KR20140072381A - Server and method for recommending picture sharing, and device for displaying interface area of picture sharing - Google Patents

Abstract

A server for recommending photo sharing includes a storage unit which stores friendship information indicating the friendship between a plurality of users in a database; a communication unit which receives, from devices of the users, photographing information of photos stored in the respective devices; and a message generation unit which generates a photo sharing recommendation message for recommending the sharing of photos stored in a device of a first user with a second user based on the friendship information and the photographing information.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a server and method for recommending photo sharing, and a device for displaying a photo sharing interface area,

A server and method for recommending photo sharing, and a device for displaying a photo sharing interface area.

IMS (Instant Message Service) is a real-time online communication service that allows a message sent by a sender to be instantly displayed on the screen of a recipient's device without using an e-mail program or a web browser separately. In particular, a service providing chatting, voice and video call using a mobile network is called a mobile instant messenger (MIM) service.

With the development of smart devices, it is now possible for users to take and store pictures of people, landscapes, etc., by using smart devices without purchasing additional camera equipment. In addition, it is now possible to transmit stored photographs via E-MAIL, MMS (Multimedia Message Service), or upload them to SNS (Social Network Service) to other users or share them with acquaintances.

Recently, there has been provided a method of sharing a picture only to a user designated as a family member or a friend designated as a friend, but it is not easy to divide a user into a group, I can not.

A recommendation server and method for recommending sharing a photograph stored in a user's device with an external user who is a friend relationship with a user. The present invention is to provide a photo sharing recommendation server and method which enable more convenient and automated photo sharing by sharing pictures photographed by the plurality of users at the same date or adjacent positions to a plurality of users. It is to be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing a plurality of users, the method comprising: storing friend relationship information indicating a friend relationship of each of a plurality of users; Generating a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing to the second user a photo stored in the device of the first user based on the friend relationship information and the photographing information, And transmitting the recommendation message to the device of the first user.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including a storage unit for storing friend relationship information indicating a friend relationship of each of a plurality of users, a communication unit for receiving photographing information of a photograph stored in each of the devices from a plurality of user devices, And a message generating unit for generating a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of the photograph stored in the device of the first user with the second user based on the photographing information.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a plurality of photographs, the method including extracting photographing information of a plurality of photographs stored in a device, transmitting the extracted photographing information to a photo sharing recommendation server, And a step of displaying a photo-sharing interface area based on the received photo-sharing recommendation message. The method of displaying a photo-sharing interface area may further include the steps of: .

It is possible to provide a photo sharing recommendation server and a method for recommending sharing a photo stored in a user's device with an external user who is a friend relationship with the user. It is possible to provide a photo sharing recommendation server and method that enable more convenient and automated photo sharing by sharing pictures photographed by the plurality of users at the same date or adjacent positions to a plurality of users. It is possible to recommend a user who travels or participates in various events to share a photograph related to a travel or an event through the acquaintance relationship of each of a plurality of users and photographing information of photographs stored in each of the devices. By arranging the shared pictures by date, the user can intuitively confirm the date the photograph was taken, thereby providing an improved user interface environment to the user.

1 is a configuration diagram of a photo sharing recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a photo sharing recommendation server 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 3A to 3D are diagrams for explaining a process of comparing a plurality of photograph regions with each other by referring to a map divided into a plurality of regions.
4A and 4B are views for explaining an example in which the level of the lattice is determined.
5 is a configuration diagram of a device 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 shows an example of a notification message informing reception of a photo sharing recommendation message and an example of a photo sharing interface area.
7 shows an example of a notification message informing reception of a photo sharing request message and another example of a photo sharing interface area.
Fig. 8 shows an example in which a plurality of pictures are displayed by the display unit 53. Fig.
9A to 9C are views for explaining an example in which a photo sharing request message is generated.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the photo sharing recommendation method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a photo-sharing interface area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a configuration diagram of a photo sharing recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a photo sharing recommendation system includes a photo sharing recommendation server 10 and devices 20. However, since the picture sharing recommendation system of FIG. 1 is only one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to FIG. That is, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the photo sharing recommendation system may be configured differently from FIG.

Each component of the photo sharing recommendation system of FIG. 1 is generally connected via a network. The network refers to a connection structure in which information can be exchanged between each node such as terminals and servers. An example of such a network is a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) , A WAN (Wide Area Network), a PAN (Personal Area Network), a Bluetooth (Bluetooth), a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) Networks, satellite broadcast networks, analog broadcast networks, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) networks, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1, a first network connecting the photo-sharing recommendation server 10 and the devices 20 and a second network connecting the device 22 and the device 23 may have different types of networks. For example, the first network may be a broadband network and the second network may be a short-range network. In this case, an example of a broadband network is an LTE network and an example of a local area network is a wireless LAN.

