KR20170098672A - Method and system for providing video chatting - Google Patents

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KR20170098672A
KR20170098672A KR1020160030985A KR20160030985A KR20170098672A KR 20170098672 A KR20170098672 A KR 20170098672A KR 1020160030985 A KR1020160030985 A KR 1020160030985A KR 20160030985 A KR20160030985 A KR 20160030985A KR 20170098672 A KR20170098672 A KR 20170098672A
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Abstract

A method for providing a video conversation service is provided. A method for providing a video chatting service includes: requesting a video chatting service server to create a video chatting session; Displaying a social network service list at a first user terminal after the video chat session is created; Selecting a target social network service to be used by a user to invite in the video chat session from the social network service list; Generating an invite message that the target social network service is capable of receiving; And sending the invite message to a second user terminal used by a user to invite to the video chat session.

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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CHATTING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a video conversation service, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing a video conversation service that provides various types of video conversation regardless of the type of a social media service.

 Various social media services (SNS), including Facebook, kakaotalk, etc., provide video conversation services among users. However, these video conversation services are directed only to users who are subscribed to the same social media service, the number of users who can participate in one video conversation is relatively small, and when a plurality of other users are invited to a video conversation, You have to invite other users one at a time. Accordingly, it is required to provide a large number of video conversations (or video conferencing) that transcends the boundaries of social media services, and the emergence of a video conversation service with increased convenience.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for providing a video conversation service in which convenience and a number of participating users are increased in a video conversation or a video conference.

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

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a video chatting service, the method comprising: requesting a video chatting service server to create a video chatting session; Displaying a social network service list at a first user terminal after the video chat session is created; Selecting a target social network service to be used by a user to invite in the video chat session from the social network service list; Generating an invite message that the target social network service is capable of receiving; And sending the invite message to a second user terminal used by a user to invite to the video chat session.

In some embodiments of the present invention, displaying the list of social network services at the first user terminal comprises: calling a mobile OS API that provides a list of social network services capable of receiving text from an external service; And displaying the execution result of the mobile OS API on the display device of the first user terminal.

In some embodiments of the invention, transmitting the invite message to the second user terminal comprises transmitting the invite message to the second user terminal using an open API of the target social network service can do.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method for providing a video chat service may further include storing information of users participating in the video chat session.

In some embodiments of the present invention, storing the information of the users participating in the video chat session may include providing information of users participating in the video chat session to a memory device, a storage device, And storing it in the server.

In some embodiments of the present invention, storing information of users participating in the video chat session may include storing information of users participating in the video chat session at the end of the video chat session have.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the step of selecting the target social network service comprises selecting the target social network service using information of users participating in the previously stored video chat session, The generating of the possible invitation message may include generating the receivable invitation message using the information of the users who participated in the previously stored video chat session.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method further comprises receiving URL information that can utilize the video chat session from the video chat service server, wherein the step of transmitting the invite message to the second user terminal comprises: And transmitting the URL information together with the invitation message to the second user terminal.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method further comprises receiving server resources for the video chat session from the video chat service server, wherein the server resources are selected from a media processing system (MPS) , A DTS (Data Transferring Service), and a CSS (Contents Sharing Server).

In some embodiments of the present invention, the video chatting service providing method comprises: monitoring the usage amount of the server resource in real time and receiving charging information calculated by the video chatting service server by the first user terminal; And displaying the charging information in the first user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a video chatting service, comprising: receiving a video chatting session creation request from a first user terminal and generating a video chatting session; Transmitting URL information that can use the video chat session to the first user terminal; Storing information of users participating in the video chat session in a database; Transmitting information of users participating in the video chat session stored in the database to the first user terminal; Receiving a grouping request of users participating in the video chat session from the first user terminal; And storing the grouping information of users participating in the video chat session in the database.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method further comprises allocating server resources for the generated video chat session, wherein the server resources comprise at least one of a media processing system (MPS) Transferring Service, and CSS (Contents Sharing Server).

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method for providing a video chat service may further comprise providing information about the video chat session to the MPS and the DTS to proceed with the video chat.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the video talk service provision method may further include monitoring in real time the usage amount of the server resources.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method may further include transmitting charging information to the first user terminal based on a usage amount of the server resources monitored in real time.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the video conversation service providing method may further include optimizing an amount of the server resources allocated based on the usage amount of the server resources monitored in real time.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method for providing a video chat service may further comprise providing a list of generated video chat sessions to a second user terminal used by a user to participate in the video chat session .

