KR20150145060A - Method and apparatus for exchanging information between terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for exchanging information between users of terminals through the terminals, and a server for relaying information exchange. The server for relaying information exchange compares and analyzes information included in each of the terminals, thereby identifying a first terminal and a second terminal which perform information exchange from the terminals, and relaying the information exchange between a first user of the first terminal and a second user of the second terminal. The security of the information exchange can be secured not to provide personal information of an information exchange party to an opponent of an electronic commerce when exchanging information.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION BETWEEN TERMINALS [0001]

The following description relates to information exchange between terminals, and more particularly, to a method for providing information exchange between terminals without leakage of personal information of users of terminals, relayed through a server.

Recently, the spread of smart devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs is expanding. Users of these smart devices can use their smart devices to acquire information and share information with users of other smart devices.

In particular, for electronic transactions, smart device users can purchase, sell or exchange virtual goods that can be consumed in the virtual economy market using smart devices. For example, a user who enjoys a mobile online game using a smart phone can sell his or her game item to another user who enjoys the same mobile online game, or exchange it with another game item owned by another user. Alternatively, a user of such a smartphone may exchange useful information known to him / her in a game with useful information known to other users.

In this information exchange and electronic transaction, the exchange of information between the parties of the transaction can take place on the smart devices of the parties. Information or virtual goods subject to exchange often have similar or equivalent values to real goods that can be consumed in the real economy's market. Therefore, even in such online information exchange, the reliability of the information exchange must be ensured and the personal information between the exchange parties should be sufficiently protected.

Therefore, in information exchange using smart devices between users, there is a need for an information exchange method in which the security of information exchange can be enhanced and personal information of users can be protected.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2012-0125179 (published on November 14, 2012) is implemented using a portable electronic device that processes transactions through an electronic transaction platform, and the portable electronic device generates transaction information related to the transaction Discloses a mobile transaction method for acquiring payment account information from a payment card, establishing a session with the electronic transaction platform to communicate with the electronic transaction platform, and processing payment for the transaction in cooperation with the electronic transaction platform.

The information described above is for illustrative purposes only and may include content that does not form part of the prior art and may not include what the prior art has to offer to the ordinary artisan.

One embodiment may provide a server and an information exchange method for relaying information exchange between a first user of a first terminal and a second user of a second terminal without leakage of personal information.

One embodiment may provide a server and an information exchange method for selecting a first terminal and a second terminal to exchange information among a plurality of terminals.

In one aspect, the method includes receiving a plurality of information exchange request signals from a plurality of terminals, wherein each information exchange request signal of the plurality of information exchange request signals is transmitted to a plurality of terminals Identifying a first terminal and a second terminal to be exchanged among the plurality of terminals based on the plurality of information exchange request signals, the first terminal and the second terminal being generated based on a touch input sensed for one object, Related information exchange between the first user of the first terminal and the second user of the second terminal based on the first information exchange request signal received from the terminal and the second information exchange request signal received from the second terminal 1 information and second information, transmitting the first information to the first terminal, transmitting the second information to the second terminal, And relaying the information exchange based on the responses of the first terminal and the second terminal that received the first information and the second information.

The first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal may be generated from the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively, as an interaction between the first terminal and the second terminal occurs.

Wherein the first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal are transmitted from the first terminal and the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal are arranged in a predetermined direction with reference to a predetermined reference direction, Lt; / RTI >

Wherein each of the information exchange request signals includes at least one of location information related to a location of each terminal, account information on an account of a user of each terminal, and time information on a time when each information exchange request signal is generated .

Wherein the identifying step comprises the step of identifying the first terminal and the second terminal of the plurality of terminals based on the similarity between the time information of the plurality of information exchange request signals and the location information of the plurality of information exchange request signals. Can be identified.

The location information may include at least one of base station information on a base station to which each terminal is connected, GPS information obtained by a GPS (Global Positioning System) installed in each terminal, and a wireless Internet access point (AP) information and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of each of the terminals, and terminal direction information related to directions in which the terminals sensed by the sensors mounted on the terminals are located Or the like.

The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying step comprises determining each of the plurality of information exchange request signals based on at least one of a comparison of each of the time information of the plurality of information exchange request signals, a comparison of each of the terminal area information, And assigning a score to the score.

The identifying step may comprise identifying a pair of the first terminal and the second terminal of the plurality of terminals based on a score assigned to each of the plurality of information exchange request signals.

The step of assigning the score may assign a first score to each pair of the plurality of information exchange request signals in proportion to the degree of similarity between the time information.

The step of allocating the score may assign a second score to each pair of the plurality of information exchange request signals in proportion to the similarity between the terminal area information.

The step of assigning the score assigns a third score to each pair of the plurality of information exchange request signals in proportion to each similarity degree of the terminal direction information on the predetermined direction, angle or arrangement based on a predetermined reference direction .

Wherein identifying a pair of the first terminal and the second terminal among the plurality of terminals based on the assigned score comprises receiving a first score, a second score, and a third score of the plurality of information exchange request signals It is possible to identify the terminals that have generated the pair of the plurality of information exchange request signals having the maximum sum as the first terminal and the second terminal.

The identifying may include identifying third terminals that have generated information exchange request signals for a predetermined time of the plurality of terminals based on the time information.

The identifying step may include identifying fourth terminals having a distance between the terminals of the third terminals that are less than a predetermined value based on the terminal area information of the information exchange request signals of the third terminals.

Wherein the identifying of the first terminals and the second terminals of the fourth terminals is based on angles indicating the directions in which the fourth terminals represented by the terminal direction information of the information exchange request signals of the fourth terminals are located, As shown in FIG.

At least one of the terminal area information, the terminal direction information, and the time information may be output on the touch display of each terminal.

The outputted terminal area information may include at least one of the coordinates of the position of each terminal at the time of generating the information exchange request signal of each terminal and the IP address of each terminal.

The output terminal direction information may include an angle at which each terminal is positioned with respect to a predetermined direction at the time of generating the information exchange request signal of each terminal.

The first object may be an image output on the touch display.

The touch input may be a drag or swipe input.

The information exchange request signal generated by each terminal may include at least one of a start time and an end time of the drag or swipe input as time information in which an information exchange request signal generated by each terminal is generated.

If the touch input is detected for the first object, the first object may be changed to the second object.

The second object may be different in shape from the first object and may represent a request for information exchange request signal generated by each terminal or information exchange for a user of another terminal.

The first information and the second information may be information on which the first user's personal information and the second user's personal information are excluded from the information used for the information exchange, respectively.

The first information and the second information may each include an acknowledgment message for approval of initiation of the information exchange.

