JP2004054471A - Communication terminal for displaying emotion/action expression of character from face character and communication mediating system using the same terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal for much more richly expressing the emotions of each user by converting face characters into real images for display. <P>SOLUTION: This system is provided with at least a means for preliminarily deciding and recording characters corresponding to face characters in the storage part of the communicating terminal of a user, and for detecting the face characters and picture characters configured of action characters in conversational sentences at the time of executing communication, and for retrieving the storage part, and for calling and displaying the equivalent characters with the conversation characters at a display part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, when communicating a communication conversation via a communication line and a communication conversation, when a so-called emoticon or pictogram is included in the communication, a character corresponding to the face is automatically replaced by the character. The present invention relates to a communication terminal such as a mobile phone and a personal computer displayed on a display unit.
In addition, the present invention relates to a communication mediation system using communication terminals that use those communication terminals and communicate with each other in a character screen of each terminal in an electronic mail, a bulletin board, and a virtual virtual conversation room (chat) via a communication mediation server.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent communication using communication messages between communication terminals, a so-called emoticon is used in the sentence to express a part of the face with a short symbol character string, etc., and express the expression and emotion of the face together. Often used instead of long sentences.
[0003]
For example, a character face character string such as {0},>-<, '∧', etc., is utilized because it appears to represent various facial expressions.
Therefore, the use of this emoticon reduces the input time of the sentence, which is convenient and efficient for the user. On the other hand, the user who receives the sentence can easily read the sentence, and can read the emotion of the sender. Was showing the effect.
[0004]
As described above, for the user, the "emotional character" in the communication has a high emotional expression effect, and is used more frequently in e-mail and chat. With regard to such emoticons, there has been a demand for technology development of software that makes the most of visualization and visualization of human-to-human communication in a virtual space as a means of making personal communication more emotional.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problem, and in communication of a communication terminal with a face character, a character screen corresponding to the face character is output to the display unit, and further, the character is displayed by an action character. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal provided with a means for giving motion.
[0006]
It is another object of the present invention to provide a mail, bulletin board, and chat system in which characters of each terminal can have a conversation in a virtual conversation room using these communication terminals.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a communication terminal of the present invention for displaying an emotion / action expression of a character from pictograms forms a character string by various combinations of characters, and makes the string similar to a face to express facial expressions / emotions. A communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving information via a communication line by a communication message including a pictogram including a face character string and an action character for adding one or more characters expressing the facial expression / emotional movement of the face as necessary. In the storage unit of those communication terminals, a face character string-character correspondence table composed of the face character string that the user may use and a character expression image corresponding to each face,
At least an action character-changed character correspondence table including an action character to be added to a face character string that may be used by the user and a character expression image changed by each action character,
A central control unit that controls an application program by an operating system (OS) determines a first delimiter that determines a front and rear range of a face character string in a message transmitted via a communication line, and determines a front and rear range of a pictogram outside the first delimiter. Automatic delimiter adding means for automatically adding a second delimiter, or additional warning means for prompting the input of the character;
A face character string / action character detecting means for reading the range of the pictogram in the received message from the second delimiter, and reading the range of the face character string from the first delimiter;
When the face character string is detected, character image display means for calling a corresponding character image by the face character string-character correspondence table and displaying the image on a predetermined portion of the display unit;
When the action character is detected, character image change display means for calling and displaying a corresponding character image by the action character-change character correspondence table by changing a part of the character image displayed on the display unit. It is characterized by having at least.
[0008]
Further, the storage unit of the communication terminal further stores, at a predetermined position of the face character string in the communication message, a front face of the character, a side face on the right side, a side face on the left side, or the character's face. A 3D character or angle character that determines the direction of the three-dimensional rotated image, and a 3D character-character correspondence table including a face or character image corresponding to each direction or angle;
The central control unit includes: a 3D character detection unit that reads whether or not there is a 3D character or an angle character at the predetermined position in the face character string in the received communication message;
When the 3D character is detected, a character rotation image display means for calling a corresponding character rotation image from the 3D character-character correspondence table and updating and displaying the display unit is provided.
[0009]
Further, the communication terminal includes at least a computer connectable to a communication line, a computer connectable to the Internet, a portable wireless telephone, and an Internet-compatible portable wireless telephone having a Web browser.
