or wireless network using a web client 300 (eg, an internet browser) installed in a user terminal. The web page may include a script for providing a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. The web client 300 receives a program code (eg, HTML code) corresponding to the web page, displays a page corresponding to the program code, and includes a specific code (eg, a script, etc.). You can perform operations that correspond to your code. Since the program code includes the script, a user can use a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention by simply accessing / visiting the web page.

The script included in the web page may send status information to the relation server 100. The relation server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a function of a 'VPC' server disclosed in a previous application. The detailed operation of the script will be described later.

4 is a schematic data flow diagram illustrating a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the user may access the web server 200 through the web client 300 and request a predetermined web page (S10). The web server 200 transmits the web page to the web client 300 in response to the request (S11), and the transmitted web page may include a script as described in FIG.

The web client 300 may request a script from the relation server 100 to process a script included in the transmitted web page (S12), and the relation server 100 responds to the request with the requested script. By transmitting to the web client 300 (S13), a virtual community and / or a relation service in the virtual community may be provided to the user who uses the web client 300.

The script may automatically generate a unique key for each web client 300 (S14). The unique key may be unique information that may be generated based on session information generated when the relation server 100 and the web client 300 establish a session. Since the session information is different information for each session to be set, unique information can be created based on the session information. In addition, according to an implementation example, the script may generate the unique key in the relation server 100 and transmit the generated key to the web client 300 or may be generated under the control of the script in the web client 300. have.

The generated unique key or a predetermined status message generated based on the unique key may be used as information that may indicate a connection state of the web client 300, and the web client 300 may be controlled under the script. ) May transmit the status message to the relation server 100 (S15). The relation server 100 receiving the status message may know that the web client 300 is connected to the web page, and may send a response message to the web client 300 (S16). The response message may simply be a message (eg, an 'acknowledgment' message) informing the web client 300 that the status message has been received. The script may periodically transmit the status message to the relation server 100 (S17), and the script is executed only when the web client 300 is connected to the web page, so that the relation server 100 Can know the connection state of the web client 300. Of course, the script may be implemented to be executed in the entire domain of a specific web page or may be implemented to be executed only in specific pages of a specific domain.

As described in the previous application, the relation server 100 may include a predetermined DB for storing a status message transmitted by the web client 300 and other web clients connected to the web page. In addition, based on the status message stored in the DB or the unique key itself, predetermined information for the roaming community according to an embodiment of the present invention may be sent to the web client 300.

The predetermined information may be information about a user or a web client connected to the web page as disclosed in a previous application.

The script can basically perform the following functions. First, the script is included in a predetermined web page to transmit information (eg, a unique key) about the web client or the user who executes the script to the relation server 100. The information transmitted by the script to the relation server 100 is a relation between the relation information and the predetermined information that the user knows that the user is in addition to a unique key when the user subscribes to the roaming community service according to an embodiment of the present invention. It may further transmit to the server 100. In the case of an unsubscribed user who has not subscribed, only a unique key as described above can be sent.

In addition, the script may transmit information about web clients or users connected to the relation server 100 by the script to the web client connected to the relation server 100 by the script. have. For example, if script A is included in web page A, all users or web clients that access web page A are connected to the relation server 100 by script A. Accordingly, the unique keys transmitted by the web client connected by the script A to the relation server 100 may be stored in a predetermined DB, and each unique key may correspond to a corresponding avatar, icon, or text. The information may be expressed and transmitted to the web client connected by the script A. As a result, when user A accesses the web page A, user A can view information (eg, avatar, user ID, etc.) about the users connected to the web page A. FIG. Of course, as described above, the information on the user who subscribed to the roaming community service according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include predetermined additional information (eg, an ID). Therefore, the roaming community service according to an embodiment of the present invention can show information about users accessing a specific web page A regardless of whether the roaming community service is subscribed to.

