KR101898546B1 - Terminal and system for providing chatting service, and computer readable recorder medium storing a program for providing chatting service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a terminal for providing a chatting service, a system therefor, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing a chatting service method using the same. An object of the present invention is to send a text message including a web address to invite terminal users who do not have a chatting application to a chatting room and to provide a chatting service between the users for a predetermined time. The terminal for providing a chatting service according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a chatting room creation request unit for requesting chatting room creation by transmitting chatting time and participant information inputted from a first user to a chatting server; a first message transmission unit for receiving a web address transmitted from the chatting server in response to the request, generating a first text message including the received web address and transmitting the first text message to a second user terminal corresponding to the participant information; a chatting room output unit for receiving a first chatting message inputted from the first user and a second chatting message of a second user transmitted from the chatting server and outputting the second chatting message through the chatting room; and a second message transmission unit for generating a second text message including the first chatting message in a state that a predetermined icon is activated and transmitting the generated second text message to the second user terminal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a chat service providing terminal, a chat service providing method, and a chat service providing method using the same.

The present invention relates to a chat service providing terminal, a system, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program implementing the chat service method using the same.

Most smartphone users are using chat applications that provide various functions such as daily conversation, photo and video sharing for free, and chat application developers develop and provide various services according to users' Is increasing.

In the conventional chat service, a user connects to a chat server through a chat application installed in his / her terminal and opens a chat room or participates in a chat room created in advance, thereby performing a one-to-one or one-to-many chat. At this time, since the chatting between the users set in advance in the friendship relation is possible, the chatting of the users having the same chatting application is possible, but the chatting of the users having different applications is impossible. In addition, a user who leaves the group chat room can be re-entered only after an invitation of the users participating in the group chat room. Even if the user leaves the group chat room, the previous conversation contents of the user are not deleted. In addition, a user who uses a group chat room often fails to leave the chat room because of the attention of other users participating in the chat room even if he / she is not interested in the conversation, and often fights due to the misunderstanding of the other party .

An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal that sends a text message including a web address to invite terminal users who do not have a chat application to a chat room and provide a chat service between users for a preset time, And a computer readable recording medium storing a program embodying the system and a chat service method using the same.

Embodiments according to the present invention can be used to accomplish other tasks not specifically mentioned other than the above-described tasks.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a chat system comprising: a chat room creation request unit connected to a chat server through a network, for transmitting a chat time and participant information input from a first user to a chat server, Receiving a web address transmitted from the chat server in response to the request, generating a first text message including the received web address, and transmitting the second text message to the second user terminal corresponding to the participant information, A first chatting message input from the first user and a second chatting message of the second user transmitted from the chatting server and outputting the second chatting message through the chatting room; A second text message including the first chat message is generated in a state in which the icon is activated, It proposes a second message chat service provider terminal including transmission unit for transmitting words.

Here, the chat room may disappear after the lapse of the chat time.

Also, the second message transmitting unit may receive the re-invite request transmitted from the chat server, generate a third text message corresponding to the received re-invite request, and transmit the third text message to the second user terminal.

Also, the third text message may include one or more of the number of conversations, keywords, or interested participants preset by the second user.

Also, the second user terminal may be a terminal in which the chat application is not installed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a chat server that generates a chatting web address, a participant terminal that does not have a chat application installed therein and accesses a chatting room through a web address, The invitee terminal transmits a chatting time and participant information input from the invitee to a chat server to generate a chatting message, A first message transmission unit for receiving a web address transmitted from the chat server in response to the request, generating a first text message including the received web address and transmitting the generated first text message to the participant terminal, The chat message and the chat message of the participant transmitted from the chat server are received And a second message transmission unit for generating a second text message including a chat message input from the invitee in a state where a preset icon is activated and transmitting the generated second text message to the participant terminal have.

Here, the chat room may disappear after the lapse of the chat time.

The web server may further include a web server that provides a chat room web page corresponding to the web address, and transmits a chat message and a notification condition of the participant input through the chat room web page to the chat server.

The chat server also includes a web address generator for receiving the chat time and participant information transmitted from the invitee terminal, generating a web address corresponding to the received chat time and participant information, and transmitting the generated web address to the host terminal, , A database for storing the received participant information, a generated web address, and a notification condition, and a chat message transmitted from the inviter terminal, transmits the chat message to the web server, receives the chat message transmitted from the web server, And a chat relay unit for transmitting the chat message.

