KR20140014753A - Integrated message service system for providing event of a memorial day, apparatus and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated message service system for providing an anniversary event, a device therefor, and a method capable of collecting and integrating messages such as celebration, encouragement, inquiring-after, and consolation relating to a specific anniversary of a user from acquaintances of the user. The system provides anniversary information of a first user to one or more second terminal devices, generates an anniversary message by collecting messages of second users about the anniversary from the second terminals, and provides the messages to a first terminal device used by the first user. [Reference numerals] (AA) START; (BB) END; (S701) Confirm anniversary information of a first user; (S703) Select one or more second users based on an address book of the first user; (S705) Provide the anniversary information of the first user to the second users; (S707) Collect a message about the second users from the second users; (S709) Generate an anniversary message by integrating messages of the second users; (S711) Specific day?; (S713) Provide the anniversary message to the first user

Description

Integrated message service system for providing an anniversary event, apparatus and method for the same {integrated message service system for providing event of a memorial day, apparatus and method etc}

The present invention relates to an integrated message service, and more specifically, to an event for a user's anniversary, which collects and integrates messages such as congratulations, encouragement, greetings, consolation, etc. related to a specific anniversary of the user from the acquaintances of the user. An integrated message service system for providing an anniversary event, and an apparatus and method therefor.

Recently, thanks to the remarkable development of information and communication technology and semiconductor technology, the spread and use of portable terminals is increasing rapidly. In particular, recent portable terminals have reached the stage of mobile convergence that encompasses the range of other terminals instead of staying in their own traditional areas.

Typically, a mobile communication terminal has a TV viewing function (e.g., a mobile broadcast such as Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) or Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)), a music playback function (e.g., an MP3) MPEG Audio Layer-3), picture taking function, and internet access function are being added.

In addition, recent mobile communication terminals have developed various types of user functions based on open OSs, and have provided various conveniences and entertainments as smart phones can be arbitrarily installed by users. These smartphones support the activation of the open market, so that customers can easily obtain a variety of applications you want. In addition, high performance allows mobile communication terminals such as smartphones to handle many functions that only existing PCs can handle.

By using such a smart phone, various services and functions can be used. Commonly used services include a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), and another user such as an instant messenger service such as an instant messenger or a mobile messenger. There is a message service that can exchange messages.

Such a message service is very expensive because it is inexpensive compared to a call service and can easily transmit its intention or message to a counterpart rather than a direct call, and has recently been used separately. Integrating into one, the development of an integrated message service that can use a variety of additional functions such as file transfer, content sharing, etc. are being made.

In addition, according to the emergence of the above-described smart phone, freely available services such as a web-based messenger service or an internet-based call service used as a conventional PC can be used in a smart phone, thereby securing service competitiveness. The development of various supplementary services has become necessary for the mobile communication service provider.

Patent Document 1: KR 10-2011-0006898 A, published on January 21, 2011 (name: event automatic notification and storage system and method)

The present invention has been proposed to provide an additional service for securing service competitiveness and improving user convenience in providing an existing integrated message service, and more specifically, as an event for the anniversary of the user, The present invention provides an integrated message service system, apparatus, and method for providing an anniversary event that collects and integrates messages such as celebrations, encouragement, greetings, consolation, etc. related to a specific anniversary.

As a means for solving the above-described problems, an embodiment of the present invention, the first to receive an anniversary message that collects a message for the anniversary of one or more second user on a specific day set on the basis of the anniversary of the first user 1 terminal device; At least one second terminal device for receiving and outputting anniversary information of the first user and transmitting a message of the second user about the anniversary in accordance with the operation of the second user; And checking the type of the first user's anniversary, extracting one or more second users from contacts registered in the address book of the first user according to a rule corresponding to the type of the anniversary, and using the extracted second users. Providing the anniversary information of the first user to the second terminal device, collecting messages of the second users for the anniversary of the first user from the at least one second terminal device to generate the anniversary message, and to the first terminal device on a specific day It provides a message service system for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that it comprises a message service device for providing a generated anniversary message.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided another means for solving the above problems, a device communication unit for communicating with a terminal device of a plurality of users through a communication network; A device storage unit for storing one or more of anniversary information of the first user, information of one or more second users, and messages collected from one or more second users; And confirming the type of the first user's anniversary, extracting one or more second users from the contacts registered in the address book of the first user according to a rule corresponding to the type of the anniversary, and extracting the first user to the extracted second user. Providing the anniversary information, generating the anniversary message by collecting messages of the second users for the anniversary from the one or more second users, and sending the anniversary message to the first terminal device used by the first user on a specific day set based on the anniversary It provides a service device for providing an anniversary event comprising a device control unit for providing.

In the service device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the device controller may include at least one of a first information collection module for collecting anniversary information of the first user from a first terminal device and a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user. At least one of a second information collecting module for collecting information of the second user, a message generating module for generating an anniversary message by integrating messages collected from one or more second users into one.

