KR20160002525A - A portable terminal for providing a network service based on application information and a method for operating it - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a portable terminal for providing a network service based on application information and a control method thereof, wherein the portable terminal can provides an SNS and a mobile messenger service, capable of performing building friend relationships and exchanging information since a user easily gets connected to users using the same application by using application information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal includes: a step of connecting to a communications network in which a social network service is provided, based on a user identifier; a step of scanning applications installed in the portable terminal; a step of obtaining application identification information corresponding to a preset category among the applications; a step of registering the user identifier in an existing application group corresponding to the application identification information or a new application group generated based on the application identification information; a step of generating a list of interested users including user information on users of other portable terminals registered in the new application group or the existing application group, among the users of other portable terminals connected to the social network service; a step of outputting the list of the interest user; and a step of outputting a social network connection interface corresponding to the user selected from the list of the interested user.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a portable terminal providing a network service based on application information, and a control method thereof. [0002]

The present invention relates to a portable terminal and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a portable terminal providing a network service based on application information and a control method thereof.

A terminal can be divided into a mobile terminal (mobile / portable terminal) and a stationary terminal according to whether the terminal can be moved. The mobile terminal can be divided into a handheld terminal and a vehicle mount terminal according to whether the user can directly carry the mobile terminal.

Such a terminal has various functions, for example, in the form of a multimedia device having multiple functions such as photographing and photographing of a moving picture, reproduction of a music or video file, reception of a game and broadcasting, etc. .

Therefore, the contents used by the terminal are actively provided, and the user can access various contents such as the SNS service through the software or the application installed in the terminal.

SNS is an abbreviation of social network service. It enables users to connect with each other through friends or followers, and provides a space for information sharing and friendship by allowing photos, videos, and texts to be shared during the connected user terminals .

However, the problem of the conventional SNS service is that it is based on acquaintance. That is, information exchange, friend making and conversation are performed only between persons who know each other, and in order to be connected with a new friend, there is a limit that can be connected only through the acquaintance of an acquaintance or an acquaintance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal capable of providing an SNS service and a mobile messenger service that are easily connected to users using the same application through application information, And to provide a control method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: connecting to a communication network provided with a social network service based on a user identifier; Scanning the applications installed in the portable terminal; Obtaining application identification information corresponding to a preset category among the applications; Registering the user identifier in a new application group generated based on the application identification information or in an existing application group corresponding to the application identification information; Creating a list of interested users including user information of users of other portable terminals registered in the new application group or existing application group among users of other portable terminals connected to the social network service; Outputting the list of interested users; And outputting a social network connection interface corresponding to the user selected in the list of interested users.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal including: a storage unit in which an application is installed; A communication unit for accessing a communication network provided with a social network service based on a user identifier; The application identification information corresponding to a predetermined category among the applications by scanning the storage unit and acquiring the user identifier to an existing application group corresponding to the new application group or the application identification information generated based on the application identification information A control unit for generating an interested user list including user information of users of other mobile terminals registered in the new application group or existing application group among users of other mobile terminals connected to the social network service; And a display unit for displaying the list of interested users and displaying a social network connection interface corresponding to the selected user in the list of interested users under the control of the control unit.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for recording a program for execution on a computer, the method being implemented by a computer-readable recording medium.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a social network connection interface capable of connecting users based on application groups based on application information, Can be provided as a user list.

The embodiment of the present invention can be installed and implemented in a portable terminal in the form of a mobile application, and can register application identification information installed in a user terminal in a group, It is possible to provide an SNS service through a portable terminal, which can easily identify a profile of a user of the same application within a distance and support the connection to a new friend.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention can provide an SNS service and a mobile messenger service that can be easily connected to a user having a desired disposition by fusing an application, interest information, and location information. This can release the closed nature of the SNS service and provide an open SNS service in which a variety of information exchange, friendship, and conversation can be performed according to user grouping in which application information such as games, interest information, and location information are linked Let's do it.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a server configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 are views for explaining an interest information interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
9 to 16 are diagrams for explaining a graphic user interface and control operations according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following merely illustrates the principles of the invention. Thus, those skilled in the art will be able to devise various apparatuses which, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the invention and are included in the concept and scope of the invention. Furthermore, all of the conditional terms and embodiments listed herein are, in principle, intended only for the purpose of enabling understanding of the concepts of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting in any way to the specifically listed embodiments and conditions .

It is also to be understood that the detailed description, as well as the principles, aspects and embodiments of the invention, as well as specific embodiments thereof, are intended to cover structural and functional equivalents thereof. It is also to be understood that such equivalents include all elements contemplated to perform the same function irrespective of the currently known equivalents as well as the equivalents to be developed in the future, i.e., the structure.

