KR20170053079A - Method and system for local area chatting - Google Patents

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KR20170053079A
KR20170053079A KR1020150155397A KR20150155397A KR20170053079A KR 20170053079 A KR20170053079 A KR 20170053079A KR 1020150155397 A KR1020150155397 A KR 1020150155397A KR 20150155397 A KR20150155397 A KR 20150155397A KR 20170053079 A KR20170053079 A KR 20170053079A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a chat service and a chat system provided between terminals located in a short distance. More particularly, the present invention relates to a chat service and a chat system, A short-distance chat method and a short-range chat system that provide a different chat service for arranging a chat. The method includes a step of searching for a second terminal within a certain distance from the first terminal, a request for execution of a near-field chat to the second terminal, And establishing a data transmission / reception link with respect to the mobile station.

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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCAL AREA CHATTING [0002]

The present invention relates to a chat service and a chat system provided between terminals located in a short distance. More particularly, the present invention relates to a chat service and a chat system, The present invention relates to a near-field chat method and a near-field chat system that provide a different chat service for arranging a short-range chat.

Modern people no longer have to live with the mobile device is inseparable. Especially as the Internet of Things (IOT) technology develops, the phenomenon becomes more widespread. New services using mobile devices have been introduced every day, and this is no exception to interpersonal relationships. With mobile devices, I can share my daily life with friends, have conversations, and make new friends.

For example, a chatting method using an image of a mobile communication terminal (Patent Registration No. 10-0677295) discloses a method of displaying various images together in real time according to a user's emotional state during a chat using a mobile communication terminal.

However, the above-mentioned chatting method has a simple configuration in which a message can be exchanged only when the chatting party is identified by an ID or a telephone number. Accordingly, the present invention provides a chat service which is different from the conventional chat service providing method by providing a service for searching for a chat partner using short-distance wireless communication.

On the other hand, the background art described above is technical information acquired by the inventor for the derivation of the present invention or obtained in the derivation process of the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention .

An embodiment of the present invention is directed to providing a function of searching for a chat partner located at a certain distance from a user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a function for searching for a chat partner by setting a direction as well as a distance from a user in searching for a chat partner in a short distance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a location of another user to a user more accurately by using a base station capable of short-range communication in searching for a chatting party located in a short distance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a function for a user to send a gift to a chatting party located in a short distance.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including a first terminal used by a first user and a second terminal used by a first terminal, Wherein the short distance chatting method performed by the one or more second terminals used by the second user comprises the steps of searching for a second terminal within a certain distance from the first terminal, And concluding a data transmission / reception link with the first terminal and the second terminal that has performed the near-field chat.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a short-range communication system including one or more terminals includes a search unit for searching for one or more terminals within a certain distance from the terminal, A data transmission / reception unit for establishing a data transmission / reception link with the terminal and a terminal that is searched for, and an output unit for outputting at least one of an output signal and a user interface including at least one of video and sound to the user .

According to any one of the above-described objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention can provide a function of searching for a chat partner located at a certain distance from a user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user searches for a chat partner located in a short distance, and the user searches for a chat partner by setting a direction as well as a distance from the user Function can be provided.

In addition, according to any one of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention allows a user to search for a chat partner in a short distance by using a base station capable of short- Can accurately provide.

In addition, according to any one of the above-mentioned tasks of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention can provide a function of allowing a user to send a gift to a chatting party in a short distance.

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description will be.

1 and 2 are block diagrams of a near-field chat system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a near-field chat system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 6 are diagrams for explaining a near-field chat system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of a near-field chat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a portion is referred to as being "engaged" with another portion, this includes not only "directly engaged" but also "indirectly fastened" with another device in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a local chat system 1000 for performing a local chat according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

The local chat system 1000 may include one or more terminals 100 and 200 having a local communication module.

The terminals 100 and 200 may be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which can be connected to a remote server through a network or connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Smart Phone, Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) (Handheld) based wireless communication device. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet television (TV), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, and the like. Further, the wearable device is an information processing device of a type that can be directly worn on a human body, for example, a watch, a glasses, an accessory, a garment, shoes, or the like, and can be connected to a remote server via a network, Lt; / RTI >

The terminals 100 and 200 as an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as portable terminals, which are preferably movable.

