KR20090072772A - Method for providing icon information based on text, system, terminal device and computer readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a system, a terminal device, and a computer readable recording medium for providing an icon based on text on digital content generated by a user. According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, the method comprising: receiving, from a user terminal device, text included in at least one digital content created in the user terminal device; Obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the received text, wherein the at least one icon information includes identification information and attribute information for at least one icon, and the at least one obtaining And providing corresponding icon information to the user terminal device in correspondence with at least a part of the text included in the at least one digital content.

Description

Method, system, terminal device and computer readable recording medium for providing icon information based on text {METHOD, SYSTEM, TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING ICON INFORMATION BASED ON TEXT}

The present invention relates to a method, a system, a terminal device, and a computer-readable recording medium for providing an icon based on text on digital content generated by a user, and more particularly, to extract text from digital content generated by a user. And then search for an icon corresponding to at least a portion of the extracted text and include it in the digital content, and to allow a user to access a web page or the like through the icon, in a system, terminal device, and computer readable recording medium. It is about.

With the development of communication technology and the rapid spread of the Internet, users are increasingly using instant messengers, blogs, and web bulletin boards. In the past, a network environment such as the Internet mainly used in terms of information exchange has been used as a place for revealing the user's self beyond the mere information exchange.

As a result, users have increased their desire to express their intentions and feelings in a more colorful way, and in response, messenger operators and Internet portal sites refer to various icons and emoticons (hereinafter referred to as "icons"). ) To create digital content such as messages or cyber posts. Take the case of Figure 1 as an example.

1 is a diagram illustrating a user interface for inputting an icon on a messenger window, which is widely known in the art.

According to FIG. 1, when a user wants to input an icon in a message, the user clicks an "emoticon" button to browse a list of icons and selects one of the icons to include in the message, or a reserved word associated with the desired icon ( For example, "wink" or ":)" should be entered in the message input window.

Such a conventional icon input method is inconvenient for the user to check and select visually the list of desired icons within the list of sizes or inconvenience to memorize the reserved words corresponding to the icon desired by the user. It is true.

In addition, the conventional icon has been used only for the purpose of visually expressing the user's intention or emotion, although it is used on the digital content, there is also a disadvantage that there is no useful use.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve all the problems of the prior art as described above.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an interface that allows a user to use an icon more conveniently.

Still another object of the present invention is to enable icons to provide secondary functions, such as search and advertisement.

In addition, another object of the present invention, by associating icons with a variety of multimedia data, to support the user to enjoy an audio-visual effect.

The characteristic structure of this invention for achieving the objective of this invention mentioned above, and realizing the characteristic effect of this invention mentioned later is as follows.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, the method comprising: receiving, from a user terminal device, text included in at least one digital content created in the user terminal device; Obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the received text, wherein the at least one icon information includes identification information and attribute information for at least one icon, and the at least one obtaining And providing corresponding icon information to the user terminal device in correspondence with at least a portion of the text included in the at least one digital content.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, the method comprising: receiving, from a user terminal device, text included in at least one digital content being created in the user terminal device; Acquiring at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the received text, wherein the at least one icon information includes identification information and attribute information for at least one icon. Providing icon information to the user terminal device, and at least a portion of the at least one provided icon information corresponding to at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content is determined according to a user's selection; Provided are methods for inclusion.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing icon information associated with text on a user terminal device, the method comprising: detecting text included in at least one digital content being created in the user terminal device; Obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of text, wherein the at least one icon information includes at least one icon, identification information and attribute information for the at least one icon, and the at least A method is provided that includes displaying a piece of obtained icon information corresponding to at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, comprising: a plurality of icon information, each of the plurality of icon information being one icon and identification information for the one icon. And attribute information,-from an icon database for storing text, from a user terminal device, receiving text included in at least one digital content being created in the user terminal device, the text corresponding to at least a portion of the received text; An icon search unit for obtaining one icon information from the icon database, and an icon for providing the at least one acquired icon information to the user terminal device in correspondence with at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content Poems Containing Wealth The system is provided.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, comprising: a plurality of icon information, each of the plurality of icon information being one icon and identification information for the one icon. And attribute information,-from an icon database for storing text, from a user terminal device, receiving text included in at least one digital content being created in the user terminal device, the text corresponding to at least a portion of the received text; An icon search unit for acquiring one icon information from the icon database, and the at least one acquired icon information to the user terminal device, and among the at least one provided icon information, at least determined according to a user's selection Some of the at least one A system is provided that includes an icon provider corresponding to at least a portion of text included in digital content.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal apparatus for providing icon information associated with text, comprising: a plurality of icon information, each of the plurality of icon information includes one icon and identification information and attribute information about the one icon; And an icon database for storing text, detecting text included in at least one digital content being created in the terminal device, and obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the detected text from the icon database. There is provided a terminal device including an icon search unit for obtaining and display means for displaying the at least one obtained icon information in correspondence with at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content.

