KR20110016754A - Method and system for providing profile service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for providing a profile service using a profile are provided to generate keyword bulletin board allocated in a link address about each keyword included in profile information of a user, thereby forming a community between users having the same keyword. CONSTITUTION: A database(DB)(102) stores a user profile received from a user terminal(104). The user profile includes at least one keyword inputted by a user. A profile service server(100) generates a keyword bulletin board about an individual keywords stored in the database. If a keyword of a user terminal is selected, the profile service server transmits a keyword bulletin board about the selected keyword to a user terminal. The profile information includes today information, basic information, contact information, and at least one among individual taste information.

Description

Method and system for providing profile service using profile {Method and System for providing profile service}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a profile service using a profile, and more particularly, to a method and a system for forming an online community based on various keywords included in a user's profile.

Unlike the early days when information was provided by a small number of professional service providers, the communication between the user and the service provider and the content produced by the user are increasing.

This trend, represented by Web 2.0, has diversified the forms of Internet services in recent years.

In the early days, when content was uploaded to a website, users simply viewed or downloaded it, but users gradually provided their own content.

For example, in a multi-vendor-based online bookstore like Bookfinder4u, it allows users to purchase rare or out-of-print books at the lowest price, as well as allow users to upload review comments about the books, and dynamics such as Wikipedia. The encyclopedia allows users to create and edit database content in various languages. Internet forums have become more extensive and have led to the spread of blogs.

The blog's personal media contents are gradually developing into professional knowledge in the early days of personal history and personalization, and in the form of texts, multimedia, such as photos, music, and videos.

As such, blogs are widely used as a means for providing various information, but in recent years, the desire to interact with users with the same interests through blogs is increasing.

Trackbacks currently provide a service for sharing information between different blog users, but the trackback service is cumbersome because you have to post to your blog and set up trackbacks for posts from other users who want to share it. There is a problem.

In addition, conventionally, a service for displaying a list of users who have visited their blog is provided, but a user who checks the user list has to visit a blog of another user to check posts and the like. It's hard to see if you have

Generally, a user joins a cafe to form an online community, but if a user is interested in many targets, there is an inconvenience in community activity because the user must subscribe to various cafes corresponding to each other.

On the other hand, widget services have recently been developed by computer application developers and Internet portal site providers to provide information desired by users to their preferences, such as widgets (widgets or gadgets) (hereinafter referred to as widgets). Collectively).

A widget is a small sized application that provides certain information such as weather, time, calendar, calculator, etc., or allows a user to request a search even without directly accessing a portal site for a search.

As described above, the widget is generally used for the purpose of providing useful information to the user, but the widget has not yet been utilized for community formation.

The present invention, in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, proposes a method and system for providing a profile service using a profile that allows a user to conveniently form a community on-line.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a profile service providing method and system using a profile that allows a user to conveniently share a profile and form a community on a personal media through a profile widget.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a profile service using a profile in a profile service server connected to the user terminal via a network, the method comprising: (a) a user from the user terminal ( Receiving and storing profile information of a first user), wherein the profile information includes one or more keywords entered by the user; (b) generating a keyword bulletin board for each of the entered keywords; And (c) when selecting a keyword of the user terminal, transmitting a keyword bulletin board for the selected keyword to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a profile service using a profile in a service server connected to a user terminal via a network, the method comprising: transmitting an interface for inputting a profile to the user terminal; Receiving and storing a profile of a user input via the interface, the profile including one or more keywords entered by the user; And generating a profile widget corresponding to the input keyword, wherein the generated profile widget is provided with a method of providing a profile service applicable to personal media operated by the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the above method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system connected to a user terminal via a network to provide a profile service, the database for storing a user profile received from the user terminal-the profile is the one or more keywords entered by the user Includes; And a profile service server generating a keyword bulletin board for each keyword stored in the database, and transmitting the keyword bulletin board for the selected keyword to the user terminal when selecting a keyword of the user terminal.

According to the present invention, a keyword bulletin board to which a link address is assigned to each keyword included in the user's profile information is generated, and through this, a community can be conveniently formed between users having the same keyword.

In addition, according to the present invention, since it is possible to add neighbors between users having the same keyword, there is an advantage that can further increase the bond between users.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate a thorough understanding of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same means regardless of the number of the drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a profile service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a profile service system according to the present invention may include a profile service server 100 and a database 102, wherein the profile service server 100 may include one or more user terminals 104 over a network. It can be connected with.

