KR20150138514A - Method and device for tagging chatting message - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for tagging a chat message comprises the steps of: receiving a chat message; tagging the chat message with a category; displaying the tagged chat message on a screen; receiving an input related to a category; displaying at least one category on the screen, based on the input; and displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category when the input has been received.

Description

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To a method and device for tagging chat messages.

IMS (Instant Message Service) is a real-time online communication service that allows a message sent by a sender to be instantly displayed on the screen of a recipient's device without using an e-mail program or a web browser separately. In particular, a service providing chatting, voice and video call using a mobile network is called a mobile instant messenger (MIM) service. In this regard, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0012315 discloses an instant message control method.

Through the IMS application installed on the smart device, users can freely share text, images, movies, and music files with other parties in real time and discuss the latest information freely. Due to these advantages, the use of IMS applications has been rapidly increasing, and the amount of chat messages exchanged with ordinary users in a day has also increased exponentially. However, as the amount of chat messages increases, it may be difficult to manage each chat message systematically, or to re-search and use existing chat messages.

By automatically tagging chat messages by category, it is intended to enable more efficient management of chat messages. The present invention also provides a method and device for tagging a chat message in which a user can quickly find a necessary chat message without looking at a plurality of chat messages. In addition, when the tagging chat message is selected, the user directly moves to the chat window so that the user can grasp the situation at the time the tagging chat message is transmitted. A method and device for chat message tagging that enables manual tagging with automatic tagging. It is to be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above technical object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for receiving a chat message in a device, receiving a chat message, tagging the chat message as a category, displaying the tagged chat message on a screen , Receiving an input related to the category, displaying at least one category on the screen based on the input, and displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen when the input is received The present invention can provide a method of tagging a chat message.

Another embodiment of the present invention may provide a method of providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device executing a method of tagging a chat message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for tagging a chat message, comprising: a chat message receiving unit for receiving a chat message; a tagging unit for tagging the chat message as a category; a display unit for displaying the tagged chat message on a screen; A display unit displaying at least one category on a screen based on the input and displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen when the input is received .

By automatically tagging chat messages by category, more efficient management of chat messages can be made possible. In addition, it is possible to provide a chat message tagging method and device that allow a user to more quickly search for a necessary chat message without having to look at all of the plurality of chat messages. Also, by directly moving to the chat window when the tagging chat message is selected, the user can easily grasp the situation at the time the tagging chat message is transmitted. It is possible to provide a chat message tagging method and device capable of reflecting the intention of a user in chat message tagging by enabling automatic tagging and manual tagging.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a chat system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a configuration diagram of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of tagging a chat message.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of tagging a chat message.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of displaying a plurality of chat messages.
6A and 6B are diagrams for explaining examples of the category menu.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of tagging a chat message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a chat system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, the chat system may include a server 10, a device 20, an external device 30, and an external device 40. [ Since the chat system of FIG. 1 is only one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to FIG. That is, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the chat system may be configured differently from FIG.

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

The device 20 can receive the chat message and analyze the chat message. To this end, the device 20 may analyze the chat message itself, the objects included in the chat message, and the tag or metadata for the chat message.

Device 20 may tag chat messages as a category. At this time, the device 20 can determine whether a predefined object (or pattern) exists in the received chat message, and automatically tag the appropriate category for the received chat message according to the determination result. An example of such an object may be a network address, text indicating time or place, telephone number, image, audio or video.

The device 20 can tag chat messages entered in different chat windows (or chat areas, chat rooms, chat windows, chat rooms) in the same category. For example, the device 20 may tag a first chat message with a location of "Seoul" in a chat window with a friend named "AAA " May be tagged with the same place category.

The device 20 can tag the chat message received from the user interface of the device 20 or the device 20 and the chat message entered from the external device 30 or the server 10 in the same category. As an example, the device 20 may tag the first chat message received from the friend's external device 30 "AAA " and containing the network address" www.CCC.com " 20 or the second chat message received from the user interface of the device 20 and including the network address "www.DDD.net/data" may also be tagged with the same URL category.