In the service device according to the present invention, the second information collecting module collects information of one or more second users based on the address book stored in the first terminal device, or collects the address book stored in another service device managing the address book of a plurality of users. Information about one or more second users may be collected, and different weights according to the type of anniversary are added to a reference value including one or more of the relationship between the first user and acquaintances, the number of message transmissions, the age, and the gender. And one or more second user information based on the weighted reference value.

In the service device of the present invention, the message generating module extracts the identification information of the second user including at least one of a nickname, a character, and a photo, and maps the message of the corresponding second user to each extracted identification information to make an anniversary message. Can be generated.

In addition, in the service apparatus for providing an anniversary event according to the present invention, the device controller may repeatedly notify one or more second users of the anniversary information of the first user periodically or aperiodically before the anniversary of the first user. In this case, the at least one second user who has transmitted the message for the memorial day may be checked and the second user other than the confirmed second user may be provided with the anniversary information of the first user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, another means for solving the above problems, Communication unit for communicating with the service device via a communication network; A storage unit which stores one or more of the first user's anniversary information and address book information including one or more second user's information; And at least one of the first user's anniversary information and the at least one second user's information to the service device, and the message regarding the anniversary date of the at least one second user extracted according to a rule corresponding to the type of the anniversary date of the first user. It provides a terminal device for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for receiving the anniversary message collected from the service device to provide to the first user.

In the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit is a relationship between the first user and the acquaintance, message transmission and reception among a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book stored in the storage unit or another service device that manages the address book of the first user A reference value including at least one of a number, an age, and a gender may be weighted according to a rule corresponding to an anniversary type of the first user, and one or more second users may be selected based on the weighted reference value. For one or more second users, identification information including at least one of a text, a character, and a photograph may be extracted, and the message of the corresponding second user may be displayed by connecting to each identification information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as another means for solving the above problems, the step of confirming the anniversary information of the first user; Selecting one or more second users from acquaintances registered in the first user's address book according to a rule corresponding to the first user's anniversary type; Transmitting the confirmed anniversary date of the first user to the selected one or more second users; Collecting one or more messages of the second user regarding the anniversary of the first user; Integrating the collected one or more first user messages to generate an anniversary message; And providing an anniversary message to the first user on a specific day set based on the anniversary of the first user.

In the method for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of selecting one or more second users, for a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user, the relationship with the first user, the number of times of sending and receiving messages The method may further include assigning a weight value according to an anniversary type of the first user to a reference value including one or more of age and gender, and selecting one or more second users based on the weighted reference value.

In the method for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention, the generating of the anniversary message may include extracting and extracting identification information including at least one of a text, a character, and a photo for one or more second users. The identification information may be displayed by matching the message of the second user.

In addition, in the method for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of transmitting the anniversary information of the first user to one or more second users, the first or a periodic period before the anniversary of the first user Notify one or more second users of the user's anniversary information repeatedly, but identify at least one second user who sent a message about the anniversary prior to the notification, and provide the second user with the exception of the confirmed second user to the second user. Anniversary information can be provided.

In addition, the present invention may further provide a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the above-described method for providing an anniversary event.

According to the above-described configuration, the present invention provides an integrated message service for exchanging messages between a plurality of users in real time, and as an additional service for an anniversary, the present invention merely provides information about the anniversary of the user to acquaintances of the user. Instead, by inviting the acquaintances 'messages to the acquaintances such as congratulations, encouragement, regards, consolation, etc., and integrating the acquaintances' messages to the user, the service satisfaction of the users and acquaintances can be improved. This is an excellent effect to strengthen the competitiveness of the integrated message service.

In particular, the present invention is not to send a message of acquaintances associated with the user's anniversary individually for each acquaintance, but by gathering them all together and providing them as one integrated special message, while adding more meaning to the anniversary of the user's satisfaction It can be higher.

1 is a schematic diagram of an integrated message service system for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a service apparatus for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a device controller in a service device for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a first terminal device for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a second terminal device for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary screen illustrating a method for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. It should be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as possible throughout the drawings. In addition, the terms used herein, such as first and second, are used to describe various components, and are used only to distinguish one component from another component and to limit the components. It doesn't work.

1 is a schematic diagram of an integrated message service system for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In the integrated message service system for providing an anniversary event according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the service device 300 and the plurality of terminal devices 100 and 200 communicate with each other through the communication network 400, thereby providing a message service. Provide messages for congratulations, consolation, encouragement, and regards related to your anniversary. Here, the plurality of terminal devices 100 and 200 may be divided into a side receiving a message related to an anniversary and a side providing a message related to an anniversary. In the following description, a side of receiving a message related to an anniversary is referred to as a first terminal device ( In operation 100, the side providing the message related to the anniversary is divided into the second terminal device 200 and described. In addition, the first and second terminal devices 100 and 200 are terminal devices having a communication and information processing function used by a user. For example, the user terminal described herein may be a smart phone or a tablet PC. ), Mobile terminals such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable multimedia players (PMPs), and MP3 players, as well as fixed terminals such as smart TVs and desktop computers.

