JP7840965B2 - Methods, systems, and computer programs for enhancing mention functionality. - Google Patents

Description

The following explanation concerns the technique of processing comments using mentions.

The creation of a ubiquitous computing environment, which allows access to the internet anytime, anywhere, as long as there is an internet connection, has made the internet an indispensable element for people.

People share diverse information online by providing information they know, obtaining information they need, and exchanging opinions with each other.

Most internet bulletin boards, a form of information sharing, provide a comment registration interface that allows users to attach a variety of comments. This creates a space where each user can express their own opinion on a shared interest in the bulletin board.

Various community services such as SNS (Social Networking Services) and blogs, as well as internet services like portal services and other media services, have increasingly allowed users to submit comments, making it easy to share opinions on posted content with other users in the form of comments.

For example, Korean Published Patent No. 10-2006-0057079 (published May 26, 2006) discloses a technology for sending and processing comments to internet websites using a mobile terminal.

By using mentions, this feature provides a private comment function that ensures comments on a post are only visible to the commenter and the person mentioned.

This feature provides a chat function that allows comments on a post to be sent via a one-on-one chat between the commenter and the person being mentioned, by utilizing mentions.

A method for providing comments, executed on a computer system, wherein the computer system includes at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in memory, and the method includes the steps of: the at least one processor identifying a comment function associated with a mention based on a string entered in combination with the mention when a comment including a mention is entered in response to a post; and the at least one processor providing the comment only to the comment creator who created the comment using the identified comment function and to the mentioned recipients designated by the comment creator.

From one perspective, the step of providing the comment may include processing it as a private comment, making it publicly available only to the comment creator and the mentioned person among users who have access to the post.

From another perspective, regarding comments registered in the aforementioned post, the ability to read comments that utilize the aforementioned mention may be granted only to the comment creator and the person mentioned.

Furthermore, from another perspective, if the string is entered in the form of a comment on the aforementioned post, the post creator who created the post may be automatically entered as a mention.

Furthermore, from another perspective, the step of providing the comment may include sending the comment to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the person being mentioned.

Furthermore, from another perspective, the aforementioned comment may not be displayed in the comment list of the post, but rather in the one-on-one chat room using the message type included in the chat room.

Furthermore, from another perspective, the aforementioned one-on-one chat room may be created in an open chat format, allowing chatting without the process of adding friends.

Furthermore, from another perspective, the step of sending the comment may include the step of sending a chat request message to the mentioned person, and, if the mentioned person accepts the chat request message, the step of sending the comment to the one-on-one chat room.

Furthermore, from another perspective, the comment function associated with the mention includes a private comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mentioned person among users who can access the post, and a chat function that sends the comment to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentioned person. The comment provision method may further include a step in which at least one processor selectively blocks comments using at least one of the private comment function and the chat function, based on the settings for the post.

Furthermore, from another perspective, the blocking step may include automatically blocking the chat function of the post if the post creator designated as the mentioned person rejects a certain number of requests for one-on-one chats for sending comments, or a certain percentage of such requests.

A computer program is provided, which is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium to cause the computer system to execute the aforementioned comment provision method.

The present invention provides a computer system comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in memory, wherein, when a comment containing a mention is entered for a post, the at least one processor identifies a comment function associated with the mention based on the string entered in combination with the mention, and provides the comment only to the comment creator who created the comment using the identified comment function and the mentioned person designated by the comment creator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by utilizing mentions, a secret comment function can be provided that ensures comments on a post are only visible to the comment creator and the person mentioned.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a chat function can be provided that uses mentions to ensure that comments on a post are sent via a one-on-one chat between the comment creator and the person being mentioned.

This diagram shows an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention. This is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment of the present invention. This figure shows an example of components that may be included in a processor of an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present invention. This is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that an electronic device can perform in one embodiment of the present invention. This is an illustrative diagram illustrating a comment function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention. This is an illustrative diagram illustrating a comment function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention. This figure shows examples of strings symbolizing the secret comment function and the chat function in one embodiment of the present invention. This is an illustrative diagram illustrating a secret comment function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention. This is an illustrative diagram illustrating a secret comment function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention. This is an illustrative diagram illustrating a chat function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention. This is an illustrative diagram illustrating a chat function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention. This is an illustrative diagram illustrating comment block notification in one embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a technique for processing comments using mentions.

Embodiments including those specifically disclosed herein can provide, as an enhanced feature, the ability to send messages entered as comments on posts in a private comment format or in a one-to-one chat format, thereby achieving considerable advantages in various aspects such as convenience, information protection, and service quality.

