KR20210089870A - Method, apparatus and computer program for providing donation payment service for influencer - Google Patents

Abstract

A supporting money payment service providing method for an influencer, a device thereof and a computer program thereof are provided. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the supporting money payment service providing method for an influencer comprises the following steps of: receiving supporting money for an influencer from a user; providing the supporting money to the influencer; and providing a message transmitting and receiving service between the user and the influencer in response to payment of the supporting money. The step of providing a message transmitting and receiving service includes a step of determining an attribute of a message that can be transmitted/received through the message transmitting and receiving service based on a size of the supporting money.

Description

Method of providing donation payment service to influencers, device and computer program {METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING DONATION PAYMENT SERVICE FOR INFLUENCER}

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus, and a computer program for providing a donation payment service to an influencer.

As Internet technology develops, technology for providing content in the form of text, image, and video through the Internet is rapidly developing, and video platforms (eg, YouTube) and Internet broadcasting platforms (eg, Afreeca TV, Twitch) TV and Daumpot) and portal site platforms (eg Daum, Google, etc.) are provided through the Internet, and platforms where you can check and enjoy various contents are increasing.

Accordingly, influencers (e.g., creators) who have numerous subscribers (or followers) who are active on various platforms have started to appear, and influencers can produce and produce their own content to 1 It is embodied as a single-person, small-scale or multi-person broadcasting station.

Also, as the popularity of influencers increases, interest in all things related to influencers, such as products they use, places they frequently visit, hobbies, and specialties, is increasing.

In particular, as the popularity and interest in influencers increases, users who want to give donations to influencers are increasing, and accordingly, various platforms where influencers are active (eg, Afreeca TV, Twitch TV, etc.) ) provides a function that allows users to give donations to influencers (eg, Afreeca TV's star balloon system, Twitch TV's donation, etc.).

Conventionally, when a user pays a certain amount as a donation and at the same time writes down what he wants to say to the influencer, this is provided to the influencer in the form of a message, so that the influencer receives a certain amount of donation, and the person who sent the donation I was asked to check what was written.

However, in the case of the conventional donation payment method, since it is a one-way message transmission service that delivers the user's message only to the influencer, the user's desire to receive a response to their donation (eg, thank you, etc.) The downside is that it doesn't work properly.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0110194 (2019.09.30)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method, an apparatus and a computer program for providing a donation payment service to an influencer that can provide a donation provided from a user to the influencer.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a message transmission/reception service between a user and an influencer, so that the user can talk to the influencer who sent the donation, and the influencer personally thanked the user who paid the donation It is to provide a method, device, and computer program for providing a donation payment service to an influencer that allows greetings.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a message transmission/reception service between a user and an influencer, but prevent the user and the influencer from directly connecting and sending and receiving messages, thereby leaking personal information of the influencer It is to provide a method, apparatus and computer program for providing a donation payment service for influencers that can prevent it from becoming.

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

In a method performed by a computing device, a method for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-described problem, the method comprising: receiving a sponsorship payment for an influencer from a user; providing the donation money to the influencer; and providing a message transmission/reception service between the user and the influencer in response to the payment of the sponsorship money, wherein the providing the message transmission/reception service includes: The method may include determining attributes of messages that can be transmitted/received through the message transmission/reception service based on the size of the donation.

In various embodiments, the providing of the message transmission/reception service includes receiving a first message from the user, delivering the first message to the influencer, and providing a second message from the influencer in response to the first message It may include the step of receiving and delivering to the user.

In various embodiments, the determining of the attribute of the message may include determining the transmittable capacity of the first message in proportion to the size of the donation.

In various embodiments, the determining of the attribute of the message includes: when the size of the donation is less than the first amount, setting the type of the first message to a text message; Setting the type of the first message to the text message and the voice message when the amount is greater than or equal to the second amount, and when the size of the donation is greater than the second amount, the type of the first message is set as the type of the first message. It may include setting the text message, the voice message, and the video message.

