KR20030066841A - Avatar agent system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an avatar agent system. More particularly, the present invention relates to an avatar agent system having an agent function and a content providing function. An avatar agent system is provided that enables minimization of occupied memory capacity. The present invention provides an avatar driving engine 1 for generating an avatar and outputting the avatar on a computer of the user; An avatar database 7 for storing avatar data including avatar gesture data; An avatar data manager (5) for providing avatar gesture data stored in the avatar database (7) corresponding to the request to the avatar driving engine (1) in response to a request from the avatar driving engine (1); An agent plug-in unit 9 for plugging in an agent module; A content plug-in unit 11 for plugging in a content module; And an add-on interface unit 3 which receives an agent message and a content message from the agent plug-in unit 9 and the content plug-in unit 11 and transmits an avatar gesture request corresponding to each message to the avatar driving engine 1. It provides an avatar agent system, characterized in that made.

Description

Avatar Agent System {AVATAR AGENT SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an avatar agent system. More particularly, the present invention relates to an avatar agent system having an agent function and a content providing function. To minimize the amount of memory occupied

Avatar agent system.

In recent years, in response to the rapid improvement of computer information processing capability and the development of network technology through the Internet, application programs to be processed by computers have been complicated and expanded indefinitely. Accordingly, the agent technology based on the convenience of the user's computer operation has been in the spotlight. Agent technology is a technology to build a system using a software module that can determine and execute what should be handled in a computer. That is, the conventional computer operation has been performed by a user directly entering a command or selecting a window menu. In contrast, agent technology is a method of manipulating a computer as a result of a user's desired command through a virtual personal agent (agent) in the computer instead of a DOS and Windows screen.

On the other hand, one feature of recent software development is the production and use of avatars. Avatar can provide the user's surrogate satisfaction as the user's personal alteration, and the production and use of the avatar is gradually increasing in that it can induce interest.

Accordingly, avatar agent software combining agent technology and avatars (characters) is attracting attention. A typical example is Microsoft's Office Assistant. In addition, as an avatar agent technology, Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2000-30872 (name of the invention: a personal assistant system using a cyber character) incorporating the avatar agent technology in a web search service, and in the Republic of Korea, incorporating the avatar agent technology in electronic commerce Patent Nos. 2000-54054 (name of the invention: a shopping agent technique for guiding decision making at the end of a consumer's final purchase on Internet e-commerce) and 2001-44443 (name of the invention: a marketing agent method for web and mobile services) And system), No. 2000-72128 (Name of the Invention: Voice Advertisement System and Advertising Method Using Characters) incorporating the Avatar Agent Technology into the Advertisement Method, and Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2001 in which the Avatar Agent Technology is incorporated into the e-mail transmission and reception. -79253 (name of the invention: for supply control of virtual agents and virtual pets for e-mail Method and apparatus, the control program supply medium) and the like are known.

However, the above-described conventional avatar agent technologies have been developed to be limited to performing specific services, respectively, and thus have problems in scalability. This will be described in detail with reference to the personal assistant system using the cyber character of the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2000-30872 of Figure 1 as follows.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a conceptual diagram for performing a conventional avatar agent system.

As shown, the system of FIG. 1 includes: i) a web tracking step of tracking an internet address of a site visited by a user connected to the internet through a web server and storing the obtained internet address in a web tracking database; Ii) a gathering step of collecting necessary information at a site corresponding to an internet address stored in the web tracking database by a predetermined schedule and storing the collected information in a collection database; An inference step of searching for the information stored in the collection database, classifying the retrieved information into a predetermined keyword according to a predetermined classification criteria through an analysis algorithm, and storing the classified keyword in an individual inference database; Iii) searching for the keywords stored in the individual inference database, converting the searched keywords into data representing the body parts of the characters, and exponentially storing the calculated growth coefficients in the character growth database by applying the cyber character growth algorithm. A mapping step; Iii) retrieving the growth coefficient stored in the character growth database, and retrieving a character image matching the growth coefficient from the character image database to transform into a new cyber character image.

