KR20090001855A - System and method for searching and providing information using a mobile instant messaging service by analysing users' dialogue and location - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for searching and providing information by using the wireless instant massage dialogue and information on user's location, and a service method thereof are provided to analyze the location information designated by a user in order to offer optimum search results to the user. A wireless instant message server(300) provides the wireless instant massage service method between wireless terminals. An information retrieval server(400) receives a user search keyword, dialog messages between users and information about user's location, and then extracts information by analyzing the received information. The wireless instant message server transmits the search keyword, dialog messages and information about user's location to the information retrieval server. The information retrieval server comprises an external information resource server for collecting and analyzing the information and a map data server.

Description

System and method for searching and providing information using wireless instant message conversation and user location information and method of service thereof {System and method for searching and providing information using a mobile instant messaging service by analysing users' dialogue and location}

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall system configuration for performing a wireless instant message conversation and a search and information providing service using user location information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a wireless instant message server 300 and an information retrieval server 400 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a menu and screen configuration of a wireless instant message client program mounted on a user's wireless terminal (100,110) provided according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

200: wireless internet network

300: Wireless Instant Message Server

310: user management DB (Database) device

320: client download server

330: message service unit

331: Session management device

332: chat room management device

333: message relay device

340: search service department

341: message management device

342: Search keyword management device

343: location information management device

400: information retrieval server

410: keyword storage device

411: Message storage device

412: Search Keyword Storage

413: location information storage device

420: keyword analysis device

421: message analysis device

422: Search Keyword Analysis Device

423: location information analysis device

430: information collecting device

440: map data storage device

500: external resources

The present invention relates to a system for providing a search and advertisement using a wireless instant message conversation and user location information, and a method thereof. The present invention relates to a plurality of search results based on contents of a conversation on an instant message between a user using a wireless communication network and user location information. The present invention relates to a system and a service method for presenting advertisement content and other related information.

As the usage of Short Message Service (SMS) increases in the mobile communication field, a wireless instant message service that emulates the interactive usage of the existing SMS and implements a wired instant message service in a wireless terminal is provided. Since the wireless instant message is an environment in which the user is moving or cannot use the wired Internet, it is very beneficial to provide information according to the user's situation and current location. The information retrieval and wireless instant messaging service provided by the existing mobile communication are separately provided so that the client program providing the wireless instant messaging service can be terminated in order to retrieve the necessary information during the wireless instant message conversation between users. After searching for information by accessing a portal site of a mobile communication company that provides a search service, the mobile instant message program is again run to communicate with the other party. Not only is this a complicated process, but there is also a problem in that no suitable means for delivering or sharing the retrieved information on a wireless instant message is provided.

There is a pre-registered patent for a method of retrieving and providing information through an interactive interface in a mobile communication terminal. (Patent No. 10-0521865) The patent is input by a user through a character (avatar) provided in a program of a wireless terminal. The user's text is used to understand the user's context and provide optimized information.

The patent has a surface form that is the same as a dialogue or a form of inputting a search keyword into a kind of artificial intelligence program, and may vary somewhat depending on the capacity of the performance program of the terminal, but the user's context and situation information may be leaked. There is a problem that requires a large amount of conversation information to the user artificially.

There is a patent for a system and a method for providing a local information based on an analysis result based on a message stored in a mobile communication short message or a voice mailbox and the current location information of a subscriber. (Patent registration 10-0594500) The patent is the contents of an existing SMS message. However, since the analysis is based only on the contents of unidirectional messages such as voice messages and the current user's location, the scope of information provision is very limited.