The short-range communication module is a device that enables short-range communication in a mobile terminal. The local area communication may include, for example, Zigbee, Bluetooth, low energy Bluetooth (BLE) and WiFi.

The local chat method may be performed by the local chat system 1000 including the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200. [

As one embodiment of the present invention, the first user means a user who wants to start a near-field chat among the users of the terminals 100 and 200. A terminal used by a first user is referred to as a first terminal 100 for convenience of explanation. A terminal used by a second user, which is a user other than the first user, capable of short-range communication with the first terminal 100 of the terminals 100 and 200 is referred to as a second terminal 200 for convenience of explanation. The second terminal may be one or more.

The first terminal 100 may search for one or more second terminals 200 within a certain distance from the first terminal 100 when receiving the request for executing the local chatting method from the user have.

The search for the second terminal 200 may be performed by the short distance communication module built in the first terminal 100 to the second terminal 200 within a certain distance from the first terminal 100, . ≪ / RTI > The second terminal 200 receiving the search signal may send a response signal to the search signal so that the near field chat can be executed also on the second terminal 200. [

In this case, as an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 may directly link and transmit / receive data through a link. As another embodiment of the present invention, each of the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 may establish a link with a nearby chat server and transmit / receive data through a link. The first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 may conclude a data link on a one-to-one basis or the first terminal 100 and two or more second terminals 200 may conclude a data link on a one-to- have.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the local chat server is a device capable of transmitting and receiving various data for performing a local chat with each of the terminals 100 and 200. The local chat server can provide the software providing the local chat method to each of the terminals 100 and 200. The local chat server can provide location information of each terminal 100 and 200 required for performing the local chat method and profile information And can transmit and receive chat information including at least one to each terminal (100, 200) or the base station (300).

2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a near-field chat system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may request the base station 300 to search for the second terminal 200 upon receiving the user's request for executing the local chat method. At this time, each of the terminals 100 and 200 can search for each other using the broadcasting information of the base station 300. At this time, the base station 300 may be a beacon that can perform close-range communication with one or more terminals 100 and 200 using Zigbee, Bluetooth, low-energy bluetooth (BLE), and WiFi .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the location information of each of the terminals 100 and 200 can be accurately located by using the base station 300 capable of short-distance communication. In addition, a special function can be performed according to the place where the base station 300 is installed. For example, when each of the terminals 100 and 200 is located in a particular store, payment for the goods in the store is performed and the payment information is transmitted to the base station 300 installed in the store, And the like.

2, the base station 300 continuously broadcasts to each of the terminals 100 and 200 which beacon resource each of the terminals 100 and 200 is allocated to, Can know the beacon assigned to itself based on the broadcasting information.

Each of the terminals 100 and 200 receives beacon assignments broadcasted from the base station 300 and transmits the allocated beacon through a predetermined communication resource to transmit its existence to the other terminals 100 and 200 . Accordingly, each of the terminals 100 and 200 can search for a beacon in the vicinity of the beacon based on the information broadcasted by the base station 300 at a time when the beacon is not transmitted.

Meanwhile, as an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 can perform a near-field chatting method by concluding a direct data transmission / reception link between the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 through the search process. Also, in another embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200, which search for each other using a beacon, can link to a nearby chat server and transmit / receive data through a link have. In this case, the first terminal 100 and one second terminal 200 may conclude a data link on a one-to-one basis, or the first terminal 100 and two or more second terminals 200 may link a data link on a one-to- Can be concluded.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a near-field chat system 1000 for performing a near-field chat method, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The local area chat system 1000 including one or more terminals capable of local area communication includes a searching unit 110, a data transmitting and receiving unit 120, an output unit 130, and a location information unit 140 And the data transmitting and receiving unit 120 may include a chat information unit 121, a chat permission unit 122, a chat executing unit 123, a coupon transmitting and receiving unit 124 and a direction setting unit 125 .

In one embodiment of the present invention, the search unit 110 included in the near-field chat system 1000 searches for one or more second terminals 200 within a certain distance from the first terminal 100, The second terminal 200 can request the execution of the near-field chat. In this case, a certain distance from the first terminal 100 may correspond to a range in which short-range wireless communication according to the near module is possible, or may be a predetermined distance set by the first user.