The photo sharing recommendation server 10 stores friend relationship information indicating a friend relationship of each of a plurality of users. To this end, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 may receive the friend relationship information of a plurality of users from the plurality of user devices 20, and may match the received friend relationship information with each of the plurality of users. For example, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 receives the friend relationship information of the first user from the first user's device 21, matches the received friend relationship information with the first user's ID, ). According to another embodiment of the present invention, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 may receive friend relationship information of a plurality of users from an external interworking server. In this case, an example of the external interworking server is a Facebook server or a Twitter server that provides a social network service.

The photo sharing recommendation server 10 stores photographing information of a photograph stored in each device of a plurality of users. To this end, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 may receive photographing information of photographs stored in the devices 20 from a plurality of user devices 20, and may match the received photographing information with a plurality of users . For example, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 receives the photographing information of the photograph stored in the device 21 from the device 21 of the first user, and stores the photographing information matching with the ID of the first user . At this time, the photographing information includes at least one of photographing date, photographing time and photographing position of the photograph. An example of the information on the photographing position may be GPS (Global Poisoning System) coordinate information, place name information, mutual information, etc. of the position where the photograph was taken.

The photo sharing recommendation server 10 generates a photo sharing recommendation message based on at least one of friend relationship information of a plurality of users and photographing information of a plurality of users. At this time, the photo sharing recommendation message is a message that recommends that another user (or another user's device) share a photograph stored in the device of any one of the plurality of users. For example, the photo sharing recommendation message is a message recommending that the second user (or the device 22 of the second user) share a picture stored in the device 21 of the first user.

The photo sharing recommendation server 10 can generate a photo sharing recommendation message based on the friend relationship information of a plurality of users. For example, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 may receive a recommendation to share a picture stored in the device 21 of the first user with a second user, which is a friend relationship with the first user, based on the friend relationship information of the first user A shared recommendation message can be generated.

The photo sharing recommendation server 10 can generate a photo sharing recommendation message based on the shooting information of a plurality of users. For example, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 recommends sharing a photograph stored in the device 21 of the first user with the second user based on photographing information of the photograph stored in the device 21 of the first user A photograph sharing recommendation message may be generated. At this time, the device of the second user may have stored photographs taken at the same date, same time and same place as the photograph stored in the device 21 of the first user.

The photo sharing recommendation server 10 transmits the generated photo sharing recommendation message to the devices 20. At this time, the photo sharing recommendation message may include an identifier of a photo to be shared and image data of the photo to be shared. The identifier for the photos to share may be used by the devices 20 when acquiring image data of the photos to share. That is, the devices 20 may request the photo-sharing recommendation server for the image data of the photograph using the identifier for the photo if necessary.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 receives a photo sharing request message from any one of a plurality of devices, and performs photo sharing between the devices based on the received photo sharing request message Can be relayed. For example, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 receives from the device 21 of the first user information on the image data of the photo to be shared, the ID of the second user, a photo sharing request message The user can directly or edit the received photo sharing request message, and then deliver the message to the device 22 of the second user.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, each of the devices 20 may generate a photo sharing request message and directly transmit the generated photo sharing request message to another device. For example, the device 21 may generate a photo sharing request message requesting that the device 22 share the photo stored in the device 21 and send the generated photo sharing request message to the device 22 ). ≪ / RTI >

Each of the devices 20 may extract the friend relationship information of each of the devices 20 and transmit the extracted friend relationship information to the sharing recommendation server 10. [ At this time, the friend relationship information can be extracted from the contacts, mail, web application, etc. stored in each of the devices 20. [

Each of the devices 20 extracts photographing information of at least one photograph stored in each of the devices 20 and transmits the extracted photographing information to the photo sharing recommendation server 10. At this time, the photographing information may include at least one photographing date, a photographing time, and a photographing place.

Each of the devices 20 can receive a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of the photo from the photo sharing recommendation server 10 to an external device and display the photo sharing interface area based on the received photo sharing recommendation message have. Generally, the photo sharing interface area means that a user selects a picture or receives text from the user.

Each of the devices 20 generates a photo sharing request message requesting sharing of the photo to the external device based on the user's input to the displayed photo sharing interface area, and sends the generated photo sharing request message to the photo sharing recommendation server 10).

Each of the devices 20 can display an external photograph stored in the external device based on the photo sharing request message received from the photo sharing recommendation server 10 or the external device. At this time, the photo sharing request message may include an identifier for image data of the external photograph, a photographing date of the external photograph, a photographing time of the outside photograph, and a photographing position of the outside photograph. Each of the devices 20 may receive image data of an external photograph from the photo sharing recommendation server 10 or an external device using an identifier for the image data of the external photograph, in order to display the external photograph.

