TWI829159B - Method, computer device, and computer program to control timeline service using blacklist - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method, a computer device and a computer program for controlling a timeline service using a blacklist. A timeline service that utilizes follow-based subscription relationships can be provided as a function of communication software that utilizes a social graph based on friend relationships. In this case, the account that the user has set as a mask object in the timeline service will be blacklisted. The list is managed, and the functions provided by the timeline service can be controlled based on the blacklist.

Description

Methods, computer devices and computer programs for controlling timeline services using blacklists

The following description involves technology for providing timeline services within instant messaging software.

Communication software services such as social network services (SNS) or instant messaging services support post-based interactions by forming relationships between users.

Communication software services can provide information to users through different environments. For example, communication software services can provide updated information on users' connection relationships, post updated information, content recommendations, and many other types of information items.

For example, South Korea's authorized patent No. 10-1754373 (grant date: June 29, 2017) disclosed technology for using social network services (SNS) to manage posts.

Some communication software services can provide a view method for reading posts through the timeline type. Recently, the timeline type post display method is mainly used to quickly update content and achieve personal communication for consumption.

Invent the problem you want to solve

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a timeline service that can change the subscription relationship from friend-based to follow-based as a service in instant messaging software.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a timeline service that can be controlled by a blacklist different from the friend mask list of instant messaging software.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a timeline service that can limit recommendations for guiding new accounts to follow based on a blacklist.

Technical means to solve problems

The timeline control method provided by the present invention is executed by a computer device. The computer device includes at least one processor for executing a plurality of computer readable instructions stored in the memory, and provides a timeline service as a social network based on friend relationships. As a function of the communication software of the graph, the above-mentioned timeline service provides a timeline based on the subscription relationship that is not related to the above-mentioned social graph. The above-mentioned timeline control method includes: a management step, through the above-mentioned at least one processor, The accounts set as mask objects by users in the timeline service are managed as blacklists; and the control step is to use the blacklist to control the recommendation function provided by the timeline service through the at least one processor.

According to an embodiment, the above control step may include the following step: in the above timeline service, restrict the recommendation of accounts included in the above blacklist or the posts of the above account.

According to yet another embodiment, the above-mentioned control steps may include the following steps: in the above-mentioned timeline service, cancel the following relationship with the account that is included in the above-mentioned blacklist.

According to yet another embodiment, the above-mentioned control step may include the step of, in the above-mentioned timeline service, hiding and processing posts of accounts included in the above-mentioned blacklist in the timeline feed area.

According to another embodiment, the above-mentioned control step may include the following step: in the above-mentioned timeline service, excluding the account included in the above-mentioned blacklist from reading permission of the above-mentioned user's posts.

According to yet another embodiment, the above control step may include the step of, in the above timeline service, restricting replies from accounts that are notified of being included in the above blacklist.

According to another embodiment, the above control step may include the following step: in the above timeline service, the reply records of the accounts included in the above blacklist are hidden.

According to yet another embodiment, in the above management step, the blacklist can be managed through a mask directory different from the friend mask directory of the communication software.

According to yet another embodiment, the above-mentioned management steps may include the following steps: in the above-mentioned timeline service, by providing a screen of relevant avatar information of each account, a screen of providing a fan directory of the above-mentioned user, and a screen of providing a history of replies to the above-mentioned user. At least one of the screens to provide blacklisting functionality.

According to yet another embodiment, the above-mentioned management steps may include the following steps: providing a blacklist function for the corresponding account at the friend mask time point in the above-mentioned communication software.

The present invention provides a computer program, which is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to cause a computer device to execute the above timeline control method.

The present invention provides a computer device, which includes at least one processor for executing a plurality of computer-readable instructions stored in a memory, and provides a timeline service as a function of communication software utilizing a social graph based on friend relationships, The above-mentioned timeline service provides a timeline based on a subscription relationship that is not associated with the above-mentioned social graph, and the above-mentioned at least one processor performs the following steps: blacklisting the account set as a mask object by the user in the above-mentioned timeline service. Management; and use the above blacklist to control the recommendation functions provided by the above timeline service.

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

Embodiments of the present invention relate to technology for providing timeline services in instant messaging software.

According to multiple embodiments including the specific disclosure content in this specification, a timeline service using a subscription relationship based on attention can be provided as a function of instant messaging software, rather than based on friends. In this case, it can be based on Communication software's friend mask directory has nothing to do with the blacklist control timeline service.