Thus, for example, it should be understood that the block diagrams herein represent conceptual views of exemplary circuits embodying the principles of the invention. Similarly, all flowcharts, state transition diagrams, pseudo code, and the like are representative of various processes that may be substantially represented on a computer-readable medium and executed by a computer or processor, whether or not the computer or processor is explicitly shown .

The functions of the various elements shown in the figures, including the functional blocks depicted in the processor or similar concept, may be provided by use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing software in connection with appropriate software. When provided by a processor, the functions may be provided by a single dedicated processor, a single shared processor, or a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared.

Also, the explicit use of terms such as processor, control, or similar concepts should not be interpreted exclusively as hardware capable of running software, and may be used without limitation as a digital signal processor (DSP) (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and non-volatile memory. Other hardware may also be included.

In the claims hereof, the elements represented as means for performing the functions described in the detailed description include all types of software including, for example, a combination of circuit elements performing the function or firmware / microcode etc. , And is coupled with appropriate circuitry to execute the software to perform the function. It is to be understood that the invention defined by the appended claims is not to be construed as encompassing any means capable of providing such functionality, as the functions provided by the various listed means are combined and combined with the manner in which the claims require .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: There will be. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of an overall system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The overall system for providing a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or more mobile terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c, a server 200, and a communication network 300. [

Each of the different portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c can be connected to the server 200 through the communication network 300 and can communicate with each other.

Here, the network provided by the communication network 300 may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal area network (PAN) ), A mobile radiocommunication network, a satellite communication network, and the like, and may be implemented in a communication network such as a mobile communication network, a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) The network can be provided.

In addition, the at least one portable terminal 100, 100a, 100b, 100c, etc. may be a portable fixed portable terminal or a portable portable terminal. A mobile phone, a computer, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), a PDA A MID (Mobile Internet Device), a tablet PC (Tablet PC), and the like.

Also, one portable terminal 100 can configure the communication network 300 with different portable terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c. Also, the one or more portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c connected to the communication network 300 can share contents with each other. To this end, the server 200 may configure a social network and control each mobile terminal 100 to provide a social network service. Each of the one or more portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c may access the server 200 through the communication network 300 and may share information through the shared network. In this document, such a network service is assumed to be a social network, and various embodiments can be described. However, the technical idea of this document is applicable to all network services configured similar to social network services.

A social network can be formed by a social relationship structure created by interdependent ties between nodes on the web. Nodes included in a social network may represent individual subjects present in the network. The nodes constituting the network may be the above-described portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c. However, the technical idea of this document is applicable even when the nodes constituting the network are other entities.

The portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a user's portable terminal 100 and other portable terminals 100a, 100b, 100c, respectively. The other portable terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c may be entities that are different from the portable terminal 100 of the user, but may have the same type and OS.

Also, for example, a node constituting a network may correspond to an entity such as a user, a building, a road, a location, a server, and the like. That is, the portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c may form a social network with at least one user, a building, a road, a location, a server, and the like. When the node included in the social network is a road, a building, a location, or the like, each portable terminal 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c may be an account created corresponding to each road, building,

1, the server 200 can communicate with a plurality of portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c through a communication network 300. [ In addition, various contents can be acquired through communication with the plurality of portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c. In addition, various contents can be transmitted to a plurality of other portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c through communication with the plurality of portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c.

The server 200 can support formation of a social network composed of a plurality of portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b and 100c.

Particularly, according to the embodiment of the present invention, each of the portable terminals 100, 100a, 100b, and 100c transmits a social network service based on interest information and location information through communication with a social network constituted by the server 200 .

2 shows a configuration of a portable terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The portable terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, A controller 170, a controller 180, a power supply unit 190, and the like. The components shown in Fig. 2 are not essential, so that a terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication between the terminal 100 and the server 200 or between the terminal 100 and the social network of the communication network 300 in which the terminal 100 is located. have. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the terminal 100. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

The position information module 115 is a module for obtaining the position of the portable terminal 100, and a representative example thereof is a Global Position System (GPS) module.

In addition, for example, the wireless communication unit 110 can receive the product information application and the product information from the server. Then, the wireless communication unit 110 may transmit the reward accumulation information or the payment information to the server.

Referring to FIG. 2, an A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 151. [

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ Two or more cameras 121 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. Various noise reduction algorithms may be implemented in the microphone 122 to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The sensing unit 140 senses the current state of the portable terminal 100 such as the open / closed state of the portable terminal 100, the position of the portable terminal 100, the presence or absence of user contact, the orientation of the terminal, And generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the terminal 100. For example, when the portable terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it is possible to sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. It is also possible to sense whether the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141.