Each of the devices 20 may display on the display a notification message indicating that a photo sharing recommendation message or a photo sharing request message has been received. At this time, an example of the notification message is a pop-up message or a push message.

Each of the devices 20 can display at least one photograph and a photograph of the external device sorted by date. For example, the device 22 can display photos stored in the device 22 and photos of the device 21 sorted by date.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, each of the devices 20 may generate a photo sharing recommendation message on its own, and may directly transmit the generated photo sharing recommendation message to another device. To this end, each of the devices 20 receives friend relationship information and photographing information of another device from another device or the shared photograph recommendation server 10, and sends a photo sharing recommendation message based on the received friend relationship information and photographing information Can be generated.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, each of the devices 20 may be various types of devices. For example, each of the devices 20 may be a TV device, a computer, or a portable terminal capable of connecting to a remote server via a network. Here, an example of the TV apparatus includes a smart TV, an IPTV set-top box, and the like. Examples of the computer include a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, One example of the terminal includes a Personal Communication System (PCS), a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), a Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), a Personal Handyphone System (PHS) Assistant, IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminals, smart phones, And the like may be included in the present invention.

Hereinafter, the operation of each component included in the photo sharing recommendation system of FIG. 1 will be described in more detail.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a photo sharing recommendation server 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 includes a storage unit 11, a communication unit 12, and a generation unit 13. However, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 shown in FIG. 2 is only one embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications are possible based on the components shown in FIG. For example, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 may further include a database (not shown) for storing data.

Referring to FIG. 2, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 is connected to the first device 21 and the second device 22 via a network. In this case, the first device 21 means a device of a first user, and the second device 22 means a device of a second user.

The storage unit 11 stores friend relationship information indicating a friend relationship of each of a plurality of users in a database (not shown). Generally, the friend relationship information means information of other users who have a friend relationship with any one of a plurality of users. The friend relationship information may be extracted from e-mail, contact information or the like stored in each device of a plurality of users by the communication unit 12, received from the external social network service server, directly operated by the photo sharing recommendation server 10 Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI >

A friend relationship can be formed by any one of a plurality of users requesting or recommending a friend relationship, and other users among a plurality of users accepting a friend relationship. For example, if a first user requests to make a friend relationship with a second user via the first device 21, a friend relationship may be established between the first user and the second user according to the acceptance of the second user .

The communication unit 12 receives photographing information of photographs stored in each of the devices 20 from a plurality of user devices 20. [ Generally, the photographing information includes at least one of a date when the photograph was photographed, a photographing time, and a photographed place. Further, the photographing information may further include a title and a serial number of the photograph. For example, the photographing information may include a photographing date of May 8, 2012, a photographing time of 5:00 pm, coordinate information indicating a place where the photograph was taken, a title of a photograph set by the user, And a serial number composed of a photographing number of the photograph.

The generating unit 13 may generate a photo sharing recommendation message that recommends sharing a photograph stored in a device of one of the plurality of users with another user based on the friend relationship information and the photographing information. At this time, the photo sharing recommendation message may include a text indicating that a photograph is recommended to be shared, an identifier for image data of the photograph, a photographing time of the photograph, and a photographing position of the photograph.

An example in which a sharing picture recommendation message is generated by the generating unit 13 will be described. The generating unit 13 selects a second user, which is a friend relationship with the first user, based on the friend relationship information. Then, the generating unit 13 compares the photographing dates of the photographs stored in the first device 21 of the first user with the photographing dates of the photographs stored in the second device 22 of the second user, For example, May 5, 2012). At this time, the shooting dates are included in the shooting information. If the second photograph of the second device exists on the same date as the first photograph stored in the first device 21 as a result of the identification, the generating unit 13 generates the first photograph as the second user (or the second device 22) ) To create a shared photo recommendation message that recommends sharing. For example, the generation unit 13 generates a shared picture recommendation message recommending sharing of the first picture with the second user, when both the first picture and the second picture are photographed on May 5, 2012 can do

The generation unit 13 generates a shared picture recommendation message by using the generation time of the pictures stored in the first device 21 when the first user and the second user are in a friendship relationship By comparing the photographing times of the photographs stored in the second device 22 with the photographing times of the photographs stored in the second device 22 in the same time region (for example, A time zone of 2 hours up to 30 minutes). At this time, the photographing times are included in the photographing information. If the second photograph of the second device photographed in the same time area as the first photograph stored in the first device 21 as the identification result exists, the generation unit 13 recommends sharing the first photograph with the second user And generates a shared picture recommendation message. For example, the generation unit 13 may determine that the first picture taken at 5:30 pm and the second picture taken at 5:50 pm are included in the time range from 5 pm to 6 pm , It may generate a shared picture recommendation message that recommends sharing the first picture to the second user.

