KR20150045353A - Apparatus and method for processing message - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for handling a message and to an electronic device executing the same and, more specifically, to a method for handling a message between applications providing an identical messenger service and to an electronic device executing the same. According to an aspect of the present invention, the electronic device includes: a storage module storing a plurality of applications; a communications module to communicate with an external device; and a controller which obtains a message by connecting to a messenger server through the communications module during a polling cycle of one application providing a specific messenger service, updates the message log of the application based on the message, and updates the message log of at least one other application among the stored applications based on the message, wherein the other application provides a messenger service practically identical to the specific messenger service.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message processing method and an electronic apparatus for performing the same, and more particularly, to a method for processing a message between applications performing the same messenger service and an electronic apparatus for performing the same.

Recently, with the spread of smartphones, many people are using instant messenger to exchange conversations. An instant messenger, also referred to as an Internet instant messenger or instant messenger, refers to a program or device that sends and receives messages and the like between terminals using an Internet network.

There are push and polling methods for sending and receiving messages in instant messenger. Push is a method in which a messenger server directly sends a message received from a sending client to a receiving client. For this, the messenger server has to support a push function. On the contrary, polling is advantageous in that a messenger server can be constructed more easily than a push method in that a receiving client periodically accesses a messenger server to acquire a message.

However, in general, the polling method is less real-time than the push method, and there is a disadvantage that the data packet rate and the power consumption are generated in the process of connecting the client to the messenger server.

An aspect of the present invention is to provide a message processing method for performing a messenger service without performing a polling operation for receiving a message for each application by sharing a message between applications performing the same messenger service, and an electronic device performing the message processing.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a storage module for storing a plurality of applications; A communication module for performing communication with an external device; And acquiring a message by accessing a messenger server through the communication module when a polling period of any one application providing a specific messenger service has elapsed, updating a message log of the one application based on the message, And a controller for updating a message log of at least one other application that provides a messenger service substantially the same as the specific messenger service based on the message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message processing method performed by an electronic device having a plurality of applications, the method comprising: acquiring a message by accessing a messenger server when a polling cycle of one application providing a specific messenger service has elapsed ; Updating a message log of any one of the applications based on the message; And updating, based on the message, a message log of at least one other application substantially providing the specific messenger service substantially the same messenger service among the plurality of applications .

It is to be understood that the solution of the problem of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned solutions, and the solutions which are not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs It will be possible.

According to the present invention, by sharing a message received by a polling operation by any one application providing a messenger service with another application providing the same messenger service, each application provides a messenger service without performing a duplicated polling operation And consequently power consumption and consumption of communication packets can be reduced, further saving the battery and reducing communication expenses.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and the effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a messenger service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a message processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a list of applications installed in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram of a compatibility group according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a polling operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram for updating a message log according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating another example of the polling operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a notification message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart of a message processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to be illustrative of the present invention and not to limit the scope of the invention. Should be interpreted to include modifications or variations that do not depart from the spirit of the invention.

Although the terms used in the present invention have been selected in consideration of the functions of the present invention, they are generally used in general terms. However, the present invention is not limited to the intention of the person skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs . However, if a specific term is defined as an arbitrary meaning, the meaning of the term will be described separately. Accordingly, the terms used herein should be interpreted based on the actual meaning of the term rather than on the name of the term, and on the content throughout the description.

The drawings attached hereto are intended to illustrate the present invention easily, and the shapes shown in the drawings may be exaggerated and displayed as necessary in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and thus the present invention is not limited to the drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a detailed description of known configurations or functions related to the present invention will be omitted when it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be obscured.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a storage module for storing a plurality of applications; A communication module for performing communication with an external device; And acquiring a message by accessing a messenger server through the communication module when a polling period of any one application providing a specific messenger service has elapsed, updating a message log of the one application based on the message, And a controller for updating a message log of at least one other application that provides a messenger service substantially the same as the specific messenger service based on the message.

Also, the controller may update the message log of the another application when the polling period of the another application has elapsed.

The controller accesses the messenger server through the communication module when the polling period of the other application has elapsed to acquire a new message newly added after the elapse of the polling period of any one of the applications, The message log may be updated based on the message log.

The controller may update the message log of the another application and reset the polling period of the other application without waiting for the polling period of the other application when the message is acquired.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display, wherein the controller displays a notification message informing receipt of the message reflecting the information on the one application and information on the other application when the message is acquired .

Further comprising an input module, wherein the controller obtains a user input from the user through the input module to select a particular application from among the one application and the at least one other application, You can run specific applications.

The controller may determine the other application among the plurality of applications based on application setting information including at least one of service information about the application, server information, and message receiving method information.

In addition, the controller may generate an application group including an application providing the specific messenger service among the plurality of applications, and determine the remaining applications of the application group other than the one application as the other application.

Further, the controller counts the frequency of use of applications belonging to the application group, sets an application having the highest frequency of use among the applications in the application group as a representative application, and the one of the applications may be the representative application .

