KR20170074373A - Apparatus and method for providing emoticon - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an emoticons providing apparatus and an emoticon providing method. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing an emoticon for a chat service, the apparatus comprising: a user terminal provided with a first application for providing a chat service; an emoticon providing unit for providing a set of emoticons for use in the first application; A detection unit for detecting whether a predetermined user action for a second application different from the first application is performed after the emoticon set is provided; and a control unit for, when the completion of execution of the user action is detected by the detection unit, And an emoticon changing unit for changing the set information of the set.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EMOTICON [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing emoticons, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing various emoticons according to completion of user action for a predetermined application.

In recent years, media have been developed to facilitate communication among people. For example, since the SNS service, the chat service, or a post sharing service through a blog or the like are actively provided, users can enjoy communication with other users smoothly.

As communication is activated through various media, the above-mentioned services propose various techniques for making user's communication more interesting.

Typically, there is a technique for providing emoticons, and users can express emotions and intentions on the conversation by inserting emoticons in the middle of their conversations, attracting the other party's interest in the conversation and giving the fun .

In many cases, such emoticons are provided free of charge in each service, but in many cases, the emoticons are available only when the user purchases them. In addition, since the expiration date of the emoticons is set, the user who wants to use the emoticons, It is difficult to smoothly use it.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2009-0075397, which is related to the prior art, describes a method of transmitting and receiving a communication message capable of faithfully expressing a user's emotional expression in an action, a sound, and an image mapped to an emoticon, And does not propose a technique that allows a user to use the emoticons more smoothly.

Therefore, a technique for solving the above-described problems is required.

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 has an object to provide an emoticons providing apparatus and an emoticon providing method.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing an emoticon for a chat service, the apparatus comprising: a user terminal provided with a first application for providing a chat service; An emoticon providing unit for providing an emoticon set for use; a sensing unit for sensing whether a predetermined user action for a second application different from the first application is performed after the emoticon set is provided; And an emoticon changing unit for changing the set information of the emoticon set when the completion of execution of the user action is detected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing an emoticon for a chat service, the apparatus comprising: a user interface unit for matching and storing a first application providing a chat service and a second application different from the first application, An emoticon storing unit for storing an emoticon providing unit for providing an emoticon set for use in the first application, change condition information of the emoticon set, and set information of the emoticon set, And an emoticon changing unit for changing the set information based on the user action detection result and the change condition information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an emoticon for a chat service, the method comprising: providing a set of emoticons for use in the first application to a user terminal equipped with a first application for providing a chat service; 1 application, and changing the set information of the provided emoticon set when the completion of the execution of the user action is detected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing a method for providing an emoticon for a chat service is recorded, the method comprising: providing a first application for providing a chat service, The method comprising: providing an emoticon set for use in the first application; sensing whether a predetermined user action for a second application different from the first application is performed; and upon completion of performing the user action, And changing the set information of the provided emoticon set.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program stored in a storage medium for performing an emoticon providing method for a chat service, the computer program being executed by an emoticon providing apparatus, Providing a set of emoticons for use in the first application to the installed user terminal, detecting whether a predetermined user action is performed for a second application different from the first application, And if the completion is detected, changing the set information of the provided emoticon set.

According to any one of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention can provide an emoticons providing apparatus and a method for providing emoticons.

In addition, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, the emoticon providing device capable of extending the effective period of the emoticon used by the user and modifying at least a part of the emoticon, And methods.

In addition, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, as the use period of the emoticons can be extended as a compensation for a user action for a predetermined application, an emoticon that can induce a user's natural participation in performing a user action Thereby providing a device and a method for providing the same.

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 is a configuration diagram of an emoticon providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an emoticons providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an emoticon providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 7 are diagrams for explaining a method of providing emoticons 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 part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part 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.

Before describing this, we first define the meaning of the terms used below.

An 'emoticon' is an icon for expressing a feeling, a feeling, or a doctor of a user in communication between users. Such an emoticon can be implemented as text, image (static image and dynamic image), moving image or the like.

Also, the 'emoticon set' is a group including one or more emoticons, and each of the emoticons included in the same emoticon set share the same 'set information'. At this time, the 'set information' includes at least one of the identification information of the emoticon set, the number and / or type of the emoticon included in the emoticon set, the usable period of the emoticon set, and the identification information of another emoticon set corresponding to the emoticon set can do.

Terms other than those defined above are explained below separately.

1 is a configuration diagram of an emoticon providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The network N may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal area network (PAN) mobile radio communication network, Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Mobile WiMAX, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) satellite communication network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) network and the like.