The timeline service system in the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by at least one computer device, and the timeline service method in the embodiment of the present invention can be executed by at least one computer device included in the timeline service system. In this case, the computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention can be installed in a computer device and driven, and the computer device can execute the timeline service method according to the embodiment of the present invention under the control of the driven computer program. In order to execute the timeline service method in the computer after being combined with the computer device, the above-mentioned computer program can be stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment in the example shown in FIG. 1 includes multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140, multiple servers 150, 160, and a network 170. FIG. 1 is an example for explaining the present invention. The number of electronic devices or the number of servers is not limited to the number shown in FIG. 1 . Moreover, the network environment in FIG. 1 is only used to illustrate an example of the environment applicable to this embodiment, and the environment applicable to this embodiment is not limited to the network environment shown in FIG. 1 .

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals embodied by computer devices. For example, the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 are smart phones, mobile phones, navigators, computers, notebook computers, digital broadcast terminals, personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable Multimedia player (PMP, Portable Multimedia Player), tablet computer, etc. As an example, in FIG. 1 , an example of the electronic device 110 shows the shape of a smartphone. However, in embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 may actually utilize wireless communication or wired communication and communicate through the network 170 One of multiple physical computer devices that communicates with multiple other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and/or servers 150, 160.

The communication method is not limited to this, and may be a communication method using a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired network, a wireless network, and a broadcast network) that may be included in the category of network 170. Not only that, it may also include multiple Near field wireless communication between devices. For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), or a wide area network. (WAN, wide area network), broadband network (BBN, broadband network), the Internet and other networks, any one or more of them. Furthermore, the network 170 may include more than one network topology including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star bus network, a tree network, a hierarchical network, etc., but It is not limited to this.

The servers 150 and 160 may be a computer device or multiple computer devices that communicate with multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 through the network 170 to provide instructions, codes, files, content, services, etc. For example, the server 150 can be a system that provides services (eg, instant messaging services) to multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 connected to the network 170.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 and the plurality of servers 150 and 160 described above can be implemented by the computer device 200 shown in FIG. 2 respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the computer device 200 may include a memory 210 , a processor 220 , a communication interface 230 and an input-output interface 240 . As a computer-readable recording medium, the memory 210 may include non-volatile large-capacity storage devices (permanent) such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and magnetic disk drives. mass storage device). Among them, non-volatile large-capacity storage devices such as read-only memory and magnetic disk drives can also be provided in the computer device 200 as a separate permanent storage device different from the memory 210 . Furthermore, the operating system and at least one program code may be stored in the memory 210 . A plurality of such software structural elements may be loaded into the memory 210 from a separate computer-readable recording medium different from the memory 210 . Such independent computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy disk drives, hard disks, magnetic tapes, DVD/CD-ROM drives, and memory cards. In another embodiment, multiple software structural components can also be loaded into the memory 210 through the communication interface 230 instead of a computer-readable recording medium. For example, a plurality of software components may be loaded into the memory 210 of the computer device 200 based on a computer program configured in a plurality of files received through the network 170 .

The processor 220 can process the instructions of the computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logical, and input-output operations. Instructions may be provided to processor 220 via memory 210 or communication interface 230. For example, the processor 220 may use program codes stored in a storage device such as the memory 210 to execute the received instructions.

The communication interface 230 may provide functions for mutual communication between the computer device 200 and other devices (eg, the multiple storage devices described previously) through the network 170 . As an example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 can cause requests or instructions, data, files, etc. generated by program codes stored in storage devices such as the memory 210 to be controlled by the communication interface 230 and transmitted to other devices through the network 170 . On the contrary, the computer device 200 can receive signals or instructions, data, files, etc. sent from other devices through the network 170 and using the communication interface 230 of the computer device 200 . Therefore, signals, instructions, data, etc. received through the communication interface 230 can be transmitted to the processor 220 or the memory 210, and files, etc. can be stored in a storage medium (the above-mentioned permanent storage device) that the computer device 200 can also include.

The input-output interface 240 may be an interface unit for the input-output device 250 . For example, input devices may include microphones, keyboards, mice, etc., and output devices may include displays, speakers, and other devices. As another example, the input-output interface 240 may also be a unit used to connect to a device such as a touch screen that integrates input functions and output functions. The input/output device 250 may be integrated with the computer device 200 .

