Service system for providing service using social group community function and method therefor

• US 10,200,317 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2015
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lineplus Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Line Up Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Lee, Yong Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kassa, Elizabeth
• Application Number:
  US14/838,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20160212072A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A service system for providing a service using a social group community function and a method therefor are provided. The method includes transmitting information, on a list of a chat room associated with a content providing service among a plurality of chat rooms managed in the SNS, to a server which provides the content providing service according to a request from the server which provides the content providing service a user of the SNS accesses, receiving information about a chat room selected by the user on the list of the chat room and link information from the server, and providing the link information to participants of the selected chat room through the selected chat room.

Claims

1. A service method in a service system, implemented with a computer, for providing a social network service (SNS), the method comprising:

transmitting, using at least one processor, information related to a list of chat rooms associated with a user of a content providing service among a plurality of chat rooms managed by the SNS, to a content service server in response to a request from the content service server, the content service server configured to provide the content providing service to users of the content providing service;

receiving, using the at least one processor, selection information of a chat room selected by the user from the list of chat rooms of the SNS, and link information related to content included in the content providing service from the content service server; and

transmitting, using the at least one processor, the link information to participants of the selected chat room through the selected chat room via the SNS,

wherein the link information comprises a link for accessing content selected by the user or content the user receives among the content of the content providing service, the link causing terminals of the participants to install a software application related to the content providing service or automatically sign into the content providing service to access the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected chat room is associated with the content providing service and includes other users registered with the SNS and have a SNS relationship established with the user in the SNS, as chat participants.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected chat room is associated with the content providing service and includes a representative account of the content providing service, which is registered in the SNS, as a chat participant.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected chat room is associated with the content providing service and includes at least one other users, who does not have a SNS relationship established with the user in the SNS, as a chat participant.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the information related to the list of the chat rooms associated with the user of the content providing service comprises:

transmitting information about a plurality of members of the content providing service associated with the chat rooms listed in the list of chat rooms associated with the user; and

generating a group chat room including at least one of the plurality of members as a chat participant based on the transmitted information about the plurality of members of the content providing service.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the generating of the group chat room comprises:

transmitting a message, for encouraging the plurality of members to subscribe to the SNS or participate in the group chat room, to the plurality of members; and

providing rewards to a member of the plurality of members who subscribes to the SNS through a link included in the message or a member of the plurality of members who participates in the group chat room through the message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the information related to the list of the chat rooms associated with the user of the content providing service comprises:

providing an application program interface (API) for inquiring about the list of the chat rooms to the content service server; and

providing information on the list of the chat rooms associated with the user in response to an API call from the content service server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein

the content providing service comprises a game service;

and

the link for accessing the content comprises at least one of a link for accessing a game room the user has accessed or a link for moving a character of another user who accesses the game room through the link to a position or an instance space determined according to the link on a virtual space provided in the game service.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

9. A service method in a service system, implemented with a computer, for providing a content providing service, the method comprising:

transmitting, using at least one processor, content to a user who accesses the content providing service;

transmitting, using the at least one processor, a user interface for inquiring about a chat room of a social network service (SNS) to the user through interworking with the SNS;

receiving, using the at least one processor, information on a chat room list associated with the user from a SNS server which provides the SNS, according to a request of the user through the user interface;

transmitting, using the at least one processor, the information on the chat room list to the user and receiving selection of a chat room from the list of chat rooms from the user;

transmitting, using the at least one processor, information about the selected chat room and a link generated for sharing the content related to the content providing service to the SNS server; and

transmitting, using the at least one processor, the content to at least one of other users of the selected chat room, who accesses the content through the link,

wherein the link is provided to participants of the selected chat room through the SNS server, the link causing terminals of the participants to install a software application related to the content providing service or automatically sign into the content providing service to access the content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving of the information on the chat room list associated with the user comprises:

receiving the list of chat rooms, at least one of the chat rooms including other users registered with the SNS and have a SNS relationship established with the user in the SNS, as chat participants.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving of the information on the chat room list associated with the user comprises:

receiving the list of chat rooms, the chat rooms including a representative account of the content providing service, which is registered in the SNS, as a chat participant.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving of the information on the chat room list associated with the user comprises:

receiving the list of chat rooms, at least one of the chat rooms including at least one other users, who does not have a SNS relationship established with the user in the SNS, as a chat participant.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting of the user interface for inquiring about the chat room of the SNS to the user comprises:

receiving an application program interface (API) for inquiring about the chat room list from the SNS server; and

generating the user interface, the generating including generating an API call to the SNS server using the API; and

displaying the generated user interface to the user on a display device.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein

the content providing service comprises a game service;

and

the transmitting of the content to the at least one of the other users, who accesses the content through the link, further includes,

allowing the at least one of the other users to access a game room associated with the game service that the user accessed or moving a character of the at least one of the other user, which accesses the game room through the link, to a position or an instance space determined according to the link on a virtual space provided in the game service.

16. A service system for providing a social network service (SNS), the system comprising:

a processor configured to;

manage a chat room list associated with a user of the SNS;

transmit information related to the chat room list to a content service server in response to a request from the content service server, the content service server configured to provides the content providing service to users of the content providing service;

receive selection information of a chat room selected by the user from the chat room list and link information related to content included in the content providing service from the content service server; and

transmit the link information to participants of the selected chat room through the selected chat room via the SNS,

wherein the link information comprises a link for accessing content selected by the user or content the user receives among content of the content providing service provided through the content service server, the link causing terminals of the participants to install a software application related to the content providing service or automatically sign into the content providing service to access the content.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to generate and manage a chat room which includes other users registered with the SNS and have a SNS relationship established with the user in the SNS, as chat participants.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to generate and manage a chat room which includes a representative account of the content providing service, which is registered in the SNS, as a chat participant.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to generate and manage a chat room which includes at least one other users, who does not have a SNS relationship established with the user in the SNS, as a chat participant.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein

the content providing service comprises a game service;

and

the link for accessing the content comprises at least one of a link for accessing a game room the user has accessed or a link for moving a character of another user who accesses the game room through the link to a position or an instance space determined according to the link on a virtual space provided in the game service.

21. A service system for providing a content providing service, the system comprising:

a processor configured to,

transmit content related to the content providing service to a user who accesses the content providing service;

transmit a user interface for inquiring about a chat room of a social network service (SNS) to the user through interworking with the SNS;

receive information on a chat room list associated with the user of the content providing service from a SNS server which provides the SNS, in response to a request of the user through the user interface;

transmit the information on the chat room list to the user and receive selection of a chat room of the chat room list from the user; and

transmit information about the selected chat room and a link generated for sharing the content to the SNS server,

wherein the SNS server is configured to transmit the link to participants of the selected chat room through the SNS,

the processor is configured to provide the content to at least one of the other users of the chat room, who accesses the chat room through the link, and

the link causes terminals of the other users to install a software application related to the content providing service or automatically sign into the content providing service to access the content.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to receive the list of chat rooms, at least one of the chat rooms including other users registered with the SNS and have a SNS relationship established with the user in the SNS, as chat participants.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to receive the list of chat rooms, at least one of the chat rooms including a representative account of the content providing service, which is registered in the SNS, as a chat participant.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein

the content providing service comprises a game service;

and

the processor is configured to allow the at least one of the other users to access a game room associated with the game service that the user accessed or moves a character of the at least one of the other users, which accesses the game room through the link, to a position or an instance space determined according to the link on a virtual space provided in the game service.