KR20190060443A - User terminal and search server providing a search service using emoticons and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a searching service using emoticons, which comprises: a searching emoticon selection step of receiving the input selecting one among searching emoticons displayed on a chat screen; a searching word display step of receiving searching words related to the selected searching emoticons to display the searching words on the chat screen; a searching word selection step of receiving the input of selecting at least one among the searching words displayed on the chat screen; and a searching emoticon transmission step of displaying the selected searching emoticons including the selected searching words on a conversation region when receiving the input transmitting the selected searching emoticons, thereby generating a personalized searching emoticon.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a user terminal providing a search service using emoticons, a search server, and a method of operating the search terminal,

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a user terminal providing a search service using emoticons, a search server and a method of operation thereof.

Recently, with the development of mobile devices such as smart phones and the development of communication methods, there has been a tendency that a communication method between an individual and an individual moves from a telephone conversation to a chat service through a text message. The chat service allows users to conduct 1: 1 or 1: many conversations over the Internet network, to communicate in real time, and to exchange photos and emoticons.

When a user attempts to perform a search while chatting using a conventional chat service, the user has to run a web browser and perform a search on a search page, away from an application providing a chat service. Therefore, there is a need for a way to share search and search results within an application that provides chat services.

KR 10-2014-0002172 A

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for providing a chat service using a chat application, the method comprising the steps of: providing a chat service using a chat emoticons included in a chat application, To provide a search service using the service.

In addition, at least some embodiments of the present invention provide a search service using search emoticons that can display detailed information about a search result on a chat screen by selecting a search result provided in a chat window .

In addition, at least some embodiments of the present invention provide a search service using a search emoticon, the search service providing search terms reflecting a taste of an attribute of a search object through search emoticons, And to provide a taste search service using a search emoticon that can search for and select a proper search word.

In addition, at least some embodiments of the present invention provide a search service using search emoticons capable of generating personalized search emoticons by selecting search terms to be included in search emoticons among search terms provided by a search server, .

A method of operating a user terminal for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a search emoticon selecting step of receiving an input for selecting one of search emoticons displayed on a chat screen, And displaying the chat screen on the chat screen, a search word selection step of receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search words displayed on the chat screen, and upon receiving an input for transmitting the selected search emoticon, And displaying the selected search emoticons including the search words in the conversation area.

The method may further include displaying a preview of the selected search emoticons on the chat screen upon receiving an input for selecting one of the search emoticons, And a preview reflecting step of displaying the selected search word on the preview when the input is received.

In addition, the search emoticon includes a storage area or a shared area. When the input for selecting the storage area or the shared area is received, the user terminal stores search emoticons and search words displayed in the conversation area in a search server, As shown in FIG.

The user terminal operating method may further include selecting at least one search word included in the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area, receiving a user input for selecting a search request area, Transmitting a search request including a search word selected from the search results, and displaying a result emoticon including a search result according to the search request in the conversation area.

A user terminal for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying a chat screen including search emoticons, an input unit for receiving an input for selecting an object on the chat screen, And displaying the search words related to the selected search emoticons on the chat screen when receiving the input for selecting the search emoticons, receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search words from the input unit and inputting the selected search emoticons And a communication unit for receiving the search terms related to the selected search emoticon and transmitting the search emoticons including the selected search terms if the received search emoticons are received, can do.

A method of operating a search server for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention includes transmitting a search word related to search emoticons selected from search emoticons displayed on a chat screen, A retrieval request receiving step of receiving a retrieval request including a retrieval word selected from among the retrieved retrieval words, and a retrieval result transmission step of transmitting retrieval results of retrieval objects of the retrieval emoticons displayed in the interactive area using the selected retrieval word can do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of searching for an emoticon, the method comprising: arranging words included in an attribute of a search target of a search emoticon selected from the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen, And selecting and transmitting a word having a number of words equal to or larger than the number of search terms included in the proposed region of the search emoticons.

The method may further include receiving a storage request for the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area, storing search emoticons displayed in the conversation area, and search terms included in the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area, in association with a user's account can do.

A search server for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit for communicating with at least one or more user terminals using a search service using emoticons, a search unit for searching for search terms related to search emoticons And a search performing unit for searching a search target of the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area by using a search word selected from search words included in the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area and providing the search result as a search result .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Features and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed in a conventional and dictionary sense, and the inventor should properly define the concept of the term in order to best explain its own technical ideas It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of this specification.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a search service can be provided on a chat screen without leaving a chat application using emoticons included in a chat application providing a chat service, so that a user can execute a separate web browser It is possible to provide a convenient retrieval environment in which retrieval can be performed immediately.

In addition, when the user selects the search result, detailed information on the search result selected on the chat screen can be overlapped and displayed without launching the web browser out of the chat application to display information about the search result, Can be conveniently provided with search results.

