KR20230141222A - Apparatus and method for providing chat rooms using chat room merging function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a chat room using a chat room bundling function, the apparatus comprising: a chat room creation unit that creates a chat room in which at least one person related to work participates in response to a chat room creation request during the progress of a project; a chat room management unit that inserts and manages the chat room in a dedicated container when the creation of the chat room is completed; And when a full view request is received from a specific participant participating in a specific chat room, candidate chat rooms related to the full view request are determined among the chat rooms in the dedicated container, and the candidate chat rooms are integrated to create one entire chat room, and the candidate chat room is created. It includes a chat room full view processing unit that shares messages shared in each of the chat rooms in chronological order through the entire chat room.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing chat rooms using chat room bundling function {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CHAT ROOMS USING CHAT ROOM MERGING FUNCTION}

The present invention relates to technology for providing chat rooms for business communication. More specifically, it provides a means to effectively manage related messages shared in multiple chat rooms during the course of a project, thereby enabling smooth communication between work participants as well as project management. It is related to technology that effectively supports performance.

In general, an Internet messenger corresponds to an application that transmits messages containing text or graphics between users, and may be implemented as a chat room in which multiple users participate. In one embodiment, the Internet messenger may include a mobile messenger executed in a mobile environment (e.g., a mobile phone) and may include, for example, KakaoTalk, Line, WeChat, Facebook Messenger, etc. In addition, such Internet messengers are increasingly being used in a variety of ways in the management and progress of work.

In particular, as the size of the project gradually increases and the structure of the project becomes more complex, the number of chat rooms in which work participants participate simultaneously within a single project is also increasing. It may be difficult for business participants to easily understand the flow of related work during the distributed communication process in multiple chat rooms.

In other words, while a channel called a chat room makes communication between work participants easier, the mixing of chat room messages makes it difficult for each individual to track the flow of work, so an effective means of message management for multiple chat rooms may be necessary. .

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0020194 (2020.02.26)

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by classifying and integrating multiple chat rooms in which multiple users participate according to classification conditions related to participants or work characteristics, related messages distributed and shared in each chat room can be effectively identified and organized in time series. The purpose of this study is to provide a device and method for providing a chat room using a chat room bundling function that can increase work efficiency by easily understanding the flow of related work through sorted messages.

Among embodiments, a chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function includes a chat room creation unit that creates a chat room in which at least one person related to work participates in response to a chat room creation request during the progress of a project; a chat room management unit that inserts and manages the chat room in a dedicated container when the creation of the chat room is completed; And when a full view request is received from a specific participant participating in a specific chat room, candidate chat rooms related to the full view request are determined among the chat rooms in the dedicated container, and the candidate chat rooms are integrated to create one entire chat room, and the candidate chat room is created. It includes a chat room full view processing unit that shares messages shared in each of the chat rooms in chronological order through the entire chat room.

The entire chat room is a virtual chat room provided only to the specific participant and can be implemented so that participants in the candidate chat rooms participate as virtual participants.

The chat room creation unit can connect the chat room to any one of work notes, files, and kanban cards created during the progress of the project through a link.

The chat room manager may create and provide a chat room list related to chat rooms in the dedicated container and add the link to each chat room in the chat room list.

When the entire chat room view processing unit receives a return request through the entire chat room, it can deactivate the entire chat room and return the specific participant to the specific chat room.

The entire chat room view processing unit may cancel the entire chat room when the deactivation of the entire chat room continues for more than a preset period.

The chat room full view processing unit may visually distinguish and display messages shared through all chat rooms for each candidate chat room.

The chat room full view processing unit may determine chat rooms in which the specific participant can participate as the candidate chat rooms among chat rooms in the dedicated container based on the time of receiving the full view request.

The chat room overview processing unit may determine chat rooms connected through versioning of the work note or the file among chat rooms in the dedicated container as the candidate chat rooms.

The chat room full view processing unit may determine chat rooms connected to work notes, files, and kanban cards associated with each specific plan, folder, and kanban board among the chat rooms in the dedicated container as the candidate chat rooms.

The chat room full view processing unit may determine chat rooms connected to work notes written by a specific author based on the author of the work note among the chat rooms of the dedicated container as the candidate chat rooms.

The chat room full view processing unit may determine chat rooms connected to kanban cards created or processed by a specific creator or processor based on the creator or processor of the kanban card among the chat rooms of the dedicated container as the candidate chat rooms.

The chat room overview processing unit may determine chat rooms associated with a specific hashtag among chat rooms in the dedicated container as the candidate chat rooms.

The chat room full view processing unit may determine chat rooms connected to any one of the work notes, files, and kanban cards associated with a specific hashtag among the chat rooms in the dedicated container as the candidate chat rooms.

