KR20150039629A - Method For User Relationship Extension And Reduction Using Mobile Instant Message System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for user relationship extension and reduction using a mobile instant message (MIM) system comprising: a step where an MIM identification unit receives an MIM type from a community user using an application; a step where an encryption unit receives information about one or more among a phone ID, phone number, email from the community user using an application, encrypts the information, and stores encrypted data on a server; a step where an MIM unique number generator generates an MIM unique number using the MIM type, and one or more among an encrypted phone ID, phone number, and email; a step where a user relationship information display unit displays information about one or more among a source of community user information, MIM type, MIM unique number, current user relationship, and user relationship registration information to a first user; and a step where a user relationship management unit receives a user relationship extension or reduction command about a second user from the first user, and extends or reduces the user relationship accordingly.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for expanding and reducing a user relationship using a mobile instant messaging system,

The present invention relates to a method for extending and reducing user relationships using a mobile instant messaging system.

Due to the development of information and communication technology, consumers now have various types of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs, as well as desktop computers, and use them to consume various contents such as movies, images and news articles. Such content may be for the user's entertainment or for the user's business. Among these, the most emerging field is the game field where mobile instant messaging system is used as a platform.

Previously, if several users were playing games at the same time, it was common to enjoy 1: 1 games while connected using a wired network, etc. Recently, mobile instant messaging systems such as KakaoTok, Band, Line, message system (MIM) for short) provides a game service by using itself as a platform, and has advantages over accessibility than any other platform, so that many users can enjoy the game simultaneously or alone in the corresponding MIM system.

Another feature of the game service using the mobile instant message is that a friend in the MIM that he originally knew can be added or deleted as a friend in each game service. This means that existing online games have to add friends by using their own IDs or other means to add friends, and they can now play games together by adding friends who have already exchanged instant messages in their daily lives . These advantages have led to explosive growth of gaming services using the mobile instant messaging system as a platform, and many users are currently using such gaming services.

Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2012-0081368 discloses a method of inviting a game through a chat on a mobile platform. The present invention relates to a method for inviting a game through a chat on a mobile platform, and more particularly, to a method for inviting a game through a chat on a mobile platform, more specifically, a first smartphone accessing a server through a network and providing information for platform account access to a server. 102. A method for allowing a server to access an account of a first smartphone, the method comprising: The server providing a list of other user smartphones registered as friends in the account or a list of games running on the first smart phone to the first smartphone; 104) transmitting information about any one of the other smartphone users registered by the first smartphone to the server selected by the user or selected by the user among the game list; The server pushing a message including an application identifier of the selected game to a second smartphone as the selected smartphone; A message received from the first smart phone, a message including the application identifier of the selected game, a message transmitted from the second smart phone to the first smart phone through the server, A step 106 of parsing the pushed messages and displaying them on a screen in chronological order; And a message including the application identifier of the selected game displayed on the screen is selected and parsed, if the game corresponding to the application identifier is already installed in the second smartphone, And executing the game corresponding to the identifier.

However, the enlargement of the user relationship using the mobile instant messaging system is possible only for users using the same mobile instant messaging system (same MIM system), and only after a considerable interaction between users through chatting, etc. . Therefore, it is true that the expansion of user relations among users using other instant messaging systems is not easy. The present invention addresses this problem and suggests a method for easily expanding and reducing the user relationship based on various mobile instant messaging systems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to enable a user to expand and contract the mobile communication system integrally in various mobile instant messaging systems.

In addition, this method may be performed in a web-based manner or may be based on an application (app) using a mobile device and a computer.

We need to present a method to expand the user relationship with only minimal information, in contrast to the fact that it required a lot of information to expand the user relationship online.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal, To provide a way to enable

Specifically, the above object is achieved by a mobile communication system, comprising: receiving an MIM type by an application from a MIM identifying unit community user; encrypting the received information by using at least one of a phone ID, a telephone number, and an e- A step of generating an MIM unique number using one of the encrypted phone ID, the telephone number, and the e-mail, the step of storing the user identification information in a server, The method comprising the steps of: displaying at least one of a unique number, a user's current relationship, and a user relationship registration information to a first user; receiving a user relationship expansion or reduction command for the second user from the first user; Expanding or contracting the MIM system < RTI ID = 0.0 > And a method for expanding and reducing the user relationship using the system.