Also, as an embodiment of the present invention, the data transmission / reception unit 120 may establish a data transmission / reception link with the first terminal 100 and one or more second terminals 200. At this time, the data transmission / reception link can be directly concluded between the terminals 100 and 200, or a data transmission / reception link can be established between the terminals 100 and 200 and a server transmitting / receiving data for performing the near- .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the output unit 130 may output at least one of an output signal or a user interface including at least one of an image and a sound. At this time, the output unit 130 may transmit at least one of the information on the distance between the first terminal 100 and the second terminal or the information on the direction of the second terminal 200 based on the first terminal 100 Can be output as an image. In one embodiment of the present invention, information on distance or direction may be output as a vector, the direction of the vector is the direction of the searched terminal, the size of the vector is the distance to the second terminal 200 Lt; / RTI >

In one embodiment of the present invention, the chat information unit 121 included in the data transmission / reception unit 120 can transmit / receive chat information to / from a terminal that has entered a data transmission / reception link. The chat information may include at least one of location information of each of the terminals 100 and 200 and profile information of each terminal user. The user can browse the provided chat information and select a chat partner. The position information of each of the terminals 100 and 200 may include coordinate information of positions of the terminals 100 and 200, distance information between the terminals 100 and 200, And direction information of the other terminal 200 may be included. In addition, the user's profile information may include personal information such as age, gender, occupation, residence, school, and hobby information including preferred food, movie, book, and the like.

Alternatively, as an embodiment of the present invention, the chat information unit 121 receives a desired chatting party's condition from the first user, and can transmit and receive only chat information of the user of the second terminal meeting the inputted conditions. By not sending or receiving chat information that does not meet the conditions, it is possible to reduce the amount of data and simplify the user interface.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the chat permission section 122 may transmit a chat permission request of the first terminal 100 to one or more second terminals 200. [ For example, after the user of the terminal 100 having received the chat information browses the chat information, the user can select a desired chat partner and transmit a chat permission request. As another example, a chat permission request may be transmitted to one or more second terminals 200 within a certain distance from the first terminal 100. [ As another example, a chat permission request may be transmitted from the first terminal 100 to one or more second terminals 200 in a certain direction. Meanwhile, the second terminal 200, which has not received the chat permission request for a predetermined time, may terminate the near-field chat.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the chat allowing unit 122 receives a condition of a desired chatting party from a first user and a second user, receives a condition inputted by a second user satisfying a condition input by the first user, To the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 when the first user is satisfied. Through the above process, it is possible to automatically transmit a chat permission request to each user on the near-field chat system 1000 without receiving user input to transmit a chat permission request.

In one embodiment of the present invention, in transmitting the chat permission request, the chat permission section 122 may be configured to determine whether the first terminal 100 requesting a chat permission, the profile of the first user, Message to the second terminal. The user of one or more second terminals that have received the chat permission request can check the location of the first terminal requesting the chat permission, the profile of the first terminal user or the message input from the user of the first terminal, You can decide if you want to talk.

As an embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal receiving the chat permission request receives the chat accept input from the user, the chat executing unit 123 may conclude a chat link with the terminal that has sent and received the chat permission request. Through the chat link, the user can communicate with at least one of a text message, an image, a video, and an emoticon.

In one embodiment of the present invention, when the second terminal 200 receives the chat permission request from the first terminal 100 and then receives the chat accept input from the second user, the chat execution unit 123, A chat link can be established between the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200. At this time, the number of the second terminals 200 may be one or more. That is, the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 can establish a one-to-one chat link, or the first terminal 100 and two or more second terminals 200 can establish a one-to- have.

Alternatively, as an embodiment of the present invention, the chat executing unit 123 may be configured such that when the first terminal 100 and one or more second terminals 200 automatically receive a chat permission request on the local chat system 1000 Upon receiving the chat accept input from the first user and the second user, a chat link may be established between the first terminal and one or more second terminals.

