WO2016064079A1

WO2016064079A1 - Message mediation method, and message transmission and reception method

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Publication number: WO2016064079A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/008784
Authority: WO
Inventors: 허민
Original assignee: 허민
Priority date: 2014-10-24
Filing date: 2015-08-21
Publication date: 2016-04-28

Abstract

The present invention relates to a message mediation method, and a message transmission and reception method. The present invention is performed by a message mediation apparatus, and may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a first user, an anonymous message transmission request to receivers including a second user; confirming anonymous identification information of the first user with respect to the receivers; and distributing, to the receivers including the second user, the anonymous identification information which has been confirmed in the confirming step and a message included in the message transmission request. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a message service which facilitates free exchange of opinions.

Description

Message mediation method and message transmission and reception method

The present invention relates to a message mediation method and a message transmission and reception method, and more particularly, to a message mediation method and a message transmission and reception method for distributing a message anonymously between users who maintain a specific relationship with each other.

Recently, as personalized information processing devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs have become commonplace, the use of chats, online communities, social network services, etc., using them has increased rapidly.

These chat, community and social network services all use the online connections of users. As a result, users can clearly identify their contacts and who is the publisher of the posts they view.

However, there is a problem that free exchange of opinions is difficult due to the eyes of others within the online service that can clearly identify who the communication target is based on the network.

In addition, there are words to confess to friends or content to share, but there is a problem that it is difficult to use such a service if it is shy or inappropriate to deliver directly.

In particular, in recent years, such a social networking service has been aware of the other people's eyes, and by sharing only the positive content related to their own, others have a problem such as feeling alienation.

In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to share a free view on a specific subject by sharing only opinions that can be sympathized by the majority, conscious of criticism of others.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0102381 discloses a method for recommending content using a social network. However, since it can clearly identify the other party or the content publisher of the conversation, it cannot solve the problems described above. have.

Therefore, there is a need for a technique for solving the above problems.

On the other hand, the background art described above is technical information that the inventors possess for the derivation of the present invention or acquired in the derivation process of the present invention, and is not necessarily a publicly known technique disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention. .

One embodiment of the present invention enables a communication between users using a social network, a message brokering method for enabling a variety of exchanges by enabling the anonymous display of the other party or the content of the conversation or the posting of the sharer and The purpose is to provide a method for transmitting and receiving messages.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention allows the sender of the message or the publisher of the content to send a message or feed the content anonymously to their friends, thereby sharing the content about the taste or opinion that was difficult to be embarrassed or revealed. An object of the present invention is to provide a message mediation method and a message transmission / reception method that can be freely performed.

Furthermore, one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a message brokering method and a message transmission and reception method that allows a plurality of users to be able to communicate with each other anonymously with each other to allow unbiased exchange of opinions on a particular subject.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is difficult to clearly identify who the anonymous message sender or anonymous content publisher, but can be identified whether the user in the network of the user can distinguish between indiscriminate spam messages and friends' anonymous messages An object of the present invention is to provide a message mediation method and a message transmission / reception method.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a message brokering method and a message transmission and reception method that can maximize the fun of users through a variety of free opinion exchange and content sharing through anonymous.

As a technical means for achieving the above technical problem, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the message mediation method performed by the message mediation apparatus, an anonymous message transmission to the receiving target including the second user from the first user Receiving a request; Confirming anonymous identification information of the reception target of the first user; And distributing the anonymous identification information and the message included in the message transmission request to a recipient including the second user.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a message mediation method performed by a message mediation apparatus includes: receiving an anonymous message transmission request from a first user to a destination including a second user; And distributing the name identification information of the first user, the anonymous flag, and a message included in the message transmission request to a destination including the second user.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message transmitting and receiving method performed by a message transmitting and receiving apparatus for transmitting and receiving a message through a message relay apparatus, the method including: receiving a message including anonymous identification information from the message intermediate apparatus; Identifying a user group including an anonymous participant corresponding to the anonymous identification information; And displaying the anonymous participant information corresponding to the message and the anonymous participant to the identified user group, the anonymous participant information may include displaying different from the participant information of the general participant, not the anonymous participant.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a message transmission and reception method performed by a message transmission and reception apparatus for transmitting and receiving a message through a message relay apparatus includes: receiving a message including user identification information and an anonymous flag from the message relay apparatus; Identifying a user group including a participant corresponding to the user identification information as an anonymous participant; The anonymous participant information of the anonymous participant corresponding to the message and the user identification information may be displayed on the identified user group, but the anonymous participant information may include displaying differently from the participant information of the general participant who is not the anonymous participant. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a message mediation method performed by a message mediation apparatus includes: receiving an anonymous message distribution request for a range of recipients from a first user; Identifying a second user corresponding to the reception target of the predetermined range; And distributing the message and the anonymous distributor information to the second user, wherein the anonymous distributor information may be different from distributor information of a general distributor who is not an anonymous distributor.

