JP7605592B2 - Method and system for providing chat rooms - Google Patents

Description

The following description relates to a method and system for providing chat rooms.

A chat room is a space on the Internet where users can exchange conversations online. Some chat rooms are set up between users who have previously formed a personal relationship online and can exchange content, but there are also chat rooms where multiple users who do not know each other can gather around a specific topic and exchange content. Patent Document 1 discloses a content multi-transmission device and method that uses a messenger chat window, and a computer-readable recording medium.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0096485

The present invention provides a method and system for providing a chat room, which opens a second chat room corresponding to at least one condition set by a user, and can provide the user through the second chat room with messages that meet the condition among messages sent and received in a number of first chat rooms and/or information about the first chat rooms in which messages that meet the condition are sent and received.

The instant messaging service includes at least one processor that is implemented to execute computer readable instructions, and the at least one processor manages a plurality of first chat rooms of the instant messaging service, receives a request for generating a second chat room including conditions from a user terminal, generates a second chat room for the user corresponding to the conditions, and selects a message that meets the conditions from among messages transmitted and received in the plurality of first chat rooms;
A computer device is provided for providing the selected message so that the selected message is displayed in a second chat room created for the user.

A second chat room corresponding to at least one condition set by the user is opened, and messages that meet the condition among messages sent and received in a number of first chat rooms and/or information about the first chat rooms in which messages that meet the condition are sent and received can be provided to the user through the second chat room.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a network environment in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computing device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 illustrates an example of providing information on messages and/or chat rooms that meet specific conditions through a keyword chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 illustrates an example of providing multiple keyword chat rooms in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a condition setting function in one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for providing a keyword chat room in a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for providing a keyword chat room in a client according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Summary of the Invention>
A computer device is provided, comprising at least one processor implemented to execute computer-readable instructions, the at least one processor managing a plurality of first chat rooms of an instant messaging service, receiving a request for generating a second chat room including conditions from a user's terminal, generating a second chat room for the user corresponding to the conditions, selecting a message that meets the conditions from among messages sent and received in the plurality of first chat rooms, and providing the selected message so that the selected message is displayed in the second chat room generated for the user.

According to one aspect, the at least one processor may provide messages that meet the condition while the first chat room exists .

In another aspect, the at least one processor may provide, for each selected message, a message including information about the content of the message and a corresponding chat room .

According to yet another aspect, when one of the messages displayed in the second chat room is selected by the user, the at least one processor may cause the user to join the first chat room corresponding to the selected message or provide information about the first chat room corresponding to the selected message .

According to another aspect, the conditions may include at least one of the item-specific selection conditions of a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a message preference, a type of chat room, and a user's chat room participation status, and selecting the message may be characterized by selecting the message based on the item-specific selection condition .

According to another aspect, the conditions may further include at least one of item-specific distinction conditions of a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a message preference, a type of chat room, and a user's chat room participation status, and providing the selected message may include providing the selected message such that the message selected based on the item-specific selection condition is displayed in a differentiated manner based on the item-specific distinction condition .

According to yet another aspect, the at least one processor may further provide a list for at least one of the second chat rooms generated for the user, and in the list, provide a condition editing function for each of the at least one of the second chat rooms, and selecting the message may include, if the conditions are changed by the condition editing function, selecting a message based on the changed conditions .

We provide a computer program which, when executed by at least one processor of a computer device, causes the at least one processor to provide a condition setting function to a user, send a request for generating a second chat room including conditions set by the condition setting function to a server providing an instant messaging service, display on a screen the second chat room generated for the user by the server so as to correspond to the conditions, receive from the server a message selected based on the conditions from among messages transmitted and received in a plurality of first chat rooms of the instant messaging service, and display the received message on a screen via the second chat room .

According to one aspect, the receiving may include receiving messages that meet the condition from the server while the first chat room exists.

According to another aspect, the receiving may include, for each of the selected messages, receiving a message including information about the content of the message and a corresponding chat room.

According to another aspect, the at least one processor may be further configured to, when one of the messages displayed in the second chat room is selected by the user, display, in cooperation with the server, a chat room corresponding to the message selected by the user.

