KR102335054B1 - Method, server and user device for providing message service - Google Patents

Abstract

A message service providing method performed in a messenger server includes generating link information including the number of open chat rooms to be created for group chat and the number of open chat rooms for each open chat room, and generating a plurality of open chat rooms based on the link information. , receiving a request to participate in the group chat from the user terminal that has selected the link information, selecting an open chat room in which the user terminal will participate among the plurality of open chat rooms based on the number of people participating in each of the plurality of open chat rooms, and entering the user terminal into the selected open chat room and providing a message service through the plurality of open chat rooms.

Description

Method of providing message service, server and user terminal

The present invention relates to a method for providing a message service, a server and a user terminal.

Open chatting refers to a chat room format in which people who do not know each other gather and exchange content based on a specific topic. The open chat feature is characterized in that it is possible to enjoy chatting with the other party without adding the other party as a friend to the message application by using the other party's phone number or ID.

Recently, many users have been able to chat while watching dramas, live performances, sports events, and movie promotions through open chatting.

However, in the conventional open chat room, the number of participants is limited, and when the capacity of the chat room is exceeded, it is no longer possible to enter the open chat room. For this reason, it was necessary for someone to create a new open chat room with the same topic.

In addition, in the case of the conventional open chat room, it was impossible to set the operating time of the open chat room, and if the open chat room is to be operated only during a specific time period, the operator of the open chat room deletes the link information (URL) for access to the open chat room By doing so, it had no choice but to limit the participation of new participants.

Korea Patent Publication No. 2018-0092605 (published on August 20, 2018)

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to create at least one open chat room for a large-scale group chat, and to generate link information related to the created open chat, a message service that allows users to access the group chat. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing, a server and a user terminal.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method, a server, and a user terminal for providing a message service for performing a large-scale group chat based on a specific event by setting the maximum number of group chats and the maximum number of open chat rooms that can be created.

When receiving a request to participate in the group chat from the user terminal that has selected link information, an open chat room in which the user of the user terminal participates is selected from among at least one open chat room based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, An object of the present invention is to provide a method, a server, and a user terminal for providing a message service through at least one open chat room by allowing a user terminal to enter an open chat room.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method, server and user terminal for providing a message service in which group chat is operated for a preset time for a specific event and at least one open chat room is terminated after a preset time.

However, the technical task to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical task as described above, and other technical tasks may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, according to an embodiment of the present invention, generating at least one open chat room for group chat, generating link information for access to the group chat, Receiving a request to participate in the group chat from the user terminal through the link information, based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, selecting an open chat room in which the user of the user terminal will participate among the at least one open chat room and entering the user terminal into the selected open chat room, and providing a message service through the at least one open chat room, wherein the group chat is operated for a preset time for a specific event, The at least one open chat room may provide a message service providing method that is terminated after the preset time.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a messenger server providing a message service includes an open chat room generating unit that creates at least one open chat room for group chat, and link information generation that generates link information for access to the group chat. unit, a group chat participation request receiving unit for receiving a request to participate in the group chat from the user terminal through the link information, based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, the user terminal of the at least one open chat room and an entry unit for selecting an open chat room for a user to participate in, and entering the user terminal into the selected open chat room, and a message service providing unit for providing a message service through the at least one open chat room, wherein the group chat is a specific event It is possible to provide a messenger server that is operated for a preset time, and the at least one open chat room is terminated after the preset time.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a participation request transmission unit that transmits a request to participate in group chat to a messenger server based on link information and enters one of at least one open chat room based on the link information, It provides a user terminal comprising a chat unit that provides a message service through one open chat room, wherein the group chat is operated for a preset time for a specific event, and the at least one open chat room is terminated after the preset time can do.

The above-described problem solving means are merely exemplary, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In addition to the exemplary embodiments described above, there may be additional embodiments described in the drawings and detailed description.