When the creation of the entire chat room is completed, the chat room view processor may allow virtual participants corresponding to work-related people participating in each of the candidate chat rooms to participate in the entire chat room while restricting message input by the specific participant.

The chat room full view processing unit may process the message input in the specific chat room when the specific participant inputs a message in the entire chat room.

When the specific participant inputs a message within the entire chat room, the chat room full view processing unit may process the message input in the chat room determined by selection of the specific participant among the candidate chat rooms.

Among embodiments, a method of providing a chat room using a chat room bundle function includes the steps of creating a chat room in which at least one work related person participates in response to a chat room creation request during the progress of a project; When the creation of the chat room is completed, inserting the chat room into a dedicated container and managing it; And when a full view request is received from a specific participant participating in a specific chat room, candidate chat rooms related to the full view request are determined among the chat rooms in the dedicated container, and the candidate chat rooms are integrated to create one entire chat room, and the candidate chat room is created. and sharing the messages shared in each of the chat rooms in chronological order through the entire chat room.

The disclosed technology can have the following effects. However, since it does not mean that a specific embodiment must include all of the following effects or only the following effects, the scope of rights of the disclosed technology should not be understood as being limited thereby.

An apparatus and method for providing a chat room using a chat room bundling function according to an embodiment of the present invention classifies and integrates a plurality of chat rooms in which a large number of users participate according to classification conditions related to participants or work characteristics, so that the chat rooms are distributed and shared in each chat room. You can effectively identify related messages and increase work efficiency by easily understanding the flow of related work through messages arranged in time series.

1 is a diagram illustrating a chat room providing system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the system configuration of the chat room providing device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the functional configuration of the processor of FIG. 2.
Figure 4 is a flowchart explaining a method of providing a chat room using the chat room bundling function according to the present invention.
Figure 5 is a diagram explaining link connection in a chat room according to the present invention.
Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating the overall view and return to a chat room according to the present invention.
Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating message input in an entire chat room according to the present invention.

Since the description of the present invention is only an example for structural or functional explanation, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as limited by the examples described in the text. In other words, since the embodiments can be modified in various ways and can have various forms, the scope of rights of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents that can realize the technical idea. In addition, the purpose or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment must include all or only such effects, so the scope of the present invention should not be understood as limited thereby.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in this application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as “first” and “second” are used to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” to another component, it should be understood that it may be directly connected to the other component, but that other components may exist in between. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being “directly connected” to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between. Meanwhile, other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring" and "directly neighboring" should be interpreted similarly.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as “comprise” or “have” refer to implemented features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or them. It is intended to specify the existence of a combination, and should be understood as not excluding in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

For each step, identification codes (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) are used for convenience of explanation. The identification codes do not explain the order of each step, and each step clearly follows a specific order in context. Unless specified, events may occur differently from the specified order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the opposite order.

The present invention can be implemented as computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. . Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage devices. Additionally, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed across computer systems connected to a network, so that computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein, unless otherwise defined, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the field to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as consistent with the meaning they have in the context of the related technology, and cannot be interpreted as having an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless clearly defined in the present application.

1 is a diagram illustrating a chat room providing system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the chat room providing system 100 may include a plurality of user terminals 110 and a chat room providing device 130.

The user terminal 110 may correspond to a computing device operated by the user. For example, the user terminal 110 may be implemented as a desktop, laptop, tablet PC, or smartphone, but is not necessarily limited thereto and may be implemented as a variety of devices.

There may be more than one user terminal 110, and in this case, it may be one of the first user terminal 110a, the second user terminal 110b, and the third user terminal 110c, or it may include one or more of them. For convenience, the user terminal 110 used by the first user is the first user terminal 110a, the user terminal 110 used by the second user is the second user terminal 110b, and the user terminal 110 used by the third user is 110 may be referred to as a third user terminal 110c, etc.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of users may be included in one or more user groups. One or more user groups may be referred to as a first user group, a second user group, a third user group, etc. Meanwhile, one user may be included in one or more user groups at the same time.

Additionally, multiple users can participate in a common project or task. At this time, one overall project may exist, and the entire project may include a plurality of independently carried out work projects. Additionally, work notes, files, or kanban cards, etc. may be created and stored in connection with the entire project or work project.

More specifically, work notes can record various work histories (or work contents) related to specific work, and can be managed by being included in a plan corresponding to a work plan established to achieve a specific goal. For example, when a work plan for a week is established and managed as a plan, a work note recording daily work details can be created and inserted into the plan.

Additionally, files related to work can be managed on a folder basis, and one folder can contain multiple related files. Folders can form a hierarchical tree structure based on the file system, and thus one file can be connected to multiple folders connected in a tree structure. At this time, files related to work may include documents, images, videos, etc.