In addition, the search emoticon provides the search term reflecting the taste of the attribute of the search target to the user, and the user selects the search word matching the user's taste and requests the search, so that the search result suitable for the user's taste can be provided .

In addition, the user can select a search term that reflects his / her taste among a plurality of search terms provided by the server, and can generate and use his / her own search emoticons.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of an operation method of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A through 4G are diagrams illustrating the steps of a method of operating a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a portion of an operation method of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6A through 6D are diagrams illustrating steps of a portion of a method of operating a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
7A to 7C are diagrams illustrating exemplary embodiments of search emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a search server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart of an operation method of a search server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a block diagram of a transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart of a procedure of installing a search service program using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objectives, specific advantages, and novel features of the embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description and preferred embodiments, which are to be taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the present specification, the reference numerals are added to the constituent elements of the drawings, and the same constituent elements are assigned the same number as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. Also, the terms " one side, " " first, " " first, " " second, " and the like are used to distinguish one element from another, no. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, detailed description of related arts which may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the embodiments of the present invention will be omitted.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A flow diagram of a method of operation of a user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

1, a system for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 10 on which a chat application including an emoticon list 130 is executed, A chat server 20 for providing a chat service to the user and a search request through a search emoticon 200 included in the emoticons list 130 and providing search results 311 to the user through the result emoticons 300 The search server 30 includes a search server 30, The chat server 20 and the search server 30 may be operated as one server or as separate servers. 1, the user terminal 10 is connected to the chat server 20, the search server 30, and the other user terminals 10 by using the wired / wireless network 40.

The chat server 20 can provide a chat application, manage members of chat application users, manage chat environments, and make chat connections between users. The chat server 20 can transmit a search request to the search server 30 and receive the search result 311 from the search server 30 when receiving a search request using the search emoticon 200 from the user terminal 10. [ The user terminal 10 can transmit the search result 311 to the user terminal 10. Alternatively, the user terminal 10 may directly transmit and receive the search request and the search result 311 to the search server 30 through the API.

2, the user terminal 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit 14 for displaying a chat screen 100 including the search emoticons 200, a chat screen 100, An input unit 15 for receiving an input for selecting an object on the search emoticon 200. When the input unit 15 receives an input for selecting the search emoticon 200, And the input unit 15 receives the input for selecting at least one of the search words 211 and receives the input for transmitting the selected search emoticon 200. The selected search word 211 is displayed on the input unit 15, A control unit 13 for generating a signal for displaying the selected search emoticon 200 in the dialog area 110 and a search word 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200, 211) It may include a communication unit 14 for transmitting a color emoticon 200.

The chat application installed and executed in the user terminal 10 may mount an 'infoticon module' to perform a search service providing method using emoticons. 'Infoticon' refers to emoticons for searching and providing information, such as the search emoticons 200 and the result emoticons 300 shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C below and illustrated in FIGS. 4E and 4F. The " InfoCon module " includes program code for executing a search service providing method using an emoticon in a chat application. The InfoCon module can be included in a variety of chat applications, and users of the chat application can install it through an in-app purchase.

The user terminal 10 may be a portable information communication device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook computer, or a non-portable information processing device such as a PC.

The communication unit 11 includes at least one or more other user terminals 10, a search word 211 according to a search service providing method using an emoticon or a search server 30 for providing a search result 311, And transmits and receives data to and from the chat server 20.

The storage unit 12 stores data necessary for operation of the user terminal 10. [ The storage unit 12 may store program codes for performing a search service using emoticons.

The control unit 13 can execute the program code for providing the search service using the emoticons. The control unit 13 can control the display unit 14 to display the search word 211 and the search result 311 or the like received through the communication unit 11 on the chat screen 100. [ The control unit 13 displays one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 on the display unit 14 in the dialog area 110 and displays the search emoticons 200 displayed in the dialog area 110, The resultant emoticon 300 including the search result 311 according to the search request is displayed on the dialogue area 110 through the display unit 14 by receiving the user input through the input unit 15 through the input unit 15, Can be performed.

The display unit 14 visually provides various objects displayed on the chat screen 100 and the chat screen 100 to the user under the control of the controller 13. [ The display unit 14 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED), or the like.

The input unit 15 receives the input of the user and transmits the input to the control unit 13. The input unit 15 may be constituted by a touch sensing sensor such as a capacitive overlay, a resistive overlay or an infrared beam or may be constituted by a pressure sensor And may be constituted by a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, which is an input device of a PC.

3, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 on the chat screen 100, the search service providing method using the emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention searches for A step S110 of displaying a plurality of search emoticons 200 on the chat screen 100 displayed on the chat screen 100, a step of displaying one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 on the dialog area 110 S120), receiving a user input for the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and transmitting a search request (S130), receiving a result emoticon 300 including a search result 311 according to the search request The user selects the search result 311 included in the result emoticon 300 and the detailed information about the selected search result 311 is displayed on the chat screen 100 (Step S150).