According to any one of the above-mentioned means for solving the problems of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention enables communication between users using a social network, but can anonymously display the person or the post or sharer of the conversation. By doing so, it is possible to provide a message mediation method and a message transmission / reception method for enabling various exchanges of opinions.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention allows the sender of the message or the publisher of the content to send a message or feed the content anonymously to their friends, thereby sharing the content about the taste or opinion that was difficult to be embarrassed or revealed. A message brokering method and a message transmitting / receiving method which can be freely provided can be provided.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention may provide a message mediation method and a message transmission / reception method for enabling a plurality of users to communicate with each other anonymously together so that unbiased exchange of opinions on a specific topic is possible.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is difficult to clearly identify who the anonymous message sender or anonymous content publisher, but can be identified whether the user in the network of the user can distinguish between indiscriminate spam messages and friends' anonymous messages A message mediation method and a message transmission / reception method may be provided.

And one embodiment of the present invention can provide a message brokering method and a message transmission and reception method that can maximize the fun of users through a variety of free opinion exchange and content sharing through anonymous.

The effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. will be.

1 is a block diagram of a system including a message relay device and a message transmitting and receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a message brokering apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a message mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an exemplary diagram of an identification information table for explaining a message mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a message mediation method according to another 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. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

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

However, before describing this, the meanings of the terms used below are first defined.

First, in the present invention, the 'message' may include a chat message (not necessarily indicating only a text message, which may include images, audio, video, and multimedia contents) exchanged by a plurality of users through a chat service. It may also include posts of online communities or posts of social networking services that collect feeds of friends. Further, the presenting of an item in a game service using a social network may be included in the above-described message.

In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, all services made by exchanging messages using social networks such as a chat service, a community service, a post feed service using a social network, and a game service using a social network are described below. Service '.

In the embodiment of the present invention, "user identification information" means information unique to the user account, which can identify users corresponding to each user account in the message service. In addition, the user identification information not only enables the message broker to identify users managed by the message broker, which will be described later, but also identifies the user (friend) within the user list (friend list) stored in the message transceiver. Information that makes it possible. That is, the user identification information is identification information for distinguishing each user not only the message intermediary device but also the message transceiving device. For example, the user list recorded in each message transmitting and receiving device may be configured as a list of such user identification information. Such user identification information can be any information so long as it can identify each user in common between a message relay apparatus and a message transmission / reception apparatus. In addition, in describing the invention, such user identification information may be expressed as 'name identification information' in order to more clearly distinguish from the anonymous identification information to be described later.

On the other hand, 'anonymous identification information' is also a unique identifier for identifying a user, but the anonymous identification information enables the message broker to identify the user, but the anonymous identification information in the friend list recorded by the message transmission / reception device is It is an identifier configured to be unable to identify who the indicating user is. That is, the user list or friend list recorded in the message transceiving device used by each user does not include anonymous identification information. Therefore, the message transceiving device cannot identify who the user is based on anonymous identification information. However, anonymous identification information may be used to confirm that a plurality of messages generated by the same anonymous user are generated by the same person.

Here, the anonymous identification information may be set differently depending on a reception target for receiving a message for the same user, or may be set the same regardless of a reception target for receiving a message for the same user. Here, the destination may be one user or a group including two or more users. For example, the anonymous identification information may be set differently for each user group for the same single user, or may be set the same.

Meanwhile, 'group identification information' is information for identifying an arbitrary user group including two or more users from another user group when the message service is a service provided between a certain number of closed users such as chat. The user group may include more than one participant, one or more of which may be anonymous participants.

An anonymous participant is a participant of a user group that is distinguished from a general participant, not an anonymous participant, and is a user who does not expose information that can identify who the participant is to other participants of the user group. The message intermediary device may separately record whether each participant of a specific user group is an anonymous participant. The anonymous identification information may be assigned to the anonymous participant. This is not to identify who the anonymous participant in the message transmission and reception, but to ensure that a plurality of messages received from the same anonymous participant is generated by the same participant.

