CN104380768B - Address book information service system and method and device for address book information service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an address book information service system and a method and apparatus for an address book information service therein, whereby: a terminal device in the address book information service system sets a group in an address book according to category information and transmits group information about the set group and preset user information to a service device; the service device searches new address book information corresponding to the group information based on the position of the user by using the group information and the user information, and sends the searched new address book information to the terminal device; the terminal apparatus automatically registers the received new address book information in the address book, thereby enabling the user to easily find new address book information, such as a phone number or an address of an enterprise, which the user is interested in, without searching the information, only by operating the address book, even if the user moves to a new area.

Description

Address book information service system and method and device for address book information service

technical field

The present invention relates to an address book information service system, in particular, to an address book information service system and a method and device for address book information service. The new address book information of the user is automatically registered and provided to the user, and the attention information and intimacy information of the acquaintances registered in the address book can be displayed in an easily accessible manner.

Background technique

What is described herein merely provides background information of the embodiments of the present invention and does not constitute prior art.

With the development of the mobile communication industry, various services can be received through mobile communication devices. Recently, wireless Internet services can be received through a smartphone or the like. In addition, recent mobile communication devices include a default voice communication function, and additionally implement various complex functions such as data communication, taking pictures or videos with a camera, reproducing music or video files, games, and broadcast viewing.

Users use these terminals to share information and communicate with other users anytime and anywhere. For example, a user may call or text an acquaintance, or send and receive messages with multiple people using a separate messaging program. In addition, with a separate application, the server automatically pushes content uploaded by another user on the network to the user's terminal, and the user can easily identify the content uploaded by another user in the user's terminal without accessing the network.

With the increasing use of various community services through mobile communication devices, most users will use address book services through mobile communication devices (where his or her interpersonal contacts or contact information of favorite stores are stored in the address book), And perform instant searches as needed to make calls. The store contact information of the concerned business can be searched through the wireless Internet service and stored in the address book.

However, in the related art address book service, address book information is registered in the address book by storing information directly input by a user or storing address book information obtained through messages or calls sent to or received from a partner. Therefore, from the user's point of view, in order to register the new address book information in the address book, it is inconvenient that the user should directly input the information. Since the address book service in the prior art cannot provide relevant information other than the registered address book information, the effectiveness of the address book is reduced.

Specifically, when the user goes to another area due to movement, travel, etc., the phone numbers of local amenities (eg, government agencies, restaurants, schools, police stations, and movie theaters) should be searched and registered again.

In addition, in the prior art address book service, basic information (eg, name, address, and contact information) of other users is simply stored and managed, and there is no ability to display the relationship between users and other users in an easily accessible manner (eg, how often users communicate with registered acquaintances and recent common interests with other users).

For reference, call history, text messages or instant messages are managed in prior art mobile communication devices. However, this is only arranged and provided based on generation time and user, and it is difficult to identify the relationship with the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

technical problem

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an address book information service system and a method and apparatus for address book information service, wherein only the category requested by the user is used to search for new address book information, and the found address book information is Automatically registered in the address book and provided to the user.

Specifically, the present invention provides an address book information service system and a method and apparatus for address book information service, wherein based on the current location information of the user and the category requested by the user corresponding to the category requested by the user is searched for information related to the registered address book , and make it available to the user.

In addition, the present invention provides an address book information service system and method and apparatus for address book information service in which a user is extracted based on information such as the number of occurrences of calls and texts between a user and another user and the content thereof Attention information and intimacy information with a partner, and attention information and intimacy information that can be displayed in an easily accessible manner may be displayed.

Technical solutions

In view of the above objects, according to an aspect of the present invention, an address book information service system is provided. The system may include: a terminal device configured to set a group of the address book according to the category information, to receive new address book information based on the found user location found using the set group information and preset user information, and automatically register the received new address book information in the address book; and a service device configured to receive the group information and the user information from the terminal device, and use the received user information , identifying the location where the terminal device is used, searching for the new address book information corresponding to the received group information based on the identified user location, and providing the found new address book information to the terminal device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an address book information service system is provided. The system may include: a service device configured to collect and provide activity information of a terminal device of a specific partner from at least one preset community service device; When the selection of any partner among multiple pieces of address book information is input, the event information generated by the terminal device of the selected partner is identified, the activity information of the partner is collected from the service device, and the event information and activity are arranged and displayed at the same time information, analyzing attention information and intimacy information between the user and the partner based on the event information and activity information, and displaying the intimacy information through an icon corresponding to the attention information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a service device for address book information service is provided. The apparatus may include: a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device connected via a communication network for an address book information service; and a control unit configured to, when a service request is received from the terminal device, identify the Group information and user information received from the terminal device through the communication unit during the service request, using the identified user information, identifying the location of the user of the terminal device, based on the identified location of the user Searching for new address book information corresponding to the group information, and sending the found new address book information to the terminal device through the communication unit, so that the information is automatically registered in the address book of the terminal device .