That is, the system of FIG. 1 relates to incorporating avatar agent technology into a web search service in order to alleviate the inconvenience of a user having to surf the relevant site and classify data. However, since the avatar agent system of FIG. 1 is designed to be applied only to a web search service, there is a problem in that the entire agent program must be completely changed to additionally expand other additional functions.

This problem is the same in other conventional avatar agent techniques described above. That is, the user has to install and execute individual programs provided by the respective agent program providers in order to provide agent functions to all of the web search, e-commerce, and mail transmission / reception services. This inevitably leads to problems of increasing RAM resident capacity and increasing hard disk capacity, and must be inefficient on its own.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an avatar agent system excellent in scalability by enabling free updating of agent and content functions and avatar characters. That is, the present invention configures the agent plug-in unit and the content plug-in unit to be connected to the avatar driving engine through an add-on interface, so that only the agent and content function and the avatar character can be newly added or upgraded without changing the avatar driving engine. The purpose is to provide an avatar agent system.

Of course, the conventional avatar agent system may be employed as it is, but configured to have various functions. In this case, however, the avatar agent system program having multiple functions is configured to be installed and uninstalled as one single package. Therefore, when there is a need to add a new function or upgrade the existing function, the entire new avatar agent system must be downloaded and reinstalled. This requires cumbersome work of re-installation for the user and creates a burden on the avatar agent program vendor to create a new program each time.

In addition, in view of the recent increase in the capacity of the program itself, it is preferable in terms of the hard disk capacity of the user computer to configure such that it is possible to install and uninstall a predetermined function according to the user's own needs. However, in the conventional avatar agent system provided as a single package as described above, once a specific function is installed, the user cannot cope with it if the user wants to increase the available capacity of the user's own hard disk by selecting and removing only the specific function. There was a problem.

In addition, the conventional avatar agent system provided as a single package described above has a problem in that a full RAM program having a plurality of functions is loaded when the program is executed, thereby increasing the RAM resident capacity.

Accordingly, the present invention recognizes the problems of the conventional avatar agent system, provides a system foundation with easy function expandability, and minimizes the capacity to be loaded into the RAM of the user computer and the capacity to occupy the hard disk. The purpose is to provide a personalized avatar agent solution.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a conceptual diagram for performing a conventional avatar agent system.

2 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of an avatar agent system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a correlation between components of a client side in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4A is a flowchart schematically illustrating a processing flow of the avatar driving engine 1 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

4B is a flowchart schematically illustrating a processing flow of the avatar data manager 5 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4C is a diagram schematically illustrating a processing flow of the add-on interface unit 3 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4D is a diagram schematically illustrating a processing flow of the content plug-in unit 11 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

4E illustrates processing of the agent plug-in unit 9 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

A diagram schematically showing the flow.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a mutual processing flow between a client side and a server side in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a scenario file driven by the avatar data manager 5.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: avatar driving engine 3: add-on interface

5: avatar data manager 7: avatar database

9: Agent plug-in unit 11: Content plug-in unit

13: Main management server 15: Content update server

17: Avatar Update Server 19: Agent Update Server

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an avatar driving engine for generating an avatar and outputting the same on a user's computer; An avatar database for storing avatar data including avatar gesture data; An avatar data manager for providing avatar gesture data stored in the avatar database corresponding to the request to the avatar driving engine in response to a request from the avatar driving engine; An agent plug-in unit for plugging in an agent module; A content plug-in unit for plugging in a content module; And an add-on interface unit which receives an agent message and a content message from the agent plug-in unit and the content plug-in unit and transmits an avatar gesture request corresponding to each message to an avatar driving engine.

An avatar agent system is provided.