The first terminal device 100 is a terminal device used by a user who receives an anniversary event (hereinafter, referred to as a first user), and one or more other users for the anniversary on a specific day set based on the anniversary of the first user. Receives and outputs an anniversary message that collects the following message (hereinafter referred to as a second user). Accordingly, the first user may check messages of congratulations, consolation, encouragement, and greetings of other users related to his or her anniversary through the first terminal device 100. To this end, the first terminal device 100, at least one of the anniversary information of the first user and the information of one or more second user that can receive a message related to the anniversary from the acquaintance of the first user service device 300 may be provided. The information of the one or more second users is stored in the address book of the first user, for example, the first terminal device 100, or is stored and managed in another service device (not shown). It may be selected from acquaintances of the first user registered in the address book.

The second terminal device 200 may be provided as one or more terminal devices used by one or more second users who provide a message for the anniversary event. The second terminal device 200 receives the anniversary information of the first user from the service device 300 and outputs the first user's anniversary information so that the second user can recognize it, and then the first user according to the operation of the second user. Receives a message of the second user for the anniversary of the anniversary and transmits it to the service device 300. The transmission of the second user message in the second terminal device 200 is performed through the existing message service, but an additional mark (for example, specific flag information) is added to distinguish the message related to the anniversary event. It may include.

The service device 300 is a service device for providing an integrated message service to a plurality of users. In particular, in the present invention, the service device 300 may further provide an event service related to an anniversary of the users as an additional service.

In detail, the service device 300 provides the anniversary information of the first user to the at least one second terminal device 200, and the anniversary of the first user from the at least one second terminal device 200. Collect messages from second users for. Here, the collection of messages of the second users is performed after providing the first user's anniversary information, and may be almost immediately after the first user's anniversary information is provided, and for the convenience of the user, the anniversary of the first user. The information may be continuously provided from a time point at which the information is provided until a specific date set based on the anniversary date of the first user. To this end, the service device 300 may notify the second users by repeating the anniversary information of the first user one or more times periodically or aperiodically before the anniversary of the first user. For example, 10 days ago, 1 week ago, 5 days ago, 3 days ago, 2 days ago, and 1 day before, based on the anniversary, the second user is notified of the anniversary information. Can be induced. In this case, before every notification, the second users who have transmitted the message for the anniversary of the first user may be checked, and the anniversary information of the first user may be provided to the second users other than the confirmed second user.

Accordingly, after the second user confirms the anniversary information of the first user, the second user may freely provide a message regarding the anniversary information of the first user at a desired time before the specific date.

The service device 300 generates one anniversary message by integrating the collected one or more second user messages, and provides the generated anniversary message to the first terminal device 100 on the specific day. Here, the specific day is a date or time set based on the first user's anniversary, and is based on a custom of delivering a message of congratulations, consolation, greetings, and encouragement before an ordinary anniversary or anniversary, and is preceded by the anniversary or the anniversary. It may be a time point. However, this is merely an example, and the specific day may be arbitrarily set. In addition, the one anniversary message is a message integrated and edited so that one or more second users' messages can be viewed at a time, and the one or more second users are identified as information including one or more of a text, a character, and a photo. The message of the corresponding second user may be displayed in correspondence with each identification information.

To this end, the service device 300 may further collect anniversary information of the first user and information of the one or more second users, which may be the first terminal device 100 or any other service device (not shown). Omission). Here, any other service device may be a service device including user information including anniversary information of the first user or one or more second user information, for example, a user information management device or an address book of a mobile communication system. Service device or the like.

Configuration and operation of the first terminal device 100 and the service device 300 described above will be more readily understood in the following description.

Meanwhile, the communication network 400 which is not described in FIG. 1 is a medium for transmitting data by connecting the first and second terminal devices 100 and 200 and the service device 300, and includes a wired communication network, a wireless communication network, and a combination thereof. According to the integrated network can be made in various forms. For example, the communication network 300 is an IP network structure that integrates different networks based on IP, IP, which provides a data transmission / reception service and a data service without disconnection through, for example, Internet protocols. Existing systems such as All IP, Wibro (Wireless Broadband) network, Wireless LAN including Wi-Fi network, Wired communication network, Mobile communication network, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network and satellite communication network In addition to the various types of communication networks known to the present invention can be a next generation communication network to be developed in the future.

The first and second terminal devices 100 and 200 and the service device 300 may transmit and receive data based on the communication network 400 to provide an anniversary event according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a service apparatus for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the service device 300 for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a device communication unit 310, a device storage unit 320, and a device control unit 330. .