According to any one of the problem solving means of the present invention described above, it is possible to provide a method, a server, and a user terminal for providing a message service for providing an open chat room in which a large number of people can participate.

According to the present invention, it provides a message service that allows thousands or more users to share chatting while experiencing the same content through an open chat room, such as watching a drama, watching a live performance, watching a sports game relay video, watching a movie promotion video, etc. A method, a server and a user terminal may be provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, by setting a predetermined operating time in the open chat room, it is possible to provide a method, server, and user terminal for providing a message service for inducing participants to participate in a conversation during the operating time set in the open chat room.

1 is a block diagram of a message service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a messenger server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a message service in a messenger server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart of a method for providing a message service in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6A to 6D are exemplary diagrams for explaining a process of providing a message service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement them. However, the present invention may be embodied in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . Also, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise stated.

In this specification, a "part" includes a unit realized by hardware, a unit realized by software, and a unit realized using both. In addition, one unit may be implemented using two or more hardware, and two or more units may be implemented by one hardware. Meanwhile, '~ unit' is not limited to software or hardware, and '~ unit' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or to reproduce one or more processors. Accordingly, as an example, '~' indicates components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functions provided in the components and '~ units' may be combined into a smaller number of components and '~ units' or further separated into additional components and '~ units'. In addition, components and '~ units' may be implemented to regenerate one or more CPUs in a device.

In the present invention, a user may mean a person who performs a specific action offline, or may mean an account of a message application that performs a specific action online.

1 is a block diagram of a message service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the message service providing system 1 may include a messenger server 110 and a user terminal 120 . The messenger server 110 and the user terminal 120 exemplarily show components that can be controlled by the message service providing system 1, and the message service providing system 1 of FIG. 1 is the embodiment of the present invention. Since the present invention is not limitedly interpreted through FIG. 1 since it is only an embodiment, the present invention may be configured differently from FIG. 1 according to various embodiments of the present invention.

Each component of the message service providing system 1 of FIG. 1 is generally connected through a network. For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , the message server 110 may be simultaneously connected to the user terminal 120 at a time interval.

A network refers to a connection structure in which information can be exchanged between each node, such as terminals and servers, and includes a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the Internet (WWW: World). Wide Web), wired and wireless data communication networks, telephone networks, wired and wireless television networks, and the like. Examples of wireless data communication networks include 3G, 4G, 5G, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth communication, infrared communication, ultrasound Communication, Visible Light Communication (VLC), LiFi, and the like are included, but are not limited thereto.

The messenger server 110 may provide an instance messaging service that enables a user of the user terminal 120 and another user registered as a real friend to exchange a conversation in a chat room with the user of the user terminal 120 . For example, the messenger server 110 may provide an instant messaging service through a message application.

The messenger server 110 may create at least one open chat room for group chatting. Here, the group chat may be operated for a preset time for a specific event, and at least one open chat room to be described later may be terminated after the preset time. For example, when a plurality of open chat rooms are created, after a preset time elapses, the plurality of open chat rooms may be simultaneously terminated.

The messenger server 110 may generate link information for access to the group chat. The link information identifies the group chat and makes the group chat accessible, and may include an identifier or a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address. The link information may function to enter the open chat room without adding a friend to the message application using the phone number of the user terminal 120 or the user's account (eg, ID, etc.). In this case, the link information may be shared with acquaintances or an unspecified number of people through a one-to-one chat room of a message application, social network services (SNS), or the like. The link information may further include, for example, the number of at least one open chat room, the number of seats in each open chat room, a group chat name, a tag, an end date and time, and a notice.

The messenger server 110 monitors the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and when the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room is greater than or equal to a preset number or a preset ratio to the number of people, at least one additional open You can create chat rooms.

The messenger server 110 may promote the group chat by posting link information in the posting space. Here, the posting space may include a banner in a message application corresponding to the messenger server 110 , a group chat list in the message application, and a web page accessible by the user terminal 120 . In addition, link information is posted on posts or comments of applications other than the message application, so that users using other applications can participate in group chatting through the posted link information.