The chat server further includes a re-invitation request unit for monitoring a chat message of the invitee and the participant and requesting re-invitation of the participant who has left the chat room web page to the invitee terminal based on the notification condition stored in the database can do.

In addition, the notification condition may include at least one of conversation count, keyword, or interested participant.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a chat service through a chat service providing terminal connected to a chat server through a network, A function of receiving a web address transmitted from a chat server in response to a chat room creation request, a first text message including a received web address, A first chat message generated by the first user and a second chat message transmitted from the chat server are output through the chat room, and the first chat message is transmitted to the second user terminal corresponding to the participant phone number Function, and a message including a first chat message in a state in which a predetermined icon is activated A second text message is generated and the generated second text message is transmitted to the second user terminal.

Here, the program is configured to receive a re-invitation request transmitted from the chat server based on a notification condition set through the second user terminal, generate a third text message corresponding to the received re-invitation request, And to transmit the message to the second user terminal.

Also, the third text message may include one or more of the number of conversations, keywords, or interested participants preset by the second user.

Also, the second user terminal may be a terminal in which the chat application is not installed.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, even if the chat application is not installed in the user terminal, the user can participate in the chat through the web address transmitted from the chat room invitee and share the chat, photo and moving picture in real time. Also, since the conversation contents can not be confirmed after a preset time, the privacy of the chat participants can be protected.

1 shows a configuration of a chat service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 illustrates a chat service providing method using the chat service providing system of FIG.
Fig. 3 shows a basic information input example screen corresponding to step S10 in Fig.
FIG. 4 shows a chat room output example screen of the invitee terminal corresponding to step S18 of FIG. 2. FIG.
FIG. 5 shows an exemplary screen of the first participant terminal corresponding to steps S20 and S22 of FIG.
FIG. 6 illustrates a screen of a participant terminal and a participant terminal when the participant leaves the chat room according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
7 shows an example screen of the invitee terminal corresponding to steps S30 to S34 of FIG.
FIG. 8 shows an exemplary screen of the first participant terminal corresponding to step S40 of FIG.
FIG. 9 shows a notification setting example screen of a participant terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 illustrates screens of a guest terminal and a participant terminal after chatting time has elapsed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is therefore not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals are used for the same or similar components throughout the specification. In the case of publicly known technologies, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this specification, when a part is referred to as "including " an element, it is to be understood that it may include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. The terms " part, "" module," and "group ", as used herein, refer to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software have.

In the present specification, the term "inviter " refers to a terminal of a person who has requested a chat server to create a chat room, and" participant " means a terminal of a person participating in a chat by receiving a text message transmitted from an inviter. At this time, one chat room is composed of one invitee and one participant, or one invitee and a plurality of participants.

1 shows a configuration of a chat service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The chat service providing system 10 of FIG. 1 includes an invitee terminal 100, a participant terminal 200, a web server 300, and a chat server 400.

The inviter terminal 100 requests to create a chat room and sends an invitation message to the participant and transmits the invitation message to the chat room creation request unit 110, the first message transmission unit 120, the chat room output unit 130, (140). At this time, the chat room creation request unit 110, the first message transmission unit 120, the chat room output unit 130, and the second message transmission unit 140 are installed in the inviter terminal 100 in the form of application, And can be downloaded and installed in the chat server 400. [

The chat room creation requesting unit 110 requests the chat server 400 to create a chat room based on the basic information input from the invitee. The basic information includes a chatting room title, a chatting time, and participant information, and may further include a number of chats (a number of conversations), a keyword, and the like, which serve as a reference for re-inviting a participant who has left the chatting room. At this time, the name of the chat room, the chat time, the participant information, the number of chats (the number of conversations), and the keyword are inputted directly by the invitee. In addition, the participant information can be inputted by selecting one or more people (participants) stored in the telephone directory of the invitation terminal 100. [

The first message transmission unit 120 receives the web address transmitted from the chat server 400 in response to the chat room creation request, and generates and transmits an invitation message including the received web address. At this time, the invitation message is in the form of a text message, and is transmitted to the terminal of the selected destination in the chat room creation requesting unit 110. Here, the acquaintance means a participant in the chat room.

The chatting room output unit 130 outputs the chatting room list generated by the request of the invitee, and outputs the chatting message (chatting content) of the chatting room selected by the invitee from the chatting room list.