Figure 1 shows 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 illustrative purposes, and the number of electronic devices and servers is not limited to that shown in Figure 1.

The multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented by a computer system. Examples of the multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, navigation systems, PCs (personal computers), notebook PCs, digital broadcasting terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), PMPs (Portable Multimedia Players), tablets, game consoles, wearable devices, IoT (Internet of Things) devices, VR (virtual reality) devices, and AR (augmented reality) devices. As an example, Figure 1 shows a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 110, but in embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 may mean one of a variety of physical computer systems that can communicate with other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and/or servers 150, 160 via the network 170, substantially using wireless or wired communication methods.

The communication method is not limited; it may include not only communication methods utilizing communication networks that can be included in network 170 (for example, mobile communication networks, wired internet, wireless internet, broadcasting networks), but also short-range wireless communication between devices. For example, network 170 may include one or more arbitrary networks such as PAN (personal area network), LAN (local area network), CAN (campus area network), MAN (metropolitan area network), WAN (wide area network), BBN (broadband network), and the Internet. Furthermore, network 170 may include, but is not limited to, one or more network topologies including bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, tree or hierarchical networks.

Servers 150 and 160 may each be implemented by one or more computer devices that communicate with multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 via a network 170 to provide commands, code, files, content, services, etc. For example, server 150 may be a system that provides a first service to multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 connected via the network 170, and server 160 may be a system that provides a second service to multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 connected via the network 170. As a more specific example, server 150 may provide the multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 as a first service through an application, which is a computer program installed and executed on the multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140, with the service targeted by the application (for example, a community service) as a first service. As another example, server 160 may provide a second service that distributes files for installing and running the aforementioned application to multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140.

Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 2, the internal configurations of electronic device 110 and server 150 are described as examples of electronic devices. Other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configurations as the electronic device 110 or server 150 described above.

The electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include memory 211, 221, processors 212, 220, communication modules 213, 223, and input/output interfaces 214, 224.

The memories 211 and 221 are computer-readable recording media and may include persistent mass storage devices such as RAM (random access memory), ROM (read-only memory), disk drives, SSDs (solid state drives), and flash memory. Here, persistent mass storage devices such as ROM, SSDs, flash memory, and disk drives may be included in the electronic device 110 or server 150 as separate persistent storage devices distinct from the memories 211 and 221. The memories 211 and 221 may also store an operating system and at least one program code (for example, code for a browser installed and executed on the electronic device 110, or code for an application installed on the electronic device 110 to provide a specific service). Such software components may be loaded from a computer-readable recording medium separate from the memories 211 and 221. Such other computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy® drives, disks, tapes, DVD/CD-ROM drives, and memory cards. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into memory 211, 221 via communication modules 213, 223 that are not computer-readable recording media. For example, at least one program may be loaded into memory 211, 221 based on a computer program (for example, the application described above) installed by a file provided via the network 170 by a file distribution system (for example, the server 160 described above) that distributes installation files for a developer or application.

Processors 212 and 222 may be configured to process computer program instructions by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to processors 212 and 222 by memory 211 and 221 or by communication interfaces 213 and 223. For example, processors 212 and 222 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code recorded in a recording device such as memory 211 and 221.

The communication interfaces 213 and 223 may provide functionality for the electronic device 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other via the network 170, and may also provide functionality for the electronic device 110 and/or the server 150 to communicate with other electronic devices (e.g., electronic device 120) or other servers (e.g., server 160). For example, a request generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 according to program code recorded in a recording device such as memory 211 may be transmitted to the server 150 via the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213. Conversely, control signals, instructions, content, files, etc., provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 may be received by the electronic device 110 via the communication module 223 and the network 170 through the communication module 213 of the electronic device 110. For example, control signals, commands, content, and files from the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 and memory 211, and the content and files may be recorded on a recording medium (the persistent recording device described above) that the electronic device 110 may further include.

The input/output interface 214 may be a means for interface with an input/output device 215. For example, an input device may include a keyboard, mouse, microphone, or camera, while an output device may include a display, speaker, or haptic feedback device. As another example, the input/output interface 214 may be a means for interface with a device that integrates input and output functions into a single unit, such as a touchscreen. The input/output device 215 may consist of the electronic device 110 and a single device. Furthermore, the input/output interface 224 of the server 150 may be a means for connecting to the server 150 or for interface with an input or output device (not shown) that the server 150 may include. As a more specific example, a service screen or content configured using data provided by the server 150 or electronic device 120 when the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 processes instructions for a computer program loaded into memory 211 may be displayed on the display via the input/output interface 214.