The relaying of the information exchange may include receiving a first response signal from the first terminal and receiving a second response signal from the second terminal as a response to the acknowledgment message.

The step of relaying the information exchange may include generating approval information indicating approval of the information exchange when both the first response signal and the second response signal indicate the determination of the start of the information exchange .

The step of relaying the information exchange may include transmitting the grant information to the first terminal and the second terminal.

The first information may include information on the identification mark.

Wherein relaying the information exchange comprises receiving a read signal for the identification mark from the second terminal, the read signal being indicative of whether the identification mark output to the first terminal is detected by the reading unit of the second terminal Which is generated by the < / RTI >

The step of relaying the information exchange may include generating approval information indicating approval of the information exchange if the read signal corresponds to the identification mark.

The step of relaying the information exchange may include transmitting the grant information to the first terminal and the second terminal.

Wherein the step of relaying the information exchange comprises receiving the first exchange information associated with the first exchange object information to be provided to the second user by the first user from the first terminal through the information exchange, And receiving second exchange information associated with second exchange object information to be provided to the first user from the second terminal.

Wherein the step of relaying the information exchange comprises: receiving the first exchange object information and the second exchange object information from an account of the first user and an account of the second user based on the first exchange information and the second exchange information And exchanging with each other.

The step of relaying the information exchange may comprise generating completion information indicating completion of the information exchange.

The step of relaying the information exchange may include transmitting the completion information to the first terminal and the second terminal.

The exchange of the first exchange object information and the second exchange object information and the completion information may be identified on the first terminal and the second terminal.

The information exchange may be an exchange of information required for an electronic transaction between the first user and the second user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method including the steps of sensing a touch input performed on an object output on a touch display performed by a terminal, Generating an exchange request signal, transmitting the generated information exchange request signal to a server relaying the exchange of information, receiving information related to the exchange of information from the server, And transmitting exchange information related to exchange object information to be exchanged with a user of the other terminal to the server.

The touch input may be a drag or swipe input.

The information exchange request signal may include at least one of location information related to the location of the terminal, account information on the account of the user of the terminal, and time information on the time at which the information exchange request signal was generated.

The time information may include at least one of a start time and an end time of the drag or swipe input.

The location information includes at least one of base station information about a base station to which the terminal is connected, GPS information acquired by a Global Positioning System (GPS) installed in the terminal, AP information about a wireless Internet access point And at least one of terminal area information including at least one of an internet protocol (IP) address of the terminal and terminal direction information related to a direction in which the terminal is sensed by the sensor mounted on the terminal .

Wherein the information exchange comprises: a similarity between each of the time information of the other information exchange request signals received by the server and the time information; A degree of similarity between each of the terminal area information of the other information exchange request signals and the terminal area information; And between the other terminal and the terminal identified by the server based on at least one of the terminal direction information of the other information exchange request signals and the similarity between the terminal direction information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including a communication unit for receiving a plurality of information exchange request signals from a plurality of terminals, a first terminal for exchanging information among the plurality of terminals based on the plurality of information exchange request signals, And a second information exchange request signal received from the first terminal and a second information exchange request signal received from the second terminal to identify a first terminal of the first terminal and a second terminal of the second terminal, And a controller for generating first information and second information related to the exchange of information between users, wherein the controller transmits the first information to the first terminal through the communication unit, and transmits the second information to the second terminal And relays the information exchange based on the responses of the first terminal and the second terminal that have received the first information and the second information, Each exchange of information request signal of the request signal is a ring, the server that is generated based on a touch input is detected for the first output object on the touch display of the respective nodes of the plurality of terminals is provided.

A server and an information exchange method for effectively relaying information exchange between users of terminals associated with each other by selecting a first terminal and a second terminal to be exchanged among a plurality of terminals based on information provided from a plurality of terminals / RTI >

There is provided a server and an information exchange method for relaying information exchange between users of terminals, which guarantees security of information exchange without providing personal information of a party of information exchange in the information exchange through use of terminals do.

1 shows an information exchange method according to an embodiment.
2 illustrates a server that relays an information exchange according to one embodiment.
3 illustrates a first terminal performing an information exchange according to an embodiment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an information exchange method according to an embodiment.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for identifying a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of identifying a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating approval information of an information exchange according to an example and relaying information exchange between a first terminal and a second terminal.
Figure 8 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for generating authorization information for information exchange based on reading of an identification mark according to an example and relaying information exchange between the first terminal and the second terminal.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of relaying information exchange between a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example and generating information exchange completion information.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an information exchange method according to an embodiment.
11 shows a method of generating an information exchange request signal according to an example.
12 shows a method of outputting an acknowledgment message and transmitting a response signal according to an example.
13 shows a method for reading an identification mark according to an example.
FIG. 14 illustrates a method for identifying a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example.
FIG. 15 illustrates a method of identifying a first terminal and a second terminal among a plurality of terminals according to an example.
16 shows an information exchange method according to an example.

In the following, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 shows an information exchange method according to an embodiment.

Information exchange between terminals can be relayed through a server 110 that communicates with a plurality of terminals via a network. Information exchange may mean exchange of electronic information between terminals. The electronic information to be exchanged may be a series of information that can be created or read by an electronic terminal such as a computer and a mobile terminal.

Each of the plurality of terminals shown may be, for example, a mobile device including a touch display, such as a smart phone or a tablet PC.

Information exchange can be made between users using terminals.

A user of a terminal that intends to exchange information with a user of another terminal can transmit a signal to the server 110 to request the start of information exchange using its own terminal. The information exchange request signal can be generated based on the touch input sensed on the touch display of each terminal. The server 110 may receive an information exchange request signal from each of terminals of users who wish to exchange information.

The server 110 may identify the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 to exchange information among a plurality of terminals transmitting request signals based on the received information exchange request signals. In other words, the server 110 can relay information exchange between the first user of the first terminal 120 and the second user of the second terminal 130.

The first user and the second user can transmit exchange information on the exchange object information to be exchanged with the server 110 using the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, respectively. The server 110 can relay the information exchange by exchanging the exchange object information based on the received exchange information.

The configuration of the server 110 and the first terminal 120 and the method of information exchange will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 16, which will be described later.

2 illustrates a server that relays an information exchange according to one embodiment.

The server 110 may include a communication unit 210 and a control unit 220.

The communication unit 210 may be a hardware module such as a network interface card, a network interface chip, and a networking interface port of the server 110 or a software module such as a network device driver or a networking program.

The communication unit 210 can communicate with terminals through a wired or wireless communication line. Although not shown, the communication unit 210 may include one or more antennas for receiving signals and for transmitting information.

