KR20010073352A - A chatting service providing method in a computer network providing sub chatting frame for displaying contents of different chatting rooms - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A chatting service method is provided to offer secondary frames, displaying chatting contents in other chatting rooms, besides a main frame, displaying chatting contents in a currently participating chatting room so that it enables a user to easily select a chatting room attracting a user interest. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of a user accessing a chatting service web server(S21), the user selecting a main chatting room among a plurality of chatting rooms(S22), the user exchanging messages with other participating users over the main frame according to a general chatting method(S25), the web server checking if the user selects secondary chatting rooms which contents the user wants to browse(S23), and the web server displaying the contents of the secondary chatting rooms on secondary frames in the case that the user selects the secondary chatting rooms(S24). The web server enables the user to browse the contents of other chatting room while continuing the chatting in the main chatting room.

Description

A chat service providing method in a computer network providing sub chatting frame for displaying contents of different chatting rooms}

The present invention provides a method of providing a chat service on a computer network that further provides a supplementary content posting frame for displaying contents of another chat room, and more particularly, displaying the chat contents of a main chat room in which a user participates. In addition to the main conversation content posting frame, a chat service on a computer network, such as the Internet, which provides a supplemental content posting frame showing the contents of conversations of two or more other chat rooms (call rooms) selected by the user.

Conversation, or chatting, on a computer network that is commonly performed at present is performed by a user connecting to a chat server providing a chat service and simultaneously exchanging texts with other connected users. Traditional chat services in the past were primarily made by connecting to a communication emulator and connecting to an Internet service provider (ISP, a company or agency that provided the ability for ordinary users to access the Internet), such as Hitel, Cilian, etc. In addition, the Information Provider (IP) on the Internet has its own chat server, which allows users to connect to and chat with one of the many IP servers that provide chat services even when the user accesses the Internet through any ISP. Can be. This chat is called "web-chatting".

Technically, chat service is achieved by using Common Gateway Interface (CGI) technology. This CGI technology is an interface used when accessing a database or processing a user's input on the web. The CGI technology receives and executes a command received from a client's web browser and displays the result as a web browser.

To use CGI, we use a script called CGI, which is similar to a DOS batch file. Commands written in CGI scripts work with HTML documents, and the server receives the script commands and sends the result to the client. This CGI technology is used not only for counters (counting visitors), guestbook, and bulletin board functions on the web, but also for chat room services. For example, visitors can enter data such as the name, e-mail address, and contents of the visitor entered by the visitor. The CGI program on the server receives it, and creates a HTML document in a predetermined format and posts it to the user. The chat service using the CGI program will be described in detail with respect to the configuration of the present invention. .

Also, the method of chatting is generally performed when a user opens a chat room in a server, and another user enters the chat room and performs a normal conversation, and the server uses a CGI program to communicate the conversations between users. Creates an HTML document of a certain format and displays it on the chat program interface of the client participating in the chat room. The user interface that displays the chat contents can be composed of various types of screens called chat windows or chat screens. Basically, a chat post window which sequentially lists a user's ID and chat contents over time, and a chat in the chat room A participant information field indicating information (ID, name, age, gender, etc.) of the participant and a conversation input field for inputting a word to be delivered to another participant are provided.

The Conversation History Post window lists the conversations you are giving or receiving, in the form "ID: Conversations." At this time, in order to deliver a word only to a specific participant, so-called "whispers" may be set to deliver a text only to a specific participant, and a "message" function may be provided to transmit a message to another client not participating in a chat room.

The chat user interface form is provided in various ways by the prior art, but only one conversation content posting window is provided at any time. That is, only windows for displaying the chat contents of the chat room in which the user is currently joined are provided, so that the chat contents of the other rooms are not known at all. Therefore, although the category of the chat room or the name of the chat room is posted, in order to find a room where the user has a conversation with the content he / she wants, the user has to visit all the chat rooms and check the current conversation. come. In addition, a chat using the Internet is not merely for entertainment purposes, but may have a purpose of obtaining various necessary information during a conversation, but when a particular chat room is entered, only the information in a conversation in the room can be obtained. Limited in terms of obtaining information.

Therefore, by enabling the chat service using a computer network to check the chat contents of another chat room, not only the chat room where the conversation of the desired content is held can be easily selected, but also information exchange through the chat can be more active. There will be.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and in a chat service using a computer network, it is intended to provide a chat service for additionally displaying chat contents performed in another chat room selected by a user.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a chat method using a computer network for displaying the chat contents of a chat room to a user separately from the chat contents of the currently participating chat room.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a chat service that displays, in addition to the chat rooms in which the user participates, the contents of conversations made in one or more other chat rooms selected by the user in one frame.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a chat service that allows a user to simply select and participate in a chat room of a subject of interest by displaying the contents of another chat room that is participating.