Furthermore, in other embodiments, the electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include more components than those shown in Figure 2. However, it is not necessary to explicitly show most of the prior art components in the figure. For example, the electronic device 110 may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 215 described above, and may further include other components such as transceivers, GPS (Global Positioning System) modules, cameras, various sensors, and databases. As a more specific example, if the electronic device 110 is a smartphone, it may be implemented to further include a variety of components commonly found in smartphones, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, camera modules, various physical buttons, touch panel buttons, input/output ports, and vibrators for vibration.

The following describes specific embodiments of methods and systems for enhancing mention functionality.

In this specification, "post" may encompass a wide range of forms of postings, including text, photos, videos, and stamps, displayed on online community spaces such as social networking services (SNS), messengers, and blogs. In recent years, communities have offered timeline services that display posts in chronological order.

The following describes a specific implementation using timeline posts, but it is not limited to this. It can be expanded and applied to any community that can provide a comment function for posts.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an example of components that may be included in a processor of an electronic device in one embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a method that the electronic device can perform in one embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic device 110 according to this embodiment may be configured with a computer-based comment provision system. For example, the comment provision system may be implemented as an independently operating program, or it may be configured as an in-app (in-application) system for a specific application, enabling it to operate on that specific application.

Based on instructions provided by an application installed on the electronic device 110, the comment provision system implemented in the electronic device 110 may execute the comment provision method shown in Figure 4.

To implement the comment provision method shown in Figure 4, the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 may include, as shown in Figure 3, a mention identification unit 310, a comment processing unit 320, and a chat provision unit 330 as its components. Depending on the embodiment, the components of the processor 212 may be selectively included in or excluded from the processor 212. Also, depending on the embodiment, the components of the processor 212 may be separated or merged to represent the functionality of the processor 212.

Such a processor 212 and its components may control the electronic device 110 to execute steps 410-430 included in the commenting method shown in Figure 4. For example, the processor 212 and its components may be implemented to execute instructions from the operating system code contained in the memory 211 and the code of at least one program.

Here, the components of the processor 212 may be representations of different functions of the processor 212 that are executed by the processor 212 according to instructions provided by the program code recorded in the electronic device 110 (for example, instructions provided by an application executed in the electronic device 110). For example, the mention identification unit 310 may be used as a functional representation of the processor 212 that controls the electronic device 110 according to the above-mentioned instructions so that the electronic device 110 identifies a function associated with a mention.

The processor 212 may read necessary instructions from the memory 211, which contains instructions related to the control of the electronic device 110. In this case, the read instructions may include instructions for controlling the processor 212 to execute steps 410 to 430 described below.

Referring to Figure 4, in step 410, when a comment containing a mention is entered for a post, the mention identification unit 310 may identify the comment function associated with the mention based on the string entered in combination with the mention. In this embodiment, the comment function associated with the mention includes a secret comment function that sends a comment to a post as a secret message, and a chat function that sends a comment to a post as a one-to-one chat. Pre-defined strings may be defined for both the secret comment function and the chat function, and the distinction between the secret comment function and the chat function may depend on the string with which the mention is entered. The string symbolizing the secret comment function (hereinafter referred to as the "secret comment string") and the string symbolizing the chat function (hereinafter referred to as the "chat string") may be defined as different strings, and a single character, special symbols, or a combination of one or more characters or special symbols may be used as the secret comment string and the chat string.

In step 420, the processor 212 may, using the secret comment function or chat function identified in step 410, make comments on the post public only to the comment creator and the people mentioned by the comment creator. Step 420 described above may include a comment publication process 421 using the secret comment function and a comment publication process 422 using the chat function.

In step 421, if the comment processing unit 320 determines that the string entered in combination with a mention is a secret comment string, it may process the comment on the post as a secret comment so that it is only visible to the comment creator and the mentioned person. If the comment processing unit 320 receives a comment message that includes a secret comment string as part of the comment format for the post, it may provide a secret comment function so that the comment message is only visible to the comment creator and the mentioned person. The comment processing unit 320 may process the comment on the post as a secret comment, making it visible only to the comment creator and the mentioned person among users with read access to the post, and not to the remaining users.