The messenger server 110 determines a group chat to be posted on a banner in the application based on at least one of the number of open chat rooms, the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat room, and the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, or You can determine the exposure order of the group chat list within the message application.

The messenger server 110 may receive a request to participate in the group chat from the user terminal 120 through link information.

The messenger server 110 selects an open chat room in which the user terminal 120 will participate among at least one open chat room based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and enters the user terminal 120 in the selected open chat room. can do it For example, the messenger server 110 may select an open chat room having the smallest number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room as the open chat room in which the user of the user terminal 120 will participate.

The messenger server 110 is a user based on at least one of the location of the user terminal 120, the current time, the number of friends of the user participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat room. The terminal 120 may select an open chat room to participate in.

The messenger server 110 may provide a message service through at least one open chat room. For example, the messenger server 110 may output the same image to at least one open chat room.

The messenger server 110 may notify the end date and time of the group chat every preset period.

Such at least one open chat room may be operated, for example, through an affiliate or a service provider, and accordingly, the messenger server 110 may not include each of the at least one open chat room as a report target. However, the messenger server 110 may restrict a specific user's use of the open chat room through a reporting function for messages exchanged between users through group chatting of each of the at least one open chat room.

The user terminal 120 may transmit a request to participate in the group chat to the messenger server 110 based on the link information. Here, the link information may include the number of open chat rooms to be created for the group chat and the number of open chat rooms for each open chat room.

The user terminal 120 may enter one of at least one open chat room based on the link information, and may provide a message service through the entered open chat room.

2 is a block diagram of a messenger server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 , the messenger server 110 includes an open chat room generating unit 210 , a link information generating unit 220 , a public relations unit 230 , a group chat participation request receiving unit 240 , an admission unit 250 , and a message service. A provision unit 260 may be included.

The open chat room creation unit 210 may create at least one open chat room for group chatting. At least one open chat room for group chat may be configured to leave the corresponding open chat room when the user leaves the open chat room, unlike a general chat room. For example, in the case of a general chat room, even if the user moves from the first chat room to the chat room list or moves to the second chat room, the user is participating in the first chat room, and the first chat room is maintained in the chat room list. In contrast, in the case of at least one open chat room, it is not managed through the chat room list, so it is impossible for the user to activate or deactivate the open chat room through the chat room list. That is, when the user leaves the open chat room, the user may leave the open chat room.

The open chat room generation unit 210 is the number of people participating in at least one open chat room is more than a preset number (eg, more than 30 people out of 50) or more than a preset ratio with respect to the number of people (eg, 80 of the number of people) % or more), it is possible to create at least one additional open chat room. Here, the at least one additional open chat room may be created based on the number of initially created open chat rooms or a preset increment unit.

For example, it is assumed that the number of open chat rooms to be created for a large-scale group chat is set to '3', and a preset increment unit is set to '+3'. In this case, the open chat room generation unit 210 may create three first open chat rooms based on the link information. After that, when the number of participants in the first three open chat rooms becomes, for example, 80% or more of the capacity, the open chat room creation unit 210 creates three additional open chat rooms to operate a total of six open chat rooms. have. Thereafter, when the number of participants in the six open chat rooms becomes, for example, 80% or more of the capacity, the open chat room creation unit 210 creates three additional open chat rooms to operate a total of nine open chat rooms. .

The link information generating unit 220 may generate link information for accessing the group chat. The link information may include, for example, the number of at least one open chat room, the number of each open chat room, a group chat name, a tag, an end date and time, and a notice. Here, the group chat may be operated for a preset time for a specific event, and at least one open chat room may end after the preset time.

According to the present invention, group chat is an open chat room that is operated only for a predetermined time for a specific issue or a specific event, and creates at least one open chat room for a specific issue or specific event to distribute users to at least one open chat room This allows group chatting on the same topic without limiting the number of participants.

