KR20210133638A - Method, system, and non-transitory computer readable record medium for onboarding for users of content with image - Google Patents

Abstract

A content recommending method comprises the following steps of: providing a genre selection interface for selecting a genre of content and a drawing object selection interface for selecting a drawing object of the content according to an onboarding request of an electronic device; providing a content selection interface for selecting at least one content of interest in content selected based on a specific genre selected through the genre selection interface and a specific drawing object selected through the drawing object selection interface; and providing a recommendation result screen including the content of interest selected through the content selection interface and related content selected based on the content of interest as a response to the onboarding request.

Description

Onboarding method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for users of content containing images

The description below relates to a technology for providing content containing images.

Recently, due to the development of digital technology, the use of personal terminals has become common, and various services using the personal terminals are provided.

Examples of personal terminals include a smart phone, a tablet, a wearable device, a notebook, and the like, and these terminals include a data communication function, a voice communication function, a camera function, a multimedia player function, and a payment function. Various functions are included.

As an example of a terminal function, Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2011-0123393 (published on November 15, 2011) discloses a technology for providing cartoons in the form of mobile digital content.

An onboarding process for content including images may be provided.

A recommendation function for onboarding users can be provided by using the main elements of the content.

A recommendation result may be provided based on a selection according to a user's taste for content including images.

A method for recommending content executed in a computer system, the computer system comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory, the method comprising: by the at least one processor, electronic providing a genre selection interface for selecting a genre of content according to an onboarding request of a device and a drawing body selection interface for selecting a picture body of the content; providing, by the at least one processor, a content selection interface for selecting at least one content of interest from among the specific genre selected through the genre selection interface and the content selected based on the specific picture type selected through the picture body selection interface; ; and providing, by the at least one processor, a recommendation result screen including the content of interest selected through the content selection interface and related content selected based on the content of interest as a response to the onboarding request. It provides a content recommendation method.

According to one aspect, the providing of the genre selection interface and the image type selection interface may include: providing the genre selection interface according to the onboarding request; and providing the picture body selection interface when the genre selection through the genre selection interface is completed.

According to another aspect, the content recommendation method may include, by the at least one processor, based on the specific genre and the specific picture type, at least one first content of the same genre and the same picture type, and at least one of the similar genre and the similar picture type. The method may further include selecting one second content, and the providing of the content selection interface may include providing the content selection interface including a content list including the first content and the second content.

According to another aspect, the step of providing the content selection interface may include exposing a predetermined number of content selected based on the specific genre and the specific picture type, but adding a next content list when requesting to view more of the previous content list It may include the step of exposing.

According to another aspect, the step of further exposing the next content list may include exposing the next content list by reflecting a weight to the genre or picture type of the selected content when a more view request is made in a state in which the content is selected from the previous content list. can

According to another aspect, the content recommendation method includes, by the at least one processor, content consumed by other users who have consumed the content of interest, content in which at least one of a genre and a picture of the content of interest are the same; The method further comprising the step of selecting at least one of the contents produced by the author of the interested content as the related content, wherein the step of providing the recommendation result screen comprises: a list of interest contents made of the interest content through the recommendation result screen; The method may include exposing a list of related contents including the related contents.

According to another aspect, the number of contents included in the related contents list may be determined according to the number of contents included in the interest contents list.

According to another aspect, the recommendation result screen may include an interface for resetting the specific genre, the specific picture type, and the content of interest.

According to another aspect, the content recommendation method may further include receiving, by the at least one processor, the onboarding request from the electronic device when the application is first executed after being installed in the electronic device. .

According to another aspect, the home screen of the application may include an onboarding area including an interface for inputting the onboarding request.

According to another aspect, the genre list included in the genre selection interface and the picture type list included in the picture type selection interface may be customized for each country or region.

Provided is a computer program stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium to execute the content recommendation method in the computer system.