The controller may disable the polling operation of the applications other than the representative application among the applications belonging to the application group.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message processing method performed by an electronic device having a plurality of applications, the method comprising: acquiring a message by accessing a messenger server when a polling cycle of one application providing a specific messenger service has elapsed ; Updating a message log of any one of the applications based on the message; And updating, based on the message, a message log of at least one other application substantially providing the specific messenger service substantially the same messenger service among the plurality of applications .

The step of updating the message log of the another application may be performed when the polling period of the another application passes.

And accessing the instant messenger server when a polling cycle of the another application has elapsed to acquire a new message newly added after a polling cycle elapse of the one of the applications,

In updating the message log of the another application, the message log may be updated further based on the new message.

And updating the message log of the another application without waiting for the polling period of the other application when the message is acquired and resetting the polling period of the other application.

And displaying a notification message informing receipt of the message reflecting the information on the one application and information on the other application when the message is acquired.

Obtaining a user input for selecting a specific application from among the one application and the at least one other application; And driving the selected specific application according to the user input.

And determining the other application among the plurality of applications based on application setting information including at least one of service information, server information, and message receiving method information regarding the application.

Generating an application group including an application providing the specific messenger service among the plurality of applications; And determining the remaining applications of the application group other than the one application as the other applications.

Counting a frequency of use of an application belonging to the application group; And

Setting an application having the highest frequency of use among the applications in the application group as a representative application; and the one of the applications may be the representative application.

And deactivating the polling operation of the applications other than the representative application among the applications belonging to the application group.

Hereinafter, a messenger service system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The messenger service system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide a messenger service in which messages can be exchanged between users. Here, the messenger service refers to a service such as a text service such as a Short Message Service (SMS) or a Multimedia Message Service (MMS), a conventional 1: 1 or group chat type chat such as ICQ or MSN messenger or KakaoTalk Messaging service, mailing service such as social network service (SNS) such as twitter or facebook, mail mail (G-mail), Outlook mail, It should be interpreted as a comprehensive concept that includes all types of services that exchange messages in the form of text or multimedia.

1 is a block diagram of a messenger service system 1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The messenger service system 1000 may include an electronic device 1100 as a client and a messenger server 1200 as a host. The messenger server 1200 and the electronic device 1100 may be connected through a network. The network may be, for example, an Internet network. The messenger server 1200 and the electronic device 1100 can be physically connected to each other through a mobile communication network or a local area network and the connection between the messenger server 1200 and the electronic device 1100 can be realized through a base station of a mobile communication network, : Access Point) through a repeater.

In the messenger service system 1000, the messenger service can be performed according to the following procedure.

The sender's electronic device 1100 transmits a message to the messenger server 1200 and the messenger server 1200 transmits a message to the messenger server 1200. When the user sends a message to the sender's electronic device 1100, The server 1200 receives and stores the message and the electronic device 1100 on the side of the user receiving the message (hereinafter, referred to as 'receiver') can receive the message from the messenger server 1200. Accordingly, a message transmission / reception is performed between the sender-side electronic device 1100 and the receiver-side electronic device 1100, and the receiver-side electronic device 1100 provides the received message to the receiver so that a messenger service .

In the present invention, the transmission and reception of messages between the messenger server 1200 and the receiver-side electronic device 1100 can be performed in a polling manner. Specifically, the receiver-side electronic device 1100 periodically accesses the messenger server 1200 in accordance with the polling cycle, and the messenger server 1200 receives the message from the transmitter-side electronic device 1100 and transmits it to the receiver-side electronic device 1100 The messenger server 1200 transmits a request signal for confirming whether or not the message has an untransmitted message (hereinafter referred to as " untransmitted message "), and the messenger server 1200 transmits a response signal And may transmit an untransmitted message to the recipient electronic device (1100).

Hereinafter, an electronic device 1100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The electronic device 1100 can operate as a sender client or a receiver client in the messenger service as described above. To this end, the electronic device 1100 may be provided with an application for providing a messenger service (hereinafter referred to as a 'messenger application'). In the present invention, the messenger application may allow the electronic device 1100 to acquire a message from the messenger server 1200 according to the polling operation.

In the present invention, at least two compatible messenger applications providing the same messenger service may be installed in the electronic device 1100 (hereinafter referred to as 'compatible application' for the same service providing application, A messenger application providing a messenger service is referred to as a " compatible messenger application "). Here, the compatible messenger application means a program compatible with each other by sharing the messenger service through a specific service provider. More specifically, the compatible messenger application refers to a program that is different from each other but drives the receiving-side electronic device 1100 to receive a message created by using the specific web site or a specific instant messaging application on the sending-side electronic device 1100 can do.

For example, in an actual case, Twitter application (hereinafter referred to as "Twitter application") includes a basic application such as Twitter and other derivative applications such as Twicca, Twitter Caster, , And Seesmic. The above-described twitter applications can cause the receiver-side electronic device 1100 to receive a message transmitted from the sender's electronic device 1100 to the messenger server 1200 of the Twitter service in a Twitter account and provide the message to the receiver. These tweeter applications are different applications that differ in detailed user interface (UI) or have the characteristic of integrated application that provides Twitter service as well as Twitter service as in case of system , All provide the same Twitter service. That is, the above-described twitter applications all correspond to compatible applications for the twitter service.