Meanwhile, when using a kanban board to manage the entire project, a kanban board corresponding to the entire project can be created. In this case, a kanban card corresponding to the work project may be created and inserted into the kanban board. In other words, various work projects performed during the entire project can be managed through the Kanban card.

Here, the Kanban board is a tool that can be used to implement Kanban to manage work at a personal or organizational level. It is a board form that visualizes the work steps and subtasks of each work step by listing them on a flat surface. It can be implemented as: In other words, on the kanban board, the kanban cards for each work project can be displayed aligned in one direction according to the work progress stage. Work details related to the relevant work project can be recorded through the Kanban card, and accordingly, work notes or files, etc., can be created and stored on the Kanban card.

However, for clarity of explanation, it is assumed here that work notes, files, and Kanban cards are created and managed as belonging only to plans, folders, and Kanban boards, and contents that can be easily derived within the normal scope, such as mutual exchange or change, are also assumed. Of course, it can be included in the scope of the present invention.

In one embodiment, at least one of the user terminals 110 may be a mobile terminal and may be connected to the chat room providing device 130 through cellular communication or Wi-Fi communication. In another embodiment, at least one of the user terminals 110 may be a desktop and may be connected to the chat room providing device 130 via the Internet.

The chat room providing device 130 may correspond to a computing device that can be connected to at least one user terminal 110 through a network. In one embodiment, the chat room providing device 130 may manage at least one user group in which other users associated with one user are members, that is, work participants.

In one embodiment, the chat room providing device 130 may be connected to the user terminal 110 through a dedicated agent installed on the user terminal 110. Here, the dedicated agent may correspond to an agent program, which is software that, when installed on the user terminal 110, allows the user terminal 110 and the chat room providing device 130 to interact with each other under the approval of the user terminal 110. .

Meanwhile, the connection and combination between the chat room providing device 130 and the user terminal 110 described herein may correspond to one embodiment, and may be changed into various forms within a typical range according to various operating environments. Of course, it can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the system configuration of the chat room providing device of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the chat room providing device 130 may include a processor 210, a memory 230, a user input/output unit 250, and a network input/output unit 270.

The processor 210 can execute a chat room provision procedure using the chat room bundling function according to the present invention, and can manage the memory 230 that is read or written in this process, and can manage the volatile memory and non-volatile memory in the memory 230. Synchronization times between volatile memories can be scheduled.

The processor 210 can control the overall operation of the chat room providing device 130 and is electrically connected to the memory 230, the user input/output unit 250, and the network input/output unit 270 to control data flow between them. You can. The processor 210 may be implemented as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) of the chat room providing device 130. More specific operation details of the processor 210 will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 3.

The memory 230 may be implemented as a non-volatile memory such as a solid state disk (SSD) or a hard disk drive (HDD) and may include an auxiliary memory used to store all data required for the chat room providing device 130. It may include a main memory implemented as volatile memory such as RAM (Random Access Memory). In this way, the memory 230 can be implemented as volatile and non-volatile memory, and if implemented as a non-volatile memory, it can be implemented to be connected through a hyperlink.

The user input/output unit 250 includes an environment for receiving user input and an environment for outputting specific information to the user, for example, a mouse, trackball, touch pad, graphic tablet, scanner, touch screen, keyboard, or pointing. It may include an input device that includes or is connected to an adapter such as a device, and an output device that includes an adapter such as a monitor or touch screen. In one embodiment, the user input/output unit 250 may correspond to a computing device connected through a remote connection, and in such case, the chat room providing device 130 may function as a server.

The network input/output unit 270 provides a communication environment for connection to the user terminal 110 through a network, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and It may include an adapter for communication such as VAN (Value Added Network). Additionally, the network input/output unit 270 may be implemented to provide short-range communication functions such as WiFi and Bluetooth or wireless communication functions of 4G or higher for wireless transmission of data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the functional configuration of the processor of FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 3, the processor 210 of the chat room providing device 130 may include a chat room creation unit 310, a chat room management unit 330, a chat room overview processing unit 350, and a control unit 370 as functional components. there is.

At this time, the processor 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention does not need to include all of the above functional configurations at the same time, and depending on each embodiment, some of the above configurations may be omitted, or some of the above configurations or It may be implemented by optionally including all of them. Additionally, the processor 210 may be implemented as an independent module that selectively includes some of the above components, and may perform the real-time blood pressure estimation method according to the present invention through interworking between each module. Hereinafter, the operation of each component will be described in detail.