MIM, and Web bulletin board, it is possible to provide a method to easily manage the addition and deletion of user relationship (friend), and implement a role to support it efficiently.

Especially, it can be useful when you want to open a friend's e-mail or ID, which is relatively insignificant among his / her personal information, and enjoy the game.

Through the present invention, a user can easily expand and contract the user relationship in a service (e.g., a game) to be enjoyed by himself / herself, and can identify himself / herself without needing to provide information with a risk of information leakage The user relationship can be managed by providing only a part of information (for example, phone ID, e-mail, etc.).

In particular, since the present invention helps service users to easily expand the user relationship even if they are not related to each other, the game company can use the existing users and new users in a pool of friends, So that it is possible to enjoy a game more satisfactorily in accordance with the user's preference and to provide a basis for recommending a new game among enlarged users.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a process of expanding and reducing a user relationship using a MIM system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram of a friend request registering unit and a friend adding / deleting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating components for expanding and contracting user relationships according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating user relationship management using an MIM unique number according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating user relationship management using a phone number according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating user relationship management using an MIM unique number and a phone unique number according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, however, the following drawings are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Also, terms used below in the specification are defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and this may be different according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be determined based on the contents throughout this specification. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, but is merely an example of the constituent elements disclosed in the claims of the present invention, and is included in technical ideas throughout the specification of the present invention, It is to be noted that the embodiment including the replaceable component as an equivalent in the constituent elements of the present invention is included in the scope of the present invention.

In order to explain the present invention through the drawings of FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, FIG.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a process of expanding and reducing a user relationship using a MIM system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention is especially useful in the game field, the invention will be described on the assumption that the user is a gamer. It should be understood, however, that the scope of the invention is not limited to the scope of the game, but only by the claims.

First, a gamer (user) starts a game or starts an application (abbreviated as an app) (S10). At this time, gamers can take advantage of bulletin boards or game credit sharing apps to expand or shrink user relationships (i.e., add and delete friends). The bulletin board may be provided by a game company or may be operated by a third party. Game credits are similar to cyber money, which is usually required when using online games. Recently, games have been set up to allow users to enjoy game credits in the event that the user has the game credits. To drive profit margins and expand user relationships.

Specifically, when the game credit is exhausted, the user can no longer play the game. In the case of expanding the user relationship (that is, adding a friend), an additional game credit is paid as compensation for the game. . Game credits can be called various names such as Hearts, Potions, and so on. Anything that plays the role of a coin that allows the user to enjoy the game regardless of its name belongs to game credits. As a result, users are encouraged to share and credit these gaming credits, or to expand their user relationships, and to reward more gaming credits. In this case, the present invention provides a convenient method for managing (expanding or reducing) the relationship between users.

When the user uses the bulletin board, the user is asked whether to install the application (S20). The app is an app which enables expansion and reduction of a friend addition according to the present invention, and if the app is already installed, it proceeds to a step of selecting an MIM which the user uses later (S50). If the app is not installed, the process proceeds to step S30 to receive the app install agreement. If the user does not consent to the installation of the application, the MIM and the game to be used by the user are selected while the subsequent application is uninstalled, and the application for automatically registering the game credit is registered in the web bulletin board (S80). User information (MIM information, game information, etc.) is extracted from the game credit sharing application at a later time, and the user information is displayed to other users.

As you can see above, for sharing game credits, users can divide their information by using either app or web bulletin board, and it is up to the user to choose which one.

If the user agrees to the installation of the application in step S30, a step S40 for installing the application download is performed. Then, the process proceeds to step S50 for selecting the MIM to be used by the user.

