System and method of providing in-app service

• US 9,720,653 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2012
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Bum
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Van
• Assistant Examiner(s): DASCOMB, JACOB D
• Application Number:
  US13/483,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20120311527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,889 Days
• 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 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, comprising one or more processors, that provides a customized service to a developer terminal or a user terminal by;

receiving, from the developer terminal or the user terminal, application information, wherein the application information comprises user information including information to identify the user terminal, a user name, a service access time, and a preferred service type from the user terminal;

sending, responsive to receiving the application information, a request for user log information;

receiving the requested user log information;

determining, based on the received user log information, a preferred service type based on the user log information being greater than or equal to a pre-set threshold value;

automatically generating a first source code based on the determined preferred service type;

transmitting a request for a template, wherein the request includes the generated first source code;

receiving, in response to the request for the template, the template, wherein the template comprises the first source code and URL/URI links that provide content corresponding to the preferred service type; and

transmitting the template to the developer terminal or the user terminal; and

a content server that provides the template to the in-app service server by;

receiving, from the in-app service server, the request for the user log information;

transmitting, to the in-app service server, the requested user log information;

receiving, from the in-app service server, the request for the template;

generating the template by adding URL/URI links corresponding to the preferred service type to the first source code; and

transmitting, to the in-app service server, the generated template.

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

a developer providing unit configured to communicate with the developer terminal to receive content to be included in a first template, generate a source code for the first template, and provide the source code for the first template to the developer terminal;

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

a template URL/URI storage unit configured to communicate with the developer providing unit and the user providing unit, generate 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 provide the source code, including the URL/URI with respect to selected content based on the category information, to the developer providing unit, when the source code with respect to the first template is requested by the developer providing unit, and generate a source code including a URL/URI with respect to selected content based on the user information and the user log information and transfer the source code, including the URL/URI with respect to selected content based on the user information and the user log information, to the user providing unit, when 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 the developer providing unit comprises:

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

a terminal information registering unit configured to store 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 configured to store 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 configured to analyze the category information registered to the category registering unit, and set representative content to be provided to the user based on the analyzed category information;

a terminal information analyzing unit configured to analyze terminal information stored in the terminal information registering unit, and output the analyzed terminal information together with the category information analyzed by the category analyzing unit; and

a source code generation unit configured to receive the terminal information and the category information output from the terminal information analyzing unit, generate a first source code with respect to the first template, and transfer 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 configured to receive the user information;

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

a user log information reception unit configured to receive 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 configured to select 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 request 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 configured to receive the second template including the URL/URI with respect to the selected content from the template URL/URI storage unit and provide 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 configured to generate the template based on user interface information, terminal information and category information stored in the in-app service server or generate the template based on the user log information when the user log information is collected, and add content in an input template based on a URL/URI link of the template;

a template storage unit configured to store the template generated by the template generation unit; and

a template URL/URI storage unit configured to receive URL/URI information of a template accessed by the user terminal from the in-app service server and store the received URL/URI information, and output a URL/URI link of the accessed 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 configured to register content input from the developer terminal;

a content storage unit configured to store content information regarding the content registered by the content registering unit; and

a service URL/URI storage unit configured to store a URL/URI corresponding to the content information stored by the content storage unit, provide the URL/URI to the template generation unit, receive the URL/URI link of the template stored in the URL/URI storage unit, and transfer 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 configured to receive the user log information from the in-app service server and store the received user log information, determine whether or not the stored user log information is equal to or greater than the pre-set threshold value when a request for providing the user log information is generated, and transfer 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. The in-app service providing system of claim 1, wherein the service access time comprises a time at which the user accesses the service.

12. 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, at the in-app service server from a developer terminal or a user terminal, application information, wherein the application information comprises user information including information to identify the user terminal, a user name, a service access time, and a preferred service type from the user terminal;

sending, by the in-app service server and responsive to receiving the application information, a request for user log information;

receiving, by the in-app service server, the requested user log information;

determining, by the in-app service server based on the received user log information, a preferred service type based on the user log information being greater than or equal to a pre-set threshold value;

automatically generating, by the in-app service server, a first source code based on the determined preferred service type;

transmitting, by the in-app service server, a request for a template, wherein the request includes the generated first source code;

receiving, by a content server and from the in-app service server, the request for the user log information;

transmitting, by the content server and to the in-app service server, the requested user log information;

receiving, by the content server and from the in-app service server, the request for the template;

generating, by the content server, the template by adding URL/URI links corresponding to the preferred service type to the first source code;

transmitting, by the content server, to the in-app service server, the generated template;

receiving, by the in-app service server and in response to the request for the template, the template, wherein the template comprises the first source code and URL/URI links that provide content corresponding to the preferred service type; and

transmitting, by the in-app service server, the template to the developer terminal or the user terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

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

after the checking and when the user information has not been stored, transferring pre-set content information to the content server;

generating, by the content server, the template such that the template includes content according to the pre-set 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.

14. The method of claim 12, 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 the first source code based on the information received by the in-app service server; and

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

15. The method of claim 14, 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.