The device 20 can display a chat message on the screen of the device 20. [ At this time, the device 20 can display the chat message in the chat area (or chat window) activated (or displayed) on the screen of the device 20 through the chat application. In addition, the displayed chat message may be a tagged chat message (or a tagging chat message) or a non-tagged chat message. At this time, a chat message that is not tagged can be expressed by a general chat message, which is distinguished from a tagging chat message being a tagged chat message.

The device 20 may provide manual tagging to the user. At this time, the device 20 may provide manual tagging for all chat messages, or may only provide manual tagging for chat messages that are not automatically tagged. In addition, the device 20 can provide (or display) such a user interface screen (or menu) when a user input for manual tagging is received from the user interface.

The device 20 displays at least one category on the screen and, when receiving a user input (or user selection) on at least one category, transmits at least one tagging chat message corresponding to a particular category of at least one category It can be displayed on the screen. At this time, at least one tagging chat message may be a collection of chat messages tagged by the device 20.

For example, the device 20 automatically tags a chat message including network address information (for example, URL (Uniform Resource Locator)) among the received chat messages in a URL category, When a URL or a web site category is selected from a screen (or a menu), a plurality of tagging chat messages tagged with a URL category are displayed on the screen. When the user selects one of the displayed tagging chat messages, A chat room (or a chat room, a chat window, a chat area) having a chat message can be displayed on the screen and automatically scrolled to a location where one selected tagging chat message is located.

In another example, the device 20 activates a menu by long clicking on a specific chat message that the user thinks is important, selects a tag in the menu, selects a note in the tag, , You can tag specific chat messages in the note category. When the user selects a memo category from the user interface screen (or menu), the device 20 displays a plurality of tagging chat messages tagged with a memo on the screen, When one of the chat messages is selected, a chat room (or a chat room, a chat window, a chat area) having any one of the selected tagging chat messages is displayed on the screen and automatically scrolled to a position where one selected tagging chat message is located, Any one tagging chat message and memo can be displayed together.

As described above, the device 20 can provide a user interface screen (or menu) including a plurality of categories. When any one of a plurality of categories is selected through the user interface screen, The message can be displayed on the screen. At this time, the user interface screen or each category may be displayed in a setting area (or setting window, setting room) different from the chat area (or a chat window, chat room, chat window, chat room) As shown in FIG.

The device 20 may change the area displaying the tagged chat message and the area displaying a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagging chat messages) corresponding to the category. For example, the device 20 displays a tagged chat message in a chat area (or a chat window), while a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagging chat messages) corresponding to a category are displayed in a setting area can do. That is, the device 20 includes a first area for receiving a chat message and tagging and displaying the received chat message, and a second area for displaying a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagging chat messages) 2 regions can be distinguished.

The tagging chat message displayed in the first area and the plurality of chat messages displayed in the second area correspond to the tagging chat message may be generated as independent files or independent data. For example, the first file or the first data for the tagging chat message displayed in the first area may be distinguished from the first data or the second file for the tagging chat message among the plurality of chat messages displayed in the second area. In addition, the tagging chat message displayed in the first area and the displayed in the second area may be interlocked with each other. Thus, the processing for either the tagging chat message displayed in the first region and the one displayed in the second region may affect the processing of the tagging chat message displayed in the first region and the other displayed in the second region have. For example, when the user requests deletion or editing of the tagging chat message displayed in the first area, the device 20 can also perform deletion or editing on the displayed in the second area.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the tagging chat message displayed in the first area is referred to as an original tagging chat message or a general tagging chat message, and corresponding to the original tagging chat message or general tagging chat message among the plurality of chat messages, It will be referred to as a chat message or a summary tagging chat message.

The original tagging chat message (or generic tagging chat message) and the copy tagging chat message (or summary tagging chat message) may have different appearance. For example, the original tagging chat message may include only text, while the copy tagging chat message may include text and a tag together. As another example, the original tagging chat message may include full text, while the copy tagging chat message may only contain text that is shorter than the full text (e.g., summary text). As another example, the original tagging chat message may include text, while the copy tagging chat message may include an image corresponding to the text. At this time, the above-mentioned appearance may be expressed by type, kind, and the like.

The device 20 can activate (or open or invoke) the chat window (or chat window, chat area) to which the original tagging chat message corresponding to the copy tagging chat message belongs when user input for the copy tagging chat message is received And can automatically scroll to where the original tagging chat message is located. This allows the user to easily grasp the context of the forward and backward by identifying other chat messages around the original tagging chat message.