The second message transmission unit 140 receives the re-invitation request transmitted from the chat server 400 and generates and transmits a re-invitation message to the participant terminal 200. Here, the re-invitation request includes the re-invitation criteria and the telephone number of the participant to be re-invited. The re-invitation message is in the form of a text message and is transmitted to the participant terminal 200 corresponding to the participant telephone number transmitted from the chat server 400.

The second message transmission unit 140 transmits the important message input by the invitee to the participant terminal 200 in the form of a text message to the participant terminal 200. Specifically, when at least one participant has left the chat room, the invitee activates an important icon in the chat room and inputs a chat message, the text message including the chat message input by the inviter is transmitted to the terminal of the exited participant.

The participant terminal 200 receives the invitation message transmitted from the inviter terminal 100 and accesses the chat room through the web address included in the invitation message.

The participant terminal 200 includes the first participant terminal 210 of the first participant, the second participant terminal 220 of the second participant and the third participant terminal 230 of the third participant, The second participant terminal 220, and the third participant terminal 230 include the same configuration.

The web server 300 provides a chat room web page corresponding to the web address of the invitation message transmitted from the invitee terminal 100 to the participant terminal 200 and transmits the chat message of the participant inputted through the chat room web page and the participant To the chat server (400).

The chat server 400 relays a chat performed through the invitee terminal 100 and the participant terminal 200 and specifically transmits and receives a chat message between the invitee connected to the application chat room and a participant who accesses the web chat room .

The chat server 400 includes a web address generating unit 410, a database 420, a chat relay unit 430, and a re-invitation request unit 440.

The web address generator 410 receives the basic information transmitted from the inviter terminal 100, generates a web address, and transmits the web address to the inviter terminal 100. Specifically, a URL (uniform resource locator) link of a chat room (web page) corresponding to the basic information is generated and transmitted. At this time, one of the plurality of URL links stored in the database 420 may be selected and transmitted.

The database 420 stores basic information transmitted from the inviter terminal 100, and stores URL link information corresponding to the basic information. Also, the phone number of the participant transmitted from the web server 300 and the corresponding notification condition are stored. Here, the notification condition includes at least one of conversation count, keyword, or interested participant.

The chat relaying unit 430 relays the chat between the invitee and the participant. Specifically, a chat message of an invitee connected to the chat server 400 via a chat application is received and transmitted to the web server 300, a chat message of a participant transmitted from the web server 300 is received, 100).

The re-invitation request unit 440 monitors a chat message between the invitee and the participant and sends a re-invite request to the invitee terminal 100).

The re-invitation requesting unit 440 requests re-invitation of the participant who has left the chat room based on at least one of the participant's notification condition stored in the database 420, that is, the number of conversations, the keyword, And makes a request to the terminal 100. For example, if a first participant leaves the chat room in a chat room in which the inviter, the first participant, the second participant, and the third participant are present, the remaining participants (the invitee, the second participant, 3 participants) is greater than or equal to the number of conversations included in the notification condition, the first participant can request re-invitation. When a keyword included in the notification condition of the chat message (conversation content) is detected in the remaining persons (invitee, second participant, and third participant) after the first participant leaves the conference, a request is made to re-invite the first participant .

2 illustrates a chat service providing method using the chat service providing system of FIG.

First, the inviter terminal 100 receives basic information from the invitee and transmits basic information to the chat server 400 through the chat room creation requesting unit 110, and requests to create a chat room (S10). The basic information of step S10 includes a chat room title, a chat room duration, and participant information.

Fig. 3 shows a basic information input example screen corresponding to step S10 in Fig.

3, the inviter inputs the chat room title 111, enters the chat room duration 112, and sets the profile picture 113 to be used in the chat room. Also, a chat member (first participant) 114 is selected from the phone book stored in the invitation terminal 100. [ At this time, the inviter may directly input 115 the telephone number of the first participant.

In step S10, the chat room title, the chat room duration, and the first participant information selected by the invitee can be transmitted to the chat server 400. [

Referring back to FIG. 2, the chat server 400 transmits the URL link corresponding to the request in step S10 to the inviter terminal 100 through the web address generating unit 410 (S12).

Thereafter, the inviter terminal 100 receives the URL link transmitted in step S120 through the first message transmitting unit 120, and transmits the invitation message including the received URL link to the first participant terminal 210 (S16).