According to another example in which a shared picture recommendation message is generated by the generation unit 13, the generation unit 13 determines whether the first picture stored in the first device 21 and the second picture in the second device have the same date It is possible to generate a shared picture recommendation message recommending sharing the first picture to the second user when the photographing position of the first picture and the photographing position of the second photograph are the same or adjacent to each other.

The generation unit 13 generates a shared picture recommendation message by generating the shared picture recommendation message by using the generation unit 13. When the first user and the second user are in a friendship relationship, By comparing the positions and the photographing positions of the photographs stored in the second device 22, the photographs are photographed in the same or adjacent position range. At this time, the photographing positions are included in the photographing information.

If the second photograph of the second device 22 photographed within the same position range as the first photograph stored in the first device 21 is present as the identification result, the generating unit 13 transmits the first photograph to the second user Create a shared photo recommendation message that recommends sharing. At this time, the generating unit 13 refers to the map divided into the plurality of zones, and compares the zone to which the photographing position of the first photograph belongs with the zone to which the photographing position of the second photograph belongs, It is possible to judge whether or not it has been photographed within the same position range.

FIGS. 3A to 3D are diagrams for explaining a process of comparing a plurality of photograph regions with each other by referring to a map divided into a plurality of regions. Referring to FIG. 3A, the map is divided into a plurality of zones. The generating unit 13 can refer to such a map and specify the area to which the photographing position of each of the plurality of photographs belongs.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the generating unit 13 refers to the map and specifies the region 31 to which the photographing position of the first photograph stored in the first device 21 belongs. This zone 31 is defined as the first zone in which a particular event has occurred and the white point inside the zone 31 represents the shooting location of the first photograph. The generating unit 13 may be configured such that when the second photograph of the second device 22 photographed within the same or adjacent area as the specified region 31 exists, the first photograph and the second photograph are photographed within the same position range , It is possible to generate a shared picture recommendation message recommending sharing the first picture to the second user.

When the second photograph of the second device 22 photographed within the same or adjacent positional range as the first photograph stored in the first device 21 is present as the identification result, And the photographing time of the second photograph may be considered. 3C, the generating unit 13 compares the photographing positions of the photographs stored in the first device 21 with the photographing positions of the photographs stored in the second device 22, 33 and the region 34. [0033] FIG. At this time, zone 32, zone 33, and zone 34 may be adjacent to each other. The generating unit 13 compares one photograph taken in the area 32, two photographs taken in the area 33, and three photographs taken in the area 34 with each other, The sharing picture recommendation message recommending sharing of the first picture to the second user when at least one first picture and at least one second picture that are photographed in the same time zone are present. That is, the generating unit 13 determines that at least one first photograph and at least one second photograph taken within a specific time range within an adjacent position range are photographed by different devices but photographed within the same event range It is recommended to share photos.

3D, the generating unit 13 compares the photographing positions of the photographs stored in the first device 21 with the photographing positions of the photographs stored in the second device 22, 36, zone 37, zone 38, and zone 39. In this example, The generating unit 13 may be configured to determine whether the pictures taken in the area 35, the area 36, the area 37, the area 38 and the area 39 are photographs taken within the same time zone, It can be determined that the photographs are photographed while rapidly moving within the scope of the event, and a photo sharing recommendation message recommending that the photographed photographs be shared among the devices can be generated. For example, the generating unit 13 may generate three first photographs and four second photographs of the photographs taken in the zone 35, the zone 36, the zone 37, the zone 38 and the zone 39 If a photograph was taken during the time period from 1 pm to 3 pm on May 5, 2012, a photo sharing recommendation message that recommends sharing the first three photos to the second user may be generated.

If the generating unit 13 considers the positional comparison between the plurality of zones and the time relationship in combination, it is possible to overcome the limitations of the simple rule of merely sharing photographs near the photographing position. That is, when determining a picture to be shared in athletic meeting or a walk, a bicycle, a car trip, or the like, which needs to take a picture in a large area, it is decided to share only pictures photographed in the same time zone within a range of a radius of 1 km It is more accurate to consider the location comparison and the temporal relationship among the preliminarily classified zones than the method. In addition, simplifying the locations where the photographs were taken into zones can greatly improve the processing speed.

The degree of compactness of the plurality of zones depends on the level of the grid that divides the plurality of zones, and the level of the grid can be determined according to the population density of the regions included in the map. 4A and 4B are views for explaining an example in which the level of the lattice is determined. As shown in FIG. 4A, in the case of a city center having a high population density, the grid level is relatively high, whereby each of the plurality of zones is relatively narrow, and the plurality of zones are relatively densely separated. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4B, in the case of a mountainous terrain with a low population density, the grid level is relatively low, whereby each of the plurality of zones is relatively wide and the plurality of zones are relatively broadly divided. In other words, multiple districts are more densely distinguished than mountainous terrain in urban areas. In general, a higher level of the grid means that the grid is made more compact. In this way, it is necessary to distinguish low-density areas where the location range where the same event occurs is relatively narrow, and the location range where the same event occurs, in order to more accurately determine the photographs generated in the same event.

