Message service providing method for message service linked to search service and message server and user terminal to perform the method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10547571-B2
Application number	US-201615147744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2016
Priority date	May 6, 2015
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

A message service providing method for a message service linked to a search service and a message server and a user terminal for performing the method are disclosed. The message service providing method includes identifying an instant message input through a message input box of a message application switching from a chat mode to a search mode or a suggested search word selected from suggested search words in a suggested search word list displayed in conjunction with the message input box, transferring, to a search server, a search request for a search word including a whole or a portion of the identified instant message or suggested search word in response to a user input provided to the message application, receiving search result data derived through the search word.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of operating a messenger application installed on a user terminal, the method comprising:
sending, to a remote server, a search request from the messenger application;
in response to the search request, receiving search result data for organizing a plurality of page views as if the plurality of page views are arranged in an array such that one of the plurality of page views is displayed on the messenger application and the rest of the plurality of page views are not displayed on the messenger application and further such that the plurality of page views of the array are navigable by one or more user commands onto the messenger application for selecting another of the plurality of page views for displaying on the messenger application;
wherein each of the plurality of page views includes search results and corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined categories such that a set of search results included in one of the plurality of page views belongs to one of the predetermined categories that corresponds to the particular page view including the set of search results;
subsequent to receiving search result data, displaying a first one of the plurality of page views on the messenger application without opening a mobile browser application such that the first page view includes a first set of search results that belong to a first predetermined category;
wherein a second one of the plurality of page views is not displayed concurrently with the first page view and is immediately next to the first page view in a first direction in the array of the plurality of page views, wherein the second page view includes a second set of search results that belong to a second predetermined category different from the first predetermined category;
receiving a first user command for navigating in the array to the first direction while the first page view is displayed on the messenger application; and
in response to the first user command, switching from displaying the first page view to displaying the second page view on the messenger application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first command comprises swiping on a display screen of the user terminal for navigating to the first direction in the array.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message application is configured to switch between a chat mode and a search mode in response to a user input in a chat room of the messaging application.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein upon receipt of an input of a predetermined character followed by an input of texts and further followed by a send command, the message application causes a search using the inputted texts.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein upon receipt of an input of texts followed by a search command, the message application causes a search using the inputted texts.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first page view is shared in a chat room of the messaging application in response to a share request made while the first page view is displayed on the message application.

7. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein the first page view is shared a speech bubble or a template distinct from the speech bubble in the chatroom.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search result comprises at least one of a title, an image, and a description for the first page view.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
recognizing an input of an identifier corresponding to the remote server while a user is inputting an instant message into a message input box of a message application or after the instant message input into the message input box is reflected in a chat history,
wherein the search request is sent to the remote server based on the identifier.

10. A user terminal comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that cause the user terminal to perform the method of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kakao Corp

Inventors

• Joe June Seong
• Park Doo Wahn
• Kim Won Muk
• Shin Dong Ho
• Choe Ji Hye
• Park Seung Jin
• Park Hyun Hee
• Choi Ji Eun
• Seo Seung Uk
• Kim Yu Mi
• Choi Jin Woo
• Park Yang Kyun

Classifications

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• H04L51/046 Primary

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• G06F16/90335

  Query processing · CPC title

• G06F16/3326

  using relevance feedback from the user, e.g. relevance feedback on documents, documents sets, document terms or passages · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title