Moreover, in another embodiment, the computer device 200 may also include fewer or more structural elements than those shown in FIG. 2 . However, most structural elements in the prior art need not be shown explicitly. For example, the computer device 200 may include at least part of the above-mentioned input and output devices 250, or may also include other structural elements such as a transceiver and a database.

The following describes specific embodiments of the method and system for recommending accounts in the timeline service.

In this specification, communication software refers to a communication space based on a relationship network, such as instant messaging software. Communication software can provide chat services, timeline services, call services, etc. to users who have set up friend relationships through the friend adding process based on phone numbers or account numbers (IDs). But it is not limited to this, and can be extended to any space for communication based on friend relationships and through various communication functions.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of structural elements that may include a processor of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method executable by the computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The computer device 200 of this embodiment can provide instant messaging services by accessing dedicated applications or web/mobile web pages. The computer device 200 can build a timeline service system implemented by a computer. As an example, the timeline service system can be an independently operated program, or can be an in-app form of a specific application to implement the above-mentioned operations on the specific application.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may include an account recommendation unit 310 , a subscription relationship setting unit 320 and a post providing unit 330 as structural elements for executing the timeline service method described below. Depending on the embodiment, processor 220 may selectively include or exclude various structural elements of processor 220. Moreover, according to the embodiment, in order to realize the functions of the processor 220, multiple structural elements of the processor 220 may also be separated or combined.

The above-mentioned processor 220 and multiple structural elements of the processor 220 can control the computer device 200 to execute multiple steps included in the timeline service method described below. For example, the processor 220 and multiple structural elements of the processor 220 can execute the code of the operating system included in the memory 210 and instructions based on at least one program code.

The plurality of structural elements of the processor 220 may be expressions of different functions executed by the processor 220 according to instructions provided by the program code stored in the computer device 200 . For example, as a functional expression for controlling the processor 220 of the computer device 200 based on the above instructions for the purpose of causing the computer device 200 to recommend accounts on the instant messaging software, the account recommendation unit 310 can be used.

The processor 220 can read the required instructions from the memory 210 loaded with control-related instructions of the computer device 200 . In this case, the above-mentioned instructions read may include instructions required to control the processor 220 in a manner that causes the processor 220 to execute the timeline service method described below.

The timeline service method described below may be executed in a sequence different from that shown in the figure, in which some of the steps may be omitted, or additional steps may be included.

The steps included in the timeline service method can be executed by a client installed with instant messaging software. According to the embodiment, some of the steps can also be executed by the server 150 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , in step S410 , the account recommendation unit 310 may recommend an account related to the user among the accounts on the instant messaging software as a communication software as an account for timeline subscription. This embodiment can provide a timeline service as a function of instant messaging software. In particular, a subscription environment for timeline posts can be provided based on attention rather than friends. The account recommendation part 310 can recommend accounts on the instant messaging software so that users can set timeline subscriptions based on following relationships. As an example, the account recommendation unit 310 can provide accounts in the instant messaging software that are set as friends with the user. That is, the account recommendation unit 310 can provide friends of the instant messaging software by recommending accounts. In this case, the recommended account may include an ordinary account (personal account) or an official account that has a relationship with the user through the friending process based on phone number or account (ID) in the instant messaging software. As another example, the account recommendation unit 310 may provide accounts corresponding to the user's interests as recommended accounts among the accounts on the instant messaging software. Promoted accounts can be recommended. For example, among influencer accounts with more than a specified number of fans (followers), influencer accounts that match the user's interest content can be recommended. The account recommendation unit 310 may display, among the recommended accounts for timeline subscription, followed accounts with a subscription relationship set and unfollowing accounts without a subscription relationship set.

In step S420, the subscription relationship setting unit 320 may set the subscription relationship based on the user's attention setting on some of the recommended accounts. In other words, the subscription relationship setting unit 320 can set a follow-based subscription relationship for timeline subscription through a relationship that has nothing to do with friends in the instant messaging software. The subscription relationship setting unit 320 can set a subscription relationship for unlisted accounts among the recommended accounts through user settings, and can also cancel the subscription relationship for the currently followed account.

