KR100592033B1 - User profile sharing system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A user profile sharing system and method are disclosed. The service request receiver receives an application service request message of the user. The database manager stores and manages location information of an application service platform in which a profile including personal information and interest information is stored. The agent history request unit requests and receives location information of an application service platform in which a profile corresponding to the user is stored, from the database manager. The profile requesting unit requests and receives a user profile by accessing an application service agent platform corresponding to the received location information. As such, it is possible to provide a customized service to a user by sharing a user profile among multiple application service agent platforms.

Agent, user profile, application service platform, location information

Description

System and method for sharing a user profile}

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a user profile sharing system according to the present invention;

2A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of an application service agent platform for user profile sharing according to the present invention;

Figure 2b is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a database management unit for sharing a user profile according to the present invention,

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a user profile sharing system according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow in an application service agent platform for user profile sharing according to the present invention;

5A is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a user interface agent requesting a service in a file sharing system according to the present invention, and

5B is a flow diagram illustrating the flow of one embodiment of a user agent history platform for sharing user profiles in accordance with the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system and method for sharing a user profile, and more particularly, to a system and method for sharing a profile between application services in order to provide a customized service to a user in each application service.

Many same application services exist, and each application service provides a customized service according to user's preference information. To provide a customized service to a user in an application service, the user collects log information or behavior information left in the application service and extracts the user's interest information through learning based on the collected information. In addition, based on the extracted interest information, a customized service suitable for the user's interest is provided.

In the ubiquitous environment, there is a user agent that performs work on behalf of a user, and there is an agent platform that is an environment in which application service-related agents and agents for providing services in each application service can perform a predetermined work. The agent model includes a Foundation for Intelligent Phisical Agent (FIPA) model.

In the customized service, the user's interest information is generated by the agent (user) leaving a lot of log and behavior information in each application service, which means that for each application service, even though the user profile is substantially the same for the same application service, There is a problem in generating and managing information of interest independently.

In particular, in the case of an application service in which a profile including the user's interest information is not generated, there is a problem in that other similar application services cannot provide a customized service even if a profile is created.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to share a profile between application services that provide a custom service to a user, so that an application service without a user profile can provide a custom service through a profile that exists in another application service. A user profile sharing system and method thereof are provided.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to share a profile between application services providing a customized service to a user, so that an application service without a user profile can provide a customized service through a profile existing in another application service. The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium that records a program for executing a user profile sharing method on a computer.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, an embodiment of a user profile sharing system according to the present invention includes a service request receiving unit for receiving an application service request message of a user; A database manager configured to store and manage location information of an application service platform storing a profile including personal information and interest information; An agent history request unit requesting and receiving location information of an application service platform storing a profile corresponding to the user from the database manager; And a profile requesting unit requesting and receiving a profile of the user by accessing an application service agent platform corresponding to the received location information.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, an embodiment of a user profile sharing method according to the present invention comprises: receiving an application service request message of a user; Extracting location information of an application service platform storing a profile corresponding to the user from a database storing and managing location information of an application service platform including a profile including personal information and interest information; And requesting and receiving a profile of the user by accessing an application service agent platform corresponding to the received location information.

As such, it is possible to provide a customized service to a user by sharing a user profile among multiple application service agent platforms.

Hereinafter, a user profile sharing system and method thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a user profile sharing system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user profile sharing system according to the present invention includes a user interface unit 100, a dynamic authentication unit 110, a first service provider 120, an agent history manager 130, and a second service provider. 140.

The user interface unit 100 is an agent that accesses the first service provider 120 at the request of the user and provides a service provided from the first service provider 120 to the user. The user interface 100 first transmits a user interface agent ID to the dynamic authenticator 110 to request a dynamic authentication key.

The dynamic authentication unit 110 grants a dynamic authentication key corresponding to the received user interface agent ID. In addition, the dynamic authentication unit 110 performs authentication verification according to the authentication confirmation request from the agent history management unit 130 and the second service provider 140.

After receiving the dynamic authentication key, the user interface unit 100 transmits a service request message including the dynamic authentication key to the first service provider 120. In addition to the dynamic authentication key, the service request message includes a service item and contents, and a user interface agent ID.

If the first service provider 120 has a user profile (personal information and interest information) corresponding to the received user interface agent ID, the first service provider 120 provides a customized service to the user based on the profile. The first service provider 120 is composed of a plurality of agents that perform their own functions as an application service agent platform. Each agent of the first service provider 120 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

If the first service provider 120 does not have a profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID, the first service provider 120 requests the agent history manager 130 for location information of another service provider 140 in which the profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID is stored. do. When the first service provider 120 requests location information from the agent history manager 130, the first service provider 120 transmits a user interface agent ID, a dynamic authentication key, and an ID of the first service provider.

