KR20210003073A - Method for Processing Conversational Message on Mobile Environment - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the method of processing an interactive message in a wireless environment of the present invention, in a method executed through a server that relays a message in a wireless environment, it is expected to be included in a sentence interactively input through a program provided in a wireless terminal used by a user. In response to the expected combination of two or more keywords, an expected response to be answered is stored, and when a sentence interactively input through the program of the wireless terminal is received, a combination of two or more keywords included in the received sentence One expected response is checked, and a response message including the checked one expected response is generated and processed to be transmitted to the program of the wireless terminal, and the keyword is included in the sentence input through the program of the wireless terminal. It contains one or more words or phrases expected.

Description

Method for Processing Conversational Message on Mobile Environment

The present invention, in a method executed through a server relaying a message in a wireless environment, in response to a combination of two or more keywords expected to be included in a sentence interactively input through a program provided in a wireless terminal used by a user. Stores the expected response to be answered, and when a sentence input interactively through the program of the wireless terminal is received, one expected response corresponding to a combination of two or more keywords included in the received sentence is checked, and the confirmation A response message including one expected response is generated and processed to be transmitted to the program of the wireless terminal, and the keyword includes one or more words or phrases expected to be included in a sentence input through the program of the wireless terminal. It relates to an interactive message processing method in a wireless environment.

With the continuous development of information and communication technology, as Internet users rapidly increase, various systems for economic activities in the online world as well as the offline world are being introduced, thereby forming various communities using the online or advertising for the online users. It has become generalized to provide.

However, in the advertisement for the online user, there is no community between the online user and the advertiser, and it is intermittently provided only through a limited non-real-time website called an internet shopping mall (or advertiser website). As a result, the advertiser has a problem of relying only on statistical data of a system that relays and provides the online advertisement for the effect on advertisement fee execution.

An object of the present invention is a method executed through a server relaying a message in a wireless environment, in which a combination of two or more keywords expected to be included in a sentence interactively input through a program provided in a wireless terminal used by a user A first step of storing an expected response to be responded to, and when a sentence interactively input through the program of the wireless terminal is received, one predicted response corresponding to a combination of two or more keywords included in the received sentence is provided. A second step of checking and a third step of generating a response message including the confirmed one expected response to be transmitted to the program of the wireless terminal, and the keyword is input through the program of the wireless terminal It is to provide an interactive message processing method in a wireless environment including one or more words or phrases expected to be included in a sentence.

In the method of processing an interactive message in a wireless environment according to the present invention, in a method executed through a server relaying a message in a wireless environment, it is expected to be included in a sentence interactively input through a program provided in a wireless terminal used by a user. A first step of storing an expected response to be answered in response to a combination of two or more expected keywords, and a combination of two or more keywords included in the received sentence when a sentence interactively input through the program of the wireless terminal is received A second step of checking one expected response corresponding to and a third step of generating a response message including the confirmed one expected response and processing to be transmitted to a program of the wireless terminal, the keyword, It is characterized in that it includes one or more words or phrases expected to be included in a sentence input through a program of the wireless terminal.

In the method of processing an interactive message in a wireless environment according to the present invention, when the matched expected response is not confirmed, a communication means or a messenger account of a target to chat with the user is checked, and a program of the wireless terminal and communication of the target person It characterized by further comprising the step of linking the conversation between the means or the messenger program.

In the interactive message processing method in a wireless environment according to the present invention, the target person includes an advertiser providing an advertisement to the user, and the response message is an advertisement link for accessing the advertiser's website or advertisement site It characterized in that it comprises a.

In the method of processing an interactive message in a wireless environment according to the present invention, in a method executed through a server relaying a message in a wireless environment, it is expected to be included in a sentence interactively input through a program provided in a wireless terminal used by a user. A first step of storing an expected response to be answered in response to a combination of two or more expected keywords, and a combination of two or more keywords included in the received sentence when a sentence interactively input through the program of the wireless terminal is received A second step of checking one expected response corresponding to and a third step of generating a response message including the confirmed one expected response and processing to be transmitted to a program of the wireless terminal, the keyword, It is characterized by including one or more words and phrase structures expected to be included in sentences that are interactively input through the program of the wireless terminal.

In the method of processing an interactive message in a wireless environment according to the present invention, when the matched expected response is not confirmed, a communication means or a messenger account of a target to chat with the user is checked, and a program of the wireless terminal and communication of the target person It characterized by further comprising the step of linking the conversation between the means or the messenger program.

In the method of processing an interactive message in a wireless environment according to the present invention, the target person includes an advertiser providing an advertisement to the user, and the response message is an advertisement link for accessing the advertiser's website or advertisement site It characterized in that it comprises a.

According to the present invention, while a client is using a messenger, a keyword included in the query information provided from the client is checked, a query message including the query information is relayed to an advertiser matching the keyword, and the advertiser When a response message to an inquiry message is input, the response message is relayed to the client who provided the inquiry information, thereby forming a real-time community between the client and the advertiser, and the client and the advertiser based on the inquiry/answer through the community. It has the advantage of allowing people to exchange information.

According to the present invention, the advertiser can check the advertising effect in real time without conventional unilateral statistical data through real-time query/answer between the client and the advertiser using keywords included in the query information provided from the client. have.

According to the present invention, in the case of providing a real-time query/answer between the client and the advertiser using a keyword included in the query information provided from the client, the message relay provides the advertiser links within a certain number to the client. In contrast to keyword advertisements, by relaying the query message provided by the client to more advertisers (e.g., all advertisers who have registered keywords), there is an advantage of maximizing revenue by actively executing the advertisement fees deposited by the advertiser. Has the advantage of providing advertisements by communicating with the client based on relatively inexpensive advertisement fees.

1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a system for relaying advertisement messages through keywords according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing an advertisement registration system for providing an advertisement answer to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an advertisement registration process for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a message relay system for providing an advertisement response to an inquiry message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a messenger program recorded in a recording medium provided in the messenger terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a query process for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a query message relaying process for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a message relay system for relaying an advertisement response message to an inquiry message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating a process of relaying a response message for providing an advertisement response to an inquiry message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.
10 is a diagram illustrating a billing process according to selection (or click) of an advertisement link included in a response message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the operating principle of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and description. However, the drawings and the description to be described below are for a preferred implementation method among various methods for effectively describing the features of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the following drawings and description. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the present invention.

In addition, a preferred embodiment of the present invention to be implemented below is already provided in each system functional configuration in order to efficiently describe the technical components constituting the present invention, or system functions commonly provided in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. The configuration will be omitted as much as possible, and a functional configuration that should be additionally provided for the present invention will be mainly described. If a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to easily understand the functions of components previously used among functional configurations not shown below and omitted, the configuration omitted as described above. The relationship between the elements and the elements added for the present invention will also be clearly understood.

In addition, the following examples will be used by appropriately modifying, integrating, or separating terms so that those of ordinary skill in the art can clearly understand in order to efficiently describe the key technical features of the present invention. However, the present invention is by no means limited. That is, each means constituting the present invention is a server (or terminal) provided on the system shown in the following embodiments, or a predetermined functional configuration unit provided in at least one server (or terminal), or at least It may be an association of at least two or more functional components provided in one or more servers (or terminals). In addition, the server (or terminal) shown in the following embodiments is shown to include at least two or more functional components for achieving the advanced technical features of the present invention for convenience, but the functional components shown in the server (or terminal) Matching with the above-described means may be provided in two or more servers (or terminals) different from each other according to the role and function of each functional configuration unit and the corresponding server (or terminal) operator (or operating institution), whereby the present invention is not limited. No.

As a result, the technical idea of the present invention is determined by the claims, and the following examples are a means for efficiently explaining the technical idea of the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Only.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system for relaying advertisement messages through keywords according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 1 shows query information including at least one keyword through the communication network while a queryer or a user (hereinafter, referred to as “client” for convenience in the embodiment) is using a P2P-based messenger service through a communication network. Upon transmission, at least one responder matching the keyword included in the query information (hereinafter referred to as "advertiser" for convenience in the embodiment) is identified, and a query message including the query information is generated and relayed to the confirmed advertiser Provided, and then, when the advertiser inputs and transmits a response message corresponding to the inquiry message, the system configuration relays the response message to the client, and a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs If so, it is possible to infer various implementation methods for the configuration of the advertisement message relay system through the keyword by referring to and/or modifying this Figure 1, but the present invention includes all the inferred implementation methods, and this figure The technical features are not limited only by the implementation method shown in 1.

Referring to FIG. 1, the advertisement message relay system through the keyword includes at least one keyword information for confirming relay target query information among a plurality of query information provided from a plurality of clients, and a query message including the query information. And an advertiser terminal 140 for registering information of the advertiser communication means 145 to receive the information, and an advertisement registration server 100 for registering the keyword information and advertiser communication means 145 information, and a plurality of A messenger terminal 125 used by a client of the client to receive a P2P-based messenger-based service, an advertiser communication means 145 corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145 information registered by the advertiser terminal 140, and the messenger Receives the query information transmitted from the terminal 125, checks the keyword information included in the query information, checks at least one advertiser communication means 145 information matching the checked keyword information, and the confirmed After relaying and transmitting to the advertiser communication means 145 corresponding to at least one advertiser communication means 145 information, when the advertiser communication means 145 inputs and transmits a response message corresponding to the inquiry message, the response message It characterized in that it comprises a message relay server 105 for relaying and transmitting to the client providing the query information corresponding to, and a client communication means 135 for relaying and receiving the response message.

Here, the advertiser communication means 145 includes the advertiser terminal 140 receiving the inquiry message, and the advertiser communication means 145 transmitting the inquiry message to the advertiser terminal 140 (e.g., a message server ( 110), a mail server 115, and a messenger server 120.

In addition, the advertiser communication means 145 includes the messenger terminal 125 and the messenger server 120 as basic communication means, and a client terminal 130 receiving the answer message as a second communication means, and the answer message It is characterized in that it comprises a server (eg, a message server 110, a mail server 115, a messenger server 120) for each of the client communication means 135 that delivers the message to the client terminal 130.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an advertisement registration system for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 2 shows a system configuration for registering advertisements to be provided from a plurality of advertiser terminals 140 to a plurality of messenger terminals 125 connected to a message relay system. Specifically, in the messenger terminal 125 Among the query information transmitted to the message relay system, the message relay system sends advertisement registration information for processing the advertiser's advertisement to be provided to the messenger terminal 125 that has transmitted query information matching the keyword registered in the advertiser terminal 140. It relates to a system configuration registered in the image storage medium 240.

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to infer various implementation methods for the configuration of an advertisement registration system for providing advertisement answers to the query message by referring and/or modifying this drawing 2 , The present invention includes all the inferred implementation methods, and is not limited only to the implementation methods shown in FIG. 2.

That is, if a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, the advertiser in this figure 2 is changed to the information provider by referring and/or modified in this figure 2, and the advertising unit price information is changed to message relay unit price information. In addition, it is possible to infer an implementation method in which advertisement deposit information is changed to message relay deposit information, and the present invention is characterized in that it includes all the inferred implementation methods.

In more detail, FIG. 2 is an advertisement target corresponding to an advertisement to be transmitted to the messenger terminal 125 in response to query information transmitted from a plurality of messenger terminals 125 among advertisement registration information provided from a plurality of advertiser terminals 140. As for a system configuration for checking advertisement registration information and registering it in the storage medium 240 on the message relay system, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, refer to and/or modify this Figure 2 Various implementation methods for the configuration of the advertisement registration system for providing advertisement answers to the inquiry message may be inferred, but the present invention includes all of the above inferred implementation methods, and is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG. .

Hereinafter, the advertisement to be transmitted to the messenger terminal 125 in response to query information transmitted from a plurality of messenger terminals 125 among advertisement registration information provided from the advertiser terminal 140 on the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. At least one means for checking the corresponding advertisement target advertisement registration information and registering it in the storage medium 240, or a component corresponding to the functional configuration, is referred to as "ad registration server 100" for convenience.