To process comments on a post as secret comments, server 150 may check whether the string entered in combination with a mention in a comment received from a client satisfies the rules defined for a secret comment string. When server 150 receives a comment containing a mention combined with a secret comment string, i.e., a secret comment, it may change the permissions for the secret comment. Read and write permissions may be granted to only specified users for each secret comment. While the basic principle is that read permissions for comments on a post are granted to all users who can access that post, the comment permissions may be modified so that read permissions for secret comments are granted only to the comment creator and the mentioned person.

In step 422, the chat provider 330 may provide a comment to the post in a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentioned person if the string entered in combination with a mention corresponds to a chat string. When a mention combined with a chat string is entered along with a comment message as part of the comment format for a post, the chat provider 330 may provide a chat function to send the comment message to the one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentioned person. In this case, the chat provider 330 may first request acceptance from the mentioned person in the one-on-one chat with the comment creator, and only if the mentioned person accepts, may it activate the one-on-one chat room and provide the comment message. In other words, a comment containing a mention combined with a chat string may not be displayed in the post's comment list, but rather in the one-on-one chat room as a type of message included in the chat room.

To send comments to a post via chat, server 150 may check whether the string entered in combination with the mention satisfies the rules defined for chat strings if the comment received from the client contains a mention. When server 150 receives a comment containing a mention combined with a chat string, i.e., a chat comment, it may create a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentioned person. At this time, server 150 may change the route from the post's comment registration interface to the one-on-one chat room and send a chat request message to the mentioned person asking for their acceptance. In the case of chat comments, it is also possible for the client to directly access the one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentioned person.

A one-on-one chat room between a comment creator and a mentioned person may be created as an open chat, allowing immediate chat via a link such as a URL, without the need to add friends using phone numbers or IDs. The open chat room may be deleted upon request from the comment creator or mentioned person, or it may be automatically deleted after a certain period of time based on the chat room's creation time or the time the last message was received.

Depending on the embodiment, comments using at least one of the private comment function and the chat function may be blocked based on the post settings.
As an example, the post creator may selectively block at least one of the post's comment functions, namely the private comment function and the chat function. When the processor 212 receives a comment containing a mention combined with a private comment string or chat string, it may check whether to block this comment function and then provide the comment creator with a notification indicating the blocked status for the blocked comment function.

Another example is the ability to automatically block the chat function of a post if the post creator, who has been mentioned, rejects a certain number of one-on-one chat requests for comments, or if this rejection occurs more than a certain percentage of the time.

Therefore, this embodiment can enhance the mention function by processing comments containing mentions as private comments or sending them to a one-on-one chat room when such comments are entered in response to a post.

Figures 5 and 6 are illustrative diagrams illustrating a comment function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 shows an example of the timeline service screen 500.

As shown in Figure 5, the processor 212 may display the timeline posts 510 received from the server 150 on the service screen 500 in chronological order.

At this time, each post 510 included in the timeline service screen 500 is provided with a comment registration interface 511 for attaching comments in various forms, such as text, photos, videos, and stamps.

When the user selects the comment registration interface 511 on the timeline service screen 500, the processor 212 may provide the comment registration screen 620, as shown in Figure 6.

The comment registration screen 620 may include a comment list 621 registered in post 510, a comment input interface 622 for entering comments, and other elements.

When user2, a user with access to timeline post 510, posts a comment to user1 using a mention (@), user1 will receive a mention notification and be able to access post 510 to view the comment posted by user2.

Even when using mentions, comments registered to post 510 are in public comment format. Therefore, a comment posted by user2 to user1 using a mention can be viewed by any user who has access to post 510 in public comment format.

This embodiment provides private comments by enhancing the mention function. The enhanced mention function utilizes mentions combined with pre-set strings, allowing comments on a post to be sent as secret messages only to the comment creator and the mentioned recipient.

Figure 7 shows examples of strings symbolizing the secret comment function and the chat function in one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 7, the comment function using mentions includes a secret comment function that sends comments to posts as private messages, and a chat function that sends comments via one-on-one chat.

For example, you can use "To" as the string to indicate the private comment function, and "Chat" as the string to indicate the chat function.

When a comment containing a mention combined with the secret comment string "To" is entered along with a comment message as a comment format for a post, processor 212 may recognize this as a secret comment and process it as a secret comment so that the comment message is only visible to the comment creator and the person mentioned.

When a comment containing the chat string "Chat" is entered along with a comment message as a comment format for a post, the processor 212 may recognize this as a chat function and provide the comment message to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the person being mentioned.

A mention specifies a user who has access to a post. Depending on the embodiment, if the mention can be combined with a secret comment string or chat string, it may specify only the post creator. In this case, if a secret comment string or chat string is entered as a comment to the post, the post creator may be automatically entered as a mention.