According to another aspect of the present invention, a service device for address book information service is provided. The device includes: a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data with a plurality of terminal devices; a storage unit configured to store event information generated between the terminal devices; and a control unit configured to perform control so that when a request for attention information and intimacy information of a specific partner is received from any terminal device, event information generated between the terminal device and the partner's terminal device is collected, collected from at least one preset community service device The activity information of the partner, based on the event information and the activity information, analyzes attention information and intimacy information between the user and the partner, and compares the attention information that reflects the intimacy information corresponding to the attention information. The icon and the event information and activity information are transmitted to the terminal device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a terminal device in an address book information service system is provided. The device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a service device connected via a communication network for an address book information service; a control unit configured to set groups of address books according to category information, Sending group information of the set group and preset user information to the service device, receiving new address book information based on the user's location found by using the group information and the user information from the service device, and automatically registering the received new address book information in the address book; and a storage unit configured to store the address book information registered in the address book as groups divided for respective categories.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a terminal device for address book information service is provided. The apparatus includes: an input unit for user selection; an output unit configured to display address book information of at least one buddy; and a control unit configured to, when detection of a response to the at least one partner through the input unit Upon selection input of any buddy among buddies, event information generated with the buddy's terminal device is identified, activity information of the buddy is requested and collected, and control is performed so that the event information and activity information are arranged and displayed in all buddies. On the output unit, the attention information and intimacy information between the user and the partner are simultaneously analyzed based on the event information and the activity information, and the intimacy information is displayed through an icon corresponding to the attention information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for an address book information service is provided. The method includes the following steps: in the terminal device, executing the address book information service; setting a group according to the category information and generating group information of the set group; sending the generated group information and preset user information to the service device and request the address book information service, the service device is configured to provide the address book information service; receive from the service device new information found based on the user location identified by the user information corresponding to the group information address book information; and automatically registering the received new address book information in the set group of the address book.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for an address book information service is provided. The method includes the steps of: in the service device, receiving group information and user information of a group set according to the category information from a terminal device, the terminal device being configured to execute the address book information service; using the received user information The information identifies a user location of the terminal device; searches for new address book information corresponding to the received group information based on the identified user location; and provides the found new address book information to the terminal device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for an address book information service is provided. The method includes the steps of: in the terminal device, identifying event information generated between the user and the buddy when a selection input of any buddy among a plurality of pieces of address book information is detected; requesting and collecting the activity of the buddy from the service device information; analyzing attention information and intimacy information between the user and the buddy based on the event information and activity information; and displaying the intimacy information through an icon corresponding to the attention information.

beneficial effect

According to an embodiment of the present invention, only using the category information input by the user, based on the user's location, new address book information of a nearby area corresponding to the category information is received and automatically registered in the address book. Therefore, users do not need to search directly to obtain address book information. Even when the user moves to a new area, the user can easily identify new address book information such as phone numbers, addresses, etc. of the concerned company by simply executing the address book, and thus, the utility of the address book can be improved.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, event information such as calls and texts generated between a user and a buddy and activity information of a buddy on a network are collected using a terminal, and the event information and activity information are displayed in an easily accessible manner , and the attention information and intimacy information between the user and the partner can be easily analyzed. The intimacy information is displayed by an icon corresponding to the attention information. Therefore, the user can easily identify attention information and intimacy information with a partner.

Description of drawings

1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an address book information service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device for an address book information service in an address book information service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a storage unit of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a service device for an address book information service in an address book information service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a message flow diagram illustrating an address book information service method in an address book information service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying attention information and intimacy information in an address book information service according to another embodiment of the present invention;

7 and 8 are exemplary diagrams illustrating an operation of displaying attention information and intimacy information in an address book information service according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating examples of displaying intimacy information through icons corresponding to attention information in an address book information service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations that unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention in the following description and drawings will be omitted. The same reference numbers will be used throughout this specification to refer to the same or like parts.

The terms and words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to ordinary meanings or dictionary meanings, but should be based on the principle that the inventor properly defines the concepts of the terms in order to describe the invention in the best way , interpreted with meanings and concepts consistent with the technical scope of the present invention. Therefore, since the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the accompanying drawings are only exemplary embodiments and do not represent the general technical scope of the present invention, it will be understood that the present invention covers various equivalents at the time of filing this application Forms, Modified Forms and Alternative Forms.

First, an address book information service system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an address book information service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the address book information service system may include a plurality of terminal devices 100 and service devices 200 connected via a communication network 10 for address book service.

The terminal device 100 refers to a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data according to a user's key manipulation via the communication network 10, and may be a tablet PC, a laptop computer, a personal computer (PC), a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), Any of mobile communication terminals and the like.

In addition, the terminal apparatus 100 refers to a terminal that performs voice or data communication via the communication network 10, and includes a browser configured to communicate with the service apparatus 200 via the communication network 10, a memory configured to store programs and protocols, a Microprocessors, etc. that execute, calculate, and control various programs. That is, the terminal device 100 may include any terminal as long as it can perform server-client communication with the service device 200, and broadly includes communication computing devices such as notebook computers, mobile communication terminals, and PDAs. Furthermore, it is preferable that the terminal device 100 is manufactured in the form of a touch screen, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The terminal device 100 may receive the address book information service from the service device 200, join the address book information service, download a related application, and receive and execute the location identification service through the application. Specifically, the terminal device 100 transmits the group information and user information according to the category information input by the user to the service device 200, receives new address book information found using the group information and user information from the service device 200, and can transfer the new address book information to the service device 200. Address book information is automatically registered in the address book.

The service device 200 performs wireless communication with the terminal device 100 and provides an address book information service. In addition, the service device 200 receives a service request message including group information and user information from the terminal device 100, identifies the location of the user using the received user information, and searches for a new location at the identified user location using the received group information. address book information, and provide the found new address book information to the terminal device 100 . For example, when the user moves to an area other than the registered area and the telephone number of a desired restaurant or shop in the current area is not registered in the user's address book, the service device 200 receives a service request from the user's terminal device 100 and searches for new address book information.

In addition, in the present invention, the address book information may include information on the community history of registered acquaintances in addition to the contact information.