In addition to this, there is further provided a computer readable recording medium for recording another method, system, terminal device and computer program for executing the methods.

The effects of the present invention achieved due to the characteristic constitution of the present invention are as follows.

1. According to the present invention, an interface for a user to use an icon is improved, and user convenience is increased.

2. According to the present invention, additional functions such as search and advertisement may be provided through the icon.

3. According to the present invention, since the icon is associated with various multimedia data, the user can enjoy an audiovisual effect.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be embodied in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention with respect to one embodiment. In addition, it is to be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if properly described, is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several aspects.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention.

[Preferred Embodiments of the Invention]

In the present specification, an icon is a generic term for a pictogram of a small size displayed on a screen of a user terminal device, and is not only used in connection with one or more functions of a computer, but also with a computer function. Regardless, it should be understood as a broad concept that includes everything used to bring a visual effect to the user.

Configuration of the entire system

2 is a view showing a schematic configuration of an icon providing system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal device 900 is a user who wants to generate digital content including text (for example, a person who wants to send a message to a remote computer using a messenger service, blog or web). As a digital device that includes a function for allowing a person to post a bulletin board or the like to communicate after accessing the icon providing system 200 through a communication network, a personal computer (for example, a desktop computer or a laptop computer). , A tablet computer, a palmtop computer, etc.), a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, a mobile phone, and the like, a user terminal device 900 according to the present invention can be any digital device having memory means and a microprocessor equipped with computing power. May be adopted as

Here, the communication network may be configured without regard to communication modes such as wired and wireless, and may include a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), and a wide area network (WAN). It may be configured with a variety of communication networks. Preferably, the communication network referred to in the present invention may be a known World Wide Web (WWW).

Referring to FIG. 2, the icon providing system 200 that communicates with the user terminal device 900 through a communication network includes an icon register 210, an icon provider 220, a post manager 230, and a link information processor 240. ), A controller 250, a communication unit 260, and a database manager 270. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the icon registration unit 210, icon providing unit 220, post management unit 230, link information processing unit 240, control unit 250, communication unit 260 and database management unit 270 At least some of them may be program modules that communicate with the user terminal device 900. Such program modules may be included in the icon providing system 200 as an operating system, an application module, and other program modules, and may be physically stored on various known storage devices. In addition, these program modules may be stored in a remote storage device that can communicate with the icon providing system 200. On the other hand, such program modules include, but are not limited to, routines, subroutines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or execute particular abstract data types, described below, in accordance with the present invention.

The icon providing system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention communicates with the user terminal device 900 through a communication network, and receives and stores or manages a post generated by the user terminal device 900.

The icon providing system 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a predetermined messenger program to the user terminal apparatuses 900a and 900b, and replaces a message received from the user terminal apparatus 900a having the messenger program installed. The list of waiting users is connected to the user terminal devices 900a and 900b so as to be transmitted to the user terminal device 900b or a direct connection can be established between the user terminal devices 900a to 900z in a peer-to-peer manner. ) Can be provided. On the other hand, the icon providing system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be included in the operation server of the Internet portal site.

The icon register 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention registers icon information according to an input from an administrator or other user of the icon providing system 200 and stores the icon information in the icon database 270a which will be described later. .

The icon providing unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a user with a list of icons corresponding to text included in digital content such as a post received from the user terminal device 900, and the user terminal device 900. Inserts the icon information selected in the) into the digital content.

More specifically, the icon providing unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an icon searching unit 221, an icon recommending unit 222, and an icon inserting unit 223.

The icon search unit 221 according to an embodiment of the present invention searches for icon information corresponding to the text included in the digital content from the icon database 270a and transfers the retrieved icon information to the icon recommendation unit 222 which will be described later. To perform the function.

The icon recommender 222 according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a predetermined list including the icon information received from the icon searcher 221, provides the predetermined list to the user terminal device 900, and is included in the provided list. The icon information selected by the user terminal device 900 among the icon information is transmitted to the icon inserting unit 223 which will be described later.

