JP6139728B2 - Chat room management method and terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a chat room management method and a terminal.

  In recent years, with the spread of ultra-high speed wireless network technology and various smart terminals, the use of instant message services using the same has increased. The instant message service is a service in which two or more users provide chat rooms based on a network such as the Internet and exchange instant messages in real time in the provided chat rooms.

  A service that provides a chat room such as an instant message service displays a list of chat rooms in which the user of the terminal has participated in the past or is currently participating in the list screen. At this time, the service that provides the chat room is not only a chat room that has recently had a conversation on the chat room list screen, but also a chat room that has not had a conversation for a long time, and a chat generated by a notification service of an advertisement or a specific application List up to the room.

  Therefore, the terminal user must check each chat room included in the chat room list in order to search for a desired chat room from the chat room list including a plurality of chat rooms. Also, the terminal user must select and delete chat rooms one by one from the list screen in order to delete chat rooms that have not had a conversation for a long time or chat rooms generated by advertisements or notification services of specific applications. Don't be.

  In this regard, Patent Document 1 discloses an operation method of an instant message application that selectively displays at least one chat room included in a chat room list. Specifically, the present invention displays a chat room list based on a chat room visibility setting, detects reception of a predetermined type of input, and receives a password input in response to the detection. Enter the chat room that corresponds to your password.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1404371

  Embodiments of the present application provide a terminal and a method for managing a chat room through user interaction in a service for providing a chat room.

  However, the technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problem as described above, and there may be other technical problems.

  As a technical means for solving the technical problem described above, a terminal capable of managing a chat room through an interaction according to the first aspect of the present invention displays a chat room list indicating one or more chat rooms. The module includes a memory in which a program for generating a chat room group is stored, and a processor that executes the program. Here, when the processor receives a user interaction on the list screen on which the chat room list is displayed by executing the program, the processor generates a chat room group including a plurality of chat rooms corresponding to a predetermined condition. Then, the generated chat room group is displayed in the chat room list.

  The chat room management method for a terminal according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a step of inputting a user's interaction on a list screen on which a chat room list indicating one or more chat rooms is displayed; In response, the method includes a step of generating a chat room group including a plurality of chat rooms corresponding to a predetermined condition, and a step of displaying the generated chat room group in the chat room list.

  According to any one of the means for solving the above-described problem, a user can easily and easily create a plurality of chat rooms according to various predetermined conditions only by inputting an interaction to the terminal. Can be managed or deleted.

  Therefore, the chat room management terminal and method can provide convenience to the user and increase user satisfaction. Further, the chat room management terminal and method can be used for a general-purpose service for managing a plurality of items belonging to a list by grouping them into a single group.

It is a block diagram of the terminal which concerns on one Example of this invention. FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a process of generating a chat room group according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a process of deleting a chat room included in a chat room group according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a grouping option according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart of a chat room management method for a terminal 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 so that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can be easily implemented. However, the present invention can be embodied in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the drawings, portions that are not related to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention.

  Throughout the specification, when a part “includes” a component, this means that the component may further include other components, unless otherwise stated, unless otherwise stated. means.

  Next, a terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention displays a chat room list including one or more chat rooms, and manages the chat room list according to the input of the terminal user's interaction.

  The chat room displayed on the terminal 100 is generated by a service that provides the chat room. For example, a service that provides a chat room may be an instant message service. The instant message service is a service that relays an instant message in real time using data communication through a network.

  The instant message service may be provided by an instant message server (not shown) connected to the terminal 100 via a network. In addition, the instant message service may be performed by directly connecting the terminal 100 to a terminal that is to exchange instant messages. At this time, the direct connection between the terminals 100 may be performed based on various communication methods such as a wireless LAN communication module and a Bluetooth (registered trademark) module included in each terminal 100.

  In addition, the terminal 100 can execute a service that provides a chat room by using an application of a service that provides a chat room installed in the terminal 100. A chat room can be created using a web browser or another application. You can execute the services you provide.

  The terminal user can generate a chat room for exchanging instant messages with users of other terminals through the terminal 100, and can exchange instant messages through the generated chat room. Moreover, the terminal user can exchange an instant message with the terminal of the user corresponding to the chat room through the chat room generated in the past. Then, the terminal user can delete the chat room through an option such as “Leave from chat room” included in the option screen of the chat room.

  The terminal 100 displays a predetermined number of chat room lists on the list screen. At this time, the predetermined number is determined in accordance with the resolution of the display module 110 in the terminal 100 or the setting of a service application that provides a chat room. If the number of chat rooms included in the chat room list is equal to or greater than a predetermined number on the list screen, the list screen provides a scroll for confirming chat rooms that are not displayed.