Considering this point, it is possible to transmit a message between the sender and the receiver, when any one of the compatible messenger applications is installed in the sender's electronic device 1100 and the receiver's electronic device 1100, respectively. For example, the recipient's electronic device 1100 can receive a message using any of the compatible messenger applications, even if the sender's electronic device 1100 creates a message through a particular one of the compatible messenger applications. Compatible applications may use the same messenger server 1200 for the transmission of messages on the sender side and the recipient side, or may use messenger servers 1200 that are connected to each other via a network but perform substantially the same function.

Examples of the electronic device 1100 include a smart phone, a tablet, a tablet, a PDA, a navigation terminal, a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) terminal, a notebook, a smart TV, an IP TV, and a set-top box. However, the electronic device 1100 is not limited to the above-described example, but should be interpreted as a comprehensive concept including all other devices having a function as a client that connects to the messenger server 1200 via a network and provides a messenger service do.

The configuration of the electronic device 1100 for performing the above-mentioned messenger service is as follows.

2 is a block diagram of an electronic device 1100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the electronic device 1100 may include an input module 1110, an output module 1120, a storage module 1140, and a controller 1140.

The input module 1110 may receive a user input from a user.

Examples of the input module 1110 include a keyboard, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch sensitive module for sensing a touch of a user, a microphone for inputting a voice signal, and a gesture A camera module, an illuminance sensor for sensing user input according to illumination change, a motion sensor for recognizing an operation through an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, and various types of input means for sensing or receiving various types of user inputs Is a comprehensive concept. Here, the touch sensitive module may include a piezoelectric touch module or an electrostatic touch module that senses a touch through a touch panel attached to a display panel, or an optical touch module that senses a touch by an optical method. In addition, the input module 1110 may be implemented in the form of a port type input interface that connects an external input device that receives user input to the electronic device 1100, instead of being implemented as a device that detects a user input.

The output module 1120 can output various information to the user.

The output module 1120 is a comprehensive concept including a display for outputting images, a speaker for outputting sound, a haptic device for generating vibration, and various other types of output means.

Here, the display can display text, images, moving pictures, and various other information. The display may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a flat panel display (FPD) an optical image display apparatus including all kinds of displays capable of performing a display function, a flexible display, a 3D display, a holographic display, and other image display functions, It is a concept that means. In addition, the output module 1120 may be implemented in the form of a port type output interface that connects the above-described individual output means and the electronic device 1100.

Meanwhile, the input module 1110 and the output module 1120 may be integrated into one type of touch display.

The communication module 1130 can perform communication with an external device. For example, in the present invention, the communication module 1130 can communicate with the messenger server 1200 via the network. For example, the communication module 1130 may send a request signal to the messenger server 1200 to confirm presence or absence of an untransmitted message to perform polling, or may transmit a request signal to the messenger server 1200 as a response to a request signal from the messenger server 1200 Receive a response signal indicating the presence or absence of a delivery message, or receive an undelivered message.

In the present invention, the communication module 1130 may include at least one of a wired communication module using a wired communication network, a mobile communication module using a mobile communication network, a short range communication module using a wireless local area network, and a satellite communication module using a satellite communication network.

The wired communication module can communicate with an external device using a wired communication network. Here, the wired communication network may be a wired LAN or the like. The wired communication module can be connected to the network through a wired communication network.

The mobile communication module can communicate with an external device using a mobile communication network. Here, the mobile communication network includes a communication network conforming to various standards such as CDMA, GSM, CDS, cdmaOne, HSCSD, CDMA2000, UMTS, WCDMA, EV-DO, HSDPA, HSPA +, LTE, LTE-advanced, WiMAX, Wibro, . The mobile communication module can access the network via the base station through the mobile communication network.

The local area communication module can communicate with an external device using a local area network. Here, the local area network may include a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) communication network such as Wi-Fi and a WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network) communication network such as Bluetooth. The short-range communication module can access the network via the access point.

The satellite communication module can be connected to the satellite communication network. Accordingly, the satellite communication module can access the network through the satellite communication network and the satellite via the satellite.

In addition, the satellite communication module can receive satellite signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), including GPS (Global Positioning System), GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and GALILEO (Europian Satellite Navigation System). The electronic device 1100 can determine the current position of the electronic device 1100 based on the satellite signal.

However, the communication module 1130 is not limited to the above-described example, and thus the communication module 1130 may be implemented in various forms other than the communication module 1130 mentioned above. For example, the communication module 1130 may be a DMB module that receives a DMB signal.

The storage module 1140 may store various information. The storage module 1140 may store data semi-permanently or temporarily. Further, the storage module 1140 may be provided in a form embedded in the electronic device 1100 or in a form removably attachable to the electronic device 1100. Examples of the storage module 1140 include a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) And so on. The storage module 1140 may store various programs necessary or used for driving the electronic device 1100 such as an operating system (OS) for driving the electronic device 1100 and various application programs.