A method for providing a chat room in a computer device including at least one processor, the method including: managing a plurality of first chat rooms of an instant messaging service by the at least one processor; receiving a request for generating a second chat room including conditions from a user's terminal by the at least one processor; generating a second chat room corresponding to the conditions for the user by the at least one processor; selecting a message corresponding to the conditions from among messages transmitted and received in the plurality of first chat rooms by the at least one processor; and providing the selected message by the at least one processor so that the selected message is displayed in the second chat room generated for the user.
A computer device is provided, comprising at least one processor implemented to execute computer-readable instructions, the at least one processor providing a condition setting function to a user, transmitting a keyword chat room generation request including conditions set by the condition setting function to a server providing an instant messaging service, displaying a keyword chat room generated for the user on a screen in the server so as to correspond to the conditions, receiving from the server messages filtered based on the conditions among messages sent and received in a plurality of chat rooms of the instant messaging service, and displaying the received messages on a screen in the keyword chat room.
According to another aspect, providing the selected message may include providing a message that meets the condition while the first chat room exists.
According to yet another aspect, providing the selected messages may include providing, for each of the selected messages, a message including content of the message and information about the corresponding first chat room.
A computer-readable recording medium is provided on which a program for causing a computer device to execute the method is recorded.

<Details of the Invention>
Hereinafter, the embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The system for providing a chat room according to the embodiment of the present invention may be realized by at least one computer device, and the method for providing a chat room according to the embodiment of the present invention may be executed by at least one computer device realizing the system for providing a chat room. In this case, a computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed and executed in the computer device, and the computer device may execute the method for providing a chat room according to the embodiment of the present invention according to the control of the executed computer program. The above-mentioned computer program may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium in combination with the computer device to cause the computer to execute the method for providing a chat room.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention. The network environment in Figure 1 shows an example including multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140, multiple servers 150, 160, and a network 170. Figure 1 is merely an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited to those shown in Figure 1. Furthermore, the network environment in Figure 1 is merely an example of an environment applicable to this embodiment, and the environment applicable to this embodiment is not limited to the network environment in Figure 1.

The electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals realized by computer devices. Examples of the electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, navigation systems, personal computers (PCs), notebook PCs, digital broadcasting terminals, personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable multimedia players (PMPs), and tablets. As an example, FIG. 1 shows a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 110, but in an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 110 may refer to one of various physical computer systems that can communicate with other electronic devices 120, 130, and 140 and/or servers 150 and 160 via a network 170 using a substantially wireless or wired communication method.

The communication method is not limited, and may include not only a communication method using a communication network that the network 170 can include (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, or a broadcasting network), but also short-range wireless communication between devices. For example, the network 170 may include any one or more of a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), a broadband network (BBN), the Internet, and the like. Furthermore, the network 170 may include any one or more of a network topology including, but not limited to, a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, and the like.

Each of the servers 150, 160 may be implemented by one or more computing devices that communicate with the multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 via the network 170 to provide instructions, code, files, content, services, and the like. For example, the server 150 may be a system that provides services (e.g., messaging services, email services, social networking services, map services, translation services, financial services, payment services, search services, content provision services, and the like) to the multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 connected via the network 170.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer device in one embodiment of the present invention. Each of the multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 and each of the servers 150 and 160 described above may be realized by the computer device 200 shown in Figure 2.

Such a computer device 200 may include a memory 210, a processor 220, a communication interface 230, and an input/output interface 240, as shown in FIG. 2. The memory 210 is a computer-readable recording medium and may include a RAM (random access memory), a ROM (read only memory), and a permanent mass storage device such as a disk drive. Here, a permanent mass storage device such as a ROM or a disk drive may be included in the computer device 200 as a separate permanent storage device separate from the memory 210. In addition, the memory 210 may store an operating system and at least one program code. Such software components may be loaded into the memory 210 from a computer-readable recording medium separate from the memory 210. Such a separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD/CD-ROM drive, or a memory card. In other embodiments, the software components may be loaded into the memory 210 through a communication interface 230 that is not a computer-readable recording medium. For example, the software components may be loaded into the memory 210 of the computer device 200 based on a computer program that is installed by a file received via the network 170.

The processor 220 may be configured to process computer program instructions by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. The instructions may be provided to the processor 220 by the memory 210 or the communication interface 230. For example, the processor 220 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code recorded in a recording device such as the memory 210.

