WO2015183045A1

WO2015183045A1 - Method and device for tagging chat message

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Publication number: WO2015183045A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/005436
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김형래; 신인섭; 박우영; 이희영; 김일두
Original assignee: 주식회사 다음카카오
Priority date: 2014-05-29
Filing date: 2015-05-29
Publication date: 2015-12-03
Also published as: JP2017525063A; KR101662024B1; KR20150138514A; JP6368857B2

Abstract

A method for tagging a chat message comprises the steps of: receiving a chat message; tagging the chat message with a category; displaying the tagged chat message on a screen; receiving an input related to a category; displaying at least one category on the screen, based on the input; and displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category when the input has been received.

Description

Method and device for tagging chat messages

A method and device for tagging a chat message.

Instant Message Service (IMS) is a real-time online communication service that allows a message sent by a sender to immediately appear on the screen of the recipient's device, without using an e-mail program or web browser. In particular, a service that provides a chat, voice and video call using a mobile network is called a MIM (Mobile Instant Messenger) service. In this regard, Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0012315 discloses an instant message control method.

Users can share texts, images, videos, music files, etc. with other parties in real time and freely discuss the latest information through IMS applications installed on smart devices. Due to these advantages, the use of IMS applications has recently increased rapidly, and the amount of chat messages that a general user sends and receives with other parties has also increased exponentially. However, as the amount of chat messages increases, it may be difficult to systematically manage each chat message or re-search and use existing chat messages.

Automatic tagging of chat messages by category is intended to enable more efficient management of chat messages. In addition, it is another object of the present invention to provide a chat message tagging method and device that enables a user to find a necessary chat message more quickly without having to look through a plurality of chat messages. In addition, when the tagging chat message is selected, it moves directly to the chat window, so that the situation at the time when the tagging chat message is transmitted can be identified. The present invention provides a method and device for tagging a chat message that enables manual tagging along with automatic tagging. However, the technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problems as described above, and other technical problems may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention, in the device, receiving a chat message, tagging the chat message as a category, displaying the tagged chat message on the screen Receiving an input related to the category, displaying at least one category on the screen based on the input, and displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen when the input is received. A method of tagging a chat message can be provided.

Another embodiment of the present invention may provide a method for providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device that executes a method of tagging a chat message.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a device for tagging a chat message, comprising: a chat message receiving unit for receiving a chat message, a tagging unit for tagging the chat message into a category, a display unit for displaying the tagged chat message on a screen, and the And an input receiver configured to receive an input related to a category, wherein the display unit displays at least one category on the screen based on the input, and displays a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen when the input is received. It can be configured to.

Automatic tagging of chat messages by category may enable more efficient management of chat messages. In addition, it is possible to provide a chat message taging method and device that allows a user to find a necessary chat message more quickly without having to look through a plurality of chat messages. In addition, when the tagging chat message is selected, the user immediately grasps the situation at the time when the tagging chat message is transmitted by directly moving to the chat window. By enabling manual tagging along with automatic tagging, it is possible to provide a chat message taging method and device that can reflect a user's intention in a chat message tagging.

1 is a view schematically showing a chat system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of tagging a chat message.

4 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a process of tagging a chat message.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of displaying a plurality of chat messages.

6A and 6B are diagrams for describing examples of a category menu.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a chat message tagging method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

1 is a view schematically showing a chat system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the chat system may include a server 10, a device 20, an external device 30, and an external device 40. Since the chat system of FIG. 1 is only an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limitedly interpreted through FIG. 1. That is, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the chat system may be configured differently from FIG. 1.

Each component of FIG. 1 constituting the chat system may be connected through a network. The network refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between respective nodes such as terminals and servers. Examples of such a network include a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) network and a long term evolution (LTE) network. , World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX) network, Internet, Local Area Network (LAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Personal Area Network (PAN), Bluetooth (Bluetooth) Networks, satellite broadcasting networks, analog broadcasting networks, DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) networks and the like, but are not limited to these.