The control unit 220 can manage the components of the server 110 and can execute programs used by the server 110. [ The control unit 220 may be a device that processes an operation necessary for executing a program and processing data. The controller 220 may be at least one processor of the server 110 or at least one core in the processor.

The server 110 may be a computer system that operates and manages a virtual environment in which information to be exchanged may be utilized or consumed, and may be a computer system that executes a program for operating and managing a virtual environment.

The server 110 may be operated and managed by a service provider that provides services related to the virtual environment via programs and / or mobile applications. Programs and mobile applications that provide services related to the virtual environment may be, for example, computer game software or game software that may be executed on a mobile terminal. At this time, the information to be exchanged may be virtual goods that can be consumed in a game or an application.

The communication unit 210 may receive signals related to information exchange from the terminal, and may transmit information related to information exchange to the terminal that requested the information exchange. In addition, the communication unit 210 can transmit a signal received from the terminals to the control unit 220, and can transmit information generated from the control unit 220 to the terminal.

The control unit 220 can select the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 to exchange information among the plurality of terminals based on the signals received by the communication unit 210, The first user of the second terminal 130 and the second user of the second terminal 130.

The server 110 may further include a storage for storing data such as information about information exchange, a result of information exchange, and account information of users of terminals that transmitted signals to the server 110 .

The control unit 220 identifies the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 to exchange information based on the signals received by the communication unit 210 and / or the data stored in the storage unit, and relays information exchange .

The configuration of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 and the information and signals transmitted and received by the server 110 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

The technical contents described above with reference to FIG. 1 can be applied as it is, so a detailed description will be omitted below.

3 illustrates a first terminal performing an information exchange according to an embodiment.

Each of the terminals illustrated in FIG. 1 may be a terminal equivalent to or similar to the first terminal 120. In other words, the description of the first terminal 120 to be described later may be similarly applied to each of the second terminal 130 and other terminals.

The first terminal 120 may include a communication unit 310, a controller 320, a touch display 330, a sensor 340, and a reader 350.

As described above with reference to FIG. 1, the first terminal 120 may communicate with the server 110 and may be a mobile device, such as a smartphone and a tablet PC.

The communication unit 310 can transmit signals or information related to information exchange to the server 110 and can receive information related to information exchange from the server 110. [ Although not shown, the communication unit 310 may include one or more antennas for transmitting and receiving signals and information.

The communication unit 310 may transmit information received from the server 110 to the control unit 320 and may transmit signals or information generated from the control unit 320 to the server 110.

The control unit 320 may manage the components of the first terminal 120 and may execute programs or applications used by the first terminal 120. [ In addition, the control unit 320 may be a device that processes a program or an application and executes an operation required for processing data. The control unit 320 may be at least one processor of the first terminal 120 or at least one core in the processor.

The control unit 320 may generate an information exchange request signal for requesting information exchange with another terminal. In addition, the control unit 320 may be operable to perform information exchange based on the information received by the communication unit 310, the interaction between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, Signals.

The touch display 330 can receive the touch input from the user of the first terminal 120 and output the information processed by the control unit 320. [ The first user can control the terminal 120 through the touch display 330 or input information related to information exchange.

The touch display 330 may include a display device that outputs information processed by the control unit 320 or messages included in the processed information. For example, the touch display 330 may include a monitor, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display.

The control unit 320 may generate an information exchange request signal based on the touch input sensed for the first object output on the touch display 330. [ The first object may be output on the touch display 330 as an application for information exchange is executed in the first terminal 120. [

The sensor 340 may be a device that detects the operation of the first terminal 120 or the movement of the first terminal 120 due to an external force. The sensor 340 may sense a physical phenomenon occurring in the vicinity of the first terminal 120 or the first terminal 120. The sensor 340 may sense information associated with the first terminal 120.

The sensor 340 may be plural. For example, the plurality of sensors may include one or more of a microphone, a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, a gravity sensor, a global position system (GPS), a gyroscope, an infrared sensor, an acceleration sensor, can do. One or more of the above operations, motions, physical phenomena and information may be sensed by a plurality of sensors.

The controller 320 may generate a signal to be transmitted to the server 110 as the operation, movement, physical phenomenon, and information are detected by the one or more sensors 340.

Alternatively, the information sensed by the one or more sensors 340 may be processed by the control unit 320, and the processed information may be included in the information exchange request signal and transmitted to the server 110 through the communication unit 310 .

The reading unit 350 may be a device that reads (or recognizes) the identification mark. For example, the reading unit 350 can read the identification mark displayed on the second terminal 130. [

The reading unit 350 may include a camera. For example, the reader 350 may include a camera attached to the front or back of the mobile device.

The reading unit 350 can read the bar code or the QR code through the camera as the predetermined program capable of reading the bar code or the QR code is executed. Alternatively, the reading unit 350 can recognize the identification mark and can generate the data of the recognized identification mark. The control unit 320 can recognize the identification mark as a bar code or a QR code using the data of the identification mark. Alternatively, the reading unit 350 may be a function or a module for processing the reading (or recognition) of the identification mark in the control unit 320. [ Alternatively, the reading unit 350 may include a bar code reader capable of reading a bar code or a QR code reader capable of reading a QR code.

The reading unit 350 can generate data for the recognized identification mark, and can transmit the generated identification mark to the control unit 320. The control unit 320 may generate a signal to be transmitted to the server 110 based on the data of the identification mark.

The reader 350 may be one of a plurality of sensors or a plurality of sensors of the sensor 340, unlike the one shown.

The operation of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 and the method of performing the information exchange relayed by the server 110 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 16, which will be described later.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an information exchange method according to an embodiment.

4 illustrates a method in which a first terminal 120 and a second terminal 130 to be exchanged among a plurality of terminals are identified by the server 110 and information exchange between the first user and the second user is relayed. .

In step 410, the communication unit 210 may receive a plurality of information exchange request signals from a plurality of terminals. Each information exchange request signal of the plurality of information exchange request signals may be generated based on the touch input sensed for the first object output on the touch display of each terminal of the plurality of terminals. For example, the first object may be an image output on the touch display of the terminal.

The touch input for generating the information exchange request signal may be a drag or swipe input. For example, the user of the terminal may manipulate the first object by dragging or swiping the first object on the touch display, and the controller of the terminal may generate an information exchange request signal based on the sensed drag or swipe input .

Also, if the touch input is detected for the first object, the first object may be changed to the second object. The second object may be an image output on the touch display of the terminal like the first object. The second object may be different in shape from the first object, and may indicate the generation of the information exchange request signal by the terminal outputting the second object or the request for information exchange to the user of the other terminal. For example, a message indicating that an information exchange request signal is generated by outputting a second object may be output, or the type of the output second object itself may include an image or information indicating that information exchange is requested.