The method of providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention does not enter another application such as a web browser after departing from a chat application and a user can receive a search service using emoticons in a chat application, Provides a convenient search environment.

The chat service is a service in which a user provides 1: 1 or 1: many or many: many real-time conversations through a user terminal 10 such as a PC, a tablet PC, a smart phone, or a PDA. The chat service may be provided based on a chat application installed and running on the user terminal 10. [ Or a chat service may be provided when the user terminal 10 accesses the chat server 20 via a web browser or the like without installing a chat application on the user terminal 10. [

As shown in FIG. 4A, a chat screen 100 in which a chat service is provided may include at least a chat area 110 and an input area 120. The conversation area 110 is an area for displaying messages of the user and the other party, and is an area commonly displayed in the user terminals 10 of all users who enter the chatting room. The input area 120 is an area where a user inputs a message using a keyboard or a soft key, and is not displayed to other users who enter the chat room. Other users may be provided with similar input areas, but it may not be displayed to other users as to what contents the user is inputting in the input area 120. [ The input area 120 may include an input bar 121 for displaying a message input by a user and an emoticon list icon 122 for inputting an emoticon.

4B, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 on the chat screen 100, a plurality of search emoticons 200 that search based on the attribute of the search target are displayed on the chat screen 100 (S110). More specifically, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 of the input area 120, the emoticon list 130 including at least one search emoticon 200 is displayed in the input area 120. According to a variant, the emoticon list 130 may always be displayed in the input area 120. [

The emoticons list 130 may include at least one search emoticon 200 for searching based on the attributes of the search object. The emoticons list 130 may include a group 131 including search emoticons 200 related to the same search object. For example, the emoticon list 130 may include a movie group 131 for searching for a movie, a star group 131 for searching for a star (a famous person), and the like. The search emoticons 200 may include a story search emoticon 200, a random search emoticon 200, a producing country search emoticon 200, and the like. According to a modification, the emoticon list 130 may include the search emoticon 200 without including the group 131 classification.

4C, when the user selects the search emoticon 200 included in the emoticons list 130, an example area 132 including a detailed description of the selected search emoticon 200 is displayed on the chat screen 100 ). ≪ / RTI > The example area 132 may be displayed overlaid on the dialog area 110. For example, when the user selects the movie group 131 of the emoticon list 130 and selects the story search emoticon 200, a description of how to use the story search emoticon 200, The example area 132 is displayed overlaid on the dialog area 110. [ The example area 132 may not be displayed to other users who have entered the chat room.

When the user selects the search emoticon 200 of the emoticon list 130 displayed on the chat screen 100 and selects the transmission icon, the search emoticon 200 displayed on the chat screen 100, as shown in FIG. 4D, And displays one selected by the user in the dialog area 110 (S120). The search icon displayed in the conversation area 110 is displayed on the user terminal 10 of all users who enter the chat room.

As shown in FIG. 4D, the search emoticon 200 includes a suggestion area 210 including search words 211. The search words 211 included in the proposal area 210 reflect preferences for the attributes of the search object. For example, an expression reflecting the taste of a movie viewer, such as a philosophical, sophisticated, sad, new, or solid story, etc., becomes a search term 211 with respect to a story attribute of a search object called a movie.

The search terms 211 included in the proposal area 210 may include objective information about the attributes of the search object. For example, an expression including object information such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan is a search word 211 with respect to an attribute of a production country of a search target of a movie.

The step S120 of displaying the selected one of the search emoticons 200 in the conversation area 110 by the user selects the search emoticon 200 from the user and receives a selection input for selecting the transmission icon A step in which the user terminal 10 receives a search word list from the search server 30 and a step in which the user terminal 10 searches for words included in the search word list in the search word 210 of the selected search emoticon 200 211), and displaying the search emoticon (200) reflecting the search word list on the dialog area (110).

The search server 30 generates a list of search terms including words having a high degree of interest of people in real time, and a list of search terms can be generated for each attribute of the search target. . The creation of a list of terms will be described in more detail below.

The user is able to search for the search term 200 of the search emoticon 200 by arranging the search term 211 included in the proposal area 210 of the search emoticon 200 such that the search term (211) to request a search. Accordingly, since the user searches for the search target using the search word 211 selected by the user from among the search words 211 having high interest of the people, the search result 311 related to the search target, ). ≪ / RTI >

Next, as shown in FIG. 4E, a step S130 of receiving a user input for the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and transmitting a search request is performed. The user inputting the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 is performed by selecting at least one search word 211 displayed in the search area of the search emoticon 200 or selecting a random search displayed in the search area, And to select the search request area 220 of the search emoticon 200. Or the search query 211 may be transmitted.

The user can select at least one search word 211 displayed in the proposal area 210 of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110. [ When the user selects one of the search terms 211 included in the proposal area 210, it is activated in such a manner that the display of the selected search word 211 is changed or the like, so that the user can be informed that the search word 211 is selected . For example, if the search word 211 of 'good work' is selected, the color of the search word 211 may be changed or the size may be changed.

