KR20150008947A - Method and apparatus for providing detail information of application, application providing system - Google Patents

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KR20150008947A
KR20150008947A KR1020130073587A KR20130073587A KR20150008947A KR 20150008947 A KR20150008947 A KR 20150008947A KR 1020130073587 A KR1020130073587 A KR 1020130073587A KR 20130073587 A KR20130073587 A KR 20130073587A KR 20150008947 A KR20150008947 A KR 20150008947A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing detailed application viewing, and an application providing system therefor. The terminal apparatus controls to display an application list received from a service apparatus on an application list screen of an application providing program in a terminal apparatus, When one of the applications is selected, the display area of the application selected in the application list screen is extended to display detailed information on the selected application in the display area of the extended application, thereby reducing the user input depth for the detailed information view It is possible to improve the efficiency and quality of the motion production step in displaying the application in the application store in the terminal device, There are industrial applicability, which can improve the castle.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing detailed application information,

The present invention relates to an application providing system, and more particularly, to an application providing system for selecting one application among applications provided by an application providing system according to a specific input signal and for reducing an input step for viewing detailed information of the selected application, And an apparatus therefor.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, as computer, electronic, and communication technologies have dramatically developed, various wireless communication services using a wireless network have been provided. Accordingly, a service provided in a mobile communication system using a wireless communication network is developing as a multimedia communication service for transmitting data such as circuit data, packet data, and the like as well as voice services.

Particularly, with the development of the mobile communication network and the development of the terminal specification, the mobile communication terminal has become a necessity of modern people and has evolved into a total entertainment device beyond the category of the conventional simple communication device or information providing device.

In addition, with the popularity of smartphones and popularity of applications, the domestic and overseas mobile carriers and handset makers are concentrating their efforts on developing the App Store.

Generally, an application (APP) refers to a content application program such as a schedule management, an address book, a game, a moving image, and a music reproduction. The application store can be freely purchased and sold through an application store, That is, it is called an app store.

Through these app stores, users can search for interesting applications (contents) and download necessary applications (contents) to use them. For this purpose, the terminal device can display icons in the form of simple information about the application so that the applications provided by the application store can be searched on the screen.

However, due to the nature of the screen size of the terminal device, the detailed information about the application can not be displayed while showing the type of the application, so only simple information is displayed on the application screen of the terminal device. Therefore, it is inconvenient for the user to search detailed information about the application in order to check detailed information about the application.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2012-0093550, published on August 23, 2012 (name: application management method and image display device using the same)

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed in order to solve the inconvenience of the related art, and displays an application list screen, which is one of execution screens of the web store, and one of the applications displayed on the application list screen is selected, When a specific input signal having directionality is detected, the area for the application selected in the direction corresponding to the specific input signal is extended, and detailed information about the selected application is displayed in the extended application display area, An application detailed information providing method capable of reducing an input depth, and a device application providing system for the same.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device including a communication unit for performing communication for providing a service device and an application; And controls to display an application list received from the service device on the application list screen of the application providing program, and when any of the applications in the application list is selected and the specific input signal having directionality corresponding to the selected application A control unit for extending the display area of the application selected in the direction corresponding to the specific input signal to display detailed information about the selected application in the display area of the extended application; And an output unit operably connected to the control unit and displaying an application list and detailed information on the selected application on the application list screen.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when an input signal for an application selected on the application list screen displaying detailed information is detected, the control unit moves to a detailed view screen, and displays a detailed view screen for the selected application .

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit can control to display at least one item of recommendation, paid, free, new, and / or application-coordinated on the application list screen.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit configures an application list for applications provided by the service apparatus for each displayed item, connects the application list configured for each item to each item, The application list connected to the selected item can be displayed on the application list screen.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the detailed information may include at least one of a product description, a purchase menu, and a gift menu for the selected application.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when an input signal to the purchase menu or the gift menu is detected, the control unit includes the selected application in the purchase list, moves to the archive screen, As shown in Fig.