Referring to Figure 2 according to the implementation method of the present invention, the advertisement registration system for providing advertisement answers to the query message is transmitted from at least one advertiser terminal 140 connected to a communication network and the advertiser terminal 140 Ad registration D/B 235 for storing advertisement registration information including at least one or more of advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information, and the advertiser terminal 140 And a plurality of messengers among the advertisement registration information stored in the advertisement registration D/B 235 by receiving advertisement registration information received through the communication network and stored in the advertisement registration D/B 235 Advertisement registration server 100 that checks the advertisement target advertisement registration information corresponding to the advertisement to be transmitted to the messenger terminal 125 in response to the query information transmitted from the terminal 125 and registers it in the storage medium 240 on the message relay system And, a storage medium 240 for storing the advertisement target advertisement registration information.

The advertiser terminal 140 uses a TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) based wired communication network (e.g., ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)/VDSL (Very high-data rate Digital Subscriber Line), or a cable communication network). A mobile communication terminal comprising at least one wired terminal including a desktop computer or a laptop connected to the advertisement registration server 100 through communication, or connected to a code division multiple access (CDMA)-based mobile communication network, or HSDPA At least one wireless communication terminal connected to a (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)-based wireless communication network, a portable Internet terminal connected to an IEEE 802.16x-based high-speed wireless Internet, or a wireless LAN terminal connected to an IEEE 802.11x-based wireless LAN communication network. It characterized in that it comprises at least one or more wireless terminals including the above.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the advertiser terminal 140 includes at least one advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, advertisement deposit information from the advertisement registration server 100 At least one interface screen for inputting (or selecting) advertisement registration information is provided and output, and at least advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information are stored through the interface screen. It is preferable that a functional configuration (eg, a browser program and a communication function) is provided for inputting (or selecting) one or more advertisement registration information and transmitting it to the advertisement registration server 100 through a communication network.

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to easily infer the characteristics of the advertiser terminal 140 corresponding to at least one wired terminal or wireless terminal, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience. do.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, when the advertiser terminal 140 is a wired terminal, the communication network includes the TCP/IP-based wired communication network, and when the advertiser terminal 140 is a wireless terminal, the communication network It is preferable to include at least one of the CDMA-based (or HSDPA-based) mobile communication network, the IEEE 802.16x-based high-speed wireless Internet, or the IEEE 802.11x-based wireless LAN communication network.

The advertisement registration D/B 235 includes advertisement registration information including at least one or more of advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information transmitted from the advertiser terminal 140. It is characterized by storing.

The advertiser information is information identifying and identifying an advertiser requesting to provide advertisements to a plurality of messenger terminals 125 through the message relay system, and preferably includes the advertiser name (or brand name), It is preferable to further include the advertiser's unique information (eg, resident registration number (or business registration number), contact information, address, etc.) according to the intention of a person skilled in the art.

When the message relay system provides a location-based message relay service according to an exemplary method of the present invention, it is preferable that the advertiser information further includes the advertiser address information (or advertiser location information).

The keyword information is information for checking (or identifying) query information to be provided with the advertiser's advertisement among a plurality of query information received from the plurality of messenger terminals 125 to the message relay system, and is included in the query information. It is preferable to include at least one or more words (or syllables) or phrases that are expected to be included.

The advertiser communication means 145 information includes communication means information for receiving, at the advertiser's communication means, a query message including query information received from the messenger terminal 125 through the message relay system. To do.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, the advertiser's communication means includes a wireless terminal of the advertiser having a message transmission/reception function (for example, a short message or a multimedia message), a mail account used by the advertiser, a messenger account used by the advertiser, It is preferable to include at least one or more message modules provided on the advertiser's website (eg, advertisement site, or mini-homepage/blog).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser's communication means includes the advertiser's wireless terminal having a message transmission/reception function (eg, short message, multimedia message, etc.), the advertiser communication means 145 information is It is preferable to include information on the advertiser's wireless terminal.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a mail account used by the advertiser, the advertiser communication means 145 information includes the advertiser's mail address information.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a messenger account used by the advertiser, the advertiser communication means 145 information includes messenger information used by the advertiser and the advertiser's messenger ID information for the messenger. Do.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a message module provided on the advertiser's website (eg, an advertisement site, or a mini-homepage/blog), the advertiser communication means 145 information is provided for the message module. It is preferable to include the message receiving address information.

The advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) is, when an inquiry message including the inquiry information is transmitted to the communication means of the advertiser, or an advertisement response message corresponding to the inquiry message from the communication means of the advertiser, When transmitting to a communication means of a client, or when the client performs a client action in response to the advertisement reply message (eg, accesses the advertiser website (or advertisement site) to which the advertisement reply message links), or Information on the amount to be paid by the advertiser (e.g., advertising fee or message relay fee) for at least one of the cases in which the client performs a value-added action (eg, a purchase act, a payment act, etc.) for the advertisement response message. It is preferable to include.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) incurs a cost when transmitting a query message including the query information transmitted from the messenger terminal 125 to the advertiser communication means 145 In this case, it is preferable to include information on an amount of money that causes the advertiser to pay the cost incurred in the process of relaying the query message.

In addition, when the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) is incurred during relay transmission of the response message transmitted from the advertiser communication unit 145 to the client communication unit 135, the response message relaying process It is preferable to include information on the amount of money that the advertiser pays for the incurred cost.

In addition, the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) includes advertisement link information in the response message received by the client communication means 135, and the advertiser website corresponding to the advertisement link information in the client message paper means. When a cost is incurred when accessing (or an advertisement site), it is preferable to include information on a price that allows the advertiser to pay the cost incurred by the advertisement link information.

The advertisement deposit information (or message relay deposit information) includes amount information deposited by the advertiser in order to settle an amount corresponding to the advertisement unit price information to the advertisement provider in response to message relay through the message relay system. Preferably, when the amount corresponding to the advertisement unit price information is settled to the advertisement provider, the advertisement deposit information is preferably deducted from the amount corresponding to the advertisement unit price information.

For those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, at least one other information in addition to advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, advertisement deposit information included in the advertisement registration information is configured. It will be possible to further infer, and it is preferable that the present invention includes all the inferred information configurations.

For example, the advertisement registration information may further include advertisement data matched with the keyword information (eg, text data matched with the keyword information, or image/sound/multimedia content), thereby limiting the present invention. It doesn't work.

Alternatively, the advertisement registration information may include predicted response information for a combination of at least two keywords constituting the query (eg, first keyword information of "USB" among keywords included in the query information, and "2GB+2GB" 2 It is possible to further include the expected answer information such as "Selling 2GB of USB for 12,000 won") to the combination of the keyword information and the third keyword information of "cheap + cheap", and the present invention is not limited thereby. No.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, the advertisement registration server 100 connects the advertiser terminal 140 and a communication channel through the communication network to provide a web interface corresponding to the advertiser terminal 140 and the communication network. It is characterized by comprising a management interface unit 200, whereby the advertisement registration server 100 has the function of a web server that is connected to the advertiser terminal 140 and through a wired communication network or a wireless communication network. do.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser terminal 140 is a wired terminal to which a communication channel is connected through a TCP/IP-based wired communication network, the interface unit 200 includes the advertiser terminal 140 and the HTTP ( A communication channel is connected based on the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) protocol, and an interface screen in the form of an HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) compatible document is transmitted to and outputted to the advertiser terminal 140 through the communication channel, and the advertiser It is preferable to perform a function of receiving and processing advertisement registration information input (or selected) from the terminal 140 through the interface screen.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser terminal 140 is a wireless terminal to which a communication channel is connected through a CDMA-based wireless communication network, the interface unit 200 includes the advertiser terminal 140 and the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or a communication channel based on the ME (Mobile Explorer) protocol, and transmits an interface screen in the form of a WML (Wireless Markup Language) or HTML compatible document to the advertiser terminal 140 through the communication channel. It is preferable to perform a function of outputting and receiving and processing advertisement registration information corresponding to the interface screen from the advertiser terminal 140.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser terminal 140 is a wireless terminal to which a communication channel is connected through an IEEE 802.16x-based wireless communication network, the interface unit 200 includes the advertiser terminal 140 and Connects a communication channel based on a wireless protocol corresponding to the IEEE 802.16x standard, transmits and outputs an interface screen to the advertiser terminal 140 through the communication channel, and displays the interface screen from the advertiser terminal 140 It is preferable to perform a function of receiving and processing corresponding advertisement registration information, or when the advertiser terminal 140 is a wireless terminal to which a communication channel is connected through an IEEE 802.11x-based wireless communication network, the interface unit 200 Connects the advertiser terminal 140 with a communication channel based on a wireless protocol corresponding to the IEEE 802.11x standard, transmits and outputs an interface screen to the advertiser terminal 140 through the communication channel, and displays the advertiser terminal It is preferable to perform a function of receiving and processing advertisement registration information corresponding to the interface screen from (140).

Referring to FIG. 2, when the advertiser terminal 140 accesses the advertisement registration server 100 through the interface unit 200 and requests advertisement registration, the advertisement registration server 100 and the interface unit 200 Interface that allows the advertiser terminal 140 to input (or select) advertisement registration information including at least one or more of advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information and transmit it An interface providing unit 205 that generates (or extracts) a screen and provides it, and advertisement registration information that is input (or selected) from the advertiser terminal 140 through the interface screen and transmitted in connection with the interface unit 200 It characterized in that it comprises an information receiving unit 210 for receiving, and an information storage unit 215 for storing the received advertisement registration information in the advertisement registration D/B 235.

When the advertiser terminal 140 connects to the advertisement registration server 100 through the interface unit 200, the interface providing unit 205 provides a functional configuration (e.g., the advertiser terminal ( 140) to create an interface screen that can be transmitted to the advertisement registration server 100 through the communication network by inputting (or selecting) advertisement registration information, or extracting from a database (not shown) And, in connection with the interface unit 200, the generated (or extracted) interface screen is provided to the advertiser terminal 140 through the communication network.

Thereafter, the advertiser terminal 140 inputs (or selects) advertisement registration information including at least one or more advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information based on the interface screen. ), and when it is confirmed that the advertisement registration information has been input (or selected), the advertiser terminal 140 transmits the input (or selected) advertisement registration information to the advertisement registration server 100 through the communication network. .

For those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, the advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 through at least one form included in the interface screen in the advertiser terminal 140 ) Information, advertisement unit price information, the technical feature of inputting (or selecting) advertisement registration information including at least one advertisement deposit information, and the input (or selected) advertisement registration information through a communication protocol provided by the communication network. Since the technical characteristics transmitted to the advertisement registration server 100 will be familiarized, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted for convenience.

When the advertiser terminal 140 inputs (or selects) advertisement registration information through the interface screen and transmits it through the communication network, the information receiving unit 210 interlocks with the interface unit 200 to receive the advertisement registration information. It is characterized in that receiving, and provides the received advertisement registration information to the information storage unit 215.

The information storage unit 215 stores advertisement registration information including at least one or more of the advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information received through the information receiving unit 210. It is characterized in that it is stored in the advertisement registration D/B 235.

Referring to Fig. 2, the advertisement registration server 100 includes the same keyword information (or similar keyword information, or included in the same keyword category among keyword information included in the advertisement registration information stored in the advertisement registration D/B 235). The information verification unit 220 for checking at least two or more advertisement registration information including keyword information) is compared with the advertisement unit price information included in the at least two or more advertisement registration information, and the advertisement unit price information in the order of the largest An information extraction unit 225 that extracts N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information by arranging advertisement registration information, and registers the extracted advertisement target advertisement registration information in the storage medium 240 on the message relay system It characterized in that it comprises an information registration unit (230).

