Messaging service system and method for expanding member addition operation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9876654-B2
Application number	US-201213487326-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2012
Priority date	Jun 3, 2011
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a messaging service system and method for adding a contact through a grouping operation. The messaging service system includes a member registering unit configured to create a group, and to register a first member designated by a user as a first participant of the group; and a member managing unit configured to disclose the group to the first participant of the group, to assign, to the first participant, a permission to add a second participant to the group, in which, the member registering unit is configured to add a second member designated by the first participant of the group as the second participant of the group, and the member managing unit is configured to display a list of members registered by the member registering unit and a list of groups created by the member registering unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A messaging service system, comprising:
a member registering unit configured to allow a user to create a group, and to register a first member designated by the user as a first participant of the group; and
a member managing unit configured to disclose the group to the first participant and assign, to the first participant, a permission to add a second participant to the group,
wherein the member registering unit is configured to add a second member designated by the first participant as the second participant of the group, and the member managing unit is configured to display a list of members registered by the member registering unit and a list of groups created by the member registering unit,
wherein the second participant is displayed in the list of groups displayed by the member managing unit, but is not displayed in the list of members displayed by the member managing unit;
wherein at least one of the first participant and the second participant is recommended to be registered as a friend of the user if the at least one of the first participant and the second participant is not registered as a friend at the time of the recommendation;
wherein the friend of the user is a member associated with the user in a messaging service,
wherein the first participant adds the second participant to the group in a case where the first participant has contact information of the second participant and the second participant accepts an invitation sent from the first participant, and
wherein the contact information includes a phone number or an email address registered in a phonebook of a mobile terminal of the first participant.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein: the member registering unit is configured to set whether to disclose contact information of the user to the group; and the member managing unit is configured to disclose the contact information of the user to at least one of the participants if the member registering unit is set to allow disclosure of the contact information.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the member registering unit is configured to receive a piece of group information associated with the group, the piece of group information comprising at least one of a name, a picture, and an icon.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the member managing unit is configured to assign, to the participants of the group, at least one of a permission to edit group information and a permission to withdraw from the group.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein: the member managing unit is configured to set whether to disclose contact information of one of the participants of the group; and the member managing unit is configured to disclose the contact information of the respective participant if the member registering unit is set to allow disclosure of the contact information.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the member managing unit is configured to perform a unified search to find a participant or a member from the list of members and the list of groups.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the member managing unit is configured to simultaneously display a list of recommended members and a list of recommended groups, the recommended members comprise members who requested the user to be a member, and the recommended groups comprise groups that requested the user to be a participant of the respective groups.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the member registering unit is configured to add a group to the list of groups associated with the user.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the member managing unit is configured to share with a third member, contact information of at least one of the participants.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the member managing unit is configured to add the at least one of the participants to a list of members or a list of groups associated with the third member.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the member managing unit is configured to provide contact information of one of the participants to the third member if the respective participant allows disclosure of the contact information.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the contact information of the respective participant is stored in the messaging service system or in a mobile terminal of the third member.

13. A mobile terminal, comprising:
an interface configured to access a messaging service system that provides a messaging service; and
a display screen configured to display a service screen associated with the messaging service,
wherein the service screen is configured to receive registration of a group created by a user, the group comprising a first member designated by the user as a first participant of the group; the service screen is configured to display a list of registered members and a list of groups and assign, to the first participant of the group, a permission to add a second member as a second participant of the group,
wherein the second participant is displayed in the list of groups displayed by the service screen, but is not displayed in the list of registered members displayed by the service screen;
wherein at least one of the first participant and the second participant is recommended to be registered as a friend of the user if the at least one of the first participant and the second participant is not registered as a friend at the time of the recommendation;
wherein the friend of the user is a member associated with the user in a messaging service,
wherein the first participant adds the second participant to the group in a case where the first participant has contact information of the second participant and the second participant accepts an invitation sent from the first participant, and
wherein the contact information includes a phone number or an email address registered in a phonebook of a mobile terminal of the first participant.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the service screen is configured to set whether to disclose contact information of the user to the group, and the service screen is configured to disclose the contact information of the user to at least one of the participants if the service screen is set to allow disclosure of the contact information.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the service screen is configured to receive at least one piece of group information associated with the group, the piece of group information comprising at least one of a name, a picture, and an icon.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the service screen is configured to set whether to disclose contact information of one of the participants, and the service screen is configured to disclose the contact information of the respective participant if the service screen is set to allow disclosure of the contact information.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the service screen is configured to perform a unified search to identify a participant or a member from the list of registered members and groups.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the service screen is configured to display a list of recommended members and a list of recommended groups, the recommended members comprise members who requested the user to be a member, and the recommended groups comprise a list of groups that requested the user to be a participant of the respective groups.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18 , wherein the service screen is configured to add a group to the list of groups associated with the user.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the service screen

Assignees

• Lee Haejin
• Shin Jungho
• Kim Seong Hoon
• Lee Jungmin
• Choi Bo Yoon
• Ko Youngsu
• Line Corp

Inventors

• Lee Haejin
• Shin Jungho
• Kim Seong Hoon
• Lee Jungmin
• Choi Bo Yoon
• Ko Youngsu

Classifications

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L12/6418 Primary

  Hybrid transport · CPC title

• G06Q10/40 Primary

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title