KR100379238B1 - Method to provide Internet service using characters - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an Internet service method using a character, comprising: storing one or more Internet applications of a plug-in method related to a character having a certain shape and a component part of the character in a database linked with a specific Internet site; First step; The specific internet site comprises: a second step of monitoring whether there is a request for the character from a user connected to the user via the Internet; When the user requests a new character in the second step, the specific Internet site transmits a list of characters stored in the database and then transmits the character selected by the user and the corresponding application program to the user's computer. Third step; And a fourth step of executing an application program related to the corresponding part when the user selects a certain part of the character installed in the computer.

Description

Method to provide Internet service using characters}

The present invention relates to an Internet service method using a character, and in particular, by combining various application programs for the Internet service with a character having an arbitrary shape so that a user can execute an Internet application program that he / she desires using the character. It is about how to make the Internet more interesting and convenient.

Currently, the Internet is widely used to be part of daily life, and accordingly, various applications related to the Internet are being distributed. Such an Internet application program generally displays itself in the form of an icon for a graphical user interface (GUI), and when the user clicks the icon, the corresponding application is executed.

However, since the icon, which is a means used to execute a conventional Internet application program, is static and standardized in its form, there is a limit to causing interest of users.

In addition, since modern people value their individuality, the uniformity of means (eg, icons) for executing an application has a problem in that they cannot follow the preferences of customers. In particular, even if the Internet site that provides the same service, it is obvious that one site to be able to use the service in a way that suits the preference of the customer will be ahead of other sites.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by combining a variety of application programs for the Internet service with a character having an arbitrary shape, the user can use the character to run the desired Internet application program The purpose is to provide a more interesting and convenient way to use the Internet.

In order to achieve the above object, the Internet service method using the character according to the present invention, a character of any shape and one or more Internet applications of the plug-in method associated with the components of the character specific Internet site A first step of storing in a database linked with the; The specific internet site comprises: a second step of monitoring whether there is a request for the character from a user connected to the user via the Internet; When the user requests a new character in the second step, the specific Internet site transmits a list of characters stored in the database and then transmits the character selected by the user and the corresponding application program to the user's computer. Third step; When the user requests a component part of the character in the second step, the specific Internet site transmits a list of each component part of the corresponding character stored in the database, and then the component part selected by the user and the corresponding application program. Transmitting a to a computer of the user; A fifth step of combining the components transmitted to the user's computer in the fourth step and an application program related thereto with a character previously stored in the user's computer and an application program related thereto; And a sixth step of executing the application program related to the corresponding part when the user selects any component part of the character transmitted in the third step or combined in the fifth step and installed in the user's computer. It is done.

In this case, when the user selects a component related to an application that receives a message through the Internet, among the components of the character installed in the user's computer, the selected component may be configured to change to a form informing the user of the reception of the message. Can be.

In addition, in the third step, when a user drags one of the list of characters transmitted from the specific Internet site to the user's own computer screen by using a mouse, the character and the corresponding application are automatically transferred to the user's computer. It can be preferably implemented by being configured to transmit.

In addition, the fourth step is that when the user drags any one of the list of the components transmitted from the specific Internet site to the character displayed on the user's computer screen by using the mouse, the component and the application thereof The program may be preferably configured to be automatically transmitted to the user's computer.

On the other hand, the character installed in the user's computer can be interesting if it is fixed to any place of the user's computer monitor screen according to the user's selection, or configured to move continuously along any path on the monitor screen.

In addition, a character appearing on the monitor screen of the user is normally transparent, but the user places the mouse cursor on the character, clicks any part of the character, or an application that composes the character. When the program runs, it can be more interesting to configure it to return to its original state.

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a character according to the present invention;

2 is a state in which the component parts of the character is coupled,

3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a state diagram of a process of obtaining a component part of a character from an Internet site;

5 is a block diagram of a character in a transparent state and a normal state.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: Character 10-1: Invisible Character

11: first antenna 12: top of character

13: front of the character 14: second antenna

40: Monitor Screen 41: List Window of Components

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a character according to the present invention, showing an example of the character 10 in the form of a robot. This character 10 appears on the user's monitor screen, and one or more application programs for the Internet service are each coupled to a component of the character 10. Then, according to which part of the character 10 the user selects (clicks), an application program related to the part is executed.

As an example, if the character 10 shown in FIG. 1 is a collection of applications related to the transmission and reception of instant messages, the first antenna 11 is associated with an application for transmitting an instant message to the other party, The top 12 of may be configured to be associated with an application that receives an instant message, and the front 13 of the character may be configured to be associated with an application that shows the history of sending and receiving instant messages.