1 shows an overall configuration of a system for implementing a chat service according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart briefly showing the overall flow of the chat service according to the present invention.

Figure 3 shows an example of the form of a chat screen or a chat web page used in the chat service according to the present invention.

4 and 5 show an example of a web page of a website providing a chat service according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a main screen and FIG. 5 shows a chat screen in which a chat is actually performed.

The configuration of the present invention for providing a chat service for displaying the contents of the other chat room as described above is as follows.

A chat service providing method using a web network providing a chat service, a plurality of client computers, and a channel connecting the same, wherein a client connected to the web server to participate in a chat is provided on the web server. Selecting the main chat room and other interested unit rooms that the user wishes to participate in, and the web server posts the main chat contents on the chat screen of the client through the chat contents between the main chat room participants participating in the main chat room. And transmits and displays the conversation contents of the supplementary room to the supplementary content posting frame on the chat screen of the client.

There may be two or more bag rooms selected by the client, and the conversation contents of the selected bag rooms are displayed on the bag contents posting frame in a form that can be distinguished from each other.

The differentiation of the contents of the two or more supplementary rooms may be performed by assigning different colors and / or fonts to the conversation contents of each supplementary room, but is not limited thereto. That is, the distinction may be made in any form as long as the conversation contents of two or more chat rooms can be displayed on one frame. For example, even if the same font and color are used, the name of the chat room may be displayed in front of the chat content in one chat room, and may be expressed in the form of "<first chat room name>; talker ID; chat content". However, it is desirable to use the aforementioned methods (different colors and / or fonts, chat room name posting) together to ensure distinction.

The web server used in the present invention has a database (DB) inside or outside the server for storing various information so as to provide a chat service. CGI program is installed.

In the case of web-chatting, the chat screen may be provided in the form of a screen of a website (chat webpage), or may be given in the form of a client application program installed on a client computer. In the latter case, a chat screen configuration is included in a unique web browser program provided by an ISP, and a chat screen determined when a chat service is selected by running the web browser is provided.

After the user connects to the web server for chatting, the user selects the main chat room to participate in the conversation and the other chat rooms to view the contents of the conversation. Of course, you don't have to choose an auxiliary room if you don't need it.

The web server checks the identity of the connected user and searches the currently connected user to determine who is the main talker who participates in the main chat room selected by the user, and who is participating in the selected chat room by the user.

The web server receives the contents of the conversations of the other main chat participants participating in the main chat room, and transmits them to the chat screen on the user's computer in a manner similar to the prior art. That is, the web server accepts the textual conversation contents input by the main dialoger, converts them into a proper form (HTML document) using a CGI program, etc., and transmits them to the chat screen on the user's computer.

In addition, as a peculiar form of the present invention, after receiving the conversation contents of the members participating in the selected unit room selected by the user and converts it into a proper format, the user transmits the chat screen.

At this time, on the chat screen according to the present invention, the main conversation contents posting frame for posting the main conversation contents and the supplementary contents posting frame for posting the conversation contents of the supplementary room are provided. The contents are transmitted to the main conversation contents posting frame on the user's chat screen, and the conversation contents of the members participating in the supplementary room are transmitted and displayed in the supplementary contents posting frame of the user's chat screen.

Of course, a chat content input window is provided on the chat screen, and the user enters a message to be delivered to the other chatter in the window and receives a response from the other chatter who appears on the post frame. In the meantime, the contents of the conversation made in the unit room selected by the user are disclosed in detail on the unit content posting frame. However, the user can only view the conversation contents of the supplementary room through the supplementary content posting frame, and will not participate in the conversation of the supplementary room.

The selection of the main chat room and the supplementary room can be made by the general chat room selection method. That is, the web server may provide the logged-on user with a list of chat rooms including information on the name of the chat room, the number of participants, and the like, and the user may select the main chat room and the supplementary room from the list. The chat rooms are divided into topics, and the user can select a desired main chat room and an auxiliary chat room from the chat room list of the classified topics. For example, as will be described in detail in the examples below, the chat rooms of sub-category items such as "KOSDAQ", "Gifts / Options", "Exchanges", "daytraders", etc., in the large category "Securities", etc. If necessary, the subclass can be classified into a smaller range, and in the case of several chat rooms opened in the subclass, the name of the chat room belonging to the subclass may be selected. Alternatively, the chat service operator may be divided into a permanent chat room, which is defined and operated by a chat service operator, and a free chat room that a user may open arbitrarily. In this case, the user who selects the free chat room as the main chat room may be limited to the permanent chat room.