The output unit 150 is for generating output related to the visual, auditory or tactile sense and includes a display unit 151, an audio output module 152, an alarm unit 153, and a haptic module 154 .

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed in the portable terminal 100. For example, when the terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with the call is displayed. When the terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received video or UI and GUI are displayed. In addition, the portable terminal 100 may display an application information interface and a social network connection interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The display unit 151 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display display, and a 3D display.

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 151 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display unit 151 of the terminal body.

There may be two or more display units 151 according to the embodiment of the portable terminal 100. For example, in the portable terminal 100, a plurality of display portions may be spaced apart from one another or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') in which a display unit 151 and a sensor for sensing a touch operation (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') form a mutual layer structure, It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display unit 151 or a capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display unit 151 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. Thus, the control unit 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched or the like.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the act of recognizing that the pointer is positioned on the touch screen while the pointer is not in contact with the touch screen is referred to as "proximity touch & The act of actually touching the pointer on the screen is called "contact touch. &Quot; The position where the pointer is proximately touched on the touch screen means a position where the pointer is vertically corresponding to the touch screen when the pointer is touched.

The proximity sensor detects a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (e.g., a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, a proximity touch movement state, and the like). Information corresponding to the detected proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern may be output on the touch screen.

The audio output module 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the terminal 100. [ The audio output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the portable terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in a terminal include receiving a call signal, receiving a message, inputting a key signal, and touch input. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than the video signal or the audio signal, for example, vibration. The video signal or the audio signal may be output through the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152 so that they may be classified as a part of the alarm unit 153.

The haptic module 154 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 154 is vibration. The intensity and pattern of the vibration generated by the hit module 154 can be controlled. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 154 may include a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or a suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, contact with an electrode, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.

The haptic module 154 can be implemented not only to transmit the tactile effect through the direct contact but also to allow the user to feel the tactile effect through the muscular sensation of the finger or arm. The haptic module 154 may include two or more haptic modules 154 according to the configuration of the portable terminal 100.

The memory 160 may store a program for the operation of the controller 180 and temporarily store input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, a moving picture, etc.). The memory 160 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns outputted when a touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk. The terminal 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet.

In addition, the memory 160 may further store an application installed in the portable terminal 100, interest information, a limited distance, a list of interested users, and the like. The details will be described later.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path to all the external devices physically connected to the portable terminal 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or receives power from the external device and transmits the data to each component in the portable terminal 100 or transmits data in the terminal 100 to an external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 170.

The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the usage right of the terminal 100 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM), a universal user authentication module A Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port.

When the terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the terminal 100, or various command signals input from the cradle by the user may be transmitted to the mobile terminal It can be a passage to be transmitted. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. The control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [

The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

Particularly, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the controller 180 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to access the communication network 300 provided with the social network service based on the user identifier.

In addition, the control unit 180 may scan the applications installed in the memory 160. It is possible to obtain application identification information corresponding to a preset category among the applications.

The control unit 180 may register the user identifier in a new application group generated based on the application identification information in the social network service or in an existing application group corresponding to the application identification information.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the social network service can be provided based on the application group, and the application group can register and manage the server 200 providing the social network service. Accordingly, the control unit 180 transmits application identification information corresponding to a predetermined category (for example, a game, etc.) among the identification information of the applications obtained by scanning the memory 160 to the server 200, The control unit 200 can create a new application group or perform user registration on an existing application group.

The control unit 180 receives user information about the users of other mobile terminals registered in the new application group or existing application group among the users of the other mobile terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c connected to the social network service, , Outputting the list of interested users, and outputting via the display unit 151 a social network connection interface corresponding to the selected user in the list of interested users.

The control unit 180 may provide a separate filter interface to set the limit distance based on the input through the user input unit 130. [ If the limit distance is set, the interested user list belongs to the same application group among the users of the other portable terminals (100a, 100b, 100c) connected to the social network service, and within the limited distance from the position of the portable terminal And may include a list of other users located.

The controller 180 determines the location information of the current user's portable terminal 100 through communication with the location information module 115 or the local communication module 114 and transmits the location information to the server 200 through the wireless communication unit 110. [ ). ≪ / RTI > In addition, the server 200 can manage the location information of the other portable terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c in real time. Accordingly, the server 200 can transmit the identification information of the other portable terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c located at a certain distance from the portable terminal 100 to the portable terminal 100 together with the location information.

In outputting the social connection interface, the control unit 180 outputs an interested user information interface corresponding to the user selected in the interested user list through the display unit 151, The friend request message for the selected user can be transmitted through the wireless communication unit 110. [ The friend request message may include various types of multimedia messages such as image data, text data, SMS, or MMS that can be transmitted through the communication network 300, and may include user information corresponding to a user identifier .