When configured as in this example, when the user clicks on the first antenna 11, an application for transmitting an instant message is executed, and when the user clicks on the front face 13 of the character, an application for displaying the history of the instant message transmitted and received so far The program runs. Of course, it is preferable to click a component of the character 10 according to an application so that the corresponding function is executed immediately. However, a function list of the corresponding application may be displayed so that the function of the item selected by the user may be performed. will be.

At this time, the component part of the character component related to the application program that receives the message through the Internet can be more interesting if configured to be changed to any form that informs the user of the message reception when receiving the message.

In the above example, when an instant message is received from the other party through the Internet, the upper surface 12 of the character may be opened to display an image displaying the received instant message. Then, when the user clicks on the image, an application program for viewing the message is started and the message is displayed on the screen.

On the other hand, the character 10 as in the example shown in Figure 1 has a separate application program in each component, but the form is fixed. Therefore, when an application performed by the character 10 is upgraded or when a new related application is released, the entire character including the upgraded or newly developed application is downloaded again to reflect the new state to the existing character. There may be discomfort that must be received.

However, this inconvenience can be solved by making the application program embedded in the character into parts, and implementing the application program associated with each component in a plug-in manner. That is, if the application program associated with each component of the character is implemented separately by a plug-in method, the user can freely add or remove each component constituting his character. It can carry out more preferably.

FIG. 2 is a state diagram in which components of a character are combined, and illustrates a state in which a new component is coupled to an existing character 10 of a user. As an example, if a plug-in type application program was developed that could send a voice or text message to the other's mobile phone, the user would only need to download the new application instead of downloading the entire new character. .

At this time, if the new mobile phone-related application is configured to be displayed as a separate second antenna 14, as shown in Figure 2a, the second antenna 14 to the existing character 10, as shown in Figure 2b ) Are combined as they are. That is, the mobile phone related application is coupled to the existing application program for the character 10 by a plug-in method. Of course, the user can arbitrarily delete the constituent parts of the character, such as the first antenna 11, the second antenna (14).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the present invention, in which an example of applying the present invention to an Internet service provided by a specific Internet site will be described in detail.

First, an operator operating a specific Internet site creates a plug-in method for application programs necessary to provide a service provided by a specific Internet site and stores the same in a database linked with the specific Internet site (S310: first step).

At this time, the database stores characters composed of application programs for basic services provided by a specific Internet site, and character components consisting of applications for additional services. Here, the character for the basic service means a character (hereinafter, referred to as a basic character) composed of application programs that the user needs at least to use a service provided by a specific Internet site.

The basic service application program can be arbitrarily determined by the judgment of a specific Internet site operator, and becomes a character having a minimum predetermined form. This first step (S310) is a process that occurs from time to time, such as when a new basic character is developed or a new component for each character is developed.

Now, at any point in time, the user accesses a specific Internet site through the Internet (S320) and uses a service provided by the specific Internet site. At this time, if a specific Internet site is a site providing services only to subscribers, a subscription procedure or authentication procedure is performed with the user.

Then, the specific Internet site monitors whether there is a request for a character from a user who accesses it (S330: second step). This process is a process for the user to request a new character or to add a component of an existing character to a specific Internet site. Of course, the specific Internet site provides other services in addition to the character-related services with the user (S360).

When the user requests a new character in the second step S330, the specific Internet site performs a procedure (S341 to S343: third step) for transmitting the new character to and from the user.

More specifically, the specific Internet site transmits a list of basic characters stored in the database to the user's computer (S341). That is, even a basic character performing the same function may be configured in various shapes, and the user may select and use a character suitable for his or her taste. The list of base characters includes the image of the base character as well as text representing the name of the character.

Then, the user selects a preferred basic character from among the basic characters appearing on his monitor screen (S342), and the specific Internet site receiving the selection information includes the corresponding basic character and each application included in the basic character. Are transmitted to the user's computer (S343).

However, when the user requests a component part of the basic character that has already been downloaded by the user in the second step (S330), a procedure (S351 to S353: fourth step) of transmitting the component part of the basic character with the user is performed. Perform.

More specifically, the specific Internet site transmits a list of each component of the corresponding basic character stored in the database to the user's computer (S351). Here, the component part may be configured to be combined with all basic characters, but may also be configured to be combined with only a specific basic character according to the shape of each basic character. In addition, the list of components to be sent to the user is preferably configured to include an image of each component and the functional description of the application program associated with the component.

When the user selects a desired component from the list of components displayed on his monitor screen (S352), a specific Internet site transmits the component selected by the user and an application program related to the component to the user's computer (S353). ).