As one embodiment of the present invention, the coupon transmitting / receiving unit 124 can transmit / receive a gift coupon to / from a terminal that has made a data transmission / reception link. A coupon means an authentication means exchangeable with a commodity regardless of whether the commodity is a type of product or an intangible commodity, and may include authentication data or settlement information including letters, numbers, sounds, images, moving images. For example, in the form of a bar code or a bar code. The coupon transmitting / receiving unit 124 may transmit a gift coupon composed of authentication data or payment information to another terminal. Alternatively, it may be transmitted to the seller of the product so that the user of the second terminal 200 directly receives the product.

For example, when a user of each of the terminals 100 and 200 is in the same store, he can send and receive a coupon generated by paying a product sold in the store. For example, when the user of each of the terminals 100 and 200 is in a bar, gift coupons generated by paying a cocktail sold at a bar can be transmitted and received to each other via a data transmission / reception link. Alternatively, the payment information may be transmitted to the billing system of the bar so that the employee of the bar can deliver the cocktail to the user of the other terminal. In one embodiment of the present invention, the gift coupon may include an online merchandise order coupon.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the direction setting unit 125 can set a direction by receiving input in a predetermined direction from a user of each of the terminals 100 and 200. At this time, the chat information unit 121 transmits and receives chat information of one or more terminals belonging to the direction set by the direction setting unit 125, and does not transmit or receive chat information about terminals that do not belong to the set direction. A terminal not belonging to the set direction can terminate the near-field chat.

As an embodiment of the present invention, a method of setting the direction of the direction setting unit 125 may be described with reference to FIGS.

As an example of the present invention, Fig. 4 is an illustration of an orientation setting for receiving an input for orientation from a user U. Fig. The user U can set the direction by inputting the direction regardless of the direction of the terminal of the user. The user U can set the direction by touching the azimuth display displayed on the user interface displayed through the output unit 130 or by inputting the azimuth by letter. For example, the user U can input the orientation of the NE (NE) irrespective of the direction of his terminal. The output unit 130 may provide the user U with a range 400 that corresponds to the selected orientation and a range 410 excluding the selected orientation.

5 is an exemplary diagram of a direction setting for receiving an input for a certain angle from a user U. As shown in FIG. For example, the user U can set the direction by dragging a sectorial arc centered on his terminal displayed on the displayed user interface via the output unit 130. [ As another example, the user U may set an angle by touching or inputting coordinates two points away from his terminal displayed on the user interface displayed through the output unit 130. [ The output unit 130 may output a range 500 corresponding to the input angle and a range 510 excluding the input angle as an image.

As an example of the present invention, Fig. 6 is an illustration of an orientation setting for receiving an input to a ray from a user U. Fig. For example, the user U may input a ray by dragging his / her terminal displayed on the user interface displayed through the output unit 130 at the start, or may select a point other than his / So that the direction can be set. Alternatively, a direction can be set by inputting a ray by selecting another terminal displayed on the interface. The output unit 130 may output a range 600 corresponding to the input ray and a range 610 excluding the inputted ray.

Meanwhile, as an embodiment of the present invention, the position information unit 140 can calculate coordinate information on the position of the terminal based on the position information of the terminal measured by the base station 300. [ At this time, the coordinate information can be corrected by applying an extended Kalman filter (EKF). As an embodiment of the present invention, the measurement of the coordinates of the terminal may be performed by triangulation or triangulation. For this purpose, two or more base stations 300 may be installed. Also, as an embodiment of the present invention, the measurement of the coordinates of the terminal may be a coordinate corrected by applying an extended Kalman filter (EKF).

Kalman Filter is a recursive filter that tracks the linear and nonlinear states of noise, and was first proposed by R. E. Kalman in the 1960s. Here, the state is a value that varies with time, and represents a system trajectory. The Kalman filter algorithm can be applied to a model system that predicts or estimates the following states by predicting and correcting past, present, and future states.

The existing Kalman filter is an algorithm developed for a linear model. However, since the actual model has a nonlinear structure, more precise coordinate information can be obtained by applying an extended Kalman filter (EKF) in which a conventional Kalman filter is applied to a nonlinear model.

The data transmission / reception unit 120, the output unit 130, the location information unit 140, the chat information unit 121, the chat permission unit 120, The chat execution unit 123, the coupon transmitting and receiving unit 124 and the direction setting unit 125 may be implemented as at least one of the terminals 100 and 200, the local chat server, and the base station 300 .