The device communication unit 310 is a communication means for transmitting and receiving data with the first terminal device 100 and the one or more second terminal devices 200 through the communication network 400. More specifically, the device communication unit 310 transmits the first user's anniversary information to the one or more second terminal devices 200, and the first and second party's anniversary information is transmitted from the one or more second terminal devices 200. 2, the user message may be received, and an anniversary message generated by collecting one or more second user messages may be transmitted to the first terminal device 100. If necessary, the device communication unit 310 may further receive anniversary information and one or more second user information of the first user from the first terminal device 100. The device communication unit 310 may further include a function of processing data according to a network type and a protocol applied to the network.

The device storage unit 320 is a storage means for storing data and programs necessary for the operation of the service device 300. In the embodiment of the present invention, the first user's anniversary information 321 and one or more second users are stored. Information 322, and one or more of second user messages 323 collected from the one or more second users.

Finally, the device controller 330 is a means for performing overall control and operation of an integrated message service for exchanging messages between a plurality of users in near real time, and as an additional service of the integrated message service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Anniversary event service can be provided. In this case, the device controller 330 basically provides the anniversary information of the first user to the at least one second terminal device 200, and from the at least one second terminal device 200. Collect the messages of the second user for the anniversary to generate an anniversary message, and provides the anniversary message to the first terminal device 100 used by the first user on a specific day set based on the anniversary of the first user. . In order to accomplish this, the device controller 330 may transmit data necessary for providing the anniversary event service, that is, anniversary information 321 of the first user and at least one second user information 322 to the first terminal device ( 100) or from another service device that processes the relevant information.

3 is a functional block diagram showing the main configuration of the device controller 330 in the service device for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the device controller 330 may include a first information collecting module 331, a second information collecting module 332, and a message generating module 333. The first information collecting module 331, the second information collecting module 332, and the message generating module 333 may be implemented by a combination of software, hardware, software, and hardware. For example, the information collecting module 331, the second information collecting module 332, and the message generating module 333 are implemented as programs that perform respective functions and are stored in the device storage unit 320. Each function may be performed by being executed by a processor of the device controller 330.

The first information collection module 331 is a module for collecting anniversary information of a first user as a reference for an anniversary event service, and collects anniversary information of the first user from the first terminal device 100. can do. In this case, the collection of the anniversary information of the first user may be performed in a form of directly inputting the first user after guiding the first user, or from various applications stored in the first terminal device 100, for example, from a schedule management application. It may be extracted and transmitted. In addition, the first information collecting module 331 may extract from basic information registered in advance when a user registers using the integrated message.

The second information collecting module 332 is a module for collecting one or more second user information capable of collecting a message about an anniversary date of the first user. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more second users who may collect a message about the anniversary of the first user may be acquaintances who have a predetermined relationship with the first user. That is, the second information collection module 332 may select one or more second users who can collect the message for the anniversary from the acquaintances of the first user and extract information about the second user. To this end, the second information collecting module 332 uses the address book of the first user. The address book is for managing a mobile communication number, ID information, etc. for a call counterpart or a buddy of a message service, and may be stored and managed in the first terminal device 100 or may be managed by a separate service device (for example, , Cloud service device).

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the second information collecting module 332 may collect information of the one or more second users based on the address book stored in the first terminal device 100. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the information of the one or more second users may be collected based on the address book stored in another service device (not shown) managing the address book of a plurality of users.

In addition, the second information collecting module 332 may select and extract a second user who will collect the anniversary message from a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book, and more specifically, the type of the anniversary of the first user. The at least one second user may be extracted from acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user according to a rule corresponding to the type of the anniversary. For example, in the case of a personal anniversary such as a birthday celebration or a wedding anniversary, the second user is extracted from friends in the address book who have personal relationships such as friends and family, and anniversary related to the business such as opening or promotion. In this case, not only friends and family members, but also acquaintances who have a relationship through a business such as a business partner or a colleague may extract a second user.

To this end, the second information collection module 332 is for a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user, a reference value including one or more of the relationship with the first user, the number of times of message transmission and reception, age, gender The reference value is extracted and weighted to each reference value according to a predetermined rule according to the type of anniversary (eg, birthday, wedding anniversary, promotion, opening of business, etc.) of the first user, and the weighted reference value. May select one or more second users. For example, when providing a celebration event for a user's birthday, it may be better to collect messages from friends in a private relationship, such as relatives or friends, than friends in a business relationship. Accordingly, in this case, the second information collection module 332 may assign higher weights to friends or family relationships than work relationships, and extract one or more second users in the order of the higher reference values. . In addition, acquaintances of the first user may be divided into a plurality of groups according to a relationship or an age, and a message about an anniversary may be collected for each group.