In the present invention, a plurality of applications may be installed in the storage module 1140. Here, a plurality of applications may include at least two messenger applications. Also, the messenger application may be a compatible messenger application compatible with each other, or may be an application program that uses a polling method as a message receiving method when messenger service is performed. Also, the storage module 1140 may store a message log, which is a list of messages acquired from the messenger server 1200 in the course of performing the messenger service or messages received through the messenger service in each application. In addition, various information necessary for driving the electronic device 1100 may be stored in the storage module 1140.

The controller 1140 controls the overall operation of the electronic device 1100. For this purpose, the controller 1140 may perform various operations of information and control the operation of the components of the electronic device 1100.

The controller 1140 may be implemented as a computer or similar device in accordance with hardware software or a combination thereof. The controller 1140 may be provided in the form of an electronic circuit that processes an electrical signal to perform a control function, and may be provided in a form of a program that drives a hardware controller 1140 in software. For example, the messenger service of the electronic device 1100 can be performed as the electronic circuit is driven by the messenger application installed in the electronic device 1100.

On the other hand, if there is no mention in the description of the message processing method to be described later, the operation of the electronic device 1100 can be interpreted as being performed according to the control of the controller 1140.

Hereinafter, a message processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Here, the message processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is described as being performed by the messenger service system 1000 including the electronic device 1100 and the messenger server 1200 described above. However, this is merely for convenience of explanation, and the message processing method does not necessarily have to be performed by the above-described electronic device 1100 and messenger server 1200, and is performed by another device or system that is the same or similar It is also possible.

3 is a flowchart of a message processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a message processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a step S110 of setting a messenger application performing the same messenger service as a compatible group, a step S120 of selecting a representative application in a compatible group, A step S130 of acquiring a message from the messenger server 1200 according to the elapse of a polling cycle of the specific messenger application, a step of acquiring a message by accessing the messenger server 1200 (S140), a step of updating the message log of the specific messenger application A step S160 of judging another application which is compatible with the specific application, a step S170 of updating a message log of another application, and a step S180 of outputting a notification message informing the reception of the message have. Hereinafter, each of the above-described steps will be described in detail.

First, a plurality of applications may be installed in the electronic device 1100. Applications installed in the electronic device 1100 can be stored in the storage module 1140 and driven and executed by the controller 1140. [ At least two or more messenger applications compatible with each other may be stored in a plurality of applications. Here, the compatible messenger application may enable the electronic device 1100 to receive a message from the messenger server 1200 according to the polling scheme.

4 is a list of applications installed in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the storage module 1140 stores applications related to the first messenger service (first application, second application, third application) and applications related to the second messenger service (the third application, the fourth application (The fifth application) related to the third messenger service and an application related to the service other than the messenger service (the seventh application including the seventh application) may be installed. Here, the first, second and third The first messenger service is a Twitter service, and the first and second applications are applications related to the same messenger service compatible with each other, and the third and fourth applications are also compatible with the same messenger service. , The third application is a Twitter program supporting Twitter service, The second messenger service may be a Facebook service, the third application may be a system program supporting Facebook service with Twitter, and the fourth application may be a Facebook program. In addition, the fifth application may be an MSN messenger program. The seventh application may be a game program, a multimedia program, a web browsing program, etc., which are not related to a messenger service.

In addition, the electronic device 1100 may provide a compatible messenger application among the plurality of applications, that is, the same messenger service, and set compatible messenger applications into a compatible group (S110). For example, the controller 1140 may create a compatible application list that points to compatible messenger applications.

For group setting, the controller 1140 can acquire setting information for the installed applications. Here, the setting information includes at least one of service information related to a service supported by the application, server information relating to a server used to provide a service supported by the application, and reception method information regarding a method of receiving a message or data from the server . ≪ / RTI > The service information may include information reflecting a service name (e.g., MSN messenger, twitter, etc.), and the server information may include information reflecting a server address (e.g., an IP address or URL address) The reception method information may include, for example, information indicating a polling method or a push method.

The controller 1140 may set the messenger applications providing the same messenger service as a compatible group using the polling method based on the setting information. For example, the controller 1140 may set an application providing the same messenger service as a compatible group based on the service information. Or the controller 1140 may set an application that uses substantially the same messenger server 1200 to a compatible group. Herein, substantially the same messenger server 1200 may mean a physically identical messenger server 1200 or a messenger server 1200 that is interlocked or connected to each other on a network to physically perform separate or identical messenger services. Or the controller 1140 may set the compatibility group based on whether the application uses the polling scheme for message reception based on the information about the message reception scheme.

5 is a diagram of a compatibility group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the first, second, and third applications may all be programs that support a first messenger service (e.g., a Twitter service). The third and fourth applications may all be programs supporting a second messenger service (e.g., a Facebook service). Accordingly, the first, second, and third applications may be included in the compatible group of the first messenger service, and the third and fourth applications may be included in the compatibility group of the second messenger service. Here, the third application is an integrated program supporting both the first messenger service and the second messenger service, and may be included on both sides of the first compatibility group and the second compatibility group.