Here, the network may include both a wired network including the Internet, a dedicated line, and a wireless network including the wireless Internet, a mobile communication network, and a satellite communication network.

The user terminal 104 is a terminal capable of connecting to a network, and may include a desktop PC, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, and a mobile broadcast system (MBS) phone.

The user terminal 104 outputs an interface for inputting a profile in connection with the profile service server 100 as described below, and is a terminal capable of receiving and processing a profile widget and a keyword bulletin board for a keyword input by a user without limitation. Can be applied.

The profile service server 100 establishes a connection with the user terminal 104 through a network to provide profile sharing and community service for the user.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the user terminal 104 is connected through a network, the profile service server 100 processes the login of the user and receives profile information of the logged in user.

Here, the profile information includes one or more keywords for the user's current mood, personal identity, and personal taste.

According to the present invention, the profile service server 100 stores the user's profile information in the database 102, and provides profile sharing and community services based on the profile information.

More specifically, the profile service server 100 generates a profile widget corresponding to the input keyword when the keyword input corresponding to the user's profile is completed.

Here, the profile widget generated by the profile service server 100 is an application of a small size that can be executed in a web-accessible terminal such as a blog or a cafe operated by the user, and a mobile communication terminal. Link addresses corresponding to one keyword are matched.

In the following description, a profile widget input by a user is applied to a blog for convenience of description.

According to the present invention, the profile service server 100 generates a keyword bulletin board for the keyword input by the user. Here, the keyword bulletin board includes one of a profile information display area of a user who inputs a corresponding keyword and a comment input area for exchanging opinions among each user. The service server 100 generates a keyword bulletin board for the newly entered keyword.

In this specification, the keyword bulletin board can be used not only as a means for confirming profile information of another user having the same keyword, but also as a means for allowing a plurality of users with the same keyword to exchange various opinions.

In the above, the link address matched to each keyword of the profile widget according to the present invention becomes a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the keyword bulletin for the keyword.

When a user applies a profile widget reflecting a keyword input by the user to his or her blog, the blog server 110 illustrated in FIG. 1 may later establish a connection with the user terminal 104. Send the page to user terminal 104.

As the profile widget is executed in the user terminal 104, the profile interface 200 may be output on the blog page of the user as illustrated in FIG. 2.

When the user selects one keyword on the profile interface 200, the user terminal 104 is connected to the link address matched with the selected keyword, so that the profile service server 100 selects the keyword selected as the user terminal 104. Send a keyword bulletin for.

As shown in FIG. 3, the keyword bulletin board according to the present invention includes one of a profile information display area, a comment input area, a search area, and a chat area of a user who inputs a keyword. You can identify other users who have keywords, and you can also share various opinions on keyword boards without having to enter other users' blogs.

Hereinafter, a profile service server according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, the profile service server according to the present invention includes a profile registerer 400, a profile widget generator 402, a keyword bulletin board generator 404, a profile service provider 406, and a neighbor addition processor ( 408).

The profile registerer 400 receives the profile information from the user terminal 104 and stores it in the database 102.

According to the present invention, the profile registration unit 400 provides an interface for inputting profile information as shown in FIG. 5 to the user terminal 104 when a user requests it.

The interface for inputting profile information includes at least one input area among today information, basic information, contact information, school and work information, and personal taste information.

Here, the today information includes a keyword representing the current mood or state of the user.

The basic information is information for minimal self-introduction, and includes keywords such as user nickname, birth year, gender, and blood type.

The contact information may include the user's residence, email address, blog address, website address, and the like.

School and work information includes keywords relating to the school and current work of the user.

The personal taste information may include keywords that the user prefers, and may include keywords related to recent interests, likes, respected persons, good things, dislikes, hometowns, love status, and places to play frequently.

When the user inputs profile information, the profile registerer 400 stores each keyword included in the profile information in the database 102.

According to the present invention, after the input of the profile information of the user is completed, the profile service server 100 may provide the profile information input by the user to other users.

For example, when the user inputs a mobile terminal number of another user and requests transmission of profile information to the corresponding number, the profile service server 100 moves the profile information input by the user in association with the mobile communication network. Send to communication terminal.

According to the present invention, an application for outputting profile information may be pre-installed in the mobile communication terminal. When the application receives profile information, the application outputs the profile information in a state that can be checked by the user.