The chat room creation unit 310 may create a chat room in which at least one work related person participates in response to a chat room creation request during the progress of the project. The chat room providing device 130 can create and provide various chat rooms during the progress of the entire project or work project through the chat room creation unit 310, and at least one work-related person participates in each chat room to engage in daily conversation as well as specific work tasks. You can have conversations related to. Here, work related people are participants who participate in the project and may include a task creator who creates the task, a task instructor who inputs task instructions, and a task processor who processes the task. The chat room creation unit 310 may additionally receive information about chat room participants and information about chat room operation rules along with a chat room creation request. Information about chat room participants may include user information and authority information of users who will be invited after the chat room is created.

Additionally, the chat room creation unit 310 may provide a dedicated interface for entering a chat room creation request. The dedicated interface may be implemented through a dedicated agent running on the user terminal 110 and may be provided through a chat room screen or web screen.

In one embodiment, the chat room creation unit 310 may connect the chat room to any one of work notes, files, and kanban cards created during the progress of the project through a link. The chat room creation unit 310 can provide a dedicated interface for entering a chat room creation request through a work note, and when a chat room is created through this, a unique link can be created connecting the chat room and the work note. Accordingly, participants in the chat room can directly access the work note through the link, and conversely, they can also directly access the chat room through the work note.

Additionally, the chat room creation unit 310 can provide a menu for requesting chat room creation through the file menu, and when a chat room is created through this, a unique link can be created connecting the chat room and the file. Accordingly, direct access from one party to the other may be possible through a unique link between the file and the chat room. Additionally, the chat room creation unit 310 can provide a dedicated interface for requesting chat room creation through a kanban card, and when a chat room is created through this, a unique link can be created connecting the chat room and the kanban card. Accordingly, direct access from one party to the other may be possible through a unique link between the Kanban card and the chat room.

When the chat room management unit 330 completes the creation of the chat room, it can manage the chat room by inserting it into a dedicated container. Here, the dedicated container may correspond to a dedicated management tool for integrated management of currently created chat rooms. A dedicated container can be implemented to provide various management functions for chat rooms, such as search, modification, and permission settings. In addition, the chat room management unit 330 can generate a unique identification code corresponding to the chat room upon completion of the chat room creation operation in conjunction with the chat room creation unit 310, and can generate a unique identification code corresponding to the chat room based on the unique identification code. You can perform various operations related to chat rooms. For example, the chat room creation unit 310 can search or sort chat rooms in a dedicated container based on a unique identification code.

In one embodiment, the chat room management unit 330 may create and provide a chat room list related to chat rooms in a dedicated container and add a link to each chat room in the chat room list. The chat room management unit 330 can provide a chat room search function through a dedicated container, and when chat rooms that meet specific conditions are searched, a chat room list (or list) can be created and provided. At this time, each of the chat rooms included in the chat room list may include a unique link connected to any one of work notes, files, and kanban cards. Accordingly, the user can directly access work notes, files, or kanban cards associated with the chat room simply by selecting a specific chat room from the chat room list.

When the chat room full view processing unit 350 receives a full view request from a specific participant participating in a specific chat room, it determines candidate chat rooms related to the full view request among the chat rooms in the dedicated container and integrates the candidate chat rooms to create one full chat room. Messages shared in each of the candidate chat rooms can be shared in time series through all chat rooms. Here, the full view request may correspond to a bundle request for a plurality of chat rooms, and according to the request, chat rooms related to specific conditions may be integrated to create one entire chat room.

At this time, the entire chat room may correspond to a virtual chat room that is created in response to a full view request and provided only to specific participants who requested a full view. When the chat room creation operation is completed, participants in each chat room automatically participate in the entire chat room as virtual participants. You can. Therefore, a specific participant can effectively obtain information about work-related people through virtual participants participating in the entire chat room, and since each work-related person does not actually participate in the entire chat room, information about the entire chat room is provided to work-related people. It may not work.

Additionally, with the creation of all chat rooms, messages shared in each chat room can be shared through all chat rooms. At this time, messages shared in each chat room can be integrated into one, sorted in chronological order based on the time of message entry, and automatically shared within all chat rooms.

When a specific participant enters a request to view all, he or she can also enter conditions that determine the chat rooms that will be bundled. For example, bundled conditions for chat rooms include availability of chat room participation, versioning of notes or files, association with plans, folders, and kanban boards, association with the note author, and creator or processor of the kanban card. This may include association with and association with hashtags.

As another example, a specific participant can directly select the chat rooms they wish to group while entering an all-view request, and the chat room all-view processing unit 350 can create all chat rooms by integrating the chat rooms selected by the specific participant. At this time, chat rooms provided for selection by a specific participant may be limited to chat rooms in which the specific participant has participation rights or viewing rights. In other words, in the case of a chat room for which a specific participant does not have permission, it may be blocked in advance and excluded from the list of chat rooms that can be selected by a specific participant.