The friend request message may be transmitted to another portable terminal (100a, 100b or 100c) of the selected user by relaying data of the communication network (300) and the server (200).

In addition, the control unit 180 outputs the interested user information interface corresponding to the selected user in the list of interested users through the display unit 151, and sets the selected user as the interested friend according to the input to the interested user information interface .

To this end, the controller 180 combines the first user identification information corresponding to the current user, the second user identification information corresponding to the selected user, and the friend setting message of interest through the wireless communication unit 110, ). When the interested friend setting message is received, the server 200 sets the first user identification information and the second user identification information to the interested friends, and transmits the user information of the second user identification information to the portable terminal 100 ). ≪ / RTI > The user information may include at least one of, for example, application group information, image information, age information, nickname information, gender information, popularity information, and interest information.

Meanwhile, in registering the user identifier in the application group, the controller 180 of the portable terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention displays the application list corresponding to the category among the scanned applications on the display unit 151, Selects at least one application from the application list according to a user input, extracts the application identification information from the selected at least one application, and generates a user identifier registration request message according to the application identification information To the server 200 providing the social network service through the wireless communication unit 110.

In addition, the control unit 180 can receive and output the recommended application list from the server 200. [ The recommended application list may include application group information (for example, popularity, number of registrants, number of installers, etc.) for each application, and may include an installation interface for each application. As a result, even an uninstalled application can be easily installed.

The control unit 180 can communicate with the server 200 through the wireless communication unit 110 to generate a chat channel connection corresponding to a user selected from the list of interested users or set as a friend. Accordingly, the user can be connected to the portable terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c of other users through a chat channel, thereby enabling real-time conversation.

Meanwhile, the control unit 180 may receive the visitor list corresponding to the user identifier from the server 200, and may control the display unit 151 to display the visitor list as a blind list. Here, the blind list may include first information including at least one of a nickname, an age, a gender, and a distance corresponding to the visitor list. The blind list may include profile information . ≪ / RTI >

According to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, it is possible to automatically connect users installed with the application to the memory 160, thereby enabling a social network service based on application installation information.

3 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.

3, a server 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, a payment information processing unit 240, a user information management unit 250, An information management unit 260, a relationship information management unit 270, and a dialogue channel management unit 280. [

The controller 210 of the server 200 controls the overall operation of the server 200. For example, the control unit 210 includes a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, a payment information processing unit 240, a user information management unit 250, an application information management unit 260, a relationship information management unit 270, The user can perform related control and processing for social network configuration, data communication, billing information processing, user registration, user information management, interest information management and grouping, relationship information management, etc. have.

In addition, the controller 210 of the server 200 may control the storage unit 230 to store and manage installation data for installation of a social network application including a social network connection interface. The storage unit 230 stores control data for operation of the controller 210 and user information, application information, interest information, relationship information, billing information, or chat channel information associated with the portable terminal 100 in a predetermined storage space Can be stored.

The control unit 210 can transmit various data or installation data for communication with the portable terminal 100 through the communication unit 220. [ When the social network application is installed in the portable terminal 100, the operation of the controller 180 is performed by the social network application, so that the social network service based on the location information and the application information is provided in real time through the portable terminal 100 .

The communication unit 220 of the server 200 may be connected to the portable terminal 100 through the communication network 300. The communication unit 220 may communicate with the portable terminal 100 and communicate with the portable terminal 100 and the portable terminals 100a, 100c. The communication unit 220 of the server 200 transmits the application installation data, the user registration information, the recommended application list, the interested user list, and other user information to the portable terminal 100 or transmits the payment information, login information, From the terminal 100.

When the payment information is received from the portable terminal 100, the payment information processing unit 240 performs billing processing based on the payment information, generates a result message, and transmits the result message to the portable terminal 100 through the communication unit 220 .

The user information management unit 250 can register and manage user information corresponding to users using the social network service. The user information may include personal information of the user, and all or some information may be transmitted to other users at the request of the portable terminal 100. [ The user information may include date of birth, gender, name, mobile phone number, address, profile information, and interest information. In addition, the user information may include location information corresponding to the portable terminal 100 of the user. The location information may be updated at predetermined intervals and may be provided to the portable terminal 100 of another user depending on whether the user of the portable terminal 100 agrees with the location information.

The application information management unit 260 can register and manage the application identification information in the application group in accordance with the user information. The application group can be created and managed based on the application identification information scanned in the portable terminal 100.

