KR20120049455A - Method and apparatus for transmitting message to social networking service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message to a social networking service communication network are provided to transmit a message by selecting an SNS. CONSTITUTION: A general messaging server confirms whether to including a real SNS address obtaining request(503,507). The general messaging server obtains an SNS address corresponding to a receiver of a message from an address book server(509). In case there is a message receiver, the general messaging server transmits the message to a group messaging server.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGE TO SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE}

The present invention relates to message transmission in a mobile communication environment, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting a message to a social networking service network.

Recently, the use of smart phones has become common, and the development of applications that can be used in smart phones is being activated. Accordingly, various mobile SNS applications have been developed and used to enable a mobile terminal to access a social networking service (SNS) and use the service. SNS is a service that can be associated with an unspecified person online, and provides a means for delivering or initiating various kinds of contents such as text, image, video, and voice to others.

Since mobile SNS applications are mainly modified to operate SNS applications for personal computers in a mobile environment, the method of accessing / using SNS from a personal computer to the mobile environment is merely brought to the mobile environment. In fact, the mobile terminal must use the wireless Internet to access the SNS through the SNS applications. The conventional system configuration according to this is shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal A 10 uses a wireless data communication network 60 to access SNS servers 30, 40, and 50 providing SNS in the Internet network 70. The wireless data communication network 60 and the SNS servers 30, 40, and 60 communicate through the gateway 30.

Such a conventional method uses a SNS service using an SNS client (SNS application) of a mobile terminal, rather than using SNS through a messaging service in a mobile communication environment. Therefore, if there is no SNS client or SNS application in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal cannot use the SNS.

Therefore, there is a need for a method for connecting to SNS through a messaging service.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting a message to SNS using a messaging service in a mobile terminal.

The present invention provides a method and device for transmitting a message by selecting the most appropriate SNS among a plurality of SNSs when a receiver of a message is subscribed to a plurality of SNSs.

Meanwhile, the present invention provides a method of transmitting a message to a user using at least one networking service communication network through a general messaging service in a messaging service terminal, the method comprising: receiving a message to be transmitted to a receiving terminal; Identifying a plurality of related networking service network address information, including the identified networking service network address information in the transmitting and transmitting message, and transmitting the message to a messaging server through the general messaging service. The message is transmitted to a receiving terminal through the plurality of networking service communication networks using the plurality of networking service address information.

The present invention provides a method for a communication server to transmit a message to a user using a plurality of networking service communication networks, the method comprising: receiving a message from a transmitting terminal, and a plurality of networking service network address information corresponding to the receiving terminal for the message; Confirming the information; requesting the plurality of networking service communication network status information using the verified address information; receiving status information of the receiving terminal in response to the request; And selecting one of the plurality of networking service communication networks using state information of the terminal, and transmitting the message of the transmitting terminal through the selected networking service communication network.

The present invention enables a mobile terminal to send a message to an SNS using a messaging service. When the receiver of a message is subscribed to a plurality of SNSs, the present invention selects the most appropriate SNS among the plurality of SNSs and transmits the message. In other words, when a message or content is to be sent to an SNS user, when the receiving target is subscribed to several SNSs, the present invention automatically selects one SNS by an arbitrary criterion in the messaging system. Therefore, the messaging service user does not have to worry about which SNS to send before sending the message, and in particular, it is possible to reduce the trouble of checking the log-in status of the receiver for each SNS. Especially in the case of group messaging targeting a plurality of recipients, the effect of reducing effort is even greater.

1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a system for transmitting a message to an SNS in a conventional mobile terminal,
2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a view showing the configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a view showing the operation of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a view showing the operation of a general messaging server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 illustrates an operation of a group messaging server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a diagram showing the configuration of a selection server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a view showing an operation process of a selection server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
9 is a view showing an operation of an interworking server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
10 and 12 illustrate a message flow according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same components in the drawings are represented by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The present invention is for transmitting a message from a mobile terminal to a specific networking service network using a general messaging service, and in particular, when a receiver is subscribed to a plurality of networking services, the message is registered with any one of these networking services. do.

