WO2019066408A1

WO2019066408A1 - Device and method for providing text message on basis of touch input

Info

Publication number: WO2019066408A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/011251
Authority: WO
Inventors: 신재경
Original assignee: 넷마블 주식회사
Priority date: 2017-09-27
Filing date: 2018-09-21
Publication date: 2019-04-04
Also published as: KR101861128B1

Abstract

A method for providing a text message on the basis of a touch input and a device for performing the same are disclosed. A device for transmitting a text message on the basis of a touch input may comprise: a database for storing a text message corresponding to a touch input; a touch screen for receiving, from a user, a touch input for a game chat message; a processor for determining a text message corresponding to the touch input; and a communication unit for transmitting the determined text message to a server, wherein the processor recognizes the user's touch input, and determines, as the text message to be transmitted to the server, a text message corresponding to the recognized touch input among text messages stored in the database.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing a text message based on touch input

The following description relates to an apparatus and method for providing a text message based on a touch input.

In a mobile game, a user can chat with other users by inputting a text message through a software type touch keyboard type input interface provided in the game service. In a situation where a plurality of game characters are displayed on one screen, a touch keyboard type input interface occupies a large portion on the screen, so that some game characters existing on the screen are blocked by the touch keyboard interface, The controller interface, which is essential for game play, is hidden by the touch keyboard interface, which may interfere with smooth game play by the user. In addition, the chatting method through the input interface in the form of a touch keyboard can prevent the user from smoothly responding to the urgent situation in a situation where urgent play is required.

A user terminal according to an embodiment includes a database for storing a text message corresponding to a touch input; A touch screen for receiving a touch input for a game chat message from a user; A processor for determining a text message corresponding to the touch input; And a communication unit for transmitting the determined text message to the server, wherein the processor identifies the touch input of the user and transmits a text message corresponding to the identified touch input among the text messages stored in the database It can be determined as a text message to be sent to the server.

In a user terminal according to an embodiment, the touch input includes information about a target user terminal to which the determined text message is to be sent, and includes at least one of an action to be requested through the text message and a target character And the like.

The information about an action to be requested through the text message in a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment may include information about at least one of an object to be affected by the action, a time at which the action is performed, and a position related to the action. have.

In a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the user touches at least one character among characters included in a game interface displayed on the touch screen, the processor converts the user terminal corresponding to the touched character into the target A user terminal, and generate a text message including information on the touched character.

The game interface displayed on the touch screen in the user terminal according to an embodiment includes an area for displaying information on an ID corresponding to a user terminal from which the user can transmit a text message, The user terminal corresponding to the touched ID area can be determined as the target user terminal.

In a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment, when the touch input is input on a character in a game interface displayed on the touch screen, the processor may add information about the character to information about the requested action.

In a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment, the processor may add location information to which the touch input is made in the game interface displayed on the touch screen to information about the dynamic to be requested.

In a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment, the touch input includes a first touch input and a second touch input, and the processor includes a first text message corresponding to the first touch input and a second text message corresponding to the second touch input, 2 text message as a text message to be transmitted to the server, and the communication unit may transmit the first text message and the second text message to the server.

In a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment, when the processor can not identify a touch input, the communication unit may transmit information on the touch input to the server.

When the communication unit receives the image pattern included in the touch input and the text message corresponding to the image pattern in response to the information about the touch input transmitted from the server in the user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment, May store the received image pattern and a text message corresponding to the image pattern.

A server according to an exemplary embodiment includes a database for storing an image pattern corresponding to a text message and a text message; A communication unit for transmitting and receiving data related to game chat; And a processor for determining a text message corresponding to an image pattern, wherein when receiving information on an unidentified touch input from a user terminal, The communication unit determines the image pattern having the highest matching rate with the included image pattern and determines the text message corresponding to the determined image pattern as a text message to be transmitted to the target user terminal, have.