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method for providing a video chatting service may further include, when receiving a new video chatting session request from the first user terminal, transmitting the grouping information of users participating in a previous video chatting session to the first user terminal To the mobile terminal.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method may further include classifying a user of the first user terminal as a general account user or a special purpose account user.

In some embodiments of the present invention, if the user of the first user terminal is the special purpose account user, the video chat session may include a video chat session of 1: N (where N is a natural number) .

Other specific details of the invention are included in the detailed description and drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system for providing a video conversation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram for explaining a video conversation service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a method of providing a video conversation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining a method of providing a video conversation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining a method of providing a video conversation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 6A to 6C and FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams for explaining the database structure of the video conversation service providing system.
8 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a video talk service providing system according to another embodiment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. The dimensions and relative sizes of the components shown in the figures may be exaggerated for clarity of description. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification and "and / or" include each and every combination of one or more of the mentioned items.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system for providing a video conversation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing a video chat service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes user terminals 100, 110, 120, and 130, a video chat service server 200, and a database 202.

The user terminals 100, 110, 120, and 130 include electronic devices used by users participating in a video conversation (or video meeting). For example, the user terminal 100, 110, 120, 130 may be a mobile device such as a personal computer, a server computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player, And the like, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The video chat service server 200 provides a video chat service to the user terminals 100, 110, 120 and 130. A video conversation is an online conversation that takes place between users while sharing a still video or video. In various embodiments of the present invention, video conversation is defined as a ratio of establisher and participant of a video chat session (or video chat room) of 1: 1, 1: N, N: M, etc. where N and M are natural numbers The values of N and M can have a value of 1,000 or more. In various embodiments of the present invention, the video chatting service server 200 may be a mobile device such as a personal computer, a server computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player, And the like, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The database 202 operates in conjunction with the video chatting service server 200 to store and manage data necessary for the video chatting service server 200 to provide video chatting services to the user terminals 100, 110, 120, . The database 202 may be a relational database using a table structure, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the video chatting service server 200 provides a video chatting service to the user terminals 100, 110, 120, and 130 using, for example, a web service, 110, 120 and 130 allow a user to use a video conversation by using software (hereinafter referred to as a video conversation app) which can be driven by the user terminals 100, 110, 120 and 130. Such a video conversation application may be distributed to the user terminals 100, 110, 120, and 130 through the Open Store 50 including a Google Play store, an Apple App store, 110, 120, and 130 through a Web page published through the Internet. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the video conversation app is distributed through the open store 50, but the same functions can be modified and implemented through various technologies of the Internet.

On the other hand, one video chat session may be composed of a setter and a participant. The initiator means a user terminal 100 requesting to create a new video chat session with the video chat service server 200. The participant is a user terminal 110, 120, 130 participating in a video chat session created by the installer, . The participant may participate in the video conversation generated by the initiator, that is, at the request of the user terminal 100, in various ways. For example, the user terminal 110 may receive the invitation message from the user terminal 100 and may participate in the video conversation using the link of the video conversation session included in the invitation message, The server 200 may participate in the video conversation by selecting one of the opened video chat sessions provided through the application. In various embodiments of the present invention, when the initiator, i.e., the user terminal 110 receiving the invitation message from the user terminal 100 links a link of the video chat session included in the invitation message, 110, the user can automatically go to the video conversation app page of the open store 50 and induce the user to install the video conversation app.

Note that in various embodiments of the invention, the initiator may send an invitation message to users subscribed to different social network services. For example, an installer can easily send an invite message to a user using Facebook and a user using KakaoTalk in a consistent manner, regardless of the type of social network service they are using. This will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

2 is a schematic diagram for explaining a video conversation service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the video chatting service providing server 200 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a general account user managing unit 210, a special purpose account user managing unit 220, a video chatting session providing unit 230, A function providing unit 240, a real time monitoring unit 250, and a server resource managing unit 260. The video chatting service providing server 200 may provide the video chatting service to the user terminals 100, 110, 120, and 130 using the database 202 and the content sharing server 204.

The user of the user terminal 100 described with reference to FIG. 1 can be classified into a general account user and a special purpose account user. The general account user downloads the video conversation app from the open store 50 for normal video conversation and then registers and authenticates the user in the video conversation service server 200 through the downloaded video conversation app. Alternatively, the special purpose account user is a user who obtains an account by applying for an account to a provider who provides a video chat service using the video chat service server 200. For example, a special purpose account user may include a public entity, a corporation, a group, and a single expert. Unlike ordinary account users, the special purpose account user can register with the video chat service by the approval of the provider providing the video chat service.