The message generating module 333 provides the first or second user's anniversary information to the extracted one or more second users, collects the message for the anniversary from the second users, and combines the collected messages into one. Create an anniversary message. Here, the anniversary message is displayed by integrating a plurality of different messages transmitted from a plurality of different users for a specific anniversary of the same user so that the first user can view them at a time, and are displayed for each sender or receiver of the message. Rather than displaying in chronological order, related messages are collected and shown based on a specific anniversary.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the message generating module 332 may repeatedly transmit the anniversary information of the first user to the one or more second users periodically or aperiodically before the anniversary of the first user. By notifying, for the second users, a message input for the anniversary of the first user can be induced. At this time, the message generating module 332, in repeatedly notifying the one or more second users of the anniversary information of the first user, confirms at least one second user who has sent a message for the anniversary, and the confirmation By providing the anniversary information of the first user to a second user other than the second user, unnecessary repetitive notification can be prevented. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in generating the anniversary message, the message generating module 333 extracts identification information of at least one second user including at least one of a nickname, a character, and a photo, The message of the corresponding second user may be displayed in correspondence with each identification information so that the user may more easily distinguish the corresponding second user from the message. The identification information of the one or more second users may be extracted from the address book of the first user, or may be collected from the terminal device of each second user. In this case, each message may be displayed in the form of a speech bubble in a cartoon form, or may be edited in a variety of interesting forms or compositions.

Next, FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the first terminal device 100 for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the first terminal device 100 for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a first communication unit 110, a first input unit 120, and a first output unit 130. And a first storage unit 140 and a first control unit 150.

The first communication unit 110 connects to the service device 300 through the communication network 400 to communicate with the service device 300 or to transmit / receive data with another terminal device, for example, the second terminal device 200. It is for. The first communication unit 110 may transmit one or more of the first user's anniversary information and one or more second user information to the service device 300 under the control of the first control unit 150. An anniversary message associated with the anniversary of the first user may be received from 300.

The first input unit 120 is a means for receiving at least one of a user's command, selection, data, and information, and may include a plurality of input keys and function keys for receiving numeric or text information and setting various functions. have. The first input unit 120 detects a user's key input, generates an input signal according to the detected key input, and transmits the generated input signal to the first controller 150. As the first input unit 120, an input device such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a joystick, or the like may be exemplified.

The first output unit 130 is a means for outputting the information generated according to the operation of the first terminal device 100 so that the user can recognize visually, auditoryly, or tactilely. The first output unit 130 may include a display device for outputting visual information, an audio device for outputting auditory information, a haptic device for outputting tactile information, and the like. For example, the display device may be formed of various types of display panels such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), and the like, and may also include a display panel and a touch panel according to a manufacturing type. It may be implemented in a structure, for example, a touch screen. When the display device is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display device may perform some or all of the functions of the first input unit 120. An audio device may represent a speaker typically. The haptic device may be a motor or the like that outputs vibration. The anniversary message received on a specific day set based on the anniversary of the first user through the first output unit 130 may be output in a form that the user can recognize.

The first storage unit 140 is a means for storing data and programs necessary for the operation of the first terminal device 100, and includes a main memory device and an auxiliary memory device. The first storage unit 140 may store an operating system (OS), an application, and the like. In particular, the first storage unit 140 is the first user's anniversary information 141, necessary to provide an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention, the address book information 142 including one or more second user information You can store one or more of these. Various data stored in the first storage unit 140 may be deleted, changed, or added according to a user's manipulation.

The first controller 150 is a device that controls the overall operation of the first terminal device 100 and may be a process device that actually drives the operating system. For example, the first control unit 150 may be a central processing unit (CPU). When the power of the first terminal 100 is turned on, the first controller 150 moves the operating system from the auxiliary storage device of the first storage unit 140 to the main memory device, and then boots the operating system. ). In addition, the first controller 150 performs a function for providing an anniversary event according to the present invention. Specifically, at least one of the anniversary information of the first user and the information of the at least one second user is provided. And transmits the received anniversary message to the user through the output unit 130 when receiving the anniversary message in which the message for the anniversary of the one or more second users is collected from the service device 300. to provide.

In addition, the first controller 150 registers the address book of the first user, more specifically, the address book stored in the first storage 140 or another service device (not shown) managing the address book of the first user. Among a plurality of acquaintances, one or more second users who can collect the anniversary message may be selected to provide corresponding second user information to the service device 300. In this case, the one or more second users may be differently selected according to the type of anniversary of the first user. Specifically, the reference value includes one or more of a relationship between the first user and acquaintances, the number of times of sending and receiving messages, age, and gender. Each weight may be assigned to a type of anniversary, and the second user may be selected using the weighted reference value.

In addition, the first control unit 150, in outputting the anniversary message received from the service device 300, identification information including at least one of a text, a character, and a picture to the at least one second user. May be extracted and connected to each extracted identification information to display a message of the second user. The message of the second user may be provided in various forms or structures, such as a speech bubble in a cartoon form. The identification information of the second user may be extracted or collected from the terminal device of the first user or the terminal device of the second user.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a second terminal device 200 for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the second terminal device 200 for providing an anniversary event includes a second communication unit 210, a second input unit 220, a second output unit 230, and a second storage unit ( 240 and the second control unit 250 may be included.

The second communication unit 210 accesses the service device 300 through the communication network 400 to communicate with the service device 300 or to transmit / receive data with another terminal device, for example, the first terminal device 100. It is for. The second communication unit 210 receives the anniversary information of the first user under the control of the second control unit 250, and transmits a second user message for the anniversary date created or selected by the user to the service device 300. Can be.