The present invention is an avatar solution utilizing an agent technology. The avatar basically reacts according to the user's work on the user's computer desktop, and interactively communicates with the user through various animations, speech bubbles, voices, sound effects, and the like. It is a solution that provides personalized contents by using push technology by selecting various channel services provided from (CP) directly to users, and provides content providers with opportunities for selling contents and advertising revenue.

Basic agent functions of the avatar (network function, e-mail acknowledgment function, alarm, speech bubble function, etc.) are provided through an add-on interface, and various channel services provided through the content plug-in are continuously added. The user can be provided with a personalized avatar agent solution by allowing the user to select, install and uninstall the desired agent and content.

Through this, we open content providing channels to content providers in various fields, open the scenario files of avatars to character producers, induce character production participation, and distribute revenues according to contracts, thus creating new consumption for character producers and content providers. Channels can be provided.

In addition, users can communicate through webmail or messages by establishing cyber identity through avatars on their behalf, regardless of their internet usage and computer skills, and various content service channels provided by avatars. Through this, it is possible to increase the accessibility and utilization of the contents they want, and furthermore, it enables the user-based personalization solution by allowing the user to select and provide these various functions directly. Thus, it is a system that benefits both the user, the avatar agent solution provider, the content provider, and the character producer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the avatar driving engine and the avatar database are updated by accessing the avatar update server through a network. The avatar of the present invention is not a still avatar, but is an interactive motion avatar that provides various actions, voices, sound effects, etc. according to user's actions and system events.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the agent plug-in unit is updated by accessing the agent update server through a network.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the content plug-in unit is updated by accessing a content update server through a network.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the avatar data includes scenario data, and when the gesture data request is received from the avatar driving engine, the avatar data manager reads the scenario data and drives the avatar based on the scenario data. The request of the engine is interpreted, and avatar gesture data corresponding to the request is provided to the avatar driving engine.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the agent plug-in unit may include any one or more of an auto update module, an e-mail acknowledgment module, and a speech bubble module. In addition, the agent plug-in may include alarm functions and system resource check functions.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the content plug-in unit includes any one or more of a multimedia viewer module and a mini web browser module. In addition, by configuring the content community for each symbol in the website can be configured to provide a community service and chat services between users. In addition, online game contents may be provided. In addition, any content that can be expressed in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) through a mini-browser such as a fortune service, a virus check, a stock, weather, and news program may be included.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the avatar driving engine transmits avatar position information to an add-on interface, and the add-on interface unit sends an agent and content output position adjustment signal corresponding to the avatar position information to the agent plug-in unit and the content plug-in. Send to the department.

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

2 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of an avatar agent system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the avatar agent system of FIG. 2 basically consists of a client and a server. The client computer includes an avatar driving engine 1, an avatar data manager 5, an addon interface 3, an agent plug-in 9 and a content plug-in 11 (Contents Plugin) is installed. The avatar database 7 also stores avatar data. It is most common for a user to download and install the above configuration software by connecting to a server through the Internet, but it is also possible to install from a distributed CD-ROM.

The avatar driving engine 1 generates an avatar and outputs it on the user's computer. The avatar driving engine 1 generates a frame-type avatar movement through BMP image processing, and reproduces a voice and an effect sound according to each operation.

The avatar database 7 performs a function of storing avatar data such as avatar gesture data, scenario files, and the like, which will typically correspond to a hard disk of a user computer. In FIG. 2, a plurality of DBs may be constructed as the avatar database 7. For example, a plurality of DBs may be constructed, such as a Hyo-ri avatar data DB and a glass avatar data DB. 17) can add new DB or upgrade existing DB.

When the avatar data manager 5 requests the avatar driving engine 1, the avatar data manager 5 interprets the request of the avatar driving engine 1 according to the scenario file stored in the avatar database 7 and generates avatar gesture data corresponding to the request. Performs a function provided to the avatar driving engine 1.

