WO2017150752A1

WO2017150752A1 - Method for providing clipping function in infinite scrolling environment

Info

Publication number: WO2017150752A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/002195
Authority: WO
Inventors: 엄지홍
Original assignee: 엄지홍
Priority date: 2016-03-04
Filing date: 2016-03-04
Publication date: 2017-09-08

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing a clipping function in an infinite scrolling environment. A method for providing content, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: receiving a selection of one content from a variety of content; obtaining the selected content and adjacent content when a command to load the selected content is present; and listing the obtained content. As a result, a user can very quickly explore desired content through minimum operation.

Description

How to provide clip functionality in an infinite scroll environment

The present invention relates to user interface technology, and more particularly, to a method for providing special functions in an infinite scroll environment.

Infinite scrolling is called Timeline on Twitter, Facebook, etc., which minimizes the number of clicks, making it convenient for viewing many posts and posts. You can limit all but some of your posts to provide infinite scrolling.

Infinite scrolling is a great way to browse posts, posts, etc., moving from recent to past or past to recent.

However, it may be inconvenient to move to a post, post, etc. of a specific past point in time that you want to view. This is because the flickering operation must be performed several times or several tens of times in order to move to the post, post, or the like.

Such inconveniences are intensified as the posting date and time of a particular past post, post, etc., desired to be read correspond to the far past. As a result, it causes inconvenience to the user, and a search for a solution for this problem is requested.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention, when the command to load the content, such as the designated posts, posts using the clip function, the specified content and the surrounding contents are listed together The present invention provides a method of providing / displaying content.

According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a content providing method, comprising: receiving any one of a plurality of contents; If there is a load command for a designated content, obtaining the specified content and surrounding contents; And listing the obtained contents.

The surrounding contents may include contents which are preceded by the designated contents.

In addition, the surrounding contents may include m contents of which contents are close in sequence to the designated contents among contents which precede the designated contents.

The sequence number may be a posting date and time.

In addition, the content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, by the user's command, the step of acquiring more contents in advance than the m contents that precedes the specified content; have.

The surrounding contents may include contents which are sequentially inferior to the designated contents.

In addition, the surrounding contents may include n contents of which contents are close in sequence with the designated contents among contents which are inferior to the designated contents.

The order may be a posting date and time or a sorting order.

In addition, the content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, by the user's command, the step of acquiring more contents in turn than the n contents that are in turn behind the specified content; may further include; have.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the server, the communication unit for communicating with the terminal is installed; DB where a plurality of contents are stored; And if there is a load command for the specified content after receiving any one of a plurality of contents from the application through the communication unit, and retrieves the specified content and the surrounding content from the DB to provide to the application through the communication unit It includes a processing unit.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, when a command for loading a designated post or post using a clip function is called, the specified content and its surrounding contents are loaded and arranged / displayed in the existing sorting order. This allows the user to navigate to the desired content very quickly, with minimal manipulation, or to move directly to the desired content with minimal flicking or scrolling (or without flicking or scrolling).

Furthermore, according to embodiments of the present invention, other contents similar to the desired content and the date and time of publication can be provided together in a viewable state, thereby providing convenience beyond the general bookmark function.

1 is a flowchart provided to explain a clip function provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view provided for further explanation of the clip function;

3 is a view provided in a description of a screen configuration method of an application; and

4 is a block diagram of an application server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a flowchart provided to explain a clip function provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The clip function provided in the embodiment of the present invention is provided in an infinite scroll environment, in which posts are arranged in sequence according to a posting date and time, and some are sequentially loaded through flickering.

In order to utilize the clip function, first, as shown in FIG. 1, the user clips a desired post (post to be viewed later) on the application execution screen (S110).

As shown in the left side of Figure 2, the post clip, clip setting button (220-) appeared in the desired post (post # 26) of the posts (post # 25 ~ post # 27) listed in the execution screen of the application 200 By touching 26).

Clipped posts, as shown in the center of Figure 2, can be retrieved by touching the load clip button 210 located at the top of the application execution screen. 2 shows the result of loading the clipped post.

A process of loading the clipped post in step S110 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

As shown in Figure 1, if there is a load command for the clipped post (S120-Y), the application server first loads the clipped post (S130). In addition, the application server loads posts whose posting date is earlier than the clipped post (S140).

Steps S130 and S140 may be performed in one procedure. Furthermore, steps S130 to S150 may be performed in one procedure, and steps S130 and S150 may be performed in one procedure. That is, steps S130, S140, and S140 of FIG. 1 may be changed in order or integrated all / parts as necessary.

It should be noted that in the clip function provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the surrounding posts are called in addition to the clipped posts. Here, the number of surrounding posts to be loaded is limited to any number.

For example, the posts loaded at step S140 may be implemented in ten, and the posting date is determined in the order of closest posting date from the clipped posts.

Next, the application server loads posts whose post date and time are later than the clipped posts (S150). The posts loaded at step S150 may also be implemented, for example, 10, and the posting date and time are determined in order of closeness from the clipped posts.

Thereafter, the application server provides the application with the clipped posts loaded in step S130, the surrounding posts that precede the publication date and time loaded in step S140, and the peripheral posts that post the publication date that comes after the step S150 (S160).