When the agent history manager 130 receives the profile location information request message from the first service provider 120, the agent history manager 130 transmits the dynamic authentication key included in the location information request message to the dynamic authentication unit 110 to issue the dynamic authentication key normally. Check if the authentication key is valid. The agent history manager 130 is a user agent history agent platform including agents for storing and managing location information of a user profile. Each agent will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

When the agent history manager 130 confirms that the dynamic authentication key is normally issued, the agent history manager 130 checks the reliability of the first service provider 120 based on the ID of the first service provider 120 included in the location information request message. do.

The agent history manager 130 returns the location information of the second service provider 140 in which the profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID received from the first service provider 120 is located. The second service provider 140 is an application service agent platform having the same platform structure as the first service provider.

When the first service provider 120 receives the location information of the second service provider 140, the first service provider 120 accesses the second service provider 140 based on the received location information to obtain a profile corresponding to the user interface agent. request. The first service provider 120 transmits a profile request message including a user interface agent ID, a dynamic authentication key, and an ID of the first service provider to the second service provider when location information is requested.

The second service provider 140 transmits the dynamic authentication key included in the profile request message to the dynamic authentication unit 110 to verify whether the dynamic authentication key is normally issued. The second service provider 140 requests the agent history manager 130 to check the reliability of the first service provider 120 based on the ID of the first service provider 120 included in the profile request message. do.

When the second service provider 140 confirms that the dynamic authentication key is normally issued and the reliability is confirmed, the second service provider 140 transmits the profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID included in the profile request message to the first service provider 120. do.

The first service provider 120 provides a customized service to the user based on the provided profile. In addition, the first service provider 120 grasps the user's interest information such as the user's behavior information and the service selection information identified according to the provision of the customized service, and corresponds to the user interface agent ID in the first service provider 120. Create and update a profile.

The first service provider 120 transmits the location information of the first service provider 120 having the most recent user profile information to the agent history manager 130. Then, the agent history manager 130 updates the location information where the profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID is located.

2A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a service provider (application service agent platform) 120 for sharing a user profile according to the present invention.

1 and 2A, the service provider includes a service request receiver 200, an agent history requester 210, a profile requester 220, an updater 230, and a database manager 240.

The service request receiver 200 receives a service request message of the user. The user service request message is transmitted through the user interface agent 100 in charge of interfacing with the user. The service request message sent from the user interface agent 100 includes a service item and contents, a dynamic authentication key, and a user interface agent ID.

When the service request receiving unit 200 receives the service request message, the agent history request unit 210 stores location information of another service providing unit 140 in which a profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID included in the service request message is stored. Request to the management unit 240.

The database manager 130 stores and manages location information of a service provider in which a profile is stored, and corresponds to the agent history manager 130 of FIG. 1. The profile includes user information and interest information of each application service. Each application service may have a different structure of the user profile.

For example, a file structure of an online video application service largely includes user information, interest information for each user, and interest information for each group. User information includes general information such as user's age, name, address, etc. Interest information by user includes information such as favorite video type (genre), borrowing time and day of the week, and interest information by group includes user information. Includes group interest information such as age, region, and the like.

When the agent history request unit 210 receives the location information of the service provider 140 in which the profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID is stored from the database manager 130, the profile request unit 220 corresponds to the received location information. Access the service provider 140 to request and receive a profile. The location information includes the ID and address of the service provider 140.

The profile request unit 220 provides a customized service to the user based on the user profile received from another service provider. Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the user profile does not exist in the service providing unit 120 that provides a predetermined service, a customized service is provided to the user by using a user profile stored in another service providing unit 140 that provides the same application service. Can provide.

The updater 230 generates and updates a user profile based on the user's interest information identified by providing a customized service to the user, and transmits the location information to the database manager to update the location information of the profile stored in the database.

2B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a database manager 240 for sharing a user profile according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2B, the database manager 240 corresponds to the agent history manager 130 of FIG. 1 and includes an authentication checker 250, an agent history manager 260, and a database 270.

If there is a request for location information by the agent history request unit 210 of the first service provider 120, the authentication checker 250 authenticates the first service provider 120. There are two types of authentication, authentication based on dynamic authentication key and reliability check based on ID of application service agent platform.

First, referring to the authentication based on the dynamic authentication key, since the location information request of the agent history request unit 210 includes the dynamic authentication key issued by the dynamic authentication unit 110, the authentication confirmation unit 250 receives the received dynamic The authentication is performed