When the selection is canceled by selecting the search word 211 selected by the user, the display of the canceled search word 211 is restored to its original state, and the user can be informed that the search word 211 is canceled. For example, when the selected keyword 211 'good work' is again selected and deselected, the color or size of the keyword 211 is restored.

Which query 211 the user selects may not be displayed in the user terminal 10 of another user who entered the chat room.

As shown in FIG. 4E, the search emoticon 200 may further include a search request area 220. When the user selects at least one search word 211 and selects the search request area 220, a search request including the search word 211 selected by the user is transmitted. That is, when the user selects the search word 211 of 'good work' and selects the search request area 220 in the story search emoticon 200, which is a movie search target, A search request for 'movie' is sent.

The step of transmitting the search request may be performed based on user input provided by another user who has entered the chat room in addition to the user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110. [ That is, the user input for selecting the search word 211 of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and selecting the search request area 220 may be a user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110 Other users who enter the chat room can also do so.

For example, when the first user sends the search emoticon 200 and the search emoticon 200 is displayed in the conversation area 110, the second user searches the search area of the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 211 and select a search request area 220 to transmit a search request. Only the user who has sent the search emoticon 200 to the conversation area 110 may select the search word 211 and the search request area 220.

The retrieval emoticon 200 to which the retrieval request is sent may be deactivated so that the retrieval request is not performed again. Alternatively, the users who enter the chat room can provide the user input only once. The result emoticon 300 may be displayed together with the name of the user to indicate which user has searched.

When the user selects the search emoticon 200 and transmits a search request, the result emoticon 300 including the search result 311 according to the search request is displayed in the dialog area 110 as shown in FIG. 4F (S150). The search request may be transmitted to the search server 30 via the chat server 20 and may be transmitted to the search server 30 without going through the chat server 20. [ The search server 30 performs search based on the content of the received search request and returns the search result 311. [

The result emoticon 300 includes a result region 310 including search results 311. [ For example, a search result 311, 'About Time', 'Busan Line' and 'Inside Out', which is a search result for a 'movie' having a 'good story' . Since the result emoticon 300 is displayed in the conversation area 110, the result emoticon 300 can be displayed on the user terminal 10 of all users who have entered the chat room. The display format of the search result 311 displayed in the search area 310 is not limited to this embodiment and can be changed.

The result emoticon 300 may further include a keyword area 320. The keyword area 320 is an area for displaying the content of the search request. The content of the search request may include a search target, an attribute, and a search term 211. For example, if the content of the search request is 'movie' having a 'good' and 'new' 'story', the keyword area 320 of the result emoticon 300 may be displayed as Can be displayed. The user can view the content of the search request displayed in the keyword area 320 and recognize what criteria the search result 311 is searched for. The format for displaying the contents of the search request in the keyword area 320 can be changed.

When the user selects the search result 311 displayed in the result emoticon 300, detailed information on the selected search result 311 is displayed as shown in FIG. 4G.

When the user selects the search result 311 included in the result emoticon 300, detailed information on the selected search result 311 is displayed on the chat screen 100 (S150). The information area 330 for the search result 311 may include detailed information about the search result 311 and may be displayed overlapping with the result area of the result emoticon 300 have. Or the information area 330 for the search result 311 may overlap and be displayed on the entire chat screen 100. [

The information area 330 for the search result 311 can be displayed in various formats according to the kind of the search object, the contents of the search result 311, and the like. The information area 330 may include icons that provide various functions such as reservation, purchase, and sharing. For example, if the user selects 'About Time' in the search result 311, the information area 330 may include a purchase icon, a VOD purchase icon, and the like for a movie called 'About Time'. The information area 330 may include advertisements associated with the search results 311.

The information area 330 displayed on the chat screen 100 may include a close icon. When the user selects the close icon, the chat screen 100 returns to the state before the information area 330 is displayed .

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a portion of a method of operation of a user terminal 10 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIGS. 6A to 6D illustrate a portion of a method of operation of a user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure Fig.

5 and 6A to 6D show another embodiment of the step S120 of displaying the selected one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 in the conversation area 110. FIG.

5, a method of operating a user terminal 10 for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention includes selecting one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 A search word display step S220 for receiving the search words 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200 and displaying the search words on the chat screen 100, A search word selecting step S240 for receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search words 211 displayed in the first search term 210 and receiving the input for transmitting the selected search emoticon 200, And displaying the selected retrieval emoticon 200 in the conversation area 110 (S260).

In addition, the method of operating the user terminal 10 for providing a search service using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving the input for selecting one of the search emoticons 200, A thumbnail display step S230 of displaying a preview 240 of the selected search word 211 on the chat screen 100 and an input for selecting at least one of the search words 211, (S250) of displaying the preview image on the preview (240).