Meanwhile, the interface for inputting profile information is additionally included in the profile widget setting input area as shown in FIG. 6.

When the user sets the size, skin, etc. in the profile widget setting input area, the profile widget generation unit 402 generates the profile widget by reflecting the input profile information and the setting information.

According to the present invention, the profile widget generation unit 402 is a link address is matched to the keywords corresponding to the basic information, contact information, school / work information and personal taste information that can be usefully used to form a community of the profile information Create a profile widget.

As described above, the link address matched with the keyword is the URL of the keyword bulletin for the keyword.

The keyword bulletin board generator 404 generates a keyword bulletin board for each keyword included in the user's profile information.

As described above, the keyword bulletin board includes an area for information exchange between users and profile information of users having the same keyword, as shown in FIG.

According to the present invention, when a new keyword not previously stored is input, the keyword bulletin board generation unit 404 generates a keyword bulletin board for the keyword and allocates a link address for the generated keyword bulletin board.

If a keyword bulletin board is generated for a predetermined keyword and there is a new user who inputs the keyword, the keyword bulletin board generator 404 manages the keyword bulletin board by reflecting the profile information of the added user.

According to the present invention, the user may apply the profile widget generated through the profile widget generator 402 to his blog.

Currently, blog sites support applying widgets that you create to your blog.

That is, when the user requests to apply the profile widget to his blog, the blog server 110 matches and stores the profile widget with respect to the user blog.

Therefore, when the user terminal 104 accesses the blog server 110, the blog server 110 provides the blog page to which the profile widget is applied to the user terminal 104.

As the profile widget is executed in the user terminal 104, the profile interface 200 is output on the blog page as shown in FIG. 2.

In the profile interface 200, a link is set for each keyword included in basic information, contact information, school / work information, and personal taste information that can be usefully used for community formation among profile information input by the user.

Therefore, when the user selects one keyword in the profile interface 200, a connection is established between the user terminal 104 and the profile service server 100, and the profile service provider 406 according to the present invention is selected. The keyword bulletin board for the keyword is transmitted to the user terminal 104.

According to the present invention, a user can identify other users having the same keyword through the keyword bulletin board, and can exchange opinions with other users.

3 illustrates an example of a keyword bulletin board provided when a user selects a keyword "Gangbuk-gu" on a profile interface output on a blog page.

The keyword bulletin board shown in FIG. 3 includes a profile information display area 300 of a user living in "Gangbuk-gu", and also includes a comment input area 302, a search area 304, and a chat for exchanging user opinions. It can include one of the regions 306.

In this case, keywords such as a nickname, age, blood type, and blog address included in the profile information input by the user are displayed in the user profile information display area 300.

The comment input area 302 is an area where a user inputs a post. According to the present invention, the profile service provider 406 may post a message in the comment input area 302 even if each user does not log in to the profile service server 100. Allows you to enter.

The search area 304 is an area for providing a user's search word input and a search result.

According to the present invention, the profile service provider 406 may provide a search result matched to a search word like a general search service through a search engine, but may also provide an expert search result.

Here, the expert refers to a user who receives a good evaluation from other users among blog users who input posts on a predetermined field, and the profile service provider 406 may display the user's post information and the corresponding post about the predetermined field on each blog. Collect other users' evaluation information for and store in the database 102.

The profile service server 100 may select one or more experts in each field based on the above evaluation information. If there is a user's search term input later, the profile service server 100 may preferentially expose a post written by the selected expert.

The chat area 306 displays a list of other users currently connected to the keyword bulletin board, and when selecting at least one of the user lists to request a chat, the profile service provider 406 relays a chat message between each user. Will be processed.

Of course, the chat relay may be made through a separate server or may be made directly between the user terminals 104.

Each user profile information display area 300 of the profile interface 200 and the keyword bulletin board according to the present invention includes a neighbor addition menu 202.

Here, the add neighbor menu 202 is a menu for adding another user to his neighbor.

When the user (first user) selects the add neighbor menu 202 for the second user on the profile interface 200 or the keyword bulletin board displayed on the blog of another user (second user), the user terminal 104 The neighbor addition request information of the first user is transmitted to the profile service server 100.

Here, the neighbor addition request information may include first user identification information and second user identification information.

In this case, when the neighbor addition request information is received, the neighbor addition processor 408 determines whether neighbor addition is possible between the users using the first user and the second user identification information, and provides a keyword recommendation service.