In addition, in another embodiment of the present invention, the address book information service system analyzes the relationship between the user and the buddy based on call events and message events generated between the user and the buddy and information on the activities of the buddy in a space such as a network and intimacy information, and the results can be provided to the user in an easily accessible manner.

To this end, the plurality of terminal devices 100 store and manage information on a plurality of events generated between a user and another terminal device generated in the terminal device 100 in the form of history, receive activity information of another terminal device from the service device 200 , and then the terminal device 100 may analyze attention information and intimacy information of the user of another terminal device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. When the service device 200 stores information on an event generated between a user and a partner, the service device 200 analyzes attention information and intimacy information, and may transmit only the analysis result to the terminal device 100 . Here, the other terminal device may be the terminal device of the acquaintance included in the address book information.

The terminal device 100 may support transmission and reception of calls, text messages, instant messaging (IM) messages, and the like between multiple users. This will be described in detail below.

First, when a call with another terminal device, an incoming or outgoing event of a text message or an IM message is generated according to a user's request, the plurality of terminal devices 100 and the identification information of the other terminal device (eg, phone number, user ID and IP address) correspondingly store event information.

In addition, a plurality of terminal devices 100 may store and manage identification information (eg, phone numbers, user IDs, and IP addresses) of a plurality of partners through address book information, and may display pre-stored address book information according to a user's request.

In this case, when the selection of any buddy among the identification information of the plurality of buddies displayed in the address book is detected, the plurality of terminal devices 100 collect the identification information (eg, phone number) corresponding to the buddy Pre-stored event information. Then, the terminal device 100 transmits the identification information of the partner to the service device 200 and requests the activity information of the partner.

Here, the activity information may include content information opened at the request of the partner among the contents written on the personal homepage of the partner, a personal content service such as a blog, a social network service (SNS), and the like.

While the information on the partner's personal content service, SNS service, etc. is stored as corresponding to the partner's identification information, the service device 200 collects information on the content used by the partner and another terminal device according to the request of the terminal device 100 , and The result is sent to the terminal device 100 .

Here, the activity information may include content details, information about a location where the content is posted, and information about a time when the content was generated.

In addition, the terminal device 100 that has received the event information may arrange and display the event information and the event information. That is, when detecting the user's selection input of any buddy among the identification information of the buddies displayed in the address book, the terminal device 100 collects information on events between the user and the buddy, and requests and collects from the service device 200 event information.

When the collection is completed, the terminal device 100 moves to a menu that can identify the history of the buddies among the address book information, and arranges and displays event information and activity information through the history.

In this case, preferably, the generation time information of the event information and the activity information may be arranged and displayed in descending order. In this case, details related to the event (eg, the type of event, the number of occurrences of the event, the time of occurrence, etc.) may be displayed together.

In addition, the terminal device 100 arranges and displays event information and activity information based on the generation time information, analyzes attention information and intimacy information between a user and a partner based on the event information and activity information, and can pass a preset corresponding to the attention information. icon to display intimacy information.

In this case, attention information may be analyzed based on the contents of event information and activity information, and intimacy information may be analyzed based on the number of occurrences of event information.

The method of analyzing and displaying attention information and intimacy information will be described in more detail below.

The terminal device 100 and the service device 200 are linked via the communication network 10 . Communication network 10 refers to a network in which data can be sent and received via Internet Protocol using various wired and/or wireless communication technologies (eg, the Internet, intranets, mobile communication networks, and satellite communication networks). For example, communication network 10 refers generally to closed networks such as local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs), open networks such as the Internet, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), global Networks for Mobile Communication System (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) as well as next generation networks and computing networks to be implemented.

In the address book information service system thus configured, the configuration of the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the terminal device 100 may include a control unit 110 , an input unit 120 , a communication unit 130 , a storage unit 140 and an output unit 150 .

The control unit 110 controls the overall operation of the terminal device 100 and operations related to the location identification service, receives the address book information service from the service device 200, and may execute the address book information service according to the user's request. To this end, the control unit 110 may include a service execution unit 111 , an address book management unit 112 and a message processing unit 113 .

The service execution unit 111 executes the address book information service application provided from the service device 200 according to the user's request, and performs control so that the address book screen is displayed on the output unit 150 so that the user can input category information through the input unit 120 . In addition, the service execution unit 111 may perform control such that the new address book information provided from the service device 200 is displayed on the screen of the output unit 150 .

The address book management unit 112 can manage the address book stored in the storage unit 140, register the address book information input by the user through the input unit 120 in the address book, and divide the names registered in the address book, phone numbers, etc. to set up groups. Specifically, when the user inputs category information through the input unit 120 on the address book information service screen while the address book information service is being executed, the address book management unit 112 identifies the category information, and when the group according to the identified category information If not set, groups can be generated according to the entered category information. In this case, when there is a group according to the input category information, the address book management unit 112 browses the group corresponding to the category information.

Then, the address book management unit 112 generates information on the group corresponding to the input category information, and transmits the generated group information to the message processing unit 113 . Here, the category information is information on a pre-generated group name or information required to generate a group, and may be the name of a restaurant, a shop, or the like. For example, when the user wants to know the location of the chicken restaurant in the current area, the user may input the word "chicken" through the input unit 120 as category information. Therefore, the address book management unit 112 recognizes the inputted word "chicken" as category information, browses a preset group for chicken, or may newly set a group for chicken.