How the first object on the touch display is dragged or swiped to generate the information exchange request signal will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 11 to be described later.

In step 420, the control unit 220 can identify the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 to exchange information among a plurality of terminals based on the received plurality of information exchange request signals . The controller 220 compares the information included in the plurality of information exchange request signals with each other to analyze and analyze the information to transmit the first information exchange request signal to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 ) Can be identified as terminals to be exchanged.

The first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal may be signals that are different from each other only in information related to the account of the user of the terminal and the user of the terminal.

The first information exchange request signal may be a signal to the server 110 requesting the first user to exchange information with a second user or any user that meets a predetermined condition among the plurality of users, The request signal may be a signal to the server 110 requesting the second user to exchange information with the first user or any user that meets certain conditions of the plurality of users.

The first information exchange request signal generated by the first terminal 120 and the second information exchange request signal generated by the second terminal 130 are transmitted to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, may be generated from the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, respectively, as interaction occurs. The interaction between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be the operation of the predefined first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. The first user and the second user operate their respective terminals according to a predefined operating mode so that the first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal are transmitted from the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, Lt; / RTI > For example, the interaction may be a pre-established terminal operation within a program or application used for information exchange. Alternatively, the first user and the second user can directly determine the operation mode of the terminal for generating the information exchange request signal in the program or the application used for the information exchange. For example, the first user and the second user may set a specific gesture to be input to the touch display of the terminal as an interaction between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 for generating an information exchange request signal.

Alternatively, the interaction between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be a physical operation of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 occurring simultaneously or within a predetermined first time. The physical operation of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be sensed by the sensor 340 of the first terminal 120 and the sensor of the second terminal 130

For example, the physical operation of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be such that the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 are in contact with each other for a predetermined second time period, The first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be shaken.

Alternatively, the interaction between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may indicate a predetermined placement of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. For example, when the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 are arranged in a predetermined direction with respect to a predetermined reference direction (for example, a north direction), the first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal 1 terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, respectively. For example, a first information exchange request signal and a second information exchange request signal may be generated when the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 face each other or are arranged at a predetermined angle with respect to the reference direction.

The interaction between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be performed by the gyroscope, the acceleration sensor, the shock sensor, and the balance detection sensor included in the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 Can be detected by one or more sensors.

Each of the information exchange request signals received by the communication unit 210 includes at least one of location information related to the location of each terminal, account information on the account of the user of each terminal, and time information on the time at which each information exchange request signal was generated . ≪ / RTI >

The user's account information may include unique information (e.g., identification information) for each user who is provided with the service through the server 110. [ The account information of the user may be information for distinguishing or identifying the first user and the second user in the virtual environment in which the information exchange is performed.

The location information of the terminal may be information indicating a physical location where the terminal exists. A location of the terminal itself acquired by the communication unit of the terminal and / or the sensor, or a location of the user using the terminal.

For example, the location information may include location information of a base station to which each terminal is connected, GPS information acquired by a GPS (Global Positioning System) installed in each terminal, AP information about a wireless Internet access point And at least one of terminal area information including at least one of information and Internet Protocol (IP) address of each terminal and terminal direction information related to a direction in which each terminal sensed by the sensor mounted on each terminal is located can do. The terminal area information of the location information may be acquired by a sensor and / or a communication unit of the terminal.

The time information on the time at which the information exchange request signal was generated may include information of the time at which the information exchange request signal was generated in the terminal. Alternatively, the time information may include the time at which the information exchange request signal was transmitted to the server 110. [ For example, when an information exchange request signal is generated by a drag or swipe input sensed for a first object output on a touch display of the terminal, an information exchange request signal generated by the terminal is transmitted to the drag or swipe input At least one of a start time and an end time may be included as time information in which the information exchange request signal generated by the terminal is generated.

At least one of the terminal area information, the terminal direction information, and the time information included in the information exchange request signal may be output on the touch display of the terminal. The terminal area information, terminal direction information, and time information output on the touch display will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 11 to be described later.

Based on the similarity between the time information of the received plurality of information exchange request signals and the location information of the plurality of information exchange request signals, the controller 220 controls the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 120 of the plurality of terminals, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 130 < / RTI >

Alternatively, the control unit 220 may identify the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 among the plurality of terminals based on a comparison between each of the plurality of information exchange request signals based on a predetermined criterion .

The manner in which the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 among the plurality of terminals are identified will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 to be described later.

In step 430, the control unit 220 determines whether or not the first information exchange request signal is received from the first terminal 120 based on the first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal received from the second terminal 130, And may generate first information and second information related to information exchange between a first user and a second user of the second terminal.

In step 440, the controller 220 may transmit the first information to the first terminal 120 and the second information to the second terminal 130.

In step 450, an information exchange may be relayed based on the responses of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 receiving the first information and the second information.

The first information and the second information to be transmitted to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be exchanged between the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, Information that can be confirmed.

Alternatively, the first information and the second information may be the information of the first user and the information of the second user, respectively, which are excluded from the information used for exchanging information between the first user and the second user. For example, the first information and the second information may not include the account information of the first user and the account information of the second user. In addition, the first information and the second information may not include information that can be used to identify the first user and the second user among the information related to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. [ That is to say, the first information and the second information include information at a level at which the first user and the second user can recognize the initiation of information exchange between the first user and the second user, The first user or the second user who is the other party of the first user or the second user itself.

The relay of the information and information exchange included in the first information and the second information will be described in more detail with reference to Figs. 7 to 9 to be described later.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for identifying a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example.

In FIG. 5, a method of identifying a first terminal 120 and a second terminal 130 to exchange information among a plurality of terminals is shown. Steps 510 and 520 described below may be included in step 420 described above with reference to FIG.

In step 510, the control unit 220 determines a plurality of information exchange based on at least one of a comparison of each of the time information of the plurality of information exchange request signals, a comparison of each of the terminal local information, A score can be assigned to each of the request signals. For example, the control unit 220 may be configured to determine whether or not each pair of information exchange request signals is in proportion to the similarity between the time information (e.g., the start time or end time of the drag or swipe input for generating the information exchange request signal described above) A first score can be assigned. Alternatively, the controller 220 may assign a second score to each pair of the plurality of information exchange request signals in proportion to the similarity between the terminal area information (e.g., GPS information or IP address information). Alternatively, the controller 220 may generate a plurality of information exchange request signals (e.g., a plurality of information request signals) in proportion to each similarity degree of the terminal direction information with respect to the direction, angle, or arrangement of the predetermined terminal A third score can be assigned to each pair

In step 520, the control unit 520 may identify a pair of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 of the plurality of terminals based on the score assigned to each of the plurality of information exchange request signals have. For example, the control unit 520 may assign the terminals, which have generated the plurality of information exchange request signal pairs having the maximum sum of the first score, the second score, and the third score among the plurality of information exchange request signals, It can be identified as a terminal.