When the advertisement registration information is stored in the advertisement registration D/B 235 by the information storage unit 215, the information verification unit 220 registers a plurality of advertisements stored in the advertisement registration D/B 235 It is characterized in that at least two pieces of advertisement registration information including the same keyword information (or similar keyword information) among a plurality of keyword information included in the information, or including keyword information included in the same keyword category are checked.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, it is preferable that the information confirmation unit 220 further includes checking advertisement registration information having the same advertisement type or advertisement method among the advertisement registration information.

The information extracting unit 225 compares the advertisement unit price information included in at least two advertisement registration information checked by the information confirmation unit 220 to increase the order of the advertisement unit price information (or increase the revenue of the advertisement provider). In order), the advertisement registration information is arranged to extract N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information.

The information registration unit 230 is characterized in that the extracted N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information is registered in the storage medium 240 on the message relay system.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the information registration unit 230 stores the extracted N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information (or the order of increasing the revenue of the advertisement provider). It is preferable to align and register in the storage medium 240 on the message relay system.

3 is a diagram illustrating an advertisement registration process for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 3 shows advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price from the advertiser terminal 140 on the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. 2 to the advertisement registration server 100 through a communication network. As for the process of storing the advertisement registration information in the advertisement registration D/B 235 in the advertisement registration server 100 when transmitting advertisement registration information including at least one information and advertisement deposit information, the present invention Those of ordinary skill in the relevant technical field will be able to infer various implementation methods for the advertisement registration process for providing advertisement answers to the query message by referring and/or modifying this Figure 3, but the present invention It includes all the inferred implementation methods, and is not limited only to the implementation methods shown in FIG. 3.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 3, the advertisement registration server 100 on the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. 2 is referred to as a “server” for convenience, and the advertiser terminal 140 on the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. 2 is called a “terminal” for convenience. It is called.

Referring to Fig. 3, a terminal on the advertisement registration system shown in Fig. 2 connects to the server through the communication network to connect a communication channel for advertisement registration (300).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication channel connection process is preferably performed by at least one further including a process of logging in from the terminal to the server or signing up as a member from the terminal to the server, and the process At, advertiser information corresponding to the terminal is extracted (or acquired).

For those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, the terminal accesses the server according to a communication protocol corresponding to the communication network through a browser program corresponding to the communication network, and provides an advertisement answer to the query message. Since the technical characteristics of connecting the communication channel for communication will be well understood, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience.

When a communication channel for advertisement registration is connected between the terminal and the server as described above, the terminal requests an interface screen for advertisement registration to the server through the communication channel (305), and in response thereto, the server Create an interface screen including a user interface for inputting (or selecting) advertisement registration information including at least one of the advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information in the terminal (Or extract) (310), and transmits the generated (or extracted) interface screen to the terminal through the communication channel (315).

Thereafter, the terminal provides the advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement deposit information through the user interface included in the interface screen to input (or select) the advertisement registration information. The advertisement registration information including at least one or more is processed to be input (or selected) (320).

If the advertisement registration information is input (or selected) in the terminal (325), the terminal sends the advertiser information, keyword information, advertiser communication means 145 information, advertisement unit price information, and advertisement to the server through the communication channel. The advertisement registration information including at least one deposit information is transmitted (330), and in response thereto, the server stores the received advertisement registration information in the advertisement registration D/B 235 shown in FIG. 2 (335). ).

Thereafter, the server checks at least two advertisement registration information including the same keyword information (or similar keyword information, or keyword information included in the same keyword category) in connection with the advertisement registration D/B 235 (340). ).

If at least two or more advertisement registration information including the same keyword information (or similar keyword information, or keyword information included in the same keyword category) is confirmed (345), the server determines the advertisement unit price included in the checked advertisement registration information. By comparing the information and sorting the advertisement registration information in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information, N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information is extracted (350), and the extracted N (N>1) advertisement target The advertisement registration information is registered in the storage medium 240 on the message relay system (355).

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the server arranges the extracted N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information (or the order of increasing the revenue of the advertisement provider), and the message It is preferable to register in the storage medium 240 on the relay system.

4 is a diagram illustrating a message relay system for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 4 shows the query information and the client communication means through a message relay system in which a messenger terminal 125 equipped with a messenger program including a query input interface inputs query information through the query input interface. (135) When query request information including at least one information is transmitted, the message relay system is linked with a storage medium 450 that stores advertisement target advertisement registration information registered through the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. 2 Then, after checking the advertiser communication means 145 information linked to the keyword information matching the query content included in the query information, a query message to be transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 including the query information is generated, As for the system configuration for transmitting the generated query message to the advertiser communication means 145, if a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, the query message by referring to and/or modifying this Figure 4 Various implementation methods for the configuration of a message relay system for providing an advertisement response to an advertisement can be inferred, but the present invention includes all of the inferred implementation methods, and is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG. 4.

Hereinafter, in this figure 4, query request information including the query information and client communication means 135 information is received from the messenger terminal 125 on a communication network, and a query message corresponding to the query request information is generated, and the In connection with the storage medium 450 for storing advertisement target advertisement registration information registered through the advertisement registration system shown in Fig. 2, at least one advertiser communication means 145 to receive the query message is checked, and the confirmation At least one means for transmitting the query message to the advertiser communication means 145, or a component corresponding to a functional configuration is referred to as a "message relay server 105" for convenience.

Referring to Figure 4 according to the implementation method of the present invention, a message relay system for providing an advertisement response to the query message includes at least one messenger terminal 125 having a messenger program including a query input interface, A messenger server 120 that is connected to the messenger terminal 125 through a communication network and provides a messenger service to the messenger terminal 125, and query information and client communication means 135 transmitted from the messenger terminal 125 ) Receive query request information including at least one information, check keyword information matching the query content of the query information included in the query request information, and registered through the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. After confirming the information of the advertiser communication means 145 linked to the keyword information in connection with the storage medium 450, a query message for each advertiser communication means 145 including the query information is generated to the advertiser communication means 145. It characterized in that it comprises a transmission message relay server 105 and an advertiser terminal 140 corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the message relay server 105 is a component provided in the messenger server 120, or a separate server connected to the messenger server 120 through a communication network. It is preferably made.

In addition, when the message relay server 105 is implemented as a separate server, the message relay server 105 may be implemented as a single server, or may be implemented in the form of two or more servers for each functional configuration. And, it is clearly revealed that the present invention is not limited thereby.

The messenger terminal 125 is characterized by being provided with a messenger program that provides a P2P (Peer to Peer) based messenger service, and a wired communication network (e.g., ADSL (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) based) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)/VDSL (Very high-data rate Digital Subscriber Line), or a cable communication network), comprising at least one wired terminal or a wireless terminal connected to a wireless communication network. The messenger terminal 125 includes all types of terminal devices equipped with the messenger program in addition to the wired terminal or wireless terminal (for example, an IPTV set-top box with a messenger program or a broadcasting terminal including a digital TV set-top box). It is preferable to include.

The messenger program provided in the messenger terminal 125 includes one or more messenger interfaces for providing a P2P-based messenger service (e.g., message sending/receiving, chatting, mail sending/receiving, file sending/receiving, etc.), as well as one or more queries. It characterized in that it comprises a query input interface for inputting information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the query input interface preferably includes a user interface for inputting one or more query information and a user interface for transmitting the query information.

At this time, when the query information input through the query input interface is transmitted, the messenger program generates query request information including the input query information and the messenger account information of the client as basic client communication means 135 information. It is preferable to process so that it is transmitted to the message relay server 105.

In addition, the messenger program may further include transmitting the input query information to one or more web servers 400 (eg, portal server, search server) affiliated with the messenger program, whereby the present invention This is not limited.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the query input interface includes a user interface for inputting one or more query information, a user interface for inputting (or selecting) the client communication means 135, and a user interface for transmitting the query information. It is preferable to include.

At this time, when the query information input through the query input interface is transmitted, the messenger program generates query request information including the input query information and the input (or selected) client communication means 135 information. It is preferable to process to be transmitted to the message relay server 105.

In addition, the messenger program may further include transmitting the input query information to one or more web servers 400 (eg, portal server, search server) affiliated with the messenger program, whereby the present invention This is not limited.

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to easily infer the technical characteristics of the messenger terminal 125 equipped with the messenger program, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience.

The messenger server 120 is a generic term for a server that authenticates a client through a messenger program provided in the messenger terminal 125 and provides (or operates) a P2P-based messenger service between the authenticated clients. Those of ordinary skill in the relevant technical field will be able to easily infer the technical characteristics of the messenger server 120, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the message relay server 105 includes an interface unit 405 for connecting and managing a communication channel for receiving the inquiry request information transmitted from the messenger terminal 125. To do.

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, the interface unit 405 is a messenger provided in the messenger terminal 125 to directly receive the query request information transmitted from the messenger terminal 125 from the messenger terminal 125. It is preferable to connect and manage the messenger terminal 125 and the communication channel according to the communication protocol defined in the program.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the interface unit 405 communicates defined in the messenger server 120 in order to receive the query request information transmitted from the messenger terminal 125 by relaying the message server. It is preferable to connect and manage a communication channel with the messenger server 120 according to a protocol.

Referring to Figure 4, the message relay server 105, in connection with the interface unit 405, the messenger terminal 125 inputs (or selects) through a query input interface provided in the messenger program and transmits The reception is performed in connection with a query receiving unit 410 (or query receiving means) for receiving query request information, and a storage medium 450 for storing advertisement target advertisement registration information registered through the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. An information verification unit that checks the keyword information included in the query information included in the query request information, and checks the advertiser communication means 145 information associated with the confirmed keyword information and the advertiser communication means 145 ( 415) (or information checking means); a query message generating unit 420 (or query message generating means) for generating a query message capable of confirming the query information in the advertiser communication means 145, and the generated query Message relay management by linking the inquiry message transmission unit 425 (or inquiry message transmission unit) for transmitting a message to the advertiser communication unit 145 and the client communication unit 135 information and the advertiser communication unit 145 information It is characterized by comprising an information storage unit 430 (or information storage means) to be stored in the D/B 455.

When the messenger terminal 125 inputs (or selects) query request information including at least one query information and client communication means 135 information through a query input interface provided in the messenger program and transmits it, the query receiver Reference numeral 410 is characterized in that, in connection with the interface unit 405, the inquiry request information is received through a communication channel connected to the messenger terminal 125 (or the messenger server 120).

Here, the client communication means 135 information is, after receiving an inquiry message including the inquiry information from the advertiser communication means 145, generating and transmitting a response message including response information to the inquiry message In this case, it is preferable to include information for confirming the client communication means 135 for receiving the reply message.

The client communication means 135 corresponding to the information of the client communication means 135 uses a messenger account corresponding to the messenger program provided in the messenger terminal 125 as a basic communication means, and is input (or selected) from the messenger program. ) The wireless terminal of the client with the message transmission/reception function (eg, short message, multimedia message, etc.), or the mail account used by the client, or the client's website (eg, mini-homepage/blog), or a client It is preferable to include at least one or more web hard (eg, a storage medium 450 on a communication network allocated to a client), or a client bulletin board (eg, a bulletin board used by a client on a public website).

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, when the client communication means 135 includes a messenger account used by the client, the client communication means 135 information includes the messenger information used by the client and the client's messenger for the messenger. It is preferable to include ID information.

Alternatively, when the client communication means 135 includes a wireless terminal of the client having a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message, etc.), the information of the client communication means 135 is It is preferable to include terminal information.

Alternatively, when the client communication means 135 includes a mail account used by the client, it is preferable that the client communication means 135 information includes the mail address information of the client.