In addition, the roaming community service according to an embodiment of the present invention may show information about users connected to different web pages instead of the same web page. For example, when there is a web page A and a web page B having different domains, as long as the web page A and the web page B include the same script C, a user who accesses the web page A accesses the web page A. You can see information about users and users who have accessed the web page B. Of course, the user who accesses the web page B can also view information about the users who access the web page A and the users who access the web page B. Because the script C included in the web page A and the same script C included in the web page B are scripts indicating to the relation server 100 that the web page A and the web page B have the same web space relationship, As described above, the script C returns the information about the web clients or users connected to the relation server 100 by the script and the web clients connected to the relation server 100 by the script C. Can be sent to This, in turn, has the effect of showing information about users connected to different web pages. Of course, the information about the connected users may include information about the web page to which the user is connected. Thus, user A can know whether the user corresponding to the predetermined interface (eg, avatar, icon, text, etc.) shown is the user connected to the web page A or the user connected to the web page B.

Of course, the question of which web page contains the same script may vary depending on the service policy. Here, the same script may mean not only the script itself but also two or more scripts including information that the script is different but the space where two or more web spaces are connected to each other.

As a result, the roaming community service according to an embodiment of the present invention basically shows the information about the users connected to the predetermined web page when the specific user accesses the web page A. The predetermined web page may be the same as the web page A, or may be a separate web page included in a separate domain. In addition, the connected users may be subscribers to the roaming community service or non-subscribers.

In addition, through the roaming community service according to an embodiment of the present invention as disclosed in the previous application, a specific user chats or sends a message based on information about other users shown to the specific user, or another user is located. You can use various services such as going to a page or registering another user as an acquaintance.

A relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention is a service that can be provided based on the roaming community service, and a service not provided in a specific web page can be used in the specific web page without moving the web page. It is a service to ensure that.

5 schematically illustrates a data flow diagram for a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a first user may access a specific web page through the web client 300, and the web page includes a script for providing a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. have. The web client 300 may access the relation server 100 through the script. The relation server 100 may receive information on various services provided by the application server 400 from the application server 400 (S110), and the relation server 100 is based on the received information. You can maintain a list of services.

The first user confirms the identity of the first user based on an identification method such as login or cookie information output from the terminal of the first user connected to a specific web page in the service. In this case, the relation server 100 may request the application server 400 used by the user in addition to the basic service list provided in the first web space (or web page).

That is, when the relation server 100 is a subscriber of a roaming community according to an embodiment of the present invention, the relation server 100 stores information about a service used or used by the subscriber in a predetermined storage device (not shown). When the service list is requested, information about the service used or used by the subscriber may be added to the service list in the basic service list and transmitted. In addition, the subscriber may designate a desired (favorite) service to be included in the service list in advance, and the relation server 100 may include the designated service in the service list and provide the service to the subscriber.

Further, even when the first user is not a virtual community subscriber and there is no service desired by the user in the service list provided by the first web space, the relation server 100 negotiates with the first user. The first user may provide a desired service. In the negotiation process, when the first user gives the relation server 100 information on a desired service, the relation server 100 corresponds to the information given by the first user in the service list through a predetermined procedure. The process may be performed by adding the service to the service list.

The service may include various services such as a game application, a web application, or content. For example, companies currently providing various game services on the Internet register their services with the relation server 100 so that the user can access the web they are currently connected to, even if they do not access the web page provided by the company. The game services are available on the page.

In addition, service providers providing application solutions through the Internet may also provide their web applications through relation services in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, a service provider that provides a word processor through the Internet may use the relation service to provide a user with a word processor service even if the word processor is not installed on a user's terminal (eg, a PC) and is not moved to their web page. Can be provided.

In addition to these applications, various content services can be provided. For example, a user may enjoy selected content (eg, a movie, a VOD, a music file, an advertisement, etc.) through a predetermined interface provided by a relation service on a web page to which he is currently connected. Of course, the content may be content registered in the relation server 100 by a service provider operating the application server 400. The type of the service may vary, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. As such, the service may be provided with various application services, content services, advertisements, enterprise services, and the like by a user alone or with several people.

When the web client 300 requests the service list from the relation server 100 (S120), the relation server 100 may transmit information on the service list to the web client 300 (S130). ). The first user may select at least one of the services included in the service list based on the information on the transmitted service list (S140). If the service is a service (eg, a game) that can be used by two or more people, the first user may have information (eg, an avatar or an icon) about the users shown by the roaming community service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Etc.) may select a second user to use the service as well. Of course, the second user's web client may go through a predetermined consent process.

