WO2006049411A1

WO2006049411A1 - Method for providing the sympathy of the classified objects having the property and computer readable medium processing the method

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Publication number: WO2006049411A1
Application number: PCT/KR2005/003627
Authority: WO
Inventors: Deuk Hee Park; Boh Yoon Park; Hwa Yun Suh; Sung Chul Shin; Hee Young Ahn; Kyoung Su Lee; Kyung Sun Jo; Yong Ho Hwang
Original assignee: Sk Communications Corp.
Priority date: 2004-10-30
Filing date: 2005-10-29
Publication date: 2006-05-11

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing a degree of matching between topical classified objects having properties, including the steps of inputting object information f roma user and generating objects classified according to the user's interest field; generating posts in the generated objects; and numerically expressing a degree of matching with objects of other users.

Description

METHOD FORPROVIDINGTHE SYMPATHYOFTHE CLASSIFIED OBJECTS HAVING THE PROPERTY AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM PROCESSING THE METHOD

TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relation relates to a method for interlinking contents between users on web sites, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for providing the sympathy of the classified objects having the property and a computer-readable medium for processing the method.

BACKGROUND ART

In general, a blog, which is a newly-coined word that is a combination of 'Web' implying the Internet and 'logs' implying a ship's journal, is being understood as a new on-line medium on which columns, diaries, articles and the like are put to formpublic opinions.

Although the blog seems to be similar to an existing Internet bulletin board in which individuals put their writings, it has a great significance as individual media in that it makes a field of forming a high level of public opinions by continuing to update peculiar contents. Internet bulletin boards of general organs of public opinions and so on have many problems due to anonymity and unidirectionality, but blogs have reinforced contents since they are interlinked between themselves and continue to update their opinions as individual media without writing replies indiscriminately.

On the other hand, the term 'post' on web services refers to the unit of bulletin produced by a user. The user classifies posts according to subjects and stores and manages the classified posts on webs using means such the above-mentioned blog.

The classification is called a category, folder or the like, whichhas onlya functionof givingnames totheposts to distinguish therebetween using subjects, keywords or the like set by the user. However, the posts only allow the user to recognize information on a subject A or information on a subject B, for example, but has a limitation in collecting, storing, managing, extending and so on the information from the point of view of the user.

Particularly, from the point of view of connection between formation for efficient search and management of the information, existing services suggest only a level of bookmark allowing the user to visit categories of a desired web site without difficulty through connection among users or connection between categories and users with a contents owner as the central figure.

On the other hand, selection, acquisition, and connection of information through such blogs are motivated m the course of selecting details or subjects of contents. However, since the connection between the information with the contents owner as the central figure does not reflect the motive for the information selection, when the user again visits the web site to obtain update information, therearisesaproblemmthatunnecessaryinformation maybe provided to the user since the user is forcedto read contents bearing no relation to the user's interest.

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating a method of establishing a relationship between users in blogs in the prior art. Referring to Fig. 1, a user A who is much interested in automobiles, golf, Internet and so on configures automobile, golf, Internet folders and so on in his blog 100. In the mean time, when the user A finds a blog 110 of a user B who has information relevant to automobiles while the user A is surfing the Internet, the user A copies a relevant post and puts it into the automobile folder m his blog 100, or links his blog 100 to the blog 110 of the user B.

In the mean time, the user B configures automobile, movie, cartoon folders and so on in his blog 110 and links his blog 110 to a blog 120 of a user C who is interested m movies, a blog 130 of a user D who is interested m automobiles, and a blog 140 of a user E who is interested in cartoons.

Under such circumstances, however, the blog 110 of the user B has only a list of neighboring blogers of the user B, that is, the user C, user D, and user E, but can not obtain information on what the user B bears a neighborhood relationship with the user C, the user D and the user E for. Accordingly, it is inconvenient for the user A to directly confirm all of the blogs of the users C, DandE mordertomeet theuser Dwho is interestedinautomobiles throughtheuserB. Thismeansthat theuserBmakes no contribution to extension of a relationship (information) with the user B.

In addition, some portal sites provide means such as an RSS reader m order to further facilitate information collection of blogs. The RSS, which is an abbreviation of 'Really Simple Syndication' or 'Rich Site Summary' , means a format to implement anXML (ExtensibleMarkup Language) . Usingthe RSS, it is possible to syndicate blog contents without difficulty or subscribe to contents of other blogs. In addition, if RSS addresses of other blogs are registered in a program through the RSS reader, contents updated inablogmaybe convenientlyviewedthrough the RSS reader.

However, when updated information of the user B is delivered to the user A for reinforcement of interaction between the user

A and the user B, not only information on automobiles but also information on movies and cartoons are delivered to the user A. Accordingly, the information on movies and cartoons of the user B in which the user Ahas little interest acts as noises to a network between the user A and the user B, which may result m weakening of interaction therebetween.

In the end, as described above, even if effective contents collection means such as the RSS reader is provided, when a certain user collects information through the interconnection between blogs with an owner of a concerned blog as the central figure, there arises a problem in that unnecessary contents in which the user has little interest are also collected. In the mean time, services of existing communities, chatting andsoon showingadegreeofmatchingbetweenusers throughanalysis of commonpropensity, sympathy or interest of the users trace users matched through an analysis for the users based on keywords input by the users. Inmost cases, sex, age, occupation, interest field category and so on of the users are presented as the keywords. In recent years, the degree of matching has been analyzed on the basis of some propensity keywords, which are indifferently judged and selected by users without any objective basis, of several propensity keywords presented fromservices. In addition, recent services with social networks as concept provide a function of showing a relationship between a user and other users connected to the user and its phases.

Like this, when the users indifferently interpret, judge and select the keywords provided from the services, there may occur a wide gap between actual propensity of the users and propensity desired by other matched parties due to a difference in selection motive and interpretation between the users and a difference between the actual propensity of the users and propensity considered by the users themselves. In addition, factors corresponding to population sociological properties such as age, sex, occupation and so on of the users, which are recorded for subscription, are nearly invariant, although objective, and are too comprehensive to represent lasting interest and propensity of the users. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide anapparatusandmethodforinterlinkingtopicalclassifiedobjects having properties allowing effective interaction between users by giving property of state and behavior to an existing classification system, suchas folders ofblogshaving onlya simple identification function, and a computer readable medium for processing the method.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for interlinking topical classified objects having properties allowing effective collection of contents required for users by interlinking categories in which the users have interest, and a computer readable medium for processing the method. It is yet another object of the present invention to provide anapparatusandmethodforinterlinkingtopicalclassifiedobjects having properties allowing effective collection of contents required for users by interlinking categories in which the users have interest and informing the users of posts related to interests of the users, and a computer readable medium for processing the method.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a method for providing sympathy of topical classified objects havingproperties bynumericallyexpressingpropensity, interest, characteristics and so on of service users through objects, and a computer readable medium for processing the method.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a method for providing sympathy of topical classified objects having properties, which is capable of providing information on sympathy of user activities by tracing details of activity of service users through objects, and a computer readable medium for processing the method.