Meanwhile, manual selection by the user can be performed in various forms. For example, methods such as the user entering the identification codes of chat rooms to be bundled, selecting chat rooms from a chat room list, or entering search-related keywords may be used.

In one embodiment, the entire chat room processing unit 350 may deactivate the entire chat room and return a specific participant to the specific chat room when a return request is received through the entire chat room. To this end, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may provide an interface for a return request within the entire chat room. In other words, a specific participant can return to the previous chat room by requesting to return at any time within the entire chat room.

Meanwhile, depending on the return request, the entire chat room may be changed to a deactivated state. Here, the deactivated state may correspond to a state in which the connection with the user input/output unit 250, such as the mouse or keyboard, is disconnected as a result of the priority of other chat rooms being higher than the entire chat room. In addition, the activation state of the entire chat room may correspond to when a specific participant is active in the chat room or enters a message, and if a specific participant returns to the original chat room and does not enter a message for a certain period of time, the entire chat room The deactivation state may continue.

That is, a specific participant can return to the previous chat room through a return request, and accordingly, mouse or keyboard input can be applied with priority to the previous chat room. However, since the entire chat room is not deactivated, a specific participant can reactivate the entire chat room by requesting to view the entire chat room again or selecting the entire chat room.

In one embodiment, the entire chat room processing unit 350 may cancel the entire chat room when the entire chat room is deactivated for longer than a preset period. For example, if the entire chat room is in an inactive state for more than one hour, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may cancel the entire chat room to reduce resource waste caused by maintaining multiple full chat rooms simultaneously. The entire chat room view processing unit 350 can set the period for releasing the entire chat room in units such as seconds, minutes, and hours. In one embodiment, the entire chat room view processing unit 350 may dynamically determine a period for releasing all chat rooms according to the number of all chat rooms currently created. For example, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may set the release period to be short as the number of all chat rooms currently created increases, so that all chat rooms in an inactive state are released as quickly as possible.

In one embodiment, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may visually distinguish and display messages shared through all chat rooms for each candidate chat room. For example, when the first to third candidate chat rooms are integrated to create one entire chat room, the entire chat room view processing unit 350 displays the messages of the first candidate chat room in red within the entire chat room, and displays the messages of the first candidate chat room in red within the entire chat room. Messages in chat rooms can be displayed in blue, and messages in third-party chat rooms can be displayed in green to visually distinguish them. Meanwhile, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may utilize not only color (font or background) but also font, font size, and emoji to visually distinguish messages in each candidate chat room.

In one embodiment, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms in which a specific participant can participate as candidate chat rooms among chat rooms in a dedicated container based on the point in time when a full view request is received. The chat room full view processing unit 350 may select candidate chat rooms by applying various criteria in response to a specific participant's full view request and then create one full chat room based on this. To this end, a specific participant can additionally enter conditions for grouping chat rooms together with a request to view all. In other words, whether a specific participant can participate may be applied as one of the conditions for bundling the entire view. Accordingly, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms in which a specific participant is participating or in which a specific participant can participate among currently created chat rooms as candidate chat rooms. As a result, during a project, people involved in work can effectively view all messages shared in chat rooms in which they can participate.

In one embodiment, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms connected through versioning of work notes or files among chat rooms in a dedicated container as candidate chat rooms. In other words, versioning of work notes or files may be applied as one of the conditions for bundling the full view. Here, versioning may correspond to the operation of dividing and managing records before and after modification as independent objects when a note or file is modified.

For example, when new work instructions are added to a work note, a work note before modification and a work note after modification may be created, and sequential versions may be given to each work note. Accordingly, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms connected to work notes or files connected by versioning based on a specific work note or file as candidate chat rooms. As a result, you can effectively view all messages shared through each chat room during the process of upgrading work notes or files related to specific work during a project.

In one embodiment, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms connected to each of the work notes, files, and kanban cards associated with each specific plan, folder, and kanban board among the chat rooms in the dedicated container as candidate chat rooms. there is. In other words, association with any one of the plan, folder, and kanban board can be applied as one of the conditions for bundling the full view. For example, if there are work notes n1 to n3 belonging to plan P, the chat room view processing unit 350 applies plan P as a grouping condition and selects chat rooms connected to work notes n1 to n3 belonging to plan P as candidate chat rooms. can be decided. As a result, the chat room overview processing unit 350 can provide an overview function in plan, folder, and kanban board units during the project.

In one embodiment, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms connected to work notes written by a specific author, based on the author of the work note, among chat rooms in a dedicated container as candidate chat rooms. In other words, association with the author of the work note can be applied as one of the conditions for grouping the entire view. For example, if plan P includes work notes n1 and n3 created by writer x and work note n2 created by writer y, the chat room view processing unit 350 applies writer After determining the chat rooms connected to n3 as candidate chat rooms, the entire chat room can be created.

