KR20110014920A - The communication method based on a user profile of instant messenger - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A communication method based on user profile of IM is provided to dynamically generate and supply profile buddy when logging in or requesting an instant message based on profile information, thereby communicating with a profile buddy provided dynamically. CONSTITUTION: A connection area information and profile information of a user is obtained if a profile buddy list request is received from an IM(Instant Messenger) by a user login. A profile buddy list searches buddies which is matched to connection area information and profile information and dynamically generates buddies. The profile buddy list is provided to IM(216). The profile information includes disclosed or closed profile information by the user.

Description

The communication method based on a user profile of instant messenger}

The present invention relates to a communication method based on a user profile of an instant messenger, and more particularly, a profile buddy is dynamically generated using a profile buddy list searched based on local information and profile information of a user logged into an instant messenger, or a user. User Profile-based communication method of instant messenger by creating a profile buddy according to the needs of adding profile buddy of user, so that the user can communicate not only with the buddy set up by the user but also with the profile buddy dynamically provided upon instant messenger login. It is about.

In general, instant messenger is a client used for two or more instant (real-time) text communication using a network such as the Internet. Instant messengers are also referred to simply as messengers and are also referred to as Internet messengers in the sense of messengers over the Internet. An instant messenger is a client that relays instant messages.

In order to be served in a typical instant messenger, a user must establish an account by providing account information including a user ID, a password and a messenger contact list. And when the user logs in, the user must enter a user ID and password. Accordingly, if the login information is confirmed by the user's account information, the specific client can know the existence of the user, the messenger contact list, and the existence of each contact.

Most instant messenger services provide accessor information that shows you a list of currently connected and available conversations. This is often called a 'friend list'. Communication can be initiated by selecting a contact from a messenger contact list displayed in the instant messenger interface. In addition, each time someone in the conversation enters each other line by line, a transmission occurs, so it's more like having a telephone conversation than exchanging letters. The instant messenger program supports the automatic leaving of 'away messages', similar to the home answering feature.

However, in the conventional instant messenger service, a buddy corresponding to a 'friend list' exists to communicate. Here, the buddy is formed when the user makes a friend request to the counterpart user and the counterpart user permits the friend. A user cannot communicate with a user who does not have a buddy relationship with him. In addition, a user who does not have many buddy relationships has a problem in that communication activation is not increased due to a low frequency of using an instant messenger service.

That is, the prior art as described above cannot communicate with a user who does not have a buddy relationship, and a user who does not have a large buddy relationship has a problem in that communication activation is not increased due to a low frequency of using an instant messenger service.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems and to meet the above demands, and to dynamically profile a profile buddy using a profile buddy list searched based on local and profile information of a user logged into an instant messenger. By creating a profile buddy according to the user's request for adding a profile buddy, the user can communicate not only with the buddy set by the user, but also with the profile buddy dynamically provided upon instant login. The purpose is to provide a user profile based communication method.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention which are not mentioned can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a user profile-based communication method of an instant messenger, the method comprising: acquiring a connection area information and profile information of the user when a profile buddy list request is received from the instant messenger by a user login; ; Dynamically generating a profile buddy list by searching for buddies matching the acquired user access area information and user profile information; And providing the generated profile buddy list to the instant messenger.

In addition, the present invention, if the user receives a profile buddy request from the instant messenger by inputting a profile attribute, public range input by the user to search for buddies matching the input information; Transmitting a profile buddy add request message to the searched buddy instant messenger; And providing buddies that have accepted the profile buddy addition as a result of the message to the instant messenger as profile buddies.

As described above, the present invention provides a profile buddy dynamically generated as well as communication with a buddy set by the user by dynamically creating and providing a profile buddy upon login or upon request by the user based on the instant messenger user profile information. It also has the effect of communicating.

In addition, the present invention, even without forming a buddy relationship that is a trust relationship with each other, based on the public profile information, it is possible to dynamically communicate with users of similar interests, schools, and regions by forming an instant community to communicate with users. There is an effect to increase.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of activating communication between users by providing an opportunity to communicate between the profile buddy as well as the buddy on the service provider side.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, It can be easily carried out. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a profile-based communication system to which the present invention is applied.

The profile-based communication system 100 dynamically generates a profile buddy list of a user based on a profile, and provides the user with a function for communicating with users corresponding to the dynamically generated profile buddy list. That is, the profile-based communication system 100 forms a profile buddy which is an instant community rather than a buddy relationship that is a trust relationship for a user having similar interests and regions based on the public profile information of the user. Therefore, the user terminal A 101 can communicate with the user terminal B 102 belonging to the profile buddy which is an instant community.