In the terminal device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when a specific input signal is detected again on the application list screen in which the detailed information is displayed, the control unit reduces the extended application display area and displays only the application list on the application list screen can do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service device comprising: a communication unit for performing communication for providing an application with one or more terminal devices; And a communication unit operable to control an application list including a plurality of applications to be transmitted during execution of the application providing program in response to a request from the one or more terminal apparatuses, When the specific input signal having the specific input signal is detected, detailed information on the selected application for displaying in the extended application display area of the application list screen extended in the direction corresponding to the specific input signal is transmitted to one or more terminal devices .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application providing system for displaying an application list on an application list screen of an application providing program, One or more terminal devices for displaying detailed information about an application selected in a display area of an extended application by extending a display area of an application selected in a direction corresponding to a specific input signal when a specific input signal having directionality is detected corresponding to the application; And a service device that provides an application providing program to one or more terminal devices, transmits an application list to one or more terminal devices while an application providing program is running, and transmits detailed information on an application selected by one or more terminal devices to one or more terminal devices . ≪ / RTI >

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing application detailed information in a terminal apparatus, the method comprising: executing an application providing program provided from a service apparatus; Receiving an application list from a service device; Displaying the received application list on the application list screen of the application providing program; Selecting one of the applications from the user in the application list and confirming whether a specific input signal having directionality is detected corresponding to the selected application; Extending a display area of an application selected in a direction corresponding to a specific input signal when a specific input signal is detected; And displaying detailed information about the selected application in the display area of the extended application.

The method comprising the steps of moving to a detailed view screen when an input signal for an application selected in an application list screen displaying detailed information is detected, And outputting a detailed view screen for the selected application.

The method comprising the steps of: requesting, by the service device, detailed information on a selected specific application when a specific application is selected on the application list screen, the method comprising the steps of: And receiving and storing detailed information on a specific application selected from the service apparatus.

A method for providing detailed application information in a terminal device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: downloading an application selected from a service device when an input signal for purchase included in detailed information is detected; Inserting the downloaded application into a purchase list; Moving to a storage box screen; And displaying the purchase list on the archive screen.

The present invention provides a method for providing application detailed information in a terminal device, the method comprising: transmitting a gift request message for an application selected by the service device when an input signal for presenting is included in the detailed information; ; Embedding the selected application in a gift list; Moving to a storage box screen; And displaying the gift list including the selected application on the archive screen.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method for providing application detailed information.

When one of the applications is selected according to a specific input signal by the user in the application list displayed on the execution screen of the web store, detailed information about the selected application is displayed on the execution screen displaying the application list, It is possible to reduce the depth of the user input.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of improving the efficiency and quality of the motion production step in displaying the application in the application store in the terminal device, and reducing cost and productivity by internalizing the motion production.

1 is a block diagram showing an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal device in an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a service apparatus in an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram showing an example of an application list screen in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram showing an example of displaying detailed information of an application selected in an application list screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary view showing an example of a detailed view of an application in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of moving from an application detailed screen to an application list screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing detailed information of an application in a terminal device 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.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed to be limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings and the inventor is not limited to the concept of terminology for describing his or her invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for providing detailed information on an application in an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention and a configuration of a terminal device in such a system will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or more terminal devices 100 and a service device 200, and one or more terminal devices 100 and a service device 200 And performs communication by interworking through the communication network 10.

One or more terminal devices 100 are terminals capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 10 according to a key operation of a user. The terminal device 100 includes a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC) A personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, or the like. In addition, the present invention can be applied to a mobile phone, And may include any user equipment that has been commercialized or will be developed in the future.

One or more terminal devices 100 are terminals for performing voice or data communication using the communication network 10 and include a memory for storing a browser, a program and a protocol for communicating with the service device 200 via a communication network, And a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs. That is, the terminal device 100 can be any terminal as long as it is capable of server-client communication with the service device 200, and is a broad concept including all communication computing devices such as a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, and a PDA. Meanwhile, the terminal device 100 is preferably manufactured with a touch screen, but is not limited thereto.

In particular, one or more terminal devices 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention download and execute an application (including a content) providing program (for example, an application store (market) program) from the service device 200. Hereinafter, an application providing program will be described as an example of an application storing program.

In addition, the terminal device 100 displays an application list provided from the service device 200 on the execution screen of the executed application store, and displays icons of any one application according to the specific input information by the user on the displayed application list screen When a specific input signal having directionality is detected corresponding to the selected application, the display area of the selected application is extended in the direction corresponding to the detected specific input signal, and detailed information about the selected application is displayed in the extended application display area can do. Then, the terminal device 100 moves to the storage box screen by selecting a menu for purchase or gift included in the detailed information displayed on the application list screen, and displays the purchase list including the application selected in the purchase or gift list on the storage box screen Or a gift list.