The emoticon providing system 100 may include a user terminal 10 and a server 20 and the user terminal 10 and the server 20 may communicate via the network N. [

At this time, the user terminal 10 can be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which can be connected to a remote server 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 server 20 may provide data for providing the service to the user terminal 10. [ Examples of the service provided by the server 20 include an online service such as an SNS, a blog or a chat, or a game service. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied when the server 20 provides the service in which the emoticons are used.

The server 20 also provides the user terminal 10 with an interface for purchasing (including paid or free of charge) or sale (including paid or free) of the emoticons used on the service provided by the server 20 It is possible.

The server 20 also receives data on the emoticon purchase from the user terminal 10 and may transmit the data on the emoticon sale to the user terminal 10. [

In addition, the server 20 may transmit the changed set information of the emoticon set to the user terminal 10 so that the changed set information is reflected in the emoticon set of the user terminal 10. [

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 10 can provide a chat service based on data provided at the server 20. [

In the case of a chat service, the server 20 may process or process data transmitted from one or more user terminals 10 participating in a chat, and provide the processed data to another user terminal 10. The server 20 may also instruct the participating user terminal 10 to process or process data for the chat service.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 10 may store various data for performing the service provided by the server 20. For example, in the case of a chat service, an interface or various data for inputting or displaying a chat may be stored. The user terminal 10 drives the chat service based on the stored data. In this case, the data stored in the user terminal 10 may be provided from the server 20 or may be stored in the user terminal 10 through a separate recording medium.

Meanwhile, the emoticon providing system 100 may further include a third party server 30 capable of communicating with the user terminal 10 (or the server 20) via the network N. [

The third party server 30 can provide data for providing the service to the user terminal 10. [ Examples of the service provided by the third party server 20 include an online service such as SNS, blog, or chat, or a game service. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applicable when the third party server 30 provides a service in which a user action can be performed.

The third party server 30 may also provide an interface for the user terminal 10 to perform certain user actions. The user action refers to an action of a user such as an execution of an application and an input to an application. The user action may include, for example, installation of an application for implementing a service provided by the third party server 30, User login to an application previously installed in the application 10, connection according to application execution, achieving a certain level in the application, or performing a predetermined input in the application.

In addition, when the third party server 30 detects a user action for an application of a service provided by the third party server 30, the third party server 30 transmits a user action to the user terminal 10, A part of the information stored in the server 10 may be changed, or the user action detection result may be transmitted to the server 20.

Hereinafter, an application communicable with the server 20 and installed on the user terminal 10 is referred to as a first application and can be installed on the user terminal 10 or installed on the user terminal 10, An application which is different from the application and can communicate with the third party server 30 is referred to as a second application.

In the following description, the service provided by the server 20 is limited to a chat service. Thus, the first application may be an application for a chat service. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to all kinds of services that emoticons can be provided and used. In the following description, it is assumed that the server 20 is a device for providing emoticons.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an emoticons providing apparatus 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The emoticon providing apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an emoticon storing unit 210 for storing a set of emoticons for use in the first application.

The emoticon storing unit 210 stores an emoticon set and may store set information of the emoticon set corresponding to the emoticon set. For example, the emoticons storage unit 210 may store the usage validity period information of the emoticon set.

In addition, the emoticon storing unit 210 may store information that can be changed from the set information of the emoticon set. For example, the emoticon storage unit 210 may store information as to which range the availability period of the emoticon set can be changed within.

The emoticon storage unit 210 may store one or more emoticons that can be added to the emoticon set.

In addition, the emoticon storing unit 210 may store another emoticon set (or identification information of another emoticon set) corresponding to the emoticon set.

The emoticon storage unit 210 may also store change condition information of the emoticon set. That is, the set information of the emoticon set can be changed when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the condition at this time is called change condition information. For example, the emoticon storing unit 210 may store change condition information that is determined to be satisfied when a predetermined user action for a specific application is performed.

Meanwhile, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an emoticon providing unit 220 for providing a set of emoticons for use in the first application.

That is, the emoticon providing unit 220 may provide a set of emoticons that can be used in the first application installed in the user terminal 10. [ Accordingly, the user can use at least one emoticon included in the emoticon set for chatting.

Meanwhile, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a sensing unit 230 for monitoring whether a predetermined user action for a second application different from the first application is performed and sensing that a predetermined user action is performed .

In one embodiment, the detection unit 230 can monitor and detect whether the installation of the second application is performed as a user action, on the user terminal 10 on which the first application is installed.