In the following description, as an example of a networking service communication network, a social networking service (SNS) communication network is described as an example, but the present invention may be similarly applied to other types of networking service communication networks.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a messaging service terminal, such as a mobile terminal, composes a message according to user input. And the address information for at least one SNS communication network associated with the receiving terminal for the generated message, for example, information about the SNS address is checked, and the confirmed address information is inserted into the message and transmitted to the messaging communication system.

The messaging communication system receiving the message from the messaging service terminal confirms the address information of at least one SNS communication network corresponding to the receiving terminal for the message. The messaging communication system requests the status information of the receiving terminal from the at least one SNS communication network using the confirmed address information, and receives the status information of the receiving terminal in response to the request. Thereafter, the messaging communication system selects one of the at least one SNS communication network using the state information and the address information of the receiving terminal, and transmits the message through the selected SNS communication network.

2 shows a configuration of a communication network to which the present invention is applied. 2, a communication network includes a messaging service terminal 110, a general messaging server 120, an address book server 130, a group messaging server 140, a selection server 150, and a plurality of interworking servers 160. 170, 180, and a plurality of SNS networks 190, 200, and 210.

The messaging service terminal 110 is a terminal that performs a series of all functions related to a messaging service, such as generating a message, sending and receiving a message with a messaging server 120 and 130 on a network, and processing a received message. The messaging service terminal 110 may be, for example, a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, or various portable terminals.

The general messaging server 120 is a network device corresponding to the Participating Function (PF) of the SIMPLE Instant Messaging (IM) service and the Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service, and transmits the received message to the receiving terminal. In addition, the general messaging server 120 provides a user with various additional services specialized for each messaging service, for example, message redirection, missed message storage, and the like. In addition, according to the present invention, the SNS message is sent to the selection server 150 by dividing the message and the SNS message as the SNS destination.

The group messaging server 140 is a network device corresponding to the control function (CF) of the SIMPLE IM service and the CPM service, and transmits a message to each of the recipients when there are a plurality of recipients. In addition, the group messaging server 130 classifies the general message and the SNS message, and transmits the SNS message to the selection server 150.

The address book server 130 is a network device that stores / manages an address book of a messaging service user.

The selection server 150 is a network device that selects an SNS to be finally transmitted from among SNS addresses included in the received SNS message or downloaded from the address book server. Accordingly, the selection server 150 requests the interworking server 160, 170, 180 for status information corresponding to the receiver for the SNS message in order to collect information necessary for selecting the final SNS. The selection server 150 analyzes the received state information and transmits the message to the interworking server that performs interworking with the SNS when the SNS for transmitting the SNS message is determined.

The interworking servers 160, 170, and 180 are network devices interworking with SNS. Here, interworking means all actions of performing a request, for example, a message transmission request, received from a messaging service user using an API (Application Interface) provided from SNS. Depending on the system design, different interworking servers may interwork for different SNSs, and one interworking server may interwork with all SNSs or a plurality of SNSs.

Social Networking Service (SNS) server (190, 210, 220) is a network device that provides a social networking service that can be associated with an unspecified person online, to deliver or initiate various types of content such as text, image, video, voice to the user It provides a means to.

The network devices other than the messaging service terminal 110 and the SNS servers 190, 210, and 220, which are described above, are distinguished according to their functions, and are implemented as individual devices on an actual network, or each function module included in one server device. Or may be implemented in a form that is integrated into the messaging communication system 230.

Next, with reference to Figures 3 to 9, the configuration according to the invention of each server (120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180) included in the messaging service terminal 110 and messaging communication system 230 Or describe the operation.

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a messaging service terminal 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the messaging service terminal 110 includes a control unit 310, a data bus 320, a storage unit 330, an output unit 390, an input unit 350, and a transceiver unit 360.

The output unit 340 is a function unit that outputs the internal processing situation to the user as visual information under the control of the controller 310, and may be, for example, a display device. The visual information related to the messaging may be contents of a received message, a message input window and contents, address book information, and the like.

The input unit 350 converts the information received from the user into an electrical signal and transmits the information to the controller 310.

The transmitter / receiver 360 transmits and receives data with the messaging communication system 220 under the control of the controller 310, thereby enabling the transmission and reception of messages. Data received through the transceiver 360 is transmitted to the controller 310.