The device 20 may perform an option regarding the tagging chat message. At this time, the device 20 may provide an option menu, which is a collection of options relating to the tagging chat message, and the user can perform the selected option by selecting one of the options via the options menu. At this time, one example of the options is to copy the tagging chat message so as to collect only the tagging chat message and use it in another application, or to store the tagging chat message in the memory in the form of a file corresponding to the tagging chat message, Device 30 as shown in Fig.

The device 20 may provide information or services corresponding to the tagging chat message. For example, the device 20 can link the security information or the security service provided by the server 10 with the tagging chat message if the tagging chat message includes the item code or item name related to the stock. At this time, if the user inputs an input regarding the tagging chat message, the device 20 can display the stock information on a screen or perform a web page connection for a securities service.

The device 20 can transmit the tagging chat message to the server 10 or the external device 30, thereby sharing the tagging chat message. In addition, the device 20 may receive the tagging chat message from the server 10 or the external device 30 to receive the tagging chat message. In one example, when receiving a chat message pre-tagged by another user, the device 20 may treat the pre-tagged chat message the same as a plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to that category, without additional tagging have. At this time, a plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to the category may include a chat message tagged by the device 20 in that category.

In connection with the input or user input described above, the device 20 may receive various types of inputs or user inputs. For example, the device 20 may receive a touch input of a user as a user input, and may include a touch panel device for recognizing a touch input of the user. As another example, the device 20 may receive the user's voice input as a user input, and may be provided with a voice recognition module for recognizing the user voice input. As another example, the device 20 may receive a gesture input of a user or a motion of the device as a user input, and may include a camera or a sensor module for recognizing gesture input or motion of the device. In this case, an example of the sensor module includes a geomagnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, a temperature sensor, and an optical sensor.

Examples of the device 20, the external device 30 and the external device 40 include a PCS (Personal Communication System), a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), a PDC Digital Cellular), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W- (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminal, a smartphone (Smartphone), a tablet PC, and the like.

The server 10 can send and receive chat messages with the device. The server 10 transmits a chat message received from any one of the device 20, the external device 30 and the external device 40 to the device 20, the external device 30 and the external device 40 It can be transmitted to the other one.

The server 10 can receive information about the chat message or the tagging chat message from the device 20 and store it. As an example, the server 10 may receive an identifier of a chat message or a tagging chat message from the device 20. In addition, the server 10 may receive the results of the operations performed by the device 20 from the device 20 in real time or periodically, and store the results.

The server 10 can control the operation of the device 20. To this end, the server 10 may send a command for the operation of the device 20 and receive the result of the operation performed by the device 20 in response to the command. As an example, the server 10 may instruct the device 20 to tag a particular chat message in a particular category and receive the result.

 According to one embodiment of the present invention, the server 10 may perform a portion of the operation of the device 20 described above in place of the device 20. As an example, the server 10 may send the tagged chat message or its identifier to the device 20, by sending it to the device 20, or by tagging the chat message received from the device 20 in a particular category. In this case, the device 20 displays the tagged chat message on the screen, and upon receiving the input related to the category, the server 20 can request a plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to the category.

As another example, the server 10 may send a plurality of tagging chat messages, or their identifiers, to the device 20 in response to a request from the device 20. At this time, the request of the device 20 may include information on the category.

The operation of each component included in the chat system of FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to the following drawings.

2 is a configuration diagram of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, a device 20 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a chat message receiving unit 210, a tagging unit 220, a display unit 230, an input receiving unit 240, a memory 250, 260). However, the configuration of the device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be different from that of FIG.

The chat message receiving unit 210 receives the chat message. At this time, the chat message receiving unit 210 may receive the chat message from the user interface of the device 20, or may receive the chat message from the server 10 or the external device 30. [

The chat message receiving unit 210 can receive a plurality of chat messages of a plurality of users. At this time, a plurality of users may be users of each of a plurality of devices. For example, the plurality of users may be users of the device 20, the external device 30, and the external device 40, respectively.