The device 20 may receive a chat message and analyze tags or metadata about the received chat message itself, objects included in the chat message, and the chat message.

The device 20 may tag the chat message into categories. In this case, the device 20 may determine whether a predefined object (or pattern) exists in the received chat message, and automatically tag a category suitable for the received chat message according to the determination result. An example of the object may be a network address, text representing a time or place, a phone number, an image, an audio or a video.

The device 20 may tag chat messages input in different chat windows (or chat areas, chat rooms, chat windows, chat rooms) into the same category. For example, the device 20 tags a first chat message including a place of “Seoul” in a chat window with a friend named “AAA” as a place category and “Busan” in a chat window with a friend named “BBB”. The second chat message including the place may be tagged as the same place category.

The device 20 may tag the chat message received from the user interface of the device 20 or the device 20 and the chat message input from the external device 30 or the server 10 into the same category. For example, the device 20 may tag a first chat message including a network address of “www.CCC.com” received from an external device 30 of a friend named “AAA” into a URL category, and the user's device ( 20) or a second chat message including the network address “www.DDD.net/data” received from the user interface of the device 20 may also be tagged with the same URL category.

The device 20 may display a chat message on the screen of the device 20. In this case, the device 20 may display a chat message in a chat area (or chat window) activated (or displayed) on the screen of the device 20 through the chat application. In addition, the displayed chat message may be a tagged chat message (or a tagged chat message) or an untagged chat message. In this case, the untagged chat message may be expressed as a general chat message separately from a tagged chat message that is a tagged chat message.

Device 20 may provide manual tagging to a user. At this time, the device 20 may provide manual tagging for all chat messages, or may provide manual tagging only for chat messages that are not automatically tagged. In addition, when a user input for manual tagging is received from the user interface, the device 20 may provide (or display) such a user interface screen (or menu).

When the device 20 displays at least one category on the screen and receives a user input (or user selection) regarding at least one category, the device 20 may display at least one tagging chat message corresponding to a specific category among the at least one category. Can be displayed on the screen. In this case, the at least one tagging chat message may be a collection of chat messages tagged by the device 20.

For example, the device 20 automatically tags a chat message including network address information (for example, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)) among the received chat messages as a URL category, and the user interface the user. When a URL or a website category is selected on a screen (or a menu), a plurality of tagging chat messages tagged with the URL category may be displayed on the screen. In addition, when the user selects any one of the tagging chat messages displayed on the screen, the device 20 displays a chat room (or chat room, chat window, chat area) in which the selected tagging chat message exists, or the selected tagging chat message. You can automatically scroll to the position where.

In another example, when the user long-clicks on a particular chat message that he considers important to activate the category menu and selects a memo category of the corresponding category menus, the device 20 writes a note about the particular chat message. It can provide the user with an input tool that can. In addition, when the user completes a memo input, the device 20 may tag a specific chat message as a memo category. Subsequently, when the user selects a memo category on the user interface screen (or menu) in order to view a specific chat message again, the device 20 may display a plurality of tagged chat messages tagged with the memo on the screen. If the user selects any one of a plurality of tagging chat messages displayed on the screen, the chat room (or chat room, chat window, chat area) in which the tagging chat message selected by the user exists may be displayed on the screen. Alternatively, the device 20 may automatically scroll to a location where the tagging chat message selected by the user is located, and display the tagging chat message and the memo together on the screen.

As such, the device 20 may provide a user interface screen (or menu) including a plurality of categories, and when one of the plurality of categories is selected through the user interface screen, a tagging chat corresponding to the selected category You can display a message on the screen. In this case, the user interface screen or each category may be displayed in a setting area (or a setting window or a setting room) that is distinct from the chat area (or chat window, chat room, chat window, chat room), displayed together in the chat area, or the chat area. It may be displayed overlapping with.