[0010]
Next, the communication mediation system using the communication terminal of the present invention is connected to an Internet communication line, relays communication terminals for communicating conversational sentences, and relays communication of conversational sentences of users of those communication terminals. In a communication system comprising at least a mediation server system of a website operator having at least a CGI program for mail, chat, and bulletin board,
The mediation server system has a face character string-character correspondence table including a face character string that a user may use in a conversation sentence and a character expression image corresponding to the character string, and is added to the face character string. Comprising an action character and a change character correspondence table comprising an action character and a character image changed by the action character,
A pictographic character string detecting means for detecting a pictographic character string composed of a facial character string and an action character included in the conversational text when the conversational text transmitted from the communication terminal is received, and a character expression image corresponding to the detected facial character string Is read out from the face character string-character correspondence table, and if an action character is further added, the changed character expression image is read out from the action character-changed character correspondence table, and the image data is stored in e-mail, chat or bulletin board information data. It is characterized by comprising a pictorial character string conversion adding means for adding, and transmitting information to which the image data is added to the communication terminal.
[0011]
3. The communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the communication sentence mediating system using the communication terminal of the present invention is connected to an Internet communication line and communicates a conversation sentence. When,
In a communication system including at least a CGI program for a chat server that allows those users to have a conversation in real time using characters on the Web, and a mediation server system having a chat database required for the processing,
A web page transmitting unit that transmits a web page in response to an access from the communication terminal;
When the user selects a chat item on the Web page at the communication terminal, in response to the selection signal, the plurality of virtual conversation rooms for the chat do not reach the predetermined capacity of each room and are empty. A conversation room list transmitting means for transmitting a conversation room list whether or not there is,
When the user selects one character at the communication terminal and selects one of the empty conversation rooms, the selected character is returned to the current use state of the selected virtual conversation room in response to the selection signal. In addition, it is displayed in the conversation room, and when the selected character is already used in the conversation room, it is displayed in a different color to distinguish between the characters, and the screen is displayed on the communication terminal. Conversation room screen transmission means for transmitting to the
When the user selects to move to another conversation room on the screen received by the conversation room list transmitting means to move to another virtual conversation room at the communication terminal, in response to the selection signal, A destination conversation room transmitting means for moving the user's character to the destination conversation room and transmitting the new combination screen to the communication terminal.
[0012]
Further, in the communication terminal, when the user selects another conversation room in the conversation room list moving to another virtual conversation room, in response to the selection signal from the advertisement mediation server system, the next A moving screen display means for calling and displaying a horizontal screen of the user's character from the 3D character-to-character correspondence table during a waiting time when the screen is sent is provided.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the configuration of a communication terminal of the present invention for displaying the emotion / action expression of a character from pictograms.
[0014]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a user's personal computer (communication terminal) that can be connected to the communication line 90. The personal computer 10 may be a communication terminal having a Web browser and connecting to an Internet line.
[0015]
Reference numeral 20 denotes a user's mobile phone (communication terminal) that can be connected to the communication line 90 via the wireless base station 80. The mobile phone 20 may be a communication terminal having an Internet-compatible Web browser and connecting to an Internet line via the base station 80.
[0016]
Next, a more detailed description of the communication terminals 10 and 20 will be described below.
The user's personal computer 10 includes at least a central control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a communication line connection circuit unit 13, a display unit 14, an input device unit 15 such as a key / mouse, and a bus 19.
[0017]
The storage unit 12 includes a face character string-character correspondence table 12a including a face character string that may be used by the user and a character expression image corresponding to each face, and a face character string that may be used by the user. , And at least an action character-changed character correspondence table 12b including a character expression image changed by each action character.
[0018]
The face character string 1 used in the message is a character arrangement that forms a character string by various combinations of characters, makes the string similar to a face, and expresses the expression and emotion. The action character 3 used in the message is a symbol that regards the face as a character and adds one or more characters expressing the facial expression / emotional movement to the face character string. The action character 3 is added before, after, or before or after the face character string 1.
[0019]
Here, the symbol string composed of the face character string 1 and the action character 3 is referred to as “pictogram 5”.
[0020]
FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D show examples of the code character array of the pictogram 5 described above.
[0021]
Here, a first delimiter character 2 and a second delimiter character 4 as shown in FIG. 3 for the communication terminals 10 and 20 to recognize the pictogram 5, the face character string 1 and the action character in the pictogram 5 Write a sentence to write and send.
[0022]
In this example, the first delimiter 2 uses parentheses (and), and the second delimiter 4 uses. If there is no action character 3, the second delimiter 4 may be omitted.
[0023]
The central control unit 11 for controlling an application program by an operating system (OS) includes the following units 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, and 11f.