The service apparatus 200 interworks with one or more terminal apparatuses 100 through a communication network 10 and provides an application store program to the terminal apparatus 100 and executes an application store in the terminal apparatus 100 to request an application , The terminal device 100 can provide various applications registered from application producers through the application store.

The terminal device 100 and the service device 200 are interworked through the communication network 10. The communication network 10 can be connected to the Internet using the various wired / wireless communication technologies such as the Internet network, the intranet network, the mobile communication network, Which can send and receive data. The communication network 10 is also coupled to the service device 200 and stores computing resources such as hardware and software. The communication network 10 may be a closed network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), an open network such as the Internet, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), a WCDMA The concept is called the next generation network and computing network that will be implemented next, such as Multiple Access, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

Hereinafter, the configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention in the application providing system configured as above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal device in an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, an input unit 130, a storage unit 140, and an output unit 150 .

The control unit 110 controls the overall operation of the terminal device 100. Particularly, the control unit 110 requests the application to the service device 200 while executing the application program according to the input signal of the user, (Contents) from the application server 200 through the application store and displays the application on the screen. For this, the control unit 110 may be configured to include an application provision management module 111.

Specifically, the application providing management module 111 receives and stores the application providing program from the service device 200, and executes the application store program as the user executes the application store icon displayed on the screen of the terminal device 100 . Accordingly, the control unit 110 displays an initial screen provided by the app store program. At this time, the application providing management module 111 transmits an App Store execution message to the service device 200 as the App Store program is executed. Accordingly, the service device 200 provides the application providing message including the application information to the terminal device 100 through the application store. Then, the application providing management module 111 receives application information from the service device 200 and stores the received application information.

Then, when the user selects a specific category menu, for example, a BEST category menu on the initial screen, the application providing management module 111 constructs a basic category screen of the best category and displays the received application information in a list It is possible to display an application list screen to be displayed. Here, the basic configuration screen of the best category menu may include menu item areas such as recommendation, paid, free, new and app coordinated, and an application list area as shown in FIG. In addition, the application list screen may include an icon representing an application, brief information (title, rating, number of views, etc.), amount information, and the like, and the application may be classified and displayed according to each menu item. Accordingly, the application providing management module 111 forms an application list for the applications provided for each item such as recommendation, paid, free, new, and application coordination displayed on the application list screen, And stores it. Then, the application providing management module 111 controls the application list connected to the selected item according to the item selection of the user to be displayed on the application list screen as shown in Fig.

When one of the applications displayed on the application list screen is selected by a user as a specific input signal, the application providing management module 111 simply displays detailed information for confirming the description of the selected application on the application list screen Display. At this time, when an application is selected in the application list screen and a specific input signal having directionality is detected corresponding to the selected application, the application providing management module 111 displays the display region of the application selected in the direction corresponding to the specific input signal The detailed information can be displayed in the display area of the extended application. Here, the specific input signal may be a signal that sweeps an area of the selected application in a vertical direction or a specific direction (upward or downward) by touch or motion. In addition, when the selected application area is swiped in the left / right direction, only the area of the application selected in the application list screen disappears in the left / right direction and detailed information can be displayed in the corresponding area. In this case, when a predetermined time has elapsed or the user swipes in the opposite direction, detailed information displayed on the application list screen disappears and the selected application area can be displayed again on the application list screen.

5, the detailed information may include, for example, a product description, a usage grade, a sales member, a distributor, a platform, a purchase menu and a gift menu, Can be displayed in the displayed display area. Here, if the purchasing or presenting menu displayed in the detailed information area is selected, the application providing management module 111 performs an operation for purchasing or presenting the selected application, moves to the storage box screen, It can include processed applications and display a list of purchases or gifts on the Depository screen.

When the user selects an application, the application providing management module 111 generates an application request message for requesting detailed information on the selected application and transmits the generated application request message to the service device 200. Upon receiving the application providing message including the application detailed information in the service device 200, the application providing management module 111 temporarily stores the received detailed information and displays the detailed information in the extended display area of the application list screen .

Then, the application providing management module 111 touches the selected application on the application list screen showing the detailed information, or inputs a specific input signal such as, for example, swiping or long-pressing the area displaying the detailed information in the upward / If detected, the extended display area can be hidden, that is, the extended application display area can be reduced to display only the application list.