The icon inserting unit 223 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs a function of inserting icon information selected by the user terminal device 900 into digital content. At this time, the icon inserting unit 223 checks whether the link information associated with the icon exists by referring to the link information database 270c, and if it is determined that the link information exists, the link information is associated with the icon. Perform the function of association. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the information about the link between the icon and the link may be included in the icon information searched by the icon search unit 221 in advance.

Post management unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention stores the digital content, such as a post received from the user terminal device 900 in the post database (270b) as needed, the user is stored in the post database (270b) This function allows you to view, edit, and delete posts.

The link information processor 240 according to an embodiment of the present invention collects link information associated with the activated icon when a user who encounters the digital content activates an icon included in the digital content, and through the link information. Performs a function to provide secondary information associated with an icon to a user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 250 may include an icon register 210, an icon provider 220, a post manager 230, a link information processor 240, a communicator 260, and a database manager 270. It controls the flow of data.

The communication unit 260 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs a function of allowing the icon providing system 200 according to the present invention to communicate with an external device such as a user terminal device 900.

The database manager 270 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a post database in which information on digital content such as an icon database 270a and a post, in which information about an icon to be provided to the user terminal device 900 is recorded, is recorded. 270b, and a link information database 270c in which information about a link associated with an icon recorded in the icon database 270a is recorded.

For example, icon database 270a may include an icon, identification information such as the name or code or storage path of the icon, metadata about the icon, creator of the icon, and link information associated with the icon or a pointer to a link associated with the icon ( pointer) information, and the like. Here, a pointer to a link associated with the icon serves as a reference key for obtaining corresponding link information from the link information database 270c.

In addition, the post database 270b includes information when digital content such as posts generated by a user needs to be stored in the icon providing system 200. When the digital content generated by the user is a post of a blog, the post database 270b may include information about a post identifier, a post title, a post content, a post creator, and a post generation time.

In addition, the link information database 270c may include link information to be added to the icon. Here, the link information may include path information on multimedia data such as a predetermined web page, sound, or image to be provided to the user terminal device 900 when the user activates an icon included in the digital content. The information on the predetermined script program to be executed on the user terminal device 900 may be included. In addition, the link information may include information (eg, search, advertisement, sound, video, etc.) regarding the category of the link.

In the above embodiment, the database storing the information for the implementation of the present invention is classified into three databases, namely, the icon database 270a, the post database 270b, and the link information database 270c. Can be changed as needed by those skilled in the art. In addition, various identification information and / or link information stored in the three databases may be implemented in the form of URL.

Lastly, in the present invention, a database is a concept that includes not only a negotiated database but also a broad database including a data file based on a computer file system, and the like. It should be understood that if data can be extracted, it can be included in the database referred to in the present invention.

Icon delivery process

Hereinafter, a process of providing icon information by the icon providing system 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 4.

First, look at FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of inserting icon information into digital content created by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1. Digital Of content  Receive and Icon Search

The icon providing system 200 of the present invention receives digital content from the user terminal device 900 (S310).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the digital content may include a string extracted therefrom. In some cases, the digital content may be received in the form of a pointer.

The icon search unit 221 searches for the icon database 270a using the character string included in the received digital content (S320). For example, icon information corresponding to the character string included in the digital content may be obtained by comparing the character string included in the digital content with the name or metadata of the icon stored in the icon database 270a.

The time point for searching for the icon information may be variously selected as follows.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the icon search unit 221 is a point in time when the user completes the generation of the digital content (for example, input a message in the message input window, create a point in time or posts sent, and save the button. The character strings included in the digital content are collectively obtained at the point of click, and icon information corresponding to each of the acquired character strings is obtained from the icon database 270a.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the icon search unit 221 may specify a part of a character string included in the digital content generated by the user terminal device 900 by using a method such as dragging with a mouse. When a request is made to search for an icon corresponding to the string, icon information corresponding to the string may be obtained from the icon database 270a.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the icon search unit 221 obtains an input signal for a character string input by a user using an input device such as a keyboard in the user terminal device 900 in real time, and uses a single key. Whenever an input is made, the icon information can be retrieved. This is a principle similar to the search word autocompletion service provided by a plurality of Internet portal sites, and may be implemented using a known programming technique such as AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) ActiveX. 4 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating how a list of icons acquired through such a real-time icon search is displayed through the user terminal device 900.