When the application identification information is scanned, the portable terminal 100 may transmit the application identification information corresponding to the predetermined category to the server 200. [ The category can be at least one of, for example, a game, a movie, a book, a trip, an education, and a phone decoration. Accordingly, the application information management unit 260 can create an application group corresponding to each application classified into each category, and register the user information in cooperation with the user information management unit 250. [

In addition, the application information management unit 260 may group one or a plurality of users having the same application information into one interest group based on the application identification information. Accordingly, users who have installed the same application can be registered and managed as one application group, and mutual information exchange, message transmission, friendship, and the like can be exchanged.

When the application group is created, the application information management unit 260 can create a bulletin board database corresponding to the application group, and assign a publication creation right to the created bulletin board database to the users registered in the application group.

In particular, the application information management unit 260 can assign a management right to the bulletin board database to a specific user. The specific user may be, for example, the user who originally created the application group. In addition, the application information management unit 260 can transfer the authority for the user to which the management authority is assigned to other users according to a certain condition. The certain conditions may include, for example, the occurrence of events such as group abandonment, group trading, group merger, and the like. For example, the portable terminal 100 of the user having the application group management authority may request the server 200 to transmit the management authority or request the change in exchange for acquiring the electronic money for the social network service.

In addition, when a plurality of application groups are created, the application information management unit 260 can calculate and store the popularity, the number of members, the number of installers, etc. corresponding to each interest group. The calculated information can be provided through the social network service according to the request of the portable terminal 100.

Accordingly, the portable terminal 100 accesses the social network service provided by the server 200, confirms the application groups according to popularity ranking, easily installs a popular application by selecting an application group to join, You can automatically subscribe to an application group. Here, the popularity can be calculated based on at least one of, for example, a creation post, a creation comment, a number of subscribers, a total number of posts and a total number of comments.

 Also, the application information management unit 260 may separately manage the recommended application groups according to the popularity corresponding to the interest group. Then, the recommended application group list corresponding to the recommended application group can be generated and transmitted to the portable terminal 100. The portable terminal 100 can output the recommended application group list through the application information input interface. The recommended application group list may include, for example, application identification information corresponding to a plurality of application groups, subscriber number information, friend number information, and the like.

The relationship information management unit 270 can manage the relationship information between user information according to a request received from the portable terminal 100. [ The relationship information management unit 270 may generate relationship information between user information, and may generate different relationship information according to the degree of relationship.

For example, the relationship information may be specified as a relationship of any one of a friend relationship, an interest relationship, and a visitor relationship according to the degree of relationship.

The relationship information management unit 270 may receive the friend request message received from the portable terminal 100 of the first user and may forward the friend request message to the second user. When the second user accepts the friend request, .

In addition, the relationship information management unit 270 may set the second user to the interest of the first user when receiving the interest designation message for the second user received from the portable terminal 100 of the first user.

The relationship information management unit 270 can set the first user to the visitor relationship of the second user when receiving the visiting message for the second user received from the portable terminal 100 of the first user.

The conversation channel management unit 280 relays the generation of a conversation channel between users and transmission and reception of conversation messages. The conversation channel management unit 280 generates a conversation channel for one or a plurality of users, temporarily stores conversation messages received from the portable terminal 100 of each user, and transmits the conversation messages to a user to be received.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the portable terminal 100 accesses the social network service based on the user identifier (S101).

The control unit 180 may control the wireless communication unit 110 to access the communication network 300 provided with the social network service based on the user identifier.

Then, the portable terminal 100 scans the application and acquires the application identification information (S103).

The control unit 180 of the portable terminal 100 can access the social network service of the portable terminal 100 or scan an application installed in the memory 160 according to a predetermined period. Accordingly, the acquisition and update of the application identification information can be performed in real time, so that the exchange between the users installing the actual application can be performed smoothly in real time.

In step S105, the portable terminal 100 confirms whether an application group exists by communicating with the server 200. If the application group does not exist, the portable terminal 100 requests a new application group creation and user registration (S107) The user registration is requested to the existing application group (S109).

The control unit 180 can identify the application group by the user through the application information interface, and provide an interface for confirming the installation and installing the application. The application information interface may include an interface for selecting, by category, application identification information to be registered in the application group among the applications installed by the user. The application information interface may include various information on a recommended application list, the number of subscribers corresponding to each application group, popularity, and the like, and may include a user-selectable application installation interface.

When the application identification information is selected, the control unit 180 can register the user identifier in the server 200 in the new application group generated based on the application identification information or in the existing application group corresponding to the application identification information have. In particular, when the application identification information is scanned and selected, the control unit 180 may transmit the application identification information to the server 200. The control unit 210 of the server 200 may transmit the application identification information to the server 200 through the application information management unit 260, It is possible to determine whether the user is an interested group or a new interested group and transmit the result to the controller 180 of the portable terminal 100.