On the other hand, if one application is selected by a general input signal (for example, one touch) rather than a specific input signal by the user on the application list screen, the application providing management module 111 May move from the application list screen to the detail view screen and display the stored detailed view information for a more detailed description of the selected application on the moved detail view screen. 6, an icon display area, a simple information area, a money information, a purchase menu and a gift menu area of an application selected at the upper part can be displayed on the detailed view screen, A source and use information area, and a detailed description area (product description, evaluation, recommendation article, etc.) can be displayed. 7, when the input signal inputted by the user is received in the previous detailed view screen, the application provision management module 111 may move to the screen and display the application list screen again.

In addition, even when an input signal selected in the detailed information area displayed on the application list screen is sensed, the application providing management module 111 moves to the detail view screen on the application list screen and displays the stored detailed view information Can be displayed on the moved detailed view screen.

The communication unit 120 is for transmitting and receiving data to and from the service device 200, and can transmit and receive data to and from other terminal devices through various communication methods as well as wired and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 120 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 120 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively. Particularly, the communication unit 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives the application store program from the service device 200 and transfers the application store program to the control unit 110, and transmits the application request message configured in the control unit 110 to the service device 200 And transmits the application providing message received by the service apparatus 200 to the control unit 110. [

The input unit 130 generates a user input signal corresponding to a user request or input information according to a user's operation. In the present invention, the user input signal may include, for example, a selection signal for the menu displayed on the execution screen of the application store, an application selection signal on the application list screen, a specific input signal, and an input signal on the detailed information screen . The input unit 130 may be implemented by a variety of input means that are currently commercialized or may be commercialized in the future. For example, the input unit 130 may include a general input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a touch screen, And gesture input means for sensing and generating a specific input signal.

The storage unit 140 stores a program and data necessary for the operation of the terminal device 100 and basically stores an operating program of the terminal device 100. In addition, . In particular, the storage unit 140 according to the embodiment of the present invention may store an application providing (app store) program provided from the service device 200, application information, and detailed information of the application. The storage unit 140 may be an optical storage medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Video Disk) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

Finally, the output unit 150 is basically a means for outputting information generated according to the use of the terminal device 100 so that the user can recognize the information through visual, auditory, or tactile sense. The output unit 150 may include a display device for outputting visual information, an audio device (speaker) for outputting auditory information, a haptic device for outputting tactile information, and the like. The display device may be 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 input device 130. An audio device may represent a speaker typically. Accordingly, in particular, the output unit 150 according to the embodiment of the present invention can display an application store program execution screen. When the user selects the best category, the application 150 displays the application list screen configured in the controller 110, When one application is selected according to a specific input signal on the list screen, detailed information can be displayed on the application list screen and a detailed view screen configured by the control unit 110 can be displayed according to the application selection signal. Further, the output unit 150 displays the application list screen again when an input signal is detected on the detailed information screen or the detailed information screen.

Next, a configuration of a service apparatus of an application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service device 200 interworks with one or more terminal devices 100 through a communication network 10, and performs operations for providing various applications through an application store. For this, the service apparatus 200 may include a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

The control unit 210 provides the application store program to the terminal device 100 and executes the application store in the terminal device 100 to request the application, Various applications can be provided.

Specifically, when receiving the application store execution message as the application store program is executed from the terminal device 100, the control unit 210 transmits an application providing message including the application information to the terminal device 100 through the executed application store . When the new application is periodically registered, the control unit 210 may transmit the application information to the terminal device 100. [

In addition, when the user selects a specific category menu, for example, a BEST category menu on the initial screen and receives an application information request message, the control unit 210 displays recommendation, And an application list for each menu item such as a new application or an application coordination, and transmits the configured application list to the terminal device 100. Here, the application list for each menu item may include various applications corresponding to each menu item.

Upon receiving a detailed information request message for the selected application from the terminal device 100 according to the selection of one application included in the provided application list, the controller 210 transmits detailed information on the selected application to the terminal device 100, Lt; / RTI >

In addition, when the control unit 210 receives a purchase request for the selected application from the terminal device 100, the control unit 210 provides the application requested to be downloaded by the user so that the user can download the application. It is possible to perform the settlement processing in conjunction with the settlement processing.

In addition, when the controller 210 is requested to present the selected application in the terminal device 100, the controller 210 can check the corresponding user information included in the request message and provide the requested application to the other user to present. At this time, the control unit 210 first transmits a notification message indicating that the gift has arrived, and when the counterpart user confirms the notification message and requests the application, the control unit 210 can provide the application to the counterpart user upon request.