Meanwhile, FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a near-field chatting method implemented in the near-field chat system 1000.

The near-field chat system 1000 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 includes the steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the near-field chat system 1000 shown in FIG. Therefore, even if omitted from the following description, the above description of the near-field chat system 1000 shown in Figs. 1 to 6 can also be applied to the near-field chat method according to the embodiment shown in Fig.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 and one or more second terminals 200 before executing the local chatting method may be in the idle state in the short distance communication (S101). When the first terminal 100 in a dormant state receives a request for executing a local chat from the user (S102), it can search for one or more second terminals 200 existing within a certain distance from the first terminal 100 (S103).

The search for the second terminal 200 may be performed by one or more second terminals 200 located within a certain distance from the first terminal 100, And directly transmitting / receiving signals to / from the short-range communication module.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may request the base station 300 to search for the second terminal 200 upon receiving the request for executing the user's local area chatting method. The base station 300 can search for the second terminal 200 by transmitting / receiving signals to / from one or more second terminals 200 using short-range communication. The base station 300 can relay signals to one or more second terminal 200 and the first terminal 100 searched and through which the first terminal 100 and one or more second terminals 200 And the position between them can be grasped.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the short-range communication base station 300 can measure the positions of the terminals 100 and 200, which are installed in the same space and include two or more short-range communication modules, The location information may include coordinate information of the terminals 100 and 200. In this case, the coordinate measurement of the terminals 100 and 200 may be performed by triangulation or trilateration. As an embodiment of the present invention, the coordinate information of the terminals 100 and 200 may be corrected by applying an extended Kalman filter (EKF).

The first terminal 100 may request the one or more second terminals 200 discovered within a certain distance to perform a close chat operation at step S104, One or more second terminals 200 that have been requested to execute the close chat can execute a close chat (S105). The second terminal 200 may be in a dormant state or in a short-range wireless communication state before receiving the request for the execution of the near-field chat from the first terminal 100.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 and one or more second terminals 200 searched may provide a method of providing a local chatting method by concluding data transmission / reception links (S106). In this case, as an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 and one or more second terminals 200 establish a direct link and directly transmit / receive data through the link, The terminal 200 can link to the local chat server and transmit and receive data through the link, respectively.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the data transmission / reception link may be established in a one-to-one manner between the first terminal 100 and one second terminal 200. In another embodiment, the data transmission / reception link may be established in a one-to-many manner between the first terminal 100 and two or more second terminals 200.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may receive a predetermined direction setting from a user at a predetermined distance (S107). In one embodiment of the present invention, the direction can be set by receiving an azimuth from the first terminal 100, a predetermined angle, and a radius corresponding to the starting point of the first terminal 100.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may request chat information to one or more second terminals 200 included in the set direction range (S108).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second terminal 200 fails to receive the chat information request because it does not belong to the set direction range (S109). On the other hand, the one or more second terminals 200 receiving the chat information request may transmit the chat information or terminate the chat service according to the user input (S110, S111). As an embodiment of the present invention, the input of the chat information may be input in response to the chat information request or may be input before execution of the near-field chat. In addition, the user input to transmit the chat information in response to the chat information request may be received not only after receiving the chat information request but also prior to execution of the near-field chat. That is, if the second user has previously set the transmission of chat information when a chat information request is made, the chat information may be automatically transmitted.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the chat information transmitted by the second terminal 200 receiving the chat information request may include the location information of the second terminal 200 and the profile information of the user using the second terminal 200 And may include at least one. The location information may include at least one of a distance between the terminals and a direction of the second terminal 200 based on the first terminal 100. [

Also, the first terminal 100 may receive the desired chat partner's condition from the first user, receive only the chat information of the second user matching the input condition, Only the chat information of the second user meeting the condition can be output.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may request chat permission for one or more second terminals 200 that have transmitted chat information (S112). In one embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may request one or more desired chat parties from a first user who has confirmed the profile of the user of the second terminal 200, and then request a chat permission. As another embodiment, the first terminal 100 may request a chat permission to one or more second terminals 200 within a certain distance from the first terminal 100. [ In addition, the first terminal 100 can request a chat permission to one or more second terminals 200 in a predetermined direction from the first terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may send a chat permission request to the first terminal 100 in accordance with the location of the first terminal 100, the profile of the user of the first terminal 100, To the second terminal (200).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second terminal 200 receiving the chat permission request may transmit a chat permission response or terminate the chat service according to a user input (S113, S114). In an embodiment of the present invention, the second user may request the chat terminal 100 to transmit the chat request to the first terminal 100, the profile first terminal 100 of the user of the first terminal 100, The user can input a user accepting the chat or terminate the chat service.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may send a gift coupon with a chat permission request.