In addition, the address book management unit 112 receives the new address book information provided from the service device 200 through the message processing unit 113, and automatically registers the new address book information in the address book. In this case, the address book management unit 112 also receives group information (group identifier) from the message processing unit 113, and stores the new address book information in the corresponding group of the address book through the group identifier. In this case, the address book management unit 112 may perform control such that the received address book information is displayed on the address book information service screen of the output unit 150 . Here, the new address book information may be received and displayed in the form of a text message, stored in an inbox or the like, and identified by a message search. In this case, the user can directly call the phone number or the like included in the text message.

The message processing unit 113 generates a service request message including the group information generated in the address book management unit 112 and pre-stored user information, and transmits the generated service request message to the service device 200 through the communication unit 130 .

In addition, the message processing unit 113 receives the service request response message through the communication unit 130, analyzes the service request response message, identifies the new address book information found from the service device 200 using the group information and user information, and transmits the identified new address book information To the address book management unit 112. Here, the service request response message may include search result information (eg, search success and failure), group information, new address book information found, user evaluation information related to the new address book information, and the like. The new address book information may be automatically registered in the corresponding group of the address book.

In addition, the control unit 110 may also perform control such that the new address book information provided from the service device 200 through the service execution unit 111 at the current location is applied to the navigation and map applications installed in the terminal device 100, and the new address book information is applied to the navigation and map applications installed in the terminal device 100. Displayed on navigation and map screens. For example, the service execution unit 111 executes a pre-installed map or navigation application, and sets the executed application to access the address book. For example, when the category information requested by the user is "chicken" and the phone number and location information of a chicken restaurant frequently used by the user is received from the service device 200 as new address book information related to chicken, the service execution unit 111 may perform control So that the received telephone number and location information of the chicken restaurant are displayed on the map displayed on the map execution screen.

The input unit 120 may generate a user input signal corresponding to a user request or information according to a user's manipulation. The input unit 304 may be implemented by a currently available input device or an input device to be commercialized. Examples of the input unit may include general input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a touch screen, and a touch pad, and a gesture input device that detects a user's motion and generates a specific input signal. Specifically, in order to receive new address book information from the service device 200 and automatically register the received information in the address book, the input unit 120 receives category information from the user and transmits the received input information to the control unit 110 .

The communication unit 130 communicates with the service apparatus 200 via the communication network 10, and transmits and receives messages for the address book information service. The communication unit 130 may transmit and receive data through various communication methods in addition to wired and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 130 may transmit and receive data using at least one communication method. To this end, the communication unit 130 may include a plurality of communication modules configured to transmit and receive data according to different communication methods. Specifically, the communication unit 130 sends the service request message generated in the control unit 110 to the service device 200 , receives the service request response message including the new address book information from the service device 200 , and sends the result to the control unit 110 .

The storage unit 140 includes an address book database, which stores address book information including phone numbers, names, addresses, emails, and the like. The storage unit 140 stores information on the address book information service (ie, information on the application for the address book information service received from the service device 200), and may store new address book information received according to the service request in the address book database in the corresponding group. The storage unit 140 includes a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk or a magnetic tape, an optical medium such as a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) or a digital video disk (DVD), a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, ROM, random access memory (RAM) or flash memory.

The output unit 150 enables the operation result or state of the terminal device 100 to be recognized by the user. Examples of the output unit may include a display unit configured to visually output results and states through a screen or a speaker configured to output auditory sounds. Specifically, in the present invention, an application screen related to an address book information service operating in the terminal device 100 can be displayed, an address book screen can be displayed according to a user's request, and new address book information provided from the service device 200 can be displayed . In addition, the output unit 150 may display information on user evaluations associated with the new address book information, and may also display a screen for the user to input user evaluations associated with the new address book information. In addition, the output unit 150 applies the new address book information to another service (eg, a map application or a navigation application) provided from the terminal device 100, and may display the result on a corresponding screen.

Furthermore, as described above, in another embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 100 analyzes the relationship between the buddy and the user included in the address book information, and can display the buddy's attention information and intimacy with the user.

That is, in another embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 130 may transmit and receive call connections, text messages, and IM messages with another terminal device. In addition, under the control of the control unit 110, activity information of a specific partner may be requested and received from the service device 200.

In this case, the output unit 150 may display information on a plurality of partners through address book information, and sequentially display information on events (including call events, message events, etc.) generated with the partners, or may display information from a service device 200 receives the activity information as historical information.

In addition, the control unit 110 performs control such that identification information (eg, a phone number list) of a plurality of partners registered in the address book managed by the address book management unit 112 is displayed on the output unit 150 , and when selected through the input unit 120 Any phone number in the displayed list identifies the pre-stored event information history corresponding to the selected buddy's identification information.

That is, when the control unit 110 can be linked with a specific message program, in addition to the call event and message event generated corresponding to the identification information of the selected partner, various pre-stored event information corresponding to the phone number (such as , message events sent and received by the message program).

Then, the control unit 110 transmits identification information (eg, a phone number) of the partner to the service device 200, and may request activity information corresponding to the phone number. The service device 200 identifies community services (eg, services such as personal homepages, blogs, and SNS) set by the buddy corresponding to the phone number. Then, it is identified whether or not there is content information opened by a partner among the content written using the identified service, and the opened content information is collected and sent to the terminal device 100 . In this case, when the partner sets the activity information as private information, a message informing that there is no activity information may be transmitted to the terminal device 100 .

When receiving the activity information transmitted from the service device 200 through the communication unit 130, the control unit 110 analyzes attention information and intimacy information between the user and the partner based on the previously collected event information and the collected activity information.

Here, attention information may be analyzed based on the contents of event information and activity information, and intimacy information may be analyzed based on event information.

