KR20160128877A - A portable terminal for providing a network service based and a method for operating it - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling a portable terminal includes: a step of connecting a communication network to which a social network service is supplied based on a user identifier; a step of supplying a filter interface which sets up at least one among a region, a language, and a distance for the generation of a list; a step of generating the list filtered through a filter of one or more among the region, the language, and the distance based on user input corresponding to the user interface; and a step of displaying the list.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a portable terminal providing a network service, 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 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.

Meanwhile, in the case of such an SNS service, although a payment service is added, in order to interoperate with an advertisement reward service which is emerging recently, it is necessary to move to another website that does not support the mobile device, And it is difficult to estimate the advertising revenue. Therefore, there is a problem that it is only possible to use the existing simple click type advertisement method, and it is difficult to link with the reward advertisement of the mobile application installation type that the demand is rapidly increasing.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, a method, a program, The present invention also provides a mobile terminal and a control method thereof that can provide an SNS service and a mobile messenger service that can be easily connected to a reward advertisement and can be easily linked to a reward advertisement.

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; Providing a filter interface for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance for generating a list; Generating a filtered list based on at least one of the region, language, and distance based on user input corresponding to the filter interface; And displaying the list.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal including: a communication unit for accessing a communication network provided with a social network service based on a user identifier; Providing a filter interface for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance for generating a list, and based on user input corresponding to the filter interface, filtering the list filtered through one or more of the region, ; And a display unit for displaying the list.

Meanwhile, a method according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems can be implemented as a recording medium on which a program for executing in a computer is recorded.

In addition, the present invention can provide an SNS service and a mobile messenger service that can be easily connected to a user in a desired region, country, language, and disposition through location information. In addition, a filter may be provided to set at least one of a location based feed list and an area, language, and distance for user list generation.

Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention can provide an SNS service and a mobile messenger service that can be easily connected to a user with a desired disposition. This enables the SNS service to be shut down and provide open SNS services that can exchange various information, friends and conversation.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 3 are block diagrams illustrating a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a server configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 6 show a service interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 8 to 10 illustrate an interface operation according to the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 12 to 13 illustrate the operation of the interface according to the present invention.
14 to 15 are views for explaining the operation of the service interface according to the 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 can provide a social network service 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. Also, the portable terminal 100 may display the interest information interface and the social network connection interface according to the 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.

The memory 160 may further store user lists, feed lists, interest information, interest keywords, limit distances, interest user lists, and the like. The details will be described later.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path to all external devices physically connected to the terminal 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the terminal 100 or transmits data to the 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. [

In addition, the control unit 180 may include a service provision module 182 for providing a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The service providing module 182 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. The functions of all or a part of the control unit 180 for providing the social network service according to the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by the service providing module 182. [

The control unit 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 provide a social network service that provides a feed list and a user list through the service providing module 182. [

For example, based on the filter setting provided through the service providing module 182, the control unit 180 determines whether or not the user selects one of the posts of the users of the other portable terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c connected to the social network service, Generates a feed list including posts of users filtered according to the filter setting, and controls the display unit 151 to output the user list.

In addition, the control unit 180 determines the user information of the users filtered according to the filter setting among the users of the other mobile terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c connected to the social network service, based on the filter setting of the user , And controls the display unit 151 to output the user list.

The control unit 180 generates a social network connection interface corresponding to the user selected in the user list according to the selection input through the user input unit 130, and outputs the generated connection via the display unit 151.

In addition, the control unit 180 may provide a filter interface to set a limit distance based on the input through the user input unit 130. [ When the limit distance is set, the user list includes a list of users of other users located within the limited distance from the position of the portable terminal among the users of the other portable terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c connected to the social network service .

The controller 180 determines the location information of the portable terminal 100 of the current user through communication with the location information module 115 or the LAN communication module 114 and transmits the location information of the portable terminal 100 to the server 200 through the wireless communication unit 110. [ . 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.

The control unit 180 may receive a user selection input for the user list 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, friend request interface, interest interface and chat interface, According to the user input to the connection interface, appropriate request information such as a friend request, an interest assignment request, a chat request, and the like can be generated and transmitted to the server 200. Thus, the social network service according to the embodiment of the present invention can be provided.

The controller 180 outputs the user information interface corresponding to the user selected in the user list through the display unit 151 in the outputting of the social connection interface, And may transmit the friend request message to the selected user through the Internet 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 controller 180 outputs the user information interface corresponding to the user selected in the user list through the display unit 151, sets the selected user as a friend of interest according to the input to the user information interface, can do.