The data bus 320 is a data path for transmitting data and commands between respective functional units.

The controller 310 controls each functional unit and the overall operation of the messaging service terminal 110 according to the programmed operation and the command input from the user, and controls the operation related to the transmission and reception of a message according to the present invention.

The storage unit 330 stores the digitized data and may be largely divided into a first memory area 331 and a second memory area 332 according to the type of data to be stored. The first memory area 331 is a storage space in which various software programs, such as a messaging application and an address book application, are installed. The second memory area 332 is an area for storing data used or generated by applications installed in the first memory area 331. For example, a message received or a message sent through a messaging service may be stored in the second memory area 332 by a controller that receives a request of a messaging application. In addition, the user's address book data is stored in the second memory area 332, which may later be called and used by the address book application.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of constructing and transmitting a message (hereinafter, referred to as an SNS message) in which a messaging service terminal 110 configured as described above is an SNS network, according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the messaging service terminal 110 receives a new message creation command from the user through the input unit 350 (step 401). Accordingly, the controller 310 calls and executes a message application and displays a message composition window (step 403).

The user inputs the contents of the message to be transmitted and a reception address input command for the message through the input unit 350, and accordingly, the input unit 350 transmits the input message contents and the reception address input command to the controller 310. (Step 405).

The control unit 310 calls and executes the address book application (step 407), and reads the address book data from the storage unit 330 according to the execution of the address book application and displays it on the output unit 340 (step 409).

The user may select the recipient by checking the displayed address book data and may input an SNS auto selection command for the selected recipient through the input unit 350. The input of the SNS auto selection command may be performed by selecting a corresponding menu (step 411).

As the SNS automatic selection command is input, the controller 310 includes information on the SNS address, that is, the SNS address information, related to the selected recipient in the written message. The controller 310 detects all SNS addresses corresponding to the recipients selected from the address book data and includes the SNS address information in the message created in step 405. In this case, the detected SNS address may be one or more actual SNS addresses corresponding to the selected recipient, or may be an address of the address book server 130. Since the present invention aims to send a message to any one SNS to which the recipient is subscribed, the message must include at least one recipient SNS address. However, if the sender has subscribed to a network address book service such as a Converged Address Book (CAB), and the recipient's SNS address is stored in the network address book, the recipient's SNS address is stored in the network address book without entering the recipient's SNS address in the message. You can also refer to it. When the address of the address book server 130 is included in the message, the SNS address corresponding to the corresponding recipient may not exist in the address book data or may be due to user setting.

Thereafter, when a message origination input is received from the user through the input unit 350 (step 415), the controller 310 sends a message through the transceiver unit 360 (step 417).

In the above-described embodiment, as the user inputs the SNS automatic selection command, all SNS addresses included in the address book data are included in the message corresponding to the designated message receiver, but the user directly selects the SNS addresses to be included. It can also be configured.

The SNS address must contain enough information to forward the message to any recipient account on the SNS, and the format may be different for each SNS. For example, the SNS address may be a form in which the address of the SNS web site, that is, the SNS server and the user ID (USER_ID) of the receiver are combined. In the present invention, when the SNS address is displayed for convenience, the following Table 1 will be described. Although the actual format may be different for each SNS, the SNS address will include the address of the server device or system that provides the SNS, and identification information to identify the user. In the following description, a receiver refers to a user who receives a message. And the receiving terminal for the SNS message refers to a terminal device receiving the SNS by accessing the SNS server. Due to the characteristics of the SNS, the SNS terminal receiving the SNS may not be specified in correspondence with the user, and the terminal device receives the SNS according to the user's preference by accessing the SMS server using the user's account. Accordingly, in the following description, the status information of the receiver collected by the selection server 150 from the interworking server may be referred to as the status information of the SNS receiving terminal.

SNS Address = User_ID + @ + SNS Server Address

If the recipient's SNS address is directly included in the message, it should be entered in the Request-URI part of the SIP message in principle, but according to the SIP specification, the Request-URI can have only one SIP URI or Tel URI. In the present invention, since the SIP specification does not meet the requirements of the present invention that the address of the SNS does not generally follow the SIP URI format, and that the SIP message must include a plurality of SNS addresses, the present invention does not provide one or more related to the SIP message. Defines how to express the SNS address.