Here, a specific issue or specific event is, for example, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, year-end awards ceremony, countdown, New Year's Day, Lunar New Year holidays, Valentine's Day, April Fool's Day, annual events such as Labor Day, and sporting events such as soccer and baseball , events such as concerts, live chat events to promote movies or sound sources, local hangouts, and the like.

For example, the link information generating unit 220 may include 'Number of open chat rooms: N', 'Number of open chat rooms: 1,500 people', and 'Group chat name: Christmas Celebration Chat Room', 'Tags: #OpenChatTimeChat, #TimeChat, #TimeLimited, #Event, #60M Chat', 'End Date: 22:00~23:00', 'Notice: 22: It is possible to create link information including 'Let's spend Christmas together from 00 to 23:00'.

Here, the number of open chat rooms and the number of open chat rooms can be arbitrarily set by the administrator who creates the open chat room. For example, the number of open chat rooms per open chat room can be set to '1,000' and the maximum number of open chat rooms that can be created is set to '20'.

On the contrary, the number of users to participate in group chat is collected through the operation of group chat or temporary group chat of the same or similar subject, and the number of open chat rooms may be determined based on this.

Alternatively, the number of the open chat room may be determined according to the subject of the open chat room. For example, the number of seats in an open chat room with the theme of welcoming the new year may be set to '1,500', and the number of seats in an open chat room with the theme of winter riding may be set to '50'.

The publicity unit 230 may promote the group chat by posting link information in the posting space. Here, the posting space may include a banner in a message application corresponding to the messenger server 110 , a group chat list in the message application, and a web page accessible by the user terminal 120 .

The publicity unit 230 determines a group chat to be posted on a banner in the application based on at least one of the number of open chat rooms, the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat room, and the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, or message You can determine the exposure order of the group chat list in the application.

For example, when the user terminal 120 searches for a keyword related to a specific topic through the open chat room service menu of the message application, the publicity unit 230 determines the exposure order of the group chat list based on the search score based on the keyword can Here, when calculating the search score, a higher weight may be given to the group chat in which a predetermined operating time is set than in the general open chat.

When the number of people participating in the group chat operated during a predetermined operating time increases rapidly, the publicity unit 230 may promote the group chat through a pop-up window composed of a transparent layer within the home screen of the open chat service menu.

The group chat participation request receiving unit 240 may receive a group chat participation request from the user terminal 120 through link information.

The admission unit 250 selects an open chat room in which the user of the user terminal 120 will participate among at least one open chat room based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and the user terminal 120 in the selected open chat room can be entered. Here, the user of the user terminal 120 may mean an account (eg, ID, mobile phone number) of a user who has signed up for a message application, a temporary account of a user who wants to anonymously use an open chat room, and the like.

The admission unit 250 may select an open chat room having the smallest number of participants among at least one open chat room as the open chat room in which the user will participate.

In contrast, the admission unit 250 is at least one of the location of the user terminal 120, the current time, the number of friends of the user participating in each of at least one open chat room, and the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat room. Based on this, an open chat room in which the user will participate can be selected.

For example, suppose that the open chat room creation unit 210 creates at least one open chat room for group chat related to a constituency (eg, Seocho-gu, Gangnam-gu, Dongjak-gu, Songpa-gu, etc.). When the user's residence or current location is 'Samseong-dong', the admission unit 250 may select an open chat room with the tag 'Gangnam-gu' as an open chat room in which the user will participate among at least one open chat room created in relation to the constituency. That is, in the case of a group chat related to a constituency, regional authentication information may be included in the link information, so that only users who are authenticated to reside in the corresponding constituency can participate in the group chat related to the corresponding constituency. For example, when the link information includes local authentication information in Bundang-gu, the user terminal 120 authenticates the Bundang-gu through address information included in the account of the user terminal 120 to participate in at least one open chat room. can

For another example, it is assumed that at least one open chat room is created for group chat related to a specific event, and that the user's friends are participating in the open chat room. The admission unit 250 may select an open chat room in which the user's friends have most participated among at least one open chat room as the open chat room in which the user will participate.