Or, the client communication means 135 is the client's website (e.g., a mini homepage/blog), or a client web hard (e.g., a storage medium 450 on a communication network allocated to the client), or a client bulletin board (e.g., In the case of including at least one bulletin board used by a client on a public website), the client communication means 135 information preferably includes information on a message receiving address for the client's website, web hard, or bulletin board. Do.

When the query information is received through the query receiving unit 410, the information checking unit 415 reads the query contents included in the received query information, and stores at least one keyword information included in the received query information. It is characterized by checking.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, the information verification unit 415 checks at least one word (or syllable) from the query content included in the received query information, and stores the identified word (or syllable) among the identified words (or syllables). At least one included in the received query information by checking a word (or syllable) matching the keyword information provided in the medium 450 (or a database selectively storing keyword information stored in the storage medium 450) It is desirable to check the above keyword information.

When at least one or more keyword information included in the query information is confirmed, the information verification unit 415 includes a storage medium 450 for storing advertisement target advertisement registration information registered through the advertisement registration system shown in FIG. It characterized in that at least one advertiser communication means 145 information associated with the identified keyword information is checked in connection.

When the information on at least one advertiser communication means 145 linked to the keyword information in the storage medium 450 is arranged in the order in which the advertisement unit price information is increased (or in the order of increasing the revenue of the advertisement provider), check the information It is preferable that the unit 415 check the advertiser communication means 145 information associated with the keyword information according to the sorted order.

The advertiser address information (or advertiser location information) is included in the advertiser information associated with the keyword information in the storage medium 450, and the messenger terminal 125 is connected with the IP address information of the messenger terminal 125. Subscriber information provided in an ISP (Internet Service Provider) providing the accessed communication network, or member information registered in the messenger server 120, or a broadcaster server (not shown) when the messenger terminal 125 is a broadcasting terminal When it is possible to check the address (or location) of the messenger terminal 125 based on subscriber information provided in, the information verification unit 415 includes at least one advertiser communication means 145 linked to the keyword information. Among the information, the address (or location) of the messenger terminal 125 and the advertiser's address (or location) are linked to advertiser information existing within a certain range (eg, within a straight line distance of a certain length or within the same administrative area). It is desirable to check the advertiser communication means 145 information.

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, when the query receiving unit 410 receives the query information, the IP address information of the messenger terminal 125 is checked, or in association with the IP address information of the messenger terminal 125, the Subscriber information provided in an ISP (Internet Service Provider) providing a communication network to which the messenger terminal 125 is connected is checked, or member information registered in the messenger server 120 is checked, or the messenger terminal 125 In the case of this broadcasting terminal, subscriber information provided in the broadcaster server (not shown) is checked, and the same query information is repeatedly received (for example, negative query information is received) from the identified same messenger terminal 125. In this case, the information checking unit 415 omits the process of checking keyword information included in the query information received from the messenger terminal 125, or checks the advertiser communication means 145 information matching the keyword information. It is desirable to omit the process of doing so.

According to another implementation method of the present invention, in connection with the confirmed advertiser communication means 145 information on the storage medium 450, predicted response information for a combination of at least two or more keywords (eg, among keywords included in the query information) For the combination of the first keyword information “USB”, the second keyword information “2GB+2 gigabyte”, and the third keyword information “cheap+cheap”, the predicted answer information “USB 2GB is sold for 12,000 won” ) Is stored, the message relay server 105 does not relay and transmit the query message to the advertiser communication means 145, and sends a response message including the expected response information through the message relay system shown in FIG. It is possible to generate and relay transmission to the client communication means 135, whereby the present invention is not limited.

When at least one or more advertiser communication means 145 information associated with the keyword information is confirmed, the information confirmation unit 415 may check the advertiser communication means 145.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser's communication means information includes the advertiser's wireless terminal information, the information verification unit 415 includes a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message). It is preferable to check the advertiser's wireless terminal with the advertiser communication means (145).

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means information includes the advertiser's e-mail address information, the information verification unit 415 may check the advertiser's communication means 145 for the e-mail account used by the advertiser.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means information includes the advertiser's messenger ID information, it is preferable that the information verification unit 415 checks the messenger account used by the advertiser with the advertiser communication means 145.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means information includes message receiving address information for a message module provided on the advertiser's website (eg, advertising site, or mini-homepage/blog), the information verification unit 415 It is preferable to check the message module provided on the advertiser's website with the advertiser communication means 145.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the information verification unit 415 includes a server corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145 (eg, a messenger server 120, a mobile communication company server, a web server) and the advertiser communication means 145 ), it is preferable to further include checking whether the query message can be transmitted in real time.

If the advertiser is using the advertiser communication means 145 (e.g., logging into a messenger, activating message transmission/reception through a wireless terminal, or accessing a web server), the information verification unit 415 It is desirable to confirm that the query message can be transmitted in real time at (145).

When the advertiser communication means 145 is confirmed, the query message generation unit 420 generates a query message including a message structure that can be received from the advertiser communication means 145, and the query message is It is characterized by including the query information.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, when the identified advertiser communication means 145 is different for each advertiser, it is preferable that the query message generation unit 420 generates a query message corresponding to each communication means for each advertiser.

When the client communication means 135 information is received (or confirmed) through the query receiving unit 410 according to an exemplary method of the present invention, and the client communication means 135 information is disclosed to the advertiser, the query It is preferable that the message generation unit 420 further includes information on the client communication means 135 in the query message.

When the client communication means 135 information is received (or confirmed) through the query receiving unit 410 according to another embodiment of the present invention, but the client communication means 135 information is not disclosed to the advertiser, It is preferable that the query message generation unit 420 generates temporary communication means information for the client, and further includes the temporary communication means information in the query message.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, the inquiry message generation unit 420 generates a message identifier for identifying the inquiry message (or a response message received from the advertiser communication means 145 in response to the inquiry message), and the It is preferable to further include the message identifier in the query message.

When an inquiry message to be transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 is generated by the inquiry message generation unit 420, the inquiry message transmission unit 425 transmits the generated inquiry message to the advertiser communication unit 145 Characterized in that.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information (or advertiser communication means 145) stored in the storage medium 450 is in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information (or advertisement provider In the order of increasing profits), it is preferable that the query message transmission unit 425 transmits the query message to the corresponding advertiser communication means 145 at predetermined time intervals according to the sorted order.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information (or advertiser communication means 145) stored in the storage medium 450 is in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information (or advertisement provider In the order of increasing profits), it is preferable that the query message transmission unit 425 selectively transmits the query message to the advertiser communication means 145 included in a predetermined order among the sorted orders.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the advertiser address information (or advertiser location information) is included in N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information (or advertiser information) stored in the storage medium 450, and the Subscriber information provided in an ISP (Internet Service Provider) providing a communication network to which the messenger terminal 125 is accessed in connection with the IP address information of the messenger terminal 125, or member information registered in the messenger server 120, Alternatively, when the messenger terminal 125 is a broadcasting terminal, the query message transmission unit when the address (or location) of the messenger terminal 125 can be checked based on subscriber information provided in a broadcasting company server (not shown). 425 transmits the query message to the corresponding advertiser communication means 145 at predetermined time intervals according to the order in which the address (or location) of the messenger terminal 125 and the advertiser address (or location) are close, or It is preferable to selectively transmit the inquiry message to the advertiser communication means 145 in which the address (or location) of the messenger terminal 125 and the advertiser address (or location) exist within a certain range.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, when the advertiser communication means 145 capable of real-time transmission of the inquiry message is confirmed by the information confirmation unit 415, the inquiry message transmission unit 425 is capable of the real-time transmission. It is preferable to transmit the inquiry message to the advertiser communication means 145, and do not transmit the inquiry message to the advertiser communication means 145 that cannot be transmitted in real time, or the inquiry message from the advertiser communication means 145 It is preferable to process (for example, transmit to a server corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145 and store) to be transmitted after the condition for receiving the is confirmed.

After the inquiry message is transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 by the inquiry message transmission unit 425, the information storage unit 430 receives the information of the client communication unit 135 and the inquiry message. The communication means 145 is characterized in that the information is linked and stored in the message relay management D/B 455. When a message identifier corresponding to the query message is generated, the information storage unit 430 relays the message It is preferable to store the message identifier information in association with the management D/B 455.

When temporary communication means information matching the client communication means 135 information is generated according to another exemplary method of the present invention, the information storage unit 430 includes the client communication means 135 information and the temporary communication means. It is preferable to link the information and the information of the advertiser communication means 145 receiving the inquiry message and store it in the message relay management D/B 455.

Referring to FIG. 4, the message relay server 105 checks advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) according to relay transmission of the query message in connection with the storage medium 450, and reads advertisement unit price information. Thus, a billing information verification unit 435 (or billing information checking means) that checks a billing amount corresponding to relaying the query message to the advertiser communication means 145, and when checking the billing amount, the storage medium 450 ) In connection with the billing processing unit 440 (or billing processing means) that processes the billing amount from the advertiser, and the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (billing according to the relay of a query message) A billing information storage unit 445 (or billing) that generates message relay billing information and stores the generated message relay billing information in the message relay management D/B 455 by linking the generated message relay billing information with the advertiser communication means 145 information. And information storage means).

The inquiry message is transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 by the inquiry message transmission unit 425, and the client communication means () to the message relay management D/B 455 by the information storage unit 430 135) After the information and the advertiser communication means 145 information are stored, the billing information verification unit 435 is the message relay management D/B 455 among the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in the storage medium 450 Ad unit price information (or message relay unit price information) matching the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in is checked, the advertisement unit price information is read, and the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to the relay transmission of the inquiry message is determined Make sure it is done.

If the advertisement unit price information includes the advertisement unit price according to the relay transmission of the query message, the billing processing unit 440 subtracts an amount corresponding to the advertisement unit price information from the advertisement deposit information linked to the advertisement unit price information, It characterized in that the billing amount is billed from the advertiser.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, when a cost is incurred in the process of relaying the query message, the billing processing unit 440 includes the cost incurred in the process of relaying the query message based on the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information). It is preferable to process billing from the advertiser.

If the billing process is completed, the billing information storage unit 445 generates message relay billing information by linking the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (or billing according to the query message relay transmission), The generated message relay charging information is stored in the message relay management D/B (455) in association with the advertiser communication means (145) information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a messenger program recorded on a recording medium provided in the messenger terminal 125 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, this figure 5 is for a preferred functional configuration of a messenger program provided in the predetermined messenger terminal 125, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, refer to this figure 5 and/ Alternatively, various implementation methods of the messenger program function configuration may be inferred by modification, but the present invention includes all of the inferred implementation methods, and is not limited to the implementation methods shown in FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 5, the messenger program controls the messenger program to operate based on a recording medium provided in the messenger terminal 125 in connection with an operating system (or platform) provided in the messenger terminal 125, At least one or more functional components constituting the messenger program are interworked, or at least one or more functional components provided in the messenger terminal 125 through an operating system (or platform) provided in the messenger terminal 125 It is characterized by comprising a main frame unit 515 (Mainfrmae) to perform the P2P-based messenger service function in connection with the components, and the main frame unit 515 provides a query/answer service function according to the present invention. It is characterized in that to perform more.

The main frame unit 515 is characterized in that it comprises a program execution code for executing the messenger program on an operating system (or platform) provided in the messenger terminal 125, whereby the messenger terminal 125 After being provided in, the messenger program is controlled to be executed and operated based on the operating system (or platform) provided in the messenger terminal 125 in response to a predetermined program execution command.

In addition, the main frame unit 515 is characterized in that the control to mutually interact with at least one or more functional configuration units provided in the messenger program, whereby the at least one functional configuration unit constituting the messenger program By allocating an instance to 515, the functional components are mutually referenced or interlocked.

In addition, the main frame unit 515 includes a handle for accessing at least one or more components (eg, key input means, screen output means, etc.) provided in the messenger terminal 125 by the functional components ( Or interrupt), whereby each functional component constituting the messenger program accesses each component provided in the messenger terminal 125, and is uniquely defined in each functional component. It is characterized by performing one function.

