Method and apparatus for displaying interface for providing social networking service through anonymous profile

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11082391-B2
Application number	US-202016999075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2020
Priority date	Aug 21, 2019
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A method of displaying an interface for providing a social networking service (SNS) through an anonymous profile, performed by a user terminal, includes displaying a first list of at least one anonymous chatroom created by a user account for an instant messaging service (IMS) using a first region on a first page in an interface for the IMS, displaying a second list of at least one anonymous profile created to be interlinked with the user account using a first region on a second page in the interface for the IMS, and displaying, in response to an input of selecting any one anonymous profile in the second list, an interface for providing the SNS through the selected anonymous profile.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of displaying an interface for providing a social networking service (SNS) through an anonymous profile, performed by a user terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a first list of at least one anonymous chatroom created by a user account for an instant messaging service (IMS) using a first region on a first page in an interface for the IMS;
displaying a second list of a plurality of anonymous profiles created to be interlinked with the user account using a first region on a second page in the interface for the IMS; and
displaying, in response to an input of selecting any one anonymous profile in the second list, an interface for providing the SNS through the selected anonymous profile,
wherein each of the plurality of anonymous profiles is assigned link information for participation in an anonymous chatroom for 1:1 chat with a corresponding anonymous profile, and wherein each of the at least one anonymous chatroom is accessible through link information assigned to a corresponding anonymous profile and is a chatroom for 1:1 chat with the corresponding anonymous profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the interface comprises displaying a cover-view interface of the selected anonymous profile.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the displaying of the cover-view interface comprises:
displaying information on the selected anonymous profile using a first region in the cover-view interface;
displaying a list of contents posted on the SNS through the selected anonymous profile, using a second region in the cover-view interface;
displaying a list of 1:1 chatrooms created in the IMS through link information assigned to the selected anonymous profile, using a third region in the cover-view interface; and
displaying an interface for posting contents on the SNS using the selected anonymous profile, in response to an input of selecting a fourth region in the cover-view interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the interface comprises displaying an interface for posting contents on the SNS using the selected anonymous profile.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the contents include at least one of text, audio, photo, and video.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying recommended keywords determined by a predetermined method, among keywords associated with anonymous chatrooms provided through the IMS, using a second region on the first page in the interface for the IMS.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying recommended anonymous chatrooms determined by a predetermined method, among anonymous chatrooms provided through the IMS, using a third region on the first page in the interface for the IMS.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kakao Corp

Inventors

• Lee Ji Sun
• Park Hyun Young
• Lim Seong Mi
• Park Young Min
• Lee Doo Won
• Ko Eun Jung
• Lee Jae Lin
• Lim Kwang Hui
• Shim Ki Yong
• Choi Sun Ho
• Choi Kwang Hoon
• Lee Hwa Young
• Lee Jae Gil
• Kim Kyong Rim
• Cho Soo Min

Classifications

• H04L51/046 Primary

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• H04L51/52 Primary

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/216

  Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads · CPC title

• H04L63/0421

  Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer · CPC title

• H04L67/30

  Profiles · CPC title