7 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a neighbor addition processing unit according to the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the neighbor addition processing unit 408 according to the present invention may include a keyword extraction unit 700, a relationship index calculation unit 702, and a keyword recommendation unit 704.

The keyword extractor 700 extracts keywords included in profile information of each user by using the first and second user identification information, and the relationship index calculator 702 compares the keywords of each user with each other to obtain a relationship index. Calculate

Here, the relationship index may be determined by whether the keywords match between the two users, and the relationship index calculator 702 may determine whether there is a matching keyword between the users, the number of matching keywords, the type of matching keywords, and the like. Consider the relationship index.

Preferably, the relationship index calculation unit 702 may calculate a relationship index by considering keywords corresponding to each other as the same keyword.

For example, for a representative position, each user may input a synonym such as "representative, president, CEO, director", and the relation index calculation unit 702 calculates a relation index with reference to a preset synonym list. .

According to the present invention, it is possible to add a neighbor only when the relationship index is equal to or more than a preset value.

If the calculated relationship index is less than or equal to a preset value, the neighbor addition processor 408 may transmit a message indicating that the relationship index is insufficient to the user terminal 104 requesting the neighbor addition.

The keyword recommendation unit 704 provides recommended keyword information to the user terminal 104 requesting the addition of a neighbor so that the relation index can be equal to or larger than a preset value when the relation index is less than the predetermined index.

According to the present invention, the keyword recommendation unit 704 determines keywords that are related to each other among keywords input by the first and second users, respectively, as recommended keywords.

For example, if the keyword "soccer" is registered for the first user, and the keyword "Facsitivity" rather than "soccer" is registered for the second user, the keyword recommendation unit 704 is a terminal of the first user. At 104, "Park Ji Sung" is transmitted as a recommended keyword.

Meanwhile, in the above, when the neighbor user request is added by the first user, the neighbor index is calculated to process the neighbor addition.

However, according to another embodiment of the present invention, even if there is no request from the first user, the neighbor addition processor 408 may calculate a relationship index with other users based on a keyword input by the first user, and the relationship index The first user may be provided with information about at least one user having a high value.

As described above, the profile service server 100 according to the present invention can freely share information among users having the same keyword, and at the same time, search for and provide users who have similar tastes with themselves, thereby forming a new community online. Make sure

In the above, it has been described that neighboring addition is made according to a related index.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the neighbor addition process may be processed according to the neighbor addition condition preset by each user.

In the above example, when the second user has set the neighbor addition condition to not ask the relation index, when the neighbor addition request of the first user, the neighbor addition processing unit 408 immediately adds the second user's first without the relation index calculation process. 1 Can be added as a neighbor of the user.

Meanwhile, the second user may set a match of a specific keyword as a condition of adding a neighbor, and in this case, the neighbor adding processor 408 has a keyword set by the second user among the keywords included in the profile information of the first user. It may determine whether or not to process the neighbor addition process.

Hereinafter, the profile service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 8 to 9.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process of providing a profile service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the profile service server 100 according to the present invention processes the login process of the user terminal 104 (step 800).

When the logged-in user terminal 104 transmits a profile information input request (step 802), the profile service server 100 transmits an interface for profile input to the user terminal 104 (step 804).

Here, the interface for profile input may be provided in the form of a normal web page.

The user terminal 104 transmits the profile information input by the user to the profile service server 100 through the interface (step 806).

The profile service server 100 stores the one keyword included in the user's profile information in the database 102 (step 808).

In addition, the profile service server 100 generates a profile widget using the profile information (step 810).

The interface provided in step 804 may be further included in the profile widget setting information input area, and the profile service server 100 receives the setting information from the user terminal 104 and generates a profile widget.

The profile service server 100 transmits the profile widget code to the user terminal 104 (step 812) and applies it to his blog (step 814).

Meanwhile, the profile service server 100 manages a keyword bulletin board for each keyword included in the user's profile information (step 816).

As described above, the keyword bulletin board may be generated when there is a newly input keyword, and when one keyword selection information is received from the user terminal 104 receiving the blog page to which the profile widget is applied (step 818). In operation 820, the profile service server 100 transmits a keyword bulletin board for the selected keyword to the user terminal 104.

