KR20220006719A - Related items displaying method, and user terminal and related items searching apparatus implementing the same method - Google Patents

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a related item displaying method performed by a user terminal comprises: a step of receiving gesture input for any one among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of the user terminal; a step of extracting at least one related item related to a target item of the gesture input among the plurality of items; and a step of refreshing display of the list by changing display attributes of the extracted at least one related item and maintaining display attributes of remaining items except for the at least one related item despite of refreshing.

Description

Related item display method, and user terminal and related item search device for implementing the same

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a related item, and a user terminal and a related item search apparatus for implementing the same, and more particularly, to a related item display method for performing a search related to list-type data, and a user terminal for implementing the same and a related item retrieval device.

When searching for items in a list or table format commonly used in business solutions and services, in order for a user to find related items, it is inconvenient to directly read and understand each item and then select related items.

If it is difficult to determine the relationship with another item by just reading the item in the list, select the item to access the detail page, review the contents, click Back, and select another item in the list again to see the detail page The user may feel fatigued in the process of repeating the operation of looking at

In addition, by scanning all items in the list, entering a specific search term, and viewing the searched list on the search result page, the correlation between items can be identified. However, this method also has a disadvantage in that it takes a long time because it is necessary to go through several pages and directly examine the contents in order to search and understand the item.

Accordingly, interaction for user convenience is required in the process of searching for items provided as a list.

Registered Patent Publication No. 10-0436356 (Registered on July 7, 2004)

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is a method for displaying related items that can provide a visual interface so that a user can grasp the correlation between items at a glance in the process of searching for items provided as a list, and a user for implementing the same It is to provide a terminal and a related item search apparatus.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a related item that allows to easily determine the correlation between items provided in a list only with a simple gesture of a user, and a user terminal and a device for searching for a related item for implementing the method will provide

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is a method for displaying a related item that enables a user to quickly grasp a large amount of information in the process of searching for items provided as a list, and a user terminal and related items for implementing the same It is to provide a search device.

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

In a method for displaying a related item performed by a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above technical problem, a gesture input for any one of a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of the user terminal is performed. receiving; extracting at least one related item related to the target item of the gesture input from among a plurality of items; and refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item, and maintaining the display attribute of the remaining items except for the at least one related item despite the refresh.

As an embodiment, the gesture input may include a hovering operation for a predetermined time or longer on any one of the plurality of items.

In one embodiment, displaying a button at a position corresponding to the target item; and extracting at least one related item associated with the target item based on a user input for the button.

In an embodiment, the method may further include: selecting a first item from among the plurality of items by inputting a first gesture; selecting a second item from among the plurality of items by inputting a second gesture; and changing and displaying the display attribute of at least one related item associated with both the selected first item and the second item.

As an embodiment, the extracting of the at least one related item related to the target item from among the plurality of items includes extracting the at least one related item based on a similarity with a word or an image included in the target item. may include steps.

In an embodiment, the extracting of at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items may include: communicating with a server; transmitting information on the target item to the server; and receiving information on at least one related item associated with the target item from the server.

As an embodiment, refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item may include a background color, a text color, a text thickness, a border color, and a border thickness of the at least one related item. It may include changing and displaying at least one of them.

As an embodiment, refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item may include: Based on a similarity with a word or image included in the target item, The method may include displaying different levels of the display attribute of the related item.

As an embodiment, refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item may include displaying the at least one related item in a layer popup form. can

In one embodiment, the method comprising: receiving a user input for a specific text on a detailed page screen of the target item; and displaying a pop-up window including at least one related item related to the specific text at a position corresponding to the specific text.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the related item search method performed by the related item search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is selected by a gesture input from among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of a user terminal. receiving a search request including information on a target item; extracting at least one related item associated with a target item from among the plurality of items based on information about a plurality of items included in a pre-stored list; and providing a search result including the extracted at least one related item to the user terminal.

In an embodiment, the receiving of the search request may include: receiving information on a first item selected by a first gesture input among the plurality of items from the user terminal; and receiving information on a second item selected by a second gesture input among the plurality of items from the user terminal.

In an embodiment, the extracting of at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items includes extracting at least one related item associated with both the selected first item and the second item. can do.