The second input unit 220 is a means for receiving at least one of a user's command, selection, data, and information. The second input unit 220 may include a plurality of input keys and function keys for receiving numeric or text information and setting various functions. have. The second input unit 220 detects a key input of the user, generates an input signal according to the detected key input, and transmits the generated input signal to the second control unit 250. As the second input unit 220, an input device such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a joystick, or the like may be exemplified.

The second output unit 230 is a means for outputting the information generated according to the operation of the second terminal device 200 so that the user can recognize visually, auditoryly, or tactilely. The second output unit 230 may include a display device for outputting visual information, an audio device for outputting auditory information, a haptic device for outputting tactile information, and the like. For example, the display device may be formed of various types of display panels such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), and the like, and may also include a display panel and a touch panel according to a manufacturing type. It may be implemented in a structure, for example, a touch screen. When the display device is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display device may perform some or all of the functions of the second input unit 230. An audio device may represent a speaker typically. The haptic device may be a motor or the like that outputs vibration. The anniversary information of the first user is output in a form that the second user can recognize through the second output unit 230.

The second storage unit 240 is a means for storing data and programs necessary for the operation of the second terminal device 200, and includes a main memory device and an auxiliary memory device. The second storage unit 240 may store an operating system (OS), an application, and the like. Various data stored in the second storage unit 240 may be deleted, changed, or added according to a user's manipulation.

The second controller 250 is a device that controls the overall operation of the second terminal device 200 and may be a process device that actually drives the operating system. For example, the second control unit 250 may be a central processing unit (CPU). When the power of the second terminal device 100 is turned on, the second control unit 250 moves the operating system from the auxiliary storage device of the second storage unit 240 to the main storage device, and then boots the operating system. booting). In addition, the first controller 150 performs a function for providing an anniversary event according to the present invention. Specifically, the first controller 150 receives the anniversary information of the first user and outputs the anniversary information so that a second user can recognize it. The second user message related to the anniversary of the first user, which the user has made, is transmitted to the service device 300 through the second input unit 220. In this case, the second user message transmitted to the service device 300 may include information for identifying that the message is a message related to an anniversary. More specifically, the information may be identification information for identifying a specific anniversary of a specific user. Accordingly, the service device 300 receiving a plurality of messages may distinguish whether the received message is a message related to an anniversary event or a message related to an anniversary event.

The controller of the first and second terminal devices 100 and 200 or the service device 300 described above may be implemented as a processor capable of processing program instructions for executing each function according to the present invention. It can be a single-threaded processor or a multithreaded processor. The program command for executing the function according to the present invention may be stored in the storage means of each device. In addition, the instructions may include interpreted instructions such as script instructions such as JavaScript or ECMAScript instructions, or executable instructions or other instructions stored in a computer readable medium.

In addition, the storage means provided in the first and second terminal devices 100 and 200 or the service device 300, that is, the first storage unit 140, the second storage unit 240, and the device storage unit 320 may include a memory. As a storage medium readable by the same processor or the like, it may be implemented as any of a volatile memory unit and a nonvolatile memory unit, and may include various other storage media, hard disk devices, optical disk devices, or any other mass storage device. It may be.

6 is an exemplary screen illustrating a method for providing an anniversary event according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 6, a screen 610 is a screen for providing anniversary information of a first user provided to one or more second terminal devices 200, and is specified to one or more second terminal devices 200 under the control of the service device 300. Information about your specific anniversary is displayed.

The screen 620 illustrates a screen for creating a second user message related to an anniversary of the first user. Each of the second terminal devices 200 that receive the anniversary information of the first user may receive a message according to a user's manipulation. When the transmission is requested, a message writing screen as shown in screen 620 is provided, and the second users each write a message for the memorial.

The message of the second user is not transmitted to the first terminal device 100, but is transmitted to the service device 300, and then collected and edited for each user and for each anniversary, and then transmitted to the first terminal device 100. do.

In FIG. 6, the screen 630 illustrates an output screen of an anniversary message provided by the service device 300, and includes identification information 631 in which one or more second users include one or more of a text, a character, and a photo. The message 632 of the corresponding second user is displayed corresponding to each identification information.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an anniversary event according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention, in order to provide an anniversary event, the service device 300 first checks the anniversary information of the first user, which is a reference for the anniversary event service (S701). At this time, the service device 300 may collect the anniversary information of the first user from the first terminal device 100, for example, by directly requesting the first user input the anniversary information on the web, or It may be transmitted from various applications of the first terminal device 100, for example, a schedule management application. In addition, the service device 300 may register the anniversary information in advance when the user registers using the integrated message.