In addition, the electronic device 1100 can select a representative application among the applications belonging to the compatible group (S120).

At this time, the selection of the representative application can be determined based on the frequency of use of the application in the compatible group. For example, the controller 1140 may count the frequency of use of applications in a compatible group each time it is run or executed by a user. The controller 1140 can set an application having the highest frequency of use among applications in the compatible group as a representative application. Alternatively, the controller 1140 may set a higher predetermined number of applications, which are frequently used among the applications in the compatible group, as the representative application. Alternatively, the representative application may be set as an application whose frequency is higher than a predetermined frequency. In such cases, there may be more than one representative application.

Referring again to FIG. 5, among the compatible groups of the first messenger service, the first application having the highest usage frequency of 10 times / day is selected as the representative application, and among the compatible groups of the second messenger service, The fourth application can be selected as the representative application.

Or the representative application may be manually determined by the input of the user selecting the representative application in the compatibility group. For example, the input module 1110 receives a user input for selecting a representative application from a user, and the controller 1140 can select a representative application among the applications in the compatible group based on the user input.

On the other hand, the electronic device 1100 can inactivate the polling operation of other applications in the compatible group except for the representative application, or can set the polling period to be long and, if necessary, to infinity. Accordingly, the application other than the representative application among the applications belonging to the compatible group may not perform the polling operation. As described later, when the representative application among the applications in the compatible group performs the polling operation and receives the message, the received message is shared among other applications in the compatible group, so that even if the other applications do not poll, there is no problem in receiving the message , Power consumption due to frequent polling and reception of redundant messages, and communication packet consumption may be reduced.

Meanwhile, the step of setting the compatibility group or selecting the representative application among the compatible groups is not a necessary step in the present invention, and is a step selectively applied as needed.

The electronic device 1100 can determine whether the polling cycle of any one of the instant messenger applications has elapsed. Here, any one of the messenger applications may be a representative application of the above-mentioned compatible group.

However, in the example in which the compatibility group setting and the representative application are not selected, any one of the instant messenger applications may be any instant messenger application whose polling period has elapsed. For example, the controller 1140 counts polling cycles of instant messaging applications that are polling-based messaging applications, and determines whether the polling cycle has elapsed. If the polling cycle has elapsed, It can be that application.

The electronic device 1100 can obtain the message by accessing the messenger server 1200 related to the application whose polling period has elapsed (S130). The controller 1140 may first obtain information (e.g., address information) about the instant messenger server 1200 of the instant messenger application in which the polling period has returned. The controller 1140 can acquire the message through polling with the instant messenger server 1200.

Specifically, the controller 1140 can access the messenger server 1200 through the communication module 1130. [ Upon accessing the messenger server 1200, the controller 1140 may transmit a request signal to the messenger server 1200 via the communication module 1130 to inquire whether there is an untransmitted message. Upon receiving the request signal, the messenger server 1200 can check whether there is an untransmitted message and transmit a response message reflecting the presence or absence of the untransmitted message to the electronic device 1100. [ In addition, when there is an untransmitted message, the messenger server 1200 can transmit the untransmitted message to the electronic device 1100. [

Here, the undelivered message is transmitted from the electronic device 1100 acting as the sender client to the messenger server 1200, and the message not yet transmitted from the messenger server 1200 to the electronic device 1100 acting as the receiver client . ≪ / RTI > If they are respectively installed in the application electronic device 1100 performing the same messenger service, there may be an untransmitted message for each application. Specifically, when the first application receives the message according to the polling while the messenger server 1200 receives the message from the sender, and the second application has not yet received the message, the message is forwarded to the first application Message, and may be determined to be a non-delivery message for the second application.

6 is a diagram of a polling operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the first messenger application transmits a 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 request message to the messenger server according to the polling cycle, and the messenger server 1200 responds to the 1-1, 1-2, 1, 1-2, 1-3 response message to the electronic device 1100 on the receiving side. Here, the messenger server 1200 receives the first message from the transmitting-side electronic device 1100, and the sending time of the message is between the 1-1 request message and the 1-2 request message. Accordingly, the messenger server 1200 can transmit the first message to the electronic device 1100 in response to the 1-2 request message. Here, the messenger server 1200 can confirm the first message as an untransmitted message with respect to the 1-2 request message. In addition, since the messenger server 1200 has transmitted the first message to the electronic device 1100 in response to the first-second request message, it can determine that the first-third request message is not an untransmitted message. For the 1-3 request message, the second message will be judged as a new untransmitted message.

When the electronic device 1100 acquires the message, the electronic device 1100 can update the message log of one of the instant messenger applications using the obtained message (S140). The controller 1140 can invoke an application of one of the messengers stored in the storage module 1140 and update the message log based on the newly received message.