The communication interface 230 may provide a function for the computer device 200 to communicate with other devices (for example, the above-mentioned recording device) via the network 170. As an example, requests, commands, data, files, etc. generated by the processor 220 of the computer device 200 according to program code recorded in a recording device such as the memory 210 may be transmitted to other devices via the network 170 under the control of the communication interface 230. Conversely, signals, commands, data, files, etc. from other devices may be received by the computer device 200 through the communication interface 230 of the computer device 200 via the network 170. The signals, commands, data, etc. received through the communication module 230 may be transmitted to the processor 220 or the memory 210, and the files, etc. may be recorded on a recording medium (the above-mentioned permanent recording device) that the computer device 200 may further include.

The input/output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with the input/output device 250. For example, the input device may include devices such as a microphone, keyboard, or mouse, and the output device may include devices such as a display and speaker. As another example, the input/output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with a device that integrates functions for input and output into one, such as a touch screen. The input/output device 250 may be configured as a single device together with the computer device 200.

Also, in other embodiments, the computing device 200 may include fewer or more components than those of FIG. 2. However, most of the prior art components need not be explicitly shown in the figures. For example, the computing device 200 may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 250 described above, and may further include other components such as a transceiver, a database, etc.

A user may open a chat room using his/her own terminal, or may join a chat room that has been opened beforehand. In an embodiment of the present invention, unlike conventional chat rooms, a new "keyword chat room" (or simply called a "chat room") is provided that brings and displays messages that meet certain conditions among messages in other chat rooms. A user may open a keyword chat room with certain conditions set using his/her own terminal, and the opened keyword chat room may be registered in a server. In this case, the server may check messages that meet the conditions set by the user while monitoring messages sent and received in other chat rooms, and may provide the checked messages to the user through the keyword chat room opened by the user. Here, messages to be monitored may include messages sent and received before the opening of the keyword chat room, and/or messages sent and received after the opening of the keyword chat room. Depending on the embodiment, the user may also set the conditions for the messages to be monitored.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of providing messages and/or chat room information that meet certain conditions through a keyword chat room in one embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 3, it is assumed that chat room 1 (310), chat room 2 (320), and chat room 3 (330) have been opened in advance. In this case, it is assumed that user A inputs the keyword "wine" as a condition and keyword chat room 1 (340) is opened. In this case, the keyword chat room providing system according to one embodiment of the present invention may monitor messages sent and received in chat rooms 310 to 330, and may provide messages related to the inputted condition "wine" to user A through keyword chat room 1 (340). For example, Figure 3 shows an example in which "message 1-2", "message 3-2", "message 3-3", and "message 3-4" are provided to keyword chat room 1 (340). Here, it is assumed that "message n-m" means message m in chat room n. For example, "message 1-2" may mean message 2 in chat room 1 (310). In fact, "message n-m" may be displayed in keyword chat room 1 (340) in a form including the contents of message m and information about chat room n. In this case, user A can easily understand what kind of messages are being sent and received in which chat rooms in relation to the keyword "wine" through keyword chat room 1 (340).

When user A selects one of the messages displayed in keyword chat room 1 (340), user A may enter the chat room in which the selected message was sent or received. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the user selects "message 3-4," user A may enter chat room 3 (330). Furthermore, the part of chat room 3 (330) in which message 4 is displayed may be distinguished from the part in which messages 1 to 3 are displayed, or the part in which message 4 is displayed may be focused and provided to user A. In other words, user A can not only easily grasp the chat rooms in which conversations that meet his/her desired conditions (the keyword "wine" in FIG. 3) are taking place, but also easily move to the corresponding message in the corresponding chat room and can have a conversation in the corresponding chat room.

User A can also open multiple keyword chat rooms.

4 is a diagram showing an example of providing a plurality of keyword chat rooms in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a keyword chat room 2 (410) having a keyword "brandy" as a condition is additionally opened in addition to the keyword chat room 1 (340) having the keyword "wine" as a condition described with reference to FIG. 3. In this case, in the keyword chat room 2 (410), messages related to the keyword "brandy" may be displayed together with corresponding chat room information. As an example, as described above, "message 2-2" may mean message 2 of chat room 2 and may actually include the contents of message 2 and information about chat room 2. In other words, user A may open and use a number of keyword chat rooms according to conditions. User A may be provided with a keyword chat room list for managing the keyword chat rooms opened by user A. In this case, the keyword chat room list may provide various management functions such as user A changing the conditions set for the opened keyword chat room or deleting a specific keyword chat room from among the opened keyword chat rooms. Such management functions can be easily understood using conventional technology that manages chat rooms using chat room lists.

In FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, an example is described in which a user sets a keyword as a condition. Depending on the embodiment, the condition may include a wide variety of items. For example, a wide variety of items such as a keyword, a monitoring target, the number of messages corresponding to a specific keyword in a chat room, a preference for a message, and the like may be set as a condition. Such conditions may be set by a function for opening a keyword chat room or by an editing function for a keyword chat room that has been opened in advance.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a condition setting function in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen 500 for providing a condition setting function. At this time, a first dotted frame 510 shows a user interface for allowing a user to input a keyword. At this time, the input keyword may be set as one of the conditions, and messages including the set keyword may be filtered. For example, if the user inputs "wine", only messages including "wine" may be filtered. A second dotted frame 520 shows a user interface for allowing a user to select a monitoring target. Here, "past messages" may be a condition for determining messages before the time when the condition is set, "future messages" may be a condition for determining messages after the time when the condition is set, and "all messages" may be a condition for determining all messages as monitoring targets. Such monitoring targets may be expanded by setting a period for the time when messages are sent and received. Although not shown in the figure, the monitoring target may be determined based on a condition for an open chat room set in advance by a user. For example, based on a keyword input by a user as a monitoring target, only open chat rooms whose profile information includes the corresponding keyword may be determined as monitoring targets. As another example, based on the size (number of members or number of messages) of the chat room input by the user as the monitoring target, only the corresponding open chat room may be determined as the monitoring target. The third dotted frame 530 shows a user interface for setting the number of messages in the chat room corresponding to a specific keyword. For example, when the keyword "wine" is set and the number of messages is set to 10, the user may be provided with information on messages when there are 10 or more messages related to "wine" in one chat room, or information on chat rooms with 10 or more messages related to "wine". The fourth dotted frame 540 shows a user interface for setting a preference for a message. For example, the preference for a message may be utilized when a user of a chat room sets a preference status such as "like" for a message. For example, assume that a user sets the keyword "wine" as a condition and sets a preference for a message to 10. In this case, messages related to the keyword "wine" that have been given 10 or more "likes" by other users may be displayed in the user's keyword chat room. When conditions are input by two or more of the dotted boxes, an "and" or "or" operation may be applied between the dotted boxes. Although not shown in the figure, the keyword chat room providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide a user interface for allowing a user to input operations between the dotted boxes, thereby providing user custom settings based on input from the user.

Depending on the embodiment, the conditions may include more diverse items. For example, conditions may be set so that messages in chat rooms in which the user participates are hidden, or conditions may be set so that messages in chat rooms in which the user participates and messages in chat rooms in which the user does not participate are displayed in a differentiated manner. As another example, conditions may be set so that messages in chat rooms in which the number of messages corresponding to a specific keyword is equal to or greater than a preset number are displayed in a differentiated manner from messages in other chat rooms, or conditions may be set so that messages are displayed separately according to the type of chat room (for example, a public chat room and a private chat room). As another example, conditions may be set so that only messages in a specific type of chat room (for example, a public chat room) among the types of chat rooms are displayed. In this way, the conditions may include conditions for filtering messages and/or conditions for displaying messages in a differentiated manner. Various methods may be used to display messages in a differentiated manner, such as adjusting the size of the characters, using different colors, adjusting the thickness of the lines, adding additional icons, etc.

Figure 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a method for providing a keyword chat room in a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for providing a keyword chat room according to this embodiment may be executed by a computer device 200 that realizes a server. As an example, the server may be a system that provides an instant messaging service to a user's terminal. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be realized to execute control instructions according to the operating system code and at least one program code contained in the memory 210. Here, the processor 220 may control the computer device 200 so that the computer device 200 executes steps 610 to 680 included in the method of Figure 6 according to the control instructions provided by the code recorded in the computer device 200.

In step 610, the computer device 200 may manage multiple chat rooms of the instant messaging service. For example, the computer device 200 may be a physical device for implementing a server that provides an instant messaging service to a large number of users, and may manage multiple chat rooms opened by the users. As a more specific example, the computer device 200 may manage the multiple chat rooms by correlating and recording the identifiers of each of the multiple chat rooms, the identifiers of the users participating in each of the multiple chat rooms, and the identifiers of the messages sent and received in each of the multiple chat rooms. In this case, the computer device 200 may route messages sent and received in the chat rooms so that the messages are delivered to the appropriate destination users by the instant messaging service.