As another example, if the admission unit 250 is operated during a time when group chatting is active (eg, prime time on weekends), the number of participants may increase rapidly. , and when group chatting is not active (eg, on weekday mornings), an open chat room with the largest number of participants may be selected as an open chat room in which the user will participate in order to activate the group chat.

The message service providing unit 260 may provide a message service through at least one open chat room.

The message service providing unit 260 may provide at least one feed through at least one open chat room. Here, various elements such as text, image, video, and URL may be combined in the feed.

For example, when a new user enters the open chat room for a group chat related to the New Year, the message service provider 260 says, "You have entered the Time Chat open chat room. Please refer to the notice for operating hours and topics." In addition to the feed, "The use of the messenger service may be restricted when a report is received as a message that violates the operation policy," an operation policy guide feed can be provided only to new users.

In addition, the message service providing unit 260 may provide various information to a plurality of users of the open chat room by using various feeds. For example, in the case of an open chat room with the theme of 'Jazz Festival', information related to the festival (e.g., festival schedule, preparations, precautions, traffic information, etc.) is sent to group chat through the open chat room in the form of a feed. It can be provided to a large number of participating users.

At this time, the message service providing unit 260 may provide an entry feed such as “Dintin has entered” to all users based on the on/off of the entry feed set in the open chat room. .

Thereafter, the message service providing unit 260 may provide a message service so that messages input from a plurality of user terminals are displayed in an open chat room. Alternatively, the message service providing unit 260 may provide multimedia services related to a plurality of images, videos, links, music, etc. uploaded from a plurality of user terminals. Alternatively, the message service providing unit 260 may restrict a user terminal other than an administrator from uploading images, videos, links, music, and the like.

The message service providing unit 260 may output the same image or video to a plurality of open chat rooms in the form of a pop-up view or an overlay. For example, when a plurality of open chat rooms are created for live chatting for movie promotion, movie promotion images of actors may be simultaneously output through a pop-up view of the plurality of open chat rooms.

Here, the right of the open chat room may be granted to a specific user belonging to each open chat room. A plurality of open chat rooms are created in relation to a specific issue or a specific event, and each of the plurality of open chat rooms does not have a moderator. However, when a specific user wins through an event such as a quiz or a mission in the open chat room or performs a predetermined action, the specific user may be given a specific right in the open chat room. For example, the preset action may be to provide a reward (eg, a group gift) to other users participating in the corresponding open chat room.

In addition, a specific user may be donated with administrator rights to operate an open chat room related to a specific topic. For example, in the case of an open chat room related to a jazz festival, the organizer of the jazz festival (eg, a person in charge of the jazz festival) is given administrator rights, so that the event-related content is at least The same may be guided to one open chat room. In this case, the guidance may be provided in the form of announcements, feeds, and the like.

When a specific permission is granted to a specific user in the corresponding open chat room, the specific user's chat message may be displayed differently from other chat messages. For example, a specific color may be processed for a specific user's chatting message, font, size of the chatting message, etc. may be adjusted. In addition, the exposure order of a specific user in the side menu of the chat room may be adjusted based on the level of the specific permission. In addition, a specific user may use the granted authority to modify the announcement or transmit a message using a feed provided in an open chat room.

The message service providing unit 260 may notify the end date and time of the group chat every preset period. For example, the message service providing unit 260 may perform a countdown from 5 seconds before the end of the group chat after notifying "The open time chat room will end in 5 minutes."