A general participant, on the other hand, is a user whose participant's information is exposed to other participants in the user group to recognize who the participant is. For the general participant, the user may be represented using the user identification information (name identification information) described above. The general participant may be exposed to other users participant information including at least one of user name, nickname, account information, and phone number. On the other hand, the anonymous participant information for the anonymous participant does not include such information, and may include at least one of information indicating that the user is an anonymous participant, information that can be distinguished from other anonymous participants, and additional information to be described later.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, the 'anonymous flag' may include command information indicating a request to send the message anonymously when requesting the transmission or distribution of the message from the message transceiving device to the message broker. When the message relay device transmits an anonymous message to a specific message transmission / reception device, the message relay device may include command information for anonymizing the sender or distributor of the message to the message transmission / reception device.

On the other hand, 'additional information' is information that can be included in the anonymous user information when providing information on the anonymous user (anonymous user information includes the above-mentioned anonymous participant information) to others, and is received to receive a message of the anonymous user. Relationship information between the subject and the corresponding anonymous user or attribute information of the anonymous user.

The relationship information may be, for example, information for indicating whether or not the anonymous user is a friend of the user to be received, a friend of a friend, or a follow-up relationship, and the attribute information of the anonymous user. For example, the information may be information related to an attribute of the anonymous user, such as gender, age group of the anonymous user, information of a specific group to which the anonymous user belongs, and may include information that is difficult to identify the anonymous user as a specific user. .

That is, the relationship information includes information representing a relative relationship between the receiving object and the anonymous user, and the attribute information of the anonymous user includes information that may not specify the user but may indicate some of the characteristics of the user.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the anonymous message may be selectively sent or selectively transmitted by the relationship information between the receiving object and the anonymous user who sends the message. For example, you can limit the recipients who can send anonymous messages to those included in the anonymous user's friend list, or if the anonymous user is not registered as a friend, the anonymous message may not be delivered to the recipient. have. Alternatively, the message of an anonymous user who is not a friend of the reception target may be delivered with a guide indicating that the message is sent from a user who is not a friend.

Here, the relationship between a user and a user is a friend under mutual agreement or a relative friend by one's choice or setting (for example, a person registered in My Contacts is a friend of mine, but I am not a friend of a friend. And not a friend to), or may include a following or followed relationship.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of message transmitting and receiving devices 10 used by each user, and a message relay device 20 communicating with a message transmitting and receiving terminal 10 through a network N. FIG. It may be configured to include).

Here, the message transmitting and receiving device 10 may be installed and executed to communicate with the message intermediary device 20 to provide the above-described message service to the user.

Specifically, the message transmitting and receiving device 10 may be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which can be connected to a remote server through a network N, or can be connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc., which is equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , Personal Communication System (PCS), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code CDMA Division Multiple Access (2000), all types of handhelds such as W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (Wibro), Smart Phones, and Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX). It may include a (Handheld) based wireless communication device. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet Television (Internet Television), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, or the like. Further, the wearable device is, for example, an information processing device of a type that can be worn directly on a human body such as a watch, glasses, accessories, clothes, shoes, etc., and is connected to a remote server via the network N directly or through another information processing device. Or may be connected to another terminal.

The message transceiving device 10 may generate a message to be transmitted to another message transceiving device 10 and send the message to the message intermediary device 20 through the network N to register the message with the message intermediary device 20. have. In addition, a message generated from the other message transmitting and receiving device 10 may be received and displayed through the message intermediary device 20. In this case, the message received from the anonymous sender is displayed differently from the message received from the general sender. Displaying differently means that the content or information included in the user information of the general sender is different from, for example, user information (including participant information to be described later and publisher information to be described later) of the sender provided with the message.

The network N may include a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal local area network (PAN), a mobile communication network. It can be implemented in all kinds of wired / wireless networks such as mobile radio communication network (Wibro), wireless broadband Internet (Wibro), mobile WiMAX, high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), or satellite communication network.

Meanwhile, the message intermediary device 20 is a service provider for providing the above-described message service in association with an application installed in the message transceiving device 10, and may be configured as a server or a group of servers implemented as a general information processing device.

When the message intermediary device 20 receives an anonymous message transmission request from the message transmission / reception device 10, the message relay device 20 transmits a message included in the message transmission request to a reception destination, but the message transmission / reception device 10 of the reception destination has a corresponding message. The user who sent the message may not be known, or information that may identify the user may not be displayed.

The method for sending an anonymous message using the system including the message transceiving device 10 and the message intermediary device 20 may be implemented in various ways, and the embodiments will be described in detail.