A computer system comprising: at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to select a genre for selecting a genre of content according to an onboarding request of an electronic device providing an interface and an image selection interface for selecting an image of the content; providing a content selection interface for selecting at least one content of interest from among content selected based on a specific genre selected through the genre selection interface and a specific image selected through the graphic body selection interface; and providing a recommendation result screen including the content of interest selected through the content selection interface and related content selected based on the content of interest as a response to the onboarding request.

According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to solve a cold start problem of a new user by providing an onboarding process for content including images.

According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide a recommendation function for an onboarding user by using a main element of content.

According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide a recommendation result based on a selection according to a user's taste for content including an image.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of components that a processor of a server may include according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that a server may perform according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 12 are diagrams illustrating an example of a user interface screen for explaining a process of providing a content recommendation service as an onboarding process for content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a technology for providing content including images.

Those specifically disclosed herein may provide an onboarding process for content including images, thereby inducing convenient and efficient content selection and consumption.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 shows an example including a plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 , a plurality of servers 150 , 160 , and a network 170 . FIG. 1 is an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices or the number of servers is not limited as in FIG. 1 .

The plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 may be a fixed terminal implemented as a computer system or a mobile terminal. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation device, a computer, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a portable multimedia player (PMP). ), tablet PCs, game consoles, wearable devices, Internet of things (IoT) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, augmented reality (AR) devices, and the like. As an example, in FIG. 1 , the shape of a smartphone is shown as an example of the electronic device 110 , but in embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 is substantially different from another through the network 170 using a wireless or wired communication method. It may refer to one of various physical computer systems capable of communicating with the electronic devices 120 , 130 , 140 and/or the servers 150 and 160 .

The communication method is not limited, and a communication method using a communication network (eg, a mobile communication network, a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, a broadcasting network, a satellite network, etc.) that the network 170 may include, as well as a short-distance wireless communication between devices may be included. can For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). , the Internet, and the like. In addition, the network 170 may include any one or more of a network topology including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree, or a hierarchical network, etc. not limited

Each of the servers 150 and 160 communicates with the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 and the network 170 through a computer device or a plurality of computers that provide commands, codes, files, contents, services, etc. It can be implemented in devices. For example, the server 150 may be a system that provides a first service to a plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 connected through the network 170 , and the server 160 is also a network ( It may be a system that provides the second service to the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 connected through 170 . As a more specific example, the server 150 uses an application as a computer program installed and driven in the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 to provide a service for the purpose of the application (eg, content recommendation service, etc.) may be provided to the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 as a first service. As another example, the server 160 may provide a service for distributing a file for installing and driving the above-described application to the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 as the second service.

2 is a block diagram for explaining the internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2 , the internal configuration of the electronic device 110 and the server 150 will be described as an example of the electronic device. In addition, other electronic devices 120 , 130 , 140 or server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configuration as the aforementioned electronic device 110 or server 150 .

The electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include memories 211 and 221 , processors 212 and 222 , communication modules 213 and 223 , and input/output interfaces 214 and 224 . The memories 211 and 221 are non-transitory computer-readable recording media, and are non-transitory computer-readable recording media such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), disk drives, solid state drives (SSDs), flash memory, and the like. It may include a permanent mass storage device. Here, a non-volatile mass storage device such as a ROM, an SSD, a flash memory, a disk drive, etc. may be included in the electronic device 110 or the server 150 as a separate permanent storage device distinct from the memories 211 and 221 . In addition, in the memories 211 and 221 , an operating system and at least one program code (eg, a browser installed and driven in the electronic device 110 or codes for an application installed in the electronic device 110 to provide a specific service) can be stored. These software components may be loaded from a computer-readable recording medium separate from the memories 211 and 221 . The separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD/CD-ROM drive, and a memory card. In another embodiment, the software components may be loaded into the memories 211 and 221 through the communication modules 213 and 223 rather than the computer-readable recording medium. For example, the at least one program is a computer program installed by files provided through the network 170 by a file distribution system (eg, the above-described server 160 ) for distributing installation files of developers or applications. It may be loaded into the memories 211 and 221 based on (eg, the above-described application).