According to the present invention, since the profile information input by the user is provided in the form of a profile widget and the keyword bulletin board is provided in conjunction with this, a community can be formed between users having the same keyword in a convenient manner.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a neighbor addition process according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the user terminal 104 receives and outputs a blog page of another user to whom a profile widget is applied from the blog server 110 (operation 900).

When a user (first user) requests neighbor addition for another user (second user), the user terminal 104 transmits neighbor addition request information to the communicator server 100 according to the present invention (step 902). ).

As described above, the neighbor addition request information includes each user identification information, and the profile service server 100 extracts the keyword included in the profile information of each user from the database 102 using the user identification information (step 904).

The profile service server 100 compares the extracted keywords and calculates a relationship index of each user (step 906).

The profile service server 100 determines whether the relation index is less than or equal to a preset value (step 908). If the relation index is less than or equal to a threshold value, the profile service server 100 determines a recommendation keyword for the user who requested the addition of the neighbor (step 910).

The profile service server 100 transmits the determined recommendation keyword information to the user terminal 104 (step 912).

In operation 912, the recommendation keyword information transmitted to the user terminal 104 may include one or more keywords that may satisfy a preset relationship index.

When the user's input for the recommended keyword is completed (step 914), the user terminal 104 transmits the keyword information input to the profile service server 100 to the profile service server 100 (step 916).

Thereafter, the profile service server 100 receives the keyword information and adds the second user to the neighbor addition user list of the first user (step 918).

According to the present invention, since a neighbor addition is processed between each user by using a relationship index using a keyword, a bond between users can be further increased.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a profile service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a blog page according to the present invention;

3 is a view showing an example of a keyword bulletin board according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a profile service server according to the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an interface for inputting profile information according to the present invention;

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an interface for inputting a profile widget setting according to the present invention;

7 is a view showing a detailed configuration of the neighborhood addition processing unit according to the present invention.

8 is a flow chart showing the overall profile service process according to the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a neighbor addition process according to the present invention.

Claims (13)

A method of providing a profile service using a profile in a profile service server connected to a user terminal through a network, (a) receiving profile information of a user (first user) from the user terminal, the profile information including one or more keywords entered by the user; (b) generating a keyword bulletin board for each of the entered keywords; And and (c) transmitting a keyword bulletin board for the selected keyword to the user terminal when selecting a keyword of the user terminal. The method of claim 1, The profile information includes at least one of today information, basic information, contact information, school and work information, personal preference information. The method of claim 1, In step (a), Transmitting an interface for inputting profile information to the user terminal; And And generating a profile widget when the keyword input of the user is completed through the interface. The method of claim 3, The generated profile widget may be applied to at least one of a blog and a cafe operated by the user. In the step (c), when a user accessing the personal media selects one keyword through the profile widget, the profile service providing method of transmitting a keyword bulletin board for the selected keyword to the user terminal. The method of claim 1, The keyword bulletin board includes at least one of a profile information display area, a comment input area, a search area, and a chat area of a user having the same keyword. The method of claim 1, Receiving a request for adding a neighbor to another second user from the user terminal; Determining a relationship index between the first user and the second user; And And providing at least one recommendation keyword information for adding a neighbor to a user terminal of the first user when the relation index is less than or equal to a preset value. The method of claim 6, The step of determining the relationship index is performed by comparing the keyword match of the first and second users. The method of claim 6, And the one or more recommended keywords are determined as keywords that are related to keywords included in the profile of the first user among the keywords included in the profile of the second user. The method of claim 1, Receiving a request for adding a neighbor to another second user from the user terminal; And And if there is no matching keyword between the first user and the second user, providing one or more recommended keyword information for neighbor addition to the user terminal. The method of claim 1, And transmitting the profile information to a mobile communication terminal corresponding to the number input by the user. A method of providing a profile service using a profile in a service server connected to a user terminal through a network, Transmitting an interface for profile input to the user terminal; Receiving and storing a profile of a user input via the interface, the profile including one or more keywords entered by the user; And Generating a profile widget corresponding to the input keyword, The generated profile widget is applicable to the personal media operated by the user profile service providing method. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11. A system that provides a profile service connected to a user terminal through a network, A database for storing a user profile received from the user terminal, the profile including one or more keywords entered by the user; And And a profile service server for generating keyword bulletin boards for individual keywords stored in the database, and transmitting keyword bulletin boards for the selected keywords to the user terminal when a keyword of the user terminal is selected.

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