  The chat room displayed on the list screen includes identification information for identifying the chat room. For example, the chat room identification information may include information such as the number of users participating in the chat room, the identification characters of the users participating in the chat room, the transmission time of the last instant message, and the chat room setting. . Further, the chat room identification information may be a title predetermined by the terminal user.

  The terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a display module 110, a memory 120, a processor 130, a communication module 140, and an input module 150.

  Here, the display module 110 displays a list screen on which the chat room list is displayed.

  The memory 120 stores a program for generating a chat room group. Here, the memory 120 is a general term for a non-volatile storage device that maintains stored information without power supply.

  Further, the communication module 140 performs data communication between the chat room management terminal 100 and an instant message server (not shown), or another terminal that is to exchange an instant message with the chat room management terminal 100.

  The input module 150 receives the terminal user interaction. Here, the input module 150 may be an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, and a touch pad. In addition, the input module 150 may be a touch screen panel such as a resistive film type or a capacitance type, and may be integrated with the display module 110.

  The processor 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention executes a program for generating a group of chat rooms stored in the memory 120. The processor 130 receives the interaction of the terminal user on the list screen on which the chat room list is displayed through the display module 110 by executing the program.

  At this time, the interaction is input through the input module 150. For example, the interaction may be click, tap, drag and drop, swipe, pinch in / out, and flick (pin) that the terminal user inputs through the input module 150. flick) may be included. When the input module 150 is a touch panel that supports multi-touch, the terminal user can input an interaction using a tool such as a finger or a touch pen.

  Here, pinch-in / out means an operation of opening or closing the finger while maintaining the touch after the terminal user touches the input module 150 using two fingers. At this time, when two fingers are opened, it is called a pinch out, and when two fingers are narrowed, it is called a pinch in.

  Further, the interaction may be input using a sensor included in the terminal 100. For example, the terminal user can input a shake and a flip using a gyroscope sensor included in the terminal 100.

  On the other hand, when receiving the interaction of the terminal user, the processor 130 generates a chat room group corresponding to a predetermined condition in the chat room list. Then, the processor 130 displays a chat room list including the generated chat room group on the display module 110. The process of generating a chat room group will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is an exemplary view for explaining a process of generating a chat room group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  If the terminal user inputs an interaction through the input module 150 on the list screen P200 on which the chat room list is displayed, the processor 130 is included in one of the chat room groups generated according to a predetermined condition. The above chat rooms P204 to P207 are extracted. At this time, the interaction may be a pinch-in.

  Then, the processor 130 groups the chat rooms P204 to P207 extracted according to a predetermined condition, and generates a chat room group P211. The processor 130 displays a list screen P210 including the generated chat room group P211 in the display module 110. At this time, the chat rooms P204 to P207 included in the generated chat room group are hidden in the chat room list or deleted from the chat room list. Then, the chat rooms P201 to P203 not included in the generated chat room group are maintained as they are in the chat room list.

  After the generated chat room group is displayed in the chat room list, if the terminal user inputs an interaction for selecting the chat room group through the input module 150, the processor 130 cancels the chat room group. The processor 130 adds the chat room included in the chat room group to the chat room list and deletes the chat room group included in the chat room list. Then, the processor 130 displays the chat room list from which the chat room group is released on the list screen of the display module 110. At this time, the interaction for selecting the chat room may be a tap. The cancellation of the chat room group will be described with reference to FIG. 2 again.

  For example, the terminal user inputs an interaction for selecting the chat room group P211 through the input module 150 on the list screen P210 including the chat room group “chat room without conversation for one month or more” P211. If the terminal user inputs an interaction, the processor 130 cancels the chat room group P211 selected by the terminal user. That is, the processor 130 adds the chat rooms P221 to P224 included in the chat room group P211 to the chat room list and releases the chat room group P211 from the chat room list in order to cancel the chat room group P211. delete.

  Then, the processor 130 displays the chat room list from which the chat room group is canceled on the list screen P220 of the display module 110. At this time, the chat room P201 to P203 not included in the chat room group and the chat rooms P221 to P224 included in the chat room group P211 are displayed on the list screen P220.

  The terminal user can delete the chat room included in the chat room group and the chat room group by inputting an interaction for deleting the chat room group. For example, if the terminal user inputs an interaction for deleting a chat room group through the input module 150, the processor 130 deletes the chat room group. At this time, the interaction for deleting the chat room group may be a long press. The process of deleting a chat room group will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a process of deleting a chat room included in a chat room group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 3, if the terminal user selects the chat room group P211 on the list screen P210 displaying the chat list including the chat room group and inputs the interaction through the input module 150, the processor 130 A message screen P300 including a deletion message P301 for the chat room group P211 is displayed through the module 110.