In the server according to an exemplary embodiment, the processor may determine an image pattern included in the information about the touch input as an image pattern corresponding to the determined text message, and transmit the image pattern included in the information about the touch input to the database Lt; / RTI >

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a text message based on a touch input by a user terminal, the method comprising: receiving a touch input for a game chat message through a touch screen; Identifying a received touch input; Determining a text message corresponding to the identified touch input among the text messages stored in the database as a text message to be transmitted to the server; And transmitting the determined text message to the server.

In a method of providing a text message according to an embodiment, the touch input includes information about a target user terminal to which the text message is to be transmitted, and includes at least one of an action to be requested through the text message and a target character As shown in FIG.

In a method of providing a text message according to an exemplary embodiment, information on an action to be requested through the text message may include information about at least one of an object to be affected by the action, a time at which the action is performed and a position related to the action .

According to an exemplary embodiment, when the user touches at least one character among the characters included in the game interface displayed on the touch screen, a method of providing a text message to the target user terminal ; And generating a text message including information on the touched character.

In a method of providing a text message according to an embodiment, the touch input includes a first touch input and a second touch input, and the step of determining the text message includes: Determining the first text message and the second text message and transmitting the determined text message to the server may transmit the first text message and the second text message to the server.

The method of providing a text message according to an exemplary embodiment may further include transmitting information on the touch input to the server when the touch input is not identified in the step of identifying the received touch input.

1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a text message providing system of an online game according to an embodiment.

2A is a diagram illustrating an example in which a user terminal according to an embodiment receives a touch input from a user.

FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example in which a text message is displayed in a target user terminal according to an embodiment.

3A to 3E are diagrams showing examples of various types of touch input for transmitting a text message according to an embodiment.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for transmitting a text message based on a multi-touch input according to an exemplary embodiment.

5 is a diagram illustrating a method for a current user to select a target user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment.

6 is a view for explaining a game interface for receiving a touch input according to an embodiment and outputting a text message.

7 is a flow diagram illustrating an operation of providing a text message based on a touch input by a current user terminal in accordance with one embodiment.

Structural or functional descriptions of embodiments are set forth for illustrative purposes only, and may be embodied with various changes and modifications. Accordingly, the scope of this disclosure is not intended to be limited to the specific forms of the disclosed embodiments, but includes variations, equivalents, or alternatives included in the described technical concepts.

The terms first or second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but such terms should be interpreted solely for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, although other elements may be present in between.

The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms " comprises ", or " having ", and the like, are used to specify one or more of the described features, integers, steps, But do not preclude the presence or addition of steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning of the context in the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined herein, are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal Do not.

On the other hand, if an embodiment is otherwise feasible, the function or operation specified in a particular block may be performed differently from the flowchart. For example, two consecutive blocks may actually be executed at substantially the same time, and the blocks may be rearranged depending on the related function or operation.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

The text message providing system can provide an environment in which game service users can chat based on a touch input of an image type other than text input on the game service. The text message providing system may receive a touch input of an image form from a user terminal and send a text message corresponding to the received touch input to another user terminal so that the user can promptly perform chatting.

Referring to FIG. 1, the text message providing system 100 may support

user terminals

120, 130, and 140 simultaneously accessed through the server 110 to play a game on-line. To this end, the server 110 provides the

user terminals

120, 130, 140 connected via the network to download the online game client software, and also allows the

user terminals

120, 130, The online game state of the game and the various information in the online game are shared with each other in real time, and the online game can be performed.

According to one embodiment, the user terminal 120 includes a database 121 for storing image patterns corresponding to text messages and text messages, a touch screen 123 for receiving a touch input for a game chat message from a user, A processor 125 for determining a text message corresponding to the input, and a communication unit 127 for transmitting the determined text message to the server 110. [

The processor 125 may perform one or more of the operations described herein. The processor 125 identifies the touch input received from the user via the touch screen 123 and transmits a text message corresponding to the identified touch input among the text messages stored in the database 121 to the server 110 You can decide by text message. For example, the processor 125 recognizes the image pattern of the touch input received through the touch screen 123, and matches the recognized image pattern with the image pattern stored in the database 121, Can be identified. When the received touch input matches the image pattern stored in the database 121, the processor 125 transmits a text message, which is stored in the database 121 in correspondence with the image pattern, to the server 110, Message, and the communication unit 127 can transmit the determined text message to the server 110. [0050]

According to one embodiment, the server 110 includes a processor 111 for determining a text message corresponding to an image pattern, a database 113 for storing a text message and an image pattern corresponding to the text message, And a communication unit 115 for transmitting and receiving the data.