To achieve the above objects, according to an aspect, the present invention provides a method for providing a degree of matching between topical classified objects having properties, including the steps of inputting object information from a user andgenerating objects classified according to the user' s interest field; generating posts in the generated objects; and numerically expressing a degree of matching with objects of other users. The information on interlinking between topical classified object may be stored in a server computer readable recordmedium. The record medium includes all kinds of record medium in which programs and data are stored so that they can be read by a computer system. For example, the record medium may include a ROM (Read Only Memory) , a RAM (Random Access Memory) , a CD (Compact Disk) , a DVD (Digital Video DiSk)-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, etc., and may be implemented with the form of carrier waves (for example, transmission through the Internet) . In addition, the record medium may be distributed in computer systems interconnected by a network so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed processing system.

While the conventional blogs provide only interconnection between users, thus leading to inefficient information interchange between the users, the present invention allows establishment of more efficient relationship between users by setting an object (for example, a folder, a directory or a category) , which is classified by each user, as a connection unit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating a method of establishing a relationship between users m blogs in the prior art.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating a method of establishing a relationship between folders of users in blogs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig.3 is aviewillustratinga systemfor interlinkingtopical classified Tongs having properties of objects according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a view illustrating a detailed configuration of a Tong service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a view illustrating a concept of interconnection between post classified Tongs having properties of objects according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a view illustrating a function of each process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a view illustrating types of services provided through a Tong service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a flow chart illustrating a service procedure progressed m the side of a user whose Tong is connected to Tongs of other users by other users according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a service procedure progressed m the side of a user who connects his Tong to Tongs of other users according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a view illustrating configuration of a system for generating Tongs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig.11 is a signal flowdiagramillustratingaTonggeneration procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a connection Tong addition procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an information provision procedure of an interest Tong according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a Tong surfing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 15 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure ofprovidingstatisticalinformationonrelationshipbetweenusers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 16 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure of providing a result of analysis for posts according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed function of a notification server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed function of a notification management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 19 is a view showing a webpage screen on which Tong generation menus are configured according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 20 is a view showing a webpage screen on which a main menu of My Tong is configured according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 21 is a view showing a webpage screen notifying a change occurring m a first-kinship Tong according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 22 is a view showing a webpage screen of a Tong informer notifying a change occurring in a first-kinship Tong according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 23 is a view showing a " with me" menu according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 24 is a view showing a webpage screen providing information on relationship between a user and other users through a"withme"menuaccordingtoanembodimentofthepresentinvention. Fig. 25 is a view showing an " interest card" according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 26 is a view illustrating a "sympathy" providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig.27 is a view showing a trackbackwritingmethodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 28 is a view showing a scrap plus method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 29 is a view showing an example of calculating a degree of activity matching in service use between users according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

In the present invention, a unit, ^λTong' , as an object having property of state and behavior is introduced, unlike an existing classification system having property of identity. The 'Tong' is a concept similar to a folder or a directory of a blog and is a classification unit classified according to interest of users.

Accordingly, the present invention is also applicable to folders and directories introduced into the conventional blogs, and, preferably, is implemented by introducing the concept of Tong configured by the classification unit classified according to interest of the users.

That is, when a user classifies individual posts according to a subject selected and decided by him or his interest, each Tong can have its own state and take a behavior as it is influenced by activities of users and visitors. The present invention proposes a system and method for facilitating collection, storage and management of information of users and formation of a network by configuring a variety of menus using developed factors corresponding to the properties.

In a systemofthepresent invention, the Tonghas the following technical features and functions as the object.

1) Tongs in a service assume images of titles, categories, representatives and the like according to interest of the users and can be easily utilized through search for each field.

2) Each Tonghas information on the generation date, the number of materials, the number of classification, the number of reputation scraps, the number of connected Tongs, the number of connected blogs, etc. , by Tong owners, visitors and the connected Tongs, and represents them m various ways.

3) When a user registers a different user's Tong decided to have a relation with the user as a connection Tong (or first-kinship Tong) , if there occurs a change in the connection Tong, the user brings contents of the change of the connected Tong to his own space and exposes the contents m the space. In addition, when there occurs a change through an application program, connected

Tongs are informed of information on the change in real time.

In addition, in the present invention, details of activity of the service users through the Tongs are traced and details of a matched activity between the users are shown as they are. That is, the following details of past activities of the service users can be confirmed in an early-time order, for example when the user

A visits a private space (My Tong) of the user B.

In this case, the following items may be presented as the matched details.

1) First-kmship Tong : a case where there exist Tongs, which are interconnected as flrst-kmship Tongs, among Tongs of users.

2) Known Tong : a case where there exist a Tong of the third party entered into common flrst-kmship relation with the users. 3) Congenial sympathy : a case where there exist contents to which users have sympathy in common and for which the user take a ^sympathy' behavior.

4 ) Congenial scrap : a case where there exist writings scrapped in common by users. 5) Congenial field : a case where there exists a common field to which Tongs of users belong.

In addition, terms introduced to implement the present invention are defined as follows.

1) Tong has a concept of folder or category m which a user composes his writings or contents are stored through a scrap, and is classified by three steps (large/medium/small) categories. 2) Connection Tong refers to a different user's Tong decided to have relation with a user's Tong, which is also called ^yfirst-kmship Tong' . 3) Sympathy refers to that a fact of sympathy input by users who read posts is numerically expressed and stored in a database of a creator of the posts.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following detailed description of the present invention, concrete description on related lunctions or constructions will be omitted if it is deemed that the functions and/or constructions may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating a method of establishing a relationship between folders of users in blogs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 2, a blog 200 of a user A is not directly connected to a blog 210 of a user B, but connected to a folder, which has the same interest as the blog 200 of the userA, of folders of the blog 210 of the user B.