1) First embodiment

The first embodiment is an embodiment in which a sender of a message sends a message by specifying one or more recipients that he or she knows, and in a 1: 1 or 1: N relationship, the user who originally sent the message, or The embodiment is a case where only a user who first creates a user group such as a chat room or a bulletin board for message exchange starts a conversation in an anonymous state.

In the first embodiment, a user who sends a message specifies a recipient of the message by using his or her own message transmitting and receiving device 10. Then, create or select content to compose the message to be sent to the specified recipient. Subsequently, the message transmitting / receiving apparatus 10 receives a message sending request from the user, and before or after inputting a command for generating the sending request, the message transmitting and receiving device 10 receives a user interface for selecting whether to send the message anonymously or by name. Can provide.

The message transmitting / receiving device 10 of the reception targets displays the information of the user who sent the message as anonymous user information so that the user who sent the message cannot be identified.

Here, if the above-mentioned message service is a chat service, and there are a plurality of reception targets, a chat room with an anonymous user is created in the message transmission / reception apparatus 10 of each reception target. An anonymous user designates a plurality of reception targets and sends a message. In the case of sending, the one-to-one message transmitting / receiving device 10 includes a 1: 1 chat room between each destination and an anonymous user, or a 1: N chat room including an anonymous user and all destinations. Can be generated uniformly.

Then, when another message is received again from the same anonymous user, the message transceiving device 10 may confirm that the message is received from the same anonymous user and display the message in a previously created chat room.

To this end, the message intermediary device 20 may distribute the message to the recipient by using the same anonymous identification information for the same anonymous user, or distribute the message to the recipient by using the anonymous identification flag and anonymous flag of the same anonymous user. Can be.

In this case, the message intermediary device 20 may set the anonymous identification information of the anonymous user differently for each user group (or each reception target), so that the user group to which the message should be delivered is determined only by the anonymous identification information. In addition to the anonymous identification information, the group identification information may be delivered together with the recipient to determine the user group to which the message is delivered.

Alternatively, the message intermediary device 20 may set different group identification information for each user group in which the anonymous user participates, and may set different anonymous identification information for each user group. . The message relay device 20 may match and manage different anonymous identification information of an anonymous user for each group identification information. The message intermediary device 20 may determine a user group or a destination to which a message is to be delivered, based on at least one of anonymous identification information and group identification information.

In this embodiment, when a user group with an anonymous user is created in the message transmission / reception apparatus 10 of each receiving target, and similarly a user group corresponding to the message transmission / reception apparatus 10 of the anonymous user is generated, the user group is provided to the anonymous user. The user interface may be provided with a button for receiving an "unanonymous" command from the user.

In this case, the message intermediary device 20 may include the name identification information of the anonymous user in the message after the anonymous release command is input to the user group and distribute the message to the recipient.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, since there is only one anonymous user in each user group, it is not necessary to use anonymous identification information because there is no need to distinguish anonymous users. That is, when an anonymous user's message occurs for the corresponding user group, the message may be distributed to a recipient by attaching only an anonymous flag to the user group, whereby the name identification information corresponding to the anonymous user previously stored in the message transmission / reception apparatus 10 may be provided. It can be suppressed.

2) Second embodiment

This is an embodiment in which three or more users exchange messages together as one user group, regardless of the state at the start of the first message exchange, and two or more of them conduct a conversation as anonymous users.

In this embodiment, since two or more are registered as anonymous users in one user group, the anonymous user and the anonymous user should be distinguished from each other. Therefore, when distributing messages to recipients, the message intermediary device 20 may assign unique anonymous identification information to the anonymous users who generated each message, and transmit the message together with the message to be distributed.

In this case, the anonymous identification information assigned to each anonymous user may be uniquely set for each user group in which the user participates as an anonymous participant.

When the unique anonymous identification information is generated for each user group, when the message relay device 20 distributes the anonymous message of the user to the message transmission / reception apparatus 10 of the receiving party, only the anonymous identification information is transmitted or transmitted. The group identification information and the anonymous identification information of the user group may be attached and transmitted.

However, when a single anonymous identification information is given to the user regardless of the user group in which the specific user participates as an anonymous participant, the message intermediary device 20 not only provides the anonymous identification information to the message but also the group identification information of the receiving user group. Should be sent together. If so, the message transmission and reception apparatus 10 receiving the message may determine to which user group the message of the corresponding anonymous user is displayed. This is so that it is possible to specify to which user group the message of the anonymous user is displayed when there are a plurality of user groups between the same one anonymous user and the other user.