The first terminal 120 and the second terminal 120, which are located in the closest and desired directions among the terminals that have generated the information exchange request signal within a predetermined time by performing the operations 510 and 520, May be identified as the second terminal 130.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of identifying a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example.

In FIG. 6, a method of identifying a first terminal 120 and a second terminal 130 to exchange information among a plurality of terminals is shown. Steps 610 and 630 described below may be included in step 420 described above with reference to FIG.

In step 610, the controller 220 may identify the third terminals that have generated the information exchange request signals for a predetermined period of time among the plurality of terminals based on the time information of the plurality of information exchange request signals.

In step 620, the controller 220 may identify the fourth UEs whose distance between the UEs of the third UEs is less than a predetermined value, based on the UE zone information of the information exchange request signals of the third UEs.

In step 630, the controller 220 controls the first terminal 120 of the fourth terminals based on the angles indicating the directions in which the fourth terminals indicated by the terminal direction information of the information exchange request signals of the fourth terminals are located, And the second terminal 130 can be identified. For example, the control unit 220 may identify the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 that match the predetermined direction, angle, or arrangement based on a predetermined reference direction among the fourth terminals.

A first terminal 120 in which information is exchanged among the terminals located in the closest and desired directions among the terminals that have generated the information exchange request signal within a predetermined time by performing the operations 610 to 630, May be identified as the second terminal 130.

The order in which the above-described steps 610 to 630 are performed may be different from that shown. In other words, although the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 are identified by analyzing the information exchange request signals in the order of the time information, the terminal area information, and the terminal direction information in FIG. 6, The order in which the time information, the terminal area information, and the terminal direction information are compared with each other may be different from that shown in the figure.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 5 may be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating approval information of an information exchange according to an example and relaying information exchange between a first terminal and a second terminal.

The steps 710 to 740 to be described later may be included in the step 450 described above with reference to FIG.

In step 440, the first information and the second information transmitted to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may each include an acknowledgment message for approval of initiation of the information exchange.

In step 710, the communication unit 210 receives a first response signal generated by the first terminal 120 as a response to the transmitted confirmation message from the first terminal 120 and transmits the first response signal to the second terminal 130 The second terminal 130 may receive the second response signal generated by the second terminal 130. [

In step 720, the control unit 220 determines whether the first response signal and the second response signal received by the communication unit 210 are contents that determine the exchange of information between the first user and the second user, Can be determined.

In step 730, when both the received first response signal and the received second response signal indicate the confirmation of the start of the information exchange, the control unit 220 can generate approval information indicating approval of the information exchange.

The approval information may be information in which the personal information of the first user and the personal information of the second user are excluded from information that the server 110 uses for relaying information exchange between the first user and the second user.

If the response signal of either the first response signal or the second response signal received by the communication unit 210 is not a signal indicating the confirmation of the start of information exchange between the first user and the second user, May not be generated. Although not shown, when at least one of the first response signal and the second response signal is a signal indicating withdrawal of the information exchange, the control unit 220 determines that the information exchange has been withdrawn by the first user or the second user The withdrawal information may be generated. The communication unit 210 may transmit the revocation information generated by the control unit 220 to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. The first user and the second user can recognize that the information exchange between the first user and the second user has been withdrawn through the revocation information received by the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. [

In step 740, the control unit 220 may transmit the approval information to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. [

The approval information generated by the control unit 220 may include information that allows the first user and the second user to recognize that the start of the information exchange between them is approved. That is to say, step 740 may be performed to output a message on the touch display of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 indicating that the start of the information exchange between the first user and the second user is approved.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 6 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

Figure 8 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for generating authorization information for information exchange based on reading of an identification mark according to an example and relaying information exchange between the first terminal and the second terminal.

Steps 810 and 820 to be described later may be included in step 450 described above with reference to FIG.

In step 440, the first information transmitted to the first terminal 120 or the second information transmitted to the second terminal 130 may include information on the identification mark, respectively. 8, an identification mark is output to the first terminal 120 of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 and the identification mark output from the second terminal 130 to the first terminal 120 The identification mark may also be output on the touch display of the second terminal 130 when the second information includes information on the identification mark. The identification mark may be output together with a message indicating that the information exchange can be started if the identification mark is read by the other party's terminal of the information exchange.

The identification mark may be a QR code or a bar code.

The reading unit of the second terminal 130 can read the identification mark output on the touch display 330. [

In step 810, the communication unit 210 can receive a read signal for the identification mark from the second terminal 130. [ The read signal can be generated by detecting the identification mark output to the first terminal 120 by the reading unit of the second terminal 120. [ For example, the second information received by the communication unit of the second terminal 130 may include a QR code in the second terminal 130 or a program capable of recognizing the bar code or information required to execute the application. The program or application can operate the camera included in the reading unit of the second terminal 130 and read the QR code or barcode output to the first terminal 120 through the camera.

The readout signal may be a signal to the server 110 requesting approval of the exchange of information between the first user and the second user. In other words, the identification mark may be a message inquiring whether or not the server 110 transmits the information to be transmitted to the first user and the second user, and the read signal generated by the second terminal 130 may be an information exchange Lt; / RTI > signal.

In step 820, the control unit 220 may determine whether the received read signal corresponds to an identification mark included in the first information transmitted to the first terminal 120. [

The identification mark output to the first terminal 120 may not be readable by a terminal other than the second terminal 130. [ For example, in order to read the identification mark, information held only by the second terminal 130 or information unique to the second terminal 130 may be required. The information for reading the identification mark includes a password stored by the second terminal 130, a serial number of the second terminal 130, an identifier of the second terminal 130, an identifier of the second user, The key of the second user 130, the key of the second user, the public key of the second terminal 130, and the public key of the second user.

When a terminal other than the second terminal 130 attempts to read the identification mark output to the first terminal 120, an error message is output to the other terminals attempting to read without the information required for reading the identification mark .

Alternatively, a terminal other than the second terminal 130 can identify the QR code or barcode, which is the identification mark outputted to the first terminal 120, and can transmit the read signal generated by the identification to the server 110 have. At this time, the server 110 can determine that the read signal from the other terminal is not transmitted from the second terminal 130, and can transmit the error information including the error message to the other terminal.