The processors 212 and 222 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. The instructions may be provided to the processors 212 and 222 by the memories 211 and 221 or the communication modules 213 and 223 . For example, the processors 212 and 222 may be configured to execute received instructions according to program codes stored in a recording device such as the memories 211 and 221 .

The communication modules 213 and 223 may provide a function for the electronic device 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other through the network 170 , and the electronic device 110 and/or the server 150 may communicate with each other through the network 170 . A function for communicating with an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 120 ) or another server (eg, the server 160 ) may be provided. For example, a request generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 211 is transmitted to the server 150 through the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213 . ) can be transferred. Conversely, a control signal, command, content, file, etc. provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 passes through the communication module 223 and the network 170 to the communication module 213 of the electronic device 110 . ) through the electronic device 110 . For example, a control signal, command, content, file, etc. of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 or the memory 211 , and the content or file may be transmitted to the electronic device ( 110) may be stored as a storage medium (the above-described permanent storage device) that may further include.

The input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with the input/output device 215 . For example, the input device may include a device such as a keyboard, mouse, microphone, camera, and the like, and the output device may include a device such as a display, speaker, haptic feedback device, and the like. As another example, the input/output interface 214 may be a means for an interface with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. The input/output device 215 may be configured as one device with the electronic device 110 . In addition, the input/output interface 224 of the server 150 may be a means for interfacing with a device (not shown) for input or output that is connected to the server 150 or that the server 150 may include. As a more specific example, when the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 processes a command of a computer program loaded in the memory 211 , a service configured using data provided by the server 150 or the electronic device 120 . A screen or content may be displayed on the display through the input/output interface 214 .

In addition, in other embodiments, the electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include more components than those of FIG. 2 . However, there is no need to clearly show most of the prior art components. For example, the electronic device 110 is implemented to include at least a portion of the above-described input/output device 215 or other components such as a transceiver, a global positioning system (GPS) module, a camera, various sensors, and a database. may include more. As a more specific example, when the electronic device 110 is a smartphone, an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, a camera module, various physical buttons, a button using a touch panel, an input/output port, and a vibrator for vibration generally included in the smartphone. Various components such as may be implemented to be further included in the electronic device 110 .

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of an onboarding method and system for users of content including images will be described.

In this specification, content is image-based content, which may include webtoons as well as web novels including illustrations, etc. can do.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of components that a processor of a server may include according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an example of a method that the server may perform according to an embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart showing

The server 150 according to the present embodiment serves as a service platform that provides content. The server 150 may include a computer-implemented content recommendation system. The server 150 serves content to a plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , and 140 that are clients, and a dedicated application installed on the electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 . Alternatively, a content recommendation service may be provided through access to a web/mobile site related to the server 150 . In particular, the server 150 may provide an onboarding process to solve a new user's cold start problem in servicing content.

The processor 222 of the server 150 is a component for performing the content recommendation method according to FIG. 4 , and as shown in FIG. 3 , an interface providing unit 310 , a content selecting unit 320 , and a recommendation result system Study 330 may be included. Depending on the embodiment, components of the processor 222 may be selectively included in or excluded from the processor 222 . In addition, according to an embodiment, the components of the processor 222 may be separated or combined to express the functions of the processor 222 .

The processor 222 and components of the processor 222 may control the server 150 to perform steps S410 to S450 included in the content recommendation method of FIG. 4 . For example, the processor 222 and the components of the processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions according to the code of the operating system included in the memory 221 and the code of at least one program.

Here, the components of the processor 222 may be expressions of different functions performed by the processor 222 according to instructions provided by the program code stored in the server 150 . For example, the interface providing unit 310 may be used as a functional representation of the processor 222 that controls the server 150 according to the above-described command so that the server 150 provides an interface for content onboarding.