[0024]
Here, the means 11a sets the first delimiter 2 that determines the front and rear range of the face character string 1 in the communication sent through the communication line 90 and the second delimiter 4 that defines the outside and the front and rear range of the pictogram. Automatic delimiter addition / addition warning means 11a for automatically adding or, when those delimiters 2 and 4 are missing, prompting the input of the delimiters.
[0025]
The means 11b reads the pictogram 5 in the received message from the second delimiter 4 from that range, and then reads the face character string 1 from the first delimiter 2 from that range. It is a detecting means 11b.
[0026]
Further, the means 11c is a character image display means 11c which, when the face character string 1 is detected, displays a corresponding character image on the predetermined portion of the display unit by using the face character string-character correspondence table 12a.
[0027]
The means 11d is a character image change display means 11d which, when the action character 3 is detected, calls up a corresponding character image from the action character-change character correspondence table 12b and outputs it to the display unit 14.
[0028]
FIG. 3C shows an example. In the case of this example, the action character {} indicates that the movement of both hands of the character image is raised.
[0029]
The storage unit 12 further stores, in front of or after the face character string 1 in the message, a frontal face of the character, a right-sided profile, a left-sided profile, or a three-dimensional rotated image of the character. And a 3D character-character correspondence table 12c including a 3D character or angle character that determines the direction of the character and a face or character image corresponding to the direction or angle.
[0030]
FIG. 3D shows an example. In this case, the 3D character 6 is 90 °, and the profile image may be recorded in the table 12c in advance.
[0031]
The central control unit 11 of the communication terminal 10 further includes means 11e and 11f.
[0032]
The unit 11e is a 3D character detecting unit 11e that reads out whether or not there is a 3D character or an angle character in the face character string 1 in the received sentence.
[0033]
When the 3D character (90 ° in the example of FIG. 3D) is detected, the means 11 f calls up the corresponding character rotation image from the 3D character-character correspondence table 12 c and sends it to the display unit 14. This is the character rotation image display means 11f to be displayed.
[0034]
Next, details of the mobile phone 20 (communication terminal) of the user will be described.
[0035]
The mobile phone 20 also includes at least a central control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 23 including an antenna, a display unit 24, a key input unit 25, and a bus 29.
[0036]
The storage unit 22 includes a face character string-to-character correspondence table 22a, an action character-to-change character response table 22b, and a 3D character-to-character correspondence table 22c similar to those of the user's personal computer 10.
[0037]
The central control unit 21 has a character adding unit / additional warning unit 21a, a face character string / action character detecting unit 21b, a character image displaying unit 21c, a character image change displaying unit 21d, and a 3D character detecting unit having the same functions as the user's personal computer 10. 21e, a character rotation image display means 21f.
[0038]
FIG. 4 shows an example of the character image 7 corresponding to the face character string 1 in the correspondence table in the face character string-character correspondence tables 12a and 22a.
[0039]
FIG. 5 shows an example of the change character image 8 corresponding to the pictogram 5 to which the action character 3 is added in the correspondence table in the action character-change character correspondence tables 12b and 22b.
[0040]
In FIG. 4, the third from the lower left represents a boy with glasses, and the first from the lower right indicates that there is a tear on the right.
[0041]
In FIG. 5, the fourth from the upper left indicates that both hands are to the left and upward, and the fifth from the upper left indicates that both hands are to be upward. The third from the lower left indicates that the boy wearing the glasses is dozing.
[0042]
FIG. 6A shows a state in which a sentence is written by key input at the time of transmission by the communication terminals 10 and 20 using the face character string 1 and the pictogram 5 of the action character 3 in FIGS. In this case, the character images 7 and 8 to be transmitted may be displayed on the upper portion of the display unit in advance as shown in FIG. In the case of the mobile phone 20, it is omitted or the number of lines for scrolling display is limited as shown in FIG.
[0043]
FIG. 6B shows a state when the conversation message shown in FIG. 6A is received. When the pictogram 5 is positioned at the cursor position, the character images 7 and 8 are sequentially displayed at the upper part of the display unit, and the corresponding text is displayed. Indicates that is displayed at the bottom. A scroll of 4 to 5 L is displayed as shown in FIG.
[0044]
Next, FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of a series of flow of operations of the communication terminals 10 and 20 for displaying the emotion / action expression of the character of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 from pictograms.