In one embodiment, the chat room overview processing unit 350 selects chat rooms connected to kanban cards created or processed by a specific creator or processor based on the creator or processor of the kanban card among the chat rooms in the dedicated container as candidate chat rooms. You can decide. In other words, as one of the conditions for bundling the entire view, whether it is related to the creator or processor of the Kanban card can be applied. For example, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms connected to kanban cards created by generator z as candidate chat rooms, and chat rooms connected to kanban cards processed by processor k as candidate chat rooms. You can decide.

In one embodiment, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms associated with a specific hashtag among chat rooms in a dedicated container as candidate chat rooms. In other words, association with a hashtag may be applied as one of the conditions for bundling the entire view. The entire chat room view processing unit 350 can basically determine chat rooms connected to a specific hashtag as candidate chat rooms and create all chat rooms. To this end, at least one hashtag may be attached to each chat room, and each chat room may be searched through the hashtag.

In one embodiment, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms connected to any one of work notes, files, and kanban cards associated with a specific hashtag among chat rooms in a dedicated container as candidate chat rooms. Hashtags can be attached not only to chat rooms, but also to work notes, files, and kanban cards, and the chat room view processing unit 350 is used not only in chat rooms directly connected to the hashtags, but also indirectly connected to the hashtags through work notes, files, and kanban cards. You can create an entire chat room using a chat room.

Meanwhile, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may determine chat rooms directly selected by a specific participant as candidate chat rooms and create all chat rooms. The chat room full view processing unit 350 provides various methods for automatically or manually determining a candidate chat room to create an entire chat room according to a full view request.

In one embodiment, when the creation of the entire chat room is completed, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may restrict message input by specific participants while allowing virtual participants corresponding to work-related people participating in each of the candidate chat rooms to participate in the entire chat room. You can. Since the full chat room is limited to only specific participants who have requested full view, direct participation by work-related people participating in each candidate chat room may not be possible even if the full chat room is created. Virtual participants corresponding to work-related people participating in each candidate chat room are created and can participate in all chat rooms. Through the virtual participants, specific participants can check the information of participants participating in all chat rooms.

In addition, since the full chat room is a temporary chat room for the purpose of conveying information and only virtual participants exist in addition to specific participants, a specific participant cannot directly share messages within the full chat room by entering a message. Therefore, a specific participant can enter a new message only in the existing chat room, not in the entire chat room.

In one embodiment, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may process a message input from a specific chat room when a specific participant inputs a message within the entire chat room. For example, if participant You can enter message M. However, message M can be processed as a message input in chat room C3, not in all chat rooms T, and can be shared in chat room C3, and accordingly, it can be shared in all chat rooms T as a message in chat room C3.

In other words, the chat room full view processing unit 350 can block the message input function within the entire chat room, and even if message input is possible within the entire chat room, the actual message input processing is performed in the existing chat room, not the entire chat room. It can be done through. Messages shared in existing chat rooms can also be shared in all connected chat rooms using the full view function. Meanwhile, if participant x moves to the existing chat room C3 to enter a message, the entire chat room T may be deactivated, and as a result of participant The disabled state can be lifted.

In one embodiment, when a specific participant inputs a message within all chat rooms, the chat room full view processing unit 350 may process the message input in the chat room determined by selection of the specific participant among candidate chat rooms. To this end, the chat room overview processing unit 350 may provide a separate interface to select a chat room to process the message input from among candidate chat rooms when a message input is detected through all chat rooms. In other words, a specific participant can enter a message within all chat rooms and then select the chat room that will process the message input through the interface.

The control unit 370 controls the overall operation of the chat room providing device 130 and manages control flow or data flow between the chat room creation unit 310, the chat room management unit 330, and the chat room overview processing unit 350.

Figure 4 is a flowchart explaining a method of providing a chat room using the chat room bundling function according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the chat room providing device 130 may create a chat room in which at least one work related person participates in response to a chat room creation request during the progress of the project through the chat room creation unit 310 (step S410). When the creation of the chat room by the chat room creation unit 310 is completed, the chat room providing device 130 can manage the chat room by inserting it into a dedicated container through the chat room management unit 330 (step S430).

Thereafter, the chat room providing device 130 may receive a full view request from a specific participant participating in a specific chat room through the chat room full view processing unit 350 (step S450). Additionally, the chat room providing device 130 may determine candidate chat rooms related to the full view request among the chat rooms in the dedicated container through the chat room full view processing unit 350 (step S470). That is, the chat room providing device 130 can select highly relevant chat rooms from currently created chat rooms by applying a grouping condition regarding the overall view.