The general account user management unit 210 performs registration and authentication of a general account user as described above. For example, the general account user management unit 210 can receive a registration application and perform authentication (e.g., mobile phone number authentication) for identity verification. The general account user management unit 210 may assign a unique ID to the authenticated user.

The special purpose account user management unit 220 performs registration and authentication of the special purpose account user as described above. For example, the provider providing the video chat service may receive the account request through the special purpose account user management unit 220 of the video chat service server 200 and may generate the special purpose account by performing the approval operation .

The video chatting session provisioning unit 230 receives the request for creating a video chatting session from the user terminal 100 and provides the video chatting session to the user terminal 100, 110, 120, Perform tasks. In particular, a detailed description of the functions implemented in various embodiments of the present invention, including the ability to invite users regardless of the type of social network service, the ability to group and manage lists of users who have participated in a video chat session, Will be described later in detail with reference to Figs. 3 and 4.

The additional function providing unit 240 provides additional functions for the video conversation service. For example, the additional function providing unit 240 may provide additional functions for transmitting and receiving images and voice between users participating in a video conversation, sharing data, and using a whiteboard function.

The real-time monitoring unit 250 monitors various performance of the generated video chat session. For example, the real-time monitoring unit 250 may monitor the number of video chat sessions currently in service, the number of users participating in each session, network bandwidth usage, server performance, and the like. Such monitored data may be used by a video chat service provider to improve the quality of service delivery or to establish criteria for charging the user.

The server resource management unit 260 allocates and manages server resources for a video chat session. In particular, the server resource may include at least one of a media processing system (MPS), a data transferring service (DTS), and a content sharing server (CSS) Here, the content sharing server is a server for providing documents and images shared among participants during a video conversation, MPS and DTS process video data used in video conversation, and relay data transmitted and received during video conversation Will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. The usage of these server resources may also be monitored by the real-time monitoring unit 250 and the monitored data may be used to optimize the server resources (e.g., optimize the amount of server resources needed to provide a video chat session) .

3 is a view for explaining a method of providing a video conversation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a method for providing a video conversation service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps.

First, the user terminal 100 can perform user registration (S301) in the video chatting service server 200. [ As described above, the user terminal 100 can register the user with the video chat service server 200 as a general account user or a special purpose account user.

Next, the user terminal 100 requests the video chatting service server 200 to create a video chatting session (S303). When the user terminal 100 corresponds to a general account user, the user terminal 100 may request the video chat service server 200 to create a video chat session through the video chat application. Alternatively, if the user terminal 100 corresponds to a special purpose account user, the user terminal 100 may request to create a video chat session through the provider of the video chat service. In this case, the user terminal 100 transmits a request to the special purpose account user management unit 210 of the video chat service server 200, and the video chat service provider approves the request received by the special purpose account user management unit 210 can do. The video chatting service server 200 may create a new video chatting session at the request of the user terminal 100 (S305).

After the video chat session is created, the social network service list is displayed on the user terminal 100 (S307). This is for the user terminal 100 to easily invite users who use different social network services to a video chat session. For example, the display device of the user terminal 100 displays a list of social network services such as Facebook, kakaotalk, band, and line. At the same time, a list such as a short message (SMS), email, etc. can be displayed together.

The user terminal 100 selects a target social network service to be used by a user to invite to the video chat session in the displayed list of social network services (S309). For example, if the user to invite to a video chat session is using Facebook, then the user terminal 100 may select Facebook from the displayed social network service list to send an invite message via Facebook as a targeted social network service You can choose. Alternatively, if the user who is invited to the video chat session is using the kakao chat, the user terminal 100 may select the kakao chat as a target social network service from the displayed social network service list to transmit the invitation message via the kakao chat .

In some embodiments of the invention, displaying the list of social network services at the user terminal 100 may call a mobile OS API that provides a list of social network services capable of receiving text from an external service, And displaying the result on the display device of the user terminal 100. [

Of course, the user terminal 100 may also transmit the invitation message via a short message or e-mail. In this case, the user terminal 100 may select the displayed short message or email with the social network service list.

The user terminal 100 generates an invitation message that can be received by the selected target social network service (S311). For example, the user terminal 100 may generate an invitation message that Facebook can receive. In some embodiments of the invention, the invitation message includes the title of the video chat session, the user who sent the invitation message (the inviter), the password required to join the video chat session, the URL to the video chat session, .

When the creation of the invitation message is completed, the invitation message is transmitted to the user terminal 110 used by the user who invites the invitation message to the video chat session (S313). In some embodiments of the invention, sending an invite message to the user terminal 110 may include sending an invite message to the user terminal 110 using an open API of the targeted social network service.