In step S50 of the flow chart, the app is installed in a device already used by the user. In step S50, the user can select a MIM to be used by the user (for example, a karaoke, a witheat, a line, or the like) and selects a MIM.

If the MIM is not selected in step S50, the flow advances to step S60. When the user does not want to provide information on the MIM used by the user, the user identification information can be registered using information such as phone ID, telephone directory, telephone number, and e-mail. Users who are reluctant to disclose their personal information may not reveal the MIM they use through this method. If the request for adding a friend is made via this information, the process proceeds to step S70. If the friend request is not made, the process proceeds to step S120 and ends.

In step S70, the user registers his / her information and friend request items in the game credit (heart) sharing application and the web bulletin board with the ID selected from the phone ID, letter or email, and then proceeds to step S120 and ends.

The above description shows the flow in the case where the user uses the bulletin board in accordance with the flow at the upper part of FIG. Hereinafter, the flow of the case where the user uses the game credit sharing application at step S10 will be described.

If the user uses the game credit sharing application, the flow advances from step S10 to step S100. In step S100, the user can register a game credit request on the app. If the user registers the game credit request, the process proceeds to step S50, and the subsequent steps are the same as those described above. However, if the user does not register the game credit request in step S100, the user can proceed to the game credit friend management request step S110. If the user requests the game credit friend management step, the step of executing the in-app friend add / delete management page ).

If it is determined in step S110 that the game credit buddy management request is not made, the flow proceeds to step S120, and after step S130, the flow proceeds to step S120.

The above description refers to FIG. 1, which shows what steps are being performed using a web-based bulletin board (notice bulletin board) and an application (app) to share game credits.

2 is a schematic diagram of a friend request registering unit and a friend adding / deleting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The friend request registering unit 100 includes a step of registering the information of the friend in the web bulletin board or the game integrated management application so that the user can receive the friend request and request the friend.

The friend request registration unit confirms whether the friend add-on application is installed or not, and invites the user (the first user) to install the application in the non-installed state. If the app is installed in the future, the friend request registering unit 100 can register a friend request in both the web bulletin board 300 and the game integrated management application 400. In this case, the other user (the second user) can confirm the information of the first user through both the web bulletin board and the game integrated management application. In addition, information (MIM type, phone ID, phone number, e-mail address, etc.) necessary for adding friends among the contents of the web bulletin board can be automatically extracted and checked in the game integrated management application. .

If the friend add app is not installed in the friend request registering unit, the friend request registering unit 100 can register the friend request only through the web bulletin board. However, even if the friend request is registered in the web bulletin board as described above, the information of the first user is automatically extracted and transmitted to the game integrated management application, so that the second user can check the friend request registration confirmation information of the first user can do.

The game integrated management application 400 registers the game credit friend request of the MIM gamer or the non-MIM (gamer who does not use the MIM) in the friend request registering unit 100 using the friend request registration confirmation information. This request allows the third party (other users of the community including the second user) to access the information of the first user to which the friend request is registered.

In FIG. 2, the friend adding / deleting unit 200 is a part for allowing a friend to be added or deleted through an application. When you request to add a friend in the game, the app launches and the app uninstaller receives instructions on installing the app. When you receive a friend add / delete command, your app will run and allow you to add and remove friends.

The Add / Remove Friends section allows you to access your friend selection properties, which allows you to delete / register your MIM Gamer B Credits friend and / or delete / register your non MIM Gamer Game Credits friend.

3 is a block diagram illustrating components for expanding and contracting user relationships according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Components necessary for expanding and reducing the user relationship according to the present invention include an application management unit 10, an MIM identification unit 20, an encryption unit 30, an MIM unique number generation unit 40, a user relationship information display unit 50, and a user relationship management unit 60. [

The addition and reduction of the friends of the present invention comprises the following steps:

First, the application management unit determines whether or not the application of the user information input device is installed, and proceeds to step S1 if the application is not installed in the user information input device. The application is an application that facilitates expansion and reduction of a user relationship in a mobile device or the like. However, this step may be optional because some users may already have an application installed.