Accordingly, the application displays a list of posts provided in step S160 on the screen (S170).

In step S170, the screen configuration method of the application, as shown in Figure 3, the clipped posts are placed on the top of the application execution screen, the posts ahead of the post date is placed in the remaining lower area in the reverse order of the post date .

In FIG. 3, it is assumed that post # 26 to post # 28 are displayed on the application execution screen.

If the user flicks up the application execution screen, the posts # 29 to # 36 appear sequentially on the application execution screen one by one (in reverse order of posting date), and the previously displayed posts disappear one by one. .

If the user flicks the application execution screen up even when the application execution screen is displayed up to the post # 36, the application server retrieves the post # 37 to the post # 46 earlier than the posting date and provides it to the application.

On the other hand, in a situation in which the display of the post on the application execution screen is shown in FIG. 3, when the user flicks down the application execution screen, the posts # 16 to the posts # 25 are applied one by one in the reverse order (posting date and time). As it appears on the launch screen, posts that have already been displayed will disappear one by one.

If the user flicks the application execution screen down even when the application execution screen is displayed up to the post # 16, the application server retrieves the posts # 6 to the post # 15 which are later than the post date and provides them to the application.

4 is a block diagram of an application server according to another embodiment of the present invention. The application server according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, includes a communication unit 310, a processing unit 320, and a DB 330.

The communicator 310 communicates with the application 200 installed in the user's mobile terminal. Accordingly, the communication unit 310 transmits the user command input through the application 200 to the processing unit 320.

The processor 320 processes a user command input through an application. In detail, the posting command post is stored / registered in the DB 330, while the post request is posted from the DB 330 and provided to the application.

If the post requested to be posted is a clipped post, the processor 320 provides the clipped post and surrounding posts to the application according to the algorithm shown in FIG. 1.

So far, a method of providing a clip function in an infinite scroll environment has been described in detail with reference to a preferred embodiment.

In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the posts are listed by the application, but the technical idea of the present invention may be applied even in a situation in which the contents of the format other than the posts are listed.

In addition, although the screen configuration of the application in FIG. 3 assumes that the clipped post is placed at the top of the application execution screen, the clipped post is placed at the center of the screen or the bottom of the screen and the surrounding posts are placed in other remaining areas. It is also possible.

In addition, the term 'clip' refers to an operation for designating a post desired by the user and a setting process according to the present invention. Even though terms other than 'clip' are used, the term 'clip' refers to 'clip' provided in the embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that, if they are substantially identical, they are included in the scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, it is assumed that the posts are listed according to the posting date and time, but the technical spirit of the present invention may be determined even if the order is determined according to the criteria other than the posting date (for example, any sorting order such as the author). Can be applied.

Meanwhile, in the above embodiment, it is assumed that the posts are listed in the application of the mobile terminal, but only exemplary. The technical spirit of the present invention may also be applied to a PC that is not a mobile terminal. In this case, the flickering operation is replaced by the scrolling operation.

Furthermore, in the case of a mobile terminal, the technical idea of the present invention may be applied even when a scrolling operation other than flicking is input. Furthermore, the technical idea of the present invention may be applied even when a flicking operation other than scrolling is input in a PC. That is, the type and name of the operation do not matter.

On the other hand, the technical idea of the present invention can be applied to a computer-readable recording medium containing a computer program for performing the functions of the apparatus and method according to the present embodiment. In addition, the technical idea according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in the form of computer readable codes recorded on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium can be any data storage device that can be read by a computer and can store data. For example, the computer-readable recording medium may be a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical disk, a hard disk drive, or the like. In addition, the computer-readable code or program stored in the computer-readable recording medium may be transmitted through a network connected between the computers.

In addition, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

Claims

Receiving any one of a plurality of contents;

If there is a load command for a designated content, obtaining the specified content and surrounding contents; And

Listing the obtained contents; content providing method comprising a.
The method according to claim 1,

The surrounding content,

And contents which precede the designated content in turn.
The method according to claim 2,

The surrounding content,

And m contents which are close in sequence to the designated contents among the contents which precede the designated contents in sequence.
The method according to claim 3,

The order number is

Method of providing content, characterized in that the publication date and time or sort order.
The method according to claim 3,

Acquiring, by a user's command, contents which are preceded by the m contents which are preceded by the designated contents.
The method according to claim 1,

The surrounding content,

And contents which are sequentially inferior to the designated contents.
The method according to claim 6,

The surrounding content,

And n pieces of contents that are close in sequence to the designated content among contents which are sequentially behind the designated content.
The method according to claim 7,

The order number is

Method of providing content, characterized in that the publication date and time or sort order.
The method according to claim 7,

And acquiring, by a user's command, contents which are sequentially behind the n contents which are sequentially behind the designated contents.
Communication unit for communicating with the terminal is installed application;

DB where a plurality of contents are stored; And

If there is a load command for the designated content after receiving any one of a plurality of contents from the application through the communication unit, the processing unit for retrieving the specified content and the surrounding content from the DB and provides it to the application through the communication unit Server comprising a.