Then, the inviter terminal 100 outputs the chat room and the chat message through the chat room output unit 130 (S18).

FIG. 4 shows a chat room output example screen of the invitee terminal corresponding to step S18 of FIG. 2. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, a chat room title, a participant, a remaining chat time, and a chat message (conversation content) with the first participant can be confirmed through a chat window output to the inviter terminal 100.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the first participant terminal 210 receives the invitation message transmitted in step S16 (S20). If the first participant selects a URL link in the invitation message, the first participant terminal 210 receives a web page corresponding to the URL link (S22).

FIG. 5 shows an exemplary screen of the first participant terminal corresponding to steps S20 and S22 of FIG.

5, the invitation message received via the first participant terminal 210 includes a URL link, and a chat web page is output when the first participant clicks the URL link. You can see the chat room title, participant number, member information, and remaining chat time through the web page.

FIG. 6 illustrates a screen of a participant terminal and a participant terminal when the participant leaves the chat room according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the inviter can confirm the departure and entry of the first participant (131). If the first participant leaves the chat room and then re-enters, the chat time set by the inviter remains, You can check the contents.

Returning to the description of FIG. 2, steps after S30 describe a method for transmitting an important message assuming that the first participant has left the chat room.

First, when a chat message is input by the invitee (S30), it is confirmed whether or not the important icon in the chat room is activated (S32).

If the important icon is activated in step S32, a re-invitation message is transmitted to the first participant terminal 210 through the second message transmitter 140 (S34). The chat message input in step S30 is transmitted to the chat server 400 (S36). At this time, the re-invitation message includes the important message entered by the inviter and the request for re-entering the chat room.

7 shows an example screen of the invitee terminal corresponding to steps S30 to S34 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 7, the invitee can select an important icon 141 when entering a chat message. When a chat message is input with the important icon selected, the first participant of the first participant who has left the chat room through the pop- It can be confirmed that the re-invitation message is transmitted to the terminal 210. [

Referring again to FIG. 2, the chat server 400 receives the chat message transmitted in step S36 and transmits it to the web server 300 (S38).

The first participant terminal 210 receives the re-invitation message transmitted in step S34 and confirms the important message or re-enters the chat room (S40).

FIG. 8 shows an exemplary screen of the first participant terminal corresponding to step S40 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 8, the chat message input by the invitee can be confirmed by the text message 143.

FIG. 9 shows a notification setting example screen of a participant terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9, a participant who desires to leave the chat room can set a notification condition through an alert icon at the top of the web page. For example, even if the first participant leaves the chat room, keywords set in advance by the first participant in the conversation of the inviter and other participants are searched, or the number of conversations of the inviter and other participants is set in advance after the first participant is exited The chat server 400 requests the invitee terminal 100 to re-invite the first participant. The first participant can receive the re-invitation message transmitted from the invitation terminal 100 and confirm the chat message including the keyword set in advance or confirm the accumulated unacknowledged chat message.

FIG. 10 illustrates screens of a guest terminal and a participant terminal after chatting time has elapsed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10, the invitee can reopen the chat room if the chat time set by the invite user has elapsed. At this time, even if the chat room is regenerated through re-opening, the previous chat message can not be checked. Also, the participant can not re-enter the chat room even if he clicks the URL link in Fig.

The chat service providing method according to the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in a program installed in the inviter terminal or directly installed by the user and recorded in a recording medium which can be read by a computer. Here, the computer may include a desktop, a notebook, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile communication device. The recording medium may also include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical media storage, and the like.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a terminal user installed with a chat application can perform a real-time chat with a user of a terminal in which a chat application is not installed. In addition, there is no notification other than the text message for inviting the chat room, and the important chat message designated by the invitee and the chat message including the keyword designated by the participant can be confirmed in the form of a text message at the participant terminal. Accordingly, even when the chat participant leaves the chat room, the chat participant can confirm the chat message having high importance and high level of interest and communicate with other participants.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when the predetermined time has elapsed by the inviter, the chat room itself is destroyed and no one can check the conversation contents, so that the privacy of the user can be completely protected against the conventional chat service, .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It belongs to the scope.