Specifically, the attention information may be the relationship between the user and the buddy or the recent main attention. In order to analyze the interest information, the control unit 110 may preset keywords corresponding to the interest information, or extract the most frequently displayed keywords according to the extraction times as the interest information.

For example, analyze the content of message events sent and received between users and partners. When the result shows that there are a large number of keywords such as "school", "teacher", "leave early" and "absence", the relationship between the user and the buddy may be "friend".

On the other hand, when the analysis result of the content of messages sent and received between users and partners shows that there are a large number of keywords such as "travel", "Europe" and "France", it is understandable that users and partners are currently very concerned about " travel". In addition, when the keyword "game" is displayed more frequently than the keyword "movie", it is understandable that the partner is very concerned about "game".

In this way, while pre-storing keywords that can serve as attention information, the control unit 110 extracts the pre-stored keywords from the content of the event information between the user and a partner, and analyzes the attention information using the keywords. In this case, the attention information can also be analyzed based on the content of the activity information of the partner.

In addition, when there are multiple pieces of event information and activity information between the user and the buddy, the control unit 110 may extract attention information based on only recent information (eg, information of the past week).

On the other hand, the intimacy information may be analyzed according to the number of occurrences of the event information between the user and the partner. For example, when the number of occurrences of the event information between the user and the first partner is four in total, including one call event and three message events, the total number of occurrences of the event information between the user and the second partner is 20, When 10 call events and 10 message events are included, it is understandable that the user is more intimate with the first buddy than with the second buddy.

In this case, specific weight levels may also be assigned to recently generated event information. In other words, when the number of occurrences of the event information with the first partner is 10 in total, the number of occurrences of the event information with the second partner is 20 in total, but the event information with the first partner includes events generated in the past week, and the number of occurrences of the event information with the second partner is 20 in total. When the event information of the second buddy includes event information generated before the past week, the intimacy with the first buddy can be analyzed to be increasing recently.

In this way, intimacy information can be analyzed in consideration of the number of occurrences of event information between the user and the partner. The intimacy information in this case can be analyzed as a grade. In other words, the intimacy information can be analyzed into ranks such that when the number of occurrences of the event information is 30 or more, the intimacy is the highest level of 5, and when the number of occurrences of the event information is between 25 and 30, the intimacy is Intimacy is level 4.

Then, the control unit 110 sorts and displays the event information and activity information collected for the selected buddy in descending order based on the generation time information on the output unit 150, and preset icons corresponding to the attention information are displayed together in the specific area where the information is displayed middle.

For example, when the user and the partner are users who are very concerned about "travel", the preset icon may be "travel bag" corresponding to "travel". In addition, when the user and the partner are users who are very concerned about the "game", the preset icon may be the "game character" corresponding to the "game". In addition, when the user and the partner have a "romantic" relationship, the preset icon may be "heart" corresponding to "romantic".

In this way, preset icons are displayed for each of various pieces of attention information, and intimacy information is displayed in the icons. For example, when the preset icon is "heart" corresponding to the attention information and the intimacy information is "5", the "heart" can be controlled to be displayed as a full "heart". On the other hand, when the intimacy information is "1", the controllable "heart" is displayed as an empty "heart".

According to another embodiment of the present invention, event information and activity information generated between a user and a buddy are displayed in an easily accessible manner, and attention information and intimacy information between a user and a buddy are analyzed and displayed in the form of icons. A user can easily identify relationships with multiple partners.

To this end, as shown in FIG. 3 , the storage unit 140 of the present invention may store various event information 141 generated with partners and activity information 142 collected by the service device 200 . In addition, the storage unit 140 may store attention information 143 and intimacy information 144 analyzed based on the event information 141 and the activity information 142 , and may store information on preset icons 145 corresponding to the attention information 143 .

In this way, the main components of the terminal device 100 are described with reference to FIG. 2 . However, not all components shown in FIG. 2 are necessary components, and the terminal device 100 may be implemented with more components than those shown, or the terminal 100 may be implemented with fewer components than those shown.

Next, the configuration of the service apparatus 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , the service device 200 of the present invention may include a control unit 210 , a communication unit 220 and a storage unit 230 .

The control unit 210 performs overall operation of the service device 200 and control of the operation for the location identification service, searches for new address book information corresponding to the group information at the current location using the group information and user information of the address book received from the terminal device 100 , and send the found new address book information to the terminal device 100 . To this end, the control unit 210 may include a location identification unit 211 , an address book search unit 212 and a service processing unit 213 .

The location identification unit 211 identifies user information included in the service request message received from the terminal device 100 through the communication unit 220, and identifies the current location of the user using the identified user information. In this case, in order to identify the user's location, the location identification unit 211 may use various methods of detecting GPS signals or base station signals to identify the user's current location.

The address book search unit 212 identifies the group information included in the service request message received from the terminal device 100 through the communication unit 220, searches for new address book information corresponding to the identified group information, and sends the found new address book information to the service processing unit 213. In this case, the address book search unit 212 detects previously frequently used address book information or registered address book information based on previous call history information, and may search for a new address book corresponding to the detected address book information at the current location information. In addition, the address book search unit 212 may search for nearby related address book information (ie, phone numbers of related businesses, etc.) corresponding to category information (group names) included in the group information.

In addition, when the user who uses the service uses a store or the like corresponding to the address book information and then registers user evaluations, the address book search unit 212 may receive and manage information on the registered user evaluations, and select based on the user evaluations when searching the address book And extract the found address book information. That is, the address book search unit 212 identifies the user evaluation of the found address book information to be managed when searching the address book, and excludes the store from the search results when the user evaluation is poor. To this end, an option for receiving category information may be included in an address book information service screen executed in the terminal device 100 . Here, when the found new address book information is provided, the user evaluation information may be provided to the terminal device 100 together. In the terminal device 100, the user evaluation information may also be stored in an address book, or stored in a separate storage space using a connection identifier.