The generating unit 13 may compare the photographing position of the first photograph and the photographing position of the second photograph using the GPS coordinate information. For example, the generating unit 13 may determine whether the latitude and longitude coordinates in the GPS coordinates of the first photograph are the same or similar to the latitude and longitude coordinates in the GPS coordinates of the second photograph, Position and the photographing position of the second photograph can be compared.

The communication unit 12 transmits the generated photo sharing recommendation message to the first device 21. At this time, the communication unit 12 transmits the photo sharing recommendation message generated through any one of the push notification, the instant message, the SMS, the MMS, the e-mail, or the social network service to the first device 21, Lt; / RTI >

The generating unit 13 may generate a picture sharing recommendation message recommending that the first device 21 share the picture stored in the second device 22. [ For example, when the photograph stored in the first device 21 is the first photograph and the photograph stored in the second device 22 is the second photograph, the generating unit 13 sends the first photograph to the second user Aside from generating a first picture sharing recommendation message that recommends sharing, a second picture sharing recommendation message that recommends sharing a second picture to a first user may be generated. In this case, the communication unit 12 may transmit the first photo sharing recommendation message to the first device 21, and may transmit the second photo sharing recommendation message to the second device 22.

The generating unit 13 may generate a picture sharing recommendation recommending that both the first device 21 and the second device 22 share both the picture stored in the first device 21 and the picture stored in the second device 22. [ Message. ≪ / RTI > In this case, the photo sharing recommendation message includes text of recommending sharing of both the photograph stored in the first device 21 and the photograph stored in the second device 22, the information of the photograph stored in the first device 21, Information of a photograph stored in the second device 22, photographing time of photographs, photographing position of photographs, and the like. The communication unit 12 transmits the generated photo sharing recommendation message to the first device 21 and the second device 22, respectively.

The generating unit 13 can directly or edit the photo sharing request message received from the first device 21 and deliver it to the device 22 of the second user. At this time, the photograph sharing request message is transmitted from the first device 21 to the communication unit 12. In the photograph sharing request message, an identifier of the image data of the photograph stored in the first device 21, Photographing information of a photograph stored in the first device 21 may be included. In addition, the transmitted photograph sharing request message is transmitted from the communication unit 12 to the second device 22, and this photograph sharing request message includes text of recommending sharing of the photograph, the text stored in the first device 21 An identifier of the image data of the image, a photographing time of the photograph, and a photographing position of the photograph.

5 is a configuration diagram of a device 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5, the device 50 includes an extracting unit 51, a communication unit 52, a display unit 53, and a message generating unit 54. [ However, the device 50 shown in FIG. 5 is only one embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications are possible based on the components shown in FIG. For example, the device 50 may further include a display for displaying an image. 5 also means any of the devices 20, the first device 21, or the second device 22 described in FIGS. 1-4. Accordingly, what is not described below for the device 50 can be replaced with the contents described for the devices 20, the first device 21, and the second device 22 via FIGS. 1 and 2 described above. have. In addition, the following description of the device 50 also applies to the devices 20, the first device 21 and the second device 22 of Figs. 1 to 4 described above.

The extracting unit 51 can extract the photographing information of at least one photograph stored in the device 50. Generally, the shooting information includes a shooting date and a shooting time. The photographing information may further include a photographing position in accordance with the type of the device 50 and the setting of the device 50. [ If necessary, the photographing information may further include a title or a serial number of the photograph. For example, the extracting unit 51 extracts the photographing date, the photographing time, the photographing position, and the like of each photograph taken or stored through the camera mounted on the device 50 or a plurality of photographs taken and stored from the external camera, . The shooting information may be stored in a memory (not shown) of the device 50. [

The extracting unit 51 arranges and displays a plurality of photographs by date on the basis of the photographing time of each of the plurality of photographs stored in the device 50, selects at least one photograph of the photographs displayed through the user interface, The photographing information of one photograph may be extracted. For example, the extracting unit 51 arranges and displays a plurality of pictures stored in the device 50 on the basis of the photographing time in the order close to the current date, and displays at least one photograph And may extract the photographing information of the selected at least one photograph.

The communication unit (52) transmits the extracted photographing information to the photo sharing recommendation server (10). At this time, the photographing information may include the photographing date of the photograph, the photographing time, the photographing position, the title, and the serial number.