The processor 222 may read a necessary command from the memory 221 in which the command related to the control of the server 150 is loaded. In this case, the read command may include a command for controlling the processor 222 to execute steps S410 to S450 to be described later. Steps S410 to S450 to be described later may be performed in an order different from that shown in FIG. 4 , and some of the steps S410 to S450 may be omitted or additional processes may be further included.

Referring to FIG. 4 , in step S410 , the interface providing unit 310 provides an interface for selecting a genre of content as user's taste information (hereinafter referred to as a 'genre selection interface') and for selecting a picture type of the content. An interface (hereinafter, referred to as a 'shadow selection interface') may be provided. The genre selection interface may include a list of selectable genres, and the font selection interface may include a list of selectable fonts. The interface providing unit 310 may provide a genre selection interface and an image selection interface according to the onboarding request received from the electronic device 110 . For example, the electronic device 110 recognizes, as an onboarding event, when an application is first executed after being installed in the electronic device 110 , when a user of the electronic device 110 requests a reset for onboarding, etc. The onboarding request may be forwarded to the server 150 . The interface providing unit 310 may provide a genre selection interface and an image selection interface of an individual screen in a predetermined order according to an onboarding request of the electronic device 110 . For example, the interface providing unit 310 may provide a genre selection interface first and then provide a picture type selection interface after the genre selection through the genre selection interface is completed. It is also possible to provide the reverse order, that is, provide a picture selection interface first and provide a genre selection interface later. As another example, the interface providing unit 310 may provide a genre selection interface and a picture type selection interface on one screen.

In the present embodiment, at least one genre and a picture body are designated for content, and for example, a genre and a picture body may be designated for each content in advance through a pre-tagging method or an automatic classification based on similarity level. In the method of automatically classifying content, image information in the content can be learned by machine learning or deep learning, and then automatically selectable figure types can be classified and presented.

In this embodiment, it is described that the genre and picture type of the content are selected as user preference information for the content, but it is not limited thereto, and any information that can classify the content according to certain criteria such as content or format is applicable. .

In step S420, the content selection unit 320 selects at least one content (hereinafter referred to as 'interesting content') that reflects the user's taste based on the genre selected through the genre selection interface and the image selected through the image selection interface. can be selected The content selection unit 320 may select the content of interest according to the combination of the genre selected through the genre selection interface and the image selected through the image selection interface. For example, the content selection unit 320 selects a predetermined number of content of interest, some of which matches the user's taste (contents having the same at least one of a genre and a picture), and the rest is the user's taste. content (contents of a similar genre and/or similar figure) can be selected.

Contents of interest can be selected from among the contents registered on the service platform, and include original contents serialized regularly by artists who have signed a formal licensing contract, and canvas contents freely registered and shared as creative works by service users. can Among the canvas contents, a type of content that shares advertising revenue with an artist may be included in the recommendation target. And, among the content on the service platform, content that meets some conditions, for example, works in which advertising revenue sharing has been turned OFF, works that have been blinded, works that are registered in the target of recommendation exclusion management, and works whose service status is not activated , works with less than a certain number of registered episodes (episodes), and works that have not been registered for a certain period of time can be excluded from recommendation.

In step S430 , the interface providing unit 310 may provide an interface for selecting at least one content of interest from among the content of interest selected in step S420 (hereinafter, referred to as a 'content selection interface'). The content selection interface may include a list of interest content selected by a combination of a genre and a picture type selected as user preference information.

The interface providing unit 310 may divide and expose a predetermined number of the content of interest selected in step S420 . In other words, the interface providing unit 310 may additionally expose a predetermined number of contents of interest following the previous contents list when a view more request is received from the user of the electronic device 110 after first exposing a predetermined number of contents of interest. have. In this case, some of the predetermined number of content of interest may be exposed to content matching the user's taste, and the rest may be exposed to content similar to the user's taste. In addition, the interface providing unit 310 may differently configure the next content list to be additionally exposed according to whether the content is selected from the previous content list through interworking with the content selector 320 . If you select content from the previous content list and view more, and if you view more without selecting content, the next content list may be different. For example, by giving weight to the genre or figure of content selected from the previous content list, the content of the genre or figure may be exposed higher than other content.