In addition, if the user requests the automatic notification service based on pre-registered attention information at the time of registration, when the user moves to a new area, the address book search unit 212 may search for new address book information based on the pre-registered attention information without the user request, and send the result to the service processing unit 213.

The service processing unit 213 processes the service request message received from the terminal device 100 through the communication unit 220, identifies the group information and the location information included in the service request message, sends the identified group information to the address book search unit 212, and sends the identified group information to the address book search unit 212. The identified location information is sent to the location identification unit 211 .

In addition, the service processing unit 213 generates a service request response message including group information (group identifier) and the new address book information found by the address book search unit 212 , and transmits the generated service request response message to the terminal device 100 .

In addition, the service processing unit 213 stores the found new address book information in the search history database of the storage unit 230, and when an event related to the found new address book information is generated, information about the generated new address book information may be sent through a text message. The event information is transmitted to the terminal device 100 .

The communication unit 220 transmits and receives messages for the address book information service with the terminal device 100 through the communication network 10 . The communication unit 220 may transmit and receive data through various communication methods in addition to wired and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 220 may transmit and receive data using at least one communication method. To this end, the communication unit 220 may include a plurality of communication modules configured to transmit and receive data according to different communication methods. Specifically, the communication unit 220 transmits the service request message received from the terminal device 100 to the control unit 210 , and transmits the service request response message generated in the control unit 210 to the terminal device 100 . In addition, the communication unit 220 transmits a message for providing the generated event and new address book information related to the terminal device 100 to the terminal device 100 via the communication network 10 .

The storage unit 230 stores relevant information for providing the address book information service. Specifically, the storage unit 230 stores information on registration received from the terminal device 100 when registering the address book information service and group information and user information received according to a service request, and stores the found new address book information in the search history in the database. In addition, the storage unit 230 may store previous call history information, address book information registered in the address book, etc., which may be managed in a separate server device, received according to a search request of the service device 200, and temporarily stored. The storage unit 230 includes a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk or a magnetic tape, an optical medium such as a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) or a digital video disk (DVD), a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, ROM, random access memory (RAM) and flash memory.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the service device 200 may support analysis of attention information and intimacy information between a user and a specific partner.

To this end, when receiving an activity information request from another terminal device user (hereinafter referred to as a "buddy") of the terminal device 100 through the communication unit 220, the control unit 210 may also perform control to make the activity of the other terminal device A function in which information is collected and sent to the terminal device 100 .

Here, the activity information may include content information posted through community services used by another terminal device user (eg, personal content services such as personal homepages and blogs, SNS, etc.). As the activity information to be collected, a user of another terminal device may set a collection condition such that the user of another terminal device collects only content information set in an open state. Then, the control unit 210 performs control such that the collected activity information is transmitted to the terminal device 100 .

In addition, the control unit 210 collects event information and activity information, analyzes attention information and intimacy information based on the collected information, and may transmit icon information corresponding thereto to the terminal device 100 .

For this reason, it is preferable that the service device 200 stores the event information generated with other terminal devices in the storage unit 230 for each terminal device. Then, when a request for attention information and intimacy information with a specific partner is received from any terminal device, event information generated between the two terminal devices 100 is collected, activity information with the partner is collected, and based on the above-mentioned Event information and activity information analyze attention information and intimacy information between users and partners.

Then, an icon reflecting the intimacy information corresponding to the attention information is transmitted to the terminal device 100 together with the event information and the activity information. Then, the terminal device 100 arranges and displays the received event information and activity information based on the generation time, and simultaneously displays an icon reflecting the intimacy information corresponding to the attention information. Therefore, the user can easily identify the attention information and the intimacy information with the acquaintance registered in the address book.

The main components and operation method of the service apparatus 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention are described above.

The above-described service apparatus 200 of the present invention may be implemented as at least one server operated by a server-based computing method or a cloud method. Specifically, a service according to another embodiment of the present invention may be provided through a cloud computing environment. Here, cloud computing refers to the use of Internet technology in digital terminals such as desktop computers, tablet computers, laptop computers, notebooks, or smart phones to provide services such as hardware (eg, servers, storage devices, or networks), software (eg, databases, Technology that virtualizes information technology (IT) resources for security or web servers), services, or on-demand data. That is, according to the present invention, all information transmitted and received between the terminal device 100 and the service device 200 can be stored in a cloud computing device on the Internet, and can be transmitted anytime and anywhere.

Next, the operation of the thus-configured address book information service system will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 10 .

First, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an address book information service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Before the description, the terminal device 100 and the service device 200 transmit and receive messages for registering as a member of the address book information service and receiving applications from the service device 200 . The terminal device 100 installs the application for the address book information service provided from the service device 200, registers the address book information input by the user in the address book, divides the registered address book information for each category, and can preset and manage Group.

As shown in FIG. 5, in operation 1101, the terminal device 100 executes the address book information service according to the user's address book information service request, and receives category information from the user through the address book information service screen.

In operation 1102, the terminal device 100 generates group information of the corresponding group of the address book according to the received category information. In this case, the terminal device 100 identifies the received category information and identifies whether there is a preset group. When there is a group corresponding to the category information, the corresponding group is browsed and group information is generated. On the other hand, when there is no group information corresponding to the category information, a group corresponding to the category information is set, and then group information of the set group is generated.