Thereafter, when the end point of the group chat is reached, the message service providing unit 260 may provide an end guide feed such as "Time chat has ended. See you next time" through the plurality of open chat rooms. At this time, the message service providing unit 260 may provide a pop-up message indicating “This is the chat room that has been closed” through the pop-up window. At this time, link information of a plurality of open chat rooms is deleted and the chat input window is frozen, so that the message "Conversation is not possible" may be displayed.

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a message service in a messenger server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method of providing a message service in the messenger server 110 shown in FIG. 3 includes steps processed in time series by the message service providing system 1 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 . Therefore, even if omitted below, the method of providing a message service in the messenger server 110 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is also applied.

In step S310, the messenger server 110 may create at least one open chat room for group chatting.

In step S320, the messenger server 110 may generate link information for accessing the group chat.

In step S330 , the messenger server 110 may receive a request to participate in the group chat from the user terminal 120 through link information.

In step S340, the messenger server 110 selects an open chat room in which the user of the user terminal 120 will participate among at least one open chat room based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and enters the selected open chat room, the user terminal (120) can be entered.

In step S350, the messenger server 110 may provide a message service through at least one open chat room.

In the above description, steps S310 to S350 may be further divided into additional steps or combined into fewer steps, according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, some steps may be omitted as necessary, and the order between the steps may be switched.

4 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4 , the user terminal 120 may include a participation request transmission unit 410 and a chatting unit 420 .

The participation request transmitter 410 may transmit a group chat participation request to the messenger server 110 based on the link information. Here, the link information may include the number of open chat rooms to be created for the group chat and the number of open chat rooms for each open chat room.

The chatting unit 420 may enter at least one open chat room created based on link information. For example, when at least one open chat room with a high concentration of group chats, such as a specific issue or a specific event, is operated for a predetermined time, the chat unit 420 is the open chat room with the smallest number of people participating in the at least one open chat room. can enter into For another example, when at least one open chat room with a low concentration of group chat is operated for a predetermined time, such as a weekday residence-related event, the chatting unit 420 has the largest number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room. You can enter the open chat room.

The chatting unit 420 may provide a message service through the entered open chat room.

5 is a flowchart of a method for providing a message service in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method of providing a message service in the user terminal 120 shown in FIG. 5 includes steps processed in time series by the message service providing system 1 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 . Therefore, even if omitted below, it is also applied to the method of providing a message service in the user terminal 120 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 .

In step S510 , the user terminal 120 may transmit a request to participate in the group chat to the messenger server 110 based on the link information.

In step S520, the user terminal 120 enters at least one open chat room based on the link information, and may provide a message service through the entered open chat room.

In the above description, steps S510 to S520 may be further divided into additional steps or combined into fewer steps, according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, some steps may be omitted as necessary, and the order between the steps may be switched.

6A to 6D are exemplary diagrams for explaining a process of providing a message service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6A is an exemplary diagram illustrating a home screen of an open chat service menu according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6A , the user terminal 120 may enter the home screen 600 of the open chat service menu in the message application to use the open chat service.

The user terminal 120 displays a list of currently used open chat rooms, banners, popular keywords or hashtags searched by users a lot, popular open chat rooms with a large number of participants, etc. through the home screen 600 of the open chat service menu. can do. Here, in the banner 601, link information of a group chat operated for a predetermined time in relation to a specific issue or a specific event may be posted. For example, when the user terminal 120 selects the banner 601 , the user terminal 120 can enter a specific open chat room based on link information linked to the banner 601 .

The user terminal 120 may search for an open chat room related to a topic of interest through the search window 610 . For example, when the user terminal 120 searches for the keyword 'countdown' through the search window 610, the user terminal 120 may display group chat related to 'countdown' as a search result. .

The user terminal 120 may preferentially expose the group chat 611 operated for a predetermined time for a specific issue or a specific event among open chat rooms related to keywords. In this case, the user terminal 120 may sequentially expose a plurality of general open chat rooms related to the keyword based on the number of participants in each general open chat room or the number of chat messages.