In various embodiments, the method may further include providing a platform for sharing the second message or transacting the second message with other users to the user who has paid the sponsorship money.

In various embodiments, the step of providing the message transmission/reception service includes querying whether the influencer permits the provision of information, and when the information provision is permitted from the influencer, together with the second message The method may include providing information on the influencer to the user, and setting a range of information on the influencer provided to the user based on the size of the donation.

In various embodiments, the method further includes receiving a set minimum amount for the donation from the influencer, wherein the step of providing the message sending/receiving service includes the user and the user only when the size of the donation is equal to or greater than the minimum amount. It may include providing a message transmission and reception service between influencers.

In various embodiments, the step of providing the donation to the influencer may include inquiring to the influencer whether the donation can be paid and the user only when it is set that payment of the donation is possible from the influencer. It may include the step of providing the support money paid from.

An apparatus for providing a donation payment service for an influencer according to another embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-described problems, a memory for storing one or more instructions, and a processor for executing the one or more instructions stored in the memory, and , by executing the one or more instructions, the processor may perform a method for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the computer program for providing a service for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to another embodiment of the present invention is combined with a computer that is hardware, and a donation money for an influencer according to an embodiment of the present invention It may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium to perform the payment service providing method.

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

According to various embodiments of the present invention, a donation provided from a user may be provided to an influencer.

In addition, it is possible to provide a message transmission and reception service between the user and the influencer.

In addition, it is possible to prevent leakage of personal information of the influencer by delivering a message transmitted and received between the user and the influencer without directly connecting the user and the influencer.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission/reception service provided by an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer, according to various embodiments.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration in which an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer determines an attribute of a message according to a size of a donation, according to various embodiments.
6 is a flowchart of a method of providing a message transmission/reception service according to whether a size of a donation is equal to or greater than a minimum amount, according to various embodiments.
7 is a flowchart of a method of providing information about an influencer according to whether an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer agrees to provide information about the influencer, according to various embodiments.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully understand the scope of the present invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. As used herein, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and/or “comprising” does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the stated components. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout, and "and/or" includes each and every combination of one or more of the recited elements. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various elements, these elements are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Accordingly, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the spirit of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein will have the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless specifically defined explicitly.

As used herein, the term “unit” or “module” refers to a hardware component such as software, FPGA, or ASIC, and “unit” or “module” performs certain roles. However, “part” or “module” is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. A “unit” or “module” may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium or to reproduce one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, “part” or “module” refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, properties, Includes procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. Components and functionality provided within “parts” or “modules” may be combined into a smaller number of components and “parts” or “modules” or as additional components and “parts” or “modules”. can be further separated.

Spatially relative terms "below", "beneath", "lower", "above", "upper", etc. It can be used to easily describe the correlation between a component and other components. A spatially relative term should be understood as a term that includes different directions of components during use or operation in addition to the directions shown in the drawings. For example, when a component shown in the drawing is turned over, a component described as “beneath” or “beneath” of another component may be placed “above” of the other component. can Accordingly, the exemplary term “below” may include both directions below and above. Components may also be oriented in other orientations, and thus spatially relative terms may be interpreted according to orientation.

In this specification, a computer means all types of hardware devices including at least one processor, and may be understood as encompassing software configurations operating in the corresponding hardware device according to embodiments. For example, a computer may be understood to include a smartphone, a tablet PC, a desktop, a notebook computer, and a user client and an application running on each device, but is not limited thereto.

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

Each step described in this specification is described as being performed by a computer, but the subject of each step is not limited thereto, and at least a portion of each step may be performed in different devices according to embodiments.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer, a user terminal 200 and an external server 300 . ) may be included.

Here, the system for providing a donation payment service for the influencer shown in FIG. 1 is according to an embodiment, and its components are not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , and add, change, or delete as necessary. can be

In one embodiment, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer receives a donation to the user terminal 200 corresponding to a plurality of users, and provides a platform for providing a donation payment service for paying the paid support. can do.