Forexample, whentheuserA, who is interestedinautomobiles, golf and Internet, creates folders corresponding to his interest fields m his blog 200 and manages these created folders and the user B, who is interested in automobiles, movies and cartoons, creates folders correspondxng to his interest fields m his blog 210 and manages these created folders, the user A does not connect hisblog200 totheblog210oftheuserB, but connectstheautomobile folder in his blog 200 to the automobile folder m the blog 210 of the user B. By doing so, an information-centered network not a user-centered network is established. In this case, in the present invention, as describedabove, anobject having the concept of the folder classified for each interest field is referred to as 'Tong' . In themean time, the user B connects his folders (automobile, movie and cartoon folders) to folders of other users having the same or similar interest fields as the user B, respectively. For example, the automobile folder of the blog 210 of the user B is connected to an automobile folder of a blog 230 of a user D, the movie folder of the blog 210 of the user B is connected to a movie folder of a blog 220 of a user C, and the cartoon folder of the blog 210 of the user B is connected to a cartoon folder of a blog 240 of a user E.

In this case, a connection folder list is provided for each folder on the blog 210 of the user B, and, according to the provided connection folder list, whentheuserAvisits theautomobile folder oftheblog210 oftheuserB, theuserAmayeasilyfindtheautomobile folder of the blog 230 of the user B connected to the automobile folder of the blog 210 of the user B. In addition, considering the above-mentioned connection process from the side of interaction, the user A is informed of only information related to a change in automobiles in the blog 210 of the user B, but not informed of information related to a change in movies or cartoons of the user B in which the user A is not interested, thus avoiding a problem of noises occurring in the user-centered network as mentioned above.

Fig. 2 shows an example to which the present invention is applied with the connection between the folders of the blogs for thepurpose of assistinganunderstandingof thepresent invention. Hereinafter, the concept of Tong configured by a classification unit according to the interest fields of the users as mentioned abovewillbeintroducedanddescribed. Inaddition, itisapparent that various functions of Tongs in the following description may be also applied to folders or directories created m the conventional blogs.

Now, a system and apparatus for implementing the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 3 and 4.

Fig.3 is aviewillustratinga systemfor interlinkingtopical classified objects having properties according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 3, a system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a web site server 300, Internet 310, a Tong service apparatus 320, and one or more user computer terminals 330, etc.

A user accesses the web site server 300 through the user computer terminal 330 interlinked to the Internet 310. In this case, the web sxte server 300, which is a host system, means a server that provides web pages of a relevant web site to the user computer terminal 330. For example, the web site server 300 is a server that provides a portal site providing blog functions on the Internet. That is, the web site server 300 functions as an informationproviderforprovidinginformationtotheusercomputer terminal 330 through a homepage.

The Tong service apparatus 320 is an apparatus that provides Tongs as objects having the concept similar to the folders of the blogs for each user according to the present invention. The Tong service apparatus 320 may generate one or more Tongs according to interest fields for each user and generate connection between users m the unit of Tong according to the interest fields for each user. That is, the users collect various kinds of information from the web site server 300 through their computer terminals 330, classifythecollectedinformationaccordingtothe interest fields of the users, and include the classified information in Tongs generated through the Tong service apparatus 320. In addition, instead of establishing connection between blogs of the users, by establishing connection between Tongs generated by the users having the concept of folders created according to the interest fields of the users, as described above, only a change of posts for the interest fields of the users can be effectively known. In the mean time, each user can generate one or more Tongs for each interest field. In the present invention, a set of Tongs generated by each user is defined as 'My Tong' . In this case, the My Tong defined above may be understood as a concept similar to the conventional blogs containing one or more blogs. Accordingly, one My Tong is provided to each user in order to implement the present invention and one ormore Tongs are generated and managed in the My Tong according to the interest field of the user.

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating a detailed configuration of the Tong service apparatus 320 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig.4, the Tong service apparatus 329 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a web server 400, a Tong service server 410, a Tong information database 420, a buddy information database 430, a contents information database 440, ageneral-purposecommunicationbus 450, anexternal interface 460, etc.

Processing data through the Tong service apparatus 320 may be generally divided into two functions. One of the two functions is provision of a 'connection Tong update' menu on a service and another is notification through a remote controller.

The connection Tong update menu may be implemented using database query. That is, basedonan identifierofaTong connected by a particular user, a change in the Tong is displayed on a web page. To this end, it is preferable to record changes of all Tongs in a database. In the mean time, from the point of view of implementation, a data flowmaybe opposite to the above-mentioned data flow. First, individual Tongs record their change in a database irrespective of whether or not they are registered as neighboringTongs, andaparticularTongthat registers adifferent Tong as a neighboring Tong simply fetches and shows a change of the different Tong.

Second, the formof Push is used. That is, when an 'informer' as information means is displayed on a user's desktop computer, a separate informer server informs the informer of change of all Tongs of the user. In this case, the data flow may be again considered from two sides. A first side is a notification server towhich an informer client is connected. When the informer client accesses the notification server, the notification server authenticates a user of the informer client, fetches information ona connectionTong of the user, andcopies the fetched information into a notification server-only database.

A second side is a notification logic server that receives a change of Tongs from the web server 400. If the notification logic server determines that the change is information to be sent to a user who currently accesses the notification logic server, the notification logic server instructs the notification server to send notification information to the user who accessed the notification server. At this time, the determination is made with reference to a notification-only database copied by the notification server. The web server 400 sends all changes to the notification logic server with no determination to send a notification. A detailed Tong information provision procedure through the notification server will be described with reference to Figs. 15 and 16. More specifically, referring to Fig. 4, the user accesses a Tong service provision system (that is, the Tong service apparatus) through the web server 400 of the Tong service apparatus 320 and receives a service of generating and managing Tongs m which the user is interested from the Tong service server 410. In the mean time, information on Tongs generated by the user is stored in the Tong information database 420. In addition, contents information (for example, posting information) of Tongs generated by each user is stored in the contents information database 440. At this time, when a particular user accesses and logs m the Tong service apparatus 320 through the external interface 460 and the general-purpose communication bus 350, information on posting change of Tongs connected to the Tongs generated by the user (i.e., connection Tongs) is provided to the user. That is, when the Tong service server 410 confirms the access of the particular user, it fetches information on connection Tongs of the user from the Tong information database 420 and copies the fetched information into the buddy information database 430.