The device 20 may differently display an area for displaying a tagged chat message and an area for displaying a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagged chat messages) corresponding to a category. For example, the device 20 displays a tagged chat message in a chat area (or chat window), while a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagged chat messages) corresponding to a category are displayed in a setting area (or a setting window). can do. That is, the device 20 receives a chat message, displays a first area for tagging and displaying the received chat message, and displays a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagged chat messages) in response to an input regarding a category. Two areas can be distinguished.

The tagging chat message displayed in the first area and the plurality of chat messages displayed in the second area may correspond to the tagging chat message as different independent files or independent data. For example, the first file or the first data for the tagging chat message displayed in the first area may be distinguished from the first data or the second file for the tagging chat message among the plurality of chat messages displayed in the second area. In addition, the tagging chat message displayed in the first area and the tagging chat message displayed in the second area may be linked to each other. Thus, processing of either the tagging chat message displayed in the first area or the one displayed in the second area may affect the processing of the tagging chat message displayed in the first area and the other one displayed in the second area. have. For example, when a user requests deletion or editing of a tagging chat message displayed in the first area, the device 20 may also delete or edit the displayed message in the second area.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the tagging chat message displayed in the first area is referred to as an original tagging chat message or a normal tagging chat message, and a copy tagging of the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the original tagging chat message or the normal tagging chat message is performed. Chat messages or summary tagging I will describe them as chat messages.

The original tagging chat message (or normal tagging chat message) and the copy tagging chat message (or summary tagging chat message) may have different appearances. For example, the original tagging chat message may include only text, while the copy tagging chat message may include text and a tag together. As another example, the original tagging chat message may include full text, while the copy tagging chat message may include only text that is shorter than the full text (eg, summary text). As another example, the original tagging chat message may include text, while the copy tagging chat message may include an image corresponding to the text. In this case, the aforementioned appearance may be represented by a type, a kind, or the like.

When the user input for the copy tagging chat message is received, the device 20 may activate (or open or call) a chat window (or chat window or chat area) to which the original tagging chat message corresponding to the copy tagging chat message belongs. It can also automatically scroll to where the original tagged chat message is located. This allows the user to easily grasp the front and back context by checking other chat messages around the original tagged chat message.

The device 20 may perform an option regarding a tagging chat message. In this case, the device 20 may provide an option menu that is a collection of options related to the tagging chat message, and when the user selects any one of the options through the option menu, the device 20 may perform the selected option. At this time, an example of the option is to collect only the tagging chat message and copy the tagging chat message for use in another application, to store it in a memory corresponding to the tagging chat message, or to store the tagging chat message in the server 10 or externally. Sharing to device 30.

The device 20 may provide information or a service corresponding to the tagging chat message. For example, if the tagging chat message includes the item code or the item name related to the securities, the device 20 may link the tagging chat message with the securities information or the securities service provided by the server 10. In this case, when a user inputs an input relating to the tagging chat message, the device 20 may display securities information on a screen or connect a web page for a securities service.

The device 20 may share the tagging chat message by transmitting the tagging chat message to the server 10 or the external device 30. In addition, the device 20 may receive the tagging chat message by receiving the tagging chat message from the server 10 or the external device 30. For example, when receiving a chat message pre-tagged by another user, the device 20 may treat the pretagged chat message as a plurality of tag chat messages corresponding to the category without additional tagging. have. In this case, the plurality of tagged chat messages corresponding to the category may include a chat message tagged in the category by the device 20.

In relation to the input or user input described above, the device 20 may receive various types of input or user input. For example, the device 20 may receive a user's touch input as a user input, and may include a touch panel device for recognizing the user's touch input. As another example, the device 20 may receive a user's voice input as a user input, and may include a voice recognition module for recognizing the user's voice input. As another example, the device 20 may receive a user's gesture input or a movement of the device as a user input, and may include a camera or sensor module for recognizing the gesture input or the movement of the device. At this time, one example of the sensor module includes a geomagnetic field sensor, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, a temperature sensor, an optical sensor.