In the present invention, the information about the SNS address or the network address book of the receiver is expressed in the body part of the message without inputting the Request-URI. Also, the Request-URI of the message targeted to the SNS user and the XML content recording the reference to the recipient's SNS address or network address book are included in the message body part. To this end, the present invention proposes a content described in the following XML for expressing the SNS address information of the receiver in the body part.

#. Content type: resource-selection-list + xml

#. Content structure

-<resource-selection-lists> element: Represents the name of an XML document and contains at least one <user> as a child element.

<user> element: Can have an id attribute and a name attribute. The id attribute indicates the id of each <user> element. The name attribute represents the name of the receiver.

<entry> element: can have one uri attribute and one action attribute. The uri attribute represents an arbitrary uri. The action attribute is used to refer to an address stored in the address book server. At this time, the attribute value is "fetch".

In addition, a designated address value may be input to the Request-URI of the message according to the following conditions. First, if a messaging server is divided into a general messaging server 120 and a group messaging server 140, each having a different address, and there is only one recipient of a message, the address of the general messaging server 120 in the Request-URI. Enter. Second, if a messaging server is divided into a general messaging server 120 and a group messaging server 140, each having a different address, and there are two or more recipients of a message, the address of the group messaging server 140 in the Request-URI. Enter.

In principle, the SIP header of the receiver should be entered in the To header of the message. However, since the receiver is an SNS user and not a messaging service user, the messaging service terminal 110 must input an arbitrary address in the To header. This address may be a messaging server address 120, 140, an optional server address 150, or some other address, depending on the system.

Table 2 shows an example of creating a message according to the above description.

Referring to Table 2, "sip: messaging_sever_cf@domain.com" entered in the Request-URI is the address of the group messaging server 140. In addition, as the SNS address information in the body of the message, 'resource-selection-list + xml' type of content is included, which is interpreted as follows.

-. There are three recipients of the message: Bob, Ann, and Mike.

-. For Bob, send a message to one of the three recorded SNS addresses (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace).

-. For Ann, send a message to one of the two recorded SNS addresses (Facebook, Twitter).

-. For Mike, read the recipient's SNS address from address book server 130 ("sip: address_server@domain.com") and send the message to one of those SNS addresses.

The messaging service terminal 110 transmits the message prepared as described above to the general messaging server 120. Accordingly, FIG. 5 illustrates a process in which the general messaging server 120 processes a message.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the general messaging server 120 receives a message from the messaging service terminal 110 (step 501), the general messaging server 120 checks whether the message includes SNS address information, thereby checking whether the message is a general message or an SNS message. (Step 503). According to an embodiment of the present invention, the general messaging server 120 checks whether the message body includes the content of type "resource-selection-list + xml" in order to check whether the message includes the SNS address information. do. If the message body does not include "resource-selection-list + xml", since this corresponds to a general message exchanged between messaging service terminals, the message body processes the message according to a method defined by the messaging service (step 505).

If the received message includes the SNS address information, the general messaging server 120 checks whether the message includes the actual SNS address acquisition request (step 507). If the message includes the SNS address acquisition request, the general messaging server 120 obtains the SNS address corresponding to the receiver of the message from the address book server 130 and includes the obtained SNS address information in the message (step 509). That is, if the message body includes content of type "resource-selection-list + xml", the general messaging server 120 analyzes the SNS address information included in the "resource-selection-list" content. If the "resource-selection-list" content contains an "entry" element with the value of the "action" attribute "fetch", then the general messaging server 120 has an "entry" element with the value of the "action" attribute "fetch". The actual SNS address is obtained from the address book server 130 represented by the 'uri' attribute of the 'entry' element and replaced. That is, the corresponding 'entry' attribute is deleted and a new 'entry' element including the SNS address obtained from the address book server 130 is included. If there are a plurality of acquired SNS addresses, an 'entry' element must be created and included for each SNS address. In this case, the newly created 'entry' element should be located under the same 'user' element as the deleted 'entry' element. The general messaging server 120 repeats the above process until all the 'entry' elements having the 'action' attribute of "fetch" from the "resource-selection-list" content are replaced with actual SNS addresses (step 507). Step 509).

