KR20120087305A - Method and system for social network - Google Patents

Abstract

A social network service method and system are provided.
The social network service method according to the present invention includes the steps of selecting a second user terminal corresponding to a condition input to the first user terminal; Transmitting a predetermined information request signal from the first user terminal to the selected second user terminal; Obtaining information corresponding to the transmitted information request signal from the second user terminal; And transmitting the obtained information to the first user terminal, wherein the social network service according to the present invention may select another user corresponding to a specific condition from the social network and receive information from the user. Therefore, maximize the effect of providing information in social networks.

Description

Method and system for social network service {Method and system for social network}

The present invention relates to a social network service method and system, and more particularly, to a social network service method and system for maximizing the information providing effect of a social network by providing a sense of reality and realism, a recording medium and a user terminal for the same. .

Due to the development of information and communication technology, social network services (SNS) are widely used. As a dictionary, social network service is a service that allows users to form a human network on the web, such as Twitter, Cyworld, and Facebook. Also, with the development of wireless user terminal technology such as smart phones, social network services are not provided only in fixed user terminals such as classic computers.

However, the conventional social network service has a problem of providing only the same level of service despite various characteristics and environments of the user. That is, the same information provided to a simple wired user terminal is mechanically provided to the wireless user terminal up to now, ignoring the characteristics of the wireless user terminal capable of obtaining various information due to portability. Therefore, in consideration of the different characteristics of the user terminals placed in various environments, the social network service that integrates them has not been disclosed until now. In relation to this, a technique of updating a user server according to a condition of a user group has been disclosed in the related art, but a social network service that integrates and manages information of a specific user in real time with other users among users of the same group is not currently started. to be.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the above problems, to provide a social network service method of a new concept that can provide information by integrating the characteristics, environments between various users.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device element such as a user terminal for implementing the above-described method.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a social network service method, the method comprising the steps of selecting a second user terminal corresponding to a condition input to the first user terminal; Transmitting a predetermined information request signal from the first user terminal to the selected second user terminal; Obtaining information corresponding to the transmitted information request signal from the second user terminal; And transmitting the obtained information to the first user terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first user terminal and the second user terminal information are previously input to the network server for the social network service method, and the second user terminal may be one or more.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first user terminal and the second user terminal may be wired or wireless user terminals.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the condition includes a location condition based on a point of interest input by the first user terminal, and after the information is obtained from the second user terminal, the information transmitted to the first user terminal is It includes the image information captured by the camera provided in the second user terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the selected second user terminals may be plural.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention is a social network service system, the system comprising: a first user terminal to which an information request is input by a user; A first server unit for transmitting the information request input from the first user terminal and searching for a second user terminal capable of responding to the information request; A communication unit capable of transmitting the information request signal to a second user terminal searched by the first server unit; A second user terminal receiving an information request signal from the communication unit, acquiring information corresponding to the received information request, and transmitting the information request signal to a second server unit; And a second server unit for receiving the information transmitted from the second user terminal and transmitting the received information to the first user terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first user terminal and the second user terminal information are previously input to the first server unit, the second user terminal may be a wireless user terminal, and the first user terminal is a wired user. It may be a terminal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the number of the second user terminal and the first user terminal may be plural.

The present invention also provides a recording medium on which program instructions for driving the above-described social network service system and method are recorded, wherein the second user terminal is used in the above-described social network service system. It provides a second user terminal characterized in that.

The social network service according to the present invention maximizes the information providing effect of the social network since the user can select another user corresponding to a specific condition and receive information from the social network. In particular, it is possible to effectively overcome the limitations of space, sharing a variety of information. Furthermore, unlike the prior art in which a user group is updated, the present invention can select a user having a specific condition within a preset user group and obtain necessary information therefrom, thereby making it easier to obtain information.

1 is a step diagram of a social network service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 to 5 are diagrams illustrating an information selection method of another user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 8 are diagrams illustrating an example of use of a social network method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a block diagram of a social network service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in various different forms, and is not limited to the embodiments described. In order to clearly describe the present invention, parts that are not related to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same members.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as " including " an element, it does not exclude other elements unless specifically stated to the contrary. The terms "part", "unit", "module", "block", and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, And a combination of software.

The present invention provides a novel integrated social network method and apparatus in a manner in which information between users of a social network is transferred and exchanged with each other in order to solve the above-mentioned problem.