In addition, the electronic device 1100 may output a notification message informing the reception of the message. The controller 1140 may display a notification message via the display. The notification message includes information reflecting whether a message has been received, information about the time at which the message was received, information about the sending time of the message, information about the sender of the message, information about the content of the received message, Information about whether or not the messenger application has received the message, information about the messenger application that has received the message, and the like. On the other hand, the user can select information about whether to reply or confirm the message and perform a response to the message. The input module 1110 receives a user input for selecting a response, and the controller 1140 displays a message input window according to a user input so that a user can input a response message.

The electronic device 1100 may determine other messenger applications that provide the same messenger service as the one of the plurality of applications installed in the electronic device 1100 in operation S150.

If the compatibility group is set in advance or linkage information is generated between compatible applications, the controller 1140 can determine a messenger application compatible with any one of the messenger applications based on the compatibility group information and the linkage information. For example, the controller 1140 may determine that the other applications in the compatible group to which the one messenger application belongs are different applications that provide the same messenger service, or that the compatible applications associated with any one of the messenger applications are different applications It can be judged.

Conversely, if a connection relationship between the compatible group and the compatible application is not set in advance, the controller 1140 can determine the compatible application for any one of the instant messenger applications based on the setting information. For example, the controller 1140 can determine another application that performs the same messenger service among a plurality of applications based on service information, server information, message reception method information, and the like.

The electronic device 1100 can update the message using the message obtained from the message logs of other messenger applications providing the same messenger service as any one of the instant messenger applications (S160). The controller 1140 may invoke a message log of other messenger applications stored in the storage module 1140 and update the message log based on the newly received message.

7 is a diagram for updating a message log according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 1150 is configured to be compatible with the first application and the first application based on the message received from the messenger server 1200 via the communication module 1200 according to the polling period of the first application, The message logs of the first, second, and third applications can be updated.

On the other hand, the time at which the message log of another messenger application is updated may vary.

According to one example, the updating of the message log of another messenger application may be performed at the expiration of the polling cycle of the other messenger applications. The controller 1140 may detect the polling cycle of each application and update the message log of each instant messenger application at that time when the polling cycle of another instant messenger application has elapsed.

In this case, the controller 1140 connects to the messenger server 1200 through the communication module 1130 and transmits a request signal regarding the presence or absence of a new new untransmitted message, and the messenger server 1200 transmits a new untransmitted message To the electronic device (1100). Here, the new untransmitted message may be a message transmitted from the sender side to the messenger server 1200 between the elapsed time of the polling period of one of the existing instant messenger applications and the instant of the polling cycle of another current instant messenger application have. In order to confirm the new unacknowledged message, the request signal may include a polling cycle time of the existing one of the instant messenger applications or information capable of identifying a previously received unacknowledged message. It is possible to confirm a new unacknowledged message among the messages received from the sender on the basis of the time or the identification information of the previously received unacknowledged message. For example, the messenger server 1200 can judge the message as a new untransmitted message when the transmission time of the message is between the existing polling time and the current polling time.

If there is a new unacknowledged message, the controller 1140 receives the unacknowledged message through the communication module 1130, and when the polling cycle of the instant messenger application differs from the unacknowledged message received at the lapse of the polling period of any one of the instant messenger applications, A message log of another messenger application can be updated by considering a new unacknowledged message together.

8 is a diagram illustrating another example of the polling operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the first messenger application transmits a 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 request message to the messenger server according to the polling cycle, and the messenger server 1200, in response, 1, 1-2, 1-3 response message to the electronic device 1100 on the receiving side. Here, the messenger server 1200 receives the first message from the transmitting-side electronic device 1100, and the sending time of the message is between the 1-1 request message and the 1-2 request message. Accordingly, the messenger server 1200 can transmit the first message to the electronic device 1100 in response to the 1-2 request message. Here, the messenger server 1200 can confirm the first message as an untransmitted message with respect to the 1-2 request message. In addition, since the messenger server 1200 has transmitted the first message to the electronic device 1100 in response to the first-second request message, it can determine that the first-third request message is not an untransmitted message.

The received first message is used not only for updating the message log of the first application, but also for updating the message log of the second application compatible with the first application. According to this, although the second application has not directly received the first message, since the second application has shared the one received by the first application, the second message may be determined as the already received message at the time of the polling period of the second application .

Accordingly, the second messenger application transmits a second request message to the polling cycle, and the messenger server 1200 determines that the first message is an already delivered message, determines the second message as a new non-delivery message, 1100). ≪ / RTI >

However, the process according to this example is performed when a message log of another application is updated at the elapse of a polling cycle of another application, a compatible group is set, a representative application in the compatible group is selected, This does not apply if the operation is disabled.

As another example, the update of the message log of another messenger application may be performed at substantially the same time as the update of the message log of any one of the instant messenger applications at the time of the polling cycle of any one of the instant messenger applications. That is, all of the message logs of all compatible instant messenger applications are updated by one polling operation by any one of the instant messenger applications.

All message log updates can be made with the polling operation disabled for the remaining applications in the compatible group except for the compatibility group setting, representative application selection, and representative application.