As an embodiment, the step of extracting the at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items includes the step of extracting the at least one related item having a high degree of similarity to a word or image included in the target item. may include

As an embodiment, the providing of the search result to the user terminal may include providing information on the degree of similarity to each of the extracted at least one related item.

In one embodiment, the method comprising: receiving information about a specific text selected on a detail page screen of the target item; and extracting at least one related item associated with the specific text.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a user input unit for receiving a user input; a display unit for displaying information; Receives a gesture input for any one of a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of the display unit, extracts at least one related item associated with a target item of the gesture input from among the plurality of items, and extracts the extracted at least one related item and a processor controlling the display unit to refresh the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the item, and to maintain the display attribute of the remaining items except for at least one related item despite the refresh.

As an embodiment, the gesture input may include a hovering operation for a predetermined time or longer on any one of the plurality of items.

As an embodiment, the processor may extract the at least one related item based on a degree of similarity with a word or an image included in the target item.

As an embodiment, the processor may control the display unit to change and display at least one of a background color, text color, text thickness, border color, and border thickness of the at least one related item.

As an embodiment, the processor may control the display unit to display different levels of the display attribute of the at least one extracted related item based on a similarity with a word or an image included in the target item.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a related item search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: one or more processors; a communication interface for communicating with an external device; a memory for loading a computer program executed by the processor; and storage for storing a computer program, wherein the computer program receives a search request including information on a target item selected by a gesture input among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of a user terminal; An operation of extracting at least one related item associated with the selected target item based on information on a plurality of items included in the pre-stored list, and providing a search result including the extracted at least one related item to the user terminal It includes instructions for performing an operation.

1 is a block diagram of a related item search system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a related item search apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 6 are flowcharts of a method for displaying related items according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 and 8 are examples of searching for related mail in a mail list according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention.
9 is an example of adding an analysis target item to a mail list according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention.
10 is an example of displaying a related mail in a pop-up according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention.
11 is an example of searching for a related mail in a detail page according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention.
12 is an example of searching for a related item in a card-type post list according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention.
13 to 16 are examples of searching for a related image in a list of gallery images according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Advantages and features of the present disclosure, 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 technical spirit of the present disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only the following embodiments complete the technical spirit of the present disclosure, and in the technical field to which the present disclosure belongs It is provided to fully inform those of ordinary skill in the scope of the present disclosure, and the technical spirit of the present disclosure is only defined by the scope of the claims.

In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present disclosure, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present disclosure, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used with the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless clearly defined in particular. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase.

In addition, in describing the components of the present disclosure, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the elements from other elements, and the essence, order, or order of the elements are not limited by the terms. When it is described that a component is “connected”, “coupled” or “connected” to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but another component is formed between each component. It should be understood that elements may also be “connected,” “coupled,” or “connected.”

As used herein, "comprises" and/or "comprising" refers to the presence of one or more other components, steps, operations and/or elements mentioned. or addition is not excluded.

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

1 is a block diagram of a related item search system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , a related item search system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 10 and a related item search apparatus 100 .

The related item search apparatus 100 may be implemented as a device that provides a service for registering and searching for a plurality of data or items in a list or table format, such as, for example, an email, a bulletin board, and a gallery.

The related item search apparatus 100 includes a server 110 and a database 120 , processes a search request for a specific item in a list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 10 , and provides the result.

The server 110 is a stationary computing device and is connected to the user terminal 10 and the data storage unit 30 through a network. The server 110 uses information about a plurality of items included in the list stored in the data storage unit 30 in response to a search request for a specific item within the list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 10 . Extract the search results. In this case, the list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 10 may be implemented as an execution screen of an application providing, for example, an email service, a bulletin board, or a gallery service.

The data storage unit 30 may be implemented as a separate external device or DB server connected to the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 through a network, and is registered in a list displayed on the user terminal 10 . Data regarding a plurality of items may be stored in chronological order.

In this case, the data stored in the data storage unit 30 includes information about a plurality of items included in the list. The information about the plurality of items may include, for example, text or image information constituting the item, information about the detailed page of the item, registrant ID information of the item, time information such as creation date, change date, deletion date, etc. of the item. can

The server 110 may request necessary data from the data storage unit 30 whenever a request is generated from the user terminal 10 , or may receive data from the data storage unit 30 at a predetermined period. The server 110 may perform an analysis to extract a search result using the data transmitted from the data storage unit 30 , and provide the search result to the user terminal 10 .