The communication unit 52 receives a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of at least one photograph among a plurality of photos from the photo sharing recommendation server 10 to an external user. At this time, the photo sharing recommendation message may be generated by the photo sharing recommendation server 10 based on the photographing information of the plurality of photographs. In addition, the photo sharing recommendation message may be received via either an instant message, push notification, SMS, MMS, or email. The photo sharing recommendation message may also include text of recommending at least one photo to an external user, an identifier for the image data of the at least one photo, at least one photo shooting time, and at least one photo shooting location.

When the picture sharing recommendation message is received, the display unit 53 generates a notification message informing the user of the message. At this time, the notification message may be displayed on the display of the device 50 in a push or pop-up form.

6 shows an example of a notification message informing reception of a photo sharing recommendation message and an example of a photo sharing interface area. 6, when the photo sharing recommendation message is received from the photo sharing recommendation server 10, the display unit 53 displays "Share pictures of" September 15, Seoul "with the user B, (611) can be displayed on the display.

The display unit 53 displays the photo-sharing interface area. At this time, the photo sharing interface area may include at least one photograph. 6, the photo-sharing interface area 62 includes at least one photographing date "September 15", at least one photographing location "Seoul", and a second user An area 621 representing the user's ID, an area 622 displaying at least one photograph, an icon 624 for selecting all at least one photograph, and the like. If an icon 623 requesting sharing is selected after the icon 624 is selected via the user interface, a photo sharing request message requesting sharing of at least one photo to the second user is sent to the photo sharing recommendation server 10, Lt; / RTI > If only the picture 625 is selected through the user interface and the icon 623 requesting sharing is selected, a picture sharing request message requesting sharing of only the picture 625 to the second user is transmitted to the picture sharing recommendation server (10).

The message generating unit 54 generates a photo sharing request message when a selection of at least one displayed photo is input. 6, when the icon 623 requesting sharing is selected through the user interface, the message generating unit 54 requests the sharing of at least one photograph with the second user A photo sharing request message is generated. The generated photo sharing request message is transmitted from the communication unit 52 to the photo sharing recommendation server 10.

The display unit 53 generates a notification message to notify that a photo sharing request message requesting sharing of an external photo stored in a device of an external user is received from the photo sharing recommendation server 10. At this time, the notification message may be displayed on the display of the device 50 in a push or pop-up form.

7 shows an example of a notification message informing reception of a photo sharing request message and another example of a photo sharing interface area. 7, when the picture sharing request message of the user B, which is an external user, is received from the picture sharing recommendation server 10, the display unit 53 displays " You can display a notification message "You have requested to share a picture" (711) through the display.

The display unit 53 may display a photo sharing interface area when a predetermined selection corresponding to the sharing request message is inputted through the user interface. At this time, the predetermined selection may mean accepting the sharing request of the external user. In addition, the photo sharing interface area may include at least one photograph taken on the same date as the external photograph among the plurality of photographs stored in the device 50. [ 7, the photo-sharing interface area 72 includes an external photograph and an image pickup date of "August 27", at least one photograph, an area 721 indicating an ID of a second user who is an external user An area 722 in which at least one photograph is displayed, an icon 724 for selecting at least one photograph, and the like. If an icon 723 requesting sharing is selected after the icon 724 is selected via the user interface, a photo sharing request message requesting sharing of at least one photo to the second user is sent to the photo sharing recommendation server 10, Lt; / RTI > When only the photograph 725 is selected through the user interface and the icon 723 requesting sharing is selected, a photograph sharing request message requesting sharing of only the photograph 725 to the second user is transmitted to the photo sharing recommendation server (10).

The message generating unit 54 generates a photo sharing request message when a selection of at least one displayed photo is input. 7, when the icon 723 requesting sharing is selected through the user interface, the message generating unit 54 requests the sharing of at least one photograph with the second user A photo sharing request message is generated. The generated photo sharing request message is transmitted from the communication unit 52 to the photo sharing recommendation server 10. This allows the user to share photos of the area 722 with an external user while simultaneously sharing photos of the area 622 from an external user.

When requested from the user interface, the display unit 53 can display the photographs of the device 50 and the external photographs sorted by date. At this time, if there are photographs in which the photographs of the device 50 and the outside photographs are photographed on the same date, the display unit 53 displays the date, and displays the user ID of the device 50, A user ID of the device, a photograph of the device 50, and the external photograph. For example, the display unit 53 displays the photographs taken on May 5th, 2012, among the photographs of the device 50, and the photographs taken on May 5, 2012 among the external photographs of the external device, Can be displayed. Here, the photograph of the device 50 refers to a photograph distinguished from the external photograph, and may mean, for example, a photograph taken by the device 50 or a photograph previously stored in the device 50.