In an embodiment, the apparatus 100 for providing a support payment service to an influencer may receive a donation from a plurality of users through a platform for providing a support payment service, and may provide the received support money to the influencer. For example, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer provides a user interface (UI) for payment of a donation to input information about an influencer who wants to pay a donation from a plurality of users. and may pay the sponsorship provided by the user to the influencer corresponding to the information about the influencer input by the user.

In various embodiments, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer pays points in a method of directly receiving cash as a donation (eg, a method of receiving cash through an account transfer or a method through card payment, etc.) Sponsorship money may be paid to the influencer by using at least one method among receiving methods (eg, a method in which a user purchases a predetermined point and presents the purchased predetermined point). However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment, the apparatus 100 for providing a service for providing a donation payment service to an influencer may deduct at least a portion of the donation money paid from the user according to a preset ratio as a fee. For example, if the preset ratio is 10%, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to the influencer may deduct 10% of the sponsorship as a fee, and the remaining donation (90% of the sponsorship) may be used by the influencer. can be provided to However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In various embodiments, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer is based on the size of a donation to each of a plurality of influencers for a certain period (eg, one month, six months, or one year). You can set the rate at which the commission is deducted from the donations provided to each Luencer. For example, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer may set a commission of 20% for an influencer whose donation amount is 1 million won or less for one year, and an influencer whose donation amount is 1 million won or less A 10% fee can be set for an influencer, and a 5% fee can be set for an influencer exceeding 10 million won. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer may provide a message transmission/reception service between the user and the influencer in response to a donation payment from the user. For example, the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer receives a first message from the user in response to the payment of a donation from the user, delivers it to the influencer, and responds to the first message. It is possible to provide a message transmission/reception service in which the second message is provided from the Luncer and delivered to the user. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment, the user terminal 200 may include a display in at least a portion of the user terminal 200 , and may be connected to the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer through the network 400 via wire or wireless. Various UIs provided from the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer (eg, a UI for outputting a list of a plurality of influencers who can pay sponsorship money, a UI for providing a sponsorship payment to a specific influencer UI and the UI that can use the influencer who paid the donation and the message sending/receiving service, etc.) can be output. For example, the user terminal 200 may include at least one of a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook desktop, and a kiosk. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment, the external server 300 may be connected to the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer via the network 400 wired or wirelessly, and from the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to the influencer. Various data provided may be stored (eg, information about users and influencers subscribed to use the donation payment service provided by the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer).

In various embodiments, the external server 300 may store the details of the support payment in which the user paid the support to the influencer, but store and manage the details of the support payment by using a block chain. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

Here, in the system for providing a donation payment service for an influencer shown in FIG. 1 , various information and data generated and provided by the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer are transmitted to the external server 300 . Although described in the form of storing in the server 300, it is not limited thereto, and a separate storage device is provided in the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service for an influencer to store various information and data in a separately provided storage device. can be saved Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 2 , a hardware configuration of the apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer will be described.

2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , an apparatus 100 for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to another embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, “computing device 100”) includes a processor 110 and a memory 120 . can do. In various embodiments, the computing device 100 may further include a network interface (or communication interface) (not shown), storage (not shown), and a bus (not shown).

In an embodiment, the processor 110 may control the overall operation of each component of the computing device 100 . The processor 110 may include a central processing unit (CPU), a micro processor unit (MPU), a micro controller unit (MCU), or any type of processor well known in the art.

In various embodiments, the processor 110 may perform an operation on at least one application or program for executing the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. In various embodiments, the processor 110 includes one or more cores (not shown) and a graphic processing unit (not shown) and/or a connection path (eg, a bus, etc.) for transmitting and receiving signals to and from other components. can do.

In various embodiments, the processor 110 temporarily and/or permanently stores a signal (or data) processed inside the processor 110 , a random access memory (RAM) and a read access memory (ROM). -Only Memory, not shown) may be further included. Also, the processor 110 may be implemented in the form of a system on chip (SoC) including at least one of a graphic processing unit, RAM, and ROM.