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, for example, at least one of image information, age information, nickname information, gender information, popularity information, and interest information.

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.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the portable terminal 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention can provide various services for the global social network through the operation of the service providing module 182 under the control of the controller 180 have. The portable terminal 100 may receive and install a service application provided from the server 200 and may communicate with the service provider 290 of the server 200 to provide various services required by the service providing module 182 Information can be transmitted and received. The control unit 180 may output information according to the operation of the service providing module 182 through the display unit 151 in the form of a social network interface.

Particularly, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 provides the user with a filter for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance for generating a location-based FEED list through the service provision module 182 Searches for a filtered feed through one or more of the region, language, and distance based on a user input corresponding to the filter, generates a feed list using the retrieved feed, (151).

Also, the portable terminal 100 provides a filter for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance for creating a user list through a service providing module 182, and based on the user input corresponding to the filter, A language, and a distance, and outputs the user list through the display unit 151. The display unit 151 displays the list of users.

To this end, the service provision module 182 includes all or some of the feed provider 182A, the personality provider 182B, the post creation unit 182C, the activity processing unit 182D and the internal information management unit 182E .

First, the feed provider 182A may provide a service for receiving a FEED from each of the users through the server 200. [ The medium of the feed may vary, but in the embodiment of the present invention, posts based on user information, location information, local information and language information may be exemplified. For example, the feed provider 182A may provide a function of sharing an issue or routine through creating a post with a global user, a desired range, or users who follow me to each other.

To this end, the feed provider 182A may include a feed service module, a filter provision module, and a translation module.

The feed service module may provide basic functionality for the feed service. The feed provider 182A may provide feed list information of another user's post format via a feed service module, provide feed information of a feedback format such as a comment or preference (LIKE) 200 may provide global issue information that is confirmed in real time.

Also, the feed providing unit 182A according to the embodiment of the present invention can output the feed service interface through the service interface output from the display unit 151. [ The feed service interface can provide various functions described above according to user input.

The feed provider 182A obtains at least one of the local information, the location information, the language information, the age information, the country information, the user rank information, and the gender information of the uploaded feed post from another user terminal to generate a feed list .

The filter providing module may provide a filter interface for filtering the feed list according to a user input inputted through a feed service interface.

In particular, the filter interface according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured as an interface for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance corresponding to a feed list. Accordingly, the user can set to receive only the feed filtered according to the specific region, the specific language, and the distance information between the current position and the other user.

Meanwhile, the translation module can translate and output the feed list according to the embodiment of the present invention according to a predetermined language setting. As a result, social networks can be smoothly performed among users located in different countries.

Meanwhile, the person providing unit 182B may provide a service through which the user list of each user is provided through the server 200. [

To this end, the personality provider 182B according to the embodiment of the present invention may provide a user list generated based on user rank information, location information, local information, and language information. For example, the personality provider 182B may provide a user search service according to various conditions based on at least one of local information, location information, language information, age information, country information, user rank information, and gender information .

To this end, the personality provider 182B may include a rank module and a filter provision module.

The rank module can collect and manage rank information for each user. The personality provider 182B can determine the items and the order of the user list according to the rank information for each user obtained from the rank module. The rank module may be obtained from the user information managed in the server 200, and the rank information may be information determined according to the activity details of the user.

In addition, the people providing unit 182B according to the embodiment of the present invention can output the people service interface through the service interface output from the display unit 151. [ The people service interface can provide various functions described above according to user input.

The personality provider 182B may then use the filter provision module to provide a filter interface for filtering the user list according to user input entered via the people service interface.

In particular, the filter interface according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured as an interface for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance corresponding to a user list. Accordingly, the user can set to output the user list filtered based on the specific region, the specific language, and the distance information between the current user and the current location.

On the other hand, the post creator 182C provides a post creation interface for the portable terminal 100 to create a post and upload it to the server 200. [ The user can create a post attached with a text, an image, a moving picture, a video link, or a sound source through the portable terminal 100. The post creator 182C can transmit the post information input through the post creation interface to the communication unit 110 You can upload it to the server via.