Examples of the device 20, the external device 30, and the external device 40 include a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility, and includes a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), and a personal data center (PDC). Digital Cellular (PHS), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), WiBro (Wireless Broadband Internet) All kinds of handheld based wireless communication devices such as a smartphone, a smartphone, a tablet PC, and the like may be included.

The server 10 may transmit and receive a chat message with the device. For example, the server 10 may send a chat message received from any one of the device 20, the external device 30, and the external device 40 among the device 20, the external device 30, and the external device 40. You can send to another.

The server 10 may receive information about a chat message or a tagged chat message from the device 20 and store it. For example, the server 10 may receive an identifier of a chat message or a tagged chat message from the device 20. In addition, the server 10 may receive a result of an operation performed by the device 20 from the device 20 in real time or periodically, and store it. The server 10 may control the operation of the device 20. To this end, the server 10 may transmit a command for the operation of the device 20 and receive a result of the operation performed by the device 20 in response to the command. For example, the server 10 may instruct the device 20 to tag a specific chat message in a specific category and receive the result.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 10 may perform some of the operations of the device 20 described above instead of the device 20. For example, the server 10 may transmit to the device 20 or tag the chat message received from the device 20 into a specific category, and transmit the tagged chat message or its identifier to the device 20. In this case, the device 20 may display a tagged chat message on the screen, and upon receiving an input related to a category, the device 20 may request a plurality of tagged chat messages corresponding to the category from the server 10.

As another example, the server 10 may transmit a plurality of tagging chat messages or their identifiers to the device 20 in response to a request of the device 20. At this time, the request of the device 20 may include information about the category.

The operation of each component included in the chat system of FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to the following drawings.

2 is a block diagram of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, the device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a chat message receiver 210, a tagging unit 220, a display unit 230, an input receiver 240, a memory 250, and a communication unit ( 260). However, the configuration of the device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be made differently from FIG. 2.

The chat message receiver 210 may receive a chat message from the user interface of the device 20.

The chat message receiver 210 may receive a plurality of chat messages from the server 10 or a plurality of users. Here, the plurality of users may be users of the device 20, the external device 30, and the external device 40, respectively.

The tagging unit 220 may tag a chat message in a category. In detail, the tagging unit 220 may analyze the chat message and tag the chat message into a category according to the analysis result. Meanwhile, the tagging unit 220 may analyze the chat message itself, the objects included in the chat message, and tags or metadata about the chat message. Here, the chat message may mean, for example, a chat message suitable for being displayed in a chat area (or chat window) of the device 20, or may mean a chat message suitable for a chat application installed in the device 20. And a chat message suitable for tagging a category.

The tagging unit 220 may tag the chat message to a category according to whether the predetermined object is included in the chat message. For example, the tagging unit 220 may tag a phone number category when the phone number is included in the chat message. As another example, the tagging unit 220 may tag an image category, an audio category, or a video category when an image, audio, or video is included in a chat message. In addition, the tagging unit 220 may include a network address (or URL, webpage, website) category, a place category, and a time (depending on whether a chat address includes a network address, a text indicating a place, and a portion indicating a time). Or appointment) category.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of tagging a chat message. Referring to FIG. 3, when the chat message receiver 210 receives a chat message (S301), the tagging unit 220 determines whether the chat message includes a predetermined object (S302), and as a result, the chat message. When the determined object is included, the category may be tagged in the chat message (S303). Here, the object may be any one of a network address, text indicating a place, a phone number, an image, audio, or a video. Meanwhile, the tagged chat message, which is a tagged chat message, may be displayed on the screen by the display unit 230 (S304).

Referring to an example in which a chat message is tagged by the tagging unit 220, the tagging unit 220 includes a text object called "Gyeongbokgung" and a time information object called "25 April" in the received chat message. In response, the chat message may be determined to be related to the appointment, and the appointment category may be tagged in the chat message.