6A, when the user selects the emoticon list icon 122 on the chat screen 100, a plurality of search emoticons 200 for searching based on the search target attribute are displayed on the chat screen 100 (S110 in Fig. 3) is performed. Next, when the user selects one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 in the search emoticon selection step S210, the user terminal 10 causes the input unit 15 to display the chat screen 100 The control unit 13 receives an input for selecting one of the displayed search emoticons 200 and displays the selected search emoticons 200 in a state in which the control unit 13 provides information (search object, attribute) about the search emoticon 200 selected by the communication unit 11 To the search server 30, a signal for requesting a search word 211 related to the search query.

When the search server 30 receives a signal requesting the search word 211 from the user terminal 10, the search server 30 searches the search emoticon 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 for search terms 211 related to the search emoticon 200 selected . At this time, the search words 211 provided by the search server 30 may be different according to the search object and the attribute of the search emoticon 200 selected by the user, (The taste information DB 31) is updated in real time. Therefore, even if the same search emoticon 200 is selected, the search word 211 provided by the search server 30 can be changed when selecting the search emoticon 200 at another time. Details of the search server 30 generating the search word list will be described later.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, in the search word display step S220, the user terminal 10 can receive the search words 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200 and display it on the chat screen 100 . The search words 211 displayed on the chat screen 100 are larger than the maximum number of the search words 211 that can be included in the search emoticon 200. [ The search terms 211 may be displayed in the input area 120 of the chat screen 100 and may be displayed overlaid on the emoticon list 130 of FIG. 6A. At least a part of the search words 211 may be displayed, and the remaining search words 211 that are not displayed on the chat screen 100 may be displayed when the user scrolls or inputs a sweep touch in one direction.

6B, when the user terminal 10 receives an input for selecting one of the search emoticons 200 together with the search term display step S220, the user terminal 10 displays a preview of the search emoticons 200 A preview display step S230 of displaying the view 240 on the chat screen 100 may be performed. The preview 240 of the search emoticon 200 includes a thumbnail image 242 of the search emoticon 200, a search word reflecting area 241 capable of displaying the search word 211 selected by the user, or a use of the search emoticon 200 And may include at least one of the description of the method. The preview 240 of the search emoticon 200 may overlap and be displayed on a part of the conversation area 110 of the chat screen 100. [

6C, when the user selects at least one of the search terms 211 displayed on the input area 120 of the chat screen 100, the user terminal 10 searches the entry area 120 of the chat screen 100, (S240), and activates and displays the selected keyword (211) through the display unit (14). The search word (211) is displayed on the chat screen (100)

The user can activate the selected search word 211 and display the selected search word 211 in the preview 240 on receipt of an input for selecting at least one of the search words 211 displayed on the chat screen 100 A view reflection step S250 may be performed. The preview 240 of the search emoticon 200 may include the search word reflecting area 241 as many as the number determined by the search emoticon 200 and may display the search word 211 selected by the user in the search word reflecting area 241 The search word 211 is reflected in the preview 240. [

For example, when the search emoticon 200 can display five search words 211 in the proposed area 210, the search emoticon 200 preview 240 has five search word reflecting areas 241 . When the user selects one search word 211, the selected search word 211 is activated and displayed in one of the five search word reflecting regions 241 of the preview 240 of the search emoticon 200. [

6D, when the user selects an icon for transmitting the search emoticon 200, the user terminal 10 receives an input for transmitting the search emoticon 200 selected through the input unit 15 do. The user terminal 10 displays the search emoticons 200 including the search words 211 selected by the user in the dialog area 110 and searches the search emoticons 200 including the selected search words 211 through the communication unit 11. [ To the chat server (20) or the search server (30).

Through the above process, the user can directly select the search words 211 to be included in the search emoticon 200 among the plurality of search words 211 presented by the search server 30, and the search words 211 selected by the user are included It is possible to generate the search emoticon 200 for only the user who has made the search.

7A through 7C are diagrams illustrating exemplary embodiments of search emoticons 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The search emoticons 200 may include characters, advertisements, and the like.

7A shows a search word 211 in which at least one search word 211 is displayed in a proposal area 210 and a user selects at least one search word 211 and can select a search request area 220, (200). The number and arrangement of the search words 211 displayed in the proposal area 210 can be variously changed. The search emoticon 200 or the result emoticons 300 may further include an affiliate service area 230. The affiliate service area 230 may display advertisements, characters of affiliates, images representing emotions, and the like.

The search emoticon 200 may include a storage area 250 or a shared area 260. The search emoticon 200 can be stored through the search server 30 by selecting the storage area 250 of the search emoticon 200 when the user wants to save the search emoticon 200 for later use. The storage area 250 may be displayed in terms of 'storage', 'bookmark', or 'favorites'. When the user wants to share the search emoticon 200 with another chat room or another user, the search emoticon 200 can be transmitted to other chat rooms or other users by selecting the shared area 260 of the search emoticon 200. [ The shared area 260 may be represented by terms such as 'shared' or 'forwarded'.

