KR20190012464A - Method and computer program for providing messaging service of expressing emotion on text messgage - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a messaging service supply method which can express an emotion of a user on at least one part of a text message. According to the present invention, the messaging service supply method comprises the steps of: selecting at least one part of the text message inputted on an input window of a messenger as a subject reflecting an emotion effect; determining the emotion reflected to the selected subject; determining a text form corresponding to the emotion effect in accordance with the determined emotion; changing from the subject reflecting the emotion effect on the text to the determined text form; and transmitting the text of which the form is changed to a messenger server.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method of providing a messaging service for displaying an emotion on a text message, and a computer program for the same.

The present invention relates to a messaging service that enables text conversation between a plurality of user terminals, and more particularly, to a method of providing a messaging service for displaying the feelings of a message creator in text while sending a text message, and a computer program therefor .

The use of instant messenger to exchange messages with other users is increasing explosively, and users use emoticons or stickers separately from text to display their feelings by sending messages.

An emoticon or a sticker is a visual representation of various emotions or situations using various characters or images. When a user selects and transmits an emoticon or a sticker, the emoticon or sticker is displayed in a message window of the users in the conversation group as in the text.

The transmission of the emotions using the existing emoticons or stickers is intended to convey the current emotion of the user in conversation to the other party. However, since it is displayed separately from the content of the message, i.e., the text data, There are many cases. When using emoticons or stickers, it is difficult to specify the emotional expressions associated with specific message contents. In addition, there is a problem that a certain part of the contents of the message, for example, an adverb or an adjective, can not be properly conveyed to the other party.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a messaging service providing method capable of transmitting an emotional effect to at least a part of text before sending a text message.

The present invention also provides a method of providing a messaging service capable of displaying an emotion in a text message that has been sent even after sending a text message.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a messaging service for displaying an emotion on a text message, the method comprising: selecting at least a part of text input in an input window of a messenger ; Determining an emotion to reflect on the selected object; Determining a text format according to an emotion effect corresponding to the determined emotion; Changing an object reflecting the emotional effect in the text into the determined text format; And transmitting the formatted text to the messenger server.

The step of selecting an object to reflect the emotion effect may include determining a predetermined unit as a target to reflect the emotion effect based on a position touched on the text by a user, Or determining the root of the adjective or adjective at the position touched by the user as an object to reflect the emotional effect.

The determining the emotion may include determining an emotion that the user desires to display according to the emotion mode selected by the user in the messenger or the gesture the user inputs to the selected object.

The messaging service providing method may further include acquiring information on a plurality of emotions and a text format according to emotional effects corresponding to the emotions.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a messaging service for displaying an emotion on a text message, the method comprising: transmitting a message input to a messenger's input window according to a user's input to a messenger server; Determining a text format corresponding to the emotional effect when a reflection of the emotional effect is requested from the user before a predetermined time elapses after transmission of the message; Transmitting a message change request including information on the determined text format to the messenger server; And changing the format of the pre-transmission message displayed on the reception window of the messenger by referring to the message change request when the message change request for the message sent from the instant messenger server is received.

The messaging service providing method may include determining a predetermined unit as a target to reflect the emotion effect based on a position of the user touched on the text of the message, Determining whether the adjective or adjective root of the user touched by the user is an object to reflect the emotional effect; The method may further include a step of including information on an object to reflect the emotion effect on a message change request transmitted to the messenger server.

Wherein the step of changing the format of the pre-dispatch message includes displaying a format of a part of the text of the pre-dispatch message corresponding to the object to reflect the emotional effect to a text format included in the message change request and displaying . ≪ / RTI >

According to the present invention, a messaging service can be provided that displays the emotion of a user in a desired part of a text message by transmitting an emotional effect to at least a part of the text before sending the text message.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a messaging service capable of displaying an emotion in a text message sent even after sending a text message.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of a messaging service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal for using a messaging service for displaying emotions on a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a messaging service for displaying emotions on a text message to be newly transmitted according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a messaging service for displaying emotions on a preexisting text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reflecting an emotion effect on a received text message according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 6 illustrates a screen for displaying a user's emotion in a text message using the emotion mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates a screen for displaying a user's emotions in a text message using a gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 illustrates a screen for displaying an emotion in a text message sent according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in this specification will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term, not on the name of a simple term, but on the entire contents of the present invention.

When an element is referred to as "including" an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. The term " means ", "part "," module ", etc. in the specification means units for processing at least one function or operation, Lt; / RTI >

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. 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.

First, a general configuration and schematic operation of a messaging service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

1, the messaging service providing system 10 may be configured to include a messenger server 11, a plurality of user terminals 12 and 13, and a communication network 14. [

The messenger server 11 is a server device of a service provider that provides a messaging service in cooperation with a user terminal 12, 13, and more specifically, a messenger application. The messaging server 11 is basically a messaging server for messaging between a plurality of user terminals 12, User management, and user's acquaintance management. The messenger server 11 generates a conversation group in which two or more users are registered as participants according to a request from the user terminals 12 and 13 and transmits a message transmitted from the user terminal 12 of the user included in the conversation group To another user terminal 13 included in the talk group.

In particular, the messenger server 11 according to the present invention not only transmits text data included in an instant message to all terminals of users belonging to a conversation group, but also transmits text data corresponding to an emotional effect expressing the user's emotion To the user terminals. Also, location information on which part of the text message is to be applied to the text formatting may be transmitted to each user terminal.

In the present invention, the message transmitted by the messenger server 11 may include text data and information on a style corresponding to an emotion to be applied to at least a part of the text data. For example, a message may be generated and sent with Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) data including text and format information.

A user terminal 12 is a device that is a user-available device that executes a messaging service capable of exchanging messages with one or more other user terminals 13 or sharing content such as pictures, videos, audio, and the like.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal for using a messaging service for displaying emotions on a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the user terminal 12 is a computing device including a control unit 20, an input unit 21, a communication unit 22, a storage unit 23, and a display unit 24. The computing device includes a smart phone, A personal computer, a notebook computer, or the like.

The input unit 21 is for receiving a user's input such as a touch screen, a touch pad, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. The input unit 21 may include various information such as character and numerical information input from a user, And transmits the detected signal to the controller 20. In the present invention, the input unit 21 transmits the user's input related to the messaging service to the control unit 20. Specifically, the user input related to the messaging service includes a user input for selecting an interactive function, a user input for creating a message, a user input for selecting a message, a user input for selecting an emotion to be reflected in the message, A user input for selecting a text to be reflected, a classification of emotion, and a user input for defining a text format corresponding to each emotion.

The communication unit 22 is for communicating with an external device such as the messenger server 11 through the communication network 14. The communication unit 22 transmits a message input from a user through a dialog window to one or more other user terminals participating in the conversation, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI > Here, the transmission / reception of the message can be performed through the messenger server 11.

The storage unit 23 stores a program and user data related to the operation of the user terminal 12. Specifically, the storage unit 23 of the present invention stores a method of providing a messaging service capable of displaying an emotion in a text message And may store the messenger application 25 programmed to run. In addition, the storage unit 23 may store information on a plurality of emotions and a text format for expressing emotional effects corresponding to the emotions.

 The display unit 24 is for displaying information on a series of operation states, operation results, and the like that occur while the functions of the user terminal 12 are performed. In particular, the display unit 24 of the present invention can display various user interface screens generated during execution of the messenger application 25. [ For example, the display unit 24 displays a dialog window screen in which a plurality of users participate, and displays a message exchanged between users through the dialog window screen. The message may be displayed separately for each speech balloon.

The control unit 20 performs overall control of the user terminal 12 and controls the flow of signals for power supply and functioning of each component constituting the user terminal 12, for example. The control unit 20 may be implemented as an operating system, an application program, and a processor that drives each component. The control unit 20 executes the messenger application 25, creates a conversation group according to the request of the user during the execution of the messenger application 25, and controls the overall process for sending and receiving messages with the conversation partner.

The messenger application 25 may be executed at the request of the user, or may be executed upon the occurrence of a specific event such as message reception. The messenger application 25 receives and exchanges messages exchanged between users through a dialog window, divides the messages of the users participating in the dialog into the form of speech bubbles, and arranges and displays the messages on a predetermined basis. The message may include not only text but also content such as photographs, music, and moving pictures.

1 and 2, the messenger application 25 is installed in the user terminal 12, 13, and the messenger application 25 installed in the user terminal 12, 13 is installed in the client program 12 of the messenger server 11, And provides a messaging service through interworking with the messenger server 11. In this embodiment, the user terminals 12, 13 connect to the messenger server 11 and provide server-based instant messaging services to users. At this time, the messenger application of the user terminals 12 and 13 may be replaced with a web browser or the like.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a messenger application of a user terminal can communicate with another terminal connected in a peer-to-peer manner through a stand-alone operation to provide a messaging service have.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a messenger application may not be directly installed in a user terminal but may be connected to an external cloud server to execute a messaging service application on a cloud computing basis.

The present invention enables a user of a user terminal 12 to display his or her feelings in at least a portion of a text message in transmitting a message containing text to the other party's user terminal 13. [

Various embodiments of a method of providing a messaging service for displaying emotions on a text message according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8. FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a messaging service for displaying emotions on a text message to be newly transmitted according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The dialog window of the messenger application 25 may include an input window and a receive window. The input window includes a user interface for a user to input an instant message, and the receiving window includes a user interface for displaying messages exchanged in the conversation group.

In step S30, text to be transmitted as an instant message is input from the user through the input window.

In step S31, all or a part of the inputted text is selected as an object to reflect the emotion effect.

Various methods can be used to select an emotional effect reflection target from the text entered by the user in the input window of the messenger application.

For example, a predetermined unit may be determined as a target to reflect the emotion effect on the basis of a position touched on the text by the user, a portion to be dragged by the user after touching may be determined as a target to reflect the emotion effect, The root of an adverb or an adjective in a position can be determined to reflect the emotional effect.

First, a method for selecting a predetermined unit based on a position touched by a user will be described. If the user touches a desired position in the input text, the specific unit corresponding to the position can be an object to reflect the emotion effect. The specific unit may be a space unit.

Referring to FIG. 6, if a user inputs a text message 'completely watched' in the input window 61 of the instant messenger application and touches the unit 62 corresponding to 'well watched' It is selected as an object to be reflected.

Next, a description will be given of a method of selecting a reflection object by dragging. In this state, the left and right characters are selected on the basis of the coordinates touched by the user. Then, when the user drags left and right in this state, So that the subject is automatically changed and the emotion effect is automatically changed. Once the user has selected the desired object, release the finger to confirm the object.

Referring to FIG. 7, when a user inputs a text message " Worst ... Bad Worst ... ", and touches a text portion " Worst " .

As another method, instead of selecting all of the spacing units of the position touched by the user, it is also possible to select only the nouns from the portion corresponding to the spacing unit and select the object to reflect the emotion effect, Only the part can be selected. In this way, a mathematical dictionary can be used to extract a part of the space unit.

If the portion of the input text in which the emotion effect is to be reflected is selected, the emotion effect corresponding to the emotion of the currently set user is automatically reflected and displayed on the input window, As shown in FIG. Also, a plurality of objects to reflect the emotion effect in the input text may be selected.

In step S32, the user's emotion is determined. The determination of emotion may be performed according to a user's emotion selection, and FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate various embodiments of how the user selects emotion.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the user may set an emotional mode that indicates his or her current emotions, or the emotions that he or she wants to reflect on the text message. Referring to FIG. 6, the emotion mode 60 of the user is set to 'pleasant' and can be modified through the corresponding interface.

In the embodiment of Fig. 7, the emotion is determined according to the gesture of the user inputted for the selected object. To this end, emotions corresponding to a plurality of gestures will be defined in advance. For example, a swipe downward corresponds to a 'sadness', a swipe in the upper direction corresponds to' pleasant ', a swipe to the left corresponds to a' swing ', and a swipe to the right corresponds to' In the example of FIG. 7, since the swipe downward is inputted by the user, the emotion of the user is determined as 'sadness'.

According to the method using the gesture, it is possible to select a plurality of objects to be reflected from the input text and to control different emotional effects for each object. For example, in the example of FIG. 7, when the 'worst' is selected as the target, the downward direction swipe is inputted from the top, and the 'black' is selected as the target, Emotional effect corresponding to the feeling of 'sadness' is applied to the text of 'worst' and emotional effect corresponding to the feeling of 'angry' is applied to the text of 'black'.

In step S33, a text format according to the emotion effect corresponding to the determined emotion is determined, and an object to reflect the emotion effect in the text input by the user is changed to the determined text format.

Just as the emotion corresponding to a plurality of types is set in advance, the emotion effect for each emotion is set in advance. For example, when the emotion is 'serious', the font is red, when the emotion is 'serious', when the emphatic font is large, when it is 'careful', when the font is small, (Text format) corresponding to each emotion can be defined and stored in advance so that the font is thick and the dot is formed on the top when the font is thick and 'sad'.

In step S34, the text having the format changed due to the reflection of the emotion effect is transmitted to the messenger server 11.

As described above, the emotion of a user is classified into a plurality of types, and an emption effect corresponding to each type of emotion can be defined and stored in the form of a text format. Here, the text format is used to visually change a text message, and may include at least one of elements that define the shape of the text, such as font size, font type, color, shade display, and thickness.

The messenger application 25 of the user terminal 12 reads out and acquires a plurality of predefined emotions and information on the text format according to the emotional effects corresponding to the respective emotions from the storage unit 23, (Text format) corresponding to the user's emotions will be searched and used.

In the example of FIG. 6, the emotion effect corresponding to 'pleasant' is reflected in the 'well-watched' 62 in the text input to the input window 61, and the font type and the font size of the corresponding portion are changed , It can be seen that the text message whose format has been changed as described above is transmitted to the messenger server 11. The messenger server 11 sends the received text message to the terminals of the users belonging to the conversation group and accordingly a text message 63 reflecting the emotion effect is displayed on the receiving window of the user terminal 12 receiving the message.

In the example of FIG. 7, the emotion effect corresponding to 'grief' is reflected in 'the worst' 71 among the text input to the input window 70, so that the font type and thickness are changed. The formatted text message is sent to the users belonging to the conversation group via the messenger server 11 and the text message 72 reflecting the emotion effect is displayed on the receiving window of the user terminal 12 receiving the message .

Other users of the conversation group will be able to intuitively recognize the sentence of the message sender by viewing the format of the text contained in the received message (63, 72).

As described above, if a user selects a specific unit or a specific part in the input window before transmitting a message while the text is input in the input window, the emotion effect according to the set emotion can be reflected in the text message.

The text input by the user and reflecting the emotion effect will be transmitted to the messenger server 11 as a message of a predetermined format. For example, the data may be converted into HTML-formatted data that can specify the format of all or part of the text.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the emotion effect indicating emotion can be reflected later on the text message that has been sent.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a messaging service for displaying emotions on a preexisting text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S40, the text message input in the input window of the messenger according to the input of the user is transmitted to the messenger server.

In step S41, it is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed after the message is sent. If the user has requested the emotional effect to be reflected before the predetermined time elapses (S42), the process proceeds to step S43. The request to reflect the emotional effect can be performed by the user's selection of the object to be reflected and the determination of the emotional to reflect.

For example, if the user selects at least a part of the text entered in the input window after dispatching the message, the emotion of the user is determined according to the currently set emotion mode, and a format corresponding to the emotion effect corresponding thereto is applied to the text of the input window When the user performs an input for requesting modification, a message change request including information on the format is generated and transmitted to the messenger server 11 (step S43). The messenger server 11 receiving this message will forward the message change request to each user terminal of the talkgroup.

In the example in which the user's gesture is used to select the emotion, if the user selects at least a part of the text entered in the input window after sending the message, and then selects the emotion by the gesture, The message will be applied to the text of the window. When the user performs an input for requesting modification, a message change request including information on the format will be transmitted to the messenger server 11 (step S43). The messenger server 11 receiving this message will forward the message change request to each user terminal of the talkgroup.

When a message is exchanged in the form of HTML, only the font tag of the already sent message is sent to the message change request so that the messenger application can apply the new font tag to the received message and modify it.

The message change request may include not only format information but also information about the object to which the emotion effect is reflected in the pending text message.

On the other hand, when a message change request for a message sent from the messenger server 11 is received, the messenger application refers to the message change request and changes the format of at least a part of the sender message displayed in the receive window.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reflecting an emotion effect on a received text message according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

In step S50, when the user creates a text message and transmits it to the messenger server 11, the user and the terminal of another user in the conversation group receive the message and display it on the receiving window of the messenger.

In step S52, when a message change request including the format information of the received message is received, the message displayed in the reception window of the messenger application is modified and displayed according to the received format information in step S52.

FIG. 8 illustrates a screen for displaying an emotion in a text message sent according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 (a), when the user clicks the? &Quot;, the user terminal in the conversation group displays a speech balloon 80 containing the received message. At this time, the emotion of the user is not displayed in the text message.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), the user who has sent the message selects the part 81 in the sent text message, inputs the gesture 82 indicating his / her feelings, 84, the format information of the pre-sent message is transmitted to the users in the conversation group via the messenger server 11, and the message 83 displayed in the user terminal receiving the format information is set to 'real' The format of the corresponding part is modified to display the emotion of the message sender.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the form of a program command which can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

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Claims (9)

Selecting at least a part of the text input in the input window of the messenger as an object to reflect an emotional effect;
Determining an emotion to reflect on the selected object;
Determining a text format according to an emotion effect corresponding to the determined emotion;
Changing an object reflecting the emotional effect in the text into the determined text format;
And transmitting the formatted text to a messenger server. The method of claim 1, wherein the messaging service is a text messaging service. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of selecting an object to reflect the emotional effect comprises:
A predetermined unit may be determined as a target to reflect the emotion effect based on a position touched on the text by the user or a portion to be dragged by the user after touching may be determined as an object to reflect the emotion effect, And determining a root of an adverb or an adjective in a position to be an object to reflect the emotional effect. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein said determining emotion comprises:
Determining a user's emotion to be displayed according to the emotion mode selected by the user in the messenger or the gesture input by the user for the selected object, Way. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of acquiring information about a plurality of emotions and a text format according to an emotional effect corresponding to each emotional expression. A computer program recorded on a recording medium for performing a method of providing a messaging service for displaying an emotion in a text message according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Transmitting a message entered in an input window of a messenger to an instant messenger server according to a user input;
Determining a text format corresponding to the emotional effect when a reflection of the emotional effect is requested from the user before a predetermined time elapses after transmission of the message;
Transmitting a message change request including information on the determined text format to the messenger server;
And changing the format of the pre-transmission message displayed on the reception window of the messenger by referring to the message change request when the message change request for the message sent from the instant messenger server is received. A method of providing a messaging service that displays emotions in a text message. The method according to claim 6,
Determining a predetermined unit as an object to reflect the emotion effect based on a position of the user touched on the text of the message or determining a portion to be dragged by the user after touching to reflect the emotion effect, Determining a root of an adjective or an adjective at a position touched by the user as an object to reflect the emotional effect;
Further comprising the step of including information about an object to reflect the emotion effect on a message change request transmitted to the messenger server. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of changing the format of the pre-
Changing a format of a portion of the text of the pre-dispatch message corresponding to an object reflecting the emotion effect to a text format included in the message change request and displaying the sentence; To provide a messaging service. A computer program recorded on a recording medium for performing a method of providing a messaging service for displaying an emotion in a text message according to any one of claims 6 to 8.

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