As another example, the sensing unit 230 may monitor and sense whether a user login to the second application is performed as a user action.

For example, the detection unit 230 may monitor and detect, as a user action, whether the user performs login to the second application after installation of the second application.

As another example, the sensing unit 230 may monitor and sense whether a user connection to the second application is performed as the user action.

For example, the detection unit 230 may monitor and detect, as a user action, whether the user accesses the service of the second application by executing the second application after installation of the second application.

For example, the detection unit 230 may detect whether a user's connection to the second application is performed a predetermined number of times or more, and may also detect whether a user connection to the second application is performed at a predetermined time have.

As another example, the sensing unit 230 may monitor and sense as a user action whether a predetermined input to the second application is performed after the second application is executed.

For example, the sensing unit 230 may monitor and sense what the user achieves at a certain level in the game as a user action, since the second application is a game application.

In addition, for example, the sensing unit 230 may monitor and sense, as a user action, that the second application is an online shopping application so that the user submits for the event provided by the online shopping.

Meanwhile, the sensing unit 230 may determine that the user action is performed by sensing the completion of the user action on the user terminal 10 and receiving the sensing result from the user terminal 10. [ As the second application detects that the user action is completed, the user action detection result may be received from the third party server 30 communicating with the second application. As a result, the detection unit 230 may detect that the user action is performed Can be determined.

Meanwhile, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an emoticon changing unit 240 for changing the set information of the emoticon set.

The emoticon changing unit 240 may change the set information of the emoticon set when the detection unit 230 detects completion of execution of a predetermined user action.

As one embodiment, the emoticon changing unit 240 may change the set information of the emoticon set by extending the use validity period corresponding to the emoticon set.

For example, the emoticon changing unit 240 can change the set information of the emoticon set by changing the usage validity period to one month extension from the set information of the emoticon set that was available for one month. Thus, it is possible to allow the user to continuously extend the effective period of use of the emoticon set.

As another embodiment, the emoticon changing unit 240 may change the set information of the emoticon set by adding a predetermined number of emoticons to the emoticon set.

For example, the emoticon changing unit 240 may change an existing emoticon set to an emoticon set consisting of a total of eight emoticons by adding three additional emoticons to the emoticon set consisting of five emoticons. This can stimulate the user's collective desire for emoticon collection, which can lead the user to participate in user action execution.

As another embodiment, the emoticon changing unit 240 may change the information of the emoticon set by deleting the emoticon set and providing another set of emoticons corresponding to the deleted emoticon set.

For example, when another emoticon set composed of a dynamic image is associated with an emoticon set composed of a static image as a part of the same image as the emoticon included in the emoticon set, the emoticon changing unit 240 changes The set of emoticons constituting the dynamic image corresponding to the set of emoticons constituted by the static image can be provided. This allows the user to receive a new set of emoticons so that they can participate actively in user actions.

When changing the set information of the emoticon set as described above, the emoticon changing unit 240 may change the set information based on the user action detection result and the change condition information.

That is, the emoticon changing unit 240 can determine whether the user action satisfying the change condition has been performed based on the user action detection result and the change condition information. If there is a user action satisfying the change condition, the emoticon changing unit 240 The set information can be changed.

Meanwhile, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a user interface unit 240 for matching and storing the first application and the second application.

When the user interface 240 stores and matches the first application and the second application, the user interface 240 may match the applications based on the user information.

At this time, the user information is information for identifying the user, and may include user identification information or user terminal identification information controlled by the user.

In other words, the user interface 240 may store and store the first application and the second application, for example, for the user terminal in which the first application is installed.

The user interface 240 may also store and store the first application and the second application, for example, for a particular user.

As described above, when the user interface 240 stores and matches the first application and the second application, the detection unit 230 receives the user action detection result for the second application from the third party server of the second application The emoticon changing unit 240 can determine a first application matching the second application and change the set information of the emoticon set for the first application.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an emoticon providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The emoticon providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes the steps of the emoticon providing apparatus 20 shown in FIG. 2 being processed in a time series manner. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the emoticon providing apparatus 20 shown in FIG. 2 may be applied to the emoticon providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

3 is described below with reference to Figs. 4 to 7. Fig. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an emoticon providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 includes an emoticon providing apparatus 20 and a user terminal 10 FIG.