[0045]
At the time of transmission, the communication terminals 10 and 20 check whether the delimiters 2 and 4 are arranged in the pictogram 5 as specified, and if not, automatically add or warn. At the time of reception, the communication terminals 10 and 20 Based on the delimiter characters 2 and 4, a face character 1, an action character 3, a 3D character or an angle character 6 is detected, and a character image 7 and a changing character image 8 are displayed for each of them.
[0046]
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a mail / chat / bulletin board communication mediation system via the mediation server system 50 using the communication terminals 10 and 20.
[0047]
Here, reference numeral 10 denotes a personal computer (communication terminal) equipped with a Web browser, and reference numeral 20 denotes a portable wireless telephone (communication terminal) equipped with an Internet-compatible Web browser. Reference numeral 90 denotes an Internet line, 50 denotes a mediation server system, and 80 denotes a wireless base station.
[0048]
The mediation server system 50 includes at least a Web server 51 and a storage unit 52, and includes a communication server database 52x and a character image conversion database 52y. The Web server 51 includes a communication server CGI program 51x and a character image conversion program 51y. . Further, the Web server 51 includes the following units 51a, 51b, 51c, and 51d for the virtual conversation room.
[0049]
The unit 51a is a Web page transmitting unit 51a that transmits a Web page in response to access from the communication terminals 10 and 20.
[0050]
When the user selects a chat item on the Web page using the communication terminals 10 and 20, the means 51b responds to the selection signal and sets a plurality of virtual conversation rooms for the chat in each of the plurality of virtual conversation rooms. A conversation room list transmitting unit 51b for transmitting a conversation room empty state list of whether or not there is an empty room without reaching the capacity.
[0051]
Means 51c responds to those selection signals when the user selects one of the characters (ie, one of the emoticon strings) at the communication terminal and selects one of the empty conversation rooms. Then, a user-selected character is added to the current state of use of the selected virtual conversation room to display the conversation room, and when the selected character is already used in the conversation room by another user, those characters are displayed. A conversation room screen transmission unit 51c that displays characters in different colors to distinguish them and transmits the screen to the communication terminal.
[0052]
Means 51d, when the user selects to move to another conversation room on the screen received by the conversation room list transmitting means 51b, in order to move to another virtual conversation room with the communication terminals 10 and 20, the selection is made In response to the signal, the destination conversation room transmitting means 51d displays the character of the user in the conversation room of the destination and transmits the new combination screen to the communication terminal of the user.
[0053]
Further, the communication terminals 10 and 20 of the user are provided with means 11g and 21g in addition to the means 11a to 11f and 21a to 21f shown in FIG. 1, respectively, and further provided with a moving character-character correspondence table 12d and 22d.
[0054]
Here, when the user selects another conversation room in the conversation room list moving to another virtual conversation room in the communication terminals 10 and 20, the means 11 g and 21 g perform the selection from the advertisement mediation server system 50. Moving screen display means 11g and 21g for calling and displaying the horizontal screen of the user's character by the 3D character-character correspondence table 12d during the waiting time when the next screen is sent in response to the signal.
[0055]
“World” in FIG. 8 indicates a conversation room. (A) is a conversation room list. (B) shows a case where the conversation room selected by the user has no other character of the user.
[0056]
(D) shows a case where the user selects another conversation room again and there is another character there, and (c) shows a horizontal image of the own character during the transition to that image.
[0057]
(F) shows a case where the user selects another conversation room and moves, and there are already two characters there, and (e) shows a horizontal image between them.
[0058]
(G), (h), and (i) show how the two characters are having a conversation in the conversation room of (d) via the Internet and the mediation server system 50. During the conversation, each time the pictogram 5 matches the cursor, the facial expression changes.
[0059]
When the user's communication terminal is the personal computer 10, the display unit 14 on the screen is large, so that several characters can be accommodated in the conversation room as shown in FIG. The conversation of each character can be displayed in chronological order, such as a bulletin board, and the current conversation can be displayed at the bottom.
[0060]
Next, FIG. 10 shows an operation flow of the chat system using the communication terminal of the present invention shown in FIG.
[0061]
FIG. 10 shows a flow of an operation of accessing the mediation server system 50 from the communication terminals 10 and 20 to select a conversation room and having a conversation with the selected character in the conversation room.
[0062]
Also, the flow of operation when the user wants to move from the current conversation room to another conversation room is shown.
[0063]
An operation of calling and displaying the character screen in the horizontal direction of the own character from the 3D character-to-character correspondence table for a period of time from the request for movement to another conversation room to the reception of the screen of the conversation room at the movement destination from the system 50. Is also shown.