As an embodiment of the present invention, a chat link may be generated between the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 that has transmitted the chat permission response (S115). The user of the first terminal 100 can be provided with a method of short-distance chat with the user of the second terminal 200 through the chat link.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may send a gift coupon with the generated chat link.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 may receive a desired chat partner's condition from the first user and the second user. In this case, the second user corresponding to the condition of the chatting party input from the first user is searched, and the condition of the chatting partner input from the second user matching the condition of the chatting partner input from the first user And requesting a chat permission to the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 when the user is satisfied.

In one embodiment of the present invention, when the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 receiving a chat permission request receive user input accepting a chat from the first user and the second user, 100 and the second terminal 200 may send a chat permission response.

A chat link may be generated between the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 when a chat permission response is received from the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 200 as an embodiment of the present invention have. The user of the first terminal 100 can be provided with a method of short-distance chat with the user of the second terminal 200 through the chat link.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal 100 may send a gift coupon with the generated chat link.

As an embodiment of the present invention, when the first user has to take a taxi from Incheon to the last terminal, the first user can input a request to execute the local chat method to the first terminal. As the first user, the second user or a part of the second user who has transmitted the chat information can request a chat permission. At this time, it is possible to transmit the message "Incheon Taxi Now ". " At the same time, one or more second users may transmit chat information of the first user including at least one of the location information and profile information of the first user, A chat link may be generated between the second terminal and the first terminal that has sent the chat permission response. The generated chat link The first user and the second user can exchange at least one of a text message, an image, an image, and an emoticon in a one-to-one or one-to-many form.

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

Also, the near-field chat method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program (or a computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions that are processed by a processor and can be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language . The computer program may also be recorded on a computer readable recording medium of a type (e.g., memory, hard disk, magnetic / optical medium or solid-state drive).

Therefore, the near-field chatting method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be realized by the computer program as described above being executed by the computing device. The computing device may include a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to the low-speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components is connected to each other using a variety of buses and can be mounted on a common motherboard or mounted in any other suitable manner.

Where the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface And commands stored in memory or storage devices. As another example, multiple processors and / or multiple busses may be used with multiple memory and memory types as appropriate. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset comprised of chips comprising multiple independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may comprise volatile memory units or a collection thereof. In another example, the memory may be comprised of non-volatile memory units or a collection thereof. The memory may also be another type of computer readable medium such as, for example, a magnetic or optical disk.

And the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium and may include, for example, devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network) or other configurations, and may be a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or other similar semiconductor memory device or device array.