In operation S703, the service device 300 selects at least one second user who may collect a message about an anniversary date of the first user. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more second users who may collect a message about the anniversary of the first user may be acquaintances who have a predetermined relationship with the first user. Accordingly, the service device 300 may select one or more second users who may collect a message for the anniversary from among acquaintances of the first user registered in the address book of the first user. In particular, the service device 300 may select the second user based on different criteria or rules according to the type of anniversary of the first user. To this end, the service device 300 may interwork with the first terminal device 100 or another service device that stores the address book of the first user. In addition, in selecting the one or more second users, the service apparatus 300 may be configured to, among a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user, among the relationship with the first user, the number of times of sending and receiving messages, the age, and the gender. After extracting a reference value including one or more, and assigning different weights to the extracted reference value according to the anniversary type of the first user, the one or more second users may be selected using the weighted reference value. For example, when providing a celebration event for a user's birthday, it may be better to collect messages from friends in a private relationship, such as relatives or friends, than friends in a business relationship. Therefore, in this case, one or more second users can be extracted from friends or acquaintances of family relationships. In addition, acquaintances of the first user may be divided into a plurality of groups according to a relationship or age, and for each group, a second user who may collect a message about an anniversary may be differently selected.

Subsequently, the service device 300 provides the anniversary information of the first user to the selected one or more second users (S705). This may be achieved by the service device 300 transmitting the anniversary information of the first user to one or more second terminal devices 200 used by one or more second users.

To this end, the service device 300 may collect the information of the one or more second users based on the address book stored in the first terminal device 100. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the address book of a plurality of users may be collected. Information of the one or more second users may be collected based on an address book stored in another service device (not shown) managing the service.

Thereafter, the service device 300 collects the message of the one or more second users regarding the anniversary of the first user from the second terminal device 200 (S707), and collects the collected one or more first user's messages. The anniversary message may be generated by merging the messages (S709). To this end, the one or more second user messages collected from the second terminal device 200 may include information for distinguishing the first user and the corresponding anniversary. Therefore, the service device 300 checks whether a message received from the plurality of second terminal devices 200 is a message related to an anniversary event, and, in addition, if the message is associated with an anniversary event, the second user for each specific user and a specific anniversary. Integrate messages into categories.

In this case, the service device 300 repeatedly sends the anniversary information of the first user to the one or more second users periodically or aperiodically before the anniversary of the first user, in order to induce a message input of the second users. While notifying, the at least one second user who has transmitted the message for the anniversary may be identified before the notification, and the anniversary information of the first user may be repeatedly provided to the second users other than the confirmed second user.

In addition, the anniversary message is displayed by integrating a plurality of different messages transmitted from a plurality of different users for a specific anniversary of the same user so that the first user can view them at a time, and can be displayed for each sender or receiver of a message. Instead of displaying them in chronological order, related messages are collected and displayed based on a specific anniversary. To this end, in an embodiment of the present invention, in generating the anniversary message, as illustrated on screen 630 of FIG. 6, at least one second user is represented as identification information including at least one of a nickname, a character, and a photo. In response to the identification information, a message of the corresponding second user may be displayed to allow the user to more easily distinguish the message from the corresponding second user. In this case, each message may be displayed in the form of a speech bubble in a cartoon form, or may be edited in a more diverse and interesting form or composition. In addition, in generating the anniversary message, the location, size, shape, and color of the message of the second user may be further edited.

When the service device 300 reaches a specific date set based on the anniversary date of the first user (S711), the service device 300 provides the anniversary message generated as described above to the first user through the first terminal device 100 (S713). ). The specific day may be set on or before an anniversary day of the first user.

The method for providing an anniversary event according to the present invention may be implemented in software form readable by various computer means and recorded on a computer readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions to be recorded on a recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. For example, the recording medium may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital video disk (DVD) Includes a hardware device that is specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, do. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. Such hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

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, but, on the contrary, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Furthermore, although specific terms are used in this specification and the drawings, they are used in a generic sense only to facilitate the description of the invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

According to the above-described configuration, the present invention provides an integrated message service for exchanging messages between a plurality of users in real time, and as an additional service for an anniversary, the present invention merely provides information about the anniversary of the user to acquaintances of the user. Instead, by collecting the messages of acquaintances such as congratulations, encouragement, regards, consolation from the acquaintances of the user, and integrating the collected messages to the user, to improve the service satisfaction of the user and acquaintances, This is an excellent effect to strengthen the competitiveness of the integrated message service.

In particular, the present invention is not to send a message of acquaintances associated with the user's anniversary individually for each acquaintance, but by gathering them all together and providing them as one integrated special message, while adding more meaning to the anniversary of the user's satisfaction It can be higher.