7, when the received read signal corresponds to the identification mark included in the first information transmitted to the first terminal 120, the control unit 220 determines whether the first user and the second user It is possible to generate approval information indicating approval of the commencement of information exchange between users.

In step 740, the control unit 220 may transmit the approval information to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. [

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 7 can be applied as they are, so a more detailed description will be omitted below.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of relaying information exchange between a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example and generating information exchange completion information.

Steps 910 to 940 to be described later may be included in step 450 described above with reference to FIG. Steps 910 to 940 may be performed after step 740 described above with reference to Figures 7 and 8 is performed.

In step 910, the communication unit 210 transmits the first exchange information generated from the control unit 320 of the first terminal 120 related to the first exchange object information that the first user provides to the second user through the information exchange, From the first terminal 120 and second exchange information generated from the control unit of the second terminal 130 related to the second exchange object information to be provided to the first user by the second user have.

The first exchange object information and the second exchange object information may be the information to be exchanged in the information exchange between the first user and the second user. The first exchange object information may be at least one of information contained in the account of the first user or virtual goods. The first exchange object information can be selected by the operation of the first terminal 120 by the first user. The first exchange object information may be, for example, a game item used on mobile game software, respectively.

The first exchange information may include an identifier of the first exchange object information or a name of the first exchange object information for distinguishing the first exchange object information from other information included in the account of the first user. Even if the identifiers for the virtual goods of the same type are different from each other, the identifiers may be different from each other. That is to say, the identifier of the virtual goods can be determined according to the type and quantity of the virtual goods.

The description of the first exchange object information and the first exchange information described above may be applied to the second exchange object information and the second exchange information as they are.

In step 920, the control unit 220 exchanges the first exchange object information and the second exchange object information in the account of the first user and the account of the second user based on the first exchange information and the second exchange information .

In step 930, the control unit 220 may generate completion information indicating completion of the information exchange.

In step 940, the control unit 220 may transmit the completion information to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 through the communication unit 210. That is, the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be notified of completion of information exchange between the first user and the second user.

The exchange of the first exchange object information and the second exchange object information in step 920 and the completion information generated in step 930 are performed on the first terminal and the second terminal (e.g., on the touch display of each terminal) Lt; / RTI >

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 8 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

10 is a flowchart illustrating an information exchange method according to an embodiment.

10 shows a method in which a user of a terminal requests information exchange with a user of another terminal to the server 110 through a terminal, and information exchange is relayed by the server 110. The terminal described below may correspond to each of the plurality of terminals described above with reference to Figs. For example, the terminal may correspond to the first terminal 120 or the second terminal 130.

In step 1010, the control unit of the terminal may sense a touch input to the object output on the touch display.

In step 1020, the control unit of the terminal may generate an information exchange request signal for requesting information exchange between the user of the terminal and the user of the other terminal based on the sensed touch input. The generated information exchange request signal may correspond to the first exchange request signal or the second exchange request signal.

In step 1030, the communication unit of the terminal may transmit the generated information exchange request signal to the server 110 relaying the information exchange.

In step 1040, the communication unit of the terminal may receive information related to information exchange from the server 110. [ The received information may correspond to the first information or the second information described above. At this time, the server 110 can identify the terminal as an object of information exchange and can transmit information related to information exchange to the identified terminal.

In step 1050, the control unit of the terminal responds to the information related to the information exchange received through the communication unit and generates exchange information related to the exchange destination information to be exchanged with the user of the other terminal and transmits the generated exchange information to the server 110 Lt; / RTI >

The server 110 may relay the information exchange between the user of the terminal and the user of the other terminal based on the received exchange information. The information exchange is performed based on the similarity between each of the time information of the other information exchange request signals received by the server 110 and the time information of the terminal; Similarity between each of the terminal area information of other information exchange request signals and terminal area information of the terminal; And the similarity between each of the terminal direction information of the other information exchange request signals and the terminal direction information of the terminal, and between the other terminal and the terminal identified by the server 110 based on the similarity.

The description of the exchange of the information between the first exchange request signal or the second exchange request signal and the first user and the second user will be omitted for the information exchange between the exchange request signal of the terminal and the user of the terminal and the user of the other terminal Can be applied. Therefore, redundant description will be omitted.

The technical contents described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

11 shows a method of generating an information exchange request signal according to an example.

11 shows how information exchange request signals are generated by the drag or swipe input detected on the touch display 330 and how the information is output on the touch display 330. [

The first user of the first terminal 120 may drag or swipe the first object 1110 on the touch display 330 and if the drag or swipe input 1120 is sensed, An information exchange request signal can be generated. When the drag or swipe input 1120 is detected, the first object 1110 may be changed to the second object 1120. [ For example, the second object 1120 may be one in which the first object 1110 is moved in the direction in which the drag or swipe input 1120 is sensed, or the length thereof is extended. Alternatively, unlike what is shown, the second object 1120 may be in a completely different form than the first object 1110.

At least one of the terminal area information, the terminal direction information, and the time information included in the first information exchange request signal may be output on the touch display 330. The outputted terminal area information may include at least one of the coordinates of the position of the first terminal at the time of generating the first information exchange request signal of the first terminal 120 and the IP address of the first terminal 120. The coordinates may include information related to the latitude and / or longitude at which the first terminal 120 is located, information related to an address or an area of the first terminal 120 in which the first terminal 120 is located, And / or < / RTI >

The output time information of the terminal may include at least one of a start time and an end time of the drag or swipe input 1120.

The output terminal direction information may include an angle at which the first terminal 120 is positioned with respect to a predetermined direction at the time of generating the first information exchange request signal of the first terminal 120.

The terminal area information, the terminal direction information, or the time information to be included in the first information exchange request signal outputted on the touch display 330 is generated after the generation of the first information exchange request signal (e.g., the end of the drag or swipe input 1120) (E.g., before generation of the first information exchange request signal, or in progress of the drag or swipe input 1120), or the first object 1110 may be output at any time on the output of the touch display 330 .

The unit of terminal area information, terminal direction information, or time information output on the touch display 330 may be different from that shown.

Once the drag or swipe input 1120 is input, the controller 320 of the first terminal 120 may generate a first information exchange request signal at a predetermined time interval until the request for information exchange is withdrawn . At this time, at least one of the terminal area information, the terminal direction information, and the time information may be updated each time the first information exchange request signal is generated.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 10 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

12 shows a method of outputting an acknowledgment message and transmitting a response signal according to an example.