According to one embodiment, the processor 111 may transmit to the

target user terminal

130, 140 of the text message received from the user terminal 120 via the communication unit 115.

According to another embodiment, when the image pattern of the touch input received from the touch screen 123 of the user terminal 120 is different from the image patterns stored in the database 121, The processor 125 can not identify the received touch input. In this case, the processor 125 may transmit information about the unidentified touch input to the server 110 via the communication unit 127, in order to inquire a text message corresponding to the unidentified touch input.

When the communication unit 115 of the server 110 receives the information on the untouched touch input, the processor 111 of the server 110 transmits the image pattern included in the information about the unidentified touch input to the server 110 By determining an image pattern having the highest matching rate with the image pattern included in the information about the unidentified touch input among the image patterns stored in the database 113 , And may identify information about the received touch input. For example, when the communication unit 115 of the server 110 receives information on the touch input that the user terminal 120 has not identified by the user terminal 120 that the user terminal 120 transmitted for inquiry, The image pattern included in the unidentified touch input can be matched with the plurality of image patterns stored in the database 113. [ The processor 111 can calculate the matching rate with the image pattern included in the unidentified touch input for each of the plurality of image patterns through matching and compares the calculated matching rates to determine the image pattern indicating the highest matching ratio It is possible to determine the image pattern corresponding to the image pattern included in the non-touch input. The processor 111 may determine a text message corresponding to the image pattern with the highest matching rate as a text message to be transmitted to the

target user terminal

130 or 140 and the communication unit 115 transmits the determined text message to the

target user terminal

130, 140, as shown in FIG.

In another embodiment, the processor 111 may learn information about the unrecognized touch input received from the user terminal 120 and update the database 113 based on the learning results. For example, the processor 111 compares information on an unidentified touch input with a text message input by the user after the recognition failure of the corresponding touch input. If the user intends to input any text message through the upper touch input Can be learned. Based on this learning result, the processor 111 can collect data of the untouched touch input and the corresponding text message, and can update the image pattern stored in the database 113 based on the collected data .

The processor 111 of the server 110 determines the image pattern included in the information on the unidentified touch input as an image pattern corresponding to the text message corresponding to the image pattern having the highest matching ratio, (113). The communication unit 115 of the server 110 may transmit the image pattern included in the information about the untouched touch input to the user terminal 120 and the text message determined to correspond to the image pattern.

The communication unit 127 of the user terminal 120 responds to the transmitted information about the untouched touch input and displays the image pattern included in the information on the unrecognized touch input transmitted and the text determined as corresponding to the corresponding image pattern The received image pattern and the text message may be stored in the database 121. [0050] FIG. This allows the database 121 of the user terminal 120 to be updated and the touch input identification capability of the user terminal 120 to be improved.

Referring to FIG. 2A, a user who wants to send a text message to a target user terminal may input a predefined touch input 220 on a touch screen of a user terminal. For example, if the user wishes to transmit a predefined text message containing the contents of " advance to 1 o'clock " to the

other characters

211, 213, 214, 215 and 216 playing together, The user can input a predetermined touch input 220 on the touch screen corresponding to a text message containing the content of the " advance in direction ". The touch input 220 is identified by the processor of the user terminal and the text message corresponding to the touch input 220 may be transmitted to the target user terminal through the server.

2B is a diagram illustrating an example in which a text message is displayed in a user terminal corresponding to a target character according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2B, the user terminal corresponding to the target character can display a text message corresponding to the touch input 220 received from the server in a partial area of the screen. For example, the target user terminal may display a text message 230 corresponding to the touch input 220, " Advance to 1 " in the screen area.