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110: chat room creation request unit
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Claims (15)

A terminal connected to a chat server through a network to provide a chat service,
A chat room creation request unit for requesting chat room generation by transmitting chat time and participant information input from a first user to the chat server,
A second user terminal corresponding to the participant information, the second user terminal receiving a web address transmitted from the chat server in response to the request, generating a first text message including the received web address, To a chat room via an address,
A second text message including the first chat message and the chat room re-entry request message, which are important messages input from the first user, is generated and transmitted to the second user terminal in a state where a predetermined icon is activated And a second message transmission unit,
The chat room,
And displays the remaining chat time corresponding to the chat time, and provides the existing chat content when the second user terminal re-enters the remaining chat time. The method of claim 1,
Wherein the chatting room expires after the lapse of the chatting time. The method of claim 1,
The chat server sends a re-invite request if the chat room corresponds to a condition that includes at least one of the number of conversations, the keyword, or the interested participants preset by the second user,
The second message transmission unit generates a third text message including a message for a condition corresponding to the re-invitation request and a chat room re-entry request message upon receiving a re-invitation request transmitted from the chat server, To a chat service providing terminal. delete The method of claim 1,
Wherein the second user terminal is a terminal in which a chat application is not installed. A system for providing a chat service between an invitee and a participant,
A chat server for generating a chat room web address,
A participant terminal that is not installed with a chat application and accesses a chat room through the web address, and
And an inviter terminal having a chat application and generating a text message including a web address transmitted from the chat server and transmitting the text message to the participant terminal,
The inviter terminal,
A chat room creation request unit for requesting chat room creation by transmitting chat time and participant information input from the invitee to the chat server,
A first message transmission unit receiving a web address transmitted from the chat server in response to the request, generating a first text message including the received web address and transmitting the first text message to the participant terminal,
A chatting room output unit receiving a chatting message input from the invitee and the chatting message of the participant transmitted from the chatting server and outputting the chatting message through a chatting room,
And a second message transmitter for generating a second text message including an important message input from the inviter and a chat room re-entry request message in a state where a predetermined icon is activated, and transmitting the generated second text message to the participant terminal,
The chat room
A chatting time remaining in response to the chatting time and providing the existing chatting content when the participating terminal re-enters the remaining chatting time. The method of claim 6,
And the chatting room disappears after the lapse of the chatting time. The method of claim 6,
Further comprising a web server providing a chat room web page corresponding to the web address, and transmitting the chat message and alert condition of the participant input through the chat room web page to the chat server. 9. The method of claim 8,
The chat server includes:
A web address generator for receiving chat time and participant information transmitted from the invitee terminal, generating a web address corresponding to the received chat time and participant information, and transmitting the generated web address to the invitee terminal,
A database for storing the chat time received, the participant information received, the generated web address, and the notification condition, and
And a chat relaying unit for receiving the chat message transmitted from the invitee terminal, transmitting the chat message to the web server, and receiving the chat message transmitted from the web server and transmitting the chat message to the invitee terminal. The method of claim 9,
The chat server includes:
And a re-invitation requesting unit for monitoring a chat message of the invitee and the participant and requesting re-invitation of the participant who has left the chat room web page to the invitee terminal based on the notification condition stored in the database Chat service delivery system. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the notification condition includes at least one of a conversation count, a keyword, and an interested participant. A computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a program for implementing a method for providing a chat service through a chat service providing terminal connected to a chat server through a network,
The program includes:
A function of transmitting a chat time and a participant phone number input from a first user to the chat server to request a chat room generation,
A function of receiving a web address transmitted from the chat server in response to the chat room creation request,
Generating a first text message including the received web address and transmitting the generated first text message to a second user terminal corresponding to the participant telephone number,
Outputting a first chat message input from the first user and a second chat message transmitted from the chat server through a chat room; and
A second text message including an important message input from the first user and a chat room re-entry request message in a state where a predetermined icon is activated, and transmits the generated second text message to the second user terminal Function,
Wherein the chatting room displays a remaining chatting time corresponding to the chatting time and provides the existing chatting content when the participating terminal re-enters the remaining chatting time. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the program further comprises a second receiving step of receiving a re-invitation request transmitted from the chat server based on a notification condition set through the second user terminal, generating a third text message corresponding to the received re-invitation request, And to transmit a third text message to the second user terminal. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the third text message comprises at least one of a number of conversations, a keyword, or an interested participant preset by the second user. The method of claim 12,
And the second user terminal is a terminal in which a chat application is not installed.

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