  If the terminal user requests deletion by inputting an interaction allowing a deletion message P301 for the chat room group P211, the processor 130 allows the deletion of the chat room group P211 and chat included in the chat room group P211. Delete the room. That is, the processor 130 collectively deletes the chat room group and the chat rooms included in the chat room group from the chat room list.

  If the chat room group P211 is deleted, the processor 130 displays a chat room list including only the chat rooms P201 to P203 not included in the chat room group P211 on the list screen P310 of the display module 110.

  The terminal user can change the group attribute of the chat room by inputting the interaction. Here, the group attribute of the chat room may be a name and a new message notification for the chat room group.

  For example, if the terminal user enters an interaction to select a chat room group and attempts to modify the name for the chat room group, the processor 130 displays an input screen that allows the chat room group name to be modified. If the terminal user inputs a new name on the input screen, the processor 130 sets the chat room group name with the input new name.

  Further, if the notification sound of the chat room group is changed by the terminal user inputting the interaction, the processor 130 displays a screen on which the notification sound when the new message is received can be selected in the chat room group. To do. If the terminal user selects a notification sound or sets silence or vibration, the processor 130 changes the notification sound of the chat room group to the set value.

  Furthermore, the terminal user can correct the chat room list included in the chat room group by inputting the interaction. At this time, the interaction may be an interaction capable of switching a screen such as a swipe. If the terminal user inputs an interaction to modify the chat room list included in the chat room group, the processor 130 displays the list of chat rooms included in the chat room group on the list screen. If the terminal user inputs an additional interaction on the chat room list screen included in the chat room group, the processor 130 deletes the chat room list or adds a chat room according to the interaction.

  On the other hand, the predetermined condition for generating a group of chat rooms may be a chat room without an updated conversation for a predetermined period. At this time, the processor 130 extracts a chat room that has no updated conversation during a predetermined period, and generates a group of chat rooms. Then, the processor 130 displays a list of chat rooms including a group of chat rooms on the list screen of the display module 110.

  Referring again to FIG. 2 as an example, when the predetermined period is “one month or more”, first, the processor 130 extracts chat rooms P204 to P207 that are updated for one month or more and have no conversation. Then, the processor 130 generates the extracted chat rooms P204 to P207 as a chat room group P211. Further, the processor 130 displays a chat room group P211 on the list screen P210 together with chat room lists P201 to P203 that are not generated as a chat room group. At this time, the name of the chat room group P211 can be set according to a predetermined condition. For example, the name of the chat room group P211 can be "chat room with no conversation for more than one month".

  Further, the predetermined condition may be a chat room with a virtual subject. That is, when the predetermined condition is a chat room with a virtual subject, if the input module 150 inputs the terminal user's interaction, the processor 130 extracts the chat room generated with the virtual subject, and the chat room Generate a group of

  At this time, the virtual subject may be generated by a service that provides a chat room and another application installed in the terminal 100. For example, the predetermined condition may be a chat room with a virtual subject generated by a notification service of a specific game application installed on the terminal 100.

  In addition, the virtual subject may be an advertisement. For example, a chat room with a virtual subject may be a chat room in which an advertisement that has been previously approved by a terminal user is provided. At this time, when there are a plurality of virtual subjects, the processor 130 extracts chat rooms corresponding to one or more virtual subjects selected by the terminal user from among the plurality of virtual subjects, and selects a group of the extracted chat rooms. Generate.

  The predetermined condition may be a 1: 1 chat room or a group chat room. If the predetermined condition is a 1: 1 chat room or a group chat room, the processor 130 may select a 1: 1 chat room or a chat room included in the chat room list if an interaction is input by the input module 150. A group chat room is extracted, and a chat room group for a 1: 1 chat room or a group chat room is generated.

  At this time, the 1: 1 chat room chats with one of the users included in the friend list, and the group chat room chats with a plurality of users among the users included in the friend list. Is. The friend list is a list of users who are allowed to talk with the terminal user. Moreover, the user included in the friend list can be defined as a friend with the terminal user.

  Further, the predetermined condition may be a chat room selected by the terminal user or a chat room including a user selected by the terminal user.

  When the predetermined condition is one or more chat rooms selected by the terminal user, the processor 130 generates a chat room group when the terminal user inputs an interaction through the input module 150 when the terminal user inputs an interaction. Is displayed on the display module 110. When the terminal user selects a plurality of chat rooms to be grouped from the chat room list through the input module 150, the processor 130 generates a chat room group including the plurality of chat rooms selected by the terminal user.