The web server 400 provides all changes occurring in Tongs of all users to the Tong service server 410, and the Tong service server 410 determines whether or not the changes are information to be sent to user who currently access the web server 400 with reference to the information on the connection Tongs copied into the buddy information database 430. Fig. 5 is a view illustrating a concept of interconnection between post classified Tongs having properties of objects according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referringto Fig.5, oneTong system (i.e.. MyTong) isprovided to each user m order to implement the present invention. That is, MyTongs 500 and 530 are providedto users AandB, respectively. In this case, one or more Tongs may be generated in each My Tong according to interest fields of the users. For example, the user Agenerates Tong 1 (510) andTong2 (520) intheMyTong 500 according to his interest field and the user B generates Tong 1 (540) and Tong 2 (550) in the My Tong 530 according to his interest field. At this time, the Tong 1 (510) of the user A may be generated as a Tong having an interest field of automobiles and the Tong 2 (520) of the user A may be generated as a Tong having an interest field of golf. On the other hand, the Tong 1 (540) of the user B may be generated as a Tong having an interest field of automobiles and the Tong 2 (520) of the user B may be generated as a Tong having an interest field of movies.

Inthemeantime, theTongs asdescribedabovemaybeunderstood as an extended concept of blogs and folders. That is, the Tongs are a classification unit for classifying information (i.e. , post) collected or createdaccording to the interest fields of the users. Accordingly, the function of the Tongs according to the present invention is applicable to the conventional blogs and folders (or directories) . A method of interconnecting the Tongs may be implemented m various ways. For example, a connection to a different Tong may be established in the same My Tong (i.e., the same user), or a connection to a Tong, which has the same or similar interest field, contained in a My Tong of a different user may be established. At this time, such a connectionmay have unidirectionality between aconnectinguseranda connecteduser, ormayhavebidirectionality if a mutual connection between the users is established.

In addition, the Tongs may be connected to the same type of blogs, or may be connected to an external blog 560. For example, the Tongs may be connected to different Tongs m the Tong system according to the present invention or folders of blogs provided from other external portal sites.

Fig. 6 is a view illustrating a function of each process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 6, processes performed in the present inventionmay include processes of Tong generation 610, contents generation 620, Tong connection 630, connection Tong change 640, and search/surfing 650.

First, the Tong generation process 610 may generate new Tongs having certain types of characteristics by inputting a name, representative image, classification category, Tong introduction information of a Tong newly established in a My Tong of a user. In this case, means such as an image editor may be used to generate the representative image of the Tong. Next, the contents generation process 620 may generate new contents in a Tong of a user generated when the user creates posts directly, uploads photographs, scraps or clips multimedia, or checks sympathy to posts of different users. In this case, local files may be edited by an editor or may be uploaded, and, when contents in Tongs of other users are fetched, a function of store mMy Tongmay be utilized. In addition, when contents are fetched from an external web site, a clipping function may be utilized. Activities of users such as the contents generation as mentioned above achieve effects to arouse dynamic activities by rising a level and index of users.

The Tong connection process 630 is a process of connecting a Tong of a particular user to neighboring Tongs or neighboring blogs, as shown in Fig. 5. In this case, neighboring Tongs are added to Tongs of different users, and establishment of connection from an external blog may be implemented through means such as the above-mentioned RSS reader. At this time, functions such as list of collectedblogs, estimation of Tongs, detailed information on connection Tongs, and connection tap may be provided. The Tong connection process achieves an effect of extension of interests through connection to Tongs of other users. In the connection Tong change process 640, when there occurs a change of contents m a Tong connected by a user, contents of a connection Tong contained in a My Tong of the user are updated, and the change may be notified using an electric sign informer of a remoter controller, which will be described later. Such a connection Tong change notification process allows the change to be effectively perceived by the user. In addition, the search/surfing process 650 may be additionally provided.

Referring to Fig. 7, a user generates (700) a Tong in his MyTongandmayreceivesvarious services accordingto anembodiment of the present invention using the generated Tong. For example, when a user inputs his writings in his Tong or scraps other user' s writings, informationmaybe accumulated (720) in an information database. Further, by clipping writings registered in an external web site (730), information may be accumulated in the information database. In the mean time, a function of reading of information through the external web site or a function of subscription using an RSS reader tool may be performed.

In addition, the user may visit (750) Tongs of other users to read or scraps information of the Tongs or may additionally connect his Tong to the Tongs of other users. In addition, the user visits (760) a Tong of a third party connected to the visited Tongs of other users to perform the same function. Of course, the user may visit (710) a Tong connected to his Tong to perform the same function. As described above, since the connection between the Tongs has a meaning through connection between Tongs having the same or similar interest fields by a selection of the users, the Tong of the third party connected to the Tongs of other users is very likelytobe a Tonghaving the same or similar interest fields as the Tong of the user. Accordingly, by tracing a connectionrelationshipbetweenthe Tongs, it ispossibleto extend an interest network unlimitedly.

Fig. 8 is a flow chart illustrating a service procedure progressed in the side of a user whose Tong is connected to Tongs of other users by other users according to an embodiment of the present invention

Referring to Fig. 8, first, a user inputs Tong information and generates Tongs classified according to his interest field (StepS801) . Then, postsarecreatedinthegeneratedTongs through collection or creation of information (Step S802) . At this time, a service server is informed of a change of the Tongs (StepS803) . In addition, Tongs of other users connected to a Tong of the user are informed of this change. That is, if there exists a neighboring Tong connected to the Tong of the user changed through the post creation (Step S804), a user of the connection neighboring Tong (connection Tong) is informed of the change (Step S805) .

Fig. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a service procedure progressed in the side of a user who connects his Tong to Tongs of other users according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 9, first, a user generates Tongs classified according to his interest field in his My Tong (Step S901) and visits a neighboring Tong (Step S902) . If the neighboring Tong is classified to have the same or similar interest field as the

Tong generated by the user, the user attempts to establish a connection between his Tong and the neighboring Tong (Step S903) .

According to the attempt to establish the connection, a link between the Tong of the user and Tongs of other users is generated

(Step S904) . Then, if there occurs a change in the connected neighboring Tong (Step S905) , the user is informed of the change of the connected neighboring Tong (Step S906) .

In the mean time, a degree of matching based on service use activities of users can be numerically expressed and calculated by the following five items.

1) First-kmship Tong : presenting a Tong having Tongs of a Tong owner and a visitor registered as its first-kinship Tongs

2) Known Tong : presenting a Tong of a third part with which a Tong owner and a visitor enter into a first-kinship relationship.