The server 200 can manage the uploaded posts through the service provider 290, and can process the feed information according to the request of the portable terminal 100 and provide the processed feed information. Accordingly, the post and the corresponding feedback information may be provided in the feed format from the service provider 290 to the user, another user, or the user's follower. The post creator 182C may set the post created by the user to be provided only to the user's follower.

The activity processing unit 182D may provide a feedback notification corresponding to the user's own post or the user's profile provided from the service provider 290 through the notification module. In addition, the activity processing unit 182D can receive and output the news information received from the preset news module through the notification module. The notification information and the news information received from the activity processing unit 182D may be provided to the feed providing unit 182A or output through the alarm unit 153 or the display unit 151. [

On the other hand, the internal information managing unit 182E may include one or more modules for managing the user's own information. The information management unit 182E may include at least one of a profile module, a bulletin board module, a preference module, a following module, a follower module, a visitor module, and a setting module. Or an update may be made.

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

4, 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 270, a conversation channel management unit 280, and a service provider 290.

The controller 210 of the server 200 controls the overall operation of the server 200. For example, the control unit 210 may include a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, a payment information processing unit 240, a user information management unit 250, an interest information management unit 260, an application information management unit 265, Data communication, billing information processing, user registration, user information management, service provision, and relationship information by performing communication and control with each of the communication channel management unit 270, the communication channel management unit 280 and the service providing unit 290, Management, and so on.

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 an application for providing a service or a connection interface for a social network . The storage unit 230 stores control data for operation of the controller 210 and user information, application information, interest information, relationship information, billing information, service feed (FEED) information, Etc. can be stored in a predetermined storage space.

The control unit 210 can transmit various data or installation data for communication with the portable terminal 100 through the communication unit 220. [ When a social network application is installed in the portable terminal 100, a social network service based on feed information, location information, application information, and interest information can be 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, user registration information, recommendation interest information list, interest user list, and other user information to the portable terminal 100 or transmits payment information, login information, And can receive it from the portable 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, and profile 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 service provider 290 may provide a feed service according to a predetermined filter condition according to a request received from the portable terminal 100. The feed service according to the embodiment of the present invention is a system for converting a user post that can be filtered based on at least one of a location, language, age, and country information of a user into a database and providing a FEED to the portable terminal 100 Service. ≪ / RTI > Accordingly, when a user of the world feeds a post according to his or her tendency, the user can be provided with a social network service capable of relaying it smoothly and realizing global communication.

In addition, the service providing unit 290 may provide a user recommendation service according to a predetermined filter condition according to a request received from the portable terminal 100. [ The user recommendation service according to the embodiment of the present invention is a database for converting user information that can be filtered based on at least one of the location, language, age, and country information of the user into a database and providing the user list to the portable terminal 100 Services. Accordingly, the user can be provided with social network services in which users around the world can selectively communicate with each other according to their location, language, age and country.

Meanwhile, 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.

5 to 6 illustrate a service interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the service providing module 182 according to the embodiment of the present invention may display a service interface for providing a service.

The service interface according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a main menu interface 101B, a submenu interface 102B, and a content interface 103B. And each interface can be controlled according to user input. Control of the interface may be performed in the control unit 180 or the service providing module 182. [

The sub-menu interface 102B can be controlled to be scrollable up or down as a fixed area at the top of Fig. In addition, the above-described filter interface is output to the sub-menu interface 102B so that the user can easily perform filtering.

The content interface 103B may include an area provided to be scrollable or down-capable. The content interface 103B may output various services including a feed service and a people service provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, data such as a scrollable web page, a user list page, or a feed list page may be output to the content interface 103B.

On the other hand, the main menu interface 101B can be displayed as a fixed area at the bottom of FIG. This may include an area for outputting the main menu interface shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5, the main menu interface 101B may include a global navigation bar for an overall interface operation of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The global navigation bar menu of the main menu interface 101B may be connected to the respective components of the service providing module 182 described above.

6, the FEED menu of the main menu interface 101B may be associated with the feed provider 182A, the PEOPLE menu may be associated with the personality provider 182B, The creation menu may be linked to the post creation unit 182C, the activity menu may be linked to the activity processing unit 182D, and the information management (ME) menu may be linked to the information management unit 182E.

Each module operation and function control of the service providing module 182 can be performed according to the menu item selection of each main menu interface 101B.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 8 to 10 illustrate an interface operation according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the user selects a feed menu through the main menu interface 101B of the portable terminal 100 (S501).