The control unit 210 can manage the purchase history or the purchase history of each terminal device 100 and can acquire interest information of the user based on the purchase or the history information. Accordingly, the control unit 210 can construct and provide an application list according to the identified interest information. For example, when the application that the user of the terminal device 100 mainly downloads is related to the melody movie, the control unit 210 can provide the application list with the application for the melody movie as a priority in the recommendation item.

The communication unit 220 transmits and receives messages for providing applications to one or more terminal devices 100 through the communication network 10. The communication unit 220 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 220 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 220 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively. In particular, when the communication unit 220 periodically or when an application is registered, the communication unit 220 can transmit detailed information on the application or application according to a request to the terminal device 100. [

The storage unit 230 stores relevant information for application provisioning. Specifically, the storage unit 230 stores application information registered from application providing programs (web store programs) and application producers, and stores purchase and gift history information, interest information, and the like for each terminal device 100. The storage unit 230 may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Video Disk) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

A method for providing application detailed information in the thus configured application providing system will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing detailed information of an application in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step 1101, the terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives, stores, and installs a program for providing an application from the service device 200, for example, an app store program.

Thereafter, in step 1102, the user selects an app store icon displayed on the screen of the terminal device 100 and confirms whether the application store program is requested to be executed. If it is determined in step 1103 that the terminal 100 has received the request signal for the execution of the application store program, the terminal device 100 executes the application store program and displays the initial screen of the application store on the display unit of the output unit 150 do. At this time, the terminal device 100 transmits a message notifying the execution of the app store to the service device 200. Accordingly, the service device 200 configures application information to be provided through the application store, and transmits an application providing message including the configured application information to the terminal device 100.

In step 1104, the terminal device 100 receives the application providing message from the service device 200 and stores the application information included in the application providing message.

Then, if the user selects, for example, the BEST category from the category displayed on the app store initial screen, the terminal device 100 forms a basic category screen of the best category in step 1105, The application information list received is displayed as a list, and the application list screen of the best category is displayed.

Thereafter, in step 1106, the terminal device 100 confirms which of the applications displayed on the application list screen is selected by the user. That is, any one of the applications is selected, and it is confirmed whether or not a specific input signal having directionality is detected corresponding to the selected application. If it is determined that a specific input signal is detected, the terminal device 100 displays detailed information on the selected application on the application list screen in step 1107. At this time, the terminal device 100 expands the display area of the application selected in the application list screen in the direction corresponding to the specific input signal, exposes the area for displaying the detailed information, Displays detailed information about the application. At this time, at the same time, the terminal device 100 transmits an application detailed information request message requesting detailed information about the selected application to the service device 200. Accordingly, the service device 200 configures detailed information about the application and transmits the application providing message including the configured application detailed information to the terminal device 100.

Thereafter, in step 1108, the terminal device 100 confirms whether an input signal is detected on the application list screen showing detailed information. If it is determined that the input signal is detected, the terminal device 100 hides detailed information on the application list screen in step 1109 and displays the application list again.

If the purchase menu displayed in the detailed information area displayed on the application list screen is selected by the user in step 1107, the terminal device 100 transmits a purchase request message for the selected application to the service device 200, When the purchasing process is completed in the service device 200, the corresponding application provided in the service device 200 can be downloaded and stored. At this time, when the purchase menu is selected, the terminal device 100 moves to the archive screen and displays a purchase list including applications purchased on the archive screen.

In addition, when the presenting menu is selected, the terminal device 100 transmits a gift request message including the relative user information to present the selected application to the service device 200, receives the result message from the service device 200 can do. At this time, the terminal device 100 moves to the depository screen and can display a gift list including applications presented on the depository screen. Information about the purchased or presented application can be easily displayed by displaying it in the form of an icon on the My Page screen in association with My Page.

On the other hand, if an input signal is received as a result of the user clicking the application icon or the brief information area once in step 1106, the terminal device 100 moves to the detail view screen for the selected application on the currently displayed application list screen A detailed view screen can be displayed. Accordingly, the service device 200 configures detailed information about the application and transmits the application providing message including the configured application detailed information to the terminal device 100. Then, the terminal device 100 can display the application detailed information on the detailed view screen. Thereafter, when the input signal is detected in the currently displayed detail view screen, the terminal device 100 moves to the application list screen and can display the application list again.