The database 120 stores the information 121 about the items in the list that the server 110 receives from the data storage unit 30 . The information 121 about the item in the list may include, for example, text or image information constituting the item, information about the detailed page of the item, registrant information of the item, time information such as the creation date of the item, and the like.

In response to a search request for a selected item among a plurality of items included in the list from the user terminal 10 , the server 110 is associated with the selected item based on information about a plurality of items pre-stored in the database 120 . At least one item is extracted and stored as related item information 122 in the database 120 .

The related item information 122 may include, for example, information on items having a high degree of similarity to text or images constituting an item selected by the user terminal 10 .

In addition, the database 120 stores the search result information 123 including information on the similarity of each of the items included in the related item information 122 by the server 110 .

The database 120 may be implemented as a DB server that stores all information related to the related item and the search result processed by the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 .

The user terminal 10 is, for example, a mobile computing device such as a smart phone, a smart watch, a tablet PC, a laptop PC, a PDA, a VR (Virtual Reality) imaging device, an AR (Augmented Reality) imaging device, and a personal desktop PC. It may be any one of a stationary computing device such as

The user terminal 10 requests a search including information on a selected item from among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on the screen to the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100, and provides it from the server 110 It may be implemented as a terminal that visually displays items related to the selected item by using the search result.

As described above, according to the configuration of the related item search system according to the embodiment of the present invention, a visual interface is provided so that the user can grasp the search results of items related to a specific item at a glance in the process of searching for items provided as a list. can

2 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the user terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is connected to the server 110 and the network.

The user terminal 10 includes a user input unit 1010 , a display unit 1020 , a storage unit 1030 , a communication unit 1040 , and a processor 1050 . The user terminal 10 is, for example, a mobile computing device such as a smart phone, a smart watch, a tablet PC, a laptop PC, a PDA, a VR (Virtual Reality) imaging device, an AR (Augmented Reality) imaging device, and a personal desktop PC. It may be any one of a stationary computing device such as The configuration included in the user terminal 10 is not limited by the above-described embodiment, and may be implemented including additional other configurations.

The communication unit 1040 communicates with the server 110 using a wired or wireless communication method. The communication unit 1040 communicates with the server 110 in a wired communication method such as Ethernet, or the like, or communicates with the server 110 through a wireless router in a wireless communication method such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. can do. For example, the communication unit 1040 may be provided as a printed circuit board (PCB) including a wireless communication module such as Wi-Fi. The communication method of the communication unit 1040 is not limited thereto, and other communication methods may be used to communicate with the server 110 .

The display unit 1020 displays information. For example, the display unit 1020 may display an image based on an image signal. The display unit 1020 may be implemented in various forms, such as a plasma display panel (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, and the like.

The user input unit 1010 receives a user input. For example, the user input unit 1010 may receive a user input for selecting a part of a user interface displayed on the display unit 1020 . The user input unit 1010 may be implemented as a keyboard, a mouse, etc. connected to the user terminal 10 , or may be implemented as a touch screen provided in the user terminal 10 .

The storage unit 1030 includes a first memory (not shown) and a second memory (not shown), and the first memory is a flash to preserve data regardless of whether the user terminal 10 provides system power. It is implemented as a non-volatile memory such as a flash-memory.

The first memory stores a plurality of instructions for executing at least one application. The first memory performs read, write, edit, delete, update, and the like for each of a plurality of stored instructions.

The second memory is a high-speed buffer memory provided between the first memory and the processor 1050 and is referred to as a cache memory or a local memory. The second memory is faster than the flash memory and directly accessible by the processor 1050 . The second memory is an area for storing frequently accessed data or program instructions by the processor 1050 so that they can be used immediately without repeatedly searching, and may be implemented as, for example, RAM. As an embodiment, the second memory may be provided integrally within the processor 1050 .

The processor 1050 may be implemented as, for example, a central processing unit (CPU).