The user terminal 110 having received the invitation message can access the video chat session through the URL included in the invitation message S315 and thereafter conducts a video chat between the user terminal 100 and the user terminal 110 ).

4 is a view for explaining a method of providing a video conversation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a method for providing a video conversation service according to another embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps.

First, the user terminal 100 can perform user registration (S401) in the video chatting service server 200. [ As described above, the user terminal 100 can register the user with the video chat service server 200 as a general account user or a special purpose account user.

Next, the user terminal 100 requests the video chatting service server 200 to create a video chatting session (S403). In particular, if the user terminal 100 is a special purpose account user, the user terminal 100 may request to create a video chat session through the video chat service provider. In this case, the user terminal 100 transmits a request to the special purpose account user management unit 210 of the video chat service server 200, and the video chat service provider approves the request received by the special purpose account user management unit 210 can do. The video chatting service server 200 may generate a new video chatting session at the request of the user terminal 100 (S405).

Thereafter, the user terminal 100 receives the URL information that can use the video chatting session generated from the video chatting service server 200 (S407), generates an invitation message (S409), and transmits the generated invitation message video chatting session (S411 and S413) to the user terminals 120 and 130 together with the available URL information.

When the user terminals 120 and 130 access the video chat sessions (S415 and S417), video conversation proceeds between the user terminals 100, 120 and 130. Particularly, in this embodiment, the user terminal 100 corresponds to a special purpose account user, the user terminals 120 and 130 correspond to a participant, and a video chat session is configured in 1: N (N is a natural number) .

In some other embodiments of the present invention, the user terminal 120, 130 may be provided by the video chatting service server 200 without the invitation message sent by the user terminal 100 to the user terminal 120, And select a list of the generated video chat sessions to access the video chat session.

At the end of the video chat session, or at the end of the video chat session, the information of the users who participated in the video chat session is stored (S421) in the video chat service server 200 (e.g., database 202) . Such participant group information is for allowing the user terminal 100 to easily re-invite previously invited user terminals 120 and 130 when a new video chat session is opened later.

Specifically, the video chatting service server 200 transmits information of users participating in the video chatting session to the user terminal 100, and receives a grouping request (request for grouping) of users participating in the video chatting session from the user terminal 100 . Then, the video chatting service server 200 may store the grouping information of the users participating in the video chatting session in the database 202.

The participant group information stored in the video chatting service server 200 may be provided to the user terminal 100 in step S423 and the participant group information may be stored in the memory device or the storage device of the user terminal 100. [

Then, when the user terminal 100 requests a new video chatting session (S425), the video chatting service server 200 creates a new video chatting session (S427) and provides the URL information to the user terminal 100 . Then, the user terminal 100 can generate an invitation message (S431) using the information of the users who participated in the video chat session previously stored in the user terminal 100 or the video chat service server 200, that is, the participant group information have. The generated invitation message may be transmitted to the user terminals 120 and 130 (S433).

5 is a view for explaining a method of providing a video conversation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a method for providing a video conversation service according to another embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps.

The user terminal 100 requests the video chatting service server 200 to create a video chatting session (S501). Accordingly, the video chatting service server 200 allocates server resources using the server resource management unit 260 (S503), and creates a new video chatting session (S505).

When the user terminal 110 accesses the video chatting session (S507) and the video chatting starts, the real-time monitoring unit 250 monitors the server resource usage (S509). The video conversation proceeds between the user terminal 100 and the user terminal 110 with real-time monitoring.

Thereafter, the server resource management unit 260 may optimize the amount of server resources allocated to the video chatting session (S513) based on the usage amount of the server resources monitored in real time. The charging information may be transmitted to the user terminal 100 (S515) based on the usage amount of the server resources monitored in real time. Accordingly, the billing information can be displayed on the user terminal 100.

FIGS. 6A to 6C and FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams for explaining the database structure of the video conversation service providing system.

6A through 6C, the table 600 includes a user ID 601, a contact 603, a user-defined ID 605, and a column 607, 610 is a table for managing a video chat session and its establisher and includes a session ID 611, a founder ID 613, an MPS address 615, a chat start time 617, and a chat end time 619 column . The table 620 is a table for managing participants participating in the video chat session and includes a session ID 621, a participant ID 623, a DTS address 625, a chat start time 627 and a chat end time 629, Column.

7A and 7B, tables 700 and 710 are tables for managing grouping information of users who participated in a video chat session, and are provided with a friend ID 701, a contact 703, and a user ID 705 column, respectively. , A group ID 711, a group name 713, and a friend ID 715 column.