In step S430, the post providing part 330 may provide posts of the followed account in a timeline type through a follow-based subscription relationship. In the timeline service, a viewing method for viewing posts uploaded by instant messaging software accounts can be provided based on the timeline. In this case, posts of the accounts followed by the user can be provided based on the current time sequence. Therefore, the post providing unit 330 may provide the user's posts based on the timeline and the posts of the account based on the following subscription relationship setting. The timeline provided as a service of the instant messaging software can be converted from a subscription relationship based on friends of the instant messaging software to a subscription relationship based on attention.

In the process of providing timeline services in instant messaging software using social graphs based on friend relationships, the present invention can provide timeline services based on attention social graphs that are not associated with social graphs based on friend relationships.

5 to 8 are illustrative diagrams for illustrating the attention-based subscription relationship setting process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In instant messaging software, if the timeline service is accessed, user-guided attention for changing the friend-based subscription relationship applied to an existing subscription list to a follow-based subscription relationship can be provided.

As an example, the processor 220 may provide an account recommendation screen in the form of a tutorial to find new followers and set up subscription relationships.

Referring to Figure 5, in the service screen 500 where the instant messaging software provides other functions (chat service or call service, etc.), if the "timeline" menu 501 for accessing the timeline service is selected, the processor 220 can use the introduction page 50 receives the user's selection to determine whether to maintain the friend-based subscription list or change it to a follow-based subscription list.

As shown in FIG. 6 , when the user requests to change to an attention-based subscription list through the introduction page 50 , the processor 220 may provide an interest setting screen 610 for setting the user's interests.

The interest setting screen 610 may include a category directory 611 for categorizing instant messaging software accounts or posts. During the process of creating an instant messaging software account or registering a post, you can set relevant categories, so that accounts or posts can be classified according to categories.

The user can select one or more categories corresponding to his or her interests in the category directory 611 of the interest setting screen 610. If the user's interest setting is completed, the processor 220 can use the account corresponding to the user's interest among the accounts on the instant messaging software as a recommended account. supply.

As shown in FIG. 7 , if the user interest setting is completed, the processor 220 may provide an internet celebrity recommendation screen 720 . The processor 220 may provide an Internet celebrity recommendation directory 721 composed of Internet celebrity accounts that match the user's interest content among Internet celebrity accounts with more than a specified number of fans.

At least one post of the corresponding account (for example, the most recently uploaded post, the post with the most replies, etc.) can be displayed according to each account included in the Internet celebrity recommendation directory 721, and a "follow" menu for follow settings can be provided. 72 as a subscription relationship. Among the recommended accounts, a "follow" menu 72 can be provided for the unfollowed accounts that the user has not followed. On the other hand, for the followed accounts that the user has followed, the following status can be displayed and an "unfollow" menu can be provided to unfollow the following settings. .

Users can use the Internet celebrity recommendation directory 721 to find Internet celebrity accounts with the same interests, and can set up subscription relationships by following.

When the user requests the next recommended directory, the processor 220 may provide a friend recommendation screen 730. The processor 220 can provide a friend recommendation directory 731 composed of accounts that have a relationship with the user based on a friend adding process such as a phone number or an account number (ID) in a common account on the instant messaging software.

The “follow” menu 73 for follow settings may be provided according to each account included in the friend recommendation directory 731 as a subscription relationship. Among the recommended accounts, a "follow" menu 73 can be provided for unfollowed accounts that the user has not followed. On the other hand, for followed accounts that the user has followed, the following status can be displayed and an "unfollow" menu can be provided to unfollow the account. .

In addition to ordinary accounts, the processor 220 may recommend official accounts.

As shown in Figure 8, when the user requests the next recommended directory, the processor 220 may provide an official account recommendation screen 840. The processor 220 may provide an official account recommendation directory 841 composed of accounts that have a relationship with the user in the official account on the instant messaging software based on the friend addition process such as phone number or account number (ID).

The "Follow" menu 84 for following settings may be provided according to each account included in the official account recommendation directory 841 as a subscription relationship. Among the recommended accounts, a "follow" menu 84 can be provided for the unfollowed accounts that the user has not followed. On the other hand, for the followed accounts that the user has followed, the following status can be displayed and an "unfollow" menu can be provided to unfollow the following settings. .

The friend recommendation directory 731 and the official account recommendation directory 841 may also be provided in one directory instead of being provided in separate directories.

In the timeline service, instead of setting all instant messaging software friends (official accounts set as friends' ordinary accounts) as subscription relationships, subscription relationships can be selectively set based on the attention set directly by the user.