Accordingly, the controller 180 can determine whether the interest information corresponds to the existing interest group through communication with the server 200. [ The control unit 180 may transmit the new application group creation and user registration request to the server 200 or may transmit the user registration request corresponding to the existing application group to the server 200 according to the determination result. Accordingly, a new application group can be created or a user registration process for an existing application group can be performed in the server 200.

When the user search menu is selected (S111), the portable terminal 100 generates and outputs a list of interested users including user information of the users installed with the same application (S113).

As described above, the control unit 180 determines whether or not the users of other mobile terminals (for example, 100a, 100b, and 100c) connected to the social network service based on application identification information set in advance according to application group registration A list of interested users including the user information of currently installed users from the server 200, and controls the display unit 151 to output the list of interested users.

Then, when a specific user is selected from the list of interested users (S115), the portable terminal 100 outputs a social network connection interface corresponding to the selected user (S117).

The control unit 180 may receive a user selection input for the list of interested users from the user input unit 130. [ The control unit 180 may identify the user corresponding to the user selection input and output the social network connection interface corresponding to the identified user. The social network connection interface may include various user information corresponding to the identified user, and may include an interface for setting the degree of relation between users. For example, the social network connection interface may include at least one of a user image, user friend information, user popularity ranking, user interest information, user application information, a friend request interface, an interest interface and a chat interface, May generate appropriate request information such as a friend request, an interest assignment request, a chat request, etc., according to a user input to the social network connection interface, and may transmit the generated request information to the server 200.

5 to 7 are views for explaining an application information interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the portable terminal 100 can provide an application information interface in which a user can manage or install application information.

As shown in FIG. 5, the application information interface may include a recommendation application group interface. The control unit 180 can receive the recommendation application group list from the server 200 and generate the recommendation application group interface based on the recommendation application group list. The recommended application group interface may include information on the number of subscribers corresponding to each application group, popularity, etc., and the user can execute the application installation through the selection input for the recommended application group interface. The application can be classified into predetermined categories. As shown in FIG. 5, an application can be classified into a game category, a movie category, or a book category. In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the game category is selected will be mainly described, but other categories may be described in the same manner.

As shown in FIG. 5, an application group selection button 101 for confirming whether an application is installed or installed may be displayed adjacent to an application group list. The control unit 180 can move to the application installation page or receive the application installation data according to the selection input for the application group selection button 101. [ When the application group is selected, the control unit 180 transmits the application identification information corresponding to the selected application group to the server 200, or transmits the application group identification information and the registration request information corresponding to the application identification information to the server 200, Lt; / RTI >

And, as shown in FIG. 6, the application information interface may include an inner application group interface. My application group interface may include, for example, my game group interface as shown in FIG. The internal game group interface may include a new game name input interface 102 and a registered game group list 103. The user can send a deletion request to the server 200 via the game-group interface or send an application installation request or an application group registration request for a specific game to the server 200, or delete one of the pre- Or may transmit a community information request for any one of interest groups of previously registered game groups. The control unit 180 may output the community information interface according to the community information request.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the application information interface may include a community information interface. The community information interface may be displayed when a user selects a specific application group in the recommended application group interface or the internal application group interface.

The community information interface may include a group bulletin board menu 104 corresponding to the selected application group and a group member menu 105 for displaying the users registered in the group. The portable terminal 100 may display various information about the interest group received from the server 200 according to each menu selection. In addition, the portable terminal 100 can provide various functions such as uploading a post to a group, recommending a post, inputting a reply, sharing, and reporting through the community information interface.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the portable terminal 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention may provide a separate filter interface to perform another user search with the same interest information according to the filter information and the limited distance.

When the user search menu is selected (S201), the portable terminal 100 receives the filter information (S203) and determines whether the limit distance is set (S205).

The control unit 180 may generate filter information, and may generate a filter interface capable of setting search conditions according to the filter information. According to the user input to the filter interface, the controller 180 may set various filter information for searching. The filter information may include, for example, gender, age, application information, interest information, etc. based on user information, and may include a limit distance for limiting the distance from the portable terminal 100, apart from user information. In this case, it is possible to provide a function of searching only users located within a certain distance according to the distance between the portable terminal location information of other users.

Here, if the limit distance is not set, the portable terminal 100 searches for another user that matches the filter information (S207).

However, if the limit distance is set, the portable terminal 100 searches for a user located within the limit distance in agreement with the filter information (S209).

Then, the portable terminal 100 generates and outputs a list of interested users according to the search result (S211).

In this manner, the control unit 180 can generate different interested user lists according to the filter information and the restriction distance setting in the filter interface. If the limit distance is set, the list of interested users is selected from among the users of other portable terminals (for example, 100a, 100b, and 100c) connected to the social network service, And may include a list of other users located within the limit distance.

