GROUP MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FILE SHARING THROUGH BIDIRECTIONAL INTERLOCK WITH A CLOUD SERVER

• US 20130198304A1
• Filed: 02/01/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: JUNG, Jeanie
• Granted Patent: US 9,240,962 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a group messaging system for providing file sharing through bidirectional interlock with a cloud server, including: a messenger server receiving information requesting creation of a group chatting room including group members and instructing user terminals of the respective group members to create the group chatting room; and a cloud server interlocking with the messenger server, receiving information about the creation of the group chatting room from the messenger server, and creating a sharing group mapped to the group chatting room in a one-to-one scheme.

Claims

1. A group messaging system comprising:

a messenger server configured to receive a request providing group members of a group chatting room to be created, configured to create the group chatting room, and configured to instruct a user terminal corresponding to one or more of the group members to create a group chatting window; and

a cloud server configured to interlock with the messenger server, configured to receive information about the creation of the group chatting room from the messenger server, and configured to create a sharing group mapped to the group chatting room in a one-to-one scheme.

2. The group messaging system of claim 1, wherein the cloud server is configured to receive a file through the one or more group chatting windows and to store the file in a sharing group folder corresponding to the sharing group of the cloud server.

3. The group messaging system of claim 2, wherein the cloud server is configured to grant authority to access the file stored in the sharing group folder to the group members.

4. The group messaging system of claim 2, wherein the cloud server is configured to transmit activity information for the file stored in the sharing group folder to the messenger server.

5. The group messaging system of claim 4, wherein the user terminal corresponding to one or more of the group members is configured to display the activity information in a chatting window of the group chatting window.

6. The group messaging system of claim 4, wherein the activity comprises one or more of registering of the file, reading of the file, modifying of the file, registering of a reply to the file, and granting of an evaluation mark for the file.

7. The group messaging system of claim 1, wherein the cloud server is further configured to receive information about the creation of the group chatting room from a user terminal and configured to transmit information related to the created sharing group to the messaging server to create a group chatting room mapped to the sharing group in the one-to-one scheme.

20. The group messaging system of claim 1, further comprising a network connecting the messenger server and the cloud server,

wherein the interlock comprises bidirectional interlocking implemented over the network.

21. The group messaging system of claim 2, wherein the file is synchronized between the cloud server and the user terminal corresponding to one or more of the group members.

8. A messenger server comprising:

a group chatting room managing unit configured to receive a request providing group members of a group chatting room to be created, configured to create the group chatting room, and configured to instruct a user terminal corresponding to one or more of the group members to create the group chatting window;

a storage configured to store the group chatting group and the group members; and

a cloud server interlock processing module configured to interlock with a cloud server and configured to request the cloud server to create a sharing group mapped to the created group chatting room in a one-to-one scheme, when the group chatting room is created through the group chatting room managing unit.

9. The messenger server of claim 8, further comprising a file sharing processing unit configured to store a file in a sharing group folder corresponding to the sharing group of the cloud server, when the file is uploaded through the group chatting window.

10. The messenger server of claim 8, further comprising a group activity notifying unit configured to receive activity information for the file stored in the sharing group folder from the cloud server and configured to process the activity information so as to display the activity information on a chatting window of the group chatting window.

11. The messenger server of claim 10, wherein the activity comprises one or more of registering of the file, reading of the file, modifying of the file, registering of a reply to the file, and granting of an evaluation mark for the file.

12. The messenger server of claim 8, further comprising a cloud server accessing unit configured to access the cloud server through a chatting window of the created group chatting window.

22. The messenger server of claim 8, further comprising a network connecting the messenger server and the cloud server,

wherein the interlock comprises bidirectional interlocking implemented over the network.

23. The messenger server of claim 9, wherein the file is synchronized between the cloud server and the user terminal corresponding to one or more of the group members.

13. A cloud server comprising:

a group sharing folder managing unit configured to create a sharing group according to a request from a user terminal, wherein the request includes group members of the sharing group;

a storage configured to store the sharing group chatting; and

a messenger server interlock processing module configured to interlock with a messenger server, and configured to request the messenger server to create a group chatting room mapped to the sharing group in a one-to-one scheme when the sharing group is created through the group sharing folder managing unit.

14. A group messaging method performed by a messenger server, the group messaging method comprising:

receiving, at the messenger server, a request providing group members of a group chatting room to be created;

creating the group chatting room;

instructing a user terminal corresponding to one or more of the group members to create the group chatting window; and

requesting, from the messenger server, an interlock with a cloud server to create a sharing group mapped to the group chatting room in a one-to-one scheme.

15. The group messaging method of claim 14, further comprising:

uploading a file through the created group chatting room; and

storing the file in a sharing group folder corresponding to the sharing group of the cloud server.

16. The group messaging method of claim 14, further comprising receiving activity information for the file stored in the sharing group folder from the cloud server and displaying the activity information on a chatting window of the group chatting window.

17. The group messaging method of claim 16, wherein the activity comprises one or more of registering of the file, reading of the file, modifying of the file, registering of a reply to the file, and granting of an evaluation mark for the file.

18. A group messaging method performed by a user terminal, the group messaging method comprising:

receiving, on the user terminal, information related to creation of a group chatting window including group members from a messenger server and creating the group chatting window based on the information; and

receiving selection of a file and uploading the selected file, on the user terminal, through the group chatting window,

wherein the uploaded file is stored in a sharing group folder mapped to the group chatting room of a cloud server, wherein the sharing group and the group chatting room are in a one-to-one scheme, and

wherein when activity for the file stored in the sharing group folder is generated, the activity information is received and displayed on a chatting window of the created group chatting window.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising an executable program which, when executed, performs a method for group messaging of a messenger server, the method comprising:

receiving, at the messenger server, a request providing group members of a group chatting room to be created;

creating the group chatting room;

instructing a user terminal corresponding to one or more of the group members to create the group chatting window; and

requesting, from the messenger server, an interlock with a cloud server to create a sharing group mapped to the group chatting room in a one-to-one scheme.