If the following setting based on the recommended account is completed, the processor 220 may provide the timeline service screen 800 based on the following subscription relationship.

The processor 220 performs attention migration (migration) for the timeline by changing the friend-based subscription relationship to the attention-based subscription relationship, thereby providing a timeline feed of the attention-based subscription relationship.

Referring to FIG. 8 , in the timeline service screen 800 , the post directory subscribed by the user is displayed in a timeline type, and the posts 80 of the account followed by the user can be displayed in order according to the current time.

Furthermore, the timeline service screen 800 may include a list of accounts currently followed by the user 801, and when a specific account is selected from the list of followed accounts 801, a list of posts of the selected account may be provided.

The timeline service screen 800 may also include a menu 802 for adding a following account, a menu 803 for confirming various publicly known matters related to the timeline service, etc., a menu 804 for confirming following accounts, fan accounts, and other related user concerns, etc. .

Thus, the processor 220 can recommend Internet celebrity accounts that the user follows, ordinary accounts or official accounts that have a friend relationship with the user, in order to find new followers and set up subscription relationships.

In this embodiment, the friend mask directory and blacklist of the instant messaging software can be managed separately in the timeline service, and the blacklist can be used to control the functions provided by the timeline service.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of using a blacklist to control functions in a timeline according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The steps of FIG. 9 may be included in the timeline service method illustrated with FIG. 4 , and according to embodiments, part of the steps may also be executed by the server 150 .

Referring to FIG. 9 , in step S940 , the processor 220 may maintain and manage the accounts set as mask objects by the user in the timeline service as a blacklist. In this case, the processor 220 may manage the blacklist of the timeline service through a mask directory (hereinafter referred to as the "timeline blacklist") that is different from the friend mask directory of the instant messaging software. Processor 220 may provide blacklisting and unblacklisting functionality in a variety of contexts for specific accounts. The processor 220 may add a specific account to the timeline blacklist based on a user request from the blacklisting function, and may remove the specific account from the timeline blacklist based on a user request from the blacklist removal function. The processor 220 can provide a screen for accessing the timeline service. For example, it can provide an avatar screen that provides avatar information based on the account, a fan directory screen that collects and displays user-related fan directories, a reply history screen that collects and displays user-related reply history, etc. to provide blacklisting functionality. Furthermore, during the friend masking process of the instant messaging software, the processor 220 may provide a blacklisting function through a confirmation method used to determine whether to include the corresponding account in the timeline blacklist. Furthermore, the processor 220 can provide an interface that can access the timeline blacklist through timeline environment settings, etc. In this case, the blacklist removal function that can unmask based on the account can be provided by accessing the timeline blacklist. . In addition, for accounts included in the timeline blacklist, the blacklist function can also be provided through the avatar screen, etc.

In step S950, the processor 220 may use the timeline blacklist to collectively control multiple functions provided by the timeline service. Among the functions provided by the timeline service, the processor 220 can use the timeline blacklist to control privacy-related functions. In particular, the processor 220 may control a recommendation function (recommendation control function) of recommending accounts or posts in the timeline service based on the timeline blacklist. In other words, as a restriction function for recommendations, the processor 220 may control accounts blacklisted in the timeline or posts of corresponding accounts not to be exposed to the timeline recommendation area. When user A blacklists user B in the timeline, the account and posts of the corresponding person will not be recommended in the timeline recommendation area between user A and user B. If you are removed from the timeline blacklist after being included in the timeline blacklist, you can reappear in the timeline recommendation area.

In addition to the recommendation control function, the processor 220 may use the timeline blacklist to provide a follow control function for unfollowing the relationship, a feed control function for hiding processed posts in the timeline feed area, and a limit post At least one of the read permission control functions of the read permission.

The follow control function is a function to temporarily terminate the relationship with users who follow me. When user A blacklists user B in the timeline, it can prevent the follow button from being exposed. The above follow button is used for the follow between user A and user B. Remove avatars from the directory or user interfaces (UI) used to attract attention in posts, etc. After being added to the timeline blacklist, even if you are removed from the timeline blacklist, you can still maintain the status of being deleted from the following directory and expose the follow button on your avatar or post.

The feed control function is a function that restricts the posts of accounts blacklisted on the timeline from being fed to the timeline. When user A blacklists user B on the timeline, it can prevent the posts of the corresponding objects between user A and user B. Text is exposed to the timeline feed.