The add-on interface unit 3 receives an agent message and a content message from the agent plug-in unit 9 and the content plug-in unit 11 and transmits an avatar gesture request corresponding to each message to the avatar driving engine 1. . The add-on interface unit 3 is a distributed object-oriented program based on COM technology, and allows a customer to create a customized program by selecting a functional module desired by the customer.

The agent plug-in unit 9 performs a function of plugging in an agent module. The agent plug-in unit 9 includes an auto update module 9a (Auto Update Module), an e-mail checker module (9b), a speech balloon module (9c), and the like. .

The auto update module 9a notifies the client of updates, such as when a newer version of each configuration module is already installed on a client computer or a new additional configuration module is available. The client decides whether to update according to the notification of the auto update module 9a, and when there is an update request from the client, the auto update module 9a automatically connects to the avatar update server 17 (Avartar Update Server). It downloads the necessary components and installs them on the client computer.

The e-mail acknowledgment module 9b periodically checks whether Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) mail, Internet Messaging Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4) mail, web mail, etc. has been received, and notifies the user when the mail arrives. This function allows the user to access the received mail with just one click and open the mail for viewing.

The speech bubble module 9c provides an interactive usage environment between the user and the computer by providing various guide information and the like to the user in the form of speech bubbles when executing various configuration modules of the present invention.

The content plug-in unit 11 performs a function of plugging in a content module. The content plug-in unit 11 includes a multimedia viewer 11a (Multimedia Viewer), an image viewer 11b (Image Viewer), a mini web browser 11c (Mini Web Browser), and the like.

The multimedia viewer 11a is, for example, a video player such as Real Player, a sound player such as Wimamp, and the like, and allows a user to play a video, mp3 file, and the like.

The image viewer 11b corresponds to, for example, Adobe Acrobat, and allows a user to view a Portable Document Format (PDF) file or the like.

The mini web browser 11c provides a browser window to the user and performs a function of allowing the user to conveniently use the contents by using the menu of the browser window.

In addition, the content plug-in unit 11 may be configured to support various content providing functions such as a fortune telling service and a virus scan service.

The server includes a main manage server 13, a content update server 15, an avatar update server 17, and an agent update server 19.

The main management server 13 analyzes the data received from the client to determine which of the content update server 15, the avatar update server 17, and the agent update server 19 to connect to. Perform. For example, when an update request is received from a client, it determines which server the update request is related to and performs a function of connecting to the corresponding server. In addition, a user database is constructed to determine whether a valid user is accessed.

The content update server 15 is a server associated with the content plug-in unit 11 on the client. The content update server 15 holds the available content module. If there is a content update, the content update server 15 also performs a function of sending a notification message informing the user of this. When there is a request for updating a content module from the client, the user can download the corresponding content module in response to the request.

The avatar update server 17 is a server associated with the avatar driving engine 1 and the avatar database 7 on the client. The avatar update server holds available drive engine 1, scenario files and avatar gesture data. If there is an update of the driving engine 1, the scenario file, and the avatar gesture data, the avatar update server also performs a function of sending a notification message informing the user through the auto update module 9a. If there is a request to update the driving engine 1, scenario file and avatar gesture data from the client through the auto update module 9a or by manual method, the corresponding driving engine 1, scenario file and avatar gesture are responded to the request. Provide the data for the user to download.

The agent update server 19 is a server associated with the agent plug-in unit 9 on the client. Agent update server 19 retains available agent modules. If there is an agent update, the agent update server 19 also performs a function of sending a notification message informing the user of this. If there is an agent module update request from the client, the agent module is provided for the user to download in response to the request.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a correlation between components of a client side in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

The avatar driving engine 1 receives an avatar to be displayed from the user and transmits the avatar to the avatar data manager 5. The avatar gesture request is received from the add-on interface unit 3, the avatar gesture data is requested to the avatar data manager 5, and the avatar gesture data is received from the avatar data manager 5 and output to the user computer. Also, the current avatar location information is sent to the add-on interface unit 3 so that the agent and the content output window are located next to the avatar.