Next, the MIM identification unit adds the MIM type to the community user using the application (S2). The MIM identification unit identifies the type of MIM (mobile instant message, i.e., CAT, voice, line, etc.) used by the user. It is important to check the MIMs supported by the game because the game service used for each MIM may be different from that of the MIM.

Next, the encryption unit receives the at least one of the phone ID, the telephone number, and the e-mail using the application from the community user, encrypts the information, and stores the encrypted information in the server (S3). The community is a community of users who want to use expansion and contraction of user relations. Community users can publish information of their own information to a certain extent using this application, and other users can use such information It is one of the benefits of the present invention to be able to easily extend the user relationship. Accordingly, it is the same as building a basic database for community users by encrypting information such as phone ID, telephone number, and e-mail and storing it in the server.

The MIM unique number generator generates the MIM unique number using any one of the encrypted phone ID, the telephone number, and the e-mail (S3). The MIM unique number includes at least one of a user's encrypted phone ID, a telephone number, and e-mail, and may optionally include a MIM type. Other users can easily enlarge or reduce the user relationship by using the MIM unique number.

Thereafter, the user relationship information display unit displays the information of at least one of the source of the community user information, the MIM type, the MIM unique number, the user current relationship, and the user relationship registration information to the first user (S4). The first user is a person who wants to enlarge or reduce the user relationship by using information of another user (second user) of the community (MIM type, phone ID, phone number, email, etc.) It is the person who disclosed his information to this application to expand his user relations.

Thereafter, the user relationship management unit receives a user relationship expansion or reduction command for the second user from the first user to expand or contract the user relationship (S5). At this time, in the step of the user relationship management unit expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving the user relationship expansion or reduction command for the second user from the first user, the first user specifies the specific period, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > user relationship < / RTI > This is an extremely useful method for users who want to maintain the user relationship only for a certain period of time, and may set such a period in advance to automatically delete the user relationship (friend deletion) after a certain period of time.

FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram illustrating user relationship management using an MIM unique number according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating user relationship management using a phone number according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The method described above is a method that can be used when the MIM is identified or when the user provides information on the type of MIM used by the user. If a community user is reluctant to provide information about his / her MIM type, the invention can be accomplished including the following steps:

1. The encryption unit receives the information of at least one of the phone ID, the telephone number and the e-mail from the community user, encrypts the encrypted information, and stores the encrypted information in the server

2. The phone number generating unit generates the phone number using the encrypted phone ID, the phone number, and the e-mail

3. The step of displaying, by the user relationship information display unit, information on at least one of the source of the community user information, the phone number, the user's current relationship, and the user relationship registration information to the first user

4. The step of the user relationship management unit expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving a user relationship expansion or reduction command for the second user from the first user

In this method, it is difficult to generate the MIM unique number, and instead, the phone unique number is generated using other information (phone ID, telephone number, e-mail, etc.). The first user can access the information of the other user (the second user) by using the phone specific number, and the user relationship can be expanded and reduced (friend addition and deletion).

In the case of expanding the user relationship according to the above-described methods, the user can make a friend request and make a friend request with only the phone ID, e-mail or MIM ID even though the user does not know the phone number of the other party to add as a friend.

An embodiment of the user relationship management using the MIM unique number and the phone unique number of the present invention at the same time is shown in FIG.

You can also join a friend who has not joined MIM even if you join the MIM, and you can invite friends to register and play games together. You can also automatically subscribe friends to subscribe to a specific MIM, such as MIM policy, or you can register to send a friend request from your app. If you click on a friend request on the app's friend request page, you can add your phone ID, As shown in FIG.