7B shows a case where a plurality of search words 211 are displayed in the proposed area 210. When the user selects a turnkey, a search word 211 is selected at a random time and a search request area 220 is selected (200). ≪ / RTI > The proposal area 210 may be a roulette scheme or a lottery scheme in which a hidden search term 211 appears according to an operation of the user scratching the proposal area 210,

7C shows a case where at least one search word 211 and an area 212 for selecting a weight for each search word 211 are displayed together in the proposal area 210. When the user selects a weight of the search word 211, The search emoticon 200 is a weighted search emoticon 200 that can be selected. The search word 211 may include words included in the search word list received from the search server 30 and may include other words included in the search word list except for the search word 211 to be excluded. The weight can be input by the user using the keypad or by moving the point displayed on the bar having a range of 0 to 100%.

The search emoticon 200 has a type in which the user can not select the search word 211 included in the offer area 210 and the user selects the search word 211 included in the offer area 210 and searches for only the user There is a kind that can generate the emoticon 200.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a search server 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an operation method of a search server 30 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

8, the search server 30 includes a preference information database DB, a preference information management unit 32, a search performing unit 33, a communication unit 36, a search word list providing unit 34, A providing unit 35, and an additional function management unit 37. [ When the search request is received, the search server 30 performs search according to the content of the search request and transmits the search result 311. [

The communication unit 36 provides an interface for the search server 30 to communicate with the at least one user terminal 10 that transmits a search request according to the chat server 20 or a method of providing a search service using emoticons. The communication unit 36 may provide an application programming interface (API) for transmitting and receiving the search request and the search result 311.

The taste information DB 31 stores taste information including the words (or expressions) indicating the taste of the people disclosed on the Internet, the number of times the words are collected, and taste information about the attribute of the search object.

There are various objects such as movie, star, wine, and webtoon. Search objects have attributes. For example, a movie can have attributes such as a story, a country of production, an actor, and the like, and a star can have attributes such as personality, charm, and image. Various words (or expressions) are stored that reflect people's taste for the attributes of the search object. For example, with regard to the story of a movie, people can express their feelings about the movie using words that express their taste of novel, sad, inverted, or philosophical.

The taste information collects words indicating preferences among the articles subjectively evaluated by a person on the Internet such as a homepage, a blog, an SNS, a Twitter, etc., and collects data on the time and number of times to be. Words contained in any one attribute of any one search object may be stored in association with the time at which the word was collected, the number of times it was collected, the source from which the word was collected, and the published information about the author. Such information can be quantified for each word.

The taste information management unit 32 collects words representing the taste of the people regarding the various attributes of the search object from the information disclosed on the Internet, generates taste information including the collection time and the number of words, DB 31 continuously. 'Information published on the Internet' includes information disclosed on the Internet such as a homepage, a blog, a cafe, a social network service (SNS), a mass media such as a newspaper and a magazine, and a portal site.

The search term list providing unit 34 generates a list of search terms including words having a high degree of interest of the people among the words related to the search target attributes, and transmits the search term list to the user terminal 10. A word included in the search word list may be displayed as a search word 211 in the suggestion area 210 of the search emoticon 200. [

When extracting the words included in the search word list, the degree of interest is evaluated among the words included in the individual attributes of the search object. For example, if there is a property called a story in a search target called 'movie', it is possible to search for a story having a high degree of interest among the words (sad, new, etc.) Can be included in the search term list.

People's interest can be judged to be of high interest when the number of collected times is high based on the number of times collected within a certain period of time. It is also possible to refer to real-time information on natural phenomena such as Christmas, holidays, Interest can be controlled. Interests can be calculated by assigning weights to recently collected words, and by collecting previously collected words in a way that gives a lower score.

When the search request is received, the search performing unit 33 searches the preference information DB 31 for search objects having a word indicating preference matching the search word 211 included in the content of the search request, 10 as a search result 311. [ For example, a search word 211 selected by the user for one attribute of a specific search object is searched in the taste information DB 31, and a search object having the same word as the search word 211 is transmitted as a search result 311 do. The search result 311 is displayed in the result area 310 of the result emoticon 300. Detailed information on each search result 311 may be transmitted when the search result 311 is transmitted and the detailed information may be transmitted to the information area 314 displayed when the user selects the search result 311 of the search emoticon 200 330 < / RTI >

The affiliate service providing unit 35 may provide the advertisement information displayed in the advertisement area that can be included in the search emoticon 200 or the result emoticons 300 or may provide the advertisement information displayed in the search emoticon 200 or the result information icon, Is selected, the process of connecting to the service page of the affiliate can be controlled. For example, when the search emoticon 200 is transmitted to the conversation area 110, each time the affiliate service provider 35 provides the advertisement information in real time and transmits the search emoticon 200, another advertisement may be displayed And may store the number of times the advertisement is displayed. Alternatively, when the user selects the purchase or advance icon from the search emoticon 200 or the result emoticons 300, the user can provide the corresponding service if the in-app purchase is possible, .