In an embodiment, the processor 110 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 120, thereby performing a method (a method of providing a donation payment service to an influencer) to be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 . can do. For example, the processor 110 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 120, thereby receiving a donation from the user to the influencer, providing the donation to the influencer, and paying the sponsorship. In response, a method of providing a donation payment service to an influencer may be performed, including an operation of providing a message transmission/reception service between the user and the influencer.

In one embodiment, memory 120 may store various data, commands, and/or information. The memory 120 may store programs (one or more instructions) for processing and controlling the processor 110 . Programs stored in the memory 120 may be divided into a plurality of modules according to functions.

In various embodiments, steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented directly in hardware, as a software module executed by hardware, or by a combination thereof. A software module may contain random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or It may reside in any type of computer-readable recording medium well known in the art to which the present invention pertains.

The components of the present invention may be implemented as a program (or application) to be executed in combination with a computer, which is hardware, and stored in a medium. The components of the present invention may be implemented as software programming or software components, and similarly, embodiments may include various algorithms implemented as data structures, processes, routines, or combinations of other programming constructs, including C, C++ , Java, assembler, etc. may be implemented in a programming or scripting language. Functional aspects may be implemented in an algorithm running on one or more processors. Hereinafter, a method of providing a donation payment service to an influencer performed by the computing device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 .

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a donation payment service to an influencer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in step S110 , the computing device 100 may receive a donation from the user. For example, the computing device 100 may provide a donation payment UI for payment and settlement of a donation to the user terminal 200, and may receive a donation for providing to a specific influencer through the donation payment UI. .

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 may provide a point purchase UI for purchasing points to the user terminal 200 , and as a donation for providing points purchased through the point purchase UI to a specific influencer. can be paid However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various methods for a user to pay a sponsorship money to an influencer may be applied.

In various embodiments, when a minimum amount for a donation is set by an influencer, the computing device 100 may receive only a donation amount equal to or greater than the minimum amount from the user. For example, if the minimum amount for a donation from the influencer is set to 10,000 won, the computing device 100 may receive payment only when the user inputs an amount of 10,000 won or more. In addition, when the user wants to pay an amount of less than 10,000 won as a donation (for example, when an amount less than 10,000 won is inputted in the donation input box output on the donation payment UI), the computing device 100 receives 10,000 won through the donation payment UI. By outputting a guide message requesting payment of more than the amount (eg, outputting a guide message in the form of a pop-up window), the user may be induced to pay more than 10,000 won. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In step S120 , the computing device 100 may provide the influencer with a donation paid from the user in step S110 .

In various embodiments, when the form of the donation paid by the user is in the form of cash, the donation is provided to the influencer's account input from the influencer in the process of subscribing to the donation payment service provided by the computing device 100 . can

In various embodiments, when the form of the donation paid by the user is in the form of points, the computing device 100 may accumulate points to the account of the influencer who has subscribed to the sponsorship payment service, and later, points from the influencer If you get a refund request for , you can pay the points accumulated in the influencer's account to the influencer's account. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various methods of delivering a user's donation may be applied.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 may pay the sponsorship provided by the user only when it is set to enable payment of the sponsorship from the influencer. For example, the computing device 100 may inquire about whether or not a donation can be paid in order to set whether to pay a sponsorship in the process of subscribing to the sponsorship payment service or using the sponsorship payment service. It is possible to provide the support money paid from the user only when it is set to

In step S130, the computing device 100 receives a donation from the user through step S110, and when the user's donation is provided to the influencer through step S120, a relationship between the user who paid the donation and the influencer who received the sponsorship money A message transmission/reception service may be provided. Hereinafter, a message transmission/reception service provided by the computing device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 .

4 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission/reception service provided by an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer, according to various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 4 , in various embodiments, the computing device 100 may provide a message transmission/reception service between the user and the influencer when a sponsorship is paid from the user and the paid sponsorship is provided to the influencer. .

First, the computing device 100 may receive (eg, a text message, an image message, a video message, etc.) a thank-you message to be provided to a user when a donation is paid from the influencer terminal 202, and the received thank-you greeting message can be saved.