Then, in operation 1103 , the terminal device 100 generates a service request message including the generated group information and preset user information, and transmits the generated service request message to the service device 200 .

Accordingly, in operation 1104, the service device 200 identifies group information and user information included in the service request message received from the terminal device 100, and identifies the current location of the user using the identified user information.

Then, in operation 1105, the service apparatus 200 searches for new address book information corresponding to the group information based on the identified user location. In this case, the service device 200 detects previously frequently used address book information or registered address book information based on previous call history information, and may search for new address book information corresponding to the detected address book information at the current location. In addition, the service device 200 may search for nearby related address book information (ie, phone numbers of related companies, etc.) corresponding to the category information (group name) included in the group information. For example, when the group name (category information) included in the group information is 'chicken', the service device 200 identifies the chicken restaurant name corresponding to 'chicken' frequently used previously based on the user's previous call history information or the communication of the group directory information, and search the address book information (eg, phone number, address, etc.) of the chicken restaurant corresponding to the identified chicken restaurant name at the current location. Here, the service device 200 searches for address book information managed by itself, or may collect and search for address book information managed by another server device through communication with another server device.

Then, in operation 1106 , the service device 200 includes the found new address book information together with the group information (group identifier) in the service response request message, and transmits the message to the terminal device 100 .

Therefore, in operation 1107, the terminal device 100 receives the service response request message, and automatically registers the new address book information included in the received service response request message in the group of the address book corresponding to the group information.

In operation 1108, the terminal device 100 displays the new address book information through the address book information service screen.

Then, in operation 1109, when an event of the found new address book information is generated, the service device 200 transmits a text message for notifying the event to the terminal device 100.

Through the above operations, the present invention can re-update the address book information included in a specific category among the information registered in the address book according to the user's location.

Next, in the address book information service according to the present invention, a method of displaying attention information and intimacy information will be described with reference to FIG. 6 .

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying attention information and intimacy information in an address book information service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, for the convenience of description, among the plurality of terminal devices 100 shown in FIG. 1 , it is assumed and described that the terminal device of the user is the first terminal device 101 , and the terminal device of the partner who the user expects to receive attention information and intimacy information is the second terminal device Terminal device 102 .

First, the first terminal device 101 displays pre-stored identification information (eg, a phone number list) of partners according to a request of the user of the first terminal device 101 (1201). That is, as shown in FIG. 7, by selecting a function such as an address book, identification information of a plurality of partners pre-registered in the address book can be displayed.

Then, the first terminal device 101 determines whether to apply a selection input to any buddy among the displayed buddies' identification information (1202). When a selection input to any buddy is applied, for example, when a specific buddy in the list is selected (as shown by 70 in FIG. 7 ), the first terminal device 101 collects the pre-stored identification information corresponding to the buddy’s pre-stored identification information. Stored event information (1203).

In addition, the first terminal device 101 requests the service device 200 for activity information of the second terminal device 102 serving as a partner (1204).

The service device 200 that received the request identifies whether there is open activity information corresponding to the second terminal device 102, and when the information exists, sends the activity information to the first terminal device 101, and the first terminal device 101 receives the information (1205).

Then, event information and activity information are arranged and displayed based on the generation time information (1206). 8 is a diagram showing an exemplary state in which the first terminal device 101 arranges and displays event information and activity information generated with the partner Sunny 81 in descending order based on generation time information.

Here, 83 indicates an example of event information received from the service device 200 , and 84 to 87 indicate examples of event information pre-stored in the first terminal device 101 . In this case, 85 and 87 show call events and message events sent from the user of the first terminal device 101 to the second terminal device 102 .

In this way, a plurality of pieces of event information and activity information are arranged and displayed in an easily accessible manner corresponding to the user's identification information. Therefore, user convenience can be increased.

Then, in operation 1207, the attention information and the intimacy information are analyzed based on the event information and the activity information. In other words, attention information is analyzed based on the contents of event information and activity information, and intimacy information may be analyzed based on the number of occurrences of event information. The intimacy information can be divided and analyzed into ranks. For example, when the number of occurrences of the event information is 10 or more, the degree of intimacy may be level 5. Each time the number of occurrences of event information decreases by 2, the level of intimacy can be decreased by 2.

Based on the analysis result, a pre-stored icon is set corresponding to the attention information, and the intimacy information can be expressed by changing the icon ( 1210 and 1211 ).

For example, 82 in FIG. 8 is an icon displayed so that the intimacy information between the first terminal device 101 and the second terminal device 102 corresponds to the attention information.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the degree to which the icons are filled may be displayed differently according to the level of the intimacy information. As shown in FIG. 10 , when the icon corresponding to the attention information is a tree, the tree can be displayed using a method in which the tree grows according to the intimacy information. In addition, when the attention information is a game, weapons, clothes, etc. of a specific character may be changed according to the intimacy information. Intimacy information can be expressed using various methods.

Also, in operation 1205, when the activity information of the second terminal device 102 is not received from the service device 200, the first terminal device 101 arranges and displays only event information generated with the second terminal device 102 (1208). Similarly, content analysis based on event information attention information and intimacy information (1209). Icons corresponding to attention information may be differently displayed according to intimacy information ( 1210 to 1211 ).

According to the above-described operations, the user can identify various events and activity information generated with a buddy in his or her terminal device in an easily accessible manner, at the same time identify attention information with a buddy, and identify an intimacy level in an easily accessible manner. Thus, new additional services can be provided to users.