In step S440 , the content selection unit 320 may select related content based on at least one content of interest (hereinafter, referred to as 'selection content') selected through the content selection interface. For example, the content selection unit 320 may select, as content related to the selected content, content that has been consumed a lot by other users who have consumed the selected content, or content that has the same genre or shape as the selected content. As another example, the content selection unit 320 may include other content produced by the author of the specific content as content related to the author of the selected content.

In step S450 , the recommendation result providing unit 330 responds to the onboarding request received from the electronic device 110 , at least one content selected through the content selection interface (ie, selected content), and in step S440 . It is possible to provide a recommendation result including the selected related content. The recommendation result for the onboarding request may include a predetermined number of content lists, and in this case, the number of related content may be determined according to the number of selected content. For example, when the maximum number of contents exposed as a result of the recommendation is N, when 5 contents are selected through the contents selection interface, (N-5) related contents may be selected and included in the recommendation result.

The recommendation result providing unit 330 may apply a different sorting method between the selected content and the related content. For example, the recommendation result providing unit 330 may align the selected content in a horizontal direction and display the related content by aligning it in a vertical direction.

The recommendation result providing unit 330 may provide a sorting function based on various criteria for a list of related contents included in the recommendation result. For example, the recommendation result providing unit 330 may provide a sorting function for the related content, such as recommendation order (order of relevance to the selected content), popularity order, latest order, and the like.

5 to 12 are diagrams illustrating an example of a user interface screen for explaining a process of providing a content recommendation service as an onboarding process for content according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 to 12 show an example of an interface screen for an onboarding user, and may be a screen displayed on the display of the electronic device 110 .

Referring to FIG. 5 , when the application is first executed after being installed in the electronic device 110 , the processor 222 may first provide the genre selection screen 510 for the onboarding user. The genre selection screen 510 may include a list of selectable genres 501 , and for ease of selection, the genre list 501 may be configured as a pre-determined representative genre. The genre selection screen 510 is provided to expose each genre name in the form of a button so that it can be selected, and a 'next' button 511 for moving to the next procedure may be included.

When the user of the electronic device 110 selects at least one genre on the genre selection screen 510 and then inputs the 'next' button 511 , the processor 222 may provide the image selection screen 520 . The figure selection screen 520 may include a selectable figure list 502, and the figure list 502 may be configured as a representative figure set in advance for ease of selection. The processor 222 may select at least one work that can represent the corresponding figure for each figure and expose the selected work as the figure list 502 . The figure selection screen 520 is provided so that the image representing the corresponding figure can be selected for each representative figure by exposing it in the form of a button, and a 'next' button 521 for moving to the next procedure may be included.

The genre list 501 on the genre selection screen 510 and the picture type list 502 on the shade selection screen 520 may be customized according to the reader's taste for each country or region. Table 1 shows an example of a genre classification list by country, and Table 2 shows an example of a figure classification list by country. In this way, the genre list 501 and the picture type list 502 may be configured differently for each country.

North America Taiwan … action
comedy
drama
fantasy
horror
pure
sci-fi
daily life
superhero
thriller
Natural Disasters
mystery action
comedy
drama
fantasy
pure
daily life
thriller …

North America Taiwan … Western
Manga
Western&Manga Mix
Modern Cartoon
Sunday Comic
Stylized real body
character body
specialization
pure
Black and White/Melancholic/Thriller/Low Key Tone
Gag/everyday style/satire/burlesque
Pastel/Lyric/Healing
Due diligence - masculine
Due diligence - female-oriented
splendor
Japanese anime style …