Referring to another example in which a chat message is tagged by the tagging unit 220, the tagging unit 220 includes a multimedia object such as an image, a video, or an audio in the chat message. The tag may be tagged as either a video category or an audio category. In addition, the tagging unit 220 may further check related information such as the content, title, and playing time of the multimedia object, and may tag more detailed categories such as a practice video category, a school video category, and a movie video category. . In this case, the category selection menu provided to the user may include an upper category such as a video and a lower category such as a school or a movie.

Referring to another example in which a chat message is tagged by the tagging unit 220, the tagging unit 220 may include "www.CCC.com", "www.DDD.net/data", and "EEE @ FFF" in the chat message. If a network address such as ".com" is included, the chat message may be tagged with any one of a network address category, a URL category, a website category, a webpage category, or an email address category.

The tagging unit 220 may tag a chat message based on at least one user input. Specifically, although not shown in FIG. 3, in step S303, when the chat message does not include an object, the tagging unit 220 may tag the chat message based on at least one user input.

The tagging unit 220 may provide a menu (or screen) for receiving at least one user input. In this case, at least one recommendation category may be displayed on the menu (or screen) based on a result of a pre-analysis by the tagging unit 220. In this case, the tagging unit 220 may receive a user input for selecting one of the recommended categories from the user. The menu (or screen) may include an input tool so that a user can directly enter a category. In this case, the tagging unit 220 may determine that the text input by the input tool is the content of the memo and tag the corresponding chat message as the memo category, or determine that the text input by the input tool is the text representing the category and input the corresponding message. It can also be tagged as a text category.

The tagging unit 220 may tag the chat message to any one of a plurality of categories. In this case, the plurality of categories may be predefined, and are added according to the additional category received from the server 10 or the external device 30, the additional category input by the user, or the determination result of the device 10. It may be determined or updated through at least one of the additional categories.

4 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a process of tagging a chat message. 4, the input receiving unit 240 receives an input for selecting a chat message from a user (S401), the display unit 220 displays a plurality of categories (S402), and the tagging unit 220 receives an input. A category may be selected from among a plurality of categories based on a user input input by the receiver 240 (S403), and the selected category may be tagged in the chat message (S404). In this case, the plurality of categories may be categories that are present (or stored) in at least one of the device 20, the server 10, or the external device 30.

The display unit 230 may display the tagged chat message on the screen. In detail, the display unit 230 may display a chat message in a chat area (or chat window) activated (or displayed) on the screen of the device 20 in response to the chat application. At this time, the chat message displayed on the screen may be a tagged chat message (or a tagged chat message), or may be an untagged chat message. That is, the display unit 230 may display a chat message that is not tagged on the screen. In this case, the untagged chat message may be expressed as a general chat message differently from the tagged chat message.

The input receiver 240 receives an input related to a category, and when the input is received, the display 230 may display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen. As an example, when the display unit 230 displays a category on the screen and the input receiver 240 receives a user input regarding the category, the display unit 230 may display a plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen. have. In this case, the plurality of tagging chat messages may be a collection of chat messages tagged by the tagging unit 220. As another example, when the display unit 230 displays at least one category on the screen, and the input receiver 240 receives a user input regarding at least one category, the display unit 230 may display a user input among at least one category. A plurality of tagging chat messages corresponding to the selected category may be displayed on the screen.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of displaying a plurality of chat messages. Referring to FIG. 5, when the input receiver 240 receives an input related to a category (S501), and the display unit 230 displays at least one category on the screen (S502), the input receiver 240 displays a screen. One of the categories selected by the user among the at least one category displayed in FIG. 1 may be received (S503). Thereafter, when the display unit 230 displays a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the selected category on the screen, and the input receiver 240 receives a user input (or user selection) for any one of the plurality of chat messages, the display unit ( 230 may move to a chat area corresponding to the selected chat message, and display the selected chat message and its surrounding messages in the chat area.

The display unit 230 may provide a user interface screen (or category menu) including at least one category, and when one of at least one category is selected through the input receiver 240, tagging corresponding to the selected category Chat messages can be displayed on the screen. The user interface screen including categories or each category may be displayed in a setting area (or a setting window or a setting room) that is distinct from a chat area (or chat window, chat room, chat window, chat room), displayed in a chat area, or a chat area. It may be displayed overlapping with.