The control unit 180 determines the location information of the current user's portable terminal 100 through communication with the location information module 115 or the short distance communication module 114 and transmits the location information of the portable terminal 100 to the server 110 through the wireless communication unit 110. [ (200). Also, the server 200 can manage the location information of other portable terminals (for example, 100a, 100b, and 100c) in real time based on the user information. Accordingly, the server 200 can transmit identification information of other portable terminals (for example, 100a, 100b, and 100c) located at a certain distance from the portable terminal 100 to the user's portable terminal 100 along with the location information And the control unit 180 can generate and output a list of interested users based on this information.

9 to 15 are diagrams for explaining a graphic user interface and control operations according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 shows a filter interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. 9, the filter interface according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a gender filter 106, an age filter 107, a limit distance filter 108, an interest information filter 109, an application filter 111 And may include at least one. The limit distance filter 108 may be omitted depending on the user agreement.

In particular, the application filter 111 may provide an interface for selecting category and application identification information. Filter information including specific application identification information selected according to a user input to the application filter 111 may be generated.

Then, the control unit 180 receives a search request from the server 200 based on the filter information, and receives or generates a list of interested users including only a user who installed a specific application in a specific category within a predetermined distance .

The control unit 180 may perform a user search based on the filter information corresponding to the filter interface. The control unit 180 may transmit the search request to the server 200 based on the filter information generated according to the input to the filter interface, and receive the list of interested users corresponding to the transmitted filter information.

Figures 10 and 11 illustrate a list of interested users output according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the portable terminal 100 may generate a list of interested users received through the social network service from the server 200, and output the list to the display unit 151. FIG. 10 shows a list of interested users when a limiting distance is set, and FIG. 11 shows a list of users when no limiting distance is set.

Each interested user list may include a portion of the user information, and may include at least one of a nickname, gender, age, and subscription time, for example, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. Also, as shown in FIG. 10 as compared with FIG. 11, distance information may be further included in the list of interested users when the limiting distance is set. The distance information may include a distance based on the difference in position information between the portable terminal 100 of the first user and the other users outputting the list of interested users. The portable terminal 100 can calculate the distance between other users based on the location information of the portable terminal 100 and output it through the list of interested users.

Then, the control unit 180 can determine the output order of the interested user list according to a predetermined condition. For example, the control unit 180 may determine the order of output of the interested user list in descending order of the number of the same applications installed. In addition, the control unit 180 may determine the order of output of the interested user list in descending order of the number of matching interest information. Such a priority may be set by the user or by the administrator of the server 200. [

The control unit 180 may further include an application advertisement or an interest information advertisement in the interested user list or a part of the social network connection interface to generate an advertisement effect.

Meanwhile, FIG. 12 illustrates a social network connection interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the portable terminal 100 can identify the user corresponding to the user selection input for the list of interested users, and output the social network connection interface corresponding to the identified user.

The social network connection interface may include various user information corresponding to the identified user, and may include an interface for setting the degree of relation between users. 12, the social network connection interface includes at least one of a user image, distance information, a user profile, user friend information, user popularity ranking, user interest information, application installation information, friend request interface, One can be included. In addition, the user profile may include at least one of a user icon, a user ID, age information, gender information, number of visitors on the same day, and total number of visitors.

In addition, the social network connection interface may generate appropriate request information such as a friend request, an interest assignment request, a user blocking, a chat request, etc. according to a user input to the social network connection interface, and may transmit the generated request information to the server 200. To this end, as shown in FIG. 12, the social network connection interface may include a friend request button, a chat button, a blocking button, and an interest designation button. As such a social network connection interface is provided, the distance between the user of the portable terminal 100 and other users and the social network service based on the application information can be provided.

13 to 16 show the relationship information interface.

The relationship information interface may include a friend accept interface. As shown in FIG. 13, the friend acceptance interface may include a friend request list received via the social network service. The portable terminal 100 may generate and display a friend acceptance interface according to a friend request received from another user.

And, as shown in Figs. 14 and 15, the relationship information setting interface may include a user interface of interest and a visitor inquiry interface. According to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a user list of interest may be displayed on the user interface of interest, and a visitor list may be displayed on the visitor inquiry interface. The portable terminal 100 may generate and display an interested user interface or a visitor inquiry interface according to an interest specifying message received from another user or visitor information received from the server 200. [

In particular, each interested user or visitor list may be displayed as a blind list. The portable terminal 100 displays first information including at least one of nickname, age, sex, and distance corresponding to the interested user or visitor list through the blind list, and displays the first information including at least one of the nickname, Interface can be displayed. The profile interface may include the same configuration as the above-described social network connection interface, and the user may perform a friend request, a chat request, or an interested user setting for the user identified in the blind list through the profile interface.