1 is a step diagram of a social network service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, a user who needs specific information inputs a corresponding information condition through his user terminal (first user terminal) (S100). For example, if a user needs a traffic situation in a specific region, the user may input the specific region as a condition. Alternatively, the person who wants to obtain the actual situation of the athletic game as the imaging information may input the place where the corresponding athletic game takes place as the information condition. Herein, the information condition is a condition extracted from the information requested by the user of the first user terminal and corresponds to a condition for determining a user terminal capable of acquiring the request information.

Accordingly, a user terminal (second user terminal) of another user corresponding to a condition input from the first user terminal, that is, a match is selected (S200). The second user terminal may be selected based on the location information of the user terminal obtainable by the position recognition means such as GPS, and the selection may be performed by a server of the social network system according to the present invention.

Thereafter, an information request signal by the first user terminal is transmitted to the selected second user terminal (S300), whereby the second user terminal acquires corresponding information, and the obtained information is transmitted to the first user terminal. It is transmitted (S400). In this case, a user of the second user terminal may selectively obtain the requested information, and the information transmission to the first user terminal may be cooperatively transmitted through a server of the social network system according to the present invention. The social network method and system according to the present invention can share various information among users by selectively requesting-transmitting information between user terminals as described above. Therefore, in the present invention, the user terminal is interpreted as an electronic device capable of communicating and obtaining various information (for example, image information by a camera). For example, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, etc. equipped with various kinds of sensors for recognizing information such as location information are included in the user terminal of the present invention, and can communicate by wire or wirelessly.

In the case of the present invention, rather than a method in which all the user terminals share information with each other, so-called information sharing between users in a user group in which a relationship is established in advance among users. Therefore, the user of the second user terminal searched at the request of the first user terminal has a certain relationship in the social network with the user of the first user terminal. Therefore, in the present invention, the user information for the first user terminal and the second user terminal is already input in advance to the network server for the social network service method, and in particular, there is a certain relationship that can share information between the users. Formed. Here, the relationship refers to a right to check each other's information on the network, and the first user and the second user have a right to check each other's information, and thus, the first user terminal and the second user terminal. Information about, i.e., user information, is already stored in the network server. That is, when there is a request from the first user terminal, the second user terminal of another user who has a predetermined relationship with the first user terminal is searched through the user information of the first user terminal, and among the first user terminal, A second user terminal that matches a condition input to the user terminal, that is, capable of responding to an information request of the first user terminal is selected, wherein the second user terminal may be selected in plural, from which the first user terminal may be selected. Users can get more accurate and rich information.

Furthermore, the present invention considers the case where there is no second user terminal corresponding to the condition input from the first user terminal, and the information request input to the first user terminal has a certain relationship with the user of the second user terminal. It provides a technical configuration that can be transmitted to another user's user terminal (third user terminal). In this case, the second user terminal functions as a kind of relay node in the search process, which will be described in more detail below.

2 to 5 are diagrams illustrating an information selection method of another user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, an information request for predetermined information is input to the first user terminal 101. For example, information about a situation regarding an event occurring in a specific region is input through the first user terminal 101.

Referring to FIG. 3, a second user terminal 102 of a user having a condition corresponding to the input information request is searched for. However, FIG. 3 illustrates a situation in which the second user terminal 102 that satisfies the condition input by the first user terminal is not searched. For example, a case in which a user terminal of another user (that is, another user who has a predetermined network relationship of the user of the first user terminal) in a specific region (for example, Gangnam Station in Seoul) is not recognized is illustrated in FIG. 3. .

Referring to FIG. 4, an information request by the first user terminal is provided even to a second user terminal that cannot provide desired information to the user of the first user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 5, a user terminal that satisfies a corresponding condition among user terminals (third user terminal 103) of another user who has a predetermined relationship with the second user terminal again according to the approval signal of the second user terminal is searched. do. That is, although the user of the second user terminal 102 may not provide desired information to the user of the first user terminal, optionally, the user of the first user terminal may be provided to the user of the first user terminal through another person having a predetermined relationship with the user. Functions as a relay node that can provide the desired information. In order to more actively activate this, when the second user terminal is approved, the user of the second user terminal may give a predetermined incentive such as a reduction in communication fee or points.

According to the present invention, the source can be sequentially enlarged according to a user selection of desired information without a user grouping process in a server.

In the social network service method according to the present invention, the user information request information preferably includes a predetermined location condition, and furthermore, a location recognition sensor such as a GPS for selecting a user terminal matching the input location condition is selected by a second method. It is preferable that the user terminal is provided.