The tagging unit 220 can tag the chat message as a category. At this time, the tagging unit 220 can analyze the chat message and tag the chat message as a category according to the result. The tagging unit 220 may analyze the chat message itself, the objects included in the chat message, and the tag or metadata for the chat message.

The tagging unit 220 may analyze the chat message and tag the chat message according to the result. At this time, a valid chat message may refer to a chat message suitable for display in the chat area (or chat window) of the device 20, a chat message suitable for the chat application installed in the device 20, The category may also refer to a chat message suitable for being tagged.

The tagging unit 220 may determine a category suitable for the chat message, and may perform tagging according to the determination result. As an example, the tagging unit 220 may tag a phone number category if the phone number is included in the chat message. As another example, the tagging unit 220 may be tagged with an image category, an audio category, or a moving picture category when an image, audio, or moving image is included in the chat message. In addition, the tagging unit 220 may store a network address (or a URL, a web page, a web site) category, a place category, a time ( Or appointments) category.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of tagging a chat message. 3, when the chat message receiving unit 210 receives the chat message (S301), the tagging unit 220 determines whether the chat message includes the predetermined object (S302) The category may be tagged in the chat message if the predetermined object includes the determined object (S303). Here, the object may be either a network address, a text indicating a place, a telephone number, an image, audio, or a moving image. Meanwhile, the tagging chat message, which is the tagged chat message, may be displayed on the screen by the display unit 230 (S304).

In a case where the chatting message is tagged by the tagging unit 220, the tagging unit 220 stores the text message "Kyeongbok Palace" and the time information object "April 25" , It can be determined that the corresponding chat message is related to the appointment, and the appointment category can be tagged in the chat message.

When the chatting message includes a multimedia object such as an image, a moving picture, and an audio, the tagging unit 220 transmits the chatting message to a multimedia category, an image category, It can be tagged either as a video category or as an audio category. In addition, the tagging unit 220 can additionally check related information such as the contents, title, and playback time of the multimedia object, and tag the more detailed categories such as the practice video category, the school video category, and the movie video category . In this case, the category selection menu provided to the user may include an upper category such as a moving picture and a lower category such as a school or a movie.

The tagging unit 220 adds the chat message to the message "www.CCC.com "," www.DDD.net/data ", "EEE @ FFF .com ", the corresponding chat message can be tagged either as a network address category, a URL category, a website category, a web page category, or a mail address category.

The tagging unit 220 can tag chat messages based on at least one user input. 3, in step S303, the tagging unit 220 may tag the chat message based on at least one user input if the chat message does not include the object.

The tagging unit 220 may provide a menu (or screen) for receiving at least one user input. At this time, at least one or more recommended categories according to the results analyzed in advance by the tagging unit 220 may be displayed on the menu (or screen). In this case, the tagging unit 220 may receive a user input for selecting any of the recommended categories from the user. The menu (or screen) may include an input tool so that the user can directly input the category. In this case, the tagging unit 220 may determine that the text input to the input tool is the content of the note, tag the corresponding chat message in the note category, determine that the text input by the input tool is text indicating the category, Tagged text categories.

The tagging unit 220 can tag the contents in any one of a plurality of categories. At this time, the plurality of categories may be predefined, and may be predefined and added to the additional category according to the additional category received from the server 10 or the external device 30, the additional category entered by the user, And may be determined or updated through at least one of the additional categories.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of tagging a chat message. 4, the input receiving unit 240 receives an input for selecting a chat message from the user (S401), the display unit 220 displays a plurality of categories (S402), and the tagging unit 220 inputs In step S403, a category of a plurality of categories is selected based on the user input input by the receiving unit 240, and the selected category is tagged in the chat message in step S404. At this time, the plurality of categories may be categories existing (or stored) in at least one of the device 20, the server 10, and the external device 30.

The display unit 230 can display the tagged chat message on the screen. Specifically, the display unit 230 may display a chat message in a chat area (or a chat window) activated (or displayed) on the screen of the device 20 in response to the chat application. At this time, the chat message displayed on the screen may be a tagged chat message (or a tagging chat message) or a non-tagged chat message. That is, the display unit 230 may display the untagged chat message on the screen. At this time, a chat message that has not been tagged can be expressed as a general chat message by distinguishing it from the tagging chat message.