In addition, the mainframe unit 515 obtains an interrupt for accessing at least one or more components (eg, key input means, screen output means, etc.) provided in the messenger terminal 125 by the functional components, Or access to an input/output bus corresponding to a peripheral device provided in the messenger terminal 125, whereby each functional component constituting the messenger program is provided in the messenger terminal 125 It is characterized in that it accesses the components of and performs a unique function defined in each functional component.

According to the present invention, the messenger program is an information input unit that receives predetermined input information for the P2P-based messenger service and the query/answer service according to the present invention from at least one key input means provided in the messenger terminal 125 (510) and an information output unit (505) for outputting predetermined output information for the P2P-based messenger service and a query/answer service according to the present invention by at least one screen output means provided in the messenger terminal 125. And wherein the key input means includes at least one input device provided in the messenger terminal 125, and the screen output means is provided in the messenger terminal 125 It is preferable that it comprises at least one or more output devices.

The information input unit 510 interlocks with the main frame unit 515 to access at least one or more key input means provided in the messenger terminal 125, and receives the input predetermined input information from the key input means. It is characterized in that processing to be input by a messenger program.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the input information includes message information, chat information, mail information, and file information for the P2P-based messenger service (e.g., message transmission/reception, chat, mail transmission/reception, file transmission/reception, etc.) desirable.

The information output unit 505 interlocks with the main frame unit 515 to access at least one screen output unit provided in the messenger terminal 125, and transmits the messenger program through the main frame unit 515. And outputting at least one or more output information requested to be output to the screen output means from at least one or more functional configuration units to be configured.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the information output unit 505 outputs at least one messenger screen for the P2P-based messenger service with a screen output means provided in the messenger terminal 125, and the messenger At least one or more output information requested to be output to a screen output means provided in the messenger terminal 125 is outputted from at least one or more functional configuration units constituting the messenger program through a screen.

In addition, the information output unit 505 accesses at least one or more screen output means provided in the messenger terminal 125 in connection with the main frame unit 515, and the messenger terminal 125 is used as the screen output means. An interface screen including at least one user interface for receiving input information for a P2P-based messenger service is output through the information input unit 510 in conjunction with a key input means provided in the device.

Here, the user interface includes at least one edit control, a combo box control, a list box control, or a button control, and at least one or more other It is desirable to include a user interface (eg, Image control or Custom control).

According to the present invention, the information output unit 505 is characterized in that it comprises an interface output unit that outputs a query input interface to the screen output unit for a query/answer service according to the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the query input interface preferably includes a user interface for inputting one or more query information and a user interface for transmitting the query information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the query input interface includes a user interface for inputting one or more query information, a user interface for inputting (or selecting) the client communication means 135, and a user interface for transmitting the query information. It is preferable to include.

According to the present invention, the information input unit 510 provides at least one query through a user interface for inputting a query among user interfaces provided in the query input interface through the key input means for the query/answer service according to the present invention. It is characterized in that processing so that information is input.

If the query input interface further includes a user interface for inputting (or selecting) information on the client communication unit 135, the information input unit 510 inputs (or selects) information on the client communication unit 135 It is characterized in that processing so that the client communication means 135 information is input through the user interface.

According to the present invention, the messenger program connects a communication channel with the messenger server 120 on a communication network through a communication processing means provided in the messenger terminal 125 in connection with the mainframe unit 515, or A messenger program provided in another messenger terminal 125 and the P2P-based communication channel are connected, and the P2P-based messenger service (e.g., message sending/receiving, chatting, etc.) from the messenger server 120 or one or more other messenger terminals 125 It characterized in that it comprises an information receiving unit 520 for receiving at least one or more received information for mail transmission and reception, file transmission and reception, etc.

According to the present invention, the information receiving unit 520 connects a communication channel with the message relay server 105 on a communication network through a communication processing means provided in the messenger terminal 125 for a query/answer service according to the present invention. Or, accessing a communication channel between the messenger server 120 and the message relay server 105, and receiving an answer message through the communication channel, and the information output unit 505 It is characterized in that the message is output through the screen output means.

According to the present invention, the messenger program connects a communication channel with the messenger server 120 on a communication network through a communication processing means provided in the messenger terminal 125 in connection with the mainframe unit 515, or A messenger program provided in another messenger terminal 125 is connected to the P2P-based communication channel, and transmission information for the P2P-based messenger service (e.g., direct message transmission/reception, chat, mail transmission/reception, file transmission/reception, etc.) is transmitted to the messenger server ( 120) or an information transmission unit 525 that transmits to one or more other messenger terminals 125.

According to the present invention, the information transmission unit 525 communicates with the message relay server 105 on a communication network through a communication processing means provided in the messenger terminal 125 for a query/answer service according to the present invention. It is characterized in that it connects or connects to a communication channel between the messenger server 120 and the message relay server 105, and transmits inquiry request information through the communication channel.

According to the present invention, the messenger program is connected to the information output unit 505, the information input unit 510, the information receiving unit 520, and the information transmission unit 525 through the mainframe unit 515 to provide a P2P-based message. It is characterized by comprising a messenger processing unit 500 that provides a messenger service including one or more services, chat services, mail services, and file transmission/reception services, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, Since the technical characteristics of the messenger processing unit 500 will be familiarized, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted for convenience.

6 is a diagram showing a query process for providing an advertisement answer to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 6 shows query information input through a query input interface and a client communication means 135 while using a P2P-based messenger service through a messenger program in the messenger terminal 125 on the message relay system shown in FIG. ) For a process of transmitting query request information including at least one or more information to the message relay server 105, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, refer to this Figure 6 and/or By modifying, various implementation methods for the inquiry process for providing advertisement answers to the inquiry message may be inferred, but the present invention includes all the inferred implementation methods, and is not limited only to the implementation methods shown in FIG. No.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 6, the message relay server 105 on the message relay system shown in FIG. 4 is referred to as a "server" for convenience, and the messenger terminal 125 on the message relay system shown in FIG. 4 is called a "terminal" for convenience. It is called.

Referring to FIG. 6, a terminal on the message relay system shown in FIG. 4 runs a messenger program having the query input interface to access the messenger server 120 through the communication network, and the messenger server 120 In order to receive at least one messenger service through the messenger program, the server and the communication channel are connected (600).

When a communication channel is connected between the terminal and the server as described above, the terminal provides a P2P-based messenger service (e.g., message transmission/reception, chat, mail transmission/reception, file transmission/reception, etc.) to the messenger server 120 through the communication channel. In response to the request (605), the server relays a messenger service to one or more other terminals equipped with the messenger program (610), and the terminal processes the relayed one or more other terminals and a messenger service to be provided. Do (615).

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be familiar with the technical features of providing a messenger service with one or more other terminals in the terminal through the messenger server 120, so a detailed description thereof It will be omitted for convenience.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the process of providing the messenger service is repeated (or maintained) until the query input interface provided in the messenger program is output.

If the query input interface provided in the messenger program is output (620) while providing the messenger service, the terminal inputs query request information including query information and client communication means 135 information through the query input interface ( Or selected) (625).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the query input interface preferably includes a user interface for inputting one or more query information and a user interface for transmitting the query information.

At this time, when the query information input through the query input interface is transmitted, the messenger program generates query request information including the input query information and the messenger account information of the client as basic client communication means 135 information. It is preferable to process so that it is transmitted to the message relay server 105.

In addition, the messenger program may further include transmitting the input query information to one or more web servers (eg, portal server, search server) affiliated with the messenger program, whereby the present invention is not limited. No.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the query input interface includes a user interface for inputting one or more query information, a user interface for inputting (or selecting) the client communication means 135, and a user interface for transmitting the query information. It is preferable to include.

At this time, when the query information input through the query input interface is transmitted, the messenger program generates query request information including the input query information and the input (or selected) client communication means 135 information. It is preferable to process to be transmitted to the message relay server 105.

Here, the client communication means 135 information is, after receiving an inquiry message including the inquiry information from the advertiser communication means 145, generating and transmitting a response message including response information to the inquiry message In this case, it is preferable to include information for confirming the client communication means 135 for receiving the reply message.

The client communication means 135 corresponding to the information of the client communication means 135 uses a messenger account corresponding to the messenger program provided in the messenger terminal 125 as a basic communication means, and is input (or selected) from the messenger program. ) The wireless terminal of the client with the message transmission/reception function (eg, short message, multimedia message, etc.), or the mail account used by the client, or the client's website (eg, mini-homepage/blog), or a client It is preferable to include at least one web hard (eg, a storage medium on a communication network allocated to a client) or a client bulletin board (eg, a bulletin board used by a client on a public website).

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, when the client communication means 135 includes a messenger account used by the client, the client communication means 135 information includes the messenger information used by the client and the client's messenger for the messenger. It is preferable to include ID information.

Alternatively, when the client communication means 135 includes a wireless terminal of the client having a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message, etc.), the information of the client communication means 135 is It is preferable to include terminal information.

Alternatively, when the client communication means 135 includes a mail account used by the client, it is preferable that the client communication means 135 information includes the mail address information of the client.

Or, the client communication means 135 is the client's website (e.g., a mini homepage/blog), a client web hard (e.g., a storage medium on a communication network allocated to the client), or a client bulletin board (e.g., a public website) In the case of including at least one bulletin board used by the client on the screen), the client communication means 135 information preferably includes information on a message receiving address for the client's website, web hard, or bulletin board.

In addition, the messenger program may further include transmitting the input query information to one or more web servers (eg, portal server, search server) affiliated with the messenger program, whereby the present invention is not limited. No.

If it is confirmed that the query request information has been input (or selected) through the query input interface (630), the terminal connects a communication channel for transmitting the query request information to the server through the messenger program (640). ).

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the terminal connects the server and the communication channel according to a communication protocol defined in a messenger program provided in the terminal to directly transmit the query request information from the server.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the terminal transmits the inquiry request information to a communication channel connected between the messenger server 120 and the server in order to transmit the inquiry request information to the server by relaying the message server. It is desirable to connect a communication channel for transmission.

If the communication channel is connected (640), the terminal transmits the query request information including at least one of the query information and the client communication means 135 information to the server through the communication channel (645).

7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a query message relay process for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, Figures 7a and 7b show the message relay server 105 when the message request information is transmitted from the messenger terminal 125 on the message relay system shown in Figure 4 through the inquiry process shown in Figure 6 The keyword of the advertiser communication means 145 information registered through the advertisement registration system shown in Fig. 2 is received, the query request information is received, keyword information included in the query information included in the query request information is checked. As for the process of transmitting a query message including the query information to the advertiser communication means 145 matching the information, if a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, refer to FIGS. 7A and 7B. And/or modified to infer various implementation methods for the inquiry message relaying process for providing advertisement answers to the inquiry message, but the present invention includes all the inferred implementation methods, and The technical features are not limited only to the implementation method shown in FIG. 7B.

Hereinafter, in Figs. 7A and 7B, the message relay server 105 on the message relay system shown in Fig. 4 is referred to as a "server" for convenience.

Referring to Figures 7a and 7b, the messenger terminal 125 on the message relay system shown in Figure 4 includes at least one query information and client communication means 135 information through the query process shown in Figure 6 When transmitting the query request information, the server receives the query request information transmitted from the messenger terminal 125 through a communication channel connected to the messenger terminal 125 (or the messenger server 120) (700). .

Here, the client communication means 135 information is, after receiving an inquiry message including the inquiry information from the advertiser communication means 145, generating and transmitting a response message including response information to the inquiry message In this case, it is preferable to include information for confirming the client communication means 135 for receiving the reply message.

