SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING IN-APP SERVICE

• US 20120311527A1
• Filed: 05/30/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: LEE, Sang-Bum
• Granted Patent: US 9,720,653 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code

Abstract

In order for an in-app service providing system comprised of an in-app service server and a content server to provide a customized service to a user, when the in-app service server receives user information from a user terminal of the user, it checks whether or not the received user information has been previously stored. When the user information has been stored, user log information corresponding to the user information is received from the content server, and the in-app service server selects content to be provided to the user based on the user information and the user log information. When the content to server generates a template including content, the in-app service server provides the template to the user terminal, thus providing a user-customized service.

Claims

1. An in-app service providing system comprising:

an in-app service server interworking with a developer terminal or a user terminal, generating a source code with respect to a first template including content to be provided to a user based on application information input from the developer terminal, generating a second template including content for providing a customized service to the user based on information input from the user terminal, and providing the same to the user terminal; and

a content server providing content information to be included in the first template or the second template to the in-app service server when an application is executed or is requested by the in-app service server, and storing and managing content substance which is included in the customized service and which is to be provided to the in-app service server.

2. The in-app service providing system of claim 1, wherein the in-app service server comprises:

a developer providing unit interworking with the developer terminal to receive content to be included in the first template, generating a source code for the first template, and providing the same to the developer terminal;

a user providing unit interworking with the user terminal to provide the second template to the user terminal; and

a template URL/URI storage unit interworking with the developer providing unit and the user providing unit, generating a source code including a URL/URI with respect to selected content based on category information input from a developer terminal and terminal information and providing the same to the developer providing unit, when the source code with respect to the first template is requested by the developer providing unit, and generating a source code including a URL/URI with respect to selected content based on user information and user log information and transferring the same to the user providing unit, when the source code with respect to the second template is requested by the user providing unit.

3. The in-app service providing system of claim 2, wherein of claim 2, wherein the developer providing unit comprises:

a category registering unit registering category information regarding content input from the developer terminal;

a terminal information registering unit storing terminal information regarding a terminal in which an application input from the developer terminal is to be mounted; and

a user interface information storage unit storing user interface information of the first template provided according to driving of the application input from the developer terminal.

4. The in-app service providing system of claim 3, wherein the developer providing unit comprises:

a category analyzing unit analyzing the category information registered to the category registering unit, and setting representative content to be provided to the user based on the analyzed category information;

a terminal information analyzing unit analyzing terminal information stored in the terminal information registering unit, and outputting the analyzed terminal information together with the category information analyzed by the category analyzing unit; and

a source code generation unit receiving the terminal information and the category information output from the terminal information analyzing unit, generating a first source code with respect to the first template, and transferring the first source code and the category information to the template URL/URI storage unit so as to transfer a second source code including URL/URI information corresponding to the category information to the developer terminal.

5. The in-app service providing system of claim 2, wherein the user providing unit comprises:

a user information reception unit receiving user information including identification information of the user terminal, a user name, a service access time, and a service type from the user terminal;

a user access information transmission unit transferring the user information received by the user information reception unit to the content server such that the user information is stored as user log information with respect to the user terminal, and storing the received identification information of the user terminal; and

a user log information reception unit receiving the user log information with respect to the user terminal from the content server.

6. The in-app service providing system of claim 5, wherein the user providing unit comprises:

a service selection unit selecting a content type to be provided to the user based on whether or not the user log information is received from the content server, and requesting the second template including a URL/URI with respect to the selected content from the template URL/URI storage unit; and

a content providing unit receiving the second template including the URL/URI with respect to the selected content from the template URL/URI storage unit and providing the received second template to the user terminal.

7. The in-app service providing system of claim 6, wherein, when the user log information is received from the content server, the service selection unit selects content to be provided to the user based on the user log information, and when the user log information is not received, the service selection unit selects pre-set content as content to be provided to the user.

8. The in-app service providing system of claim 1, wherein the content server comprises:

a template generation unit previously generating a template based on the user interface information, the terminal information and the category information stored in the in-app service server or generating a template based on user log information when the user log information is collected, and adding content in an input template based on a URL/URI link of the template;

a template storage unit storing the template generated by the template generation unit; and

a template URL/URI storage unit receiving URL/URI information of a template accessed by the user terminal from the in-app service server and storing the same, and outputting a URL/URI link of the template for providing content previously generated according to the stored URL/URI information to the user terminal.

9. The in-app service providing system of claim 8, wherein the content server comprises:

a content registering unit registering content input from the developer terminal;

a content storage unit storing content information regarding the content registered by the content registering unit; and

a service URL/URI storage unit storing a URL/URL corresponding to the content information stored by the content storage unit, providing the same to the template generation unit, receiving the URL/URI link of the template stored in the URL/URI storage unit, and transferring the received URL/URI link to the template generation unit.

10. The in-app service providing system of claim 9, wherein the content server further comprises:

a user log information storage unit receiving the user log information from the in-app service server and storing the same, determining whether or not the stored user log information is equal to or greater than a pre-set threshold value when a request for providing the user log information is generated, and transferring the user log information to the in-app service server when the user log information is equal to or greater than the threshold value.

11. A method for providing a customized service to a user by an in-app service providing system comprised of an in-app service server and a content server, the method comprising:

receiving, by the in-app service server, user information from a user terminal of the user;

checking whether or not the received user information has been previously stored;

receiving user log information corresponding to the user information from the content server, when the user information has been stored;

selecting, by the in-app service server, content to be provided to the user based on the user information and the user log information;

generating, by the content server, a template including the content selected by the in-app service server, and transferring the generated template to the in-app service server; and

providing, by the in-app service server, the template to the user terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

after the checking,

when the user information has not been stored, transferring previously selected content information to the content server;

generating, by the content server, a template such that the template includes content according to the content information, and transferring the generated template to the in-app service server; and

providing, by the in-app service server, the template to the user terminal.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

before receiving the user information,

receiving, by the in-app service server, category information regarding a service to be provided to the user, information regarding a terminal in which an application is to be mounted, and user interface information of the template from a developer terminal;

generating a first source code based on the information received by the in-app service server; and

generating a second source code by adding a previously selected content URL/URI in the first source code, and transmitting the generated second source code to the developer terminal.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first source code includes only the user interface information, and the second source code includes both the user interface information and the content URL/URI information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the user log information includes preferred service information, a service usage time, and information regarding the number of times of using a service.