Thereafter, the computing device 100 transmits a pre-stored thank-you message of the influencer to the sponsor terminal 201 when a donation is paid from the sponsor, so that the sponsor pays the donation to the influencer and at the same time the influencer You can receive a thank you message from

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 provides a thank you message received from the influencer terminal 202 to the sponsor terminal 201 when a donation is paid from the purchaser, but a thank you message based on the size of the donation You can set the size of the message type and capacity.

For example, when the payment amount is less than the first reference value, the computing device 100 may provide a text-type thank-you message among different types of thank-you messages to the sponsor terminal 201 . In addition, the computing device 100 may provide a thank you message in the form of an image or a voice to the sponsor terminal 201 when the payment amount is greater than or equal to the first reference value and less than the second reference value, and when the payment amount is greater than or equal to the second reference value A thank you message in the form of a video may be provided to the sponsor terminal 201 . However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 provides a message transmission/reception service between the sponsor terminal 201 and the influencer terminal 202 when a donation is paid from the sponsor to provide a first message provided from the sponsor terminal 201 . may be delivered to the influencer terminal 202 , or a second message provided from the influencer terminal 202 in response to the first message may be delivered to the sponsor terminal 201 .

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 transmits the first message provided from the sponsor terminal 201 to the influencer terminal 202 , but verifies the first message, and only the verified first message is used by the influencer. may be sent to the terminal 202 .

Also, the computing device 100 may request to rewrite the first message by returning the unverified first message to the sponsor terminal 201 . For example, the computing device 100 verifies whether the attributes of the first message (eg, message type, form, capacity, etc.) provided from the sponsor terminal 201 correspond to the preset message attributes, or Whether or not preset keywords (eg, unsound words, etc.) are included in the message may be verified. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 may receive a message verification rejection request from the influencer terminal 202 , and from the sponsor terminal 201 without performing a separate verification procedure in response to the message verification rejection request. The provided first message may be immediately delivered to the influencer terminal 202 .

In various embodiments, a message sharing platform capable of sharing the second message with the sponsor terminal 201 that has paid the donation may be provided. For example, the computing device 100 may upload and share a message (eg, a second message and a thank you message) provided by a plurality of users from an influencer through a message sharing platform, and occurs by sharing the message A predetermined fee may be provided to the user.

In various embodiments, the content of the second message may be provided by the sponsor terminal 201 that has paid the sponsorship money, and a message trading platform capable of transacting the contented second message with other users may be provided. For example, the computing device 100 may mediate a message transaction between a plurality of users through a message trading platform. In this case, the computing device 100 may deduct a predetermined fee for a transaction generated between a plurality of users.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 provides a message transmission/reception service between a sponsor and an influencer when a donation is paid from a sponsor, but based on the size of the donation, the sponsor can transmit a first message to the influencer. Attributes (eg type and transmittable capacity) can be determined. Hereinafter, it will be described with reference to FIG. 5 .

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration in which an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer determines an attribute of a message according to a size of a donation, according to various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 5 , in various embodiments, the computing device 100 determines, when a donation is paid from a sponsor, attributes of the first message (eg, the type of message and the size of the transmittable capacity) based on the size of the paid donation. ) can be set.

For example, when the size of the donation is less than the first reference value, the computing device 100 may set the attribute of the first message to a text message of 70 characters or less. Also, when the size of the donation is greater than or equal to the first reference value and less than the second reference value, the computing device 100 may set the attribute of the first message to a text message of 100 characters or less and an image message of 1 MB or less. In addition, when the size of the donation is equal to or greater than the second reference value, the computing device 100 may set a text message with an unlimited number of characters, an image message of 500 MB or less, and a video message.

In various embodiments, the computer device 100 may set the size of the transmittable capacity of the first message in proportion to the size of the donation. For example, when the size of the donation is 300,000 won, the computing device 100 may set the transmittable capacity of the first message to 300,000 kilobytes (KB) (about 293 megabytes (MB)). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the type or capacity of a transmittable message may be variously set according to the size of the donation.