The method for providing application detailed information according to the present invention can be implemented in software form readable by various computer means and recorded in 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 a hardware device 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.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing application detailed information and an application providing system therefor. When an application is selected according to a specific input signal by a user in an application list displayed on an execution screen of a web store, The detail information of the selected application is displayed on the execution screen displaying the application list, thereby reducing the depth of the user input to the detailed information view. In displaying the application on the application store in the terminal device, The efficiency and quality of the step can be improved, and there is an industrial applicability that can reduce costs and improve productivity through internalization of motion production.

10: communication network 100: terminal device 110:
111: Application providing management module
120: communication unit 130: input unit 140:
150: output unit 200: service apparatus 210: control unit
220: communication unit 230: storage unit

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A communication unit for performing communication for providing a service device and an application;
Wherein the control unit is operable to control the display unit to display an application list received from the service device on the application list screen of the application providing program and to select one of the applications from the application list, A control unit configured to extend a display area of the selected application in a direction corresponding to a specific input signal to display detailed information on the selected application in a display area of the extended application; And
An output unit operatively connected to the control unit for displaying detailed information on the application list and the selected application on the application list screen;
And a terminal device. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein when the input signal for the selected application is detected on the application list screen in which the detailed information is displayed, the terminal device moves to a detailed view screen and controls to display a detail view screen for the selected application. The apparatus of claim 1,
And controls to display at least one item of recommendation, paid, free, new, and / or application-coordinated on the application list screen. The apparatus of claim 3,
Wherein the service list comprises an application list for the applications provided by the service apparatus for each of the displayed items, an application list configured by the items is connected to the corresponding items and stored, And displays it on the application list screen. The method of claim 1,
A purchase menu, and a gift menu for the selected application. 6. The apparatus of claim 5,
When the input signal to the purchase menu or the gift menu is detected, the selected application is included in the purchase list, and moves to the archive screen to display the purchase list on the archive screen. . The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein when the specific input signal is detected again on the application list screen displaying the detailed information, the extended application display area is reduced and only the application list is displayed on the application list screen. A communication unit for communicating with at least one terminal device to provide an application; And
Wherein the at least one terminal device is functionally connected to the communication unit and controls to transmit an application list including a plurality of applications while the application providing program is being executed according to a request of the one or more terminal devices, A control unit that controls the one or more terminal devices to transmit detailed information on the selected application to be displayed on an application display area of an application list screen extending in a direction corresponding to a specific input signal when a specific input signal having directionality is detected, ;
Wherein the service device comprises: When an application is selected from a user list in the application list and a specific input signal having a direction corresponding to the selected application is detected, One or more terminal devices that extend the display area of the selected application to display detailed information on the selected application in a display area of the extended application; And
Providing the application providing program to the one or more terminal apparatuses, transmitting the application list to the one or more terminal apparatuses while the application providing program is being executed, and transmitting detailed information on the selected application from the one or more terminal apparatuses to the one or more terminal apparatuses A service device for transmitting to a device;
The application providing system comprising: Executing an application providing program provided from the service device;
Receiving an application list from the service device;
Displaying the received application list on an application list screen of the application providing program;
Selecting any application from the user in the application list and confirming whether or not a specific input signal having a directionality corresponding to the selected application is sensed;
Extending the display area of the selected application in a direction corresponding to the specific input signal when the specific input signal is sensed; And
Displaying detailed information on the selected application in a display area of an extended application;
And transmitting the application detailed information to the terminal device. 11. The method of claim 10,
Moving to a detailed view screen when an input signal for the selected application is detected on the application list screen displaying the detailed information; And
Outputting a detailed view of the selected application;
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 11. The method of claim 10,
Requesting the service apparatus for detailed information on the selected specific application when a specific application is selected on the application list screen; And
Receiving and storing detailed information on the selected specific application from the service device;
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 11. The method of claim 10,
Downloading the selected application from the service device when an input signal for purchase included in the detailed information is detected;
Inserting the downloaded application into a purchase list;
Moving to a storage box screen; And
Displaying the purchase list on the storage box screen;
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 11. The method of claim 10,
Transmitting a gift request message for the selected application to the service device when an input signal for presenting included in the detailed information is sensed;
Including the selected application in a gift list;
Moving to a storage box screen; And
Displaying a gift list including the selected application on the storage screen;
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method for providing the application detailed information according to any one of claims 11 to 14.
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