2. Recommendation of the icon

When the icon search unit 221 acquires icon information corresponding to a character string included in the digital content, the icon recommender 222 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides the searched icon list to the user terminal device 900. (S330).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the icon list may include information on a plurality of icons, and the user who is provided with the icon list may select some of the icons included in the icon list, and the user's selection Information on the received from the icon providing system 200 (S340). When the user selects the icon information, the selected icon is inserted into the digital content, which will be described in detail below.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the process of recommending the icon list to the user may be omitted. In this case, the retrieved icon is digital content by the icon inserting unit 223 according to the present invention. Could be inserted directly into

3. Insert the icon

The icon inserting unit 223 according to an embodiment of the present invention inserts the icon information selected by the user into the digital content (S350).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the icon information inserted into the digital content may be the icon itself.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the icon information inserted into the digital content may include identification information regarding a location where the corresponding icon can be obtained.

In addition, when the icon information corresponding to the character string is inserted in the digital content as described above, the icon information to be inserted may be inserted in a manner that replaces the existing character string, and the icon information in a manner preceding or following the existing character string. May be inserted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the icon information inserted into the digital content may be linked with the link information recorded in the link information database 270c. The link information associated with the icon may be determined by referring to the information recorded in the icon database 270a or may be determined according to a user's selection of inserting the icon into the digital content. Link information associated with the icon information, if the icon is activated later, provides secondary information, a more detailed description thereof will be described later.

Finally, the generated digital content may be stored in the post database 270b or transmitted to the terminal device 900 of another user (S360).

Provision of Secondary Information through Icons

The link information processor 240 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides secondary information to the user terminal device 900 based on the link information when the icon included in the digital content is activated in association with the link information. can do.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the secondary information includes a search result for a character string associated with the icon. Referring to example 1 of FIG. 5, when an icon of a camera image is activated by a user's mouse click or the like, it may be confirmed that a search result for the camera is provided to the user terminal device 900. In this case, the link information database 270c may include location identification information such as a URL of a search engine capable of providing a corresponding search result as link information. The location identification information may include a URL of a search engine and a string corresponding to the icon.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the secondary information includes a sound associated with the icon. Referring to example 2 of FIG. 5, when an icon of a camera image is activated by a user's click or the like, it may be confirmed that a photographing sound of a camera such as “click” is reproduced through a speaker of the user terminal device 900. In this case, the link information database 270c may include, as link information, the sound data itself or position identification information for acquiring the sound data, and a script program necessary to reproduce the sound.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the secondary information includes advertisement information related to the icon. Referring to Example 3 of FIG. 5, when an icon of a camera image is activated by a user's click or the like, it may be confirmed that advertisement information from a predetermined advertiser is provided to the user terminal device 900. In this case, the link information database 270c may include advertisement information to be provided to the user terminal device 900 and / or a URL for accessing a web page of an advertiser as link information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the secondary information includes image information related to the icon (not shown). For example, when an icon consisting of an image such as a picture of a specific person, an avatar, or the like is activated by a user's click, information such as a picture or a video related to the person may be provided to the user terminal device 900. have. In this case, the link information database 270c may include, as link information, image information itself such as a picture or a video of the person or path information for acquiring the image information.

Transformation of the system

The icon providing system 200 mentioned above may be modified in various forms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, some of the icon register 210, the icon provider 220, the link information processor 240, and the database manager 270, which are described as being included in the icon providing system 200, are described. Or all may be included in the user terminal device 900.

More specifically, the user terminal device 900 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an icon register 210, an icon provider 220, and a link information processor 240, and the user terminal device 900. Communication with an icon database 270a, a link information database 270c, or the like. If necessary, the icon database 270a and the link information database 270c exist separately in the user terminal device 900 and the icon providing system 200, respectively, and the data stored at both sides periodically or at the request of the user. Synchronization may also be performed.

Embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that may be executed by various computer components, and may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc., and magneto-optical media such as floptical disks. And hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine code, such as produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the process according to the invention, and vice versa.

Although the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like, but the embodiments and the drawings are provided to assist in a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations can be made from such descriptions.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments described above, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims below, are included in the scope of the spirit of the present invention. I will say.

1 is a diagram illustrating a user interface for inputting an icon on a messenger window, which is widely known in the art.