When the avatar data manager 5 receives an avatar to be used from the avatar driving engine 1, the avatar data manager 5 decompresses the avatar data compressed and stored in the avatar database 7, creates a Temp file, and prepares to use the avatar data. When the avatar gesture data is requested from the avatar driving engine 1, avatar gesture data such as a related image file and sound is sent to the driving engine 1.

The agent plug-in unit 9 manages an agent module currently installed on a user computer, and transmits an agent message for the activated agent module to the add-on interface unit 3. Also, when receiving a position adjustment message from the add-on interface unit 3, the agent screen output position currently being outputted is adjusted.

The content plug-in unit 11 manages a content module currently installed on a user computer, and transmits a content message for the activated content module to the add-on interface unit 3. Also, when receiving the position adjustment message from the add-on interface unit 3, the content screen output position currently being outputted is adjusted.

The add-on interface unit 3 is responsible for the interface between the avatar driving engine 1, the agent plug-in unit 9, and the content plug-in unit 11. When the add-on interface unit 3 receives the agent message and the content message from the agent plug-in unit 9 and the content plug-in unit 11, the add-on interface unit 3 transmits an avatar gesture request corresponding to the message to the avatar driving engine 1. When the avatar position information is received from the avatar driving engine 1, the screen output position adjustment message is sent to the agent plug-in unit 9 and the content plug-in unit 11.

The above-described bar will be described in detail with an operation example. Taking e-mail acknowledgment as an example, when an e-mail acknowledgment is executed, an agent message GST_MAIL_CHECK is transmitted from the agent plug-in unit 9 to the add-on interface unit 3 informing that the e-mail is being checked. The add-on interface unit 3 sends this agent message to the avatar driving engine 1 to make an avatar gesture request. The avatar driving engine 1 requests avatar gesture data corresponding to GST_MAIL_CHECK to the avatar data manager 5. The avatar data manager 5 interprets the GST_MAIL_CHECK according to the scenario file stored in the avatar database 7, and sends avatar gesture data such as E-check.bmp, check.wav, etc. to the avatar driving engine 1. send. The avatar driving engine 1 generates an avatar using the received avatar gesture data and outputs the avatar on the user's computer.

In addition, when there is a change in the position of the avatar, the position of outputting the speech bubble and the content screen is also adjusted. For example, first, the avatar driving engine 1 transmits the changed position information of the avatar to the add-on interface unit 3. The add-on interface unit 3 that has received the changed avatar position information transmits a position adjustment message to the agent plug-in unit 9 and the content plug-in unit 11 to adjust the output position of the agent and the content window accordingly. Thereafter, the agent plug-in unit 9 outputs the output position of the speech bubble being executed in accordance with the changed avatar position, and the content plug-in unit 11 also outputs the content output position in accordance with the avatar position.

FIG. 4A is a flowchart schematically illustrating a processing flow of the avatar driving engine 1 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

As shown in the figure, the avatar data manager 5 is informed of the avatar to be used. Which avatar is to be used, for example, which character of Finley's efficacy, Yuri, Jin, or star is to be used by the user, and the avatar driving engine 1 receives the user's input and sends it to the avatar data manager 5. ), The avatar data to be used is specified. Thereafter, unless the user makes an input requesting an avatar change, the designation of the avatar already made continues. Informing the avatar data manager 5 of the avatar to be used by the avatar driving engine 1 in advance, the avatar data manager 5 decompresses the corresponding avatar data and generates a Temp file to quickly perform the following steps. To do so.

Next, when the avatar gesture request is input from the add-on interface unit 3, the avatar data manager 5 requests the corresponding gesture data. If there is no such request, a random gesture data is requested from the avatar data manager 5 so that a random gesture can be output.

Next, when avatar gesture data is transmitted from the avatar data manager 5, the avatar driving engine 1 generates the corresponding avatar gesture and outputs the avatar gesture on the user's computer.