And Figure 16 shows the billing interface displayed for profile interface access to a particular user in the blind list. As shown in FIG. 16, for example, when a virtual currency is designated as 'mint', an accounting interface for confirming the selected user in the blind list can be displayed through the portable terminal 100. If the virtual money of the user of the portable terminal 100 is insufficient, a message for inducing charging as shown in the lower part of FIG. 16 may be further displayed on the billing interface.

Through the provision of the social network service described above, the portable terminal 100 can provide a social network connection interface capable of connecting users based on interest groups and interest keywords based on interest information, You can provide a list. Also, the list of interested users can be varied according to the limit distance and position information. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the SNS service through the SNS service that enables the user to easily check the profile of the user within a certain distance of the interest information by linking the interest information and the location information according to the user's interest information registration, .

 The method according to the present invention may be implemented as a program for execution on a computer and stored in a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD- , A floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium may be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the above method can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

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, but, on the contrary, It should be understood that various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (17)

A method for controlling a portable terminal,
Accessing a communication network on which a social network service is provided based on a user identifier;
Scanning the applications installed in the portable terminal;
Obtaining application identification information of an application corresponding to a preset category among the applications;
Registering the user identifier in a new application group generated based on the application identification information or in an existing application group corresponding to the application identification information;
Creating a list of interested users including user information of users of other portable terminals registered in the new application group or existing application group among users of other portable terminals connected to the social network service;
Outputting the list of interested users; And
And outputting a social network connection interface corresponding to a user selected from the list of interested users. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of setting a limit distance,
The list of interested users includes a list of users of other mobile terminals registered in the new application group or existing application group among the users of other mobile terminals connected to the social network service and located within the limited distance from the position of the mobile terminal doing
A method for controlling a portable terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the outputting of the social connection interface comprises:
Outputting an interest user information interface corresponding to the user selected in the user interest list; And
And transmitting a friend request to the selected user according to an input to the user information interface. The method according to claim 1,
Outputting an interest user information interface corresponding to the user selected in the user interest list; And
And setting the selected user as a friend of interest according to an input to the user information interface. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein registering the user identifier comprises:
Outputting an application list corresponding to the category among the scanned applications;
Selecting at least one application in the application list according to a user input;
Extracting the application identification information from the selected at least one application; And
Generating a user identifier registration request message according to the application identification information, and transmitting the generated user identifier registration request message to a server. The method according to claim 1,
And generating a chat channel connection corresponding to the selected user in the list of interested users. The method according to claim 1,
Receiving a visitor list corresponding to the user identifier; And
And displaying the visitor list as a blind list. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of displaying the blind list comprises:
Displaying first information including at least one of a nickname, an age, a gender, and a distance corresponding to the visitor list; And
And displaying a profile interface corresponding to a specific visitor based on the settlement information. In a portable terminal,
A storage unit in which applications are installed;
A communication unit for accessing a communication network provided with a social network service based on a user identifier;
Wherein the control unit scans the storage unit to acquire application identification information of an application corresponding to a predetermined category among the applications and transmits the application identification information to a new application group generated based on the application identification information or an existing application group corresponding to the application identification information, And generates an interested user list including user information of users of other mobile terminals registered in the new application group or existing application group among users of other mobile terminals connected to the social network service A control unit; And
And a display unit for displaying the list of interested users and displaying a social network connection interface corresponding to the selected user in the list of interested users under the control of the controller. 10. The method of claim 9,
The control unit sets a limit distance corresponding to the list of interested users,
The list of interested users includes a list of users of other mobile terminals registered in the new application group or existing application group among the users of other mobile terminals connected to the social network service and located within the limited distance from the position of the mobile terminal . 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the display unit displays an interest user information interface corresponding to the user selected in the interest user list,
Wherein the control unit transmits a friend request to the selected user through the communication unit according to an input to the user information interface. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the display unit displays an interest user information interface corresponding to the user selected in the interest user list,
Wherein the controller sets the selected user as an interested friend according to an input to the user information interface. 10. The method of claim 9,
The control unit outputs an application list corresponding to the category among the scanned applications, selects at least one application from the application list according to a user input, extracts the application identification information from the selected at least one application Generates a user identifier registration request message according to the application identification information, and transmits the user identifier registration request message to the server through the communication unit. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the communication unit creates a chat channel connection corresponding to the selected user in the list of interested users under the control of the controller. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the communication unit receives a visitor list corresponding to the user identifier,
Wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the visitor list as a blind list. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the control unit displays first information including at least one of a nickname, an age, a gender, and a distance corresponding to the visitor list, and displays a profile interface corresponding to a specific visitor based on the payment information. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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