When the user of the electronic device 110 selects at least one image on the image selection screen 520 and then inputs a 'next' button 521, the processor 222 selects a content selection screen 630 as shown in FIG. ) can be provided. The content selection screen 630 may include a list of works of interest 603 selected based on the genre selected through the genre selection screen 510 and the shade selected through the picture body selection screen 520 as a list of selectable contents. The content selection screen 630 is provided to expose and select the corresponding work information (work name, representative image, rating, etc.) for each work of interest, and a 'done' button 631 for executing onboarding recommendation as the next procedure is provided. The processor 222 may be included. When the user of the electronic device 110 selects at least one work of interest on the content selection screen 630 and inputs a 'done' button 631 , a recommendation result screen for an onboarding user 640 may be provided.

The recommendation result screen 640 includes a list of works of interest 604 including works of interest selected through the content selection screen 630 and related works selected based on the works of interest selected through the content selection screen 630 . A list 605 may be included. The work of interest list 604 can be placed on top of the related work list 605, and the display element of the interest work list 604 is differentiated from the related work list 605 and exposed as a work with a high possibility of selection. can For example, in the case of the related work list 605, the work title and thumbnail are exposed, while the interested work list 604 may expose the thumbnail as an image larger than the related work thumbnail or expose plot information along with the work title. .

The recommendation result screen 640 may include a 'reset' button 641 for resetting a genre, a picture style, and a work of interest selected by the user. When the user of the electronic device 110 inputs a 'reset' button 641 on the recommendation result screen 640 , the processor 222 may move to the first step for onboarding, that is, the genre selection screen 510 .

7 shows an example of a home screen 700, the home screen 700 may include a content providing area for providing serviceable content as a content list of various standards, an interface for searching for content, and the like. .

When the user of the electronic device 110 inputs a skip or close button on the genre selection screen 510 , the picture body selection screen 520 , the content selection screen 630 , and the recommendation result screen 640 , the processor 222 may display a home screen. You can go to (700).

In particular, the home screen 700 may include an onboarding area 710 including an interface for requesting onboarding as shown in FIG. 7 . If there is no history of the onboarding process after the application is installed, a 'start' button 711 for starting onboarding is exposed on the onboarding area 710, and if there is a history of the onboarding process, the onboarding area 710 ), a 'view' button 712 for viewing the onboarding recommendation result may be exposed.

When the user of the electronic device 110 inputs the 'start' button 711 exposed on the onboarding area 710, the processor 222 moves to the genre selection screen 510, and the 'view' button 712 If you input , you can move to the recommendation result screen 640 . The user may proceed with the onboarding process at any time through the onboarding area 710 .

8 to 10 show examples of the content selection screen 630 .

The processor 222 may provide a content selection screen 630 including a genre selected through the genre selection screen 510 and a work of interest list 603 selected based on a picture selected through the picture type selection screen 520 . have.

The processor 222 may divide and expose a predetermined number of works of interest through the content selection screen 630 . For example, when a maximum of 18 works of interest are selected, six works of interest can be divided and exposed. Referring to FIG. 8 , the processor 222 may first expose a list of six works of interest 603 - 1 and expose a 'more' button 632 at the bottom of the list of works of interest 603 - 1 .

The processor 222 may additionally expose a list of the following six works of interest when the user inputs the 'more' button 632 . Referring to FIG. 9 , if the 'More' button 632 is input without selecting a work of interest from the previous work of interest list 603-1, the default sorting criteria are reflected, and then a list of works of interest 603-2 can be exposed. Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 10 , if one or more works of interest are selected from the previous work of interest list 603-1 and the 'View more' button 632 is inputted, After the weight is reflected in the genre or picture type, the interest work list 603-3 may be exposed. In other words, the additionally exposed works of interest may vary depending on whether a work of interest is selected from the previous work of interest list 603 - 1 . Among the works of interest included in the next work of interest list 603 - 3 , the exposure ranking of the work of interest selected from the previous work of interest list 603 - 1 and the work of interest in the same genre or shape may be adjusted as higher.