Meanwhile, the present invention may be embodied in a computer program including a series of instructions for performing the above-described user relationship expansion and reduction method, in one embodiment. That is, the present invention may be a computer program running on a predetermined operating system, for example, a mobile operating system, and the program may process a process according to the series of instructions so that the method according to the present invention is implemented. In another embodiment of the present invention, it may be a recording medium on which the computer program is stored, such as a floppy disk, a CD, a DVD, a hard disk memory, various kinds of memory, or the like, , A computer or similar electronic device, such as a smart phone, etc., that reads the computer program in the recording medium performs the method according to the present invention in accordance with the series of instructions on the computer program.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. In addition, various modifications and improvements within the scope of equivalents of those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention are also within the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (8)

Receiving an MIM type from an MIM identifying unit community user using an application;
Receiving, by the encryption unit, at least one of a phone ID, a phone number, and an e-mail using an application from a community user, storing the encrypted information in a server;
Generating an MIM unique number using at least one of the MIM type, the encrypted phone ID, the telephone number, and the e-mail;
Displaying the user relationship information display unit to a first user with at least one of a source of the community user information, an MIM type, an MIM unique number, a user current relationship, and a user relationship registration information;
And expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving a user relationship expansion or reduction command from the first user to the second user by the user relationship management unit.
Extracting a MIM type used by a community user from the MIM identification unit web board;
Extracting and encrypting at least one of a phone ID, a phone number, and an e-mail of a community user from the web board, and storing the extracted information in the server;
Generating an MIM unique number using at least one of the MIM type, the encrypted phone ID, the telephone number, and the e-mail;
Displaying the user relationship information display unit to a first user with at least one of a source of the community user information, an MIM type, an MIM unique number, a user current relationship, and a user relationship registration information;
And expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving a user relationship expansion or reduction command from the first user to the second user by the user relationship management unit.
Determining whether the application management unit has installed the application of the user information input device and proceeding to install the application if the application is not installed in the user information input device;
Receiving an MIM type from an MIM identifying unit community user using an application;
Receiving, by the encryption unit, at least one of a phone ID, a phone number, and an e-mail using an application from a community user, storing the encrypted information in a server;
Generating an MIM unique number using at least one of the MIM type, the encrypted phone ID, the telephone number, and the e-mail;
Displaying the user relationship information display unit to a first user with at least one of a source of the community user information, an MIM type, an MIM unique number, a user current relationship, and a user relationship registration information; And
And expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving a user relationship expansion or reduction command from the first user to the second user by the user relationship management unit.
Determining whether the application management unit has installed the application of the user information input device and proceeding to install the application if the application is not installed in the user information input device;
Extracting a MIM type used by a community user from the MIM identification unit web board;
Extracting and encrypting at least one of a phone ID, a phone number, and an e-mail of a community user from the web board, and storing the extracted information in the server;
Generating an MIM unique number using at least one of the MIM type, the encrypted phone ID, the telephone number, and the e-mail;
Displaying the user relationship information display unit to a first user with at least one of a source of the community user information, an MIM type, an MIM unique number, a user current relationship, and a user relationship registration information;
And expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving a user relationship expansion or reduction command from the first user to the second user by the user relationship management unit.
The method according to claim 1 or 3,
In the step of expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving the user relationship expansion or reduction instruction for the second user from the first user,
Wherein the first user enables a user relationship expansion for a second user only for a specific period by designating a specific time period.
The method according to claim 2 or 4,
In the step of expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving the user relationship expansion or reduction instruction for the second user from the first user,
Wherein the first user enables a user relationship expansion for a second user only for a specific period by designating a specific time period.
Receiving, by the encryption unit, at least one of the phone ID, the phone number, and the e-mail from the community user and storing the encrypted information in the server;
Generating a phone number by using the encrypted phone ID, the phone number, and the e-mail;
Displaying a user relationship information display unit to a first user with at least one of a source of community user information, a phone number, a user current relationship, and a user relationship registration information;
And expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving a user relationship expansion or reduction command from the first user to the second user by the user relationship management unit.
8. The method of claim 7,
In the step of expanding or reducing the user relationship by receiving the user relationship expansion or reduction instruction for the second user from the first user,
Wherein the first user enables a user relationship expansion for a second user only for a specific period by designating a specific time period.

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