On the other hand, in the case of exchanging messages by forming a user group including three or more participants in this way, all users can be able to switch their state anonymously or can be released anonymously. Each user can have his or her choice determine his or her state, or all users can be anonymous or released at once with consent. In this case, the message transceiving device 20 may selectively provide a user interface for anonymous conversion or anonymous release in the user group.

3) Third embodiment

In addition, in the present invention, the anonymous message may be distributed to other users not designated by the sender.

In this embodiment, when the message relay device 20 is registered with the anonymous flag from the message transceiving device 10, the message intermediary device 20 specifies a destination to which the message is to be distributed. Here, the reception target may be determined by the relationship information. For example, other users who have a friend relationship with a user who wants to distribute an anonymous message or have a follow-up user can be restricted.

In distributing the registered message, the message intermediary device 20 distributes the information of the user corresponding to the message transceiving device 10 that registered the message together with the message, but is configured as anonymous user information, which is different from the general user information. To make it appear.

Alternatively, in such an embodiment, the message intermediary device 20 distributes the message along with user identification information of the user corresponding to the message transceiving device 10 that has registered the message, but also transmits an anonymous flag to transmit and receive the message. In step 10), the information of the corresponding user may appear differently from the general user information.

Looking at the configuration of the message intermediary device 20 for performing the message mediation method according to such various embodiments in more detail, as shown in FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a message brokering apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the message intermediary device 20 may include a network manager 21. Network management unit 21 may first allocate a user account for each user of each message transmission and reception apparatus 10, and give and record the user identification information for each account to distinguish each account.

Meanwhile, the network manager 21 receives friend information for generating a friend list from each message transceiving device 10. The friend information may include a phone number or email address information or a device identifier for identifying a user account corresponding to each friend. Accordingly, the network manager 21 may identify accounts of one or more users included in the friend information of each user, and generate a friend list using previously recorded user identification information for each user account. And the network management unit 21 may lower the friend list generated in this way to the message transmission and reception device 10 again.

For example, the friend information received by the message transceiving device 10 may include phone numbers of friends, and the social network manager 21 reads user identification information of each friend using the phone number. After reading the user identification information, the friend list of the arbitrary message transmission / reception apparatus 10 may be generated, and then recorded on the message relaying apparatus 20 and downloaded again to the message transmission / reception apparatus 10. Accordingly, the same friend list for the same user may be recorded in the message transceiving device 10 and the message intermediary device 20.

Meanwhile, the message relay device 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a message receiver 22. The message receiving unit 22 receives a message transmission request from the message transmitting and receiving device 10. The message transmission request may be divided into a general message transmission request and an anonymous message transmission request.

For example, a message, an anonymous flag, and user identification information of the user who transmitted the message may be received from the specific message transmitting and receiving device 10. In addition, the message transmission request may include user identification information of a user who is a target of receiving a message or group identification information of a user group to which the user who is a target of receiving a message belongs.

In addition, the message mediation device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a user group manager 23. The user group manager 23 may manage a user group including two or more participants, and may assign and manage group identification information for each user group. In addition, the user identification information of the participants belonging to each user group can be recorded by matching the group identification information, and it can be managed by distinguishing whether some participants participated in the user group anonymously or named.

At this time, if the user identification information of the participant is generated differently for each of the one or more user groups in which the same participant participates according to the embodiment of the identification information manager 24 which will be described later, the user group manager 23 is the same to participate in one or more user groups. Different user identification information for each user group of the participant may be recorded by matching the group identification information of each user group.

And the message intermediary device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an identification information management unit 24. The identification information management unit 24 may not only generate and manage the above-described user identification information corresponding to each user's account for each account, but also may generate and manage anonymous identification information of each user. Anonymous identification information may be unique for each user according to an embodiment, or may be uniquely generated for each user for each user.

Alternatively, according to the embodiment, the identification information management unit 24 may generate and manage user identification information corresponding to each user account differently for each user group in which each user participates.

When the message receiving unit 22 receives the anonymous message transmission request, the identification information management unit 24 does not have an anonymous identification information for the user who wants to send the message, but newly creates the existing information. Anonymous identification information can be used to distribute the message.

For example, when a user requests an anonymous message transmission within a user group that has already participated, the identification information management unit 24 may allow the user's anonymous identification information for the user group to be used for an anonymous message transmission.