7, an acknowledgment message 1210 may be output to each of the touch display 330 of the first terminal 120 and the touch display of the second terminal 130. [

Each of the confirmation messages 1210 may include an OK button.

That is, the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 transmit the first response signal < RTI ID = 0.0 > And the second response signal to the server 110, respectively. The server 110 may generate approval information for exchanging information between the first user and the second user based on the received first response signal and the second response signal. The generated approval information is transmitted to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, so that the information exchange can be started.

Unlike what is shown, the confirmation message 1210 may further include a cancel button. At this time, if the cancel button is pressed on any one of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, the server 110 may not generate the approval information for exchanging information between the first user and the second user have. If authorization information is not generated, the exchange of information between the first user and the second user may not be initiated.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 11 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

13 shows a method for reading an identification mark according to an example.

The identification tag 1310 output to the touch display 330 of the first terminal 120 can be read by the reader 1320 of the second terminal 130 .

FIG. 10 shows a case where a QR code is output as the identification mark 1310 on the touch display 330 of the first terminal 120.

The reading unit 1320 of the second terminal 130 may be a front camera or a rear camera of the second terminal 130.

That is, when the identification tag 1310 output to the touch display 330 of the first terminal 120 is recognized by the reader 1320 of the second terminal 130, the second terminal 130 transmits the recognized identification And send the read information about the cover sheet 1310 to the server 110. The server 110 may generate approval information for exchanging information between the first user and the second user based on the received read information. The generated approval information is transmitted to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 so that the exchange of information between the first user and the second user can be started.

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 12 can be applied as they are, so a detailed description will be omitted below.

FIG. 14 illustrates a method for identifying a first terminal and a second terminal according to an example.

FIG. 14 illustrates a method in which the server 110 described above with reference to FIGS. 4-6 identifies a first terminal 120 and a second terminal 130.

The server 110 may identify the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 to exchange information by comparing and analyzing the information included in the received plurality of information exchange request signals.

For example, as shown, the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may have the same or similar terminal location information (e.g., the latitude and longitude at which the terminals are located are the same). In addition, the IP addresses of the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 may be similar to each other.

The server 110 may identify terminals that have transmitted the same or similar terminal location information among the terminals that have transmitted the information exchange request signals within a predetermined time, and may determine a predetermined direction, angle, or arrangement The first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 can be identified. For example, the server 110 determines whether a difference between angles in which the pairs of terminals are arranged based on a predetermined direction (for example, the north direction) among the terminals that have transmitted the same or similar terminal location information is within a predetermined range 190 degrees) to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130. In this case, That is, as shown in the drawing, the server 110 transmits the first terminal 120 (disposed in the direction of the right north side reference 90 degrees) and the second terminal 130 (in the direction of the right north side reference direction of 270 degrees) Can be identified as terminals to be exchanged. The direction of the terminal can be detected by a sensor (e.g., gyroscope, etc.) of the terminal.

An indicator (e.g., a compass) that allows the user to visually identify the direction in which the terminal is placed based on a predetermined reference direction may be output on the touch display.

The desired direction, angle or arrangement of the terminals that the server 110 uses to identify the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 pair is determined by the operator of the server 110 and / Can be set.

The technical contents described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

FIG. 15 illustrates a method of identifying a first terminal and a second terminal among a plurality of terminals according to an example.

In FIG. 15, a plurality of information exchange request signals are received at the server 110 at a specific time. The server 110 identifies terminals located in an adjacent region among a plurality of terminals and identifies a pair of terminals among the plurality of terminals (for example, as shown in the figure) to the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 120, 2 < / RTI >

Unlike the illustrated example, when there are pairs of terminals having a desired layout other than the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130, the server 110 can identify such pairs of terminals as terminals to be exchanged . That is, the server 110 can identify a plurality of pairs of terminals from which a plurality of information exchanges will be made.

Also, the server 110 may identify three or more terminals that are not the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 as terminals to exchange or share information. For example, the server 110 may exchange information of three or more terminals of the same or similar terminals (for example, terminals arranged in a cross shape or arranged in a square or a rhombus) Can be identified as terminals to be performed. In other words, the server 110 can relay the information exchange or sharing of multiple persons (three or more persons).

The technical contents described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 14 may be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

16 shows an information exchange method according to an example.

The exchange of information between the first user and the second user may be the exchange of information required for electronic transactions between the first user and the second user. For example, the information exchange may be a transaction of virtual goods between the first user and the second user.

In FIG. 16, as an example of information exchange between a first user and a second user according to an embodiment, there is shown a case in which items that can be distributed on mobile game software are exchanged between a first user and a second user.

The first exchange object information 1610 shown in a knife shape may be a game item that the first user wishes to exchange with the second user through information exchange. The first exchange object information 1610 may be the virtual goods selected by the first user of the virtual goods output to the first terminal 120. [

As shown in FIG. 16, the virtual goods held by the account of the first user can be displayed at the bottom of the touch display 330.

The second exchange object information 1620 shown in a gold shape may be a game item that the second user wishes to exchange with the first exchange object information 1610 of the first user through information exchange. The second exchange object information 1620 may be the virtual goods selected by the second user among the virtual goods output to the touch display 1110 of the second terminal 130. [

The first confirmation signal and the second confirmation signal are transmitted from the first terminal 120 and the second terminal 130 to the server 110 by pressing the confirmation button outputted to the touch display 330 and the touch display 1110 And the exchange between the first exchange object information 1610 and the second exchange object information 1620 can be completed.

The technical contents described with reference to Figs. 1 to 15 can be applied as they are, so that a more detailed description will be omitted below.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA) A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

 While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

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Claims (22)