In step 620, the computer device 200 may receive a keyword chat room creation request including conditions from the user's terminal. Here, unlike the chat room described in step 610, the keyword chat room displays messages in other chat rooms based on conditions, so that the user can easily and quickly find the chat room he or she wants based on the messages displayed in the keyword chat room without having to search for the chat room one by one.

In step 630, the computer device 200 may generate a keyword chat room for the user that corresponds to the conditions. In this case, the computer device 200 may manage such keyword chat room by correlating an identifier of the generated keyword chat room with an identifier of the user who opened the keyword chat room, and the conditions, and recording the association in a database.

In step 640, the computer device 200 may filter messages that meet a condition among messages sent and received in a plurality of chat rooms. In one embodiment, the condition may include at least one item-specific filtering condition among keywords, time period, number of messages, message preference, type of chat room, and user's chat room participation status. In this case, the computer device 200 may select messages that meet the conditions desired by the user by filtering messages sent and received in a plurality of chat rooms based on the item-specific filtering condition.

In step 650, the computer device 200 may provide the filtered messages so that the filtered messages are displayed in the keyword chat room generated for the user. In other words, messages desired by the user may be selected and displayed in the keyword chat room generated for the user. In this case, the computer device 200 may continuously provide messages corresponding to the conditions while the keyword chat room exists. In other words, messages corresponding to the conditions are continuously generated over time, so that such messages may be continuously displayed in the keyword chat room (for example, in real time each time a message is generated, or messages generated in a previous period at regular intervals). In addition, the computer device 200 may provide a message including the contents of the corresponding message and information about the corresponding chat room for each filtered message. Thus, the user can easily know in which chat room the conversation desired by the user (the contents of the message suitable for the conditions) is taking place. Meanwhile, the conditions may further include at least one item-specific distinguishing condition among the above-mentioned item-specific filtering conditions, keyword, period, number of messages, message preference, type of chat room, and user's chat room participation status. Such an item-specific distinguishing condition may be a condition for distinguishing and displaying messages displayed in the keyword chat room based on the condition. In this case, the computer device 200 may provide the filtered messages in step 650 so that the messages filtered based on the item-specific filtering condition are distinguished and displayed based on the item-specific distinguishing condition.

In step 660, when one of the messages displayed in the keyword chat room is selected by the user, the computer device 200 may allow the user to participate in the chat room corresponding to the selected message. In other words, the user can easily participate in the chat room in which the desired conversation takes place by selecting a specific message while continuously checking the desired message in the keyword chat room. According to another embodiment, in step 660, when one of the messages displayed in the keyword chat room is selected by the user, the computer device 200 may provide the user with information about the chat room corresponding to the selected message or provide a user interface that allows the user to participate in the corresponding chat room.

At step 670, the computer device 200 may provide a list of at least one keyword chat room that has been created for the user. Two or more keyword chat rooms may be created for the user based on different conditions, and a list of such keyword chat rooms may be provided to the user. Such a list may be provided with a function for managing (e.g., deleting, editing conditions) individual keyword chat rooms.

In step 680, the computer device 200 may provide a condition editing function for each of at least one keyword chat room in the list. A user may change the conditions for the corresponding chat room using the condition editing function. If the conditions are changed, the computer device 200 may filter messages based on the changed conditions or provide filtered messages such that the messages filtered based on the changed conditions are displayed in a distinguished manner. The computer device 200 may provide messages such that messages based on the changed conditions are persistently displayed in the corresponding keyword chat room while the corresponding keyword chat room exists, even if the conditions are changed.

Figure 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a method for providing a keyword chat room in a client in one embodiment of the present invention. The method for providing a keyword chat room according to this embodiment may be executed by a computer device 200 that realizes a user's terminal. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be realized to execute control instructions from the operating system code and at least one program code contained in the memory 210. Here, the processor 220 may control the computer device 200 so that the computer device 200 executes steps 710 to 780 included in the method of Figure 7 according to the control instructions provided by the code recorded in the computer device 200.