The processor 1050 receives a gesture input for a plurality of items included in a list displayed on the screen of the display unit 1020 . Here, the list may be implemented as, for example, a list of texts or images related to an email service, a bulletin board, or a gallery service.

As an embodiment, the gesture input may include a hovering operation for a predetermined time or longer on any one of a plurality of items. For example, in the mail list, a specific mail can be selected by holding the mouse pointer on the subject column of the specific mail for 1 second or longer.

The processor 1050 extracts at least one item associated with the selected item based on the gesture input. In this case, the processor 1050 may extract at least one item based on a similarity with a word or an image included in the selected item. For example, mails in the list including words identical to or similar to words included in the subject column of a specific mail selected from the mail list may be extracted as related mails.

The processor 1050 controls the display unit 1020 to change and display the attribute of at least one item extracted from the list. Here, the processor 1050 may control the display unit 1020 to change and display at least one of a background color, text color, text thickness, border color, and border thickness of at least one item. For example, by changing the background color of the extracted mail as a related mail of a specific mail selected from the mail list to a color different from other mail, or by changing the thickness of the text included in the subject column of the extracted mail to be bold, the associated mail can be visually displayed. can be displayed as

As an embodiment, the processor 1050 may control the display unit 1020 to differently display the attribute level of at least one item extracted based on a similarity with a word or image included in the selected item. For example, each of the e-mails extracted as related e-mails of the specific e-mail may be displayed to be visually distinguished according to the degree of similarity with the specific e-mail. That is, in the case of a related email having a similarity degree of 80% with the selected specific email, the background color may be displayed in dark blue, and in the case of a related email having a similarity degree of 50%, the background color may be displayed in light blue. In addition, the background color of each related mail may be displayed differently, and numerical values indicating the degree of similarity such as 80%, 50%, etc. may be displayed together.

As described above, according to the user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a visual interface so that the user can grasp the correlation between the items at a glance in the process of searching for items provided as a list. In addition, it is possible to easily grasp the correlation between items provided in the list with a simple gesture of the user.

3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a related item search apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 is a computing device, and is a computer program executed by one or more processors 101 , a bus 107 , a network interface 102 , and the processor 101 . It may include a memory 103 for loading the 105 and a storage 104 for storing the computer program 105 . However, only the components related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown in FIG. 3 . Accordingly, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can see that other general-purpose components other than the components shown in FIG. 3 may be further included.

The processor 101 controls the overall operation of each component of the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 . The processor 101 includes at least one of a central processing unit (CPU), a micro processor unit (MPU), a micro controller unit (MCU), a graphic processing unit (GPU), or any type of processor well known in the art. may be included. In addition, the processor 101 may perform an operation on at least one application or program for executing the method/operation according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. The server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 may include one or more processors.

The memory 103 stores various data, commands and/or information. The memory 103 may load one or more programs 105 from the storage 104 to execute methods/operations according to various embodiments of the present invention. For example, if the computer program 105 is loaded into the memory 103 , logic (or modules) may be implemented on the memory 103 . An example of the memory 103 may be a RAM, but is not limited thereto.

The bus 107 provides a communication function between components of the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 . The bus 107 may be implemented as various types of buses, such as an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus.

The network interface 102 supports wired/wireless Internet communication of the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 . The network interface 102 may support various communication methods other than Internet communication. To this end, the network interface 102 may be configured to include a communication module well known in the art.

The storage 104 may store one or more computer programs 105 non-transitory. The storage 104 may include a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory, a hard disk, a removable disk, or any type of computer-readable recording medium well known in the art. Also, the storage 104 may store the search result information 106 provided by the related item search method performed by the related item search apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The computer program 105 may include one or more instructions in which methods/operations according to various embodiments of the present invention are implemented. When the computer program 105 is loaded into the memory 103 , the processor 101 may execute the one or more instructions to perform methods/operations according to various embodiments of the present invention.

For example, the computer program 105 may perform an operation of receiving a search request including information on a target item selected by a gesture input among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 10, a database ( 120) extracting at least one related item related to the selected target item based on information on a plurality of items included in the list stored in advance, and a search result including the extracted at least one related item may include instructions for performing an operation of providing to the user terminal 10 .