[0064]
The communication server database 52x of the mediation server includes any of mail, bulletin board, and chat. Further, the character image conversion database 52y and the character image conversion program 51y convert a pictogram string of a communication sentence into a character image for a communication terminal not having the function of the present invention for converting a pictogram into a character image. A database and a processing program for transmitting.
[0065]
That is, the character image conversion database 52y has the same contents as the face character string-character correspondence table 12a, function character-change character correspondence table 12b, and 3D character-character correspondence table 12c described in the storage unit of the communication terminal. A correspondence table is provided. (Not shown)
[0066]
Further, the character image conversion program 51y includes a pictographic character string detecting means 51y-1 for detecting a pictographic character string composed of a face character string and an action character included in the conversational text when receiving the conversational text transmitted from the communication terminal. Reading the character expression image corresponding to the detected face character string from the face character string-character correspondence table, and if an action character is added, reads the changed character expression image from the action character-change character correspondence table; A character image conversion adding unit 51y-2 for adding image data to the information data of the communication server database 52x for mail, chat, or bulletin board is provided, and the information with the image data added is transmitted to the communication terminal.
[0067]
The pictographic character string detecting means 51y-1 registers the pictographic character string-character correspondence table 12a in the communication message regardless of the presence or absence of the first delimiter character and the second delimiter character for detecting the facial character. If there is a character string, it may be converted and added to the character expression image.
[0068]
Further, the processing program may function only when requested by the communication terminal.
[0069]
In addition, the technical idea of the present invention also includes providing a database and a processing program for imaging a face character as an emotional expression to a communication terminal, a computer, or a server as a module alone or as a component.
[0070]
【The invention's effect】
The communication terminal for displaying the emotion / action expression of the character from the pictogram of the present invention and the communication mediation system using the communication terminal have the following effects.
[0071]
In other words, when a conversation is exchanged via a communication line or the Internet, if a smiley is included in a communication message, a character image corresponding to the face is automatically displayed at the same time, so that it can be expressed in a simple sentence. An impossible emotional expression can be efficiently displayed on a small screen. The expression effect can be greatly improved compared to the case of a simple emoticon.
[0072]
In addition, by combining the emoticon with the action character, the emoticon can be given a motion, and the character image to which the animation-like expression function is added allows the user to communicate with the conversation, so that the expression effect can be further improved compared to the related art. .
[0073]
Further, if the angle character and the 3D character are added to the emoticon, a screen viewed from an arbitrary direction of the character can be displayed, so that the virtual reality can be further increased.
[0074]
On the other hand, by using such a communication terminal to access the communication mediation system and selecting a virtual virtual conversation room there, it is possible to have a conversation while watching the screen of the characters in the selected conversation room. Therefore, the user can have a rich emotional and visual conversation / communication through the character by the expression effect of the character.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a communication terminal of the present invention for displaying emotion / action expressions of a character from emoticons.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a communication mediation system using the communication terminal of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a pictogram of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an example of a face character string and a corresponding character image.
FIG. 5 is an example of a changing character image corresponding to a pictogram obtained by adding an action character to a face character string.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of writing a pictogram during transmission and reading a pictogram during reception.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the operation of the communication terminal of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of selection of a conversation room (world) and movement of entry.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state of a conversation room when the communication terminal is a personal computer.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a chat system using the communication terminal of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 face character string 2 first delimiter 3 action character 4 second delimiter 5 pictogram 6 3D character or angle character 7 character image 8 changing character image 10 user's personal computer (communication terminal)
Reference Signs List 11 Central control unit 12 Storage unit 13 Communication line connection unit 14 Display unit 15 Input unit 19 Bus 20 User's portable radio telephone (communication terminal)
21 Central control unit 22 Storage unit 23 Wireless transmission / reception circuit unit 24 Display unit 25 Key input unit 29 Bus 50 Mediation server system 51 Web server 52 Storage unit 80 Wireless base station 90 Communication line, Internet line

Claims (6)

A character string is composed of various combinations of characters, and the string is made similar to a face, and a facial character string expressing facial expressions and emotions and, if necessary, one or more characters expressing facial expressions and emotional movements of the face. In a communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving information via a communication line by a communication message including a pictogram consisting of an action character to be added,
In the storage unit of those communication terminals, a face character string-character correspondence table including the face character string that may be used by the user and a character expression image corresponding to each face,
At least an action character-changed character correspondence table including an action character to be added to a face character string that may be used by the user and a character expression image changed by each action character,