As shown in FIG. 1, the profile-based communication system 100 according to the present invention operates in conjunction with the IPMS server 110, the control server 120, the application server 130, and the DB server 140. Here, the control server 120 includes a front end server 121 and an authentication server 122. The application server 130 also includes a message server 131, a presence server 132, a chat server 133, and a resource list server 134. The DB server 140 also includes a user profile DB 141 and a presence DB 142.

Meanwhile, the resource list server 134 includes a rights management server 1341, a buddy and group server 1342, and a profile server 1343. Here, the rights management server 1341 includes a service rights processing unit 13411. The buddy and group server 1342 includes a buddy and group processing unit 13421, a buddy relationship processing unit 13422, a profile buddy relationship processing unit 13223, and a profile buddy processing unit 13424. The profile server 1343 includes a user basic information management unit 13431, a user detail information management unit 13432, and a user policy management unit 13333.

The control server 120 connects the connection session with the instant messenger (client) of the user terminal A 101 or the user terminal B 102. In detail, the front end server 121 performs signaling and message delivery functions. The authentication server 122 performs user authentication. The application server 130 includes a message server 131, a presence server 132, a conversation server 133, and a resource list server 134.

On the other hand, the note server 131 manages the receipt, origination and storage of the note. Presence server 132 is a presence management function for managing the presence (Presence) information, a watcher management function for managing a watcher (Watcher) wants to see their status information, and notifications for processing various notification messages of the external system and internal system ( Notification) function. The chat server 133 handles 1: 1 or 1: n chat functions. A resource list server (RLS) 134 manages a subscriber's resource list.

The IPMS server 110 allocates and manages an IP address to an Internet subscriber through a network service provider. In addition, the IPMS server 110 performs a function of determining which local subscriber is an IP address.

Meanwhile, the DB server 140 includes a user profile DB 141 and a presence DB 142. The user profile DB 141 manages member information and setting information. Presence DB (142) performs a function for managing the buddy information.

Meanwhile, referring to the resource list server 134 in detail, the rights management server 1341 manages a user's rights and policies. Here, the service authority processing unit 13411 of the rights management server 1341 may provide a function for a service that a user may use based on service information available while interworking with the user policy management unit 13333 of the profile server 1343. It plays the role of enabling or disabling.

On the other hand, the buddy and group server 1342 manages buddies and groups for buddies and profile buddies, and manages a resource list. Looking specifically at the buddy and group server 1342, the buddy and group server 1342 is a buddy and group processing unit (13421), a buddy relationship processing unit (13422), a profile buddy relationship processing unit (13423) and a profile buddy processing unit (13424). Include.

The buddy and group processing unit 13421 manages information on buddies and groups that are in a trust relationship. The buddy relationship processor 13422 processes the rejection of the buddy request and generates a buddy relationship for the approved buddy request.

The profile buddy processing unit 13424 requests the IPMS server 110 that manages the address of the Internet subscriber to know the area information that the user terminal A 101 is currently accessing, and at the same time, the user basic information management unit of the profile server 1343 ( 13431) to perform a function of importing user A's profile information.

The profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 performs a function of generating a profile buddy relationship to form an instant community using related information within a profile range disclosed by the user A. FIG.

On the other hand, the profile server 1343 includes a user basic information manager 13431, a user detail information manager 13432, and a user policy manager 13333. The profile server 1343 manages user profile information and manages policies.

Looking at the profile server 1343 in detail, the user basic information management unit 13431 stores and manages basic profile information of the user, and performs a function of managing information on the disclosure range of the profile.

The user detail information manager 13432 stores and manages detailed information such as the homepage and the mobile phone model of the user A, in addition to the information managed by the user basic manager 13134.

The user policy manager 13333 manages information on a service level available to the user terminal A 101, and also manages information on a service available for a buddy and a profile buddy.

2A and 2B are a flowchart of a first embodiment of a user profile based communication method of an instant messenger according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method of configuring a dynamic profile buddy in the process of a user logging in to an instant messenger through the unified communication system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B.

First, a user A using an instant messenger inputs an ID and a password in a login window of the user terminal A 101. When the user A presses a login button through the user terminal A 101, an authentication request is made to the authentication server 122 (202).

The authentication server 122 determines whether or not the user A is an instant messenger user, and responds to the user terminal A 101 with the authentication result (204).

If the authentication result 204, the user A is not an instant messenger user, the authentication server 122 calls the subscription page to show the user A through the user terminal A (101). Authentication server 122 then instructs user A to subscribe. If the user A enters an incorrect ID and password, the authentication server 122 shows a message window for input again.