100: first terminal device 110: first communication unit 120: second input unit
130: second output unit 140: first storage unit 150: first control unit
200: second terminal device 210: second communication unit 220: second input unit
230: second output unit 240: second storage unit 250: second control unit
300: service device 310: device communication unit 320: device storage unit
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Claims (19)

A first terminal device receiving an anniversary message in which a message for the anniversary of one or more second users is collected on a specific day set based on an anniversary of a first user;
At least one second terminal device for receiving and outputting the anniversary information of the first user and transmitting a message of the second user for the anniversary according to the operation of the second user; And
Identifying the type of anniversary of the first user, extracting the at least one second user from an acquaintance registered in the address book of the first user according to a rule corresponding to the type of the anniversary, and using the extracted second users Providing the anniversary information of the first user to at least one second terminal device, collecting messages of the second users for the anniversary from the at least one second terminal device to generate the anniversary message, Message service system for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that it comprises a message service device for providing the generated anniversary message to a terminal device. Device communication unit for communicating with a plurality of terminal devices through a communication network;
A device storage unit for storing one or more of anniversary information of a first user, information of one or more second users, and messages collected from the one or more second users; And
Confirm a type of an anniversary of the first user, extract one or more second users from an acquaintance registered in the address book of the first user according to a rule corresponding to the type of the anniversary, and extract the first user to the extracted second user Providing anniversary information of the user, collecting messages of the second users for the anniversary from the at least one second user to generate an anniversary message, the first use used by the first user on a specific day based on the anniversary Service apparatus for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that it comprises a device control unit for providing the anniversary message to a terminal device. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the device controller
And a first information collection module for collecting anniversary information of the first user from the first terminal device. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the device controller
And a second information collecting module for collecting information of the at least one second user, from among a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user. The method of claim 4, wherein the second information collecting module
The service device for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that for collecting the information of the at least one second user based on the address book stored in the first terminal device. The method of claim 4, wherein the second information collecting module
The service device for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that to collect the information of the at least one second user based on the address book stored in another service device for managing the address book of a plurality of users. The method of claim 4, wherein the second information collecting module
Different weights according to the type of the anniversary are assigned to a reference value including one or more of a relationship with a first user, a frequency of transmitting and receiving a message, an age, and a gender, and the one or more second users are based on the weighted reference value. Selecting a service device for providing an anniversary event. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the device controller
And providing a second user with anniversary information of the first user, collecting a message from the one or more second users, and integrating the collected messages into one to generate the anniversary message. Service device for providing an anniversary event. The method of claim 8, wherein the message generating module
Further extracting identification information of the at least one second user including at least one of a nickname, a character, and a photo, and combining the extracted identification information with a message of the second user to generate the anniversary message. Service device for providing anniversary events. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the device controller
And periodically notifying the one or more second users of the anniversary information of the first user periodically or aperiodically before the anniversary of the first user. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the device controller
In repeatedly notifying the one or more second users of the anniversary information of the first user, identifying one or more second users who have sent the message for the anniversary, and remaining second users other than the confirmed second user. Service apparatus for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that to provide the anniversary information of the first user to. A communication unit for communicating with a service device through a communication network;
A storage unit which stores one or more of the first user's anniversary information and address book information including one or more second user's information; And
The one or more anniversary dates of the first user and one or more information of the one or more second users are transmitted to the service device, and the one or more anniversary dates extracted according to a rule corresponding to an anniversary type of the first user And a control unit for receiving an anniversary message collected from the service device from the service device and providing the anniversary message to the first user. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit
Regarding a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book stored in the storage unit or another service device that manages the address book of the first user, the reference value includes one or more of a relationship with the first user, a frequency of message transmission and reception, an age, and a gender. A terminal device for providing an anniversary event, wherein different weights are assigned according to types of anniversaries and the one or more second users are selected based on the weighted reference value. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit
Terminal for providing an anniversary event, characterized in that extracted as the identification information of the at least one second user including at least one of a text, a character, and a picture, and matching the extracted identification information to display a message of the second user. Device. Confirming anniversary information of the first user;
Selecting at least one second user from acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user according to a rule corresponding to an anniversary type of the first user;
Transmitting the confirmed anniversary information of the first user to the one or more selected second users;
Collecting messages of the one or more second users regarding the anniversary of the first user;
Generating an anniversary message by integrating the collected one or more second user messages; And
And providing the anniversary message to the first user on a specific day set based on the anniversary of the first user. The method of claim 15, wherein selecting the one or more second users
To a plurality of acquaintances registered in the address book of the first user, different weights are assigned to reference values including one or more of a relationship with the first user, the number of times of sending and receiving a message, an age, and a gender, according to the type of the anniversary. And selecting one or more second users from the plurality of acquaintances based on the weighted reference value. The method of claim 15, wherein generating the anniversary message,
Providing an anniversary event for the one or more second users, extracting identification information including at least one of a text, a character, and a photo, and matching each identification information with a message of the corresponding second user. Way. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting of the anniversary information of the first user to one or more second users comprises:
Periodically or aperiodically before the anniversary of the first user, periodically or aperiodically notify the at least one second user of the anniversary information of the first user, and identify at least one second user who sent the message for the anniversary prior to the notification And providing anniversary information of the first user to remaining second users other than the identified second user. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method for providing an anniversary event according to any one of claims 15 to 18.

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