As an embodiment, the receiving of the search request includes receiving information about a first item selected by a first gesture input among a plurality of items from the user terminal 10 , and receiving the plurality of items from the user terminal 10 . The method may include receiving information on a second item selected by a second gesture input among the items. In this case, the operation of extracting the at least one item associated with the selected target item may include the operation of extracting the at least one related item associated with both the selected first item and the second item.

As an embodiment, extracting the at least one item related to the selected target item may include extracting at least one related item having a high similarity to a word or image included in the selected target item. As an embodiment, the operation of providing the search result to the user terminal may include providing information on the degree of similarity to each of the extracted at least one related item.

As described above, according to the apparatus 100 for searching for related items according to an embodiment of the present invention, information on related items is provided in the process of searching for items provided as a list so that the user can quickly grasp a large amount of information. make it possible

4 and 5 are flowcharts of a method for displaying related items according to another embodiment of the present invention. The method according to the present embodiment may be executed by a computing device, for example, by the server 110 of the related item search apparatus 100 .

The computing device executing the method according to the present embodiment may be a computing device having an application program execution environment. Note that the description of a subject performing some operations included in the method according to the present embodiment may be omitted, and in such a case, the subject is the computing device.

Referring to FIG. 4 , first, in operation S41, a gesture input for a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of a user terminal is received. Here, the list may be implemented as, for example, a list of texts or images related to an email service, a bulletin board, or a gallery service. The plurality of items may include text or images.

As an embodiment, the gesture input may include a hovering operation for a predetermined time or longer on any one of a plurality of items. For example, in the mail list, a specific mail can be selected by holding the mouse pointer on the subject column of the specific mail for 1 second or longer. Here, the gesture input is not limited to the hovering operation according to the present embodiment, and may be implemented as a gesture or touch input of various types. For example, when the screen of the user terminal 10 is provided as a touch screen, the gesture input may include a touch or flick operation.

Next, in operation S42, at least one related item related to the target item of the gesture input is extracted from among the plurality of items.

As an embodiment, operation S42 includes an operation of displaying a button for extracting a related item at a position corresponding to the target item, and an operation of extracting at least one related item associated with the selected item based on a user input to the button. may include

For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , when a hovering operation of maintaining the pointing 72 for a specific mail 71 among the mail list 70 displayed on the screen is performed for 1 second or longer, the 'Find related mail' button (73) can be displayed automatically. At this time, if the 'Find related mail' button 73 is clicked, the background color of the plurality of mails 81 and 82 associated with the specific mail 71 may be changed and displayed as shown in FIG. 8 .

As an embodiment, operation S42 may include extracting at least one related item based on a degree of similarity with a word or image included in the target item. In the example of FIG. 8 , mails 81 and 82 including the same text as 'Brity Works' or 'Grid View Review' among texts included in the subject column of the specific mail 71 may be extracted. As another example, a mail containing a word having a similar meaning to a word included in the subject column of the specific email 71 or a email containing a word similar to a word included in the detailed content of the specific email 71 will be extracted. may be

As an embodiment, operation S42 includes an operation of communicating with the server 110 , an operation of transmitting information about the target item to the server 110 , and at least one related item associated with the target item from the server 110 . It may include an operation of receiving information. That is, when a specific item in the list is selected by the user in the user terminal 10, the information on the selected item is transmitted to the server 110 without directly performing an operation of extracting items related to the selected specific item. 100) can also receive the analyzed results.

Finally, in operation S43, the display of the list is refreshed by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item. In this case, despite the refresh, the display properties of the remaining items except for at least one related item are maintained as they are.

As an embodiment, operation S43 may include changing and displaying at least one of a background color, text color, text thickness, border color, and border thickness of at least one related item.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8 , when a hovering operation of maintaining the pointing 72 for 1 second or longer for a specific mail 71 among the mail list 70 displayed on the screen is performed, the specific mail 71 and Background colors of the plurality of related mails 81 and 82 may be changed and displayed. In this case, for the plurality of mails 81 and 82, a text color other than the background color may be changed and displayed, or a border having a specific color or thickness may be additionally displayed for the title column of the mails 81 and 82.