In step 710, the computer device 200 may provide a condition setting function to the user. In this case, the user may set various conditions for the keyword chat room using the condition setting function and then input a keyword chat room generation command.

In step 720, the computer device 200 may send a keyword chat room generation request including the conditions set by the condition setting function to a server providing an instant messaging service. Here, the server may correspond to the server described with reference to FIG. 6.

At step 730, the computer device 200 may display on a screen a keyword chat room generated for the user on the server corresponding to the conditions. As an example, the keyword chat room may correspond to the keyword chat room generated at step 630 of FIG. 6.

In step 740, the computer device 200 may receive from the server messages filtered based on conditions among messages transmitted and received in a plurality of chat rooms of the instant messaging service. Here, the filtered messages may correspond to the messages filtered in step 640 of FIG. 6 and provided in step 650. In this case, the computer device 200 may continuously receive messages corresponding to the conditions from the server while the keyword chat room exists. For example, the computer device 200 may receive a message including the contents of the corresponding message and information about the corresponding chat room for each filtered message from the server.

In step 750, the computer device 200 may display the messages received in the keyword chat room on the screen. In one embodiment, the conditions may include at least one filtering condition by category, such as a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a message preference, a type of chat room, and a user's participation in the chat room. In this case, the computer device 200 may receive and display messages filtered based on the filtering conditions by category among messages transmitted and received in a plurality of chat rooms. This allows the user to check only messages that meet the desired conditions in the keyword chat room. In addition to the above-mentioned filtering conditions by category, the conditions may further include at least one distinguishing condition by category, such as a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a message preference, a type of chat room, and a user's participation in the chat room. Such distinguishing conditions by category may be conditions for distinguishing and displaying messages displayed in the keyword chat room based on the conditions, and therefore the user may easily grasp the message he or she wants based on the messages displayed by distinguishing and displaying them based on the conditions.

In step 760, when one of the messages displayed in the keyword chat room is selected by the user, the computer device 200 may display a chat room corresponding to the message selected by the user in cooperation with the server. In other words, the user can select one message while viewing messages matching the user's desired conditions in the keyword chat room, thereby immediately moving to the chat room in which the corresponding conversation is taking place. When the user moves to a specific chat room, this may mean that the screen displaying the keyword chat room is changed to the screen displaying the specific chat room, and in such a specific chat room, messages sent and received in the specific chat room may be displayed.

At step 770, the computer device 200 may display a list of at least one keyword chat room created for the user. As described above, two or more keyword chat rooms may be created for the user based on different conditions, and a list of such keyword chat rooms may be provided to the user. Such a list may be provided with a function for managing individual keyword chat rooms (e.g., deleting, editing conditions).

In step 780, the computer device 200 may provide the user with a condition editing function for each of at least one keyword chat room according to the list. At this time, if the conditions for a specific keyword chat room are changed by the condition editing function, the changed conditions and an identifier of the corresponding keyword chat room may be transmitted to the server, and the conditions for the corresponding keyword chat room may be changed in the server. Thereafter, the server may select and transmit messages based on the changed conditions, and the computer device 200 may receive the corresponding messages and display them in the corresponding keyword chat room. Thus, the user may utilize the keyword chat room while freely changing the conditions for messages that the user wishes to receive in the keyword chat room.

In this way, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a keyword chat room corresponding to at least one condition set by a user is opened, and messages that meet the condition among messages sent and received in multiple chat rooms and/or information about chat rooms in which messages that meet the condition are sent and received can be provided to the user through the keyword chat room.

The above-described systems or devices may be realized by hardware components or a combination of hardware and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments may be realized using one or more general-purpose or special-purpose computers, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or various devices capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that run on the OS. The processing device may also respond to the execution of the software and access, record, manipulate, process, and generate data. For ease of understanding, the description may be given as if one processing device is used, but one skilled in the art will understand that the processing device may include multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. For example, a processing unit may include multiple processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations, such as parallel processors, are also possible.

The software may include computer programs, codes, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, and may configure or instruct the processing device to operate as desired, either independently or collectively. The software and/or data may be embodied in any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual device, computer storage medium, or device to be interpreted based on the processing device or to provide instructions or data to the processing device. The software may be distributed and stored or executed in a distributed manner on computer systems connected by a network. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable storage media.