Then, the web client 300 may transmit a service identifier for indicating the service selected by the first user and a first user key corresponding to the first user to the relation server 100 (S150). When the first user selects the second user, the relation server may further receive information indicating the second user from the web client 300. The information representing the second user is preferably information capable of identifying a second user key or the second user key stored in the relation server 100. Alternatively, if the predetermined agreement procedure is accepted, the web client of the second user may transmit a second user key to the relation server 100 to use the service.

The relation server 100 may transmit the received service identifier and the first user key to the application server 400 (S160). Of course, when using a service jointly, the second user key may be further transmitted.

Then, the application server 400 stores the received service identifier and the first user key (the first user key and the second user key when using a service in common) in a predetermined storage device (S170). In step S180, a service response including information necessary to provide a space / frame for using the service may be transmitted to the relation server 100. The relation server 100 may transmit the received service response to the web client 300 (S190), and when the service is jointly used, the relation server 100 may further transmit the received service response to the terminal (or web client) of the second user. .

The service response may be a URL address for the web client 300 to access to use the service, and the web client 300 automatically accepts (eg, clicks) the service response or the first message. In case of acceptance from the user 1 again (S200), the service request signal is output to the application server 400 (S210). The service request signal may include the first user key (the first user key and the second user key when using a service in common). Accordingly, the application server 400 stores the first user key (the first user key and the second user key when the service is jointly used) and the service request signal stored in the predetermined storage device (S170). It is possible to check whether the service request by the legitimate user by comparing the user key included in the (S220).

After the checking procedure is completed, the application server 400 may provide the service to the web client 300. Providing a service may mean transmitting a predetermined program (or content) corresponding to the type of service to the web client 300. In the case of jointly using the service, of course, the service is provided to both the web client of the first user and the second user. When the web client 300 receives a predetermined program (or content) transmitted from the application server 400 to perform the service, a predetermined position in the web page without moving from the currently connected web page The predetermined program may be executed (for example, activation of a predetermined frame or activation of a separate window in the web client 300).

As a result, the user can use the service provided by the relation service according to an embodiment of the present invention on the currently accessed web page without moving to the web page of the service. Can be. Accordingly, the relation service according to an embodiment of the present invention may play a role of bringing a service tool necessary for a service selected by a user to a currently existing virtual space.

The script for the relation service in the roaming community and the virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention may not be included only in a large web page such as an Internet portal site. For example, a script according to an embodiment of the present invention may be inserted into a web page accessible to the Internet where HTML code such as a personal homepage or a bulletin board of a user can be inserted.

For example, if a user adds a script according to an embodiment of the present invention to his or her personal homepage (or blog), the user may view information about users connected to his or her personal homepage. The addition of the script is made possible by simply inserting only the address of the script to conform to the HTML grammar, as shown in FIG.

In addition, all users who access the personal homepage, as well as the homepage owner, may send a conversation or message with others who have accessed the personal homepage, as disclosed in the previous application.

Also, by simply adding a script, everyone who accesses the personal homepage can use various services registered in the relation server.

In the present invention, a web server, a relation server, and an application server may be implemented in separate physical servers as a server in a software concept, or may be implemented in one computer system.

In addition, in order to use the virtual community and the relation service providing method in the virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user does not need to install any program in the user terminal. However, depending on the service provided, the program may be installed in the user's terminal. That is, the user does not need to install a separate program only for the virtual community and the relation service providing method itself in the virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention. Game) may be provided with a predetermined program.

6 schematically illustrates a data flow during a game using a relation service in a virtual community according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the application server 400 may transmit a service request signal based on a service response provided by the application server 400. Each service request signal may include user A's unique key (key-a) and user B's unique key (key-b), respectively. Then, the application server 400 may pass a predetermined program or content for using the service after checking as necessary to the user A and the user B's web client. Thereafter, the game service may be performed in the same process as the data flow when the user accesses a web page that provides a game service.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, when the user A and the user B play a game, the user A requests the application server 400 to generate the game service via the relation server. In response to the request, when the application server 400 generates a room / frame (frame or separate window activation) for playing the game, information about the generated room may be transmitted to the user A or the user B. Then, user A and user B can enter the created room and play a game. In addition, according to an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the generation information of the room may be transmitted to the user A, and after receiving a separate connection request signal to the user B, the information about the room may be transmitted. Various implementations are possible, so that users A and B can enter the room / frame created in their web space and proceed with the game.