The read permission control function is a function that prevents posts set to friends on instant messaging software from being published to friends with accounts blacklisted in the timeline. The read permission control function is only valid for friends' public posts and does not apply to all public posts. When user A blacklists user B in the timeline, the post reading permission between user A and user B can be excluded. In this case, read permission can also be restricted for posts uploaded at a point in time before being blacklisted from the timeline. After being added to the timeline blacklist and then removed from the timeline blacklist, the post read permission can be restored again.

Furthermore, the processor 220 may utilize the timeline blacklist to provide a notification control function for limiting timeline-related notifications and a reply management control function for limiting reply history management.

The notification control function is a control function used to prevent replies to related notifications. When user A blacklists user B in the timeline, it can prevent all reply notifications of the corresponding object from being generated between user A and user B. If you are removed from the timeline blacklist after being included in the timeline blacklist, you can become a target of reply notification again.

The reply management control function is a function for hiding reply records related to the processing timeline. When user A blacklists user B in the timeline, the reply records between user A and user B can be hidden. The processing of the history recorded as replies in the timeline service can be hidden. For example, the processing of likes or comments (comments) left by each object or a third party can be hidden, or when a third party shares the content of each object. When posting, you can hide and process the number of views (view count) of the corresponding post or each object, etc.

As described above, the processor 220 can utilize the timeline blacklist to collectively control various privacy functions provided by the timeline service. Therefore, not only can the timeline blacklist be used to prevent each other from recommending accounts or posts, but also the following relationship between each other can be initialized to prevent each other from following each other, thus making it impossible for each other to confirm each other's posts and prevent them from following each other. Confirm each other's replies (likes or comments, etc.).

10 to 16 are illustrative diagrams for explaining the blacklist inclusion process or the blacklist removal process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 shows an avatar screen 1000 for a specific account accessible in the timeline service.

The avatar screen 1000 may also include a "more" menu 1001 for providing additional functions related to the avatar.

When the "more" menu 1001 is selected from the avatar screen 1000, the processor 220 may provide a "blacklist" menu 1011 for blacklisting the account of the corresponding avatar in the timeline through the menu directory screen 1010.

In the timeline service, users can add the account to be masked to the timeline blacklist through the avatar screen 1000.

As shown in Figure 11, in the case where the "Blacklist" menu 1011 is selected, the processor 220 can provide a guidance screen 1020 for user confirmation before actually performing the inclusion work, including the time due to inclusion in the timeline blacklist. Produced restricted content.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 12, when the "more" menu 1001 is selected from the avatar screen 1000 of the account that has been blacklisted in the timeline, the processor 220 can provide "unblacklist" through the related menu directory screen 1010. Menu 1012 is used to remove the account with the corresponding avatar from the timeline blacklist.

In the timeline service, users can remove the accounts they want to follow again from the timeline blacklist through the avatar screen 1000.

Figure 13 illustrates a following list screen 1300 accessible in the timeline service.

Referring to FIG. 13 , the following list screen 1300 may include a fan list of the following user, and each account included in the fan list may include a “more” menu 1301 .

When the "more" menu 1301 of a specific account is selected in the fan directory of the following directory screen 1300, the processor 220 can provide an "include" function for blacklisting the corresponding account in the timeline through the related menu directory screen 1310. Blacklist" menu 1311.

When the "Blacklist" menu 1311 is selected, the processor 220 may direct restricted content resulting from timeline blacklisting before the job is actually listed.

In the timeline service, the user can add the account to be masked to the timeline blacklist by following the directory screen 1300 .

Figure 14 shows a history screen 1400 accessible in the timeline service.

The history screen 1400 may be a type of interface screen that collects and displays user reply history.

Referring to Figure 14, the history screen 1400 may include a directory of accounts that viewed user posts in the timeline service, a directory of accounts that liked user posts, etc. Each account included in the account directory may also include a "more" menu 1401.

When the "more" menu 1401 of a specific account is selected from the account directory of the history screen 1400, the processor 220 may provide a "blacklist" for blacklisting the corresponding account in the timeline through the related menu directory screen 1410. List" menu 1411.

When the "Blacklist" menu 1411 is selected, the processor 220 may direct restricted content resulting from timeline blacklisting before the job is actually listed.