At this time, it is determined whether there is a change in the screen output position of the avatar, and if there is a change, the avatar position information is transmitted to the add-on interface unit 3 so that the screen output positions of the agent and the content can be adjusted.

4B is a flowchart schematically illustrating a processing flow of the avatar data manager 5 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

As shown in the drawing, upon receiving the avatar designation message to be output on the user's computer from the avatar driving engine 1, the avatar data is decompressed to generate Temp data. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an avatar data cache is generated to increase processing speed.

Subsequently, when a gesture request is received from the drive engine 1, the gesture data is transmitted to the avatar drive engine 1. At this time, by performing the step of storing the gesture data in the cache, it is possible to improve the processing speed when the same gesture data is reused later.

FIG. 4C is a diagram schematically illustrating a processing flow of the add-on interface unit 3 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

As shown in the drawing, upon receiving an agent message from the agent plug-in unit 9, the avatar driving engine 1 requests a corresponding gesture. Similarly, upon receiving the content message from the content plug-in unit 11, the avatar driving engine 1 requests a gesture corresponding thereto. On the other hand, upon receiving avatar position information from the avatar driving engine 1, the agent and the content screen output position adjustment message are transmitted to the agent plug-in unit 9 and the content plug-in unit 11.

FIG. 4D is a diagram schematically illustrating a processing flow of the content plug-in unit 11 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

As shown, FIG. 4D first loads a list of installed content modules and receives a list of content modules downloadable from a content update server. Then, the user waits for input of installing a new module, and if there is an input of an installation command, the desired content module is downloaded from the content update server 15, installed on the user's computer, and the list of installed content modules is modified.

The update of the content module can be made in two ways. One is by manual method by user's manual method. For example, when the mouse is positioned on the avatar displayed on the screen, and the environment setting-> update menu is created in the shortcut menu when the right mouse button is clicked, the above update process is performed when the update menu is clicked. In another embodiment, the environment setting-> update menu may be used in the upper menu bar of the mini web browser 11c of the content plug-in unit 11. Alternatively, the user may receive an update service by using an auto update function supported in the content plug-in 11 itself.

In FIG. 4D, the content update step has been described as a previous step of executing the content. However, the content update step does not necessarily need to be executed as the previous step.

Next, the content execution step will be described. When the content module is executed, the content message indicating that the content module is activated is transmitted to the add-on interface unit 3.

Next, when the content screen output position adjustment message is received from the add-on interface unit 3, the content output position adjustment is made accordingly.

FIG. 4E is a diagram schematically illustrating a processing flow of the agent plug-in unit 9 in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

As shown, since the processing flow of the agent plug-in unit 9 of FIG. 4E is similar to the processing flow of the content plug-in unit 11 of FIG. 4D, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a mutual processing flow between a client side and a server side in the avatar agent system of FIG. 2.

As shown, the update of the avatar driving engine 1 and the avatar data is from the avatar update server 17, the update of the agent module is from the agent update server 19, and the update of the content module is from the content update server 15. It shows that it is done. In the illustrated flow, the update through the upgrade of each existing component and the update through the addition of a new component have been described separately, and the embodiment in which the former is performed before the latter has been described. Of course not.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a scenario file driven by the avatar data manager 5.

"si-finkle-yr-001" indicates a free scenario file.

The scenario file is stored in the avatar database 7. The avatar data manager 5 loads and interprets the scenario file when the gesture data request is received from the avatar driving engine 1, and interprets the corresponding gesture data in the avatar driving engine 1. Will be provided to

As shown, the scenario file contains the name of each gesture, the name of the sequence of images output on the user's computer, the name of the accompanying sound, the coordinate values of the image output, the attributes of the action, and the background color values that make the background transparent. Consists of The scenario file can be modified, and when the gesture is added, the avatar can make another gesture by updating the scenario file.