In addition, the chat room providing device 130 integrates candidate chat rooms through the chat room overview processing unit 350 to create one overall chat room, and can share messages shared in each of the candidate chat rooms in time series through all chat rooms. (Step S490). At this time, the chat room providing device 130 can display messages shared within all chat rooms by dividing them into independent colors for each chat room.

Figure 5 is a diagram explaining link connection in a chat room according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the chat room providing device 130 provides a chat room 540 with any one of the work notes 510, files 520, and kanban cards 530 created during the progress of the project through the chat room creation unit 310. ) can be connected through a link. At this time, the link may correspond to a unique link that interconnects any one of the work note 510, file 520, and kanban card 530 with the chat room 540.

Additionally, the chat room providing device 130 can manage chat rooms 540 through a dedicated container 550. That is, when the chat room providing device 130 completes the creation of the chat room 540 through the chat room management unit 330, the chat room 540 can be managed by inserting it into the dedicated container 550. Thereafter, the dedicated container 550 can be used in the process of determining candidate chat rooms related to the full view request in conjunction with the chat room full view processing unit 350.

In FIG. 5, the chat room 540 connected to the work note 510 can be engaged in by people related to the work, share work messages related to the records of the work note 510, and allow communication between people related to the work. It can be used for various communications. Additionally, the chat room 540 connected to the file 520 can allow sharers of the file 520 to participate and record the history of the file 520 as a message. In addition, the chat room 540 connected to the kanban card 530 can be attended by business participants who participate in the kanban card 530, and can share business messages regarding the progress of the work of the corresponding kanban card 530. It can be used for various communications between people.

Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating the overall view and return to a chat room according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the chat room providing device 130 may group currently created chat rooms under various conditions and provide a full view function regarding messages in each chat room. Additionally, the chat room providing device 130 may provide a full view function as well as a return function to return to the previous chat room.

In FIG. 6, participant A, while participating in a total of three chat rooms 630, can request a full view through a separate interface (or menu) provided within each chat room 630. In response to Participant A's request to view all, the chat room providing device 130 may determine the chat rooms 630 in which Participant A is currently participating as candidate chat rooms and then create all chat rooms 610. If a full view is requested by Participant B, the first chat room and the second chat room in which Participant B is currently participating may be merged into one to create a full chat room 610. At this time, if Participant B does not have permission to the third chat room, the third chat room may not be viewed when Participant B requests a full view.

Additionally, while participant A, who requested a full view, can directly participate in the all chat room 610, the remaining participants participating in each candidate chat room may not be able to directly participate in the all chat room 610. In the case of FIG. 6, along with participant A, participants B, C, That is, participants B, C, X, Y, and Z cannot directly participate in the entire chat room 610. Accordingly, participant A, who participated in the full chat room 610, can obtain information on currently participating participants through virtual participants and obtain information on work-related people related to candidate chat rooms grouped in full view.

Additionally, messages shared in each chat room 630 may be integrated and shared in chronological order within all chat rooms 610. In the case of FIG. 6, when messages 1, 2, and 3 are generated in each chat room 630 in chronological order, messages 1, 2, and 3 may be shared in all chat rooms 610 in that order. Accordingly, the full chat room view can be used as an effective means to comprehensively track and manage messages in each chat room connected under specific conditions.

Additionally, the chat room providing device 130 may provide a function to return to the previous chat room within the entire chat room 610. If a return request is entered by a specific participant A within the all chat room 610, the chat room providing device 130 may move participant A to the chat room in which the full view request was entered. At this time, the entire chat room 610 may be changed to a deactivated state, and the deactivated state may be released as participant A moves back to the entire chat room 610 or enters a message.

Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating message input in an entire chat room according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the chat room providing device 130 may create and provide a full chat room 610 in which candidate chat rooms are integrated in response to a full view request, while blocking the message input function within the full chat room 610. If a message is input within all chat rooms 610, the chat room providing device 130 can process the message input through one of the candidate chat rooms.

For example, in the case of FIG. 7, when participant A of the first candidate chat room 710 enters a request to view all, and the full chat room 610 is created, participant A sends a message through the message input window of the full chat room 610. You can enter 4. The chat room providing device 130 may block message 4 from being directly shared across the entire chat room 610 and may treat message 4 as having been entered in the previous chat room in which participant A entered the full view request. Accordingly, message 4 can be shared primarily through the first candidate chat room 710, and then message 4 can be shared secondarily through all chat rooms 610 connected to the first candidate chat room 710.

If message 4' is entered and shared through another candidate chat room between the inputs of message 3 and message 4, message 4 shared through all chat rooms 610 will be displayed as the next message of message 4' according to time series order. You can.