If the authentication result 204, the user A is an instant messenger user, the user A makes a login request to the front end server 121 through the user terminal A (101) (206).

The front end server 121 requests login presence registration from the presence server 132.

The presence server 132 registers the presence information indicating that the user A is logged in to the memory DB, that is, the DB server 140. The presence server 132 then informs the other users in the related watcher list that the user A is logged in. In addition, the presence server 132 transmits a response message to the login request to the user terminal A 101 through the front end server 121. That is, the presence server 132 transmits a response message to the user A's login request to the front-end server 121 (210).

Subsequently, the front end server 121 transmits a response message to the user A's login request, which is received, to the user terminal A 101 (212).

In addition, the user terminal A 101 requests the buddy and group basic information list from the buddy and group processing unit 13421 of the buddy and group server 1342 (214). Then, the buddy and group processor 13321 transmits the buddy list including the presence to the user terminal A 101 (216).

The user terminal A 101 requests the buddy information list and simultaneously requests the profile buddy information list from the profile buddy processing unit 13424 of the buddy and group server 1342 (218). This is to dynamically create a profile buddy of users with similar interests and regions based on the published profile information.

For example, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) used when the user terminal A 101 requests the profile buddy processing unit 13424 is "http: // host / get_profile_buddy_list". Here, the request variable (Argument) used is [user number, user ID], and the result schema format is expressed as shown in [Table 1] below.

The profile buddy processing unit 13424, which has received the request for the profile buddy information list, transmits the IP region information to the IPMS server 110 that performs the access distribution management function to know the region information based on the IP address to which the user terminal A 101 accesses. Request 220.

The IPMS server 110 searches for an area corresponding to the IP address to which the user terminal A 101 accesses and informs the profile buddy processing unit 13424 (222). Herein, when the accessed IP address is an IP address not managed by the IPMS server 110, the unassigned area value is transmitted.

For example, the URL used when the profile buddy processing unit 13424 requests the IPMS server 110 is "http: // host / get_my_region". Here, the request variable (Argument) used is [user number, user ID], and the result schema format is expressed as shown in [Table 2] below.

The profile buddy processing unit 13424 requests the IP area information and simultaneously requests the user A's profile information from the user basic information management unit 13431 of the profile server 1343 (224). The profile buddy processor 13424 receives profile information on the user A from the user basic information manager 13431 of the profile server 1343. Here, not only the information disclosed in the received profile information, but also its own unpublished profile information is brought.

The profile buddy processing unit 13424 requests the user basic information management unit 13431 of the profile server 1343 based on the received user A's profile information and his / her regional information, in operation 228. The profile buddy processing unit 13424 obtains the relevant profile buddy information of the user terminal A 101 from the user basic information management unit 13431 of the profile server 1343 (230).

The profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 of the buddy and group server 1342 transmits, from the user basic information management unit 13431, the profile information published on the basis of the user profile information received for the user A and its own local information. The profile buddy relationship is processed based on the received profile buddy information (232). That is, the profile buddy relationship processor 13223 dynamically generates a profile buddy of the user A by using the profile buddy list searched through "228 and 230". The profile buddy relationship processor 13223 of the buddy and group server 1342 requests service policy information from the user policy manager 13342 (234).

The user policy manager 13432 transmits the service policy information to the profile buddy relationship processor 13223 in response to the request (236).

The profile buddy processing unit 13424 transmits the profile buddy information list including the presence information to the user terminal A 101 (238).

By outputting a buddy and a profile buddy user interface (UI) to the instant messenger of the user terminal A 101 (240), the user terminal A 101 can communicate not only with the buddy but also with the dynamically formed profile buddy.

Here, since the profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 dynamically forms a community, the profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 interoperates with the user policy management unit 13432 of the profile server 1343 to restrict a function that can communicate according to a service policy, and thus the user terminal. It shows in the instant messenger (client) UI of A101. Here, since the communication function restriction for the profile buddy is a policy of the service provider, it is not described in detail.

3 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a user profile based communication method of an instant messenger according to the present invention.

Instead of configuring a dynamic profile buddy every time a user logs in according to FIGS. 2A and 2B, a process of requesting and accepting a recommended friend as a buddy based on profile information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3. Shall be.

User A clicks on the profile-based buddy request menu provided (mounted) in the instant messenger via user terminal A 101 (302). When a window for inputting a profile buddy attribute is displayed on the user terminal A 101, the user A inputs a field or region information of interest and presses a confirmation button to input a profile group name and a profile buddy attribute to be added (304). ).