The input receiving unit 240 receives an input related to the category, and the display unit 230 can display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen when the input is received. For example, when the display unit 230 displays a category on the screen and the input receiving unit 240 receives a user input relating to the category, the display unit 230 can display a plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen have. At this time, the plurality of tagging chat messages may be a collection of chat messages tagged by the tagging unit 220. As another example, when the display unit 230 displays at least one category on the screen and the input receiving unit 240 receives a user input relating to at least one category, the display unit 230 displays, A plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to the selected category can be displayed on the screen.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of displaying a plurality of chat messages. 5, the input receiving unit 240 receives an input related to the category (S501), and when the display unit 230 displays at least one category on the screen (S502), the input receiving unit 240 displays the category (Step S503). In step S503, the user can select one of the categories displayed by the user. Then, when the display unit 230 displays a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the selected category on the screen, and the input receiving unit 240 receives a user input (or a user selection) for any one of a plurality of chat messages, 230 may move to the chat area corresponding to the selected chat message and display the selected chat message and its surrounding messages in the chat area.

The display unit 230 may provide a user interface screen (or a category menu) including at least one category. When one of the at least one category is selected through the input receiving unit 240, Chat messages can be displayed on the screen. The user interface screen including the category or each category can be displayed in a setting area (or setting window, setting room) distinguished from the chat area (or chat window, chat room, chat window, chat room) and displayed in the chat area, As shown in FIG.

6A and 6B are diagrams for explaining examples of the category menu. 6A, when the user inputs a touch input 601 for an icon that exists in the chat area or in the periphery of the chat area, as shown at 61, Is activated in this screen, and the category menu 602 can be displayed in the setting area. 6A, when a plurality of chat rooms are displayed, the input receiving unit 240 displays a touch input 603 of the user through an icon that calls the category menu 604, as indicated by reference numerals 63 and 64, The category menu 604 may be displayed.

Inputs related to such categories include not only input to graphic icons displayed in a predetermined area of the screen but also input of hardware buttons included in the device, voice input inputted through the microphone of the device, motion recognition input through the sensor of the device, And a gesture recognition input via a sensor.

The input receiving unit 240 may receive various types of user input. The user input includes input (or touch input) to a graphic icon displayed on a predetermined area of the screen, input of a hardware button included in the device, voice input input through a microphone of the device, motion recognition input through a sensor of the device, And a gesture recognition input via a sensor. To this end, the input receiving unit 240 may use a touch panel device, a hardware button module, a voice recognition module, a gesture recognition module, a camera, or a sensor module of the device 20. In this case, an example of the sensor module includes a geomagnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, a temperature sensor, and an optical sensor.

The input receiving unit 240 can receive an input related to the category when the chat message is not displayed. Specifically, the tagging chat message may not be displayed as another new message is displayed in the chat area, and the input receiving unit 240 may receive the input related to the category after the tagging chat message is not displayed in the chat area. The input receiving unit 240 may receive an input related to the category when the first area is not displayed and the second area is activated on the screen, for example, through the first area and the second area described below.

The display unit 230 can display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to categories on the screen. At this time, the display unit 230 can display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category in the second area of the screen. That is, the display unit 230 can display a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagging chat messages) corresponding to the category in the second area, separately from displaying the tagged chat messages in the first area of the screen. At this time, the tagged chat message is displayed in the chat area (chat window) after being tagged by the tagging unit 220, and a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagging chat messages) Or may be those stored in the server 10.

The display unit 230 receives a chat message, distinguishes a first area for tagging and displaying the received chat message, and a second area for displaying a plurality of chat messages (or a tagging chat message) corresponding to the input regarding the category can do. For example, the display unit 230 may display a tagged chat message in a chat area (or a chat window), while a plurality of chat messages (or a tagging chat message) corresponding to a category may be displayed in a setting area have.

The display unit 230 displays the first appearance of the tagged chat message in the first area of the screen and, when the input related to the category is received, displays the second appearance corresponding to the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category (the second appearance) on the second area of the screen. That is, the original tagging chat message (or the generic tagging chat message) and the copy tagging chat message (or the summary tagging chat message) may have different appearances. An example of this is described above with reference to FIG.