However, for example, when a user forms a new user group or newly joins a previously created user group and requests an anonymous message transmission, the identification information management unit 24 may anonymously identify the new user group or the newly joined user group. Identification information may be generated, and the generated anonymous identification information may be used for anonymous message transmission within a new user group or a newly joined user group.

Meanwhile, the message intermediary device 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a reception target confirmation unit 25. If the reception target information includes the reception target information in the message transmission request received by the message reception unit 22, the reception target confirmation unit 25 identifies a user corresponding to the user identification information, the group identification information, or the anonymous identification information included in the reception target information. It plays a role of specifying.

If the user identification information is directly included in the reception target information, the reception destination confirmation unit 25 does not need to perform a procedure for separately confirming the reception target. However, when the group identification information is included, the reception target identification unit 25 records corresponding to the group identification information. User identification information can be retrieved.

In addition, when the anonymous identification information is included in the reception target information, the reception target confirmation unit 25 may read the user identification information of the user corresponding to the anonymous identification information to specify the reception target.

In addition, the reception target confirmation unit 25 may limit the sending range of the anonymous message by excluding a user determined to be out of the reception target when referring to the related information among the confirmed reception targets.

Furthermore, in the third embodiment of the present invention, the reception destination checking unit 25 may search for other users who have a specific relationship with the anonymous user who sent the message to specify the reception destination.

Furthermore, the message intermediary device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an additional information confirmation unit 26. The additional information checking unit 26 may serve to generate the above additional information and include it in the message.

According to an embodiment, the additional information checking unit 26 adds arbitrary profile information so that an anonymous message can be divided into each anonymous user and displayed on the message transmitting and receiving device 10 in a user group including a plurality of anonymous users. It can be generated as information and included in the message.

The message distributing unit 27 distributes the message included in the message transmission request received by the message receiving unit 22 to the receiving target confirmed by the receiving target confirming unit 25, but generated by the additional information confirming unit 26. Additional information may be added and distributed together.

In this case, it may be determined differently according to the embodiment that the distributed message may be distributed along with anonymous identification information of the anonymous user confirmed by the identification information management unit 24.

Hereinafter, a message mediation method using the above-described message mediation apparatus 20 and the message transceiving apparatus 10 will be described in more detail. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a message mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is an exemplary diagram of an identification information table for explaining the message mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a message mediation method will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6. The message mediation method according to the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 6 includes steps processed in time series in the message mediation apparatus 20 and the message transmission / reception apparatus 10 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. Therefore, even if omitted below, the above-described contents regarding the message relay device 20 and the message transceiving device 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 2 are described above. The method may also be applied to a method and a message transmission / reception method.

3 to 5, the above-described first and second embodiments will be described.

The message intermediary device 20 may receive an anonymous message transmission request from the message transceiving device 10 (S310).

In addition, the message intermediary device 20 checks anonymous identification information of the anonymous user who has requested such a message transmission (S320). In this case, when only one anonymous user is included in each user group as in the first embodiment, the group identification information may be used together with the anonymous identification information common to all anonymous users. If more than one anonymous user is included in the list, even if group identification information is used, anonymous identification information that is given differently for each anonymous user should be used.

In addition, as an alternative to using the anonymous identification information and the group identification information as described above, it is possible to use different anonymous identification information for each receiving target (user group) for the same user.

If the anonymous identification information is not confirmed in step S320, the message intermediary device 20 may generate new anonymous identification information.

Subsequently, the message intermediary device 20 may check a reception target of the message (S330). In this case, steps S320 and S330 may be performed by changing the order of each other according to the embodiment. For example, when using anonymous identification information for each receiving object, the message intermediary device 20 may first confirm the receiving object.

In confirming the reception target, if the anonymous identification information is included in the reception target information, the message intermediary device 20 may check the user identification information of the user corresponding to the anonymous identification information.

On the other hand, the message intermediary device 20 may generate the message additional information when confirmation of the reception target is completed (S340).

Subsequently, the message intermediary device 20 may distribute the message, the identified anonymous identification information, and the additional information together to the message transmission / reception device 10 as a reception target (S350).

3 illustrates only some implementations of the first and second embodiments. According to a specific method, the message intermediary device 20 may transmit the user identification information of the message sender to the message transmission / reception device 10 as it is, for an anonymous message transmission request, and may transmit the message with the anonymous flag. If 10) finds the anonymous flag, the sender may be identified based on the user identification information of the message sender, but may be treated as an anonymous user in displaying the user information of the message sender, thereby preventing the user from confirming it. In this case, the message transceiving device 10 may directly generate additional information based on the user identification information of the anonymous user.