3) Congenial sympathy : presenting contents to which a Tong owner and a visitor have sympathy in common and for which the Ong owner and the visitor take a 'sympathy' behavior. 4) Congenial scrap : presenting contents scrapped in common by a Tong owner and a visitor.

5) Congenial field : presenting a common field to which a Tong of a Tong owner and a Tong of a visitor belong. Accordingly, bynumerically expressing and combining results of the above items, a reliable matching degree for interest fields of users can be objectively presented.

Hereinafter, a method of implementing procedures to generate

Tongs and establish connection between the Tongs according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Figs . 10 to 13. The following description shows only an example of implementation of the present invention. Therefore, it is apparent that the following description may be modified by different methods or tools and is not limited by particular terms or names.

Referring to Fig. 10, each user (client) 1000 requests a controller 1020 of the Tong service system to generate Tongs and interconnect the Tongs through the Internet 1010, and a result of process in the Tong service system is transmitted to each user

1000 through the controller 1020.

In the mean time, the Tong service system to provide a related service according to the present invention may include the controller 1020, amanager 1030 forperformingoneormore function, a template 1040 for constructing a screen, a database 1060 for storing various kinds of data, and a data access object (DAO) 1050 for accessing the database 1060. The controller 1020 analyzes a request from the user 100, entrusts the manager 1030 with various functions, and sends the user 1000 a process result from the manager 1030. In addition, the manager 1030 takes direct responsibility for various minor functions and performs substantial tasks such as addition and inquiry of a database for a request from the user 1000.

The DAO 1050, which is made by the manager 1030, combines and reflects contents of the physical database 1060 to construct a form of structure adapted to a development language.

Referring to Fig. 11, first, when a user requests the controller to generate a new Tong through a browser, the browser transmits a request message to generate the Tong to the controller

(Step SIlOl), and the controller transmits the received Tong generation request message to the manager (Step S1102) . The managermake a request for DAO generation to store Tong information

(Step S1103), receives the generated DAO, and generates a Tong object by establishing the Tong information (Step S1104) .

Subsequently, the manager stores the generated Tong object in a database (StepS1105) andreceivesaunique key (StepSllOβ) . Then, the manager transmits generation state information to the controller (StepS1107) and the controller requests a display unit to construct a resultant page (Step S1108) .

Finally, the display unit transmits the resultant page constructed according the request to the controller (Step S1109) , and the controller transmits the received resultant page to the browser, thus displaying results of the generatedTong to the user.

Fig. 12 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a connection

Tong addition procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 12, first, when a user visits a Tong of a different user and clicks a connection addition button through a browser, the click information is transmitted to the controller (Step S1201) , and the controller requests the manager to provide a Tong list of the user to establish a new connection (Step S1202) . According to the request, the manager generates DAO to generate the Tong list of the user (Step S1203) , and the DAO transmits query toadatabasetogeneratecontents adaptedtoanobject (StepS1204) , stores Tong information of the user (Step S1205) , and returns the Tonginformationtothemanager (StepS1206) . Themanagercollects the DAO to construct a list and transmits the constructed list to the controller (Step S1207) .

Then, the controller requests a display unit to generate a connection addition information input page (Step S1208) . According tothe request, thedisplayunit generates the connection addition information input page and transmits a resultant page to the controller (Step S1209) . The controller transmits the received resultant page to the browser (Step S1210) and displays the resultant page to the user. In the mean time, the user specifies a Tong of the user to be connectedon thebrowser (StepS1211) and transmits a connection request message to the controller (Step S1212) . The controller transmits a 'My Tong connection' request message to the manager (Step S1213) . The manger makes a request for DAO generation to generate a directionality relation (Step S1214) and generates a value object (Step S1215) . The manager stores values of relation information received from the controller in the database (Step S1216) , and receives a unique key value from the database (Step S1217) . Next, the manager transmits a generation state according to the link establishment to the controller (Step S2118), and the controller requests the display unit to generate a connection addition result page (Step S1219) . According to the request, the display unit generates the connection addition result page and transmits the result page to the controller (Step S1220) . The controller transmits the received result page to the browser 9Step S1221) and displays the result page to the user.

Fig. 13 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an information provision procedure of an interest Tong according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 13, first, a client (i.e., user) logs in by inputting an ID and a password in the controller (i.e., a front end server) (Step S1301) . When the user logs in, the controller transmits the input user ID to a database (Step S1302) and receives information on the user from the database (Step S1303) . At this time, the controller outputs the received user information to the client (Step S1304) and transmits the user ID, which is input from the client, to the manager (i.e., a back end server) (Step S1305) .

At this time, the manager requests the database to provide information of an interest Tong (Step S1306) and receives the requested Tong information (Step S1307) . Then, the manager transmits the received Tong information to the controller (Step S1308) to provide the Tong information to the client (Step S1309) . In addition, the manager stores the received Tong information m a local database (Step S1310) .

In the mean time, if an event occurs from a service provider (Step S1311), an ID for the event is transmitted to the manager (Step S1312) . The manager requests the local database to search relevant users (StepS1313) andreceives relevant user information as a search result from the local database (Step S1314) . The manager transmits the received relevant user information and the event information to the controller (Step S1315) and provides a serviceeventtotheclient (i.e. , theuser) (StepS1316) . Finally, the client requests the service provider to provide a service view (Step S1317) and receives the event information from the service provider (Step S1318) .

Fig. 14 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a Tong surfing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 14, when a user selects any Tong to perform a Tong surfing, the system provides a list of Tongs (i.e., first-kinshipTongs) connectedtothe selectedTong. In addition, by selecting one of the connected Tongs, a list of different Tongs connected to the Tong may be provided. By doing so, each user can find information on his interest field effectively and successively.

First, when the user (client) requests the controller to perform the Tong surfing (Step S1401), the controller requests themanager toprovide information on a selectedTong (Step S1402) . According to the request, the manager requests the DAO to provide theinformationonthe selectedTong (StepS1403) . TheDAOrequests (StepS1404) a database toprovide data (StepS1405) . Theprovided data are transmitted from the DAO to the controller through the manager (Steps S1406 and S1407) .

Next, after obtaining the information on the selected Tong, the controller requests the manager to provide a list of Tongs that enter into a first-kinship relation with the selected Tong

(Step S1408) . According to the request, the manager requests the

DAO to provide information on the requested list (Step S1409) .

The DAO requests (Step S1410) the database to provide data (Step S1411) . The provided data are transmitted from the DAO to the controller through the manager (Steps S1412 and S1413) .