The method according to the embodiment may be realized in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., alone or in combination. The medium may be one that continuously records a computer-executable program, or one that temporarily records it for execution or download. The medium may be one that is a recording or storage means in the form of a single or multiple hardware devices, and is not limited to a medium that is directly connected to a certain computer system, but may be one that is distributed over a network. Examples of the medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, and ROMs, RAMs, flash memories, etc., configured to record program instructions. Other examples of the medium include recording media or storage media managed by application stores that distribute applications, or sites, servers, etc. that supply or distribute various other software. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code, such as that produced by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although the embodiments have been described above based on limited embodiments and drawings, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and variations may be made from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in an order different from that described, and/or the components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. may be combined or combined in a manner different from that described, or may be counterbalanced or replaced by other components or equivalents, and still achieve suitable results.

Therefore, different embodiments that are equivalent to the scope of the claims are within the scope of the attached claims.

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at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions;
by said at least one processor,
Managing a first plurality of chat rooms of an instant messaging service;
receiving a request for generating a second chat room including conditions from a user's terminal, the conditions including item-specific selection conditions including at least one of a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a type of chat room, and a user's chat room participation status, and a message preference;
generating a second chat room for the user corresponding to the condition;
selecting a message that satisfies the condition from among messages transmitted and received in the plurality of first chat rooms;
providing the selected message to be displayed in a second chat room created for the user. by said at least one processor,
providing a message that satisfies the condition while the first chat room exists,
The computer device of claim 1 . by said at least one processor,
providing a message for each selected message including information about the content of the message and a corresponding chat room;
3. A computer device according to claim 1 or 2. and when one of the messages displayed in the second chat room is selected by the user, the at least one processor causes the user to join the first chat room corresponding to the selected message or provides information about the first chat room corresponding to the selected message.
A computer device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The conditions further include at least one item-specific distinguishing condition among a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a message preference, a type of chat room, and a user's participation in the chat room;
Providing the selected message comprises:
The selected message is provided so that the message selected based on the item-by-item selection condition is displayed in a differentiated manner based on the item-by-item distinction condition.
A computer device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . The at least one processor further comprises:
providing a list for at least one of the second chat rooms created for the user;
providing a condition editing function for each of the at least one second chat room in the list;
Selecting the message comprises:
When the condition is changed by the condition editing function, a message is selected based on the changed condition.
A computer device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . A computer program product, which when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, causes the at least one processor to:
Provide users with the ability to set conditions,
sending a request for generating a second chat room including the conditions set by the condition setting function to a server providing an instant messaging service, the conditions including item-specific selection conditions including at least one of a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a type of chat room, and a user's chat room participation status, and a message preference;
displaying on a screen the second chat room generated for the user by the server in response to the condition;
receiving from the server a message selected based on the condition from among messages transmitted and received in a plurality of first chat rooms of the instant messaging service;
displaying the received message on a screen through the second chat room;
Computer program. The receiving includes:
While the first chat room exists, messages that meet the condition are received from the server.
8. A computer program according to claim 7 . The receiving includes:
receiving a message for each selected message including the content of the message and information about the corresponding chat room;
A computer program according to claim 7 or 8 . The at least one processor further comprises:
When one of the messages displayed in the second chat room is selected by the user, a chat room corresponding to the message selected by the user is displayed in cooperation with the server.
A computer program according to any one of claims 7 to 9 . 1. A method for providing a chat room on a computing device including at least one processor, comprising:
managing, with the at least one processor, a first plurality of chat rooms of an instant messaging service;
receiving, by the at least one processor, a request for generating a second chat room from a user terminal, the request including conditions , the conditions including itemized selection conditions including at least one of a keyword, a period, a number of messages, a type of chat room, a user's chat room participation status, and a message preference;
generating, by the at least one processor, a second chat room for the user corresponding to the condition;
selecting, by the at least one processor, messages that meet the condition from among messages sent and received in the plurality of first chat rooms;
providing, by the at least one processor, the selected message for display in the second chat room created for the user. Providing the selected message comprises:
providing a message that satisfies the condition while the first chat room exists,
The method for providing a chat room according to claim 11 . Providing the selected message comprises:
providing a message for each selected message including information about the content of the message and the corresponding first chat room;
13. A method for providing a chat room according to claim 11 or 12 . A computer-readable recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon for causing a computer device to execute the method according to any one of claims 11 to 13 .

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