In other words, in order to retrieve the information required while using a wireless instant message according to the prior art, the wireless instant message client program is terminated, the information is obtained through a separate wireless Internet connection, and the wireless instant message program is run again, and then the user remembers or The memo search result is input again through a dialog window, and then transmitted and shared. Therefore, unnecessary program termination and driving are also difficult to share information. Also, because the information is not extracted based on actual conversations between users, the result may be very ambiguous and inaccurate in the user's position. In addition, the mobile user may be more useful in providing information of a desired location, such as a region to which the user is currently moving or an area in which the other party is located, but such a providing method is complicated and additional search for There is a problem of additional fee waste due to wireless Internet access.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention for solving the above problems is that the user can easily search for the desired information while using the wireless instant message, and in addition to the search keyword to improve the usefulness of the search results, the content of the conversation between the user and the location information of the user- The location information may be the location information of the user who wants to search or may be the location information of the other party of the conversation; providing a service method and system for analyzing the location information specified by the user and providing the user with an optimal search result. It is.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method and system that enable the user to share information provided by the above scheme and to enable the user to efficiently exchange information between users by entering or editing additional information on a wireless instant message program.

In order to achieve the above object, the configuration according to an aspect of the present invention, an instant message server for providing a wireless instant message service method between wireless terminals; And an information retrieval server for receiving the user search keyword, the user's conversation message, and the user's location information through the wireless instant message server to analyze and extract the information.

In the above configuration, the wireless instant message server, a function for transmitting the search keyword, the user dialog message and the user location information to the information search server; includes.

In the above configuration, the information retrieval server includes an external information resource server and a map data server for collecting information and analyzing location information.

In the above configuration, the wireless instant message client program includes a search keyword input window, a window for showing a search result, and a function for selecting the same.

In the service method according to the above configuration, the wireless instant message originating terminal transmits and receives a message while the conversation is with the called terminal; Transmitting a user search keyword or user location information to the information search server during the message conversation. A user may use a place or region input by the user; Analyzing the received search keyword, conversation message, and location information; Collecting information based on the analysis result; Here, in advance, from an external information resource server Processing information by keyword in advance; transmitting the collected information to a client program of a user terminal; and displaying the collected information as a list to provide additional details when the user selects the information. That includes the steps.

In the search and information providing service method using the wireless instant message, the sending and receiving of the message may include: creating a message for transmission by the user to the other party and transmitting the message to a message management device of the wireless instant message server; And transmitting the message to the message storage management device of the information retrieval server at the same time as the message management device of the wireless instant message server.

In the search and information providing service method using the wireless instant message, transmitting the user search keyword and the user location information to the information search server may be performed by the user collecting the location information of the user terminal in a wireless instant message client program. Transmitting to a location information management device of a server, wherein the step of requesting location information using a base station information of a mobile carrier when the terminal of the individual user does not have its own location information function such as GPS; Transmitting the information stored in the location information management device of the server to the location information storage device of the information retrieval server; the keyword entered through the search keyword input dialog box of the user's wireless instant message client program; Step of transferring to storage device-Here, if keyword item is selected as location information in the dialog box when entering a search keyword, the keyword classification code of the keyword data structure is assigned to the location item when the inputted information is transmitted to the search keyword storage device. And transmitting the search keyword management device of the wireless instant message server to the keyword storage device of the information search server.

In the searching and information providing service method using the wireless instant message, analyzing the search keyword, conversation message, and location information may include analyzing an item of a data structure of a keyword input by the user. Includes at least one of news, traffic, location, entertainment, etc .; extracts the main keywords of each item from the conversation through a message analysis device, and prioritizes the contextual meanings such as occurrence frequency, positive or negative form Analyzing the location information of the user through a map data storage server and converting the address information into an address form; analyzing the search keyword input by the user and the conversation keyword extracted by analyzing the user's message conversation; Combines the extracted location keywords and determines the most appropriate combination It is characterized in that it executes steps to prioritize the keyword combination.

In the search and information providing service method using the wireless instant message, information collection may be performed by transmitting the search keyword, the conversation message, and the keyword combination determined by the analysis result of the location information to the information collection device in the order of highest priority. The information collecting device checks a list of information including a keyword combination among information previously processed by the input keyword combination; and transmitting the list of retrieved information to the message management apparatus of the wireless instant message server. It is characterized by executing.