In addition, the controller requests the manager to provide notonlythe listofTongsthat enterintothe first-kinshiprelation with the selected Tong but also a list of Tongs with which the selected Tong enters into a first-kinship relation (Step S1414) . Atthis time, themanagerrequeststheDAOtoprovidethe information on the requested lists in a way similar to the above-described way (Step S1415) . The DAO requests (Step S1416) the database to provide data (StepS1417) . The provided data are transmitted from the DAO to the controller through the manager (Steps S1418 and S1419) .

By doing so, each user can find information on his interest field easily through a relationship between a Tong generated according to an interest field of a user and Tongs connected to the Tong of the user according to the same interest fields of other users.

For example, when a user selects any Tong A and clicks a Tong surfing button, information on the Tong A (for example, a Tong title, description, images, etc) is fetched, as described above, and, m addition, a list of Tongs that enter into a first-kinship relation with the Tong A and a list of Tongs with which the Tong A enters into a first-kinship relation are fetched.

At this time, the list of Tongs that enter into the first-kinship relation with the Tong A can be obtained by fetching a list in which an object identifier connected in a first-kinship Tong connection information table is a unique identifier of the TongA. In addition, the list of Tongs with which the TongA enters into the first-kinship relation can be obtained by fetching a list in which a subject identifier connected in a first-kinship Tong connection information table is a unique identifier of the Tong A.

In the mean time, the fetched lists may be combined by a user interface through means such as graphics and may be displayed on a pop-up browser window. At this time, a list of Tongs that enter into a first-kinship relation with a particular Tong and a list of Tongs with which a particular Tong enters into a first-kinship relation may be separated from each other by means of such as an IFRAME. Accordingly, a page movement in each frame is possible. For example, the list of Tongs that enter into the first-kinship relation with the Tong A may be displayed in the left portion of a screen and the list of Tongs with which the Tong A enters into the first-kinship relation may be displayed in the right portion of the screen

In this case, when a user selects and clicks a particular Tong in the lists displayed on the screen, a list of Tongs that enter into a first-kinship relation with the clicked Tong and a listofTongswithwhichtheclickedTongenters intoafirst-kinship relation, with the clicked Tong as a center, may be provided. In addition, when a user clicks a shortcut in a particular Tong, a page may be moved to a main page of the particular Tong. Hereinafter, a method of providing a matching degree of topical classified objects having properties according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 15 and 16. In the present invention, details of activity of the service users m the service are traced and details of a matched activity between the users are explicitly shown. This generally includes a method of finding a common point on a user basis and a method of finding a user who shows a common interest behavior (trackback, scrap, sympathy and so on) on a contents basis. Amethod of finding a common point on the basis of users will be first described with reference to Fig. 15, and a method of finding a common interest fieldonthebasisofcontentswillbedescribedlaterwithreference to Fig. 16. The first method of finding the common point is to find the common point on the basis of users. In the present service, the user A can confirm common service activity details by visiting a space (My Tong) of the user B or clicking a 'withme' menu provided in a tag always presented with a nickname. In the mean time, services of existing communities, chatting andsoonshowingadegreeofmatchingbetweenusersthroughanalysis of commonpropensity, sympathyor interest of the users trace users matched through an analysis for the users based on keywords input by the users. Inmost cases, sex, age, occupation, interest field category and so on of the users are presented as the keywords. In recent years, the degree of matching has been analyzed on the basis of some propensity keywords, which are indifferently judged and selected by users without any objective basis, of several propensity keywords presented from services, Like this, when the users indifferently interpret, judge and select the keywords provided from the services, there may occur a wide gap between actual propensity of the users and propensity desired by other matched parties due to a difference in selection motive and interpretation between the users and a difference between the actual propensity of the users and propensity considered by the users themselves.

In addition, factors corresponding to population sociological properties such as age, sex, occupation and so on of the users, which are recorded for subscription, are nearly invariant, although objective, and are too comprehensive to represent lasting interest and propensity of the users.

Onthe otherhand, forauserhavinga strongmotive for sharing of contents and search of information, as in the present invention, it may be assumed that the user has a strong intention of extending information sharing and his knowledge by discovering propensity and interest common to other users and exchanging information or opinion about the common interest with other users. To make such a cooperation possible, there needs a basis on which a specific and explicit common point reflecting a current interest can be grasped. In this respect, confirming details of the latest contents-related service use shows dynamically variable propensity and activity of users most realistically.

Accordingly, in the present invention, details of the following functions of activities in the service are analyzed, and matched details are presented.

First-kinship Tong : presenting Tongs, which are interconnected as first-kinship Tongs, among the Tongs of the user A and the user B.

- Known Tong : presenting a Tong of the third party entered into common first-kmship relation with the user A and the user

B.

- Congenial sympathy : presenting contents to which the user A and the user B have sympathy in common and for which the user take a <sympathy> behavior. - Congenial scrap : presenting writings scrapped in common by the user A and the user B.

- Congenial field : presenting a common field to which Tongs of the user A and user B belong.

Fig. 15 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure ofproviding statistical informationonrelationshipbetweenusers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 15, when the user A visits a My Tong of the user B and clicks a 'with me' button, a request of the user A is processed in the following order. When an inquiry request signal is transmitted from a client to the controller (Step S1501), the controller first inquires statistical data related to a relationship between the users A and B. At this time, the controller requests the display unit for a statistical inquiry (Step S1502) , the display unit requests the DAO to provide statistical numerical values (Step S1503) , and the DAO requests a database to provide relevant data (Step S15040 and receives the relevant data from the database (Step S1505) . The relevant data are transmitted to the controller via the display unit (Steps 1506 and S1507) . Here, the statistical data may be the number of first-kinship Tongs, the number of known Tongs, the number of sympathies, the number of congenial scraps, the number of congenial fields, etc. With five kinds of data as mentioned above, if there exist any data arranged in a specified order, after a list of the data is fetched, the first-kinship Tong, the known Tong, the sympathy, the congenial scrap, and the congenial field are displayed on a user's screen (Step S1508 and S1513) .

If there exist one or more of the five data, only one of the fivedata mthespecifiedorderaccordingtoaprioπtyis returned. However, ifall ofthe five datadonot exist, a ^λwithme' description screen is output.

The description about the five data and a method of implementing them are as follows.

1) First-kinship Tong : Tongs, which are interconnected as first-kinship Tongs, among the Tongs of the user A and the user B. A connection definition table on a database is simply inquired and fetched.