6 to 8 are diagrams illustrating an example of use of a social network method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, when a user wants to obtain a medical condition of hospital A, the user inputs location information of hospital A in his first user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 7, a second user terminal is selected by searching for a user terminal near hospital A. FIG. In this case, the user of the second user terminal is already in a predetermined relationship with the user of the first user terminal, and its range may be expanded from the second user terminal user as necessary, as described above.

Referring to FIG. 8, the selected second user terminal may provide various information to the first user terminal, and in particular, may transmit imaging information photographed by an imaging device (camera) to the first user terminal. When there are a plurality of second user terminals, the situation of hospital A can be provided to the first user terminal more abundantly and accurately.

The present invention provides a new social network service system in order to solve the above another problem.

9 is a block diagram of a social network service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the system includes a first user terminal 910 through which an information request is input by a user. Here, the user terminal 910 is wired or wirelessly on the network.

It is communicable and includes any and all electronic devices into which certain information can be entered. For example, a computer, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, and the like are included in the user terminal 910.

In addition, the social network system according to the present invention includes a network server 920, wherein the information request input from the first user terminal is transmitted to the network server 920, and a second user capable of responding to the information request. The first server unit 921 may search for the terminal 930. Here, the first server unit 921 should be interpreted as a functional unit that can actually be driven by one server device. As described above, the second user terminal 930 has already stored the corresponding information (especially user information) in the first server unit, and through this, the other user who has a predetermined relationship with the user of the first user terminal. Among the second user terminal may be selected.

The network system according to the present invention includes a communication unit 940 capable of transmitting the information request signal to the second user terminal 930 retrieved by the first server unit 921, and the second user terminal 930. ) May receive the information request signal from the communication unit 940, obtain information corresponding to the received information request, and transmit the information request signal to the second server unit 923. That is, the server of the network system according to the present invention receives the information request from the first user terminal, selects the second user terminal, transmits it, receives the information from the second user terminal, and receives the first user terminal. Perform the function of sending to.

In particular, such a social network system according to the present invention can provide a user with various information about spaces spaced apart, and the information is proportionally increased according to the number of people who have a social network. Therefore, it is possible to effectively provide and utilize information in shopping, sports viewing, performance viewing, traffic information sharing, medical care, law, finance, and the like.

In addition, the network method and system according to the present invention may be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and also include a carrier wave (for example, transmission through the Internet). The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Claims (16)

As a social network service method, the method
Selecting a second user terminal corresponding to a condition input to the first user terminal;
Transmitting a predetermined information request signal from the first user terminal to the selected second user terminal;
Obtaining information corresponding to the transmitted information request signal from the second user terminal; And
And wherein the obtained information is transmitted to the first user terminal.
The method of claim 1,
The first user terminal and the second user terminal information is a social network service method, characterized in that input in advance to the network server for the social network service method.
The method of claim 2,
The second user terminal may be one or more social network service method, characterized in that.
The method of claim 1,
The second user terminal is a social network service method, characterized in that the wired or wireless user terminal.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The first user terminal is a social network service method, characterized in that the wired or wireless user terminal.
The method of claim 1,
And the condition comprises a location condition based on a point of interest input by the first user terminal.
The method of claim 1,
After the information obtained from the second user terminal, the information transmitted to the first user terminal comprises the image information captured by the camera provided in the second user terminal, the social network service method.
The method of claim 1,
The number of the selected second user terminal may be a plurality, social network service method.
A recording medium having recorded thereon program instructions for implementing the social network service method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
Social network service system, the system is
A first user terminal into which an information request is input by a user;
A first server unit for transmitting the information request input from the first user terminal and searching for a second user terminal capable of responding to the information request;
A communication unit capable of transmitting the information request signal to a second user terminal searched by the first server unit;
A second user terminal receiving an information request signal from the communication unit, acquiring information corresponding to the received information request, and transmitting the information request signal to a second server unit; And
And a second server unit which receives the information transmitted from the second user terminal and transmits the information to the first user terminal.
The method of claim 10,
The first user terminal and the second user terminal information is input to the first server unit, characterized in that the social network service system.
The method of claim 10,
The second user terminal is a social network service system, characterized in that the wireless user terminal.
The method of claim 10,
The first user terminal is a social network service system, characterized in that the wired user terminal.
The method of claim 10,
The number of the second user terminal and the first user terminal can be a plurality, characterized in that the social network service system.
15. A recording medium having recorded thereon program instructions for driving a social network service system according to any one of claims 10-14.
A second user terminal used in the social network service system according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the second user terminal is a mobile phone.

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