The client communication means 135 corresponding to the information of the client communication means 135 uses a messenger account corresponding to the messenger program provided in the messenger terminal 125 as a basic communication means, and is input (or selected) from the messenger program. ) The wireless terminal of the client with the message transmission/reception function (eg, short message, multimedia message, etc.), or the mail account used by the client, or the client's website (eg, mini-homepage/blog), or a client It is preferable to include at least one web hard (eg, a storage medium on a communication network allocated to a client) or a client bulletin board (eg, a bulletin board used by a client on a public website).

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, when the client communication means 135 includes a messenger account used by the client, the client communication means 135 information includes the messenger information used by the client and the client's messenger for the messenger. It is preferable to include ID information.

Alternatively, when the client communication means 135 includes a wireless terminal of the client having a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message, etc.), the information of the client communication means 135 is It is preferable to include terminal information.

Alternatively, when the client communication means 135 includes a mail account used by the client, it is preferable that the client communication means 135 information includes the mail address information of the client.

Or, the client communication means 135 is the client's website (e.g., a mini homepage/blog), a client web hard (e.g., a storage medium on a communication network allocated to the client), or a client bulletin board (e.g., a public website) In the case of including at least one bulletin board used by the client on the screen), the client communication means 135 information preferably includes information on a message receiving address for the client's website, web hard, or bulletin board.

Thereafter, the server reads the query content corresponding to the query information included in the query request information, and checks the keyword information included in the query information (705).

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the server checks at least one word (or syllable) from the query content included in the received query information, and the storage medium (or the storage medium) among the identified words (or syllables). It is preferable to check at least one or more keyword information included in the received query information by checking a word (or syllable) that matches the keyword information provided in a database selectively storing keyword information stored in the medium.

In addition, the server checks information on at least one advertiser communication means 145 including the identified keyword information in connection with the storage medium (710).

When at least one advertiser communication means 145 information linked to the keyword information in the storage medium according to the implementation method of the present invention is arranged in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information (or the order of increasing the revenue of the advertisement provider) It is preferable that the information confirmation unit checks the advertiser communication means 145 information associated with the keyword information according to the sorted order.

Alternatively, the advertiser address information (or advertiser location information) is included in the advertiser information associated with the keyword information in the storage medium, and the messenger terminal 125 is connected with the IP address information of the messenger terminal 125 Subscriber information provided in an ISP (Internet Service Provider) providing an accessed communication network, or member information registered in the messenger server 120, or if the messenger terminal 125 is a broadcasting terminal, a broadcaster server (not shown) When it is possible to check the address (or location) of the messenger terminal 125 based on the provided subscriber information, etc., the server is the messenger terminal of the at least one advertiser communication means 145 information associated with the keyword information. 125) and the advertiser's address (or location) within a certain range (e.g., within a straight line distance of a certain length, or within the same administrative area). It is advisable to check the information.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, when the query receiving unit receives the query information, the IP address information of the messenger terminal 125 is checked, or the messenger terminal is linked with the IP address information of the messenger terminal 125 ( 125), the subscriber information provided in the ISP (Internet Service Provider) providing the communication network to which the network is connected is checked, the member information registered in the messenger server 120 is checked, or the messenger terminal 125 is a broadcasting terminal. In the case of, if subscriber information provided in the broadcaster server (not shown) is checked, and the same query information is repeatedly received (eg, negative query information is received) from the identified same messenger terminal 125, the The server omits the process of checking keyword information included in the query information received from the messenger terminal 125, or omits the process of checking information of the advertiser communication means 145 matching the keyword information, and checks the respondent. It is preferable to generate error information and transmit it to the messenger terminal 125 (or the messenger terminal 125 via the messenger server 120).

According to another implementation method of the present invention, in connection with the confirmed advertiser communication means 145 information on the storage medium, predicted response information for a combination of at least two or more keywords (eg, "USB" among keywords included in the query information For the combination of the first keyword information, the second keyword information “2GB+2 gigabyte”, and the third keyword information “cheap+cheap”, the predicted answer information that “USB 2GB is sold for 12,000 won”) is stored In this case, the server does not relay the query message to the advertiser communication means 145, but generates a response message including the expected response information through the message relay system shown in FIG. ), and the present invention is not limited thereto.

If at least one or more advertiser communication means 145 information including the confirmed keyword information is not confirmed (715), the server generates responder confirmation error information and the messenger terminal 125 (or the messenger server 120) It is transmitted to the messenger terminal 125 via (720).

On the other hand, if the at least one advertiser communication means 145 information including the identified keyword information is confirmed (715), the server checks the at least one advertiser communication means 145 (725).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser's communication means information includes the advertiser's wireless terminal information, the server is the advertiser's wireless terminal having a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message). It is preferable to check with the advertiser communication means 145.

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Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means information includes the advertiser's mail address information, it is preferable that the server checks the advertiser's communication means 145 for a mail account used by the advertiser.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means information includes the advertiser's messenger ID information, it is preferable that the server confirms the advertiser's communication means 145 a messenger account used by the advertiser.

Or, when the advertiser's communication means information includes message receiving address information for a message module provided on the advertiser's website (eg, advertising site, or mini-homepage/blog), the server It is preferable to check the message module provided on the site with the advertiser communication means 145.

If the advertiser communication means 145 is confirmed (730), the server includes the query information and generates a query message that can be received from the confirmed advertiser communication means 145 (735).

According to an implementation method of the present invention, when the identified advertiser communication means 145 is different for each advertiser, it is preferable that the server generates a query message corresponding to each of the advertiser-specific communication means.

When the information of the client communication means 135 is disclosed to the advertiser according to an exemplary method of the present invention, it is preferable that the server further includes the information of the client communication means 135 in the query message.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, if the client communication means 135 information is not disclosed to the advertiser, the server generates temporary communication means information for the client, and the temporary communication means information in the query message It is preferable to further include.

According to an implementation method of the present invention, the server generates a message identifier for identifying the inquiry message (or a response message received from the advertiser communication means 145 in response to the inquiry message), and the message identifier in the inquiry message It is preferable to further include.

If the query message corresponding to each advertiser communication means 145 is normally generated (740), the server transmits the generated query message to the advertiser communication means 145 (745).

According to the implementation method of the present invention, N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information (or advertiser communication means 145) stored in the storage medium is in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information (or the revenue of the advertisement provider). Increasing order), the server preferably transmits the query message to the corresponding advertiser communication means 145 at predetermined time intervals according to the ordered order.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information (or advertiser communication means 145) stored in the storage medium is in the order of the largest advertisement unit price information (or the revenue of the advertisement provider). Increasing order), it is preferable that the server selectively transmits the query message to the advertiser communication means 145 included in a predetermined order among the sorted orders.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the advertiser address information (or advertiser location information) is included in N (N>1) advertisement target advertisement registration information (or advertiser information) stored in the storage medium, and the messenger terminal ( 125), subscriber information provided in an Internet Service Provider (ISP) providing a communication network to which the messenger terminal 125 is connected, or member information registered in the messenger server 120, or the messenger When the terminal 125 is a broadcasting terminal, when the address (or location) of the messenger terminal 125 can be checked based on subscriber information provided in a broadcasting company server (not shown), the server ) Of the address (or location) and the advertiser's address (or location) at a predetermined time interval in a near order to transmit the query message to the corresponding advertiser communication means 145, or the address of the messenger terminal 125 ( Alternatively, it is preferable to selectively transmit the query message to the advertiser communication means 145 in which the location) and the advertiser address (or location) exist within a predetermined range.

Thereafter, the server stores the information on the client communication unit 135 and the information on the advertiser communication unit 145 receiving the query message in a message relay management D/B (750), and a message corresponding to the query message When the identifier is generated, the server preferably stores the message identifier information in association with the message relay management D/B.

When temporary communication means information matching the client communication means 135 information is generated according to another embodiment of the present invention, the server provides the client communication means 135 information, the temporary communication means information, and the query message. It is preferable to store the information in the message relay management D/B in association with the advertiser communication means 145 receiving the information.

Thereafter, the server checks the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) that matches the advertiser communication unit 145 information stored in the message relay management D/B among the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in the storage medium. , The advertisement unit price information is read, and it is checked whether the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to the relay transmission of the query message is set (755).

If the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to the relay transmission of the inquiry message is set (760), the server checks the advertisement amount information according to the relay transmission of the inquiry message in connection with the storage medium (765).

According to an implementation method of the present invention, when a cost is incurred in the process of relaying the inquiry message, the server reads the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) information according to the relay transmission of the inquiry message and calculates an amount corresponding to the incurred cost. It is desirable to check further.

If the advertisement amount information according to the relay transmission of the query message is confirmed (770), the server processes the confirmed advertisement amount from the advertiser in connection with the storage medium (775).

According to an implementation method of the present invention, it is preferable that the server processes the billing amount from the advertiser by deducting an amount corresponding to the advertising unit price information from the advertisement deposit information associated with the advertisement unit price information.

If a cost is incurred in the process of relaying the inquiry message, it is preferable that the server bill the advertiser for the cost incurred in the process of relaying the inquiry message based on the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information).

Thereafter, the server generates message relay billing information by linking the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (billing according to the query message relay transmission) (780), and sends the generated message relay billing information to the advertiser. It is stored in the message relay management D/B in association with the communication means 145 information (785).

8 is a diagram illustrating a message relay system for relaying an advertisement response message to a query message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 8 shows the advertiser communication means after relaying and transmitting an inquiry message including inquiry information transmitted from the messenger terminal 125 to the advertiser communication means 145 through the message relay system shown in FIG. 4. When the response message to the inquiry message is transmitted in (145), it is for a system configuration that processes charging for the response message and relays the response message to the client communication means 135, to which the present invention belongs. Those of ordinary skill in the art will be able to infer various implementation methods for the configuration of a message relay system for relaying an advertisement response message to the query message by referring and/or modifying this Figure 8, but the present invention Includes all the inferred implementation methods, and is not limited to the implementation methods illustrated in FIG. 8.

Hereinafter, at least one means for relaying and transmitting the response message input from the advertiser communication means 145 to the client communication means 135 on the communication network in this figure 8, or a component corresponding to the functional configuration, is "message relaying" Server 105".

Referring to Figure 8 according to the implementation method of the present invention, a message relay system for relaying an advertisement response message to the query message includes an advertiser terminal 140 corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145, and the advertiser communication When the means 145 transmits the reply message to the inquiry message, the message relay server 105 and the client process billing for the reply message and relay the reply message to the client communication means 135 It characterized in that it comprises a client terminal 130 corresponding to the communication means (135).

According to another implementation method of the present invention, the message relay server 105 may be implemented as one server, or at least three or more servers according to a plurality of components constituting the message relay server 105 may be implemented. And, the present invention is not limited thereby.

The advertiser communication means 145 includes a wireless terminal of the advertiser with a message transmission/reception function, a mail account used by the advertiser, a messenger account used by the advertiser, a website of the advertiser (eg, an advertisement site, or a mini-homepage/blog). Including), it is preferable to include at least one or more message modules, etc., and the advertiser terminal 140 checks the inquiry message received in connection with the advertiser communication means 145, or It characterized in that it comprises a wired terminal or a wireless terminal for inputting a reply message or transmitting the input reply message.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser communication means 145 and the client communication means 135 include a messenger account connected to the same messenger server 120, the advertiser communication means 145 is in a P2P protocol. Accordingly, the response message may be directly transmitted to the client communication means 135 (however, information for billing processing is provided to the message relay server), and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Preferably, the client communication means 135 includes, as a basic communication means, a messenger account corresponding to the messenger program provided in the messenger terminal 125 that has transmitted the query request information through the message relay system shown in FIG. And, the wireless terminal of the client having one or more second communication means (e.g., a message transmission/reception function (e.g., short message, multimedia message, etc.)) input (or selected) through the messenger program, or used by the client Mail account, or the client's website (e.g., my homepage/blog), or a client web hard (e.g., a storage medium 850 on a communication network allocated to the client), or a client bulletin board (e.g., a client on a public website A bulletin board to be used) and the like) are further included.