  If the predetermined condition is a user selected by the terminal user, the processor 130 may select a user to be included in the chat room group among the users included in the friend list if the terminal user inputs an interaction. A friend list for selection is displayed on the display module 110. If the terminal user selects one or more users to be included in the chat room from the friend list through the input module 150, the processor 130 extracts and extracts the chat room including the one or more users selected by the terminal user. Create a group of chat rooms for the chat room that was created.

  In addition, the predetermined condition for generating a group of chat rooms may be a chat room in which the terminal user can no longer exchange instant messages. For example, a chat room in which no more instant messages can be exchanged may be a chat room including a user who has left the service providing the chat room and a chat room with a user whose contact information has been changed.

  At this time, a chat room that includes a user who has withdrawn from the service that provides the chat room has been withdrawn from the service in which any one of the users included in the chat room has provided the chat room after the chat room has been generated. Therefore, it may be a case where no more instant messages can be exchanged.

  In addition, for a chat room with a user whose contact information has been changed, after the chat room is generated, any one of the users included in the chat room changes the contact information registered in the service that provides the chat room. And no more instant messages can be exchanged.

  If the terminal user selects a chat room in which the terminal user can no longer exchange instant messages as a predetermined condition, the processor 130 leaves the service providing the chat room from the instant message server (not shown). One or more of the user information and the user information whose contact information has been changed are received. Then, the processor 130 extracts a chat room corresponding to the received user information, and generates a chat room group for the extracted chat room.

  The predetermined condition may be a chat room provided with a user who is not registered as a friend with the terminal user and is not included in the friend list. Further, the predetermined condition may be a chat room including a predetermined number of members or a chat room with a user included in the spam user list, and includes various other conditions. obtain.

  Meanwhile, the processor 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a plurality of predetermined conditions. At this time, if an interaction is input by the terminal user, the processor 130 displays a grouping option on the display module 110 that can select any one of a plurality of predetermined conditions. The grouping option will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is an exemplary view illustrating a grouping option according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 4, the processor 130 displays the grouping option P420 to select one of a plurality of predetermined conditions P421 to P427 when an interaction by the terminal user is input on the list screen P400. 110.

  If the terminal user selects “Group Talk Room” P426 among the predetermined conditions P421 to P427 in the grouping option P420, the processor 130 extracts the group chat rooms P401 and P402 and the like according to the selected condition. The processor 130 generates a chat room group for the extracted chat rooms, and adds the generated chat room group P441 to the chat room list. At this time, the processor 130 hides or deletes the extracted chat rooms P401 and P402 from the chat room list. Then, the processor 130 displays a chat room list including the chat room group P441 on the list screen P440 of the display module 110.

  Next, a chat room management method in the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a chat room management method for the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention displays a chat room list including one or more chat rooms on a list screen of the display module 110 included in the terminal 100. Then, the terminal 100 receives an interaction for generating a chat room group displayed on the list screen from the user (S500).

  At this time, the interaction may include at least one of click, tap, drag and drop, swipe, pinch in / out, and flick as described above.

  The terminal 100 receives the user's interaction to generate a chat room group corresponding to a predetermined condition in the chat room list (S510).

  At this time, the predetermined condition may be a predetermined period. For example, if the terminal 100 receives the interaction, the terminal 100 extracts a chat room that is not updated during a predetermined period and generates a group of chat rooms.

  Further, as described above, the predetermined condition is, as described above, a chat room with a virtual subject, a 1: 1 chat room or a group chat room, a chat room selected by a terminal user, or a user selected by a terminal user. It can be an included chat room. And the predetermined condition is that the chat room including the user who is not included in the friend list, the chat room including the user who has withdrawn from the service providing the chat room, and the user whose contact information has been changed. It can be a chat room. However, the predetermined condition for generating the chat room group is not limited to this, and may include various conditions.

  On the other hand, the terminal 100 extracts a chat room that matches a predetermined condition from the chat room list in order to generate a chat room group corresponding to the predetermined condition. And the terminal 100 produces | generates the group of the extracted chat room, and adds it to a chat room list. At this time, the terminal 100 hides or deletes chat rooms included in the chat room group from the chat room list.

  Then, the terminal 100 displays a chat room group generated in the chat room list according to a condition predetermined in the chat room list and a chat room not included in the chat room group (S520).

  The terminal 100 and the method according to an embodiment of the present invention can easily and easily manage a plurality of chat rooms according to various predetermined conditions only by a user inputting an interaction to the terminal 100. Or can be deleted.