Thereafter, the general messaging server 120 checks whether there are a plurality of recipients of the message (step 511). If there are a plurality of message receivers, the general messaging server 120 transmits the message to the group messaging server 140 (step 513). If there are not a plurality of message receivers, the general messaging server 120 transmits the message to the selection server 150 (step 515). ). The determination of whether there are multiple recipients for the message may be confirmed by the fact that there are multiple 'user' elements in the content of the "resource-selection-list".

The group messaging server 140 that has received the SNS message in operation 513 operates as shown in FIG. 6. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the group messaging server 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, when receiving a message from the general messaging server 120 (step 601), the group messaging server 140 checks whether the message includes SNS address information (step 603). Like the general messaging server 120, the group messaging server 140 checks whether the content of the "resource-selection-list + xml" type is included in the body of the message and determines whether the SNS address information is included.

If the message does not include the SNS address information, the group messaging server 140 determines that the message is a general message exchanged between messaging service terminals, and processes the message according to a method determined by the messaging service (step 607).

If the message includes the SNS address information, the group messaging server 140 generates a transmission message for each recipient and transmits it to the selection server 150 (step 609). At this time, the Request-URI of each transmission message is set to the address of the selection server 150, and the SNS address of each receiver is included in the body part as the content of the "resource-selection-list + xml" type. Therefore, the content of type "resource-selection-list + xml" of the message generated by the group messaging server 140 includes only one <user> element.

The selection server 150 for processing the message received from the general messaging server 120 or the group messaging server 130 is configured as shown in FIG. 7 and operates as shown in FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a selection server 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation process of the selection server 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the selection server 150 includes a selection controller 710, a communication unit 720, and a storage unit 730.

The communication unit 720 performs communication by transmitting and receiving data with external devices under the control of the selection control unit 710.

The selection control unit 710 controls the overall operation of the selection server 150, and selects an SNS to finally transmit a message among the SNS addresses included in the received SNS message and transmits the selected SNS to the corresponding SNS server. To control. Accordingly, the selection controller 710 includes a selection module 711 and an information collection module 712.

The information collection module 712 requests the status information corresponding to the receiver for the SNS message to the interworking server corresponding to each SNS address in order to collect information necessary for selecting the final SNS. The selection module 711 determines the SNS to transmit the SNS message according to the received status information and the SNS selection criteria, and transmits the message to the interworking server performing interworking with the corresponding SNS server.

The storage unit 730 stores a program for processing and controlling the selection controller 710, reference data, various kinds of updatable storage data, and the like, and is provided as a working memory of the selection controller 710. In addition, the storage unit 730 stores the SNS selection criteria according to the present invention. SNS selection criteria may be determined by a service provider or a user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 8, the selection server 150 configured as described above receives a message from the general messaging server 120 or the group messaging server 140. As described above, if there is one recipient, the message is received from the general messaging server 120, and if there are two or more recipients, the message is received from the group messaging server 140 (step 801).

The selection server 150 checks the SNS address of the receiver from the content of the "resource-selection-list + xml" type of the received message and checks the SNS type associated with each address (step 803). The selection server 150 requests the status information of the receiver to the interworking server which interworks each identified SNS. The status information includes status of the receiver (or receiving SNS terminal) or SNS activity information. In this case, various methods for requesting the status information of the receiver may be devised, but the embodiment of the present invention uses the SUBSCRIBE-NOTIFY mechanism (step 805).

The selection server 150 receives the status information of the requested recipient from the interworking server (step 807). The selection server 150 comprehensively analyzes the collected state information and the information basically stored in the selection server 150 to select the most suitable SNS according to the selection criteria predetermined by the service provider or the user, and interwork with the selected SNS. By transmitting the message to the interworking server to transmit the message to the corresponding SNS network (step 809).

The status information is information about a receiver (or SNS terminal) related to the corresponding SNS, and may include, for example, a log-in status of the SNS user, presence information, recent activity history, and frequency of use of the corresponding SNS. . Since the APIs (Application Interfaces) defined and published for each SNS are different, the state information collected from each SNS may also be different. On the other hand, some state information may be stored in advance in the selection server. For example, information that is fixed without being changed once determined, such as the type of media (text, image, video) supported by each SNS.