In the searching and information providing service method using the wireless instant message, the transmitting to the user terminal may include: transmitting a searched list of information received from the information search server to the user terminal; When the item is selected, the wireless instant message requests the information content of the user-specified item to the information collection server, where the information list corresponding to the corresponding list of the information collection server is simultaneously transmitted when the information list is transmitted to the user terminal. In addition, some storage devices of the wireless instant message server may be allocated and stored in advance, and when the user requests the information content of a specific item, a function of transmitting the information request to the information retrieval server without waiting and waiting time may be implemented. Desirable; In the terminal wireless instant message client program of the user performs a function to display the received information list and information content to the user-where the user can edit and delete the displayed information content in the instant message client program if necessary After processing through the addition of the content, characterized in that the step of transmitting to the other party in the wireless instant message conversation.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention can be applied to any communication terminal having a wireless Internet function (for example, a mobile communication terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop computer equipped with a wireless modem, etc.) without limitation, hereinafter For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the user terminal is a mobile communication terminal.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an overall system configuration for performing a method of searching and providing information using a wireless instant message conversation and user location information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the entire system for performing a search and information providing service method using a wireless instant message conversation and user location information includes a wireless Internet network 200, a wireless instant message server 300, and an information search server 400. It is configured to include an external information resource 500.

The originating terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 110 are provided with a wireless instant message client. Initial installation may download the client program by accessing the wireless Internet server 300 through a wireless Internet network.

The wireless Internet network 200 is a means for providing a message conversation with another mobile communication terminal 110 by establishing a communication path with the mobile instant messaging server 100 of the user and a wireless instant message server. And protocol layers such as UDP and TCP. The mobile communication network to which the present invention can be applied is any wireless network capable of TCP / IP communication such as CDMA, WCDMA, Wibro, GSM, etc., and includes a user terminal for collecting location information of a user terminal having no built-in GPS. And a base station capable of providing base station information to accommodate, a base station controller, and a switch.

The wireless instant message server 300 creates a session with the called terminal 110 in response to the call request of the calling terminal 100 to provide an instant message service with the called terminal, whereby the user provides information desired by the user. When the input search keyword, the user's conversation message, and the location information are received, the search keyword 400 is transmitted to the information search server 400. In response to the user's request for information, the list of information and information received from the information search server 400 are received, and the information request is sent to the terminal 100 or 110 of the user.

The information retrieval server 400 receives user input search keywords, message conversations, and location information requested from the wireless instant message server 300, stores and analyzes them to create a combination of keywords to obtain appropriate information from the information database collected according to priority. Perform the process of extracting lists and contents.

2 is a diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a wireless instant message server 300 and an information retrieval server 400 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In addition to the existing wireless instant message function as described above, a method of configuring a user's search function and information providing function may be configured in a wireless instant server or may be configured as a separate server. User management DB (Database) device 310 is to manage the history of the user using a wireless instant messaging service. User information such as service subscription, recent usage time, usage restriction, and client program download are stored and managed.

The client download management device 320 allows the user terminal to download a client download program to be mounted on the user terminal, and may partially download the program from the user terminal through the wireless Internet even when updating a program or adding a function. To be.

The message service unit 330 includes a session managing device 331, a chat room managing device 332, and a message relaying device 333.

The session managing device 331 stores whether the user is currently connected to the wireless instant message server by running the wireless instant message client program. The chat room management device 332 registers the user terminals 100 and 110 for which a chat request has been made, and registers chat room information in the message relay management device 333. The message relay management device 333 transmits a message between the user terminals 100 and 110 registered by the chat room information. The message relay management device 333 transmits the information search keyword and the conversation message requested from the user terminals 100 and 110 to a classification code (eg, 00 conversation message, 01 search keyword, 10 user location information GPS code) of the message data structure. Classify the message data accordingly.

The search service unit 340 includes a message management device 341, a search keyword management device 342, and a location information management device 343.

The message management device 341 receives the conversation message exchanged between the user terminals 100 and 110 from the message relay management device 333 and classifies the user's conversation message in chronological order and transmits the conversation message to the information retrieval server 400. The search keyword management apparatus 342 extracts (100, 110) search keywords input from the message relay management apparatus 333 from the user terminal and transmits information such as input time, user information, classification category, and the like to the information search server 400. do. The location information management apparatus 343 receives the GPS code of the location information of the user terminals 100 and 110 or the location information of the base station and transmits the classified information to the information retrieval server 400.

