Method for transmitting software robot message

• US 7,711,778 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Issued: 05/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Oh, Joon-Seop, Kim, Kwang-Choon
• Primary Examiner(s): LAZARO, DAVID R
• Application Number:
  US11/849,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20080059594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-207, 709/230, 715/706, 715757-758, 706/13, 706/45
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/004 Artificial life, i.e. computing arrangements simulating life
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/126 Evolutionary algorithms, e.g. genetic algorithms or genetic programming

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting a software robot (sobot) message including a sobot having a genetic code. The method includes producing a sobot object, which has a genetic code, to be included in the sobot message according to a user input, generating a script file by scripting the produced sobot object, configuring the sobot message according to a user input, and transmitting the script file together with the sobot message.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting, from a sending terminal to a receiving terminal, a software robot (sobot) message which includes a sobot object having a genetic code, the method comprising the steps of:

producing, by the sending terminal, a configuration related to the sobot object, to be included in the sobot message according to a user input; and

generating a first transmission script file by scripting the sobot object according to the user input when the production is completed, inserting the first transmission script file into the sobot message configured according to the input, and transmitting, by a communication unit of the sending terminal, the sobot message to the receiving terminal; and

generating a second transmission script file by scripting action and resource settings applicable to a sobot having a genetic code according to the user input when the production is completed, inserting the second transmission script file into the sobot message, and transmitting the sobot message.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the step of producing the sobot object, a shape, an action, a set item, a set sound effect and a background of the sobot object are determined.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, when an action of the sobot is set, a condition for outputting the set action is set.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one of the script files is defined by a built-in function, a conditional statement, an operation, a keyword, variables, and attributes thereof.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the built-in function includes start up, play sound, stop sound, show background, action, tooltip and command functions.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the operation includes substitution, comparison and arithmetic operation codes.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the conditional statement includes if, else or while, the keyword includes function, object, if, else and while, and variables include a variable beginning with the symbol $ corresponding to an attribute, and a variable beginning with the symbol @ corresponding to a preset input variable.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein each attribute of the variables beginning with the symbol $ includes at least one of startup, action handler, even handler, tooltip and universal attribute.