In operation S353, the component part and the corresponding application program transmitted to the user's computer are combined with the characters previously stored in the user's computer (S354: fifth step). Here, the character in the user's computer may be a basic character, but if the user has already received and combined any component parts, other components may be already combined with the basic character.

At this time, the application program associated with each component is produced in a plug-in manner, so there is no need to send a whole new character every time.

In the third step, when a user drags one of the list of basic characters transmitted from a specific Internet site to the desktop of his computer by using a mouse, the character and the corresponding application are automatically transmitted to the user's computer. It can be configured to execute the character transmission procedure very efficiently.

That is, when a specific Internet site transmits a list of basic characters to the user's computer in step S341, images of the basic character types are displayed on the user's monitor screen through a separate window. Then, the user clicks a favorite basic character of the basic character image with a mouse and drags it to his desktop. The default character is then automatically transferred from a particular Internet site to your computer and automatically installed on your computer.

In the fourth and fifth steps, if a user drags any one of the list of components transmitted from the specific Internet site to the character displayed on his / her monitor screen using a mouse, the corresponding component and related application If the program is configured to be automatically transmitted to the user's computer and automatically combined with the character, it may be more preferable.

4 is a state diagram of a process of obtaining a component part of a character from an Internet site. When a specific Internet site transmits a list of character parts to a user's computer in step S351, the list is separately displayed on the user's monitor screen 40. Window 41. At this time, the window 41 includes a summary of the function of the application program related to the component in addition to the image of each component.

The user then drags the component 14 associated with the desired application with the mouse and places it on the base character 10 on the desktop of his computer. This component is then automatically combined with the character 10. That is, the character 10 of the user is changed to the state including the second antenna 14 and at the same time combined with the application program associated with the mobile phone.

On the other hand, if the character appearing on the user's monitor is fixed at any place on the user's computer monitor screen or configured to continuously move along an arbitrary path, the character may be more interesting.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5B, the character appearing on the user's monitor screen is normally transparent (10-1), but the user places the mouse cursor on the character 10-1 or the character ( When an arbitrary part of 10-1) is clicked or when an application program constituting the character 10-1 is executed, it is more interesting to configure it to return to the original state 10 as shown in FIG. 5A. .

By using the present invention, the user can have a means of executing an application program using a character, and thus, the user can use the Internet more interestingly and conveniently than the conventional standardized method.

At this time, if various application programs included in the character are implemented in a plug-in manner, the character can be configured as if the parts are assembled, so that the character can be upgraded quickly and more conveniently.

In addition, since the Internet service can be provided through a character that matches the preferences of customers, there is an effect that it is possible to gain an advantage in customer acquisition.

Claims (8)

delete A first step of storing one or more Internet applications in a plug-in manner associated with a character having any shape and a component part of the character in a database associated with a particular Internet site; The specific internet site comprises: a second step of monitoring whether there is a request for the character from a user connected to the user via the Internet; When the user requests a new character in the second step, the specific Internet site transmits a list of characters stored in the database and then transmits the character selected by the user and the corresponding application program to the user's computer. Third step; When the user requests a component part of the character in the second step, the specific Internet site transmits a list of each component part of the corresponding character stored in the database, and then the component part selected by the user and the corresponding application program. Transmitting a to a computer of the user; A fifth step of combining the components transmitted to the user's computer in the fourth step and an application program related thereto with a character previously stored in the user's computer and an application program related thereto; And And a sixth step of executing an application program related to the corresponding part when the user selects any component part of the character transmitted in the third step or combined in the fifth step and installed in the user's computer. Internet service method using a character to speak. The method of claim 2, wherein when the user selects a component related to an application program that receives a message from the Internet among the components of the character installed in the user's computer, the selected component informs the user of the message upon receiving the message. Internet service method using a character, characterized in that configured to change. delete The method of claim 2, wherein the third step is that if the user drags any one of a list of characters transmitted from the specific Internet site to the user's computer screen using a mouse, the character and the corresponding application program are displayed. Internet service method using a character, characterized in that configured to be automatically transmitted to a computer. The method according to claim 2, wherein the fourth step comprises: dragging and dropping any one of the list of components transmitted from the specific Internet site to the character displayed on the user's computer screen using a mouse. And an application program related to the same is automatically transmitted to the user's computer. According to claim 6, Characters installed in the user's computer is fixed to any place on the user's computer monitor screen according to the user's selection, or is configured to move continuously along any path on the monitor screen Internet service method using a character to speak. The method of claim 7, wherein the character appearing on the user's monitor screen is normally transparent, and the user places the mouse cursor on the character, clicks an arbitrary part of the character, or the character. When the application constituting the Internet service method using the character, characterized in that configured to return to its original appearance.