For example, referring to the gesture of "GST_BYE" as an example, when the gesture data corresponding to "GST_BYE" is requested from the avatar driving engine 1, the avatar data manager 5 and the image file of "goodbye.bmp" and " bye1.wav "audio file," 0: 240: 230: 30: 115: 145: 100 "image coordinate value," straight "behavior attribute, and background color value of [4,252,4] avatar gesture data Is transmitted to the avatar driving engine 1. The avatar driving engine 1 drives the avatar using this avatar gesture data.

Looking at the example of the gesture name,

"GST_START": Action to be executed when the program is first run.

"GST_LOGIN": Action performed when the login window is displayed

"GST_HELLO": Greetings

"GST_BYE": Action to be taken when the program ends

"GST_RANDOM": Common actions

"GST_MAIL_CHECK": When receiving mail

"GST_NF_MAIL": when there is a message

"GST_NF_NOMAIL": when there is no mail

"GST_SLEEP_START": when you fall asleep

"GST_SLEEP_END": when you wake up

"GST_SLEEPING": Sleeping

"GST_PLAY_MP3": Listening to the song with winamp

"GST_ON_CLCIK": When the avatar is clicked

"GST_USERBIRTH": user's birthday

"GST_STARBIRTH": Avatar's Birthday

"GST_NEWS": Content Plugin-When Running News

"GST_PROFILE": Content Plugins-View Star's Profile

"GST_SCHEDULE": Content Plugins-View Schedule

"GST_PHOTO": Content Plugins-Viewing Photos

"GST_VIDEO": Content Plugins-Watch the Video

"GST_LOCATION": Content Plugin-View the current position of a star

"GST_FORTUNE": Content Plugins-View Horoscope

"GST_WEB": Content Plugin-Mini Web Driven

"GST_OUTLOOK": when running Outlook Express

Looking at an example of an action attribute,

"straight": show action from start to finish

"cycle": shows the action repeatedly.

"programmed": Directly write the frames to show in the scenario file. Show in the order of the frame.

According to the above configuration, the present invention provides an agent, a content function, and an avatar character.

It is possible to provide a personalized avatar agent solution that enables the free update of the Avatar Agent system, which provides an excellent avatar agent system in terms of scalability and minimizes the amount of RAM loaded on the user's computer and the amount of space occupied by the hard disk. It works.

Claims (8)

An avatar driving engine for generating an avatar and outputting the avatar on a user's computer; An avatar database for storing avatar data including avatar gesture data; An avatar data manager for providing avatar gesture data stored in the avatar database corresponding to the request to the avatar driving engine in response to a request from the avatar driving engine; An agent plug-in unit for plugging in an agent module; A content plug-in unit for plugging in a content module; And And an add-on interface unit which receives the agent message and the content message from the agent plug-in unit and the content plug-in unit and transmits an avatar gesture request corresponding to each message to the avatar driving engine. The avatar agent system of claim 1, wherein the avatar driving engine and the avatar database are updated by accessing the avatar update server through a network. The avatar agent system according to claim 1, wherein the agent plug-in unit is updated by accessing an agent update server through a network. The avatar agent system according to claim 1, wherein the content plug-in unit is updated by accessing a content update server through a network. The method of claim 1, wherein the avatar data includes scenario data, and the avatar data manager reads the scenario data based on the scenario data when a gesture request is received from the avatar driving engine. And analyzing the request of the avatar driving engine to provide avatar gesture data corresponding to the request to the avatar driving engine. The agent plug-in unit of claim 1, wherein the agent plug-in unit is used. An avatar agent system comprising at least one of an auto-update module, an e-mail acknowledgment module, and a speech bubble module. The avatar agent system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the content plug-in unit comprises any one or more of a multimedia viewer module and a mini web browser module. The agent plug-in according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the avatar driving engine transmits avatar position information to an add-on interface, and the add-on interface unit sends an agent and a content output position adjustment signal corresponding to the avatar position information. The avatar agent system, characterized in that the transmission to the unit and the content plug-in.