The display unit 230 may display the tagged chat message (or the original tagging chat message) or the first area on the first layer of the screen. In this case, the first layer may mean the layer having the highest priority or the highest position among the plurality of layers on the screen or the layer positioned at the highest position. In general, the screen includes a plurality of layers, each of which may have a priority or sequence with respect to each other. For example, if the layout of the first application currently being executed is displayed through the first layer having the highest priority on the screen, when the user executes or activates the second application, the layout of the second application is displayed on the screen 1 layer. In this case, the layout of the first application may disappear from the screen, but it may exist together with the first layer in the second layer (or in the state of the second layer), and the part of the layout overlapped with the first layer May not be displayed or may be dimly displayed. With respect to the display of the screen, separating layers can be defined in various other ways.

The display unit 230 may display a plurality of tagging chat messages (or a plurality of copy tagging chat messages) corresponding to categories or a second area on the first layer of the screen. At this time, the display unit 230 can display the tagged chat message (or the original tagging chat message) or the first area displayed on the existing first layer through the second layer of the screen. Also, when the tagged chat message (or the original tagging chat message) among the plurality of chat messages (or the plurality of tagging chat messages) is selected, the display unit 230 activates the first region again to the first layer, To display the tagging chat message (or the original tagging chat message) on the re-activated first layer.

The plurality of chat messages may include a first chat message input through a user interface and a second chat message input via an external device. That is, the first chat message and the second chat message input in different chat windows (or chat area, chat room, chat window, chat room) may have the same category. For example, a first chat message received from a friend's external device 30 called "AAA" and containing a network address of "www.CCC.com" The second chat message received from the user interface and containing the network address "www.DDD.net/data " may all have the same category of URL category.

The plurality of chat messages may include a first chat message displayed through the first chat area and a second chat message displayed through the second chat area. That is, the first chat message and the second chat message input in different chat windows (or chat area, chat room, chat window, chat room) may have the same category. For example, a first chat message including a place called " Seoul " while located in a chat window with a friend named "AAA " The second chat message may all have the same category as the place category.

The display unit 230 may display additional information of a plurality of chat messages and a plurality of chat messages on the screen. For example, the display unit 230 may display the stock information as additional information if a plurality of chat messages include a stock code or an item name associated with the stock.

The display unit 230 may display an option for a chat message on the screen when a chat message is selected from a plurality of chat messages. Here, the option may be any one of, for example, an enlarged display of a chat message, deletion of a chat message, sharing of a chat message, or movement to a chat area where a chat message exists.

Upon receiving a selection for any of the options of the input receiver 240, the device 20 or the operation performing unit (not shown) may perform an operation related to the selected option. In this case, an example of the option or its corresponding action is to collect the tagging chat message and copy the tagging chat message for use in another application, or to store the tagging chat message in the memory in a file format corresponding to the tagging chat message, (10) or the external device (30).

The memory 250 may store data. An example of data here includes, but is not limited to, a chat message, an identifier of a chat message, a tagging chat message, an identifier of a tagging chat message, and a category. The memory 250 may also be a memory area or a combination of memory areas storing all data generated in the device 20 or input / output to the device 20. [ One example of such a memory 250 includes a hard disk drive, a hard disk drive, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, a memory card, .

The communication unit 260 may transmit at least one of a chat message, an identifier of a chat message, a tagging chat message, an identifier of a tagging chat message, or a category to the server 20 or the external device 30. At this time, the transmitted ones can be used for the external device 30. [ For example, the tagging chat message transmitted from the communication unit 260 to the external device 30 may be displayed on the external device 30 in response to the input regarding the category in the external device 30. [ The communication unit 260 may transmit at least one of a chat message, an identifier of a chat message, a tagging chat message, an identifier or a category of the tagging chat message to the server 20 or the external device 30, It may be transmitted in real time or periodically.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of tagging a chat message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The chat message tagging method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the device 20 illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6B. Therefore, the content already described with respect to the device 20 is applied to the chat message tagging method of FIG. 6 even if omitted below.