When the processor 222 divides and exposes a predetermined number of works of interest through the content selection screen 630, some of the works of interest of a certain number match the user's taste (works in which at least one of a genre and a style is the same) You can expose works similar to the user's taste (works of a similar genre and/or similar drawing style) for the rest. For example, if six pieces of work of interest are divided and exposed, four works of the same genre or style matching the user's taste may be exposed, and the remaining two pieces of work of a similar genre or style slightly different from the user's taste may be exposed.

11 to 12 show examples of the recommendation result screen 640 .

The processor 222 may provide a recommendation result screen 640 including a list of works of interest 604 and a list of related works 605 . The maximum number of works exposed on the recommendation result screen 640 is predetermined, and the number of works in the list of related works 605 may be flexibly determined according to the number of works in the list of works of interest 604 .

It is assumed that the number of works to be exposed on the recommendation result screen 640 is set to N. Referring to FIG. 11 , when there is one work of interest selected through the content selection screen 630 , the processor 222 exposes one work of interest to the work of interest list 604 and N-1 to the list of related works 605 . You can select and expose works related to dogs. Referring to FIG. 12 , the processor 222 exposes M works of interest to the work of interest list 604 when the works of interest selected through the content selection screen 630 are M(<N), and the related work list 605 . NM related works can be selected and exposed.

As described above, according to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to effectively solve the cold start problem of new users by providing an onboarding process for content including images. In particular, according to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to induce efficient content selection and consumption by recommending content reflecting a user's taste as an onboarding recommendation result.

The device described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of the hardware component and the software component. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments may include a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and a programmable logic unit (PLU). It may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as a logic unit, microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For convenience of understanding, although one processing device is sometimes described as being used, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that can include For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may comprise a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, which configures a processing device to operate as desired or is independently or collectively processed You can command the device. The software and/or data may be embodied in any type of machine, component, physical device, computer storage medium or device for interpretation by or providing instructions or data to the processing device. have. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems, and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored in one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. In this case, the medium may be to continuously store the program executable by the computer, or to temporarily store the program for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, it is not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, and may exist distributed on a network. Examples of the medium include a hard disk, a magnetic medium such as a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as CD-ROM and DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, and those configured to store program instructions, including ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. In addition, examples of other media may include recording media or storage media managed by an app store for distributing applications, sites for supplying or distributing other various software, and servers.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with reference to the limited embodiments and drawings, various modifications and variations are possible from the above description by those skilled in the art. For example, the described techniques are performed in a different order than the described method, and/or the described components of the system, structure, apparatus, circuit, etc. are combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components Or substituted or substituted by equivalents may achieve an appropriate result.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