Then, the portable terminal 100 determines whether a filter corresponding to the feed interface is set through the sub menu interface 102B (S505), and if the filter is set, feeds the feed information matching the filter information through the feed provider 182A If the filter is not set, a feed list is created through the follower based setting (S507).

Thereafter, the portable terminal 100 outputs the generated feed list through the content interface 103B (S511), and provides the feed service provided from the feed provider 182A through the input to the content interface 103B (S513).

In one embodiment, when the feed menu of the main menu interface 101B is selected, the feed provider 182A of the portable terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a feed list 182A as shown in Figs. 8 to 10, And display it scrollable through the content interface 103B.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the feed list may include various posts and interfaces included in the feed information.

First, the portable terminal 100 may output one or more used hash tags for each time period received from the server 200 through the issue tag area of the feed list. For example, the portable terminal 100 may receive the tag information used from 1 to 2 hours from the service provider 290 of the server 200 and output the tag information to the issue tag area at 2:00. In addition, if the number of tags used for one hour in the issue tag is less than 10, the portable terminal 100 can not output the tag. When the user selects a hash tag of the issue tag, the portable terminal 100 may provide a function of searching for a post feed containing the tag. In addition, an issue tag can be scrolled with a post when the page is posted.

Meanwhile, the portable terminal 100 can output the user's post filtered according to the filtering information set in the sub-menu interface 102B through the post body area of the feed list. For example, the portable terminal 100 may filter the feed list and output only the user-created posts within a predetermined distance to the feed list.

In the post body area, an author profile photo (to a profile), a nickname, a post creation date, a body text, and an image can be output, and the image can be adjusted to the horizontal size in the screen size.

When the user selects the user profile image of the content interface 103B, the portable terminal 100 may provide the function of moving to the user profile page or moving to the above-described social network connection interface. In addition, if a profile image is selected, the function may be provided to output the original image to the entire screen.

On the other hand, the portable terminal 100 can output a guidance text in the background when there is no post included in the feed list. For example, the portable terminal 100 may output 'no new text in the selected range' or the like.

Meanwhile, the attached image may be displayed in the attached image in the post of the filtered feed list, and the portable terminal 100 may output the selected image through the entire screen when the image is selected. In addition, the portable terminal 100 may switch the image in the horizontal sliding mode according to the user input, or may perform image enlargement / reduction through the finger zoom.

On the other hand, when the user taps the image, a separate tab bar (TAP BAR) may be exposed or hidden on the upper submenu interface 102B of the portable terminal 100. Thereafter, the number of attached images can be displayed on the upper tab bar.

On the other hand, the attached video may be displayed on the attached video, and the mobile terminal 100 may play the video on the current screen when the user selects the video. For example, the portable terminal 100 can support all functions supported by online video play (full screen, timeline movement, stop / play, replay, etc.).

Like can display the number of posts included in the feed list. If the user presses the Like button, the number of likes increases by one, or once again, the number of unlike comments Comments). The selected information may be transmitted to the server 200 and managed.

In the Comments area, the number of comments of a post can be displayed. When the user presses a button, the portable terminal 100 can move to the post body of the feed list. Also, the portable terminal 100 can activate the comment input field and the keypad input field.

Meanwhile, the portable terminal 100 can provide a function of sharing a post to an individual follower through a Share menu, and can provide a function of following a publisher through a follow button menu.

On the other hand, the main menu interface 101B can provide a keypad activation by tapping a search window for post search. The search terms in the search window can be input in Korean, English (upper / lower case), numbers, and special characters.

In addition, the main menu interface 101B provided in the portable terminal 100 may provide a feed search service including a hash tag matching the search word through a search window. If you tap 'X' in the search box, the entered search term can be deleted and the feed can be initialized.

In addition, the portable terminal 100 can output the posts retrieved in the search result window through the service providing module 182 in the latest creation order. The mobile terminal 100 can output a message such as 'no search result' in the background if the search result is not found through the service providing module 182. [

In addition, the portable terminal 100 may report a post through a poster menu of the main menu interface 101B, unexplain the post from the feed list, block the publisher, and send all the posts of the user to the feed list Can be unexamined. The blocking may be releasable according to the setting of the service providing module 182. In addition, the portable terminal 100 may provide a function of automatically posting a post when the report reception for a specific post of the feed list is more than a certain number of times.

Meanwhile, the portable terminal 100 may output a post written by a user who follows in the post body area of the feed list provided through the content interface 103B, or output a guideline in the background when there is no post.