According to the present invention, it is preferable that the user can select one main chat room (which can actually participate in the conversation), and the number of selectable chat rooms is not limited to two or more, but the conversation contents of too many chat rooms are one frame. If it is listed on the conversation it will be difficult to recognize the content, it is preferable that the number of the number of the selected additional room.

In addition, in view of the size and resolution of the computer display screen currently used, it is preferable that only one additional content posting frame is provided, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and each conversation room may be provided if it can fully recognize the contents of the conversation. Other additional content posting frames may be provided.

The selection of a chat room may provide a list of currently opened chat rooms by using a pop-up menu, and allow the user to select a main chat room and a supplementary room among them, but is not limited thereto. Other methods can be used. In addition, if you are chatting in the main chat room and looking at the contents of the conversation in the unit chat room, and if you find a chat room in which the conversation of interest is taking place, you can enter the corresponding room using the pop-up menu next to the main chat room. It may be. In this case, the main chat room and the unit room have the effect of being replaced.

The selection of the main chat room and the supplementary room as described above is not necessarily made before the start of the chat, and the main chat room and the supplementary room can be freely selected and changed during the conversation.

There is no limitation on the structure of the chat screen, especially the format of the main conversation content posting frame and the relative size and location of the supplementary content posting frame. That is, the main conversation content posting frame and the supplementary content posting frame may be arranged on the left and right or up and down in the same size. In addition, the chat screen may include a chat input window, a participant list posting frame, and other frames. The frame division of the chat screen may be, for example, an HTML <frameset> .... </ frameset> tag. It can be implemented by using, such a frame division and data posting in the frame is determined by those skilled in the art of the present invention can be implemented by anyone skilled in the art will not be described in detail.

In the above-mentioned conversation participant list posting frame, a user who selects a chat room that a specific user is currently participating as the main chat room as the main chat room and also has a conversation with the user who selects the chat room as an auxiliary room and only watches the contents of the chat. Post it separately.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of a method of providing a chat service on a computer network providing an auxiliary chat window for content delivery of another chat room according to the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of a system for implementing a chat service according to the present invention, which is almost similar to the current web chat system. That is, it consists of a web server 10 for providing a chat service according to the present invention, a client 13, 14 to participate in a chat, and a computer network 15 connecting the two. In the web server 10, an application program 11 for implementing a chat service having the features of the present invention is installed, and a database for storing other data is embedded or interlocked. The application program may be, for example, computer software including a CGI program for a chat room made in C or Perl. However, it is not necessarily limited to software and may be implemented in hardware.

The computer network described above may be a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) connected to specific users, but the Internet (such as an intranet or the World Wide Web) may be used by an unspecified public. internet).

2 is a flow chart briefly showing the overall flow of a chat service according to the present invention, in which a user connects to a chat service web server (S21) and selects one of the established chat rooms as the main chat room (S22). . The web server performs a chat by transmitting and displaying a message between users participating in the main chat room on the main chat content posting frame according to a general chat service providing method (S25). Next, the web server determines whether the user selects an auxiliary room for which the user wants to view the conversation (S23), and when selecting the auxiliary room, adds the contents of the conversation in the chat room on the chat screen of the user. The data is sent on the content posting frame and displayed (S24). Of course, the chat activity in the main chat room continues even while gathering additional contents.

Figure 3 shows an example of the form of a chat screen or a chat web page used in the chat service according to the present invention, and largely the unit room and the distinction display check box 31, the unit content posting frame 32, note The conversation content posting frame 33, the conversation content input window 34, the main chat room moving menu 35, the user list providing window 36 and the like. There is no restriction on the relative size and position of each item, and as described above, the <frameset> .... </ frameset> tag of the HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML) is used to distinguish each item. Can be implemented.

The web server searches for clients participating in the main chat room and the chat room selected by a specific user. The list of clients is created, transmitted to the conversation participant list posting frame 36, and displayed. The conversation contents of the clients including the specific user participating in the main chat room are inputted, and a series of " ID + conversations " Content ”and then display it on the main conversation content posting frame 33 on the chat screen of a specific user. In addition, the conversation contents of the chat room selected by the specific user as the unit room are also displayed in the form of a series of " conversation room name + ID + conversation content " using the CGI program and transmitted on the unit content posting frame 32. do. In this case, the conversation contents listed on the supplementary content posting frame may give a difference in, for example, font color and / or font according to a method selected by the user in order to distinguish which conversation is being held in the chat room. . In addition, even during a chat in the main chat room, the main chat room can be changed by selecting another chat room in the main chat room moving item 35.