6A and 6B are diagrams for describing examples of a category menu. 6A, when the user inputs a touch input 601 for an icon present in the chat area or at the periphery of the chat area, as shown by 61, a setting area as shown by 62. The screen is activated on the screen, and the category menu 602 may be displayed in the setting area. 6A, as shown by

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63 and 64, when a plurality of chat rooms are displayed, the user's touch input 603 through an icon for the input receiver 240 to call the category menu 604. When receiving the category menu 604 may be displayed.

The input related to such a category may include input of a hardware button included in the device as well as input of a graphic icon displayed in a predetermined area of the screen, voice input through a microphone of the device, motion recognition input through a sensor of the device, and It may include at least one of a gesture recognition input through a sensor.

The input receiver 240 may receive various types of user inputs. The user input may include input (or touch input) to a graphic icon displayed in a predetermined area of the screen, input of a hardware button included in the device, voice input through a microphone of the device, motion recognition input through a sensor of the device, and input of the device. It may include at least one of a gesture recognition input through a sensor. To this end, the input receiver 240 may use a touch panel device, a hardware button module, a voice recognition module, a gesture recognition module, a camera, or a sensor module of the device 20. At this time, one example of the sensor module includes a geomagnetic field sensor, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, a temperature sensor, an optical sensor.

The input receiver 240 may receive an input related to a category when a chat message is not displayed. In detail, the tagging chat message may not be displayed as another new message is displayed in the chat area, and the input receiving unit 240 may receive an input related to a category after the tagging chat message is not displayed in the chat area. For example, the first reception unit 240 may receive an input related to a category when the first area is not displayed and the second area is activated on the screen.

The display unit 230 may display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen. In this case, the display 230 may display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category in the second area of the screen. That is, the display unit 230 may distinguish a tagged chat message from displaying in the first area of the screen, and display a plurality of chat messages (or a plurality of tagged chat messages) corresponding to a category in the second area. In this case, the tagged chat message is tagged by the tagging unit 220 and then displayed in the chat area (chat window), and the plurality of chat messages (or the plurality of tagged chat messages) are memory 250 in relation to the category. Or those stored in the server 10.

The display unit 230 distinguishes between a first area for receiving a chat message and tagging and displaying the received chat message, and a second area for displaying a plurality of chat messages (or tagged chat messages) in response to an input relating to a category. can do. For example, the display 230 may display a tagged chat message in a chat area (or chat window), while a plurality of chat messages (or tagged chat messages) corresponding to a category may be displayed in a setting area (or a setting window). have.

The display unit 230 displays the first appearance of the tagged chat message in a first area of the screen, and when an input related to a category is received, a second appearance corresponding to a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category. (the second appearance) may be displayed on the second area of the screen. That is, the original tagging chat message (or normal tagging chat message) and the copy tagging chat message (or summary tagging chat message) may have different appearances. An example of this is as described above with reference to FIG. 1.

The display unit 230 may display the tagged chat message (or the original tagged chat message) or the first area on the first layer of the screen. In this case, the first layer may mean a layer having the highest or highest priority or sequence among the plurality of layers of the screen. In general, a screen includes a plurality of layers, each of which may have a priority or a sequence among each other. For example, when the layout of the currently running first application is displayed through the first layer having the highest priority on the screen, when the user executes or activates the second application, the layout of the second application is displayed on the screen. It can be displayed on one layer. In this case, the layout of the first application may disappear from the screen, but may exist together with the first layer in the second layer (or in the state of the second layer), and the portion overlapping with the first layer of the layout displayed on the second layer. May not be displayed or may be dimly displayed. In relation to the display of the screen, different layers may be defined in various ways.