The selection criterion is a criterion for determining the final SNS, for example, the login status of the recipient, the most recently accessed SNS, the most used SNS, the specific SNS, the SNS specified according to the type of media included in the message, It may be a designated SNS corresponding to a specific receiver.

In the above example, it is assumed that there are a plurality of SNS addresses corresponding to one recipient in the message. However, even when there is only one SNS address corresponding to one recipient, the final SNS can be selected according to the same process. Alternatively, in the case where there is one SNS address, even if the above process is performed, the SNS selected as the result is the SNS corresponding to the SNS address included in the message, so that the process is not performed based on collecting status information or selecting the collected information. In addition, the message may be directly transmitted to the interworking server corresponding to the SNS address included in the SNS message.

The operation process of the interworking servers 160, 170, and 180 according to the present invention is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, when receiving a status information request for a receiver, that is, an SNS user, from the selection server 150 (step 901), the interworking servers 160, 170, and 180 receive user status information from the corresponding SNS servers 190, 210, and 220. Acquire (step 903) and transmit the acquired state information to the selection server 150 (step 905). In this case, in order to obtain status information, APIs (Application Interfaces) disclosed by SNS are used. For example, to check whether the user is currently connected to the SNS, the user should access the SNS using a specific API provided by the corresponding SNS server.

As described above, the selection server 150 requests the interworking servers 160, 170, and 180 for information necessary to select one SNS from among the SNS addresses included in the SNS message. In this case, one interworking server may perform interworking with all SNSs, or different interworking servers may perform interworking for different SNSs, depending on the system configuration. In any case, the selection server 150 should request the status information of the receiver to each interworking server corresponding to the SNS indicated by the SNS address of the SNS message. Upon receiving such a request, the interworking server delivers the state information collected from the corresponding SNS servers to the selection server 150 in the form of a package.

In the present invention, the state information is requested in a certain form, and a new event package is defined to respond to the request. This makes it possible to use the SUBSCRIBE-NOTIFY mechanism defined in SIP in a request-response manner. That is, the SIP SUBSCRIBE method is used to request status information, and the SIP NOTIFY method is used to respond.

The name of a newly defined event package is called 'social-service' in one embodiment of the present invention. The 'social-service' event package name is input in the Event header of the SUBSCRIBE method for the selection server 150 to request SNS status information of the receiver. Meanwhile, when the interworking server responds to the request from the selection server 150, the interworking server inserts the content defined below in the SIP NOTIFY method. The definition of content is as follows.

#. Content type: social-info + xml

#. Content structure

<service> element: Describes what SNS user information is. The id attribute represents the id to distinguish it from other <service> elements, the name attribute represents the SNS name, and the aor attribute represents the user's corresponding SNS account address. The <service> element is a lower element according to the type of information provided from each SNS, and may have a <status> element, a <recent-activities> element, a <frequency> element, and other elements.

<status> element: Indicates whether the user is logged in to the SNS. If you are logged in, it has the value "active", otherwise it has the value "inactive".

<recent-activities> element: Indicates the time the user last accessed the service.

<frequency> element: Represents the number of times the user has accessed the service during the specified time period. The start-period attribute indicates the start time of the specific period, and end-period indicates the end time of the specific period.

Other elements: Since the types and types of information provided for each SNS are different from the elements described above, they may be different for each <service> element.

Table 3 shows an example of creating 'social-info + xml' content.

Table 3 is written by one interworking server, which assumes that the interworking server can interwork at least "facebook" and "myspace". If only one SNS, for example "facebook" is supported, the <service> element corresponding to "myspace" and the corresponding elements will be missing from the content.

10 shows a process of transmitting / processing a message for one SNS receiver. In this case, the message includes two SNS addresses corresponding to one SNS recipient, that is, an SNS_A address and an SNS_B address, the SNS_A address corresponds to the first SNS server 190, and the SNS_B address to the second SNS server 210. Assume that they correspond.