Receiving a plurality of information exchange request signals from a plurality of terminals, wherein each information exchange request signal of the plurality of information exchange request signals includes information about a first object output on a touch display of each terminal of the plurality of terminals Generated based on the touch input;
Identifying a first terminal and a second terminal to exchange information among the plurality of terminals based on the plurality of information exchange request signals;
The information exchange between the first user of the first terminal and the second user of the second terminal based on the first information exchange request signal received from the first terminal and the second information exchange request signal received from the second terminal, Generating first information and second information associated with the first information;
Transmitting the first information to the first terminal and transmitting the second information to the second terminal; And
Relaying the information exchange based on a response of the first terminal and the second terminal receiving the first information and the second information
≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal are generated from the first terminal and the second terminal in response to an interaction between the first terminal and the second terminal, Way. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first information exchange request signal and the second information exchange request signal are transmitted from the first terminal and the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal are arranged in a predetermined direction with reference to a predetermined reference direction, A method for exchanging information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the information exchange request signals includes at least one of location information related to a location of each terminal, account information on an account of a user of each terminal, and time information on a time at which each information exchange request signal was generated , Information exchange method. 5. The method of claim 4,
The step of identifying
Identifying the first terminal and the second terminal of the plurality of terminals based on the similarity between the time information of the plurality of information exchange request signals and the position information of the plurality of information exchange request signals Exchange method. 5. The method of claim 4,
The location information may include at least one of base station information on a base station to which each terminal is connected, GPS information obtained by a GPS (Global Positioning System) installed in each terminal, and a wireless Internet access point (AP) information and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of each of the terminals, and terminal direction information related to directions in which the terminals sensed by the sensors mounted on the terminals are located ≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 6,
The step of identifying
Assigning a score to each of the plurality of information exchange request signals based on at least one of a comparison of each of the time information of the plurality of information exchange request signals, a comparison of each of the terminal area information, and a comparison of each of the terminal direction information step; And
Identifying a pair of the first terminal and the second terminal of the plurality of terminals based on a score assigned to each of the plurality of information exchange request signals
≪ / RTI > The method of claim 7, wherein
Wherein the step of assigning the score assigns a first score to each pair of the plurality of information exchange request signals in proportion to the degree of similarity between the time information, Allocating a second score to each pair of signals and assigning a third score in proportion to each similarity of the terminal direction information to a predetermined direction, angle or arrangement based on a predetermined reference direction,
Wherein identifying a pair of the first terminal and the second terminal among the plurality of terminals based on the assigned score comprises receiving a first score, a second score, and a third score of the plurality of information exchange request signals And identifies, as the first terminal and the second terminal, terminals that have generated a plurality of pairs of information exchange request signals with a maximum sum. The method according to claim 6,
The step of identifying
Identifying third terminals that have generated information exchange request signals for a predetermined time of the plurality of terminals based on the time information;
Identifying fourth terminals whose distance between the terminals of the third terminals is less than a predetermined value based on terminal area information of the information exchange request signals of the third terminals; And
Identifying the first terminal and the second terminal among the fourth terminals based on angles indicating directions in which the fourth terminals are indicated by the terminal direction information of the information exchange request signals of the fourth terminals
≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 6,
Wherein at least one of the terminal area information, the terminal direction information, and the time information is output on a touch display of each terminal,
Wherein the output terminal area information includes at least one of coordinates of a position of each terminal at the time of generating an information exchange request signal of each terminal and an IP address of each terminal,
Wherein the output terminal direction information includes an angle at which each terminal is positioned with respect to a predetermined direction at the time of generating an information exchange request signal of each terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first object is an image output on the touch display. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the touch input is a drag or swipe input,
Wherein the information exchange request signal generated by each terminal includes at least one of a start time and an end time of the drag or swipe input as time information in which an information exchange request signal generated by each terminal is generated, Way. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein when the touch input is detected for the first object, the first object is changed to a second object,
Wherein the second object is different in shape from the first object and represents a request for generating an information exchange request signal by each terminal or exchanging information with respect to a user of another terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first information and the second information are information in which the personal information of the first user and the personal information of the second user are excluded from information used for the information exchange, respectively. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first information and the second information each include an acknowledgment message for approval of initiation of the information exchange,
The step of relaying the information exchange
Receiving a first response signal from the first terminal and receiving a second response signal from the second terminal as a response to the acknowledgment message;
Generating approval information indicating approval of the information exchange when both the first response signal and the second response signal indicate the start of the information exchange; And
Transmitting the grant information to the first terminal and the second terminal
Further comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first information includes information on an identification mark,
The step of relaying the information exchange
Receiving a read signal for the identification tag from the second terminal, wherein the read signal is generated by detecting the identification tag output to the first terminal by the reader of the second terminal;
Generating approval information indicating approval of said information exchange when said readout signal corresponds to said identification mark; And
Transmitting the grant information to the first terminal and the second terminal
Further comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1,
The step of relaying the information exchange
The first exchange information associated with the first exchange object information to be provided by the first user to the second user via the information exchange from the first terminal and the second exchange information associated with the second exchange information to be provided by the second user to the first user, Receiving second exchange information associated with exchange object information from the second terminal;
Exchanging the first exchange object information and the second exchange object information with each other in the account of the first user and the account of the second user based on the first exchange information and the second exchange information;
Generating completion information indicating completion of the information exchange; And
And transmitting the completion information to the first terminal and the second terminal
Including the
Wherein the exchange of the first exchange object information and the second exchange object information and the completion information are identified on the first terminal and the second terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the information exchange is an exchange of information required for an electronic transaction between the first user and the second user. [0040]
Sensing a touch input to an object output on the touch display;
Generating an information exchange request signal for requesting information exchange between a user of the terminal and a user of another terminal based on the touch input;
Transmitting the generated information exchange request signal to a server relaying the information exchange;
Receiving information related to the information exchange from the server; And
Transmitting to the server exchange information related to the exchange object information to be exchanged with the user of the other terminal in response to the information related to the received information exchange
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Wherein the touch input is a drag or swipe input,
Wherein the information exchange request signal includes at least one of location information related to a location of the terminal, account information on an account of a user of the terminal, and time information on a time when the information exchange request signal is generated,
Wherein the time information includes at least one of a start time and an end time of the drag or swipe input,
The location information includes at least one of base station information about a base station to which the terminal is connected, GPS information acquired by a Global Positioning System (GPS) installed in the terminal, AP information about a wireless Internet access point And at least one of terminal area information including at least one of Internet Protocol (IP) address of the terminal and terminal direction information related to a direction in which the terminal is sensed by a sensor mounted on the terminal , Information exchange method. 21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the information exchange comprises: a similarity between each of the time information of the other information exchange request signals received by the server and the time information; A degree of similarity between each of the terminal area information of the other information exchange request signals and the terminal area information; And between the other terminal and the terminal identified by the server based on at least one of the terminal direction information of the other information exchange request signals and the similarity between the terminal direction information. A communication unit for receiving a plurality of information exchange request signals from a plurality of terminals; And
A first information exchange request signal received from the first terminal and a second information exchange request signal received from the second terminal based on the plurality of information exchange request signals; Generating a first information and second information related to the information exchange between a first user of the first terminal and a second user of the second terminal based on the received second information exchange request signal,
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The control unit transmits the first information to the first terminal through the communication unit and transmits the second information to the second terminal, and transmits the first information and the second information to the first terminal and the second terminal, Relay the information exchange based on the response of the second terminal,
Wherein each information exchange request signal of the plurality of information exchange request signals is generated based on a touch input sensed for a first object output on a touch display of each terminal of the plurality of terminals.

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