According to one embodiment, the touch input may include information about a target user terminal to transmit a text message. For example, when a user designates a specific character through a touch screen of a current user terminal, a text message is transmitted to a user terminal corresponding to a designated character, but if the user does not designate a character, A text message may be sent to all target user terminals capable of transmitting text messages through the server. For example, the target user terminals for which the user terminal can transmit text messages via the server may include user terminals corresponding to other characters in the alliance within the game service.

According to one embodiment, the touch input may include information about at least one of a target character that is a subject of an action and an action to be requested through a text message.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the touch input 301 may correspond to a text message including the operation contents of " advance to 1 ". The touch input 302 may correspond to a text message that includes the action content of " to be in the center. &Quot; The touch input 303 may correspond to a text message containing the contents of " attack from both sides ". Touch input 304 may correspond to a text message that includes the operating content of " power runaway ". The touch input 305 may correspond to a text message containing the contents of the operation of " power attack ". When a user inputs a touch input presented on a current user terminal on a touch screen, a text message corresponding to each touch input is transmitted to the target user terminal, and the transmitted text message can be displayed on the target user terminal.

Referring to FIGS. 3B to 3D, the touch input may include information about a target character, which is a subject of an operation and an action to be requested through a text message.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the touch input 310 may correspond to a text message containing " enclose and block characters of the first type ". When the user inputs the touch input 310 to the touch screen of the user terminal, the text message corresponding to the touch input 310 is sent to the target user terminals corresponding to the

other characters

311, 312, 313, 314, and 315 Lt; / RTI > A touch text message containing the sentence " enclose and block the first type of characters " may be displayed on the target user terminals corresponding to the

other characters

311, 312, 313, 314, and 315.

Referring to FIG. 3C, the touch input 320 may correspond to a text message including " encircle and attack the second type of characters ". When the user inputs the touch input 320 to the touch screen of the user terminal, the text message corresponding to the touch input 320 is sent to the target user terminals corresponding to the

other characters

321, 322, 323, 324, and 325 Lt; / RTI > A text message containing the sent " encircle and attack the second type of characters " may be displayed on the target user terminals corresponding to the

other characters

321, 322, 323, 324, and 325.

Referring to FIG. 3D, the touch input 330 may correspond to a text message that includes " heal the third kind of characters ". When the user inputs the touch input 330 to the touch screen of the user terminal, the text message corresponding to the touch input 330 is sent to the target user terminals corresponding to the

other characters

331, 332, 333, 334, and 335 Lt; / RTI > The text message corresponding to the touch input 330 including the transmitted " heal the third type of characters " is transmitted to the

target user terminals

331, 332, 333, 334, and 335 corresponding to the other characters 331, Lt; / RTI >

According to one embodiment, the information about the action to be requested via the text message may include information about at least one of an object to be affected by the action, a time associated with the action, and a position associated with the action. For example, the character to be operated may be changed based on the type of touch input, and the time associated with the operation (e.g., the duration of the operation, the start time of the operation, the frequency of the operation, etc.) And the location associated with the operation (e.g., the location at which the operation is to be performed, the target location in the case of a moving operation, etc.) may be changed.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the touch input may be input on a character displayed on a user terminal, and information on an action to be requested through a text message included in the touch input may include information on a character to which the touch input is input .

Referring to FIG. 3B, when the touch input 310 is input on the prey character 317, the information about the requested operation included in the touch input 310 may include the information of the prey character 317. FIG. For example, when the touch input 310 is input on the game character 317 as shown in FIG. 3B, the information about the action requested by the touch input 310 includes information about the game character 317 And the text message corresponding to the touch input 310 may include the information of the prey character 317 by "enclosing and blocking the game character 317 of the first type". Similarly, in FIG. 3C, when the touch input 320 is input on the prey character 327, the information about the desired action of the touch input 320 may include information about the prey character 327, The text message corresponding to the touch input 320 may be determined by including the information of the prey character 327 by " attacking the second type of characters surrounding the game character 327 ". 3C, when the touch input 330 is input on the character 333, the information about the requested operation of the touch input 330 may include information about the character 333 And the text message corresponding to the touch input 330 can be determined by including the information of the character 335 as " Heal the characters 333 of the third kind ".