2) Known Tong : Tong of the third party entered into common first-kmship relation with the user A and the user B. In the connection definition table on the database, matchmgs are extracted by comparing an identifier (ID) of an object Tong on an information record connected by the user A with an identifier of an object Tong on an information record connected by the user B, and the number and list of the matchmgs are arranged. Here, it is preferable to exclude known Tongs having mutually exchangeable connection objects since they overlap with the above item 1) .

3) Congenial sympathy : writings to which the user A and the user B have sympathy in common. In a sympathy details information storing table on the database, matchmgs are extracted by comparing an object post identifier of a record in which details performed by the userA are contained with an object post identifier of a record m which details performed by the user B are contained, and the number and list of the matchmgs are arranged. 4) Congenial scrap : writings scrapped in common by the user A and the user B. In a scrap details information storing table on the database, matchmgs are extracted by comparing an object post identifier of a record m which details scrapped by the user A are contained with an object post identifier of a record in which details scrapped by the user B are contained, and the number and lxst of the matchings are arranged.

5) Congenial field : Tongs having the same medium classification among Tongs of the user A and user B. Matchings are extracted by comparing values of classification properties of property fields of Tongs on the DB.

In the mean time, while the ^Λwith me' method in which meeting betweenusers is firstachieved, that is, the firstmethodoffinding the common point, as described above, is to grasp and estimate propensities of the users by finding common points between the users, ^λplus' as the second method is a method in which a user first finds contents and other users having common propensity are found through the found contents.

Inthepresent invention, ausercanattachacommenttodesired contents found by him, introduce his relevant opinions or information through <trackback>, collect contents into his space (My Tong) through <scrap>, or express an approval rating through <sympathy>. In this case, after eachbehavior is completed, other posts selected by other users who do the same behavior on the basis of a relevant post are presented. This is to implement a possibility that information in which a user who shows a similar reaction for the same post is interested is highly likely to be useful information, as anactual service. Wheneverauserperforms <trackback>, <scrap> or <sympathy> for a post, contents are introduced to the user through <trackback plus>, <scrap plus>, or <sympathy plus>. That is, the plus extracts and shows a list of posts in which users who perform scrap, trackback or sympathy for a particular post have a common interest. In this manner, by showing a result of analysis for other common behaviors of the users who did the common behavior, unknown contents having relations with the relevant contents can be shared between the users or other third parties through natural exposure to them and interrelationship therebetween.

Fig. 16 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure of providing a result of analysis for posts according to an embodiment of the present invention. Whenauserperforms a ^λplus' function through a browser, a result of analysis for various posts included in a Tong of the user according to the present invention is provided. Referring to Fig. 16, when an analysis request message is transmitted to the controller through the browser (Step S1601) , the controller requests the manager for plus information inquiry (Step S1602) . Then, the manager requests the DAO for a plus list (Step S1603) . According to the request, the DAO inquires of a database about plus calculation (Step S1604) .

The database returns a record set to the DAO m response to the inquiry (Step S16050. Then, the DAO generates the plus list and transmits it to the manager (Step S1606) . The manager returns theplus list to the controller (StepS1607) . Then, the controller requests the display unit to construct and provide a result page (StepS1608) . Accordingto the request, the displayunit transmits the result page to the controller (Step Ξ1609) , thereby allowing the result page to be output on the browser (Step S1610) .

In the mean time, information on the requested plus list may include sympathy plus information, scrap plus information, trackback plus information, etc. Hereinafter, an example of implementation of the plus information will be described m detail .

1) Sympathy plus (user behavior : post selection and inquiry -> sympathy plus click -> sympathy plus list) : when a sympathy button is clicked for an interest post, for example, 100 writings for which 20 users who perform sympathy for the post have performed sympathy lately are extracted, and three writings, which are larger in the number of common sympathy or arranged in an early-time basis if equal in the number, are extracted as a post list from the 100 writings. As a result, other various post lists for which users who perform sympathy for the same post have performed a higher number of common sympathy can be shown.

2) Scrap plus (user behavior : post selection and inquiry -> stuff in My Tong -> confirmation of stuff in My Tong & scrap plus list) : when a user scraps an interest post and stuffs it into his Tong, for example, 100 writings which 20 users who scrap the same post have scrapped lately are extracted, and three writings, which are larger in the number of common scraps or arranged m an early-time basis if equal m the number, are extracted as a post list from the 100 writings. As a result, other various post lists for which users who scrap the same post have had a higher number of common scraps can be shown.

3) Trackback plus (user behavior : post selection and inquiry -> bottom trackback writing -> confirmation of registration of trackback & trackback plus list) : when a user performs trackback writing for an interest post or connects the interest post to his writings, for example, 100 writings which 20 users who performs trackback for the same post have performed trackback lately are extracted, and three writings, which are larger in the number of common trackbacks or arranged in an early-time basis if equal in the number, are extracted as a post list from the 100 writings. As a result, other various post lists for which users who perform the trackback for the same post have performed a higher number of common trackbacks can be shown. So far, the Tong generation and addition, Tong surfing, clipping, statistical information provision and post analysis procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described. Hereinafter, a method of notifying a change ofTongs throughthe notification serveraccordingtoan embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 17 and 18.

Fig. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed function of a notification server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 17 showing a diagram of the notification server connected to a client, connection information of the client is transmitted from the notification server to a back end server (i.e., a notification manager; NotiMgr) and required user information is fetched from a database. First, when the client accesses the notification server, ^xClientListener' ofthenotificationservercreatesasessionclass for the client and transfers a FD channel instance having a session ID connected to ^ΛFDchannelContainer' . The 'FDchannelContainer' transfers the received FD to a ^ΛProActor' whenever the 'ProActor' makes a request for the FD. The ^λProActor' is a FD manager and plays a role m FD registration and deletion. In the present invention, n 'ProActor's are operated m parallel.

In the mean time, a ^λDataHandler' analyzes data read from the 'ProActor' according to a protocol and creates objects for processing the protocol. Then, a ^ΛProcessbyCommand' inquires a database, transmits data to the notification manager (NotiMgr) , or transmits data to the client while processing packets according to the protocol.

Fig. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed function of the notification manager according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 18, the notification manager (NotiMgr) receives an notification event of a Tong service and transmits the notification event to the notification server connected to the client to which the notification event is to be transmitted. That is, when a notification event (for example, addition of a visitors' book) occurs from a Tong web server to a user, the event is transmitted to the notification manager. The notification manager is notified of the event from the Tong web server, processes the FD in the same way as in the notification server, and transmits the event to the notification server. At this time, the notification server notifies the client of a result of the event.