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

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

1000: near-field chat system 100: first terminal 200: second terminal 300: base station
110: search unit 120: data transmission / reception unit 130: output unit 140:
121: chat information section 122: chat permission section 123: chat execution section 124: coupon transmission / reception section 125:
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1. A local area chatting method for a first terminal used by a first user and a second terminal used by a second user as a terminal capable of short range communication with the first terminal,
Searching for a second terminal within a certain distance from the first terminal;
Requesting the discovered second terminal to execute a local chat; And
And establishing a data transmission / reception link with the second terminal and the first terminal that have executed the near-field chat.
The method according to claim 1,
The short-
Requesting chat information including at least one of location information of the second terminal and profile information of the second user to a second terminal to which a data transmission / reception link is established;
Receiving the chat information from the first terminal;
Requesting a second terminal that has transmitted the chat information a chat permission; And
Further comprising concluding a chat link between the first terminal and the second terminal when the second terminal receiving the chat permission request receives a chat accept input for the chat permission request from the user.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the requesting of the chat information comprises:
Receiving an input of a first user in a predetermined direction from the first terminal; And
And requesting chat information to a second terminal that is within the predetermined direction of input.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the receiving of the first user's input for the certain direction comprises:
Receiving an orientation based on the first terminal;
Receiving a predetermined angle based on the first terminal; or
And receiving a ray having a start point of a position of the first terminal.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the receiving the chat information comprises:
And receiving only the chat information of the second user matching the desired chat partner condition input from the first user.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein requesting the second terminal for a chat permission comprises:
A second user corresponding to a condition of a desired chatting party input from the first user is searched for and a first user enters a condition of a chatting partner inputted from a second user matching the condition of the chatting partner input from the first user And requesting a chat permission to the first terminal and the second terminal when they match.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein requesting the second terminal for a chat permission comprises:
Further comprising transmitting at least one of the location information of the first terminal, the profile of the first user, and the message received from the first user to the second terminal.
3. The method of claim 2,
At least one of requesting a chat permission to the second terminal and establishing a chat link between the second terminal and the first terminal,
Further comprising the step of the first terminal sending a gift coupon to the second terminal.
8. The method according to any one of claims 3 and 7,
The location information may include:
And coordinate information of a position of the second terminal measured by a base station capable of short-range communication with the first terminal and the second terminal.
10. The method of claim 9,
The coordinate information includes coordinates
A near-field chat method, wherein the coordinate information is corrected by applying an extended Kalman filter (EKF).
A short range chat system including a first terminal used by a first user and a second terminal used by a second user as a terminal capable of short range communication with the first terminal,
A searching unit for searching at least one second terminal within a predetermined distance from the first terminal and requesting the second terminal to search for a near-field chat;
A data transmission / reception unit for establishing a data transmission / reception link with the first terminal and the searched second terminal; And
And an output for outputting to the user at least one of an output signal and a user interface comprising at least one of a video and a sound.
12. The method of claim 11,
The data transmitting /
A chat information unit for transmitting chat information including at least one of the location information of the second terminal and the user profile information of the second terminal to the first terminal;
A chat permission unit for transmitting a chat permission request of the first terminal to the second terminal; And
Accepting a chat accept input from a second user after the second terminal receives a chat permission request or accepting a chat from a first user and a second user after the first terminal and the second terminal receive a chat permission request And a chat execution unit for establishing a chat link between the first terminal and the second terminal upon receiving the input.
13. The method of claim 12,
The chat information unit,
Receives a chatting partner's condition from the first user and transmits / receives only chat information of a second user matching the inputted condition.
13. The method of claim 12,
The data transmitting /
Further comprising a direction setting unit for setting a direction by receiving an input in a predetermined direction from a first user based on the first terminal,
The chat information unit,
And transmits and receives chat information of one or more second terminals belonging to a direction set by the direction setting unit.
15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the direction setting unit sets, from the first user,
Input for bearing;
An input for a predetermined angle based on the first terminal; or
And sets the direction by receiving any one of inputs to a ray whose starting point is the position of the first terminal.
13. The method of claim 12,
The chat-
In transmitting the chat permission request,
A second user corresponding to a condition of a desired chatting party input from the first user is searched for and a first user enters a condition of a chatting partner inputted from a second user matching the condition of the chatting partner input from the first user And requests a chat permission to the first terminal and the second terminal when they match.
13. The method of claim 12,
The chat-
In transmitting the chat permission request,
And transmits at least one of location information of the first terminal, profile information of the first user, and a message received from the first user to the second terminal.
12. The method of claim 11,
The data transmitting /
And a coupon transmitting / receiving unit transmitting / receiving a gift coupon between the first terminal and the second terminal.
17. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 16,
The short-
Further comprising a base station and a location information unit capable of short-distance communication with the first terminal or the second terminal,
The position information unit,
And calculating the coordinate information of the position of the terminal based on the position information of the first terminal or the second terminal measured by the base station and correcting the coordinate information by applying an extended Kalman filter (EKF) .
12. The method of claim 11,
The output unit includes:
And outputting at least one of a distance between the first terminal and the second terminal or a direction of the second terminal based on the first terminal as a video.
A computer program stored on a recording medium for performing the method of claim 1.
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