In various embodiments, when a sponsor money is paid, the computing device 100 may set the number of times the sponsor can transmit the first message based on the size of the donation money. For example, the computing device 100 sets the number of times the first message can be transmitted once when the size of the donation is less than the first reference value, 10 times when the first reference value is greater than or equal to the second reference value, and is greater than or equal to the second reference value. It can be set to no limit. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 may receive a minimum amount for the donation from the influencer, and may provide a message transmission/reception service between the user and the influencer only when the size of the donation is equal to or greater than the minimum amount. Hereinafter, it will be described with reference to FIG.

6 is a flowchart of a method of providing a message transmission/reception service according to whether a size of a donation is equal to or greater than a minimum amount, according to various embodiments.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 may determine whether to provide the message transmission/reception service based on the size of the donation money paid by the user.

Referring to FIG. 6 , in step S210 , the computing device 100 may receive a donation from the user (eg, step S110 of FIG. 3 ).

In step S220, the computing device 100 may determine whether the size of the donation received in step S210 is equal to or greater than a minimum amount. For example, the computing device 100 may receive a minimum amount for providing a message transmission/reception service from the influencer in advance, and determine the size of the donation received in step S210 and the minimum amount previously set from the influencer. By comparison, it can be determined whether the size of the donation is more than the minimum amount.

In step S230, when it is determined that the size of the donation is equal to or greater than the minimum amount preset by the influencer through step S220, the computing device 100 may provide a message transmission/reception service between the user who paid the donation and the influencer. have.

In step S240, if it is determined that the size of the donation is less than the minimum amount set in advance by the influencer through step S220, the computing device 100 does not provide a message transmission/reception service between the user who paid the donation and the influencer. can

In various embodiments, when it is determined that the size of the donation is less than the minimum amount preset by the influencer through step S220 , the computing device 100 is the user who paid the donation only the thank you message provided in advance from the influencer It can provide only one-way message transmission service to

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 provides a message transmission/reception service between a user and an influencer, delivers a first message provided from the user to the influencer, and transmits a second message provided from the influencer to the user information about the user (eg, personal information of the user) and information about the influencer (eg, personal information of the user) by passing the message sent between the user and the influencer without directly connecting the user and the influencer. : Influencer's personal information) can be prevented from being exposed and leaked.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 does not directly connect the user and the influencer through the message transmission/reception service between the user and the influencer, but mediates the message transmitted by the user and the influencer, but from the influencer. Information on the influencer may be provided to the user based on whether the user agrees to provide information set in advance. Hereinafter, it will be described with reference to FIG. 7 .

7 is a flowchart of a method of providing information on an influencer according to whether an apparatus for providing a donation payment service to an influencer agrees to provide information on the influencer, according to various embodiments.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 may determine whether to provide information on the influencer together with the second message to the user based on whether the influencer agrees to provide information in advance.

Referring to FIG. 7 , in step S310 , the computing device 100 may inquire whether to allow the information provision request to the influencer. For example, in the process of subscribing to the donation payment service provided by the computing device 100 , a UI (eg, a pop-up window) for inquiring whether to allow information provision to the terminal of the influencer may be output. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In step S320 , the computing device 100 may determine whether the influencer agrees to provide information based on the response to the query. For example, the computing device 100 may receive consent or non-consent to the information provision request through a UI that inquires whether to allow the provision of information provided to the terminal of the influencer, and the input information provision request It can be determined whether the influencer agrees to the provision of information according to the input of consent or non-consent.

In various embodiments, when a separate setting operation is not input from the influencer, the computing device 100 may set not to allow information provision, and change the setting to consent to information provision from the user later. It can be set to allow the provision of information in response to the case. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In step S330 , when information provision is permitted from the influencer through step S320 , the computing device 100 may provide information (eg, personal information) about the influencer together with the second message to the user.