Hereinafter, for the purpose of assisting an understanding of thepresent invention, awebpage screenonwhichthe Tong service according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized will be described with reference to Figs. 19 to 22.

Referring to Fig. 19, after each user generates his My Tong, he may generate Tongs according to his interest field. That is, each user may write names of the Tongs and select a category for each interest field. In addition, each user may attach introduction writings for the Tongs and a representative image. Bydoing so, the users may easilygrasp interest fields andcontents of the Tongs through a main screen of the generated Tongs.

The Tongs mayperforma folder function of blogs, as described above. Accordingly, the users who generated the Tongs may insert various writings or photographs in the Tongs. In addition, according to the present invention, each Tong may enter into a connection relationship with Tongs having the same or similar interest fields of different users. In addition, according to the connection relationship, each user may be automatically notified of a change (for example, insertion of new writings) occurring in the connected Tongs of the different users.

Fig. 20 is a view showing a webpage screen on which a mam menu of My Tong is configured according to an embodiment of the present invention. When Tongs are generated by the method shown in Fig. 19, a MyTongmainmenumaybe generatedas shown in Fig.20. Forexample, a list of Tongs generated by a user may be classified by category and displayed m a left menu, and the list of Tongs maybe converted to a Tong menu when a Tong is selected. In addition, by notifying eachuser of events occurring in his MyTong or first-kinship Tongs, new writings related to his interest field may be grasped clearly at a glance.

Fig. 21 is a view showing a webpage screen notifying a change occurring in a first-kinship Tong according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 21, when a user connects his Tong to Tongs of different users having the same or similar interest field as first-kinship Tongs, he may be notified of a change of the first-kmship Tongs m real time. That is, when writings or photographs are registered m the first-kinship Tongs, the user may grasp the registered writings or photographs in his Tong in real time through first-kinship Tong news. By doing so, the user may easily obtain information xn real time without directly visiting connection Tongs every time and confirming whether or not new writings are registered.

Fig. 22 is a view showing a webpage screen of a Tong informer notifying a change occurring m a first-kinship Tong according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The change of the first-kinship Tongs maybe notified as shown in Fig. 21, and may be notified in real time using a new pop-up window installed xn a personal computer, as shown in Fig.22. That is, when an informer pop-up window as shown in Fig.22 is installed in a computer of a user and the user logs in, the usermaybe notified of the change of the first-kinship Tongs connected by the user xn real txme through the informer pop-up window. By doing so, the user may confirm newly registered writings for his interest field effectively.

Hereinafter, an example of implementation of a relationship information provision method according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 23 to 29.

Fig. 23 is a view showing a " with me" menu according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig.23, as described above, a 'withme' function can numerically express and present information on relationship between a particular user and other users.

Fig. 24 is a view showing a webpage screen providing information on relationship between a user and other users through a"withme"menuaccordingtoanembodimentofthepresentinvention. When the 'with me' menu shown in Fig. 23 is selected, as described above, the information on relationship between a particular user and other users can be numerically expressed and presented through the 'with me' function. That is, as shown in Fig. 24, information on the first-kinship Tong, the known Tong, the congenial sympathy, the congenial scrapandthe congenial field can be numerically expressed and presented.

Fig. 25 is a view showing an " interest card" according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 25, when a user selects an interest card in his My Tong, an interest level or an interest quotient for Tongs belonging to the My Tong is presented.

All activities oftheuserthroughtheTongs canbenumerically expressed as a passion quotient, a fascination quotient and a confidence quotient. By summing these quotients, a level of the interest quotient can be expressed with an icon and so on. In the mean time, a calculation method of the quotients according to the activities can be implemented as shown m Fig. 29. Fig. 29 is a view showing an example of calculating a degree of activity matching in service use between users according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 26 is a view illustrating a "sympathy" providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 26, when a user reads and sympathizes for particular writings, he can represent a degree of sympathy by clicking a sympathy button. A sympathy quotient for each writing can be reflected on an overall sympathy quotient of the user. In addition, a list of users who express sympathy for particular writings can be provided. By doing so, other users who form sympathy with the user can be easily found. Fig.27 is a view showing a trackbackwritingmethod according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 27, if a user tries to connect particular writings to his writings, this can be implemented through a

'trackback' function. That is, when trackback writing is performed for the particular writings, writings m Tongs of other users can be interconnected with writings in the Tong in the user.

Referring to Fig. 28, writings in Tongs of other users can be stuffed into the Tong of the user through an my Tong stuff function.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

According to the present invention, propensity selected by a user himself may be close to a feature desired by him, rather than his actual propensity. However, a user who finds other users who may form sympathy with him wishes to know actual propensities of other users, rather than features intended or desired by other users. That is, propensities, interests or characteristics of users may be varied with time and may not be recognized by the users themselves.

Accordingly, when a field of service, which is mainly used and shows activity, among activity details of users is extracted and a degree of matching based on the users' activity is presented to the users, a degree of matching with the users' propensity, which is not invariant but dynamically variable, can be most realistically shown and presented.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and describedwith reference to exemplaryembodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. Amethodforprovidingadegreeofmatchingbetweentopical classified objects having properties, comprising the steps of: inputting object information from a user and generating objects classified according to the user's interest field; generating posts m the generated objects; and numerically expressing a degree of matching with objects of other users.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of matching is calculated by the number of interconnections between objects of the user and objects of the other users.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of matching is calculated by the number of same objects among objects connected to the user's object and objects connected to the other users' objects.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of matching is calculated by the number of lists of writings having common sympathy between the user and the other users.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of matching is calculated by the number of lists of writings scrapped in common between the user and the other users.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the degree of matching is calculated by the number of lists of objects having the same field, among objects of the user and objects of the other

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a degree of specialty for each interest field is calculated and provided by numerically expressing postings or connection addition activity through the objects of the user.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generated objects are folders classified and constructed for each interest field of the user in a blog of the user.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein information on connectionbetweentheobjectsgeneratedbytheuserandthe objects of the other users has directionality.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein other objects connected to the generated objects are objects included in a blog of the same user.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein other objects connected to the generated objects are objects included in a blog of a different user.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein other objects connectedto the generatedobjects are folders includedinexternal blogs of other users.

13. A computer readable record medium containing a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.