In step S701, the chat message receiving unit 210 may receive a chat message. In step S702, the tagging unit 220 may tag the chat message received in step S701 into a category. In step S703, the display unit 230 may display the chat message tagged in step S702 on the screen. In step S704, the input receiving unit 240 may receive an input related to the category. In step S705, the display unit 230 can display at least one category on the screen based on the input. In step S706, the display unit 230 may display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to categories in at least one category on the screen.

Although not shown in FIG. 7, step S706 may be to display on the screen a plurality of chat messages corresponding to categories of at least one category based on user input for the displayed at least one category.

In the above description, steps S701 to S705 may be further divided into additional steps or combined into fewer steps, according to an embodiment of the present invention. Also, some of the steps may be omitted as necessary, and the order between the steps may be changed.

The chat message tagging method described with reference to FIG. 7 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

One embodiment of the present invention may provide a method of providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device 20 that implements a method of tagging a chat message described in FIG. At this time, the device 20 performs a method of tagging a chat message. The aforementioned application may be provided to the device 20 by the server 10 or may be provided to the device 20 by another server configured separately from the server 10 and may be provided to the server 10 and another entity Or may be provided to the device 20 by another server operated by the user.

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

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A method of tagging a chat message,
Receiving, at the device, a chat message;
Tagging the chat message with a category;
Displaying the tagged chat message on a screen;
Receiving an input associated with the category;
Displaying at least one category on a screen based on the input; And
Displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category among the at least one category on the screen.
The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the tagged chat message on the screen may include displaying a general chat message not tagged in the chat message and a tagging chat message tagged in the category on the screen,
Wherein displaying the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen displays a plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein tagging into the category is tagging to the category of the at least one category,
Wherein displaying the plurality of chat messages on the screen displays a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category of the at least one category on the screen based on user input for the displayed at least one category, Way.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the displaying the chat message on the screen comprises displaying the chat message on a first area of the screen,
Wherein displaying the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen displays a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the second area of the screen.
5. The method of claim 4,
The plurality of chat messages including the chat message,
And when the chat message displayed in the second area is deleted or edited, the chat message displayed in the first area is also deleted or edited.
The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the tagged chat message on the screen may include displaying the first appearance of the tagged chat message,
Wherein the plurality of chat messages comprises a second appearance of the tagged chat message.
5. The method of claim 4,
The step of displaying the chat message on the screen may include displaying the chat message on the first area activated on the first layer of the screen,
Wherein the step of displaying the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen comprises the steps of activating the second area on the first layer upon receipt of the input and displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the activated 2 < / RTI > area.
The method according to claim 1,
And if the chat message is selected from the plurality of chat messages, displaying an option for the chat message.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the option is one of an enlarged display of the chat message, a deletion of the chat message, a sharing of the chat message, or a move to a chat area in which the chat message is present.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein receiving the input associated with the category is receiving an input associated with the category when the chat message is not displayed.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein displaying the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen displays the additional information of the plurality of chat messages and the plurality of chat messages on the screen.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein tagging into the category comprises:
Determining whether the chat message includes a predetermined object; And
Tagging the chat message into the category if the chat message includes an object.
13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the object is one of a network address, text indicating time, text indicating location, telephone number, image, audio or video.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein tagging into the category is tagged into the category based on at least one user input.
13. The method of claim 12,
Further comprising tagging the chat message based on at least one user input if the chat message does not include the object.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein receiving the chat message comprises receiving the chat message from any one of a user interface, a server, or an external device of the device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the plurality of chat messages comprises a first chat message entered via a user interface and a second chat message entered via an external device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the plurality of chat messages comprises a first chat message displayed through a first chat area and a second chat message displayed through a second chat area.
The method according to claim 1,
The input related to the category may include an input for a graphic icon displayed in a predetermined area of the screen, an input of a hardware button included in the device, a voice input input through a microphone of the device, a motion recognition input through a sensor of the device, And a gesture recognition input via a sensor of the device.
A method for providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device that executes a method for tagging a chat message,
Wherein the device performs the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19.
A device for tagging chat messages,
A chat message receiving unit for receiving a chat message;
A tagging unit for tagging the chat message into categories;
A display unit for displaying the tagged chat message on a screen; And
And an input receiving unit for receiving an input related to the category,
Wherein the display unit displays at least one category on the screen based on the input and displays a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category among the at least one category on the screen.

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