In various embodiments, the computing device 100 provides information about the influencer to the user along with the second message when the information provision from the influencer is permitted, and provides the user with information about the influencer based on the size of the donation from the user. You can set the range of information about the influencer to provide.

For example, the computing device 100 may provide only brief information about the influencer (eg, name, age, gender, SNS account of the influencer, etc.) when the size of the donation is less than or equal to the first amount, If the amount of donation exceeds the first amount and is less than or equal to the second amount, more detailed information about the influencer (eg, name, age, gender, SNS account, brief introduction and profile picture of the influencer, etc.) may be provided. have.

In addition, the computing device (1000, if the size of the donation exceeds the second amount, very detailed information about the influencer (eg, all personal information of the influencer except for personal phone number and address, the influencer uploads) any photo, etc.), but is not limited thereto.

In step S340 , when the provision of information from the influencer is not permitted through step S320 , the computing device 100 may not provide information on the influencer in the process of transmitting the second message.

The above-described method for providing a donation payment service to the influencer has been described with reference to the flowchart shown in the drawings. For a simple explanation, the method of providing a donation payment service to an influencer has been described by showing a series of blocks, but the present invention is not limited to the order of the blocks, and some blocks are in an order different from that shown and operated in this specification may be performed or may be performed simultaneously. In addition, new blocks not described in this specification and drawings may be added, or some blocks may be deleted or changed.

As mentioned above, although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can realize that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without changing its technical spirit or essential features. you will be able to understand Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

100: Device for providing donation payment service to influencers (computing device)
200: user terminal
300 : external server
400: network

Claims (10)

A method performed by a computing device, comprising:
receiving a donation for an influencer from a user;
providing the donation to the influencer; and
Comprising the step of providing a message transmission and reception service between the user and the influencer in response to the payment of the donation,
The step of providing the message transmission and reception service comprises:
Comprising the step of determining an attribute of a message that can be transmitted and received through the message transmission and reception service based on the size of the donation,
How to provide a donation payment service to influencers. According to claim 1,
The step of providing the message transmission and reception service comprises:
receiving the first message from the user and delivering it to the influencer, and receiving a second message from the influencer in response to the first message and delivering it to the user,
How to provide donation payment service to influencers. 3. The method of claim 2,
Determining the properties of the message comprises:
Comprising the step of determining the transmittable capacity of the first message in proportion to the size of the donation,
How to provide a donation payment service to influencers. 3. The method of claim 2,
Determining the properties of the message comprises:
setting the type of the first message as a text message when the size of the donation is less than the first amount;
setting the type of the first message to be the text message and the voice message when the size of the donation is greater than or equal to the first amount and less than the second amount; and
When the size of the donation exceeds the second amount, setting the type of the first message to the text message, the audio message, and the video message,
How to provide donation payment service to influencers. 3. The method of claim 2,
Further comprising the step of providing a platform for sharing the second message or transacting the second message with other users to the user who has paid the sponsorship money,
How to provide donation payment service to influencers. 3. The method of claim 2,
The step of providing the message transmission and reception service comprises:
querying whether to allow information provision from the influencer; and
When the information provided by the influencer is permitted, information on the influencer is provided to the user together with the second message, and the influencer is provided to the user based on the size of the donation. Including the step of setting the scope of information about,
How to provide donation payment service to influencers. According to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of receiving a set minimum amount for the donation from the influencer,
The step of providing the message transmission and reception service comprises:
Comprising the step of providing a message transmission and reception service between the user and the influencer only when the size of the donation is equal to or greater than the minimum amount,
How to provide a donation payment service to influencers. According to claim 1,
The step of providing the donation to the influencer comprises:
inquiring to the influencer whether the donation can be paid; and
Comprising the step of providing the support money paid from the user only when it is set that the support money payment is possible from the influencer,
How to provide a donation payment service to influencers. a memory storing one or more instructions; and
a processor executing the one or more instructions stored in the memory;
The processor by executing the one or more instructions,
An apparatus for performing the method of claim 1 . A computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in combination with a computer, which is hardware, to perform the method of claim 1.

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