According to another specific method, the message intermediary device 20 may transmit an anonymous message transmission request to the message transmission and reception device 10 including the anonymous identification information and the group identification information of the message sender, and the message transmission / reception device ( 10) may determine a user group to display an anonymous message based on the group identification information, and may display and display an anonymous message for each anonymous user based on the anonymous identification information.

4 to 5 show an example of a table that can be used by the message intermediary device 20 to implement the first and second embodiments of the present invention described with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, in a user group including an anonymous user of 1: 1, different anonymous identification information may be provided to an anonymous sender for each receiving object. This is to increase the anonymity, it is also possible to use common anonymous identification information for the recipient.

In addition, for a user group including an anonymous user of 1: N, a separate table may be created for each user group, and the user identification information of each participant and the anonymous identification information of the anonymous participant may be recorded together. For example, user identification information for identifying participant 1 and anonymous identification information "5678" for a corresponding user group of a user corresponding to participant 1 may be stored together. However, it can be confirmed that anonymous identification information is not given to Participant 3 who is not an anonymous participant.

In this case, for example, when the participant 2 generates a message for the corresponding user group, the participant 2's message transmission / reception device 10 may send a message transmission request including the group identification information and the message of the user group to the message relay device 20. ) Can be delivered. At this time, the message intermediary device 20 searches the table of the user group corresponding to the group identification information and distributes the message of the participant 2 using the user identification information of the participants included therein.

At this time, for example, when participant 2 wants to send a message to participant 1, which is an anonymous participant participating in the same user group, the participant 2's message transmitting and receiving device 10 is intended to send participant 1's anonymous identification information “5678”. The message transmission request including the message may be delivered to the message mediation device 20. At this time, the message intermediary device 20 may retrieve the participant 1 corresponding to the anonymous identification information “5678” and distribute the message using the user identification information corresponding to the participant 1.

Referring to FIG. 5, the message intermediary device 20 may set different group identification information for one or more user groups, and provide user identification information for each user group in which the corresponding anonymous user participates for a specific anonymous user. Can be set. For example, for Participant 1, which is an anonymous user, the message intermediary device 20 may use different anonymous identification information “12abc” and “34efg” for each of the user groups “chat1234” and “chat5678” in which Participant 1 participates. Each can be set, and a table in which the group identification information of each user group including the corresponding participant 1 and the user identification information of the corresponding participant 1 can be created.

In this case, for example, when the participant 1 who is an anonymous user generates an anonymous message for the user group, the message intermediary device 20 may include at least one of the group identification information of the participant 1 and the anonymous identification information of the participant 1. The message including the information may be distributed to the message transmitting and receiving device 10 of the participant participating in the user group.

Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a message mediation method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the message intermediary device 20 may receive a request for registering an anonymous message from an arbitrary message transceiving device 10 (S510).

Subsequently, the message intermediary device 20 stores the received message and then checks the reception destination of the message (S520). The recipient may be other users who have a range of relations with the anonymous user who requested to register the message. For example, they can be friends or followers of anonymous users.

Subsequently, the message intermediary device 20 generates the message additional information based on the relationship information between the reception target and the anonymous user or the attribute information of the anonymous user (S530).

In addition, the message intermediary device 20 may distribute the registered message to a reception target, and include additional information.

In addition, according to the embodiment, by including the anonymous identification information uniquely issued to the anonymous user in the message, even if the recipients do not distinguish who created the message, even if the same user created a plurality of messages written by the same anonymous user It can be recognized.

The message mediation method according to the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 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.

In addition, the message mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program (or computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. The computer program includes programmable machine instructions processed by the processor and may be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language. . The computer program may also be recorded on tangible computer readable media (eg, memory, hard disks, magnetic / optical media or solid-state drives, etc.).

Accordingly, the message mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by executing the computer program as described above by the computing device. The computing device may include at least a portion of a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high speed interface connected to the memory and a high speed expansion port, and a low speed interface connected to the low speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components are connected to each other using a variety of buses and may be mounted on a common motherboard or otherwise mounted in a suitable manner.

Here, the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface. Instructions stored in memory or storage. In other embodiments, multiple processors and / or multiple buses may be used with appropriately multiple memories and memory types. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset consisting of chips comprising a plurality of independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may consist of a volatile memory unit or a collection thereof. As another example, the memory may consist of a nonvolatile memory unit or a collection thereof. The memory may also be other forms of computer readable media, such as, for example, magnetic or optical disks.