For example, when the user terminal 120 selects the group chat 611 displayed through the banner, the user terminal 120 can enter the selected group chat 611 . At this time, the messenger server 110 may determine whether the link information of the selected group chat 611 is valid. For example, when the link information of the selected group chat 611 is invalid, the user terminal 120 may display a guide message "This is an open chat room that has been deleted or no longer exists."

The group chat 611 may be promoted through a web page 620 accessible to the group chat list and the user terminal 120 in the message application as well as the banner 601 in the message application.

6B is an exemplary diagram illustrating a group chat according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6A and 6B , when the user terminal 120 selects the group chat 611 , the user terminal 120 may display a cover screen 630 of the group chat 611 . Here, the cover screen 630 is a chat room in which the corresponding group chat 611 is operated for a limited time, and if there are many users, it may provide information that several rooms are operated at the same time.

The cover screen 630 may display, for example, a group chat name, an operating time, the number of participants, a time remaining until an end time, a participation button, and the like. For example, the user terminal 120 through the cover screen 630, the group chat name 631: "Hello 2020! Let's countdown together", operating hours 632: '22:30 ~ 24:30', Number of participants 633: '4,124 people', time remaining until end time 634: 'remaining time of 1 hour and 34 minutes', a participation button 635 and the like may be displayed.

When the user terminal 120 selects the join button 635 , the user terminal 120 may enter an open chat room for group chatting.

At this time, the user terminal 120 includes a welcome feed 641 saying "You have entered Time Chat. Please refer to the notice for operating hours and subjects" and "There may be restrictions on use when receiving a report as a message for operation policy. may display an announcements feed 642 such as ".

6c is an exemplary diagram for explaining a process of performing group chat while watching multimedia in an open chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6C , if you want to share a group chat while watching the relay video 650 of the 'Champions League' in a plurality of open chat rooms, the same match is broadcast in all of the plurality of open chat rooms related to the same event, 'Champions League' You can output an image. In this case, a plurality of users may view the match relay video 650 of the 'Champions League' together and perform group chatting.

6D is an exemplary diagram for explaining a process of notifying the end date and time of an open chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6D , in the case of group chat that operates only during '10:00~12:00', a notice of termination 660 may be announced through the countdown 10 minutes before 12 noon, 5 minutes before, and 5 seconds before. can

Thereafter, at 12 o'clock, the user terminal 120 may expose an end guide feed 661 saying "Time chat has ended. See you next time!" in the open chat room. At this time, the chatting input window 662 of the user terminal 120 is frozen, and the message 'conversation is not possible' may be displayed.

Embodiments of the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. Computer-readable media may also include computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. The above description of the present invention is for illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a dispersed form, and likewise components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

Although the methods and systems of the present invention have been described with reference to specific embodiments, some or all of their components or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The above description of the present invention is for illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a dispersed form, and likewise components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

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

110: messenger server
120: user terminal
210: open chat room creation unit
220: link information generation unit
230: public relations department
240: group chat participation request receiving unit
250: admission
260: message service provider
410: participation request transmission unit
420: chat unit

Claims (21)