When the browse button is selected in the vicinity corresponding to the post via the content interface 103B, the portable terminal 100 searches the post settings with the filter setting of the people service provided by the personality provider 182B, Can be provided.

On the other hand, the portable terminal 100 can provide the feed information collected by the user following the user through the feed list. In addition, the portable terminal 100 can receive, through the translation module of the service providing module 182, the feed information of the person who wants to hear the news, as translated information in accordance with the language or country setting.

In addition, a filter interface for generating a user filter corresponding to the feed list may be output to the submenu interface 102B.

The service providing module 182 may generate the filter interface through the filter providing module and output the generated filter interface through the display unit 151. Various filtering of the feed list may be performed according to the information input through the user input. For example, as shown in FIG. 29, the filter interface includes a follower filter for outputting only the posts of the user who has followed the user, and an object selection such as 5/10/50/100. You can include a distance filter to filter only posts from the user. For example, if the distance is set to 6378, the distance may be enlarged to perform feed list filtering that outputs all posts of the global user.

In addition, when the user selects the filter menu of the filter interface, a detailed filter interface as shown in FIG. 31 can be provided.

As shown in FIG. 10, the detailed filter interface according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a filter interface for setting and filtering at least one of a country, a distance, a language, an age, and a gender of a post creator.

For example, the detail filter interface can provide an interface for setting the regional (Country) Country / Language / Age / Gender gender, and the set values can be applied to both the followers, . Accordingly, only the posts of the user corresponding to the set values can be filtered and output through the feed list.

In addition, for example, when the Country / Language item is selected in the detailed filter interface, the portable terminal 100 moves to the Country / Language selection screen to provide a filter interface to select at least one country / have.

Also, for age items, you can provide options such as (10/20/30/40/50 / opt out), and if you select All, you can be between 1 and 99 years old.

For Gender items, up to two Gender selectable filter interfaces may be provided.

Then, you can select up to three filter items in the filter interface and press the Done button to complete the setting. If Country / Language search provides a search function for the country / language to be filtered, if there is no search result, a message such as "No search result" can be displayed on the back page.

According to this configuration, the user can freely provide the social network service regardless of the country, region and language by providing the user with the feed list according to the country, distance and language filtering necessary for the global network service in particular.

10, the filter interface of the submenu interface 102B may include a refresh menu. When the refresh menu is selected, the service providing module 182 may perform a refresh of the feed list while outputting a bounce back motion.

11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 12 to 13 illustrate the operation of the interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, the user selects a person menu through the main menu interface 101B of the portable terminal 100 (S601).

In step S605, the portable terminal 100 determines whether a filter corresponding to the person interface is set through the sub menu interface 102B. If the filter is set, the portable terminal 100 displays user information And if the filter is not set, the user list is generated through rank-based setting (S607). Here, the rank based setting may include a filter setting that is filtered by a rank score determined according to the activity history of each user.

Then, the portable terminal 100 outputs the generated feed list through the content interface 103B (S611), and provides the feed service provided from the feed provider 182B through the input to the content interface 103B (S613).

In one embodiment, when the feed menu of the main menu interface 101B is selected, the feed provider 182B of the portable terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a user list And display it scrollable through the content interface 103B.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the user list can be scrollably output through the content interface 103B. The filter interface may be output to the sub-menu interface 102B.

When the rank is selected in the filter interface, the portable terminal 100 can output the user list according to the user rank according to the rank score for each user.

Also, when the distance is selected in the filter interface, the user list according to the distance can be outputted. For example, when 10/50/100 km is selected, the user list within the distance can be output. Also, when 6378 is selected, all user lists may be output regardless of the distance.

And, the filter interface may include a post search window area. For example, when the user taps the post search window, the portable terminal 100 can perform keypad activation. Then, the user can input a user search command of a matching Nick code or a matching User code through the filter interface. When the user selects the X button in the search window, the entered search word is deleted and the user list can be initialized.

If the retrieved user list is output in the order of the latest activity or there is no retrieval result in the content interface 103B, a message output 'no retrieval result' may be output in the background.

In addition, a list of recently accessed users within the distance set in the filter can be sorted and output in connection time order in the user list for the latest active user.

When the user adjusts the filter value through the filter interface, the user list for the filtered user can be output. The user list is scrollable, and after some output to the content interface 103B, it may further output through additional loading each time it scrolls. At least one of profile picture information, nickname information, country information and connection time information according to user information may be output to each user list item, and link information for moving to profile information of a specific user according to user selection may be included .