Fig. 8 shows an example in which a plurality of pictures are displayed by the display unit 53. Fig. 8, the display unit 53 displays "Aug. 27th ", which is the corresponding date of the area 811 or 821, if there is a photograph of the photograph of the device 50 and the photograph of the outside photograph taken on the same date, Displays the user ID "I" of the device 50 in the area corresponding to "Aug. 27", displays the user ID "Kim So-hee" of the external device and displays the photo 813 or 823 of the device 50, And external photos. When "August 27th" or more icon 812 or 822 is selected through the user interface, further pictures corresponding to the corresponding date can be displayed.

The display unit 53 may display a photo sharing interface area on the display when a request to generate a photo sharing request message is input through the user interface. In addition, the display unit 53 may display a plurality of pictures stored in the device 50 on the displayed photo sharing interface area by date. Thereafter, the message generator 54 generates a picture sharing request message requesting sharing of the selected picture as an external user, when a picture to be shared is selected through the displayed picture sharing interface area and an external user to be shared is selected .

9A to 9C are views for explaining an example in which a photo sharing request message is generated.

As shown in FIG. 9A, the display unit 53 displays the first photo sharing interface area 91 on the display when a request to generate a photo sharing request message is input through the user interface. 9A, the display unit 53 arranges the pictures photographed on August 27 on the basis of the photographing date or photographing time of each of the plurality of photographs stored in the device 50 in the area 911 , The photos photographed on August 24 are arranged in the area 912, and the photos photographed on August 20 are arranged and displayed in the area 913. 9A and 9B, the display unit 53 displays the second photo-sharing interface area 92 on the display when the icon "" corresponding to August 27 is selected through the user interface.

9B, the display unit 53 displays the selected date "Aug. 27 ", and displays the user ID" i "of the device 50 in the area 921, An icon 925 for adding an object to be shared, and an area 922 for displaying photos photographed on Aug. 27. 9B and 9C, an icon 927 for selecting all the pictures photographed on August 27 is selected through the user interface, and an icon 925 for adding a user to be shared is selected , The third photo sharing interface area 93 is displayed on the display. 9C, the display unit 53 further displays a "second user" which is a shared user added to the area 931. [ Then, when the icon 932 requesting sharing via the user interface is selected, the message generating unit 54 generates a picture sharing request message requesting sharing of the pictures photographed on August 27 with the second user do. If only the picture 924 is selected in the second picture sharing interface screen 92 and then the icon 932 requesting sharing is selected, the message generating unit 54 can share only the picture 924 with the second user And generates a request for photo sharing request message. When the icon 927 is selected on the second photo sharing interface screen 92 and the icon 926 is selected, the message generator 54 responds to the icon 926 of the pictures photographed on August 27 To the second user, only photographs other than the photographs to be photographed.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the photo sharing recommendation method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The photo sharing recommendation method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the photo sharing recommendation server 10 shown in FIG. Therefore, even if omitted in the following description, the contents described with respect to the photo sharing recommendation server 10 through Figs. 1 to 10 are also applied to the photo sharing recommendation method of Fig.

In step S1001, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 stores friend relationship information indicating a friend relationship of each of a plurality of users. In step S1002, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 receives photographing information of photographs stored in each of the devices from a plurality of user devices. In step S1003, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 generates a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of the photograph stored in the device of the first user with the second user based on the friend relationship information and the photographing information. In step S1004, the photo sharing recommendation server 10 transmits the generated photo sharing recommendation message to the device of the first user.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a photo-sharing interface area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The method of displaying the photo-sharing interface area according to the embodiment shown in Fig. 11 includes the steps of time-series processing in the device 50 shown in Fig. Therefore, even if omitted from the following description, the contents described with respect to the device 50 through Figs. 1 to 10 are also applied to the photo sharing recommendation method of Fig.

In step S1101, the device 50 extracts photographing information of a plurality of photographs stored in the device 50. [ In step S1102, the device 50 transmits the extracted photographing information to the photo sharing recommendation server 10. In step S1103, the device 50 receives a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of at least one of the plurality of photos from the photo sharing recommendation server 10 to an external user. In step S1104, the device 50 displays a photo sharing interface area including at least one photograph.

Also, although not shown in FIG. 11, according to various embodiments of the present invention, a method of displaying a photo sharing interface area may include generating a photo sharing request message when a selection of at least one displayed photo is input And a step (not shown) of transmitting the generated photo sharing request message to the photo sharing recommendation server 10.

Although not shown in FIG. 11, according to various embodiments of the present invention, a method of displaying a photo-sharing interface area may include displaying a photo-sharing interface requesting a photo sharing request from a photo sharing recommendation server 10 When receiving the request message, it may further include a step of displaying at least one photograph and an external photograph sorted by date (not shown).