2 is a view showing a schematic configuration of an icon providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of inserting icon information into digital content created by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating how a list of icons obtained through real-time icon search is displayed through a user terminal device.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of receiving secondary information from an icon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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200: icon delivery system

210: icon register

220: icon provider

221: icon search unit

222: icon recommendation

223: icon insertion unit

230: post management

240: link information processing unit

250: control unit

260: communication unit

270: database management unit

270a: icon database

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270c: Link Information Database

Claims (23)

A method for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, the method comprising: Receiving, from a user terminal device, text included in at least one digital content being created in the user terminal device; Obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the received text, wherein the at least one icon information includes identification information and attribute information for at least one icon; and Providing the at least one obtained icon information to the user terminal device in correspondence with at least a part of the text included in the at least one digital content. How to include. The method of claim 1, The text receiving step is performed every time one key input is terminated on the input device of the user terminal device. The method of claim 1, The text is specified by a user of the user terminal device. The method of claim 1, The identification information for the at least one icon is a location identifier of the at least one icon. The method of claim 1, The attribute information of the at least one icon may include at least one of a location identifier of a predetermined web page, a location identifier of a predetermined advertisement content, a location identifier for reproducing a predetermined sound, and a location identifier for reproducing a predetermined image. How to include. The method of claim 5, The location identifier of the given web page comprises a location identifier of a given search engine and at least a portion of the received text. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6, The location identifier is a URL. The method of claim 1, And providing the icon information comprises replacing at least a portion of the text included in the at least one digital content with at least one icon corresponding to the at least one obtained icon information. The method of claim 1, The providing of the icon information includes the step of preceding or following at least a part of the text included in the at least one digital content with at least one icon corresponding to the at least one obtained icon information. A method for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, the method comprising: Receiving, from a user terminal device, text included in at least one digital content being created in the user terminal device; Obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the received text, wherein the at least one icon information includes identification information and attribute information for at least one icon; Providing the at least one obtained icon information to the user terminal device, and Mapping at least a portion of the at least one provided icon information to at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content determined according to a user's selection How to include. A method for providing icon information associated with text on a user terminal device, the method comprising: Detecting text included in at least one digital content being created in the user terminal device; Obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the detected text, wherein the at least one icon information includes at least one icon and identification information and attribute information about the at least one icon; And Displaying the at least one acquired icon information in correspondence with at least a part of the text included in the at least one digital content. How to include. A system for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, the system comprising: An icon database for storing a plurality of icon information, wherein each of the plurality of icon information includes one icon and identification information and attribute information about the one icon; An icon search for receiving a text included in at least one digital content created in the user terminal device from a user terminal device and obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the received text from the icon database Wealth, and Icon providing unit for providing the at least one piece of icon information to the user terminal device corresponding to at least a portion of the text included in the at least one digital content System comprising a. The method of claim 12, And the icon retrieval unit obtains the at least one icon information each time one key input is terminated on the input device of the user terminal device. The method of claim 12, The text is specified by a user of the user terminal device. The method of claim 12, And the icon identification information is a location identifier of the icon. The method of claim 12, The icon attribute information includes at least one of a location identifier of a predetermined web page, a location identifier of a predetermined advertisement content, a location identifier for reproducing a predetermined sound, and a location identifier for reproducing a predetermined image. The method of claim 16, The location identifier of the given web page comprises a location identifier of a given search engine and at least a portion of the received text. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 17, Wherein the location identifier is a URL. The method of claim 12, And the icon providing unit replaces at least a part of the text included in the at least one digital content with at least one icon corresponding to the at least one obtained icon information. The method of claim 12, And the icon providing unit precedes or follows at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content with at least one icon corresponding to the at least one obtained icon information. A system for providing icon information associated with text to a user terminal device, the system comprising: An icon database for storing a plurality of icon information, wherein each of the plurality of icon information includes one icon and identification information and attribute information about the one icon; An icon search for receiving a text included in at least one digital content created in the user terminal device from a user terminal device and obtaining at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the received text from the icon database Wealth, and Provide the at least one acquired icon information to the user terminal device, and at least a portion of the at least one provided icon information determined according to a user's selection to at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content Matching icon provider System comprising a. A terminal device for providing icon information associated with text, An icon database for storing a plurality of icon information, wherein each of the plurality of icon information includes one icon and identification information and attribute information about the one icon; An icon search unit that detects text included in at least one digital content created in the terminal device, and obtains at least one icon information corresponding to at least a portion of the detected text from the icon database, and Display means for displaying the at least one piece of obtained icon information in correspondence with at least a portion of text included in the at least one digital content; Terminal device comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and 8 to 11.

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