The client terminal 130 is a generic term for a terminal device used by the client to check the response message received by the client communication means 135, and includes the messenger terminal 125 shown in FIG. The wireless terminal or the mail account used by the client, or the client's website (e.g., my homepage/blog), or a client web hard (e.g., a storage medium 850 on a communication network allocated to the client), or a client bulletin board (e.g. , A wired terminal or a wireless terminal for accessing a bulletin board used by a client on a public website.

The advertiser communication means 145 receiving the inquiry message through the message relay system shown in FIG. 4 is provided with answer information corresponding to the inquiry content included in the inquiry message through the advertiser terminal 140 (e.g., advertisement content). Including response information) is input, a response message including the response information is generated, and the client communication means 135 information (or temporary communication means information) included in the query message is transmitted to the message receiving side. To do.

Here, it is preferable that the response message includes information on the advertiser communication means 145 corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145.

In addition, it is preferable to include advertisement link information for linking to the advertiser website (or advertisement site) of the advertiser in the client communication means 135 receiving the response message.

If a message identifier is included in the query message, it is preferable that the reply message further includes the message identifier included in the query message.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the reply message is preferably transmitted from the advertiser communication means 145 to the message relay server 105.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the response message includes the client communication means 135 information, the response message is directly transmitted from the advertiser communication means 145 to the client communication means 135. It is preferable that, according to the intention of a person skilled in the art, when billing is made in the message relay server 105 for the transmission of the reply message, the advertiser communication means 145 transmits the information necessary for the billing process to the message relay server 105 It is preferable to transmit (eg, advertiser communication means 145 information, client communication means 135 information, message identifier, etc.).

Referring to Figure 8, the message relay server 105, a response message receiving unit 800 (or response communication means) for receiving a response message input through the advertiser terminal 140 from the advertiser communication means 145 And, an information verification unit 805 (or information verification means) for checking information of the client communication means 135 to relay the received reply message, and a client communication means 135 corresponding to the information of the client communication means 135 ), and generating an answer message that can be received from the client communication unit 135 (or an answer message generating unit), and the generated answer message to the client communication unit 135 ) It characterized in that it comprises a response message transmission unit 835 (or response message transmission means) for transmitting to the client communication means 135 corresponding to the information.

In the advertiser communication means 145 receiving the inquiry message through the message relay system shown in Fig. 4, the answer information corresponding to the inquiry message is input through the advertiser terminal 140, and an answer including the answer information When the message is generated and transmitted, the response message receiving unit 800 is characterized in that it receives the response message from the advertiser communication means 145.

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, it is preferable that the reply message is generated and transmitted according to a message protocol corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser's communication means includes the advertiser's wireless terminal having a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message), the response message is the advertiser terminal 140 It is preferable to transmit the response information input through) according to the message transmission/reception function provided in the wireless terminal of the advertiser.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a mail account used by the advertiser, it is preferable that the reply message transmits the answer information input through the advertiser terminal 140 through the advertiser's mail.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a messenger account used by the advertiser, it is preferable that the reply message transmits the answer information input through the advertiser terminal 140 through the messenger used by the advertiser.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a message module provided on the advertiser's website (eg, an advertisement site, or a mini-homepage/blog), the response message is input through the advertiser terminal 140 It is preferable to transmit the response information through a message module provided on the advertiser's website.

When a response message corresponding to the inquiry message is received from the advertiser communication means 145 through the response message receiving unit 800, the information checking unit 805 reads the received response message and relays the response message. It characterized in that it checks the information of the client communication means 135 to be transmitted.

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, when the response message includes information on the client communication means 135 included in the inquiry message transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 through the message relay system shown in FIG. 4, It is preferable that the information checking unit 805 checks the client communication means 135 information included in the reply message.

Alternatively, when the response message includes a message identifier included in the inquiry message transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 through the message relay system shown in FIG. 4, the information verification unit 805 manages the message It is preferable to check the information of the client communication means 135 stored in association with the message identifier in connection with the D/B.

Alternatively, when the response message includes temporary communication means information included in the query message transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 through the message relay system shown in FIG. 4, the information verification unit 805 In connection with the message management D/B, it is preferable to check the information of the client communication means 135 stored in association with the temporary communication means information.

When the information confirmation unit 805 confirms the information of the client communication unit 135 to relay the reply message, the information confirmation unit 805 is configured to perform the client communication unit 135 corresponding to the information of the client communication unit 135 ).

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the communication means information of the client includes wireless terminal information of the client, the information verification unit 805 is provided with a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message). It is preferable to check the wireless terminal of the client with the client communication means (135).

Alternatively, when the communication means information of the client includes the mail address information of the client, it is preferable that the information verification unit 805 confirms the mail account used by the client with the client communication means 135.

Alternatively, when the communication means information of the client includes the messenger ID information of the client, it is preferable that the information verification unit 805 checks the messenger account used by the client with the client communication means 135.

Alternatively, when the communication means information of the client includes message receiving address information for a message module provided on the client's website (eg, advertisement site, or mini-homepage/blog), the information verification unit 805 It is preferable to check the message module provided on the website of the client with the client communication means 135.

When the client communication means 135 is confirmed, the reply message generation unit 810 generates a reply message including a message structure that can be received from the client communication means 135.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the identified client communication means 135 is different for each client, it is preferable that the response message generation unit 810 generates a response message corresponding to each communication means for each client.

If advertisement link information is included in the reply message received through the reply message receiving unit 800 according to the method of the present invention, the reply message generating unit 810 sends the advertisement link information to the client communication means 135 It is preferable to convert it into a structure (or form) that can be linked through a link and generate it in the reply message, and the advertisement link information included in the generated reply message is a client terminal 130 using the client communication means 135 When the advertisement link is selected (or clicked) in, it is preferable to include information (or script) for transmitting advertisement link selection (or click) information to the message relay server 105.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the reply message transmission unit 835 includes a predetermined number of reply messages (for example, the number of reply messages determined according to the policy of the message relay server 105, or the messenger shown in FIG. 4). It is preferable to generate a response message to be transmitted to the client communication means 135 as much as the number of response messages determined by vomiting the terminal 125).

When a response message to be transmitted to the client communication means 135 is generated by the response message generation unit 810, the response message transmission unit 835 transmits the generated response message to the client communication unit 135 information. It characterized in that the transmission to the corresponding client communication means (135).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the reply message transmission unit 835 includes a predetermined number of reply messages (for example, the number of reply messages determined according to the policy of the message relay server 105, or the messenger shown in FIG. 4). It is preferable to transmit the response message to the client communication means 135 as much as the number of response messages determined by vomiting the terminal 125).

After the response message is transmitted to the client communication unit 135 by the response message transmission unit 835, the information storage unit 815 is a client receiving the information on the advertiser communication unit 145 and the response message. The communication means 135 is characterized in that the information is linked and stored in the message relay management D/B 845, and when the message identifier is included in the reply message, the information storage unit 815 performs the message relay management D It is preferable to store the message identifier information in association with /B 845.

Referring to Fig. 8, the message relay server 105 checks advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) according to relay transmission of the reply message in connection with the storage medium 850, and reads advertisement unit price information. Then, a billing information verification unit 820 (or billing information checking means) for checking a billing amount corresponding to relaying the response message to the client communication means 135, and when checking the billing amount, the storage medium 850 ) In connection with the billing processing unit 825 (or billing processing means) for processing the billing amount from the advertiser, and the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (billing according to the relay message) A billing information storage unit 830 (or billing) that generates message relay billing information, and stores the generated message relay billing information in the message relay management D/B 845 in association with the advertiser communication means 145 information. And information storage means).

The response message is transmitted to the client communication means 135 by the response message transmission unit 835, and the advertiser communication means () to the message relay management D/B 845 by the information storage unit 815 145) After the information and the client communication means 135 information is stored, the billing information verification unit 820 is the message relay management D/B 845 among the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in the storage medium 850 Check the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) matching the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in, read the advertisement unit price information, and set the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to relay transmission of the reply message Make sure it is done.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser communication means 145 directly transmits the response message to the client communication means 135, the billing information verification unit 820 is transmitted from the advertiser communication means 145. It is preferable to further include receiving information necessary for the billing process (eg, advertiser communication means 145 information, client communication means 135 information, message identifier, etc.).

If the advertisement unit price information includes the advertisement unit price according to the relay transmission of the response message, the billing processing unit 825 subtracts the amount corresponding to the advertisement unit price information from the advertisement deposit information associated with the advertisement unit price information, It characterized in that the billing amount is billed from the advertiser.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, when a cost is incurred in the process of relaying the reply message, the billing processing unit 825 includes the cost incurred in the process of relaying the reply message based on the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information). It is preferable to process billing from the advertiser.

If the billing process is completed, the billing information storage unit 830 generates message relay billing information by linking the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (or billing according to relay transmission of a reply message), The generated message relay charging information is stored in the message relay management D/B 845 in association with the advertiser communication means 145 information.

Referring to FIG. 8, the message relay server 105 selects (or clicks) the advertisement link in the client terminal 130 using the client communication means 135, when advertisement link information is included in the response message. ) To access the advertiser website (or advertisement site) corresponding to the advertisement link information, an advertisement link confirmation unit 840 (or advertisement link confirmation means), and when checking the advertisement link, the storage medium 850 In connection with the advertisement link connection, the advertisement unit price information (or the advertisement link connection unit price information) is checked, the advertisement unit price information is read, and the charging information check unit 820 (or charging) to check the charging amount for the advertisement link connection. Information checking means); a billing processing unit 825 (or billing processing means) for processing the billing amount from the advertiser in connection with the storage medium 850 when checking the billing amount; and the billing amount information and billing Message relay charging information is generated by linking date and time information and charging condition information (charging according to the advertisement link connection), and the message relaying management by linking the generated message relay charging information with the advertiser communication means 145 information D/ It is characterized by comprising a billing information storage unit 830 (or billing information storage means) to be stored in the B (845).

If advertisement link information is included in the response message, and the advertisement link selection (or click) information is transmitted by selecting (or clicking) the advertisement link in the client terminal 130 using the client communication means 135, the advertisement The link check unit 840 receives the advertisement link selection (or click) information and confirms that the client terminal 130 accesses the advertiser website (or advertisement site) corresponding to the advertisement link information. do.

When it is confirmed that the advertisement link is accessed by selecting (or clicking) the advertisement link in the client terminal 130 by the advertisement link checking unit 840 to access the advertiser website (or advertisement site) corresponding to the advertisement link information, the billing The information verification unit 820 includes stored advertiser communication means 145 information (or the message relay management D) included in the advertisement link selection (or click) information among advertiser communication means 145 information stored in the storage medium 850 Check the advertiser communication means 145 information linked to the client communication means 135 information included in the advertisement link selection (or click) information among the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in /B 845, and the In connection with the storage medium 850, the advertisement unit price information (or advertisement link connection unit price information) that matches the advertiser communication means 145 information (or can be replaced by advertiser information) is checked, and the advertisement unit price information is read Check whether the advertisement unit price (or advertisement link connection unit price) is set according to the advertisement link connection.

If the advertisement unit price information includes the advertisement unit price according to the advertisement link connection, the billing processing unit 825 subtracts the amount corresponding to the advertisement unit price information from the advertisement deposit information linked to the advertisement unit price information, It characterized in that the billing amount is billed from the advertiser.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, when a cost is incurred in the process of connecting the advertisement link, the billing processing unit 825 calculates the cost incurred in the process of connecting the advertisement link based on the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information). It is desirable to process billing from advertisers.

If the billing process is completed, the billing information storage unit 830 generates message relay billing information by linking the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (billing according to the advertisement link connection), and the generation The message relay charging information is stored in the message relay management D/B 845 in association with the advertiser communication means 145 information.