In step 1001, the messaging service terminal 110 creates a message, selects a recipient for the message, and inserts recipient address information including SNS_A address and SNS_B address of the selected recipient into the message. And it transmits to the general messaging server 120 according to a dispatch request.

If the general messaging server 120 determines that the message includes the SNS address information in step 1003, the general messaging server 120 transmits the message to the selection server 150.

The selection server 150 is an interworking server that performs interworking with the SNS corresponding to the SNS address included in the message in steps 1005 and 1011, that is, the first interworking server 160 and the second interworking server ( 170) request the receiver's status information.

Accordingly, the first interworking server 160 obtains state information of the corresponding user from the first SNS server 190 in step 1007, and transfers the state information obtained to the selection server 150 in step 1009.

In operation 1013, the second interworking server 170 obtains state information of the corresponding user from the second SNS server 170, and transmits the state information acquired to the selection server 150 in step 1015.

Each interworking server 160, 170 uses an API provided by each SNS server 190, 210 to obtain status information of the receiver. In the present invention, the process of acquiring the information does not necessarily force the occurrence after receiving the SUBSCRIBE. The interworking servers 160 and 170 may be configured to secure the receiver's state information in advance.

The selection server 150 displays the status information of the receivers in each of the SNS servers 190 and 210 received in steps 1009 and 1015, the status information for each SNS server 190 and 210 stored in the selection server 150, and selection criteria. Taken together, the final SNS is determined in step 1017. In the embodiment of FIG. 10, it is assumed that the SNS provided by the first SNS server 190 is determined as the final SNS.

Accordingly, the selection server 150 transmits a message to the first interworking server 160 in step 1019. The first interworking server 160 converts the message according to the protocol supported by the first SNS server 190 in step 1021, and transmits the converted message to the first SNS server 190 in step 1023. The first SNS server 190 transmits the message reception response to the first interworking server 160 in step 1025. The interworking server 160 converts the message response received in step 1027 according to the protocol of the messaging service supported by the messaging service terminal 110, and in step 1029, the selection server 150 and the general messaging server 120. Send to messaging service terminal 110.

FIG. 11 illustrates a process of transmitting and processing a message for two SNS users, for example, recipient A and recipient B, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, in step 1101, the messaging service terminal 110 composes a message according to a user's input, selects recipient A and receiver B as recipients for the message, and includes the message in the message. Include the address information for the SNS address in your message. And it transmits to the general messaging server 120 according to a dispatch request.

If the general messaging server 120 determines that the message includes a plurality of recipients in step 1103, the general messaging server 120 transmits the message to the group messaging server 140.

The group messaging server 140 regenerates the received message as a message for each of the receiver A and the receiver B so that the message for the receiver A is transmitted to the selection server 150 in step 1105, and the message for the receiver B is the step 1109. Transmits to the selected server 150.

The selection server 150 acquires the receiver status information corresponding to each message received from the group messaging server 140 in steps 1105 and 1109 and determines the final SNS, in step 1107 and 1111, 1005 of FIG. 10. In step 1127, an operation similar to that of step 1127 is performed. In operation 1213, the reception response for the message transmitted to the two receivers is transmitted to the messaging service terminal 110 through the group messaging server 140 and the general messaging server 120.

12 illustrates a case in which the SNS message does not include the actual SNS address as the SNS address information but includes a reference of the address book server 130 to include a request for obtaining the actual SNS address information.

Referring to FIG. 12, in operation 1201, the messaging service terminal 110 creates a message, selects a receiver for a message, and requests an actual SNS address information acquisition request as SNS address information of the selected receiver according to a user input. Include it. And it transmits to the general messaging server 120 according to a dispatch request.

If the general messaging server 120 includes the SNS address information in the message in step 1203, and the SNS address information includes the request for obtaining the actual SNS address information, the general messaging server 120 receives the address included in the message from the address book server 130 in step 1205. Obtain the corresponding SNS address. In step 1205, the SNS address information included in the SNS address information of the message is included and transmitted to the selection server 150.

In operation 1209, the selection server 150 performs an operation similar to operation 1127 in operation 1005 of FIG. 10. In operation 1311, the reception response to the message transmitted to the receiver is transmitted to the messaging service terminal 110 through the general messaging server 120.