As an embodiment, operation S43 may include displaying different levels of display properties of at least one related item extracted based on a similarity with a word or image included in the target item. In the example of FIG. 8 , when the background color of the plurality of mails 81 and 82 associated with the specific mail 71 is changed and displayed, the mail 81 having a similarity of 50% or more with the specific mail 71 is light blue. may be displayed, and a dark blue background color may be displayed for the mail 82 having a similarity of 80% or more with the specific mail 71 . In this case, information on a similarity such as 50% and 80% for each of the mails 81 and 82 may be displayed.

As an embodiment, operation S43 includes an operation in which at least one related item is displayed in the form of a layer popup. For example, as shown in FIG. 10 , when a specific mail 71 among the mail list 70 displayed on the screen is hovered for 1 second or longer, a layer popup including mails related to the specific mail 71 ) can be created and displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5 , in operation S51, an item in the list is searched, and in operation S52, if hovering is performed on a specific item in the list for a predetermined time or longer, in operation S53, a correlation with the corresponding item is analyzed.

Next, in operation S54, if a related item exists, in operation S55, a list of related items is provided by changing the background color, border color, and thickness of the corresponding item, or as a layer pop-up, and when the related item does not exist The operation ends.

If an analysis item is added in operation S56 after operation S55 is performed, operation S52 is performed again, and when the analysis item is not added, the operation is terminated.

As an embodiment, an operation of selecting a first item from among a plurality of items by a first gesture input, an operation of selecting a second item from among a plurality of items by a second gesture input, and the selected first and second items It may include an operation in which the display attribute of at least one related item associated with both is changed and displayed. For example, after the mails 81 and 82 associated with the specific mail 71 among the mail list 70 in FIG. 8 are analyzed and displayed, additional analysis may be performed by selecting a mail to be further analyzed. As shown in FIG. 9 , when the mails 81 and 82 associated with the specific mail 71 in the mail list 70 are displayed, when the mail 91 to be further analyzed is hovered for 1 second or longer, ' An 'add analysis item' button 92 may be automatically displayed. At this time, if the 'add analysis item' button 92 is clicked, the background color of the mail 93 associated with both the specific mail 71 and the additional analysis mail 91 may be changed and displayed.

According to the above embodiment, it is possible to extract a related item by adding an analysis item, and it is possible to narrow the analysis result of the related item by repeating this method several times.

As another example, in the list 70 displayed on the screen, the specific mail 71 and the additional analysis mail 91 are selected through a check box (not shown), respectively, or by dragging and hovering for 1 second or more Then, the background color of the mail 93 associated with both the specific mail 71 and the additional analysis mail 91 may be changed and displayed. As another example, when the specific mail 71 and the additional analysis mail 91 are selected through a check box (not shown) or dragged and selected, respectively, a related analysis button (not shown) is automatically displayed and , can also be clicked to display the mail 93 associated with both.

As an embodiment, in the method, a pop-up window including at least one related item related to a specific text is displayed at a position corresponding to an operation of receiving a user input for a specific text on the detail page screen of the target item, and the specific text action may be included.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11 , if a specific text 1120 that you want to analyze is dragged from the detail page 1110 for a specific post in the bulletin board list, a 'find related post' button 1130 is automatically created. can be displayed. In this case, if the 'Find related posts' button 1130 is clicked, a layer popup 1140 including posts related to the specific text 1120 may be displayed.

As described above, according to the user terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a visual interface so that the user can grasp the correlation between the items at a glance in the search process of the items provided as a list. In addition, it is possible to easily grasp the correlation between items provided as a list with only a user's simple gesture.

6 is a flowchart of a method for searching for a related item according to another embodiment of the present invention. The related item search method according to the present embodiment may be executed by a computing device, for example, by the server 110 of the related item search device 100 .

Referring to FIG. 6 , first, in operation S61 , a search request including information on a target item selected by a gesture input among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on the screen of the user terminal 10 is received.

Here, in operation S61, information on a first item selected by a first gesture input among a plurality of items is received from the user terminal 10, and a second gesture input among a plurality of items from the user terminal 10 is received. It may include an operation of receiving information on the second item selected by the user.

Next, in operation S62 , at least one related item associated with the target item is extracted from among the plurality of items based on information about a plurality of items included in the list previously stored in the database 120 . Here, operation S62 may include an operation of extracting at least one related item having a high degree of similarity to a word or image included in the target item. In this case, the similarity may be measured using, for example, a Levenstein distance, an N-gram, or the like.