According to an embodiment, the current user can input a touch input at a specific position displayed on the current user terminal, and information about an action to be requested through a text message included in the touch input is input to a position And the like. For example, the information about the position may include information about a structure, a coordinate, and the like existing at a position on the interface where the touch input is inputted.

3E, the touch input 340 may be input at a position where the housing structure 343 is present on the interface, and the information about the operation requested through the text message included in the touch input 340 may be input to the house structure 343, < / RTI > For example, when the touch input 340 is input at a position on the interface where the housing structure 343 exists, as shown in FIG. 3E, information about an action to be requested through a text message included in the touch input 340 The text message corresponding to the touch input 340 may be determined to " heal the third type of characters at the house structure 343 ". In another example, a touch input may be made on a point 345 on a map provided on an interface, and information about an action to be requested via a text message contained in the touch input 340 may be provided by the location information 345 of the point 345 And the text message corresponding to the touch input may be determined by adding the position information of the point 345. [ For example, the text message corresponding to the touch input may include the coordinates of the point 345.

According to one embodiment, the input first touch input 410 and the second touch input 420 are identified by the processor of the user terminal and the first text corresponding to each of the identified touch inputs 410, The message and the second text message may be determined as text messages to be sent to the server, and the determined text messages may be sent to the target user terminals.

4, a current user may input a multi-touch input including a first touch input 410 and a second touch input 420 to a current user terminal. The second text message corresponding to the first touch input 410 and the second text message corresponding to the second touch input 420 " third category " corresponding to the

second touch input

420, 442, 443, 445, and 446 through the server ', which heats the characters in the house structure 430'. The number of multi-touch inputs is not limited to the example shown and may include more than one touch input.

5 is a diagram illustrating a method for a user to select a target user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to one embodiment, when the user touches at least one character among the

characters

511, 512, 513, 514, and 515 included in the game interface displayed on the touch screen of the user terminal, May be determined as a target user terminal.

According to one embodiment, a game interface displayed on a touch screen of a user terminal may include user terminals capable of transmitting a text message (e.g., including blanket characters with a user's character). 522, 523, 524, 525 for displaying information on the ID corresponding to the individual ID area 523, and when the user touches the individual ID area 523, The user terminal can be determined as the target user terminal.

In addition, information on the touched character and information on the ID area can be included in the text message to be transmitted. For example, information about the touched character or information about the ID area may be included in the text message to be transmitted in the form of " To. A character (ID) ".

5, when a user touches a character 512 corresponding to a user terminal to which a text message is to be transmitted among the displayed

characters

511, 512, 513, 514, and 515, the user corresponds to the character 512 May be determined as a target user terminal. When the user inputs the touch input to the touch screen of the user terminal, the text message corresponding to the touch input may be transmitted only to the target user terminal corresponding to the character 512.

In another example, the IDs contained in the

areas

521, 522, 523, 524, and 525 in which the IDs corresponding to the user terminals to which the current user can transmit text messages are indicated by the

characters

511, 512, 513, 514, 515, respectively. For example, the ID included in the area 512 may correspond to the character 511, and the ID included in the area 522 may correspond to the character 515. [ The current user can touch the area 523 in which the desired ID is displayed in the

area

521, 522, 523, 524, 525 in which the IDs corresponding to the user terminal capable of transmitting the text message are displayed, The user terminal corresponding to the included ID can be determined as the target user terminal. When the user inputs the touch input to the touch screen of the user terminal, the text message corresponding to the touch input may be transmitted only to the target user terminal corresponding to the ID included in the area 523. [

In another example, a current user can determine a plurality of target user terminals via multi-touch. For example, the current user can simultaneously determine the target user terminal by touching the

characters

512 and 515, or by simultaneously touching the

areas

521 and 522 to determine the target user terminal. In this case, the text message corresponding to the touch input of the current user may be transmitted to the determined target user terminals.