8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system for providing a video conversation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, a system for providing a video chatting service according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a video chatting service server 200, MPSs 300 and 302, DTSs 310 and 312, and user terminals 320 and 322 ). These video chatting service server 200, MPS 300, 302, DTS 310, 312 and user terminal group 320, 322 are connected to each other through a network.

The MPSs 300 and 302 process (e.g., mix) media data (e.g., image data) used in video conversation and process them into a form suitable for video conversation. Meanwhile, the DTSs 310 and 312 relay various data transmitted and received between user terminals during video conversation. For example, the DTS 310 may transmit data received from the user terminal group 320 to the MPS 300 and may transmit the data to the MPS 300 Processes the data received from the DTS 310 to be suitable for video conversation and transmits the data to the DTS 312 so that a video chat session is performed.

That is, the information about the video chat session is provided to the MPS 300 and 302 and the DTS 310 and 312, so that a plurality of users located remotely can smoothly perform video conversation.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, a method and system for providing a video conversation service can realize a video conversation service that can be conveniently used by a plurality of users. That is, when the users are invited to the video chat session, the invitation message can be easily transmitted through the social network service irrespective of the type of the social network service used, and the grouping information of the users participating in the video chat session can be managed, You can do it more easily. In addition, the 1: N large-scale users can participate in the video conversation, and the server resources allocated to the video conversation can be analyzed in real time and utilized for quality improvement or value creation of the video conversation service.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

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Requesting a video chatting service server to create a video chatting session;
Displaying a social network service list at a first user terminal after the video chat session is created;
Selecting a target social network service to be used by a user to invite in the video chat session from the social network service list;
Generating an invite message that the target social network service is capable of receiving; And
And sending the invite message to a second user terminal used by a user to invite to the video chat session. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the displaying the social network service list in the first user terminal comprises:
Calling a mobile OS API providing a list of social network services capable of receiving text from an external service; And
And displaying an execution result of the mobile OS API on a display device of the first user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the transmitting the invite message to the second user terminal comprises:
And sending the invite message to the second user terminal using an open API of the target social network service. The method according to claim 1,
And storing information of users participating in the video chat session. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the step of storing information of users participating in the video chat session comprises:
Storing information of users participating in the video chat session in a memory device, a storage device, or the video chat service server of the first user terminal. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the step of storing information of users participating in the video chat session comprises:
Storing information of users participating in the video chat session at the end of the video chat session. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein selecting the target social network service comprises:
Selecting the target social network service using information of users who participated in the previously stored video chat session,
Wherein the generating of the receivable invitation message comprises:
And generating the receivable invitation message using the information of the users who participated in the previously stored video conversation session. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising receiving URL information from the video chat service server, the URL information being available for the video chat session,
Wherein the transmitting the invite message to the second user terminal comprises:
And transmitting the URL information to the second user terminal together with the invitation message. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising receiving server resources for the video chat session from the video chat service server,
Wherein the server resource comprises at least one of a media processing system (MPS), a data transferring service (DTS), and a contents sharing server (CSS). 10. The method of claim 9,
Monitoring the usage amount of the server resource in real time and receiving the billing information calculated by the video chat service server by the first user terminal; And
And displaying the charging information in the first user terminal. Receiving a request to create a video chat session from a first user terminal, and creating a video chat session;
Transmitting URL information that can use the video chat session to the first user terminal;
Storing information of users participating in the video chat session in a database;
Transmitting information of users participating in the video chat session stored in the database to the first user terminal;
Receiving a grouping request of users participating in the video chat session from the first user terminal; And
And storing grouping information of users participating in the video chat session in the database. 12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising allocating server resources for the generated video chat session,
Wherein the server resource comprises at least one of a media processing system (MPS), a data transferring service (DTS), and a contents sharing server (CSS). 13. The method of claim 12,
And providing information about the video chat session to the MPS and the DTS to proceed with the video chat. 13. The method of claim 12,
And monitoring the usage of the server resources in real time. 15. The method of claim 14,
And transmitting accounting information to the first user terminal based on the usage amount of the server resources monitored in real time. 15. The method of claim 14,
And optimizing the amount of the server resources allocated based on the usage amount of the server resources monitored in real time. 12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising providing a list of generated video chat sessions to a second user terminal used by a user to participate in the video chat session. 12. The method of claim 11,
And providing the grouping information of users participating in a previous video chat session to the first user terminal when receiving a new video chat session request from the first user terminal. 12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising classifying a user of the first user terminal as a general account user or a special purpose account user. 20. The method of claim 19,
Wherein if the user of the first user terminal is the special-purpose account user, the video chat session includes a video chat session of 1: N (where N is a natural number) scheme.
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