In the timeline service, users can add accounts to be masked to the timeline blacklist through the history screen 1400.

Figure 15 shows the friend list screen 1500 of the instant messaging software.

In the process of masking instant messaging software friends, the processor 220 may blacklist the corresponding account in the timeline based on the user's request.

Referring to FIG. 15 , at a point in time when the user request based on the friend directory screen 1500 completes friend masking related to a specific account, the processor 220 may provide a masking result screen 1510 for guiding the friend masking result. In this case, the processor 220 may A "Blacklist" menu 1511 for blacklisting the corresponding account from the timeline is provided via the mask results screen 1510.

During the friend masking process through the friend list screen 1500 of the instant messaging software, the user can also blacklist the corresponding account in the timeline.

The processor 220 can separately manage the timeline blacklist as the user's mask account directory in a mask directory that is different from the friend mask directory of the instant messaging software through various channels related to the timeline service.

FIG. 16 shows an environment setting screen 1600 of the timeline service.

Referring to FIG. 16 , the environment setting screen 1600 may include a setting menu directory related to the timeline service. In this case, a "timeline blacklist" menu 1602 may be included as an interface for accessing the timeline blacklist.

When "timeline blacklist" is selected, the processor 220 may provide a directory 1610 of accounts included in the timeline blacklist, and may provide an "unblacklist" function for removing the corresponding account from the timeline blacklist according to each account included in the account directory 1610. List" menu 1612.

The user can confirm the accounts included in the timeline blacklist through the environment setting screen 1600, and can remove the accounts to be followed again from the timeline blacklist.

As such, embodiments of the present invention can provide timeline services that utilize attention-based subscription relationships through functions included in the instant messaging software, rather than based on friends. Therefore, the friend mask directory can be used through a friend mask directory that is different from the instant messaging software. The blacklist control timeline service, in particular, can be used to limit recommendations for following new accounts using the timeline service.

The device described above can be implemented by hardware structural components, software structural components, and/or a combination of hardware structural components and software structural components. For example, the devices and structural elements described in the embodiments may utilize processors, controllers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs), digital signal processors (digital signal processors), microcomputers, field programmable gate arrays ( FPGA (field programmable gate array), programmable logic unit (PLU), microprocessor or other device that can execute and respond to instructions is at least one general-purpose computer or special-purpose computer embodiment. The processing device can execute an operating system (OS) and at least one software application executed on the operating system. Furthermore, the processing device can access, store, operate, process and generate data in response to the execution of the software. For ease of understanding, although only one processing device is used, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the processing device may include multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing. element. For example, a processing device may include multiple processors or a processor and a controller. Furthermore, other processing configurations such as parallel processors may also be included.

Software may include computer programs, codes, instructions, or a combination of more than one of them, and can constitute a processing device in a manner that performs work as required or independently or collectively contribute to a processing device. The device issues the command. The software and/or data may be embodied as any type of machine, structural component, physical device, computer storage medium or device for the purpose of interpretation by, or for the purpose of providing instructions or data to, the processing device. The software is distributed across computer systems connected through a network so that it can be stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on at least one computer-readable recording medium.

The method of the embodiment is embodied in the form of program instructions executed by a variety of computer units and recorded on a computer-readable medium. In this case, the media may also be temporarily stored for the continued storage, execution, or downloading of computer executable programs. Moreover, the media can be a single multiple recording devices or storage devices or multiple recording devices or storage devices combined by multiple hardware. It is not limited to media directly connected to a certain computer system, and can also be media dispersed on the network. . As examples, media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic disks, optical recording media such as CD-ROM and DVD, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and read-only memories. , random access memory, flash memory and other devices used to store program instruction languages. Examples of other media include an application store for distributing applications, a website that provides or distributes various other software, and a recording medium or storage medium managed by a server or the like.

Although the embodiments have been described above through limited embodiments and drawings, those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can make various technical modifications and variations based on the above content. For example, even if the described technology is performed in a different order than the described method and/or the described system, structure, device, circuit and other structural elements are combined or combined in a different implementation than the described method, or even if Suitable results may also be achieved if they are replaced or replaced by other structural elements or equivalent technical solutions.