The display unit 230 may display the plurality of tagging chat messages (or the plurality of copy tagging chat messages) or the second area corresponding to the category on the first layer of the screen. In this case, the display unit 230 may display the tagged chat message (or the original tagged chat message) or the first area displayed on the first layer through the second layer of the screen. In addition, when the tagged chat message (or the original tagged chat message) is selected among the plurality of chat messages (or the plurality of tagged chat messages), the display unit 230 reactivates the first area to the first layer, and the first area. May be automatically scrolled to display the tagging chat message (or the original tagging chat message) on the first layer that has been reactivated.

The plurality of chat messages may include a first chat message input through a user interface and a second chat message input through an external device. That is, the first chat message and the second chat message input in different chat windows (or chat areas, chat rooms, chat windows, chat rooms) may have the same category. For example, a first chat message received from an external device 30 of a friend named "AAA" and including a network address of "www.CCC.com", and the user's device 20 or device 20 All second chat messages received from the user interface and including the network address "www.DDD.net/data" may all have the same category, URL category.

The plurality of chat messages may include a first chat message displayed through the first chat area and a second chat message displayed through the second chat area. That is, the first chat message and the second chat message input in different chat windows (or chat areas, chat rooms, chat windows, chat rooms) may have the same category. For example, a first chat message that contains a place called "Seoul" while in a chat window with a friend named "AAA", and a place called "Busan" that is located in a chat window with a friend named "BBB". The second chat message may all have the same category, called a place category.

The display unit 230 may display a plurality of chat messages and additional information of the plurality of chat messages on the screen. As an example, if a plurality of chat messages include item codes or item names related to securities, the display unit 230 may display securities information as additional information on the screen.

When the chat message is selected from among the plurality of chat messages, the display unit 230 may display an option for the chat message on the screen. Here, the option may be any one of, for example, an enlarged display of the chat message, deletion of the chat message, sharing of the chat message, or moving to a chat area in which the chat message exists.

When the selection of any one of the options of the input receiver 240 is received, the device 20 or the operation performing unit (not shown) may perform an operation related to the selected option. At this time, an example of an option or an operation corresponding thereto may be to copy a tagging chat message, store the tagging chat message in memory in a file corresponding to the tagging chat message, or to store a tagging chat message for use in another application. (10) or to the external device (30).

The memory 250 may store data. At this time, an example of data includes, but is not limited to, a chat message, an identifier of a chat message, a tagged chat message, an identifier of a tagged chat message, and a category. In addition, the memory 250 may be a memory area or a combination of memory areas that store all data generated by the device 20 or input / output to the device 20. An example of such a memory 250 includes a hard disk drive, a hard disk drive, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a memory card, or the like existing inside or outside the device 20. .

The communicator 260 may transmit at least one of a chat message, an identifier of the chat message, a tagged chat message, an identifier or a category of the tagged chat message to the server 20 or the external device 30. In this case, the transmitted ones may be used for the external device 30. For example, a tagging chat message transmitted from the communication unit 260 to the external device 30 may be displayed on the external device 30 in response to an input regarding a category in the external device 30. Whenever there is a user input, the communication unit 260 may transmit at least one of a chat message, an identifier of a chat message, a tagged chat message, an identifier or a category of a tagged chat message to the server 20 or the external device 30. It may be transmitted in real time or periodically.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a chat message tagging method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The chat message tagging method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 includes steps processed in time series in the device 20 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6B. Therefore, even if omitted below, what has already been described with respect to the device 20 also applies to the chat message tagging method of FIG. 6.

In operation S701, the chat message receiver 210 may receive a chat message. In operation S702, the tagging unit 220 may tag the chat message received in operation S701 as a category. In operation S703, the display unit 230 may display the chat message tagged in operation S702 on the screen. In operation S704, the input receiver 240 may receive an input related to a category. In operation S705, the display unit 230 may display at least one category on the screen based on the input. In operation S706, the display unit 230 may display a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category among the at least one category on the screen.

Although not shown in FIG. 7, in operation S706, a plurality of chat messages corresponding to a category among at least one category may be displayed on the screen based on a user input for the displayed at least one category.