The information retrieval server 400 includes a keyword storage device 410, a keyword analysis device 420, an information collection device 430, and a map data storage device 440. The external information resource 500 serves to provide necessary information in the information collection device 430, which may be provided by existing portal, newspaper, broadcast and professional information providers.

The keyword storage device 410 may include a message storage device 411 for storing a conversation message for classifying and storing search keywords transmitted from the user terminals 100 and 110 and a search keyword storage device for storing a search keyword input by a user ( 412, a location information storage device 413 for storing location information. The keyword storage device stores message and keyword location information transmitted and received between conversation sessions between the user terminals 100 and 110, and deletes it when the conversation session ends.

The keyword analyzing apparatus 420 includes a keyword analyzing apparatus 421 for analyzing a search keyword input by a user, a message analyzing apparatus 422 for analyzing a conversation message, and a location information analyzing apparatus 423 for analyzing position information. . The keyword analyzing apparatus 421 requests the search query task to the information collecting apparatus 430 by assigning priorities to the keywords input by the user terminal according to a predetermined analysis rule. Analysis rules here include spacing, word combinations, word separation, kinsoku words, and so on. The message analyzing apparatus 422 extracts a word suitable for a search by the context of a conversation between users (for example, 'promise', 'place', 'Seoul station', 'viewing station exit number') among words on a conversation message between users. Request the information inquiry to the collection device (430). The location information analysis device 423 transmits the GPS latitude and longitude information of the user terminal or the base station location information to the map data storage device 440, and converts the address information into a search keyword type (eg, Yeouido-dong 12, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul). To the information collecting device 430.

The information collecting device 430 is a kind of database, and registers the main index word in the information list and the content of the information in advance from the external resource 500, and continuously updates the latest index information. After receiving the search keyword and the search request from the keyword analysis device 420, the information list and information content most similar to the stored index words are extracted and transmitted to the message service device 320.

The map data storage device 440 is a kind of database that stores map information and performs a function of searching GPS latitude and longitude information input from the location information analysis device 423 into a database to extract address information on a corresponding administrative area. .

3 illustrates a menu and screen configuration of a wireless instant message client program mounted on a wireless terminal of a user provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 (a) shows a state where a message conversation is in progress through a chat window of a wireless instant message service.

3 (b) shows the state converted to the search result and the edit window, and the details are displayed in the search result window according to the content selected in the information list window of the search result. If you select the edit mode of the menu, the search result window is converted to the edit window, which can be modified and added to meet the needs of the user and sent to the wireless instant message counterpart user.

As described above, the system and service method for searching and providing information using the wireless instant message conversation and the user location information according to the present invention allow the user to search for information based on the search keyword and the user conversation message while using the wireless instant message program. There is no need to search by separate wireless Internet connection.

In addition, the present invention can search the location information based on the location information of the user and the location information specified by the user can more accurately extract and provide information suitable for the user's environment and context.

In addition, the present invention does not merely present the search results to the user who requested the information search, but the function of transmitting the search results to the message conversation counterpart by editing and processing the search results according to the user's taste in the wireless instant message client program. Provide clear information to users by providing.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