Therefore, other implementations, other examples, and content equivalent to the scope of the patent application also fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an illustrative diagram illustrating structural elements of a processor that may include a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method executable by a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 8 are illustrative diagrams for illustrating the attention-based subscription relationship setting process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of using a blacklist to control functions in a timeline according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 to 16 are illustrative diagrams for explaining the blacklist inclusion process or the blacklist removal process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (20)

A timeline control method, executed by a computer device, wherein the computer device includes at least one processor for executing a plurality of computer-readable instructions stored in a memory to provide a timeline service as a social graph utilizing friend relationships. As a function of the communication software, the timeline service provides a timeline of follow-based subscription relationships that is not related to the social graph. In the timeline service, the posts of the accounts that the user follows are arranged in chronological order. These user following accounts are at least partially different from the user's friend accounts of the social graph based on friend relationships; the timeline control method includes: a management step, through the at least one processor, setting the user in the timeline service to The account of the mask object is managed as a blacklist; and the control step is to use the blacklist to control the recommendation function provided by the timeline service through the at least one processor, wherein whether the account in the blacklist is For accounts among such friend accounts, the posts of accounts on the blacklist will not be exposed in the timeline service. For example, in requesting the timeline control method of item 1, the control step includes the following steps: in the timeline service, restricting the recommendation of accounts included in the blacklist or posts from accounts on the blacklist. For example, the timeline control method of request item 1, wherein the control step includes the following steps: in the timeline service, cancel the following relationship with the account that is included in the blacklist. For example, the timeline control method of request item 1, wherein the control step includes the following steps: in the timeline service, hiding and processing the posts of the account that is included in the blacklist in the timeline feed area. For example, the timeline control method of claim 1, wherein the control step includes the following steps: in the timeline service, the account that is included in the blacklist is excluded from reading permission for the user's posts. For example, the timeline control method of request item 1, wherein the control step includes the following steps: in the timeline service, restrict replies from accounts that are notified of being included in the blacklist. For example, in the timeline control method of request item 1, the control step includes the following steps: in the timeline service, reply records of accounts that are included in the blacklist are hidden and processed. For example, in the timeline control method of claim 1, in the management step, the blacklist is managed through a mask directory that is different from the friend mask directory of the communication software. For example, the timeline control method of claim 1, wherein the management step includes the following steps, in the timeline service, by providing a screen of relevant avatar information of each account, a screen of providing the user's fan directory, and providing a screen for the user's fan directory. At least one of the user's reply history screens is provided to provide blacklisting functionality. For example, in requesting the timeline control method of item 1, the management step includes the following steps: providing a blacklist function for the corresponding account at the friend mask time point in the communication software. A computer program, which is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in order to cause a computer device to execute the timeline control method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A computer device, which includes at least one processor for executing a plurality of computer-readable instructions stored in a memory, and providing a timeline service as a function of communication software utilizing a social graph based on friend relationships. The time The online service provides a timeline of follow-based subscription relationships that is not associated with the social graph, wherein in the timeline service, the posts of accounts followed by the user are arranged in chronological order, and the accounts followed by the user are at least partially related to the user's The friend accounts of the social graph based on the friend relationship are different, and the at least one processor performs the following steps: managing the accounts set as mask objects by the user in the timeline service as a blacklist; and using the blacklist to The recommendation function provided by the timeline service is controlled, wherein, regardless of whether the account in the blacklist is an account in the friend account, the posts of the account in the blacklist will not be exposed in the timeline service. The computer device of claim 12, wherein in the timeline service, the at least one processor limits recommendations of accounts included in the blacklist or posts from accounts in the blacklist. The computer device of claim 12, wherein in the timeline service, the at least one processor releases the following relationship with the account that is included in the blacklist. The computer device of claim 12, wherein in the timeline service, the at least one processor hides and processes posts of accounts included in the blacklist to the timeline feed area. The computer device of claim 12, wherein in the timeline service, the at least one processor excludes the account included in the blacklist from reading permission of the user's posts. The computer device of claim 12, wherein in the timeline service, the at least one processor limits replies to notifications of accounts that are included in the blacklist. The computer device of claim 12, wherein in the timeline service, the at least one processor hides and processes reply records of accounts that are included in the blacklist. The computer device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor manages the blacklist through a mask directory that is different from the friend mask directory of the communication software. The computer device of claim 12, wherein in the timeline service, the at least one processor provides a picture of the user's fan directory by providing a picture of avatar information related to each account. The blacklisting functionality is provided by at least one of a screen that provides a reply history for the user.