In the above description, steps S701 to S705 may be further divided into additional steps or combined into fewer steps, according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, some steps may be omitted as necessary, and the order between the steps may be changed.

The chat message tagging method described with reference to FIG. 7 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

An embodiment of the present invention may provide a method for providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device 20 that executes the method for tagging a chat message described with reference to FIG. 7. At this time, the device 20 is characterized in that a method of tagging a chat message. The above-mentioned application may be provided to the device 20 by the server 10, may be provided to the device 20 by another server configured separately from the server 10, and may be provided to another entity different from the server 10. It may be provided to the device 20 by another server operated by.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

Claims

In a method for tagging chat messages,

At the device, receiving a chat message;

Tagging the chat message into a category;

Displaying the tagged chat message on a screen;

Receiving an input associated with the category;

Displaying at least one category on the screen based on the input; And

Displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category among the at least one category on the screen.
The method of claim 1,

The displaying of the tagged chat message on the screen may include displaying a non-tagged general chat message and a tagged chat message tagged with the category on the screen.

And displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen, displaying a plurality of tagged chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen.
The method of claim 1,

Tagging in the category is to tag in the category of the at least one category,

The displaying of the plurality of chat messages on the screen may include displaying on the screen a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category among the at least one category based on a user input for the at least one displayed category. Way.
The method of claim 1,

The displaying of the chat message on the screen may include displaying the chat message on a first area of the screen.

And displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on a screen, displaying a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on a second area of the screen.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The plurality of chat messages include the chat message,

If the chat message displayed in the second area is deleted or edited, the chat message displayed in the first area is also deleted or edited.
The method of claim 1,

The displaying of the tagged chat message on the screen may include displaying a first appearance of the tagged chat message.

And the plurality of chat messages comprises the second appearance of the tagged chat message.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The displaying of the chat message on the screen may include displaying the chat message on the first area activated on the first layer of the screen.

The displaying of the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen may include: activating the second area to the first layer when the input is received, and activating the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category to the activated first message. It is to display in 2 areas.
The method of claim 1,

If the chat message is selected from among the plurality of chat messages, displaying the option for the chat message.
The method of claim 8,

The option is any one of an enlarged display of the chat message, deletion of the chat message, sharing of the chat message, or moving to a chat area in which the chat message is present.
The method of claim 1,

Receiving an input associated with the category is to receive an input associated with the category when the chat message is not displayed.
The method of claim 1,

And displaying the plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category on the screen by displaying the plurality of chat messages and additional information of the plurality of chat messages on the screen.
The method of claim 1,

Tagging into the category,

Determining whether the chat message includes a predetermined object; And

Tagging the chat message with the category if the chat message includes an object.
The method of claim 12,

The object is any one of a network address, text representing a time, text representing a place, phone number, image, audio or video.
The method of claim 1,

The tagging into the category is tagging into the category based on at least one user input.
The method of claim 12,

If the chat message does not include the object, further comprising tagging the chat message based on at least one user input.
The method of claim 1,

Wherein the plurality of chat messages comprise a first chat message entered via a user interface and a second chat message entered via an external device.
The method of claim 1,

Wherein the plurality of chat messages comprises a first chat message displayed through a first chat area and a second chat message displayed through a second chat area.
The method of claim 1,

The input related to the category may be input to a graphic icon displayed in a predetermined area of the screen, input of a hardware button included in the device, voice input through a microphone of the device, motion recognition input through a sensor of the device, and the like. At least one of a gesture recognition input through a sensor of the device.
In the method for providing an application that operates in conjunction with a device that executes a method for tagging a chat message,

The device implements the method as claimed in claim 1.
A device for tagging chat messages,

A chat message receiver for receiving a chat message;

A tagging unit for tagging the chat message into a category;

A display unit displaying the tagged chat message on a screen; And

Including an input receiving unit for receiving an input associated with the category,

The display unit displays at least one category on the screen based on the input, and displays a plurality of chat messages corresponding to the category of the at least one category on the screen.