The controller 1140 updates all of the message logs, and if the polling operation of the other applications except for the setting of the compatible group, the selection of the representative application, or the polling operation of the remaining applications other than the representative application is not performed, It is possible to reset the polling period of all of the polling cycles. In the case of any one of the above instant messenger applications, since the polling period has elapsed, it should of course be reset. In the case of another instant messenger application, although the polling period has not elapsed, once the messenger log has been updated by receiving the message, The cycle is updated.

The electronic device 1100 may output a notification message informing reception of the message (S170). Although a description has been given of outputting a notification message in the description of step S140, the output of the notification message may be performed in a form different from that described in step S140.

Specifically, the controller 1140 can display a notification message through the display. The notification message described above includes information reflecting whether a message has been received, information about a reception time of the message, information about a sending time of the message, information about the sender of the message, information about the contents of the received message, Information about whether or not to confirm the message, information about one of the messenger applications that have received the message, and the like. In this case, information about another application may be further included. Information about other applications (i.e., information about applications in the compatible group) may be further included.

9 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a notification message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 shows an electronic device 1100 in which a status bar (Bar_Status) indicating the status of the electronic device 1100, an application icon (Icon_App) in which an icon connected to the application is displayed, and a shortcut icon (Icon_Shrt) A screen of the display 1100 is shown. This screen is a screen that can be changed according to the operating system or state of the electronic device 1100. [ Here, when a message is received, a message notification window (Window_Noti) can be displayed.

Referring to FIG. 9, in the notification window, information (Name_Service) related to the name of the service related to the message, information (Message_Noti) indicating the number of received messages and the message reception fact in the polling cycle, information (Name_Sender) The message content (Message_Contents), the message reception time (Message_Recpt Time), and information (Message_Question) for inquiring whether to confirm or confirm the message. In addition, information (Icon_AppConn) about an application related to the instant messenger service may be included. The information on the application may include any one of the messenger applications and other applications compatible therewith. At this time, the compatible group is set, and when the representative application is selected, the representative application can be displayed with different display attributes from other applications. In FIG. 9, when the application 1 is a representative application, it can be seen that icons and colors of different applications are displayed differently. Or icons associated with any one of the instant messenger applications that have triggered receiving a message in accordance with the polling cycle may have different display attributes than icons associated with other applications.

The user may also select whether to respond or confirm the message, and at this time, select which messenger application to run to perform a response or confirmation. The input module 1110 receives such user input, and the controller 1140 can drive an application selected by a user from any one of the messenger applications and other applications.

For example, referring to FIG. 9, when a user selects an icon for a first application, a second application, or a third application in FIG. 9, the input module 1110 receives such user input, 1150 can drive the corresponding messenger application according to the user input.

10 is a flowchart of a message processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, a message processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a step S210 of setting an instant messenger application that performs the same instant messaging service as a compatible group, a step S220 of counting the number of applications in the compatible group , Adjusting the polling period of the applications based on the number of driving times (S230), and performing the polling operation according to the adjusted polling period (S240). Hereinafter, each of the above-described steps will be described in detail.

A plurality of applications may be installed in the electronic device 1100 in the same or similar manner as in the message processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the plurality of applications may include two or more compatible messenger applications that use the polling method as the message receiving method.

The electronic device 1100 may provide a compatible messenger application among the plurality of applications, that is, the same messenger service, and may set compatible messenger applications into a compatible group (S210). Step S210 can be performed in a manner similar to or the same as step S110 described above, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The electronic device 1100 may count the number of times of application in the compatible group (S220).

The electronic device 1100 can drive the application at the request of the user. The input module 1110 may receive an input from a user requesting to drive any one of the applications installed in the electronic device 1100. [ The controller 1120 can drive an application selected by the user according to the input of the user.

At this time, the controller 1140 may count the number of times the application selected by the user is an application in the compatible group (or a compatible messenger application among a plurality of applications).

Specifically, the controller 1140 may count the number of times the application in the compatible group is driven within a predetermined period. For example, the controller 1140 may count the number of times each of the applications in the interoperability group has been driven in the last week.

The electronic device 1100 may adjust the polling period of applications based on the number of times of driving (S230). The controller 1140 can reduce the polling period of an application having a high driving frequency among the applications in the compatible group. Or the controller 1140 may increase the polling period or stop the polling operation of an application having a low application frequency. At this time, the controller 1140 can relatively compare the number of times of application in the compatible application to determine the high frequency of the driving frequency of each application. For example, it is possible to determine that an application having the highest drive frequency among the compatible applications is an application having a higher drive frequency, or an application having the smallest drive frequency can be determined as an application having a lower drive frequency. Or the controller 1140 compares the number of times of driving each application with a predetermined value to determine whether the driving is frequent or not. For example, an application that is used more than 5 times a day may determine that the driving frequency is frequent, whereas an application that is used less than once a day may not be frequent.