The emoticon providing apparatus 20 may provide a set of emoticons to a user terminal equipped with a first application for providing a chat service (S310).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 can provide the user terminal 10 with the emoticon set 410 having a total of ten usage days and a valid use period of 'until the end of this month'. Accordingly, the user can freely use any emoticon included in the emoticon set 410, thereby doubling enjoyment in chatting.

Then, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 may monitor whether a predetermined user action for a second application different from the first application is performed (S320), and may detect whether the execution of the user action is completed (S330).

For example, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 may allow the first application installed on the user terminal 10 to monitor whether a predetermined user action for the second application is performed, and as a result, that the user action is performed If the detection result is received, it can be detected that the user action for the second application is performed by receiving the detection result.

From a third party server 30 that communicates with the second application as the second application detects the performance of a predetermined user action for a second application installed on the user terminal 10, The emoticon providing apparatus 20 can receive the detection result and accordingly the emoticon providing apparatus 20 can detect that the user action for the second application is performed.

When the completion of the execution of the user action is detected, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 can change the set information of the emoticon set which has been provided to the user terminal 10. [

For example, upon receiving the user action detection result for the second application from the user terminal 10, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 may transmit the set information of the emoticon set which has been provided to the first application installed in the user terminal 10 Can be changed.

Further, for example, upon receiving the user action detection result for the second application from the third party server of the second application, the emoticon providing device 20 determines a first application matched to the second application, The set information of the emoticon set provided to the application can be changed.

That is, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 can change the usage validity period of the emoticon set 410 shown in Fig. 4 so that the provided emoticon set 510 can be used for an unlimited period of time, as shown in Fig.

In addition, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 can expand the emoticon set 610 as shown in FIG. 6 by adding a predetermined number of emoticons to the emoticon set 410 shown in FIG.

6, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 may add five new emoticons to the emoticon set 410, thereby allowing the user to use the emoticon set 610 including a total of 15 emoticons have.

In addition, the emoticon providing apparatus 20 deletes the emoticon set 410 while providing another emoticon set 710 corresponding to the emoticon set 410 of FIG. 4, and generates a new emoticon set 410 as shown in FIG. Gt; 710 < / RTI >

The term " part " used in the present embodiment means a hardware component such as software or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an ASIC, and 'part' performs certain roles. However, 'part' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. &Quot; to " may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, 'parts' may refer to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, , Subroutines, segments of program patent code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

The functions provided within the components and components may be combined with a smaller number of components and components or separated from additional components and components.

In addition, the components and components may be implemented to play back one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card

The emoticon providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 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.

Further, the emoticon providing 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).

Thus, the emoticon providing method according to the 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.

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Claims (10)

An apparatus for providing an emoticons for a chat service,
An emoticon providing unit provided with a first application for providing a chat service, the emoticon providing a set of emoticons for use in the first application;
A sensing unit for sensing whether a predetermined user action for a second application different from the first application is performed after the emoticon set is provided; And
And an emoticon changing unit for changing the set information of the emoticon set when the completion of the execution of the user action is sensed by the sensing unit. The method according to claim 1,
In addition,
And detects whether a user login for the second application installed on the user terminal is performed as the user action. The method according to claim 1,
In addition,
Wherein the emoticon providing device detects whether a user connection to the second application installed on the user terminal is performed as the user action. The method according to claim 1,
The emoticon changing unit may further include:
And changes the set information of the emoticon set by extending the usage validity period corresponding to the emoticon set. The method according to claim 1,
The emoticon changing unit may further include:
And changes the set information of the emoticon set by adding a predetermined number of emoticons to the emoticon set. The method according to claim 1,
The emoticon changing unit may further include:
And deletes the emoticon set and provides another emoticon set corresponding to the emoticon set to change the set information of the emoticon set. An apparatus for providing an emoticons for a chat service,
A user interface unit for matching a first application providing a chat service and a second application different from the first application to user information and storing the same;
An emoticon providing unit for providing a set of emoticons for use in the first application;
An emoticon storing unit for storing change condition information of the emoticon set and set information of the emoticon set;
A detection unit for receiving a user action detection result for the second application from the third party server of the second application after the emoticon set is provided; And
And an emoticon changing unit for changing the set information based on the user action detection result and the change condition information. A method for providing an emoticon for a chat service,
Providing a set of emoticons for use in the first application to a user terminal equipped with a first application for providing a chat service;
Detecting whether a predetermined user action for a second application different from the first application is performed; And
And changing the set information of the provided emoticon set when completion of execution of the user action is detected. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the method according to claim 8 is recorded. A computer program stored in a recording medium for performing the method according to claim 8 performed by an emoticon providing apparatus.

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