Each of the photo-sharing recommendation method or the photo-sharing interface area display method described in each of Figs. 10 or 11 may be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module, executed by a computer . Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

One embodiment of the present invention can provide a method for providing a predetermined application operating in conjunction with a device 50 executing the method of displaying the photo-sharing interface area described with reference to Fig. At this time, the device 50 performs a method of displaying a photo-sharing interface area. The application may be provided to the device 50 by the photo sharing recommendation server 10 or may be provided to the device 50 by another server separately configured from the photo sharing recommendation server 10, Or may be provided to the device 50 by the server 10 and other servers operated by other entities.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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Claims (15)

In a method for recommending photo sharing,
Storing friend relationship information indicating a friend relationship of each of the plurality of users;
Receiving photographing information of a photograph stored in each of the devices from the plurality of user devices;
Generating a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of the photo stored in the device of the first user to the second user based on the friend relationship information and the photographing information; And
And transmitting the generated photo sharing recommendation message to the device of the first user.
The method according to claim 1,
The photograph stored in the device of the first user is the first photograph, the photograph stored in the device of the second user is the second photograph,
Wherein the step of generating the photo sharing recommendation message comprises:
Selecting a second user that is a friend relationship with the first user based on the friend relationship information;
Determining whether the first photograph and the second photograph are photographed in the same time zone based on the photographing information; And
And generating the photo sharing recommendation message according to the determination result.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of determining whether or not the first photograph and the second photograph are included in the same time region includes determining whether both the first photograph and the second photograph are photographed within the same time zone on the same date based on the photographing information,
Wherein the step of generating a photo sharing recommendation message according to the determination result includes the step of, when the first photo and the second photo are both photographed within the same time zone of the same date, And the photograph sharing recommendation message is generated in consideration of a relationship between photographing positions of the photograph.
The method according to claim 1,
The photograph stored in the device of the first user is the first photograph, the photograph stored in the device of the second user is the second photograph,
Wherein the step of generating the photo sharing recommendation message comprises:
Selecting a second user that is a friend relationship with the first user based on the friend relationship information;
Determining whether the first photograph and the second photograph are photographed within the same position range based on the photographing information; And
And generating the photo sharing recommendation message according to the determination result.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the step of generating the photo sharing recommendation message according to the determination result includes the step of, when the first photograph and the second photograph are photographed within the same position range, And the photographing recommendation message is generated in consideration of the relationship between the photographing recommendation messages.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the step of determining whether or not the image is photographed within the same positional range includes comparing a region to which the photographing position of the first photograph belongs with a region to which the photographing position of the second photograph belongs, Determining whether the first photograph and the second photograph are photographed within the same position range,
Wherein the degree of compactness of the plurality of zones depends on the level of the grating separating the plurality of zones,
Wherein the level of the grid is determined according to the regional population density included in the map.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the photo sharing recommendation message further includes recommending sharing of a picture stored in the device of the second user with the device of the first user,
Wherein the transmitting step transmits the generated photo sharing recommendation message to the device of the first user and the device of the second user.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the photo sharing recommendation message includes at least one of an identifier for the image data of the first photograph, a photographing date of the first photograph, a photographing time of the first photograph, and a photographing position of the first photograph. Share recommendation method.
In a server that recommends photo sharing,
A storage unit for storing friend relationship information indicating a friend relationship of each of a plurality of users in a database;
A communication unit for receiving photographing information of a photograph stored in each of the devices from the devices of the plurality of users; And
And a message generation unit for generating a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of the photograph stored in the device of the first user with the second user based on the friend relationship information and the photographing information,
And the communication unit transmits the generated photo sharing recommendation message to the device of the first user.
A method of displaying a photo sharing interface area in a device,
Extracting photographing information of a plurality of photographs stored in the device;
Transmitting the extracted photographing information to a photo sharing recommendation server;
Receiving a photo sharing recommendation message recommending sharing of at least one of the plurality of photos to an external user from the photo sharing recommendation server; And
And displaying a photo sharing interface area including the at least one photo.
11. The method of claim 10,
Generating a photo sharing request message when a selection for the displayed at least one photo is input; And
And transmitting the generated photo sharing request message to the photo sharing recommendation server.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the photographing information includes at least one of a photographing date, a photographing time, and a photographing position of the at least one photograph.
11. The method of claim 10,
And displaying the at least one photo and the external photo sorted by date when receiving a photo sharing request message requesting sharing of an external photo stored in a device of the external user from the photo sharing recommendation server How to display the photo sharing interface area.
14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein when the at least one photograph and the external photograph are photographs taken on the same date, the step of displaying the date displays the user ID of the device, the external A user ID of the device, the at least one photo, and the external photo.
A method of providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device that executes a method of displaying a photo sharing interface area,
Wherein the device performs the method according to any one of claims 10 to 14.

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