Figures 8 and 9 are illustrative diagrams illustrating a secret comment function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 8 and 9 show the service screen 500 displayed on the electronic device screen of user2, one of the users who can access post 510, assuming a scenario where user2 specifies the post creator and posts a comment.

As shown in Figure 8, if user 2 enters the secret comment string "To" and a mention (@Post) specifying the post creator along with the comment message "Hello" into the comment input interface 622 and registers it, the processor 212 may process the comment message "Hello" as a secret comment.

Read access to the comment message "Hello," which was processed as a private comment among the comments registered in post 510, is granted only to the comment creator, user2, and the post creator who was mentioned.

As shown in Figure 9, the comment message "Hello," which is processed as a private comment, can only be viewed by user2 (the comment creator) and the post creator (the mentioned person) on the verified service screen 500, and is not displayed to other users.

Among the comment list 621 registered in post 510, secret comments may be given display elements that allow them to be distinguished from other comments; for example, an icon 91 indicating a secret comment may be displayed.

Therefore, by using mentions combined with the secret comment string "To," comments on a post can be made publicly available as secret comments, visible only to the comment creator and the mentioned person.

Figures 10 and 11 are illustrative diagrams illustrating a chat function using mentions in one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 shows the service screen 500 displayed on the electronic device screen of user2, one of the users who can access post 510, assuming a scenario where user2 specifies the post creator and posts a comment.

As shown in Figure 10, if user 2 enters the comment input interface 622, the chat string "Chat", and a mention (@Post) specifying the post creator along with the comment message "Hello", the processor 212 may provide the comment message "Hello" via chat.

Among the comments registered in post 510, the comment message "Hello" registered as a mention combined with the chat string "Chat" will not be displayed in comment list 621, and may be sent to the one-on-one chat room between user2 (the comment creator) and the post creator (the person mentioned).

Figure 11 shows a one-to-one chat room 1100 in which user2, the comment creator, and the post creator, the person being mentioned, participate. The chat screen is displayed on the post creator's electronic device screen.

The one-on-one chat room 1100 may be created as an open chat room. As shown in Figure 11, first a chat request message 1110 is sent to the post creator, who is the person being mentioned. Only if the person being mentioned accepts the chat will the comment message 1101 posted by user2 be sent to the one-on-one chat room 1100.

Therefore, by using mentions combined with the chat string "Chat," comments on a post can be sent to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the person being mentioned.

Furthermore, the processor 212 may provide notifications for comment functions that are blocked during the comment input process.

When a comment is entered on the comment registration screen 620 using a mention combined with the secret comment string "To" or the chat string "Chat," the processor 212 may, after checking whether to block the relevant comment function, provide a notification to the comment creator indicating the blocked status for blocked comment functions.

For example, referring to Figure 12, if user 2 enters the chat string "Chat" and a mention (@Post) specifying the post creator along with the comment message "Hello" into the comment input interface 622, the processor 212 may check the status of the chat function blockage based on the post 510 settings. If the chat function among the comment functions of post 510 is blocked, a notification 1210 indicating that the comment created using the chat function has been blocked may be displayed to user 2, the comment creator.

Therefore, the processor 212 can block comments that utilize at least one of the secret comment function and the chat function, based on the settings of post 510.

Thus, according to embodiments of the present invention, by utilizing mentions combined with a secret comment string, a secret comment function can be provided in which comments on a post are made visible only to the comment creator and the mentioned person. Furthermore, according to embodiments of the present invention, by utilizing mentions combined with a chat string, a chat function can be provided in which comments on a post are sent to a one-on-one chat between the comment creator and the mentioned person.

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

Software may include computer programs, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, which may configure a processing unit to operate as desired, or which may instruct the processing unit individually or collectively. Software and/or data may be embodied in any kind of machine, component, physical device, computer recording medium, or device for interpretation based on the processing unit or for providing instructions or data to the processing unit. Software may be distributed across a networked computer system, and may be recorded or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be recorded on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to this embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. Here, the medium may be one that continuously records computer-executable programs, or one that temporarily records them for execution or download. Furthermore, the medium may be a variety of recording or storage means in the form of a combination of one or more hardware components, and is not limited to a medium directly connected to a computer system, but may be distributed on a network. Examples of media 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 floppy disks; and ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc., which may be configured to record program instructions. Other examples of media include recording media or storage media managed by application stores that distribute applications and other sites, servers, etc., that supply or distribute various software.