9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating a process of relaying a response message for providing an advertisement response to a query message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, Figures 9a and 9b show answer information corresponding to the inquiry message received through the inquiry message relaying process shown in Figures 7a and 7b from the advertiser terminal 140 on the message relay system shown in Figure 8. When generating and transmitting the included answer message, the message relay server 105 transmits the answer message to the client communication means 135 that has transmitted the query information included in the question message. Those of ordinary skill in the relevant technical field can infer various implementation methods for the reply message relaying process for providing advertisement answers to the query message by referring and/or modifying the drawings 9a and 9b. However, the present invention includes all of the above inferred implementation methods, and the technical features thereof are not limited only by the implementation methods shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B.

Hereinafter, in Figs. 9A and 9B, the message relay server 105 on the message relay system shown in Fig. 8 is referred to as a "server" for convenience.

9A and 9B, a query transmitted from the client terminal 130 through the query message relay process shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B by the advertiser terminal 140 on the message relay system shown in FIG. After receiving the inquiry message including the information, input the response information corresponding to the inquiry message through the advertiser communication means (145) (900), and generate a response message including the input response information to the server It is transmitted to (905).

Here, it is preferable that the response message includes information on the advertiser communication means 145 corresponding to the advertiser communication means 145.

In addition, it is preferable to include advertisement link information for linking to the advertiser website (or advertisement site) of the advertiser in the client communication means 135 receiving the response message.

If a message identifier is included in the query message, it is preferable that the reply message further includes the message identifier included in the query message.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the reply message is preferably transmitted from the advertiser communication means 145 to the message relay server 105.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the response message includes the client communication means 135 information, the response message is directly transmitted from the advertiser communication means 145 to the client communication means 135. It is preferable that, according to the intention of a person skilled in the art, when billing is made in the message relay server 105 for the transmission of the reply message, the advertiser communication means 145 transmits the information necessary for the billing process to the message relay server 105 It is preferable to transmit (eg, advertiser communication means 145 information, client communication means 135 information, message identifier, etc.).

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the advertiser's communication means includes the advertiser's wireless terminal having a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message), the response message is the advertiser terminal 140 It is preferable to transmit the response information input through) according to the message transmission/reception function provided in the wireless terminal of the advertiser.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a mail account used by the advertiser, it is preferable that the reply message transmits the answer information input through the advertiser terminal 140 through the advertiser's mail.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a messenger account used by the advertiser, it is preferable that the reply message transmits the answer information input through the advertiser terminal 140 through the messenger used by the advertiser.

Alternatively, when the advertiser's communication means includes a message module provided on the advertiser's website (eg, an advertisement site, or a mini-homepage/blog), the response message is input through the advertiser terminal 140 It is preferable to transmit the response information through a message module provided on the advertiser's website.

Thereafter, the server receives the reply message from the advertiser communication means 145, reads the received reply message, and checks information on the client communication means 135 to relay the reply message (910).

According to an exemplary method of the present invention, when the response message includes information on the client communication means 135 included in the inquiry message transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 through the message relay system shown in FIG. 4, It is preferable that the server check the client communication means 135 information included in the reply message.

Alternatively, when the response message includes a message identifier included in the inquiry message transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 through the message relay system shown in Fig. 4, the server is linked with the message management D/B. Therefore, it is preferable to check the information of the client communication means 135 stored in association with the message identifier.

Alternatively, if the response message includes temporary communication means information included in the inquiry message transmitted to the advertiser communication means 145 through the message relay system shown in Fig. 4, the server manages the message D/B In connection with the temporary communication means information, it is preferable to check the stored client communication means 135 information.

If the client communication means 135 information is not confirmed (915), the server generates client verification error information and transmits it to the advertiser terminal 140 (920).

On the other hand, when the client communication means 135 information is confirmed (915), the server checks the client communication means 135 corresponding to the client communication means 135 information (925).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the communication means information of the client includes the wireless terminal information of the client, the server is a wireless terminal of the client having a message transmission/reception function (eg, a short message or a multimedia message). It is preferable to check with the client communication means (135).

Alternatively, when the communication means information of the client includes the mail address information of the client, it is preferable that the server confirms the mail account used by the client with the client communication means 135.

Alternatively, when the communication means information of the client includes the messenger ID information of the client, it is preferable that the server confirms the messenger account used by the client with the client communication means 135.

Alternatively, when the communication means information of the client includes message receiving address information for a message module provided on the client's website (eg, advertisement site, or mini-homepage/blog), the server It is preferable to check the message module provided in the site with the client communication means (135).

If the client communication means 135 corresponding to the client communication means 135 information is confirmed (930), the server generates a response message including a message structure that can be received from the client communication means 135 ( 935).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the identified client communication means 135 is different for each client, it is preferable that the server generates a response message corresponding to each communication means for each client.

In the case where advertisement link information is included in the reply message received through the reply message receiving unit 800 according to the implementation method of the present invention, the server can link the advertisement link information through the client communication means 135. It is preferable to convert it into a structure (or form) and generate it in the reply message, and the advertisement link information included in the generated reply message selects the advertisement link at the client terminal 130 using the client communication means 135 When (or clicked), it is preferable to include information (or script) for transmitting advertisement link selection (or click) information to the message relay server 105.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the server vomits a predetermined number of reply messages (e.g., the number of reply messages determined according to the policy of the message relay server 105, or the messenger terminal 125 shown in Fig. 4). It is preferable to generate a response message to be transmitted to the client communication means 135 as many times as a predetermined number of response messages).

If the response message corresponding to the client communication means 135 is generated (940), the server transmits the generated response message to the client communication means 135 corresponding to the information of the client communication means 135 ( 945).

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the server vomits a predetermined number of reply messages (e.g., the number of reply messages determined according to the policy of the message relay server 105, or the messenger terminal 125 shown in Fig. 4). It is preferable to transmit the response message to the client communication means 135 as many times as a predetermined number of response messages).

In addition, the advertiser communication means 145 information and the information of the client communication means 135 for receiving the reply message are linked and stored in the message relay management D/B 845 (950), and if a message identifier in the reply message When is included, it is preferable that the server further stores the message identifier information in association with the message relay management D/B 845.

Thereafter, the server provides advertisement unit price information (or message relaying) matching the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in the message relay management D/B 845 among the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in the storage medium 850. Unit price information), the advertisement unit price information is read, and it is checked whether an advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to the reply message relay transmission is set (955).

If the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to the reply message relay transmission is set (960), the server checks the advertisement amount information according to the reply message relay transmission in connection with the storage medium 850 ( 965).

According to an implementation method of the present invention, when a cost is incurred in the process of relaying the reply message, the server reads the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) information according to the relay transmission of the reply message and calculates an amount corresponding to the incurred cost. It is desirable to check further.

If the advertisement amount information according to the relay transmission of the response message is confirmed (970), the server processes the confirmed advertisement amount from the advertiser in connection with the storage medium 850 (975).

According to an implementation method of the present invention, it is preferable that the server processes the billing amount from the advertiser by deducting an amount corresponding to the advertising unit price information from the advertisement deposit information associated with the advertisement unit price information.

If a cost is incurred in the process of relaying the reply message, it is preferable that the server bill the advertiser for the cost incurred in the process of relaying the reply message based on the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information).

Thereafter, the server generates message relay billing information by linking the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (billing according to the reply message relay transmission) (980), and sends the generated message relay billing information to the advertiser. In association with the communication means 145 information, it is stored in the message relay management D/B 845 (985).

10 is a diagram illustrating a billing process according to selection (or click) of an advertisement link included in a response message according to an exemplary method of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 10 is a message relaying system shown in FIG. 8 after a response message including advertisement link information is received to the client communication means 135 through the response message relaying process shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B. When the advertisement link included in the response message is selected (or clicked) in the client terminal 130 on the top, the message relay server 105 checks and charges the advertisement link selection (or click). Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention belongs can infer various implementation methods for the billing process according to the selection (or click) of the advertisement link included in the answer message by referring and/or modifying this drawing 10. Although there may be, the present invention includes all of the above inferred implementation methods, and the technical features are not limited only by the implementation method shown in FIG. 10.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 10, the message relay server 105 on the message relay system shown in FIG. 8 is referred to as a "server" for convenience.

Referring to Fig. 10, after a reply message including advertisement link information is received to the client communication means 135 through the reply message relay process shown in Figs. 9A and 9B, the message relay system shown in Fig. 8 The upper client terminal 130 checks whether the advertisement link included in the response message is selected (or clicked) (1000).

If the advertisement link included in the response message is selected (or clicked) (1005), the terminal accesses the advertiser website (or advertisement site) corresponding to the advertisement link, and responds to the advertisement link selection (or click). The advertisement link selection (or click) information is transmitted to the server (1010).

Thereafter, the server receives the advertisement link selection (or click) information from the terminal (1015), reads the received advertisement link selection (or click) information, and stores the advertisement link information in the client terminal 130. It is checked whether the corresponding advertiser website (or advertisement site) is accessed (1020).

If it is confirmed that the client terminal 130 has accessed the advertiser website (or advertisement site) corresponding to the advertisement link information (1025), the server communicates with the advertiser 145 stored in the storage medium 850 Among the information, the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information) that matches the advertiser communication means 145 information stored in the message relay management D/B 845 is checked, and the advertisement unit price information is read to connect the advertisement link. It is checked whether the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) is set (1030).

If the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to the advertisement link connection is set (1035), the server checks the advertisement amount information according to the advertisement link connection in connection with the storage medium 850 (1040). .

According to an implementation method of the present invention, when a cost is incurred in the process of connecting the advertisement link, the server further checks the amount corresponding to the incurred cost by reading information on the advertisement unit price (or message relay unit price) according to the advertisement link connection. It is desirable to do.

If the advertisement amount information according to the advertisement link connection is confirmed (1045), the server processes the checked advertisement amount from the advertiser in connection with the storage medium 850 (1050).

According to an implementation method of the present invention, it is preferable that the server processes the billing amount from the advertiser by deducting an amount corresponding to the advertising unit price information from the advertisement deposit information associated with the advertisement unit price information.

If a cost is incurred in the process of connecting the advertisement link, it is preferable that the server bills the advertiser for the cost incurred in the process of connecting the advertisement link based on the advertisement unit price information (or message relay unit price information).

Thereafter, the server generates message relaying billing information by linking the billing amount information, billing date and time information, and billing condition information (billing according to advertisement link connection) (1055), and transmits the generated message relay billing information to the advertiser. It is stored in the message relay management D/B 845 in association with the information of the means 145 (1060).

100: advertisement registration server 105: message relay server
110: message server 115: mail server
120: messenger server 125: messenger terminal
130: client terminal 135: client communication means
140: advertiser terminal 145: advertiser communication means

Claims (3)

In a method executed through a server relaying a message in a wireless environment,
A first step of storing an expected response to be answered in response to a combination of two or more keywords expected to be included in a sentence interactively input through a program provided in a wireless terminal used by a user;
A second step of checking one expected response corresponding to a combination of two or more keywords included in the received sentence when a sentence input interactively through the program of the wireless terminal is received; And
A third step of generating a response message including the confirmed one expected response and processing it to be transmitted to the program of the wireless terminal; and
The keyword is an interactive message processing method in a wireless environment including one or more words or phrases expected to be included in a sentence input through a program of the wireless terminal.
The method of claim 1,
If the matched expected response is not confirmed, the step of confirming a communication means or a messenger account of the person to be communicated with the user, and connecting a conversation between a program of the wireless terminal and a communication means or a messenger program of the subject Interactive message processing method in a wireless environment, characterized in that.
The method of claim 2,
The target person includes an advertiser who provides an advertisement to the user,
The response message comprises an advertisement link for accessing the advertiser's website or advertisement site.

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