  Therefore, the terminal 100 and the method can provide convenience for the user and increase the user's satisfaction. In addition, the terminal 100 and the method can be used for a general-purpose service that collects and manages a plurality of items belonging to a list into a single group.

  The embodiment of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a recording medium including an instruction word executable by a computer such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by the computer and includes all volatile and non-volatile media, separated and non-separated media. In addition, computer readable media may include all computer storage media and communication media. The computer storage medium is volatile and non-volatile, separated and non-separated embodied in any method or technique for storing information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Including all media. Communication media typically include computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and include any information delivery media.

  Although the method and system of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of those components or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

  The above description of the present invention is given for the purpose of illustration, and those who have ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains do not change the technical idea or essential features of the present invention. It should be understood that it is easily deformable in a typical form. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not limiting. For example, each component described in a single type can be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as being distributed can also be implemented in a combined form.

  The scope of the present invention is defined by the following claims rather than the above detailed description, and all modifications or variations derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts thereof are described in the present invention. It should be construed as being included in the scope of the invention.

100 terminal 110 display module 120 memory 130 processor 140 communication module 150 input module

Claims (17)

On devices that can manage chat rooms through interaction,
A display module for displaying a chat room list showing one or more chat rooms;
A memory storing a program for generating a chat room group;
A processor for executing the program,
The processor generates a chat room group composed of a plurality of chat rooms corresponding to a predetermined condition when the user's interaction is received on a list screen on which the chat room list is displayed by executing the program. And a terminal for displaying the generated chat room group in the chat room list.   The interaction includes at least one of a click, a tap, a drag and drop, a swipe, a pinch in / out, and a flick. The terminal according to 1. The predetermined condition is a predetermined period,
2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor groups the plurality of chat rooms having no updated conversation during the predetermined period by receiving the interaction, and generates the chat room group. The predetermined condition is a chat room with a virtual subject,
The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor groups the plurality of chat rooms with the virtual subject by receiving the interaction, and generates the chat room group. The predetermined condition is a 1: 1 chat room or a group chat room with a user included in a friend list,
The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor groups the plurality of chat rooms including the 1: 1 chat room or the group chat room by receiving the interaction, and generates the chat room group. The predetermined condition is a plurality of chat rooms selected by a user,
The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor groups the selected plurality of chat rooms and generates the chat room group by receiving the interaction. The predetermined condition is a chat room with one or more selected friends among friends included in the friend list,
The processor displays the friend list by receiving the interaction;
The terminal according to claim 1, wherein when one or more friends are selected from the friend list, a plurality of chat rooms including the selected friends are grouped to generate the chat room group. The predetermined condition is a chat room with a user not included in the friend list,
The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the processor groups the plurality of chat rooms with users not included in the friend list by receiving the interaction, and generates the chat room group. The predetermined condition is a chat room with a user who has left the service providing the chat room or a user whose contact information has been changed,
The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor groups the plurality of chat rooms with the withdrawn user or a user whose contact information has been changed by receiving the interaction, and generates the chat room group. A communication module for transmitting / receiving to / from the instant message server;
The processor according to claim 9, wherein the processor receives one or more user information of the user who has left the service providing the chat room or the user whose contact information has been changed from the instant message server through the communication module. Terminal.   When there are a plurality of the predetermined conditions, the processor displays a grouping option on the display module that can select any one of the plurality of predetermined conditions by receiving the interaction. Item 1. The terminal according to Item 1.   The processor according to claim 1, wherein the processor cancels a grouping state of a plurality of chat rooms included in the chat room group by receiving an interaction for selecting the chat room group displayed in the chat room list. Terminal.   The processor changes one of a name of the chat room group and a message notification sound of the chat room group by receiving an interaction for selecting the chat room group displayed in the chat room list. Item 1. The terminal according to Item 1.   The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor deletes the chat room group by receiving an interaction for deleting the chat room group displayed in the chat room list. In the chat room management method on the terminal,
Entering a user interaction on a list screen displaying a chat room list indicating one or more chat rooms;
Generating a chat room group composed of a plurality of chat rooms corresponding to a predetermined condition according to the interaction;
Displaying the generated chat room group in the chat room list.   The interaction includes at least one of a click, a tap, a drag and drop, a swipe, a pinch in / out, and a flick. 15. The chat room management method according to 15. The predetermined condition is a predetermined period,
The step of generating the chat room group groups the plurality of chat rooms that are not updated during the predetermined period by inputting the interaction, and generates the chat room group. Item 16. The chat room management method according to Item 15.

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