As described above, embodiments have been explained based on limited embodiments and drawings, but those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and variations from the above description. For example, the described technique may be performed in a different order than described, and/or the components of the described system, structure, apparatus, circuit, etc. may be combined or combined in a different manner than described, or opposed or substituted by other components or equivalents, and still achieve suitable results.

Therefore, even different embodiments fall within the scope of the attached claims if they are equivalent to the claims.

Claims (18)

A method for providing comments that is performed on a computer system,
The computer system includes at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in memory,
The above method of providing comments is
When at least one processor receives a comment containing a mention in relation to a post, the steps include: identifying the comment function associated with the mention based on the string entered in combination with the mention ;
The step of the at least one processor providing the comment only to the comment creator who created the comment using the identified comment function and to the mentioned persons specified by the comment creator,
The comment function associated with the aforementioned mention includes a secret comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mentioned person among users who can access the post, and a chat function that sends the comment to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentioned person.
The above method of providing comments is
A method for providing comments , further comprising the step of the at least one processor selectively blocking comments that utilize at least one of the secret comment function and the chat function, based on the settings for the post . The aforementioned step of providing is
The method for providing a comment according to claim 1, further comprising the step of processing the comment as a secret comment, which is made public only to the comment creator and the person mentioned among the users who have access to the post. The comment provision method according to claim 1, characterized in that, among the comments registered in the post, the right to read comments using the mention is granted only to the comment creator and the person mentioned. The method for providing comments according to claim 1, characterized in that when the string is entered in the form of a comment for the post, the post creator who created the post is automatically entered as a mention. The aforementioned step of providing is
The method for providing a comment according to claim 1, further comprising the step of sending the comment to a one-to-one chat room between the comment creator and the person being mentioned. The method for providing comments according to claim 5, characterized in that the aforementioned comments are not displayed in the comment list of the post, but are displayed in the one-to-one chat room using the message type included in the chat room. The method for providing comments according to claim 5, characterized in that the one-on-one chat room is generated in the form of an open chat that allows chatting without going through the process of adding friends. The step of submitting the aforementioned comment is:
The steps include sending a chat request message to the person mentioned, and
The method for providing a comment according to claim 5, further comprising the step of sending the comment to the one-to-one chat room when the person mentioned accepts a chat with the comment creator through the chat request message. The aforementioned blocking step is,
The method for providing comments according to claim 1, further comprising the step of automatically blocking the chat function of a post if the post creator designated as the person to be mentioned rejects a certain number of requests for one-on -one chat for sending a comment, or rejects such requests a certain number of times or a certain percentage of the time. A computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium for causing the computer system to execute the comment provision method described in any one of claims 1 to 9 . A computer system,
It includes at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in memory,
The aforementioned at least one processor is
When a comment containing a mention is entered in response to a post, the comment function associated with the mention is identified based on the string entered in combination with the mention.
The comment is provided only to the comment creator who created the comment using the identified comment function and to the person specified by the comment creator who is being mentioned .
The comment function associated with the aforementioned mention includes a secret comment function that makes the comment public only to the comment creator and the mentioned person among users who can access the post, and a chat function that sends the comment to a one-on-one chat room between the comment creator and the mentioned person.
The aforementioned at least one processor is
A computer system characterized by selectively blocking comments that utilize at least one of the secret comment function and the chat function, based on the settings for the aforementioned post . The aforementioned at least one processor is
The computer system according to claim 11 , characterized in that it processes the comment as a secret comment, making it publicly available only to the comment creator and the person mentioned among the users who have access to the post. The computer system according to claim 11 , characterized in that when the string is entered in the form of a comment for the post, the post creator who created the post is automatically entered as a mention. The aforementioned at least one processor is
The computer system according to claim 11 , characterized in that it sends the comment to a one-to-one chat room between the comment creator and the person mentioned. The computer system according to claim 14 , characterized in that the aforementioned comments are not displayed in the comment list of the post, but are displayed in the one-to-one chat room using the message type included in the chat room. The computer system according to claim 14 , characterized in that the one-on-one chat room is generated in the form of an open chat that allows chatting without going through the process of adding friends. The aforementioned at least one processor is
The computer system according to claim 14, characterized in that, after sending a chat request message to the person mentioned, if the person mentioned accepts a chat with the comment creator through the chat request message, the comment is sent to the one-to- one chat room. The aforementioned at least one processor is
The computer system according to claim 11 , characterized in that if the post creator designated as the person mentioned rejects a certain number of requests for one-on- one chats for sending comments, the chat function of the post is automatically blocked .