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-2016330150-A1
Application number	US-201615147744-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 5, 2016
Priority date	May 6, 2015
Publication date	Nov 10, 2016
Grant date	—

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 message service providing method performed by a user terminal, the method comprising:
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 the suggested search word in response to a user input provided to the message application; receiving search result data derived through the search word; providing a plurality of page views for each category to which the search result data is mapped; receiving a sharing request for at least one item of the search result data through the plurality of page views for each category; and displaying, at the sharing request, information related to the at least one item of the search result data in a speech bubble or a template distinct from the speech bubble in a chatroom of the message application.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the at least one item of the search result data is determined based on information related to participants in the chatroom or information related to the chatroom when the instant message is input through the message input box or the suggested search word is selected in the suggested search word list displayed in conjunction with the message input box.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message application switches from the chat mode to the search mode when a user inputs an identifier or selects an identifier provided in the message application to switch from the chat mode to the search mode.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the suggested search word list comprises:
an identifier to indicate whether the suggested search word in the suggested search word list has been selected before; or an identifier to display an additional search word including or being associated with the suggested search word in the suggested search word list.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the suggested search word list is displayed when a user inputs the instant message into the message input box or selects the message input box before the instant message is input into the message input box, and
the suggested search word list comprises at least one of a related search word including or having a relation to the instant message input into the message input box, a real-time popular search word at a point in time at which the message input box is selected or the instant message is input into the message input box, a recommended search word derived by analyzing an instant message included in a chat history of the message application, a recent search word derived from an instant message recently input into the message input box, and a past search word searched through the message application.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sharing request comprises a request for sharing in at least one of a chatroom where the search request is made, another chatroom where the user is participating in a chat, another chatroom designated by the user, and a chatroom to be newly created.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying comprises:
identifying a type of the at least one item of the search result data; and displaying information related to the at least one item of the search result data in a chatroom based on the identified type.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the at least one item of the search result data comprises summary data including at least one of a title, a representative image, and a description of a page corresponding to the search word.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, when the at least one item of the search result data comprises link information of a page corresponding to the search word, the information related to the at least one item of the search result data corresponds to clip information which is derived by analyzing the page through a clipping server, obtained from metadata of the page, or derived by snapshotting a whole or a portion of the page.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying the information related to the at least one item of the search result data in conjunction with the search word.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one item of the search result data is displayed based on a priority derived in view of at least one parameter among a recency of the at least one item of the search result data, a popularity of the at least one item of the search result data, and an association of the at least one item of the search result data with the search word.

12 . A message service providing method performed by a user terminal, the method comprising:
recognizing an input of an identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of search servers 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; transferring a search word corresponding to a whole or a portion of the instant message to the search server corresponding to the identifier when the input of the identifier is recognized; receiving search result data derived through the search word from the search server corresponding to the identifier; and displaying the search result data through a preset region of the message application.

13 . A message service providing method performed by a message server, the method comprising:
receiving a sharing request for at least one item of search result data from a user terminal which obtains a search word; and transferring information related to the sharing-requested at least one item of the search result data to the user terminal, wherein the search word includes a whole or a portion of 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, the sharing request is made through a plurality of page views for each category to which the search result data derived through the search word is mapped, and the information related to the at least one item of the search result data is displayed, at the sharing request, in a speech bubble or a template distinct from the speech bubble in a chatroom of the message application of the user terminal.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the information related to the at least one item of the search result data is determined based on information related to participants in the chatroom or information related to the chatroom when the instant message is input through the message input box or the suggested search word is selected in the suggested search word list displayed in conjunction with the message input box.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein, when the at least one item of the search result data comprises link information of a page corresponding to the search word, the information related to the at least one item of the search result data corresponds to clip information which is derived by analyzing the page through a clipping server, obtained from metadata of the page, or derived by snapshotting a whole or a portion of the page.

16 . A message service providing method performed by a user terminal, the method comprising:
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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

• G06F16/90335

  Query processing · CPC title

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• 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