In this case, all information irrelevant to the presence value, such as a PR (Public Relations) message and nickname, are all managed by a profile, and are represented as shown in Table 3 below. Open flag types are defined in the form of private (0), public (1), and public (2). Allows user A to determine the scope of disclosure, and the profile buddy forms a profile buddy relationship within the published (1) range.

Through the confirmation button pressed by the user A, the user terminal A 101 internally transmits a profile buddy request message to the profile buddy processing unit 13424 of the buddy and group server 1342 (306). This is to request configuration of a profile-based buddy.

On the basis of the profile attribute value input by the user terminal A 101, the user basic information management unit 13431 of the profile server 1343 requests a search for whether there is a related profile buddy (308).

The user basic information management unit 13431 of the profile server 1343 searches the user profile DB 141 by a search request and transmits the profile buddy information to the profile buddy processing unit 13424 when there is related information.

The profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 generates profile buddy information using the profile buddy information received from the profile buddy processing unit 1342 (312). For example, the profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 uses an instant community based on specific profile information (for example, school and company) or tag (for example, interest and location) based on the published profile information. Generate profile buddy information to form. The profile buddy relationship processor 13223 stores the profile buddy information in a database.

The profile buddy relationship processor 13223 transmits a buddy add request message to the user terminal B 102 of the profile buddy target (314).

The profile buddy request UI is output to the instant messenger (client) of the user terminal B 102 (316). The profile buddy relationship processor 13223 of the buddy and group server 1342 returns a result value for the profile addition request (318). In addition, the profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 stores in the database that the user terminal B102 rejects the profile buddy relationship without processing the profile buddy relationship in the database.

If the user terminal B 102 accepts the profile buddy relationship, the profile buddy relationship processor 13223 processes the profile buddy relationship (320). That is, the profile buddy relationship processing unit 13423 generates a profile buddy according to a result value of the profile buddy add request received from the user terminal B 102 requesting buddy addition. The profile buddy relationship processor 13223 transmits the profile buddy request result including the presence to the user terminal A 101 (322).

The user terminal A 101 requests profile buddy detailed information from the profile buddy processing unit 13424 of the buddy and group server 1342 in order to know detailed information of the user B (324). The profile buddy processor 13424 transmits the profile buddy detail information in response to the profile buddy detail information request (326).

Through the process illustrated in FIG. 3, user A and user B form a recommended buddy relationship based on a profile. User A and user B can communicate with each other according to the profile-based buddy relationship.

On the other hand, the method of the present invention as described above can be written in a computer program. And the code and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the written program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (information storage medium), and read and executed by a computer to implement the method of the present invention. The recording medium may include any type of computer readable recording medium.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a profile-based communication system to which the present invention is applied.

2A and 2B are a flowchart of a first embodiment of a user profile based communication method of an instant messenger according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a user profile based communication method of an instant messenger according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

110: IPMS server 120: control server

121: Flyer Server 122: Authentication Server

130: application server 131: message server

132: Presence Server 133: Chat Server

134: resource list server 1341: rights management server

13411: service authority processing unit 1342: buddy and group server

13421: buddy and group processing unit 13422: buddy relationship processing unit

13423: profile buddy relationship processing unit 13424: profile buddy processing unit

1343: Profile Server 13431: User Basic Information Manager

13432: user details management unit 13433: user policy management unit

Claims (4)

In the user profile based communication method of the instant messenger, Acquiring access area information and profile information of the user when a profile buddy list request is received from the instant messenger by a user login; Dynamically generating a profile buddy list by searching for buddies matching the acquired user access area information and user profile information; And Providing the generated profile buddy list to the instant messenger; User profile based communication method of the instant messenger comprising a. The method of claim 1, The obtained user profile information, Profile information disclosed by the user and unpublished profile information, The buddy search process, The user profile-based communication method of the instant messenger characterized by searching for buddy matching the public / unpublished profile information of the obtained user with respect to the published profile information of the instant messenger subscribers. The method of claim 1, Providing the profile buddy list to an instant messenger, The user profile-based communication method of the instant messenger, comprising the presence information and the communication UI of the generated profile buddy list to provide to the instant messenger. The method of claim 1, Searching for buddies matching the input information when a profile buddy request is received from the instant messenger by a profile attribute and a public range input by a user; Transmitting a profile buddy add request message to the searched buddy instant messenger; And Providing buddies that have accepted the profile buddy as a result of the message transmission to the instant messenger as profile buddies. User profile based communication method of the instant messenger further comprising.

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