As described above, the present invention enables a messaging service terminal to transmit a message to an SNS using a messaging service. When the receiver of a message is subscribed to a plurality of SNSs, the present invention selects the most appropriate SNS among the plurality of SNSs and transmits the message. In other words, when a message or content is to be sent to an SNS user, when the receiving target is subscribed to several SNSs, the present invention automatically selects one SNS by an arbitrary criterion in the messaging system. Therefore, the messaging service user does not have to worry about which SNS to send before sending the message, and in particular, it is possible to reduce the trouble of checking the log-in status of the receiver for each SNS. Especially in the case of group messaging targeting a plurality of recipients, the effect of reducing effort is even greater.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

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A method for transmitting a message through a general messaging service to a user using at least one networking service network in a messaging service terminal,
Receiving a message to be transmitted to a receiving terminal;
Checking a plurality of networking service network address information related to the receiving terminal;
Including the identified networking service network address information in the forwarding message;
Transmitting the message to a messaging server through the general messaging service. The method of claim 1, wherein the message further comprises an address obtaining request requesting to obtain at least one networking service network address information of a specific receiver from an address book server. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the networking service network address information is included in the body of the message. A messaging service terminal for transmitting a message through a general messaging service to a user using at least one networking service network.
A transceiver unit,
A memory for storing a networking service network address corresponding to each of the at least one user;
Receiving a message to be transmitted to a receiving terminal, checking a plurality of networking service network address information related to the receiving terminal, including the confirmed networking service network address information in the message, and inserting the message into the general messaging service. Messaging service terminal comprising a control unit for transmitting to the messaging server through. 5. The messaging service terminal of claim 4, wherein the message further comprises an address obtaining request requesting to obtain at least one networking service network address information of a specific recipient from an address book server. 6. The messaging service terminal of claim 5, wherein the plurality of networking service network address information is included in the body of the message. A method for transmitting a message to a user using a plurality of networking service communication networks, the communication server comprising:
Receiving a message from a transmitting terminal,
Checking a plurality of networking service network address information corresponding to a receiving terminal for the message;
Requesting status information of the receiving terminal from the plurality of networking service communication networks using the confirmed address information;
Receiving status information of the receiving terminal in response to the request, and selecting one of the plurality of networking service communication networks using the status information of the receiving terminal;
Transmitting the message of the transmitting terminal through the selected networking service communication network. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of networking service network address information is included in the message. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of networking service network address information is obtained from an address book server according to an address acquisition request included in the message. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the status information is received through an interworking server performing interworking with the plurality of networking service communication networks. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein when selecting one of the plurality of networking service networks, reference is made to a selection criterion for the networking service network. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the status information includes at least one of a log-in status of the receiving terminal, presence information, a history of recent activity in the networking service network, and a frequency of use of the networking service network. Message transmission method. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein if there are a plurality of receiving terminals included in the message, the message is generated corresponding to each of the plurality of receiving terminals, and a networking service communication network for transmitting the corresponding message is selected corresponding to each of the plurality of receiving terminals. The message transmission method further comprises the step of. A communication server for transmitting a message to a user using at least one networking service network, the communication server comprising:
A transceiver unit,
Receives a message from a transmitting terminal, checks a plurality of networking service network address information corresponding to the receiving terminal for the message, and sends status information of the receiving terminal to the plurality of networking service communication networks using the confirmed address information. Request, receive status information of the receiving terminal in response to the request, select one of the plurality of networking service communication networks using the status information of the receiving terminal, and transmit the message through the selected networking service communication network. And a selection control unit. 15. The communication server of claim 14, wherein the plurality of networking service network address information is included in the message. 15. The communication server of claim 14, wherein the plurality of networking service network address information is obtained from an address book server according to an address acquisition request included in the message. The communication server of claim 14, wherein the state information is received through an interworking server that performs interworking with the plurality of networking service communication networks. 15. The communication server according to claim 14, wherein when selecting one of said plurality of networking service communication networks, reference criteria for networking service communication networks are referenced. The method of claim 14, wherein the status information includes at least one of a log-in status of the receiving terminal, presence information, a history of recent activity in the networking service network, and a frequency of use of the networking service network. Communication server.

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