A central control unit that controls an application program by an operating system (OS) determines a first delimiter that determines a front and rear range of a face character string in a message transmitted via a communication line, and determines a front and rear range of a pictogram outside the first delimiter. Automatic delimiter adding means for automatically adding a second delimiter, or additional warning means for prompting the input of the character;
A face character string / action character detecting means for reading the range of the pictogram in the received message from the second delimiter, and reading the range of the face character string from the first delimiter;
When the face character string is detected, character image display means for calling a corresponding character image by the face character string-character correspondence table and displaying the image on a predetermined portion of the display unit;
When the action character is detected, character image change display means for calling and displaying a corresponding character image by the action character-change character correspondence table by changing a part of the character image displayed on the display unit. A communication terminal for displaying at least an emotion / action expression of a character characterized by being provided from a smiley face. The storage unit of the communication terminal further stores, at a predetermined position of the face character string in the communication message, a front face, a right-side face, a left-side face, or a three-dimensional face of the character. A 3D character or angle character that determines the direction of the rotated image, and a 3D character-character correspondence table including a face or character image corresponding to each direction or angle;
The central control unit includes: a 3D character detection unit that reads whether or not there is a 3D character or an angle character at the predetermined position in the face character string in the received communication message;
2. A character rotation image display means for calling a corresponding character rotation image by the 3D character-character correspondence table when the 3D character is detected and updating and displaying a display unit. A communication terminal for displaying emotion / action expressions of the described characters from emoticons. 3. The character emotion according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal includes at least a computer that can be connected to a communication line, a computer that can be connected to the Internet, a PDA, and an Internet-compatible portable wireless telephone having a Web browser. A communication terminal that displays action expressions from emoticons. A communication terminal connected to the Internet communication line for communicating conversational texts, and a website operator that relays conversational communication of users of those communication terminals and includes at least a CGI program for e-mail, chat, and bulletin board Communication system consisting of a mediation server system of
The mediation server system has a face character string-character correspondence table including a face character string that a user may use in a conversation sentence and a character expression image corresponding to the character string, and is added to the face character string. Comprising an action character and a change character correspondence table comprising an action character and a character image changed by the action character,
A pictographic character string detecting means for detecting a pictographic character string composed of a facial character string and an action character included in the conversational text when the conversational text transmitted from the communication terminal is received, and a character expression image corresponding to the detected facial character string Is read out from the face character string-character correspondence table, and if an action character is further added, the changed character expression image is read out from the action character-changed character correspondence table, and the image data is stored in e-mail, chat or bulletin board information data. A communication mediation system using a communication terminal, comprising: a pictorial character string conversion adding means for adding; and transmitting information with image data added to the communication terminal. 3. A communication terminal which is connected to an Internet communication line and communicates a conversation sentence, wherein the communication terminal displays an emotion / action expression of a character from an emoticon.
In a communication system including at least a CGI program for a chat server that allows those users to have a conversation in real time using characters on the Web, and a mediation server system having a chat database required for the processing,
A web page transmitting unit that transmits a web page in response to an access from the communication terminal;
When the user selects a chat item on the Web page at the communication terminal, in response to the selection signal, the plurality of virtual conversation rooms for the chat do not reach the predetermined capacity of each room and are empty. A conversation room list transmitting means for transmitting a conversation room list whether or not there is,
When the user selects one character at the communication terminal and selects one of the empty conversation rooms, the selected character is returned to the current use state of the selected virtual conversation room in response to the selection signal. In addition, it is displayed in the conversation room, and when the selected character is already used in the conversation room, it is displayed in a different color to distinguish between the characters, and the screen is displayed on the communication terminal. Conversation room screen transmission means for transmitting to the
When the user selects to move to another conversation room on the screen received by the conversation room list transmitting means to move to another virtual conversation room at the communication terminal, in response to the selection signal, A communication mediation system using a communication terminal, comprising: a destination conversation room transmitting means for moving the user's character to the destination conversation room and transmitting the new combination screen to the communication terminal. In the communication terminal, when the user selects another conversation room in the conversation room list moving to another virtual conversation room, the next screen is displayed in response to the selection signal from the advertisement mediation server system. 5. The communication intermediation using a communication terminal according to claim 4, further comprising moving screen display means for calling and displaying a horizontal screen of the user's character from the 3D character-to-character correspondence table during the transmitted waiting time. system.

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