4 and 5 show an example of a web page of a website providing a chat service according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a main screen and FIG. 5 shows a chat screen where a chat is actually performed. In the figure, a chat service related to "securities" will be described as an example.

As shown in Figure 4, the main screen of the website, in addition to the general matters, such as announcements, the list of "hot chat room" and "hot issue chat room" for the issues of interest and the currently open topics of interest and The number of participants in the chat room is posted. Below that, the "Open Chat Room" item is provided, which allows the user to open a chat room by any subject or name. Since the details of the chat room are the same as those of a general chat service, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, items representing domestic and foreign stock market trends and other advertising banners are provided. Each chat room name in the chat room list is hyperlinked to the corresponding chat room chat screen (FIG. 5), so that the user can select the main chat room and join the chat room by clicking the room of the desired subject.

FIG. 5 illustrates a chat screen in which an actual conversation is performed, and the type and division of a frame are the same as those described with reference to FIG. 3. The additional room selection item at the top of the screen is composed of three pop-up menu windows, and the user can select one of the first to third additional rooms by selecting one of the chat rooms in the pop-up menu window. Next to the pop-up menu window for selecting a supplementary room, an item for distinguishing the posting format of the conversation contents of each supplementary room is provided. In this example, the dialogue contents in each supplementary room can be displayed in different colors. "Kosdaq" + "Red" as the first auxiliary room, "Linux" + "Blue", and the third as the second auxiliary room. "PCS / Mobile Communication" + "Black" is selected as the chat room The conversation content posted in the supplementary content posting frame is in the form of "Chat room name + [ID] + conversation content", and each user-specified color. It is provided in fine print.

Below it, the main conversation contents posting frame, conversation contents input window, and main conversation room movement pop-up menu window are provided. The user chats by inputting the conversation contents into the conversation contents input window and checking the contents inputted by other people through the main conversation content posting frame as in the normal chat method, and in the unit room selected by the user through the supplementary content posting frame. You will watch the conversation. If you find a topic of interest in the contents of the booth, you can move to the chat room using the popup menu window for moving the main chat room.

As shown in the figure, the current user selects the "unlisted transaction" chat room as the main chat room, and selects the "KOSDAQ", "Linux", "PCS / mobile communication" chat room as the auxiliary room, I'm watching the conversation.

In the dialog participant list posting window, a list of IDs of clients participating in the "Unlisted Transactions" chat room is provided, and clients who select the "Unlisted Transactions" chat room as a supplementary room are also posted in the form of "ID + (observer)". Doing.

In addition, an information providing window providing current stock price and other securities related information is placed on the upper right side of the screen, and each information providing item is hyperlinked to another website, so that the user can easily access the website while chatting. Go and get the information.

The above embodiments are merely examples of the present invention and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

As described above, using the chat service according to the present invention, unlike the conventional chat, in which only one chat room can participate, the chat contents of various other chat rooms of interest can be viewed, so that the user can easily select a chat room of a desired topic. There is an advantage. In addition, more information can be easily obtained by simultaneously checking the conversation contents of two or more other chat rooms while chatting.

Claims (4)

A chat service providing method using a computer network consisting of a web server providing a chat service, a plurality of client computers and a channel connecting the same, Selecting, by a client connected to a web server to participate in a chat, a main chat room and other interesting rooms of which he or she is interested in participating among chat rooms established on the web server; The web server transmits and displays the conversation contents between the main chat room participants participating in the main chat room in the main chat contents posting frame on the chat screen of the client, and displays the chat contents of the supplementary chat room on the chat screen of the client. And displaying the transmitted content in the additional content posting frame in the chat room on the computer network. The method of claim 1, And the selection of the main chat room is performed by the client opening a new chat room directly. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And at least two additional room rooms selected by the client, and the conversation contents of the selected room bag are displayed on the posted frame posting frame in a form that can be distinguished from each other. How to provide chat service over network. The method of claim 3, wherein The differentiation of the conversation contents made in the two or more supplementary rooms is performed by assigning any one or more of different colors and fonts to the conversation contents made in each supplementary room. How to provide chat service on.