Finally, in operation S63 , a search result including the extracted at least one related item is provided to the user terminal 10 . In this case, operation S63 may include an operation in which information on the degree of similarity for each of the extracted at least one related item is provided to the user terminal 10 . Here, the similarity information is information that measures how similar the items extracted from the user terminal 10 are to words or images included in the items selected by the user terminal 10, for example, Levenstein distance, N-gram, etc. It may include a numerical value or a percentage measured by the method.

As an embodiment, the method may include an operation of receiving information on a specific text selected on a detail page screen of a target item, and an operation of extracting at least one related item associated with the specific text.

According to the related item search apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, the search result of related items is provided so that the user can quickly grasp a large amount of information in the search process of items provided as a list. can

Hereinafter, an embodiment corresponding to the drawings not described above will be described.

12 is an example of searching for a related item in a card-type post list according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention. In the illustrated example, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the mouse is hovered over the posting card 1220 of interest in the posting list 1210 in the form of a card for 1 second or more, the 'find related posting' button 1230 is automatically can be created and displayed.

At this time, if the 'Find related posts' button 1230 is clicked, the background color of the post cards 1240 and 1250 with the same or similar words as the word written on the post card 1220 in the post list 1210 This may be changed and displayed.

In this case, the posting cards 1240 and 1250 may display a background color in different colors according to the degree of similarity with the selected posting card 1220 . For example, a light blue background color may be displayed for the posting card 1240 having a similarity of 50% or more, and a dark blue background color may be displayed for the posting card 1250 having a similarity of 80% or more.

13 to 16 are examples of searching for a related image in a list of gallery images according to an exemplary user interface that may be provided in some embodiments of the present invention.

In FIG. 13 , in the list 130 of gallery images, when the mouse is hovered over the specific image thumbnail 131 for 1 second or longer, the 'Find related image' button 132 at the location of the specific image thumbnail 131 may be displayed. have. At this time, if the 'find related image' button 132 is clicked, as shown in FIG. 14 , the related image thumbnails 133 and 134 including the same or similar image to the image thumbnail 131 may be visually displayed. In this case, the related images 133 and 134 may be displayed with a changed background color, or similarity measurement information such as 50% or 80% may be displayed together.

In FIG. 15 , if a plurality of image thumbnails 151 are selected through, for example, a check box in the list 150 of gallery images and right-clicked, a 'Find related images' button 152 may be displayed. At this time, if the 'find related image' button 152 is clicked, the related image thumbnails 153 and 154 associated with the plurality of image thumbnails 151 may be displayed with a different background color as shown in FIG. 16 .

As described above, according to the method for displaying related items according to an embodiment of the present invention, a different user experience (UX) that provides a visual interface so that the user can grasp the correlation between items at a glance in the process of searching for items provided as a list ) can be provided.

So far, various embodiments of the present invention and effects according to the embodiments have been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 16 . Effects according to the technical spirit of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The technical idea of the present invention described so far may be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be, for example, a removable recording medium (CD, DVD, Blu-ray disk, USB storage device, removable hard disk) or a fixed recording medium (ROM, RAM, computer-equipped hard disk). can The computer program recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be transmitted to another computing device through a network such as the Internet and installed in the other computing device, thereby being used in the other computing device.

In the above, even though all the components constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, the technical spirit of the present invention is not necessarily limited to this embodiment. That is, within the scope of the object of the present invention, all the components may operate by selectively combining one or more.

Although acts are shown in a particular order in the drawings, it should not be understood that the acts must be performed in the specific order or sequential order shown, or that all illustrated acts must be performed to obtain a desired result. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the separation of the various components in the embodiments described above should not be construed as necessarily requiring such separation, and the program components and systems described may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. It should be understood that there is

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can practice the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. can understand that there is Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the technical ideas defined by the present invention.