The virtual community and the relation service providing method in the virtual community according to the present invention can be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also in the form of carrier waves (e.g., transmission over the Internet). It also includes implementations. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the method for providing a virtual community according to the present invention has an effect that a user who accesses a specific web page can view information on all users connected to a specific web page, regardless of whether the virtual community is joined. .

In addition, a user who accesses the specific web page can also view information about a user who accesses a predetermined predetermined web page.

As described above, the method and system for providing a relation service in a virtual community according to the present invention provide a service in which a user connected to a specific web page is not implemented in the specific web page in the web page, that is, another web page or another web. The service provided by the service provider can also be used.

In addition, the user can use the service together with other users connected to the specific web page.

In addition, the user can be provided with all the personal services that he previously used in all the web space that provides a virtual community service, there is an effect that the user carries the personal service or content when traveling in the web space.

In addition, not only the specific web page but also information on a user connected to another web page can be viewed by a user connected to the specific web page, and the effect of allowing a specific service to be used together with the user connected to the other web page. There is.

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In the virtual community providing method, Accessing a web page by a user's terminal; And when the terminal of the user is connected to the web page, sending a status information of other users connected to a specific web page to the terminal of the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific web page, And at least one of the same web page as the web page or a web page different from the web page. The method of claim 1, wherein the other users, Virtual community providing method comprising a non-subscriber of the service for the virtual community. Transmitting, by the relation server, a service list to the terminal of the first user in response to a service list transmission request outputted from the terminal of the first user connected to the first web page; Receiving, by the relation server, a service identifier of a service selected from the first user from the service list transmitted and a unique first user key of the first user; Receiving, by the relation server, a service response output from an application server in response to the service identifier and the first user key transmitted from the relation server; And Transmitting, by the relation server, the received service response to a terminal of the first user, And a terminal of the first user requests the service to the application server based on the service response, and the application server provides the requested service to the terminal of the first user. The method of claim 4, wherein the service list, And providing at least one of at least one service designated by the first user or information on a service used by the first user. The method of claim 4, wherein the service, And a relational service providing method in a virtual community where a web client connected to the first web page performs the service on the first web page. The method of claim 4, wherein the service list, A method of providing a relation service in a virtual community that includes at least one of a game application, a web application, an advertisement, or content. The method of claim 4, wherein the service response, And providing information corresponding to data for providing the service stored in the application server. Transmitting, by the relation server, a service list to the terminal of the first user in response to a service list transmission request outputted from the terminal of the first user connected to the first web page; The second user selects a service from the service list transmitted by the first user and uses a second user to jointly use the service based on information on at least one other user displayed on the terminal of the first user. If selected, the relation server transmitting information about the service, the first user, and the second user to an application server; Receiving, by the relation server, a service response output from the application server in response to information about the service, the first user, and the second user; And Transmitting, by the relation server, the received service response to a terminal of the first user and a terminal of the second user, The terminal of the first user and the terminal of the second user request the service to the application server based on the service response, and the application server requests the service from the terminal of the first user and the second user. Method of providing a relation service in a virtual community provided by a terminal. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the terminal of the second user comprises: The relation service providing method in a virtual community which is connected to the same web page as the first web page or a second web page different from the first web page. A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A relation module; And A service manager which receives information on a service that can be provided from an application server and manages a service list based on the information on the service; The service manager transmits the service list to the terminal of the first user in response to the service list transmission request outputted from the terminal of the first user connected to the first web page. The relation module receives the service identifier of the service selected from the terminal of the first user and the unique first user key of the first user based on the transmitted service list, and outputs the relation server to the application server. The relation service providing system in the virtual community that the relation server receives the service response output from the application server and transmits to the terminal of the first user. The system of claim 12, wherein the relation service providing system comprises: And a community module for transmitting information about a second user connected to a web page such as the first web page or a second web page different from the first web page, to the terminal of the first user. The relation module further receives from the terminal of the second user a second user key of the second user to be selected based on the information on the second user from the terminal of the user and to jointly use the service, and the application server And a relation service providing system in the virtual community which further transmits the service response received from the terminal to the terminal of the second user.

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