The additional function management unit 37 provides additional functions such as storing or sharing the search emoticons 200. [ When the search server 30 receives the request for storing the retrieval emoticon 200 from the user terminal 10, the additional function management unit 37 determines whether or not the user terminal 10 The search emoticon 200 received from the search engine 200 is stored. When the search server 30 receives the sharing request of the retrieval emoticon 200 from the user terminal 10, the additional function management unit 37 stores the retrieval emoticon 200 received from the user terminal 10 as another user To another chat room.

At this time, the search emoticon 200 stored or shared may include a search word 211 that is automatically reflected in the search words 211 provided by the search server 30, as shown in FIG. 4D. Alternatively, the search emoticon 200 stored or shared may be a search emoticon 200 provided by a user including the search words 211 selected by the user among the search words 211 provided by the search server 30 as shown in FIGS. 6C and 6D The search emoticons 200 may be generated.

9, an operation method of a search server 30 for providing a search service using an emoticon according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a search emoticon 200 selected from the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 A search word transmission step S320 of transmitting search words 211 related to the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and a search word 211 including search words 211 selected from the search words 211 included in the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 (S340) of receiving a search request for a search emoticon (200) displayed in the conversation area (110) and a search result transmitting step (S340 ).

The search word transmission step S320 may include arranging the words included in the attributes of the search target of the search emoticon 200 selected from the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 And a step S322 of selecting and transmitting a word of the number of the search words 211 included in the suggested region of the search emoticon 200 in order of the degree of interest of the people among the sorted words .

First, when the user selects one of the search emoticons 200 displayed on the chat screen 100 and selects a transmission icon or selects one of the search emoticons 200 from which the user can select the search word 211 , The user terminal 10 transmits a signal requesting the search word 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200. [

When the search server 30 receives a signal requesting the search word 211 related to the selected search emoticon 200 through the communication unit 36 in step S310, the search word list providing unit 34 searches the search emoticon 200 The words included in the attribute of the search object are arranged in order of interest (S321). Since the words stored in the taste information DB 31 are updated in real time by the taste information managing unit 32, the ranking of the search words 211 may be changed each time a keyword list is generated.

The search word list provider 34 selects a predetermined number of words in order of the degree of interest (S322). In the case of the retrieval emoticon 200 of the type in which the user can not select the retrieval word 211 to be included in the retrieval emoticon 200, words as many as the number of the retrieval word 211 displayed in the proposal area of the retrieval emoticon 200 are selected Create a list of search terms. For example, when five search words 211 are included in the search emoticon 200, five words can be selected by the search word 211. [

In the case of the retrieval emoticon 200 of the type in which the user can select the retrieval word 211 to be included in the retrieval emoticon 200, the number of the retrieval words 200 is larger than the number of the retrieval words 211 displayed in the proposal area 210 of the retrieval emoticon 200 And generates a list of search terms. For example, when five search words 211 are included in the search emoticon 200, 15 words can be selected by the search word 211. The search word list providing unit 34 may transmit the selected words as the search words 211 related to the search emoticon 200 selected by the user through the process described above.

Next, when the user selects at least one of the search words 211 included in the search emoticon 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 and selects the search request area 220, A search request signal including a search word 211 selected from the search words 211 included in the search emoticon 200 displayed on the search engine 110 is transmitted.

The search server 30 receives a search request including the search word 211 selected from the search words 211 included in the search emoticons 200 displayed in the conversation area 110 at step S330, Transmits a search result 311 in which the search target of the search emoticon 200 is searched using the search word 211 included in the content of the search request (S340).

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, since the search service can be provided on the chat screen 100 without leaving the chat application by using the emoticons included in the chat application providing the chat service, It is possible to provide a convenient search environment in which a search can be performed immediately without executing a separate web browser.

When the user selects the search result 311, the search result 311 is displayed on the chat screen 100 without executing the web browser out of the chat application in order to display the information on the search result 311 The detailed information on the search result 311 can be displayed in an overlapping manner, and the user can conveniently receive the search result 311. [

In addition, since the search emoticon 200 provides the user with the search word 211 reflecting the taste of the search target attribute, the user selects the search word 211 matching the user's taste and requests the search, The user can be provided with the search result 311 corresponding to the search result.

In addition, while providing detailed information on the search result 311, an affiliate service such as an advertisement or a purchase service or a reservation service can be provided together, thereby providing a convenient electronic commerce environment from search to purchase.

10 is a block diagram of a transmitting apparatus 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The transmitting apparatus 50 may include a communication unit 51, a control unit 52, and a storage unit 53. [ The storage unit 53 stores a program (infoticon module) for performing some of the embodiments described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 9 and / or an installation package (installation program) for installing the program . Hereinafter, a program (infoticon module) for performing some of the embodiments described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 9 and / or an installation package (installation program) for installing the program is referred to as an infoticon program It is called.