On the other hand, when Filter is selected in the filter interface, the portable terminal 100 can move to the detailed filter interface as shown in FIG. Here, as in the filter interface in FIG. 31, a filter for setting at least one of the user Country / Language / Age / Gender can be provided.

The service providing module 182 can generate the filter interface through the filter providing module and output it through the display unit 151. Various filtering of the user list can be performed according to the information input through the user input. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the filter interface includes a rank filter and a distance filter that filters only a user list within a certain distance in units of a certain distance through object selection such as 5/10/50/100 It is possible. For example, if the distance is set to 6378, the distance may be enlarged to perform user list filtering to output all users.

According to such a configuration, the user can freely provide social network services regardless of country, region, and language by providing the user with a list of users according to country, distance, and language filtering necessary for global network services in particular.

14 to 15 are views for explaining the operation of a service interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 show a profile list output when a profile of another user is selected in the output list and user list according to another embodiment of the present invention.

14, the profile interface includes a first content interface 104B, a second content interface 105B, a submenu interface 102B, and a main menu interface 101B.

First, the first content interface 104B area is a fixed area, and scroll up / down can not be performed.

The submenu interface 102B may be located at the default position and may be moved to the top of the screen of the display unit 151 while covering the first content interface 104B at the time of scrolling up.

When the sub-menu interface 102B is fixed at the uppermost position, when the scroll-down command is again input, the sub-menu interface 102B can be moved to the previous basic position and fixed again to the default position.

The second content interface 105B can be configured to be scrollable / down-capable, and the main menu interface 101B can be displayed at the bottom.

Referring to FIG. 14, a profile image may be displayed on the first content interface 104B. When the user selects the profile image, the portable terminal 100 can output a photograph of the original size through the entire screen of the display unit 151.

The submenu interface 102B may display various menu interfaces associated with the profile and may include various profile menus such as follow, unfollow, user block / report, post, preference, follower, and the like.

The detailed information corresponding to the menu selected in the submenu interface 102B may be output through the second content interface 105B.

 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 (15)

A method for controlling a portable terminal,
Accessing a communication network on which a social network service is provided based on a user identifier;
Providing a filter interface for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance for generating a list;
Generating a filtered list based on at least one of the region, language, and distance based on user input corresponding to the filter interface; And
And displaying the list. The method according to claim 1,
The list includes a location based feed (FEED) list,
Wherein the generating comprises:
Retrieving a filtered feed through one or more filters of the region, language, and distance to generate the feed list
A method for controlling a portable terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The list includes a location based user list,
Wherein the generating comprises:
Retrieving filtered user information through one or more filters of the region, language, and distance to generate the user list
A method for controlling a portable terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the filter interface is provided via a submenu interface fixed on the display,
Characterized in that the list is provided scrollable via a content interface on the display
A method for controlling a portable terminal. 5. The method of claim 4,
And providing a feed service according to a user input to the content interface. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the feed service includes post information of another user filtered according to at least one of a region, a language, and a distance according to the filter interface setting. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the content interface includes a display area for providing a function selected from a main menu interface, including a feed, a user list, a post creation, an activity process, and an information management function. In a portable terminal,
A communication unit for accessing a communication network provided with a social network service based on a user identifier;
Providing a filter interface for setting at least one of a region, a language, and a distance for generating a list, and based on user input corresponding to the filter interface, filtering the list filtered through one or more of the region, ; And
And a display unit for displaying the list. 9. The method of claim 8,
The list includes a location based feed (FEED) list,
The control unit searches the feed filtered through the at least one of the region, language, and distance through the feed providing unit to generate the feed list
Portable terminal. 9. The method of claim 8,
The list includes a location based user list,
The control unit searches the filtered user information through at least one of the region, language, and distance through the person providing unit to generate the user list
Portable terminal. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the filter interface is provided via a submenu interface fixed on the display unit and the list is scrollably provided through a content interface on the display unit
Portable terminal. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the control unit further comprises a feed service providing unit for providing a feed service according to a user input to the content interface. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the feed service includes post information of another user filtered according to at least one of a region, a language, and a distance according to the filter interface setting. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the content interface includes a display area for providing a function selected from a main menu interface, including a feed, a user list, a post creation, an activity processing, and an information management function. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is recorded.

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