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A system for searching and providing information using wireless instant message conversation and user location information and a service method thereof, A client having a function of extracting search keyword input and location information of a user on a wireless instant message program, editing and processing the searched information result, and transmitting the result to a counterpart wireless instant message user; The user accessing a wireless instant message server by a wireless instant message client program and exchanging a message while communicating with a called terminal; Transmitting the search keyword or the conversation message and the location information input by the user to the information search server during the message conversation, wherein the place or region name input by the user may be used as the search keyword; Analyzing the received search keyword, conversation message, and location information; Collecting information based on the result of the analysis, wherein the information is processed by a keyword registered in advance from an external information resource server; Transmitting the collected information to a client program of a user terminal, wherein the collected information is displayed as a list, and when the user selects the additional information, detailed information may be provided. A search method is provided by inputting a search keyword while using the wireless instant message of the user, and providing information suitable for the user's environment and context by combining the extracted keyword based on the message conversation between the user and the location information between the user. The method of claim 1, A method of displaying a search keyword input window while a wireless instant messaging program is in use so that a user can enter a search keyword in a wireless instant message user. The method of claim 2, A method of extracting GPS based location information provided from a user's terminal while using a wireless instant message program or extracting location information of a base station where a user is located. The method of claim 2, A method of editing and processing the results of information retrieved while using a wireless instant messaging program and transmitting the result to the other user of the wireless instant message. The method of claim 1, Wherein the user is connected to the wireless instant message server by the wireless instant message client program to send and receive messages while the conversation with the destination terminal, Creating a message for transmission to the other party by the user and transmitting the message to a message management device of a wireless instant message server; And transmitting the user's message to the message storage management device of the information retrieval server at the same time as the message management device of the wireless instant message server relaying the transmission to the other party. And transmitting the conversation message of the users from the message management device to the message storage management device of the information retrieval server. The method of claim 1, Transmitting a search keyword or a conversation message and location information input by the user during the message conversation to the information search server, The user collects the location information of the user terminal in the wireless instant message client program and transmits it to the location information management device of the wireless instant message server, where the mobile terminal does not have its own location information function such as GPS. Including a location information inquiry request step using the base station information of the carrier; Transmitting the information stored in the location information management device of the wireless instant message server to the location information storage device of the information retrieval server; Transmitting the keyword input through the search keyword input dialog box of the user's wireless instant message client program to the search keyword storage device of the wireless instant server. When the inputted information is transmitted to the search keyword storage device, assigning and transmitting the keyword classification code of the keyword data structure as a location item; And transmitting the search keyword management device of the wireless instant message server to the keyword storage device of the information search server. And transmitting the search keyword or the conversation message and the location information input by the user to the information retrieval server during the message conversation. The method of claim 1, Analyzing the received search keyword, conversation message, location information, The analyzing of the search keyword, the conversation message, and the location information may include analyzing an item of a data structure of a keyword input by the user, wherein the category item of the keyword structure is at least one of news, weather, location, food, and movie. Including branches; Extracting the main keywords for each item of the conversation message through the message analyzing device and prioritizing the contextual meanings such as occurrence frequency, positive or indefinite form; and placing the user's location information through a map data storage server. Analyzing and converting the address into an address form; And combining the search keywords input by the user, the conversation keywords extracted by analyzing the user's message conversation, and the location keywords extracted by analyzing the user location information, to prioritize the combination to the most suitable combination. And a method of analyzing the received search keyword, conversation message, and location information. The method of claim 1, Collecting information based on the analysis result, Process the information by keyword in advance from an external information resource server, Transmitting the search keyword, the conversation message, and the keyword combination determined in the order of highest priority among the keyword combinations determined by the analysis result of the location information; The information collecting device includes: checking a list of information including a keyword combination among information previously operated by the input keyword combination; Transmitting the list of retrieved information to the message management device of the wireless instant message server, Search and information providing service using a wireless instant message, characterized in that for performing the step of collecting information based on the analysis result. The method of claim 1, The transmitting of the collected information to the client program of the user terminal, Include the steps of displaying the collected information to provide additional details when the user makes a choice, When the user selects a specific item from the list of information sent to the terminal, the wireless instant message requests the information contents of the item designated by the user to the information collection server. Simultaneously transmits the information corresponding to the list, allocates some storage in the wireless instant message server, saves it in advance, and responds to the information request server when the user requests the information of a specific item. Includes the ability to transmit without waiting time; In the terminal wireless instant message client program of the user performs a function to display the received information list and information content to the user-where the user can edit and delete the displayed information content in the instant message client program if necessary Including processing and adding the content to the other party in a wireless instant message conversation, And transmitting the collected information to a client program of a user terminal.

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