In addition, the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium, and may include, for example, devices or other configurations within a storage area network (SAN), and may include a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or similar other semiconductor memory device or device array.

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.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

Claims

Performed by the message mediation device,

Receiving an anonymous message transmission request from a first user to a recipient including a second user;

Confirming anonymous identification information of the reception target of the first user; And

And distributing the anonymous identification information and the message included in the message transmission request to a destination including the second user.
The method of claim 1,

The message transmission request,

Including the message and destination information,

The reception target information,

And at least one of user identification information of each reception target including the second user, or group identification information of a user group including the first user and the second user.
The method of claim 2,

The message transmission request,

When the reception target information includes user identification information of each reception target and does not include the group identification information, an anonymous flag is included, and the reception target information includes group identification information of the user group. If the first user is registered as an anonymous participant, the method does not include an anonymous request to the first user.
The method of claim 2,

The message mediation method,

Identifying the receiving object corresponding to the receiving object information received in the receiving step; And

On the basis of at least one of the relationship defined between each destination and the first user identified in the step of identifying the destination and the attribute information of the first user, to be included in the message to be distributed in the distribution step Generating additional information;

Distributing the step,

And distributing the additional information by adding the additional information to the message.
Performed by the message mediation device,

Receiving an anonymous message transmission request from a first user to a recipient including a second user;

And distributing the name identification information of the first user, the anonymous flag, and a message included in the message transmission request to a destination including the second user.
The method of claim 5,

The receiving step,

The first user is included as an anonymous participant in a user group corresponding to the group identification information included in the message transmission request received from the first user or included in the message transmission request received from the first user. Determining that the message transmission request is an anonymous message transmission request.
Performed by a message transceiver for sending and receiving messages through a message broker,

Receiving a message including anonymous identification information from the message broker;

Identifying a user group including an anonymous participant corresponding to the anonymous identification information; And

And displaying the anonymous participant information corresponding to the message and the anonymous participant in the identified user group, wherein the anonymous participant information is different from the participant information of the general participant who is not the anonymous participant.
The method of claim 7, wherein

Identifying the user group,

If a user group including an anonymous participant corresponding to the anonymous identification information is not found, generating a user group including an anonymous participant corresponding to the anonymous identification information; And

Confirming the created user group as a user group to display the message.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The message containing the anonymous identification information,

Include additional information about the anonymous participant corresponding to the anonymous identification information,

The anonymous participant information,

Message transmission and reception method comprising the additional information.
The method of claim 9,

The additional information,

And at least one of relationship information between an anonymous participant corresponding to the anonymous identification information and a user using the message transceiving device or attribute information of an anonymous participant corresponding to the anonymous identification information.
Performed by a message transceiver for sending and receiving messages through a message broker,

Receiving a message including user identification information and an anonymous flag from the message relay device;

Identifying a user group corresponding to a user group included as an anonymous participant by a participant corresponding to the user identification information; And

Displaying anonymous participant information of an anonymous participant corresponding to the message and the user identification information to a identified user group, wherein the anonymous participant information is different from the participant information of a general participant who is not an anonymous participant; Way.
The method of claim 11,

The message transmission and reception method,

Searching for a participant corresponding to the user identification information received in the receiving step in a friend list stored in the message transmitting and receiving device; And

If the participant corresponding to the user identification information is included in the friend list, generating additional information indicating that the anonymous participant is a friend to a user who uses the message transmission / reception apparatus;

The step of displaying differently,

And displaying the additional information together with the anonymous participant information.
The method of claim 11,

The message transmission and reception method,

If an anonymous release command for the participant corresponding to the user identification information is received from the message relay device, converting and displaying the anonymous participant information into general participant information corresponding to the user identification information, and

The general participant information includes at least one of a user name, a user nickname, a user image, a user account information, and a phone number set by a participant corresponding to the user identification information or a user of the message transceiving device.
Performed by the message mediation device,

Receiving an anonymous message distribution request for a range of recipients from a first user;

Identifying a second user corresponding to the reception target of the predetermined range; And

Distributing the message and anonymous distributor information to the second user;

Wherein the anonymous distributor information is different from the distributor information of a general distributor who is not an anonymous distributor.
The method of claim 14,

Distributing the step,

Generating additional information to be included in the message based on the relationship information between the first user and the second user or the attribute information of the first user, and distributing the additional information together with the message. Mediation method.