Although detailed embodiments have been described in the foregoing description, various modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. For example, the present invention has been described focusing on extraction of keywords from the content of event information and activity information and analysis of attention information, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Interest information may be extracted by reflecting the type of the keyword (eg, whether the keyword is a positive keyword or a negative keyword). That is, even when the keyword "celebrity" appears multiple times in event information and activity information, when the word next to "celebrity" includes a plurality of derogatory words, it may be predicted that the user has a negative impression of "celebrity". Therefore, in this case, "celebrity" may not be extracted as the attention information, but the next frequently occurring keyword may be extracted as the attention information.

In addition, although the embodiment of the present invention describes an example in which the icon corresponding to the attention information is displayed differently according to the intimacy information, it can be used as an item in various applications, for example, the icon corresponding to the attention information is displayed according to the intimacy information The terminal presented to the partner.

The above-described method of the address book information service according to the present invention can be implemented as computer-readable codes in a computer-readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include hardware devices specially constructed to store and execute program instructions, for example, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, or magnetic tapes, magnetic media such as compact disk read only memories (CD-ROMs) or digital video disks (DVDs). Optical media, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, ROM, random access memory (RAM), and flash memory. Examples of program instructions may include machine code produced by a compiler and high-level language code executable in a computer using an interpreter. Such hardware devices may be configured as at least one software module in order to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed in computer systems connected via a network, and the computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed fashion. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for realizing the present invention can be easily construed by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

The computer program (also referred to as a program, software, software application, script or code) provided in the apparatus according to the invention and performing the method according to the invention may be implemented by any type of programming language including compiled or interpreted languages or a priori language or procedural language, and may be deployed as any type such as a stand-alone program, module, component or subroutine or including another unit suitable for a computer environment. A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file of a file system. A program may be stored in a unit file provided for the requested program, in a number of interaction files (eg, a file storing at least one module, a subroutine, and some code), or in some files that include another program or data (eg, a file that stores in at least one script in a markup language document). A computer program is located at one site, or distributed over many sites, so that it is deployed to be executed in multiple computers or in a single computer that access each other via a communication network.

The present invention relates to an address book information service system and a method and device for address book information service in the system. Using only the category information input by the user, based on the user's location, new address book information of a nearby area corresponding to the category information may be received and automatically registered in the address book. Therefore, users do not need to search directly to obtain address book information. Even when the user moves to a new area, the user can easily identify new address book information such as phone numbers, addresses, etc. of the concerned business by simply executing the address book.

Industrial Applicability

The present invention is a beneficial invention applicable to the field of address book information services, and wherein new address book information can be received and automatically registered in the address book based on the user's location. Therefore, the present invention can contribute to the development of the service industry.

In addition, the present invention collects event information such as calls and texts generated between the user and the buddy and activity information of the buddy on the network using the terminal, displays the event information and the activity information in an easily accessible manner, and can easily analyze the user and the buddy between attention information and intimacy information.

In addition, the present invention can contribute to the development of the service industry through these operations, the possibility of commercialization or sale is high, and it is obvious that it can be realized in practice, so it has industrial applicability.

The embodiments disclosed in this specification and the drawings are only examples to help understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made based on the technical scope of the present invention in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

Claims (7)

1. A service apparatus for a directory information service, the service apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data with a plurality of terminal apparatuses;

a storage unit configured to store event information generated between the terminal apparatuses; and

a control unit configured to:

receiving a request for attention information and affinity information of a partner terminal apparatus from a specific terminal apparatus;

collecting event information generated between the specific terminal device and the partner terminal device;

collecting activity information of the partner terminal device from at least one preset community service device;

analyzing the attention information and the affinity information between the specific terminal device and the partner terminal device based on the event information and the event information, wherein the attention information is extracted from a most frequently displayed keyword among the event information and the event information;

determining a specific icon corresponding to the attention information;

expressing the particular icon to reflect the intimacy information; and is

And sending the specific icon, the event information and the activity information to the specific terminal device.

2. A terminal apparatus for a directory information service, the terminal apparatus comprising:

an input unit for user selection;

an output unit configured to display address book information of at least one buddy; and

a control unit configured to:

detecting an input for selecting one of the at least one partner through the input unit;

identifying event information generated with a terminal device of the selected partner;

requesting and collecting activity information of the partner;

arranging and displaying the event information and the activity information on the output unit;

analyzing attention information and affinity information between a user of the terminal device and the partner based on the event information and the event information, wherein the attention information is extracted from a most frequently displayed keyword in the event information and the event information;

determining a specific icon corresponding to the attention information;

expressing the particular icon to reflect the intimacy information; and is

Displaying the specific icon on the output unit.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein,

wherein the event information includes any one of a call and a message event generated with the terminal device of the partner.

4. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein,

wherein the activity information is content information opened by the partner among content information written by the partner using a community service including at least one of a personal content service and a Social Network Service (SNS).

5. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein,

wherein, when analyzing the intimacy degree information based on the occurrence number of the event information, the control unit analyzes the intimacy degree information by assigning different weights according to the generation time.

6. A method of a directory information service in a terminal device, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting an input for selecting one of at least one buddy in the address book information;

identifying event information generated between a user of the terminal device and the selected buddy;

requesting and collecting activity information of the partner from a service device;

analyzing attention information and affinity information between the user and the partner based on the event information and the activity information, wherein the attention information is extracted from the most frequently displayed keywords in the activity information and the event information;

determining a specific icon corresponding to the attention information;

expressing the particular icon to reflect the intimacy information; and is

Displaying the specific icon.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of pieces of address book information registered in an address book before identifying the event information.

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