A method for providing a message service performed in a messenger server, the method comprising:
creating at least one open chat room for group chat;
generating link information for access to the group chat;
receiving a request to participate in the group chat from a user terminal through the link information;
selecting an open chat room in which the user of the user terminal will participate among the at least one open chat room based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and entering the user terminal into the selected open chat room; and
providing a message service through the at least one open chat room;
including,
The group chat is operated for a preset time for a specific event,
The at least one open chat room is to be ended after the preset time,
The step of entering the user terminal is
Based on at least one of a time at which the request to participate in the group chat is received, the number of friends of the user participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat room, the user terminal is A method of providing a message service, comprising the step of selecting an open chat room to participate.
The method of claim 1,
The step of entering the user terminal is
The method of providing a message service, comprising the step of selecting an open chat room with a small number of participants among at least one open chat room as the open chat room in which the user will participate.
delete The method of claim 1,
The step of creating the at least one open chat room includes:
When the number of people participating in the at least one open chat room is greater than or equal to a preset number or greater than a preset ratio with respect to the number of occupants, the method comprising the step of creating at least one additional open chat room, the message service providing method.
The method of claim 1,
The link information includes the number of the at least one open chat room and the number of each open chat room, the message service providing method.
6. The method of claim 5,
The link information will further include at least one of a group chat name, a tag, an end date and time, and a notice.
7. The method of claim 6,
The announcement is composed of the same content and provided simultaneously through the at least one open chat room, the message service providing method.
The method of claim 1,
Posting the link information in a posting space further comprising the step of promoting the group chat,
The posting space includes a banner in a message application corresponding to the messenger server, a list of group chats in the message application, and a web page accessible by the user terminal.
9. The method of claim 8,
The step of promoting the group chat by posting the link information in a posting space
Determine a group chat to be posted on a banner in the application based on at least one of the number of the open chat rooms, the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat rooms, and the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat rooms The method of providing a message service comprising determining an exposure order of the list of group chats within the application.
The method of claim 1,
The step of providing a message service through the at least one open chat room includes:
The method of providing a message service comprising the step of notifying the end date and time of the group chat every preset period.
The method of claim 1,
The step of providing a message service through the at least one open chat room includes:
The method of providing a message service comprising the step of outputting the same image to the at least one open chat room.
In a user terminal providing a message service,
a participation request transmission unit for transmitting a request to participate in the group chat to a messenger server based on the link information; and
A chat unit that enters one of at least one open chat room based on the link information and provides a message service through the entered open chat room
including,
The group chat is operated for a preset time for a specific event,
The at least one open chat room is to be ended after the preset time,
The chat unit is at least one of a time when the request to participate in the group chat is received by the messenger server, the number of friends of the user participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat room Based on the user terminal selected by the messenger server to enter the open chat room to participate, the user terminal.
A messenger server providing a message service, comprising:
an open chat room generating unit for generating at least one open chat room for group chat;
a link information generation unit for generating link information for access to the group chat;
a group chat participation request receiving unit for receiving a request to participate in the group chat from the user terminal through the link information;
an entry unit for selecting an open chat room in which the user of the user terminal will participate among the at least one open chat room based on the number of people participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and for entering the user terminal into the selected open chat room; and
A message service providing unit that provides a message service through the at least one open chat room
including,
The group chat is operated for a preset time for a specific event,
The at least one open chat room is to be ended after the preset time,
The entry unit is based on at least one of a time at which the request to participate in the group chat is received, the number of friends of the user participating in each of the at least one open chat room, and the number of chat messages in each of the at least one open chat room A messenger server that selects an open chat room for the user terminal to participate in.
14. The method of claim 13,
wherein the entry unit selects an open chat room with a small number of participants among the at least one open chat room as an open chat room in which the user will participate.
delete 14. The method of claim 13,
The open chat room generating unit will create at least one additional open chat room when the number of people participating in the at least one open chat room is greater than or equal to a preset number or greater than or equal to a preset ratio with respect to the number of people, the messenger server.
14. The method of claim 13,
The link information will include the number of the at least one open chat room and the number of each open chat room, the messenger server.
14. The method of claim 13,
The link information will further include at least one of a group chat name, a tag, an end date and time, and a notice.
14. The method of claim 13,
A public relations department that promotes the group chat by posting the link information in the posting space
further comprising,
The posting space will include a banner in a message application corresponding to the messenger server, a list of group chats in the message application, and a web page accessible by the user terminal.
14. The method of claim 13,
The message service providing unit will include the step of notifying the end date and time of the group chat every preset period, the messenger server.
14. The method of claim 13,
The message service providing unit will output the same image to the at least one open chat room, the messenger server.

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