6 is a view for explaining a game interface for a user terminal according to an embodiment to receive a touch input through a touch screen and output a text message.

Referring to FIG. 6, according to one embodiment, a touch input can be input in an arbitrary area of a game screen, and when a user terminal operates as a target user terminal, a text message can be output in an area 610. In another embodiment, the touch input can be input to the area 610 via setting to the input mode, and when operating as a target user terminal, a text message is output in the area 610 via switching to the output mode . In another embodiment, an area 621 for inputting a touch input and an area 623 for outputting a text message may be provided at the same time.

In step 710, the user terminal may receive a touch input for a game chat message over the touch screen.

The touch input may include information about a target user terminal to which a text message is to be sent and may include information about at least one of a target character that is a subject of an action and an action to be requested through the text message. The information about the action to be requested via the text message may include information about at least one of an object to be affected by the action, a time related to the action, and a position related to the action.

The information about the action to be requested through the text message may include location information on a point where the touch input is made, on the game interface displayed on the touch screen. Alternatively, the information about the action to be requested through the text message may include information about the character when the touch input is input on the character on the game interface displayed on the touch screen.

When the user touches at least one character included in the game interface displayed on the touch screen, the user terminal corresponding to the touched character can be determined as the target user terminal.

The game interface displayed on the touch screen of the user terminal may include an area for displaying information on an ID corresponding to a user terminal capable of transmitting a text message by the user, The user terminal can determine the user terminal corresponding to the touched individual ID area as the target user terminal.

In step 720, the received touch input may be identified. The user terminal can identify the touch input through matching of the image pattern included in the received touch input and the image pattern stored in the database.

If the received touch input is identified in step 720, then in step 730, the user terminal may determine a text message to be sent to the server, corresponding to the identified touch input of the text message stored in the database .

In step 740, the user terminal sends a text message determined to be a text message to be sent to the server to the server, and the transmitted message is transmitted to the target user terminal via the server and displayed on the target user terminal.

If the received touch input is not identified in step 720, then in step 750, the user terminal may send information about the unrecognized touch input to the server. The image pattern included in the information about the transmitted touch input may be matched with the image pattern included in the database of the server. The server can determine the image pattern having the highest matching rate with the image pattern included in the unidentified touch input among the image patterns stored in the database of the server and can determine the image pattern having the highest matching rate among the text messages stored in the database of the server The corresponding text message may be transmitted from the server to the target user terminal.

The components described in the embodiments may be implemented by one or more programmable logic devices such as a digital signal processor (DSP), a processor, a controller, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), other electronic devices, Or a combination of hardware and software. At least some of the processes or functions described in the embodiments may be implemented by software, and the software may be recorded on a recording medium. The components, functions and processes described in the embodiments may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions to be recorded on a computer-readable medium may be those specially designed and constructed for an embodiment or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

Although the embodiments have been described with reference to the drawings, various technical modifications and variations may be applied to those skilled in the art. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Claims

A database for storing a text message corresponding to a touch input;

A touch screen for receiving a touch input for a game chat message from a user;

A processor for determining a text message corresponding to the touch input; And

A communication unit for transmitting the determined text message to a server

Lt; / RTI >

The processor comprising:

Identifying a touch input of the user,

And determines a text message corresponding to the identified touch input among the text messages stored in the database as a text message to be transmitted to the server.
The method according to claim 1,

The touch input includes:

Information about a target user terminal to transmit the determined text message,

And information regarding at least one of an action requested through the text message and a target character that is a subject of performing the action.
3. The method of claim 2,

The information about the operation to be requested through the text message may include,

And information regarding at least one of an object to be affected by the operation, a time associated with the operation, and a location associated with the operation.
3. The method of claim 2,

The processor comprising:

And adding information on the character to the information on the requested action when the touch input is input on the character in the game interface displayed on the touch screen.
3. The method of claim 2,

The processor comprising:

And adds positional information of a point where the touch input is made in the game interface displayed on the touch screen to information on the action to be requested.
3. The method of claim 2,

The processor comprising:

When the user touches at least one character among the characters included in the game interface displayed on the touch screen, the user terminal corresponding to the touched character is determined as the target user terminal, and the touched character And generates a text message containing information about the user.
3. The method of claim 2,

Wherein the game interface displayed on the touch screen comprises:

And an area for displaying information on an ID corresponding to a user terminal from which the user can transmit a text message,

And determines the user terminal corresponding to the touched ID area as the target user terminal when the user touches the individual ID area included in the area.
The method according to claim 1,

The touch input includes:

A first touch input and a second touch input,

The processor comprising:

Determining a first text message and a second text message corresponding to the first touch input and the second touch input as a text message to be transmitted to the server,

Wherein,

And transmit the first text message and the second text message to the server.
The method according to claim 1,

If the processor fails to identify the touch input,

Wherein,

And transmits information about the touch input to the server.
10. The method of claim 9,

When the communication unit receives the image pattern included in the touch input and the text message corresponding to the image pattern from the server in response to the information on the transmitted touch input,

Wherein,

And stores a text message corresponding to the received image pattern and the image pattern.
A database for storing image patterns corresponding to text messages and text messages;

A communication unit for transmitting and receiving data related to game chat; And

A processor for determining a text message corresponding to an image pattern

Lt; / RTI >

The processor comprising:

Determining an image pattern having the highest matching rate with the image pattern included in the information about the touch input among the image patterns stored in the database when the information about the untouched touch input is received from the user terminal,

Determining a text message corresponding to the image pattern having the highest matching ratio as a text message to be transmitted to the target user terminal,

Wherein,

And transmits the text message to the target user terminal.
12. The method of claim 11,

The processor comprising:

Determines an image pattern included in the information on the touch input as an image pattern corresponding to the determined text message,

And stores the image pattern included in the information about the touch input in the database.
13. The method of claim 12,

The communication unit,

And transmits the image pattern included in the information about the touch input and the text message corresponding to the image pattern back to the user terminal.
A method for providing a text message based on a touch input by a user terminal,

Receiving a touch input for a game chat message via a touch screen;

Identifying a received touch input;

Determining a text message corresponding to the identified touch input among the text messages stored in the database as a text message to be transmitted to the server; And

Transmitting the determined text message to the server

The method comprising: receiving a text message;
15. The method of claim 14,

The touch input includes:

Information about a target user terminal to which the text message is to be transmitted,

And information about at least one of an action requested through the text message and a target character that is a subject of performing the action.
16. The method of claim 15,

The information about the operation to be requested through the text message may include,

And information regarding at least one of an object to be affected by the action, a time associated with the action, and a position associated with the action.
16. The method of claim 15,

When the touch input is input on the character in the game interface displayed on the touch screen,

Wherein the information about the requested operation includes:

The information about the character, and the location information about a point on the touch screen on which the touch input is made.
16. The method of claim 15,

When the user touches at least one character among the characters included in the game interface displayed on the touch screen,

Determining a user terminal corresponding to the touched character as the target user terminal; And

Generating a text message including information about the touched character

Further comprising the steps of:
16. The method of claim 15,

Wherein the game interface displayed on the touch screen comprises:

And an area for displaying information on an ID corresponding to a user terminal from which the user can transmit a text message,

Determining the user terminal corresponding to the touched ID area as a target user terminal when the user touches the individual ID area included in the area

Further comprising the steps of:
15. The method of claim 14,

The touch input includes:

A first touch input and a second touch input,

Wherein determining the text message comprises:

Determining a first text message and a second text message corresponding to the first touch input and the second touch input, respectively,

Wherein the transmitting the determined text message to the server comprises:

And transmitting the first text message and the second text message to the server.