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In the method of displaying a related item performed by a user terminal,
receiving a gesture input for any one of a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of the user terminal;
extracting at least one related item related to the target item of the gesture input from among the plurality of items;
Refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item, and maintaining the display attributes of the remaining items except for the at least one related item despite the refresh.
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
The gesture input includes a hovering operation for a predetermined time or longer for any one of the plurality of items,
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
displaying a button at a position corresponding to the target item; and
Further comprising the step of extracting at least one related item associated with the target item based on the user input to the button,
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
selecting a first item from among the plurality of items by inputting a first gesture;
selecting a second item from among the plurality of items by inputting a second gesture; and
The method further comprising the step of changing and displaying the display attribute of at least one related item associated with both the selected first item and the second item,
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
The step of extracting at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items,
and extracting the at least one related item based on a similarity with a word or an image included in the target item.
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
The step of extracting at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items,
communicating with the server;
transmitting information on the target item to the server; and
Receiving information about at least one related item associated with the target item from the server,
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
Refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item,
changing and displaying at least one of a background color, a text color, a text thickness, a border color, and a border thickness of the at least one related item;
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
Refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item,
and displaying different levels of display attributes of the extracted at least one related item based on a similarity with a word or an image included in the target item.
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
Refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item,
Displaying the at least one related item in the form of a layer popup,
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. The method of claim 1,
receiving a user input for a specific text on a detail page screen of the target item; and
Displaying a pop-up window including at least one related item related to the specific text at a position corresponding to the specific text,
A method of displaying related items performed by a user terminal. A related item search method performed by a related item search device, the method comprising:
receiving a search request including information on a target item selected by a gesture input from among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on a screen of a user terminal;
extracting at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items based on pre-stored information on a plurality of items included in the list; and
Comprising the step of providing a search result including the extracted at least one related item to the user terminal,
A related item retrieval method performed by the related item retrieval device. 12. The method of claim 11,
Receiving the search request comprises:
receiving information on a first item selected by a first gesture input among the plurality of items from the user terminal; and
Receiving information on a second item selected by a second gesture input among the plurality of items from the user terminal;
A related item retrieval method performed by the related item retrieval device. 13. The method of claim 12,
The step of extracting at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items,
extracting at least one related item associated with both the selected first item and the second item;
A related item retrieval method performed by the related item retrieval device. 12. The method of claim 11,
The step of extracting at least one related item associated with the target item from among the plurality of items,
extracting the at least one related item having a high degree of similarity to a word or image included in the target item;
A related item retrieval method performed by the related item retrieval device. 15. The method of claim 14,
The step of providing the search result to the user terminal comprises:
Comprising the step of providing information on the degree of similarity to each of the extracted at least one related item,
A related item retrieval method performed by the related item retrieval device. 12. The method of claim 11,
receiving information on a specific text selected on a detailed page screen of the target item; and
Further comprising the step of extracting at least one related item associated with the specific text,
A related item retrieval method performed by the related item retrieval device. In the user terminal,
a user input unit for receiving a user input;
a display unit for displaying information;
receiving a gesture input for any one of a plurality of items included in a list displayed on the screen of the display unit;
extracting at least one related item related to the target item of the gesture input from among the plurality of items;
Refreshing the display of the list by changing the display attribute of the extracted at least one related item, but controlling the display unit to maintain the display properties of the remaining items except for the at least one related item despite the refresh comprising a processor;
user terminal. 18. The method of claim 17,
The gesture input includes a hovering operation for a predetermined time or longer for any one of the plurality of items,
user terminal. 18. The method of claim 17,
The processor is
extracting the at least one related item based on a degree of similarity with a word or an image included in the target item;
user terminal. 18. The method of claim 17,
The processor is
controlling the display unit to display by changing at least one of a background color, text color, text thickness, border color, and border thickness of the at least one related item,
user terminal. 18. The method of claim 17,
The processor is
controlling the display unit to display different levels of display properties of the extracted at least one related item based on a degree of similarity with a word or an image included in the target item,
user terminal. one or more processors;
a communication interface for communicating with an external device;
a memory for loading a computer program executed by the processor; and
a storage for storing the computer program;
The computer program is
Receiving a search request including information on a target item selected by a gesture input among a plurality of items included in a list displayed on the screen of the user terminal;
extracting at least one related item associated with the selected target item from among the plurality of items based on pre-stored information on a plurality of items included in the list; and
including instructions for performing an operation of providing a search result including the extracted at least one related item to the user terminal,
Related Search Device.

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