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A content recommendation method executed in a computer system, the method comprising:
the computer system comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory;
The content recommendation method is
providing, by the at least one processor, a genre selection interface for selecting a genre of contents and a picture type selection interface for selecting a picture type of content according to an onboarding request of an electronic device;
providing, by the at least one processor, a content selection interface for selecting at least one content of interest from among the content selected based on the specific genre selected through the genre selection interface and the specific image selected through the graphic body selection interface; ; and
providing, by the at least one processor, a recommendation result screen including the content of interest selected through the content selection interface and related content selected based on the content of interest as a response to the onboarding request;
A content recommendation method that includes. According to claim 1,
The step of providing the genre selection interface and the image selection interface comprises:
providing the genre selection interface according to the onboarding request; and
providing the picture body selection interface when genre selection through the genre selection interface is completed
A content recommendation method that includes. According to claim 1,
The content recommendation method is
selecting, by the at least one processor, at least one first content from among the same genre and the same picture, and at least one second content from the similar genre and similar picture, based on the specific genre and the specific picture type;
further comprising,
Providing the content selection interface comprises:
Providing the content selection interface including a content list consisting of the first content and the second content
Content recommendation method, characterized in that. According to claim 1,
Providing the content selection interface comprises:
Exposing a predetermined number of contents selected based on the specific genre and the specific picture type, but additionally exposing the next contents list when requesting to view more of the previous contents list
A content recommendation method that includes. 5. The method of claim 4,
The step of further exposing the following content list comprises:
Exposing the next content list reflecting a weight in the genre or picture of the selected content when requesting a more view while content is selected from the previous content list
Content recommendation method, characterized in that. According to claim 1,
The content recommendation method is
At least one of content consumed by other users who have consumed the content of interest by the at least one processor, content in which at least one of a genre and a picture of the content of interest is the same, and content produced by a writer of the content of interest selecting as the related content
further comprising,
The step of providing the recommendation result screen comprises:
exposing a list of interest contents composed of the interest contents and a list of related contents composed of the related contents through the recommendation result screen;
A content recommendation method that includes. 7. The method of claim 6,
Determining the number of contents included in the related contents list according to the number of contents included in the interest contents list
Content recommendation method, characterized in that. According to claim 1,
The recommendation result screen includes an interface for resetting the specific genre, the specific picture type, and the content of interest
Content recommendation method, characterized in that. According to claim 1,
The content recommendation method is
receiving, by the at least one processor, the onboarding request from the electronic device when the application is first executed after being installed in the electronic device
Content recommendation method further comprising. 10. The method of claim 9,
The home screen of the application includes an onboarding area including an interface for inputting the onboarding request.
Content recommendation method, characterized in that. According to claim 1,
The genre list included in the genre selection interface and the picture type list included in the picture type selection interface are customized for each country or region.
Content recommendation method, characterized in that. 12. A computer program stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for executing the method for recommending content according to any one of claims 1 to 11 in the computer system. In a computer system,
at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory
including,
the at least one processor,
providing a genre selection interface for selecting a genre of content according to an onboarding request of an electronic device and a drawing body selection interface for selecting a picture body of the content;
providing a content selection interface for selecting at least one content of interest among contents selected based on a specific genre selected through the genre selection interface and a specific picture type selected through the picture body selection interface; and
A process of providing a recommendation result screen including the content of interest selected through the content selection interface and related content selected based on the content of interest as a response to the onboarding request
A computer system that processes them. 14. The method of claim 13,
the at least one processor,
After providing the genre selection interface according to the onboarding request, when genre selection through the genre selection interface is completed, providing the picture body selection interface
A computer system characterized by a. 14. The method of claim 13,
the at least one processor,
selecting at least one first content of the same genre and the same picture type and at least one second content of the similar genre and similar picture body based on the specific genre and the specific picture body;
Providing the content selection interface including a content list consisting of the first content and the second content
A computer system characterized by a. 14. The method of claim 13,
the at least one processor,
Exposing a certain number of contents selected based on the specific genre and the specific picture type, but additionally exposing the following contents list when requesting to view more of the previous contents list
A computer system characterized by a. 17. The method of claim 16,
the at least one processor,
Exposing the next content list reflecting a weight in the genre or picture of the selected content when requesting a more view while content is selected from the previous content list
A computer system characterized by a. 14. The method of claim 13,
the at least one processor,
selecting at least one of content consumed by other users who have consumed the content of interest, content in which at least one of a genre and a picture of the content of interest are the same, and content produced by a writer of the content of interest, as the related content,
exposing a list of interest contents composed of the interest contents and a list of related contents composed of the related contents through the recommendation result screen;
A computer system characterized by a. 14. The method of claim 13,
The recommendation result screen includes an interface for resetting the specific genre, the specific picture type, and the content of interest
A computer system characterized by a. 14. The method of claim 13,
the at least one processor,
Receives the onboarding request from the electronic device when it is first executed after the application is installed on the electronic device;
The home screen of the application includes an onboarding area including an interface for inputting the onboarding request.
A computer system characterized by a.

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