A specific example is shown in which a twitter application, a tweeker application, and a system application that provide the same twitter service are installed in the electronic device 1100, and the number of times of operation of the twitter application is 10 times and the number of times of operation of the tweeter application is 3 If the number of times the system application runs is 0, the polling cycle of the Twitter application with the highest frequency of operation is reduced to 1/2 (2 minutes 30 seconds if the default polling period is 5 minutes) have. Alternatively, tweaker applications and system applications that have relatively low drive frequencies can increase their polling cycles by a factor of two (10 minutes if the default polling period is five minutes) to prevent frequent polling. Alternatively, it is also possible to deactivate the polling operation of an application that is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number of drives, that is, a system application that is used zero times.

The electronic device 1100 may perform the polling operation according to the adjusted polling period (S240).

The controller 1140 may perform the polling operation according to the adjusted polling period of each application. Accordingly, the controller 1140 can confirm or acquire a non-delivery message through the communication module 1130 and provide it to applications.

According to this method, frequent driving, that is, an application frequently used by a user frequently polls the message to check the message, shortens the period of receiving the non-delivered message, . In addition, less frequently used applications can reduce or stop unnecessary polling attempts to prevent battery drain and data packet wastage.

Since the above-described steps are not essential in the message processing method described above, the message processing method can be performed by omitting a part of the steps described above, and the steps described above are not necessarily performed in the order described , It is also possible that the steps described later are performed before the steps described earlier.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented separately or in combination.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

1000: Messenger service system
1100: Electronic device
1110: Input module
1120: Output module
1130: Communication module
1140: Storage module
1150: Controller
1200: Instant messenger server

Claims (20)

A storage module for storing a plurality of applications;
A communication module for performing communication with an external device; And
When a polling period of any one application providing a specific messenger service has elapsed, accessing the messenger server through the communication module to acquire a message,
Updates a message log of any one of the applications based on the message,
And a controller for updating a message log of at least one other application providing a messenger service substantially the same as the specific messenger service among the plurality of applications based on the message
Electronics.
The method according to claim 1,
The controller performs update of the message log of the another application when the polling period of the other application elapses
Electronics.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the controller accesses the messenger server through the communication module at the elapse of a polling cycle of the another application to acquire a newly added new message after elapse of a polling period elapse of the one of the applications, And updates the message log
Electronics.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the controller updates the message log of the other application without waiting for the polling cycle of the other application when acquiring the message and resets the polling cycle of the other application
Electronics.
5. The method of claim 4,
Further comprising a display,
The controller displays a notification message informing receipt of the message reflecting the information about the one application and the information about the other application at the time of acquiring the message through the display
Electronics.
6. The method of claim 5,
Further comprising an input module,
Wherein the controller acquires a user input from the user through the input module to select a specific application from among the one application and the at least one other application and drives the selected specific application according to the user input
Electronics.
The method according to claim 1,
The controller determines the other application among the plurality of applications based on application setting information including at least one of service information, server information, and message receiving method information regarding the application
Electronics.
The method according to claim 1,
The controller generates an application group including an application providing the specific messenger service among the plurality of applications and judges the remaining applications of the application group excluding the one application as the other application
Electronics.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the controller counts the frequency of use of applications belonging to the application group, sets an application having the highest frequency of use among the applications in the application group as a representative application,
The above-described one application is a program
Electronics.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the controller is configured to deactivate the polling operation of the applications other than the representative application among the applications belonging to the application group
Electronics.
1. A message processing method performed by an electronic device provided with a plurality of applications,
Acquiring a message by accessing a messenger server when a polling period of any one application providing a specific messenger service has elapsed;
Updating a message log of any one of the applications based on the message; And
And updating, based on the message, a message log of at least one other application substantially providing the specific messenger service substantially the same messenger service among the plurality of applications
How messages are processed.
12. The method of claim 11,
And updating the message log of the another application when the polling period of the other application passes
How messages are processed.
13. The method of claim 12,
And accessing the messenger server when a polling cycle of the another application has elapsed to acquire a new message newly added after a polling cycle elapse of the one of the applications,
And updating the message log of the another application based on the new message
How messages are processed.
12. The method of claim 11,
Updating the message log of the other application without waiting for the polling cycle of the other application when acquiring the message,
And resetting the polling period of the other application
How messages are processed.
15. The method of claim 14,
When receiving the message, displaying a notification message informing receipt of the message reflecting the information on the one application and information on the other application
How messages are processed.
16. The method of claim 15,
Obtaining a user input for selecting a specific application from among the one application and the at least one other application; And
And driving the selected specific application according to the user input
How messages are processed.
12. The method of claim 11,
And determining the other application among the plurality of applications based on application setting information including at least one of service information on the application, server information, and message receiving method information
How messages are processed.
12. The method of claim 11,
Generating an application group including an application providing the specific messenger service among the plurality of applications; And
And judging the remaining applications of the application group other than the one application as the other applications
How messages are processed.
19. The method of claim 18,
Counting a frequency of use of an application belonging to the application group; And
Setting an application having the highest frequency of use among the applications in the application group as a representative application,
The above-described one application is a program
How messages are processed.
20. The method of claim 19,
And deactivating the polling operation of the application other than the representative application among the applications belonging to the application group
How messages are processed.

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