Meanwhile, messages from each candidate chat room shared through the entire chat room 610 may be displayed separately for each chat room. At this time, various visualization methods can be used to distinguish between messages. As another example, the messages of each candidate chat room shared through the entire chat room 610 may be displayed separately for each chat room, and the author of the message or the designated recipient of the message may also be displayed.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that you can do it.

100: Chat room provision system
110: User terminal 130: Chat room providing device
210: Processor 230: Memory
250: user input/output unit 270: network input/output unit
310: Chat room creation unit 330: Chat room management unit
350: Chat room entire view processing unit 370: Control unit

Claims (17)

A chat room creation unit that creates a chat room in which at least one work related person participates according to a chat room creation request during the progress of the project;
a chat room management unit that inserts and manages the chat room in a dedicated container when the creation of the chat room is completed; and
When a request to view all is received from a specific participant participating in a specific chat room, candidate chat rooms related to the request to view all are determined among the chat rooms in the dedicated container, the candidate chat rooms are integrated to create one overall chat room, and the candidate chat rooms are combined. It includes a chat room full view processing unit that shares the messages shared in each chat room in chronological order through the entire chat room,
The entire chat room is a virtual chat room provided only to the specific participant, and a chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function in which participants of the candidate chat rooms participate as virtual participants.
The method of claim 1, wherein the chat room creation unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that the chat room is connected to any one of work notes, files, and kanban cards created during the progress of the project through a link.
The method of claim 2, wherein the chat room management unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that it creates and provides a chat room list of chat rooms in the dedicated container and adds the link to each chat room in the chat room list.
The method of claim 1, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that when a return request is received through the entire chat room, the entire chat room is deactivated and the specific participant is returned to the specific chat room.
The method of claim 4, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that if the deactivation of the entire chat room continues beyond a preset period, the entire chat room is released.
The method of claim 1, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that messages shared through all chat rooms are visually distinguished and displayed for each candidate chat room.
The method of claim 1, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that among chat rooms in the dedicated container, chat rooms in which the specific participant can participate are determined as the candidate chat rooms based on the time of receiving the full view request.
The method of claim 2, wherein the entire chat room view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that chat rooms connected through versioning of the work note or the file among chat rooms in the dedicated container are determined as the candidate chat rooms.
The method of claim 2, wherein the entire chat room view processing unit
Providing a chat room using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that chat rooms connected to work notes, files, and kanban cards associated with each specific plan, folder, and kanban board among the chat rooms in the dedicated container are determined as the candidate chat rooms. Device.
The method of claim 2, wherein the entire chat room view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that among chat rooms in the dedicated container, chat rooms connected to work notes written by a specific writer based on the author of the work note are determined as the candidate chat rooms.
The method of claim 2, wherein the entire chat room view processing unit
A chat room bundling function, characterized in that among the chat rooms in the dedicated container, chat rooms connected to kanban cards created or processed by a specific creator or processor based on the creator or processor of the kanban card are determined as the candidate chat rooms. A chat room provision device used.
The method of claim 1, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that chat rooms associated with a specific hashtag among chat rooms in the dedicated container are determined as the candidate chat rooms.
The method of claim 2, wherein the entire chat room view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that among chat rooms in the dedicated container, chat rooms connected to any one of the work notes, files, and kanban cards associated with a specific hashtag are selected as the candidate chat rooms.
The method of claim 1, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
When the creation of the entire chat room is completed, virtual participants corresponding to work-related people participating in each of the candidate chat rooms are included in the entire chat room while limiting message input by the specific participant using the chat room bundling function. Chat room provision device.
The method of claim 14, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that when the specific participant inputs a message within the entire chat room, the message is processed as input from the specific chat room.
The method of claim 14, wherein the chat room full view processing unit
A chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function, characterized in that when the specific participant inputs a message within the entire chat room, the message is processed as input from a chat room determined by the specific participant's selection among the candidate chat rooms.
In the method of providing a chat room using a chat room bundling function performed in a chat room providing device using a chat room bundling function including a chat room creation unit, a chat room management unit, and a chat room full view processing unit,
Creating a chat room in which at least one work related person participates according to a chat room creation request during the progress of the project, through the chat room creation unit;
When the creation of the chat room is completed, inserting and managing the chat room into a dedicated container through the chat room management unit; and
When a full view request is received from a specific participant participating in a specific chat room through the chat room full view processing unit, candidate chat rooms related to the full view request are determined among the chat rooms in the dedicated container, and the candidate chat rooms are integrated to form a single whole. Creating a chat room and sharing messages shared in each of the candidate chat rooms in chronological order through all chat rooms,
The entire chat room is a virtual chat room provided only to the specific participant, and a method of providing a chat room using a chat room bundling function in which participants of the candidate chat rooms participate as virtual participants.