The developer using the transmission apparatus 50 system or the manager of the transmission apparatus 50 can store the information computer program in the storage unit 53. [ Upon receipt of the request message for requesting the informant program through the communication unit 51, the control unit 52 transmits the informant program to the user terminal 10 that has transmitted the request message through the communication unit 51. [

11 is a flowchart of a procedure of installing a search service program using emoticons according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user terminal 10 transmits a package request message to the transmitting device 50 (S410). The package request message is a message requesting an information program. The transmitting device 50 delivers the infoticon program (package) to the user terminal 10.

The user terminal 10 installs the received infoticon program (package) (S430). If installation is unnecessary and the received InfoCON program can be executed as it is, step S430 may be omitted. The user terminal 10 executes the Informicon program in accordance with the input of the user and is connected to the search server 30 and / or the chat server 20 and is connected to at least some of the embodiments described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 9 The corresponding process is performed (S440).

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the present invention. It is obvious that the modification and the modification are possible.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

10: user terminal 11: communication unit
12: storage unit 13: control unit
14: display section 15: input section
20: chat server 30: search server
31: Taste information DB 32: Taste information manager
33: search performing unit 34:
35: Partnership service provider 36: Communication department
37: additional function management unit 40:
50: transmitting apparatus 51:
52: control unit 53:
100: Chat screen 110: Conversation area
120: input area 121: input bar
122: Emoticons list icon 130: Emoticons list
131: Group 132: Example area
200: Search emoticon 210: Suggested area
211: Query 220: Search request area
230: Affiliate Services Area 240: Preview
241: search query reflecting area 242: thumbnail image
250: storage area 260: shared area
300: Result emoticon 310: Result area
311: Search result 320: Keyword area
330: information area

Claims (11)

A search emoticon selecting step of receiving an input for selecting one of search emoticons displayed on a chat screen;
A search word display step of receiving search terms related to the selected search emoticons and displaying the search words on the chat screen;
A search word selecting step of receiving an input for selecting at least one of the search words displayed on the chat screen; And
And displaying the selected retrieval emoticons including the selected retrieval words in an interactive area upon receiving an input for transmitting the selected retrieval emoticons. The method according to claim 1,
Displaying a preview of the selected search emoticons on the chat screen upon receiving an input for selecting one of the search emoticons; And
Further comprising a preview reflecting step of displaying the selected search word on the preview when an input for selecting at least one of the search terms is received. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the search emoticons include a storage area or a shared area,
A user terminal for providing a search service using an emoticon to transmit search emoticons and search words displayed in the conversation area, when the input for selecting the storage area or the shared area is received, Way. The method according to claim 1,
And a search requesting unit for selecting at least one search word included in the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area and receiving a user input for selecting a search requesting area, Transmitting a search request; And
And displaying a resultant emoticon including a search result according to the search request in a conversation area. A display unit for displaying a chat screen including search emoticons;
An input unit for receiving an input for selecting an object on the chat screen;
Wherein the input unit displays the search words related to the selected search emoticons on the chat screen when the input unit receives the input for selecting the search emoticons, receives the input for selecting at least one of the search terms, A control unit for generating a signal for displaying the selected search emoticon including the selected search words in a conversation area upon receiving an input to be transmitted; And
And a communication unit that receives search terms related to the selected search emoticons and transmits search emoticons including the selected search terms. A search word transmitting step of transmitting search words related to the search emoticons selected from the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen;
A search request receiving step of receiving a search request including a search word selected from search words included in search emoticons displayed in a conversation area; And
And a search result transmission step of transmitting a search result of searching for a search target of the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area using the selected search word. The method of claim 6,
The query transmission step
Arranging words included in an attribute of a search target of a search emoticon selected from the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen in order of the degree of interest of the people; And
And selecting and transmitting words in the order of the number of search terms included in the suggested emoticon in the order of the highest interest of the people among the sorted words and transmitting the search result . The method of claim 6,
Receiving a storage request for search emoticons displayed in the conversation area; And
And storing search terms included in the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area and the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area in association with a user's account. A communication unit for communicating with at least one user terminal using a search service using emoticons;
A search word list providing unit for selecting and transmitting search terms related to the search emoticons selected from the search emoticons displayed on the chat screen; And
And a search performing unit for searching a search target of the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area using a search word selected from search words included in the search emoticons displayed in the conversation area and providing the search result as a search result, server. A transmission method for transmitting a program code readable by an electronic device,
12. A method for processing a program, the method comprising: obtaining program code for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 4, or installer program code for installing the program code; And
And transmitting the program code or the install program code. A transmission apparatus for transmitting a program code which can be read by an electronic apparatus,
A control unit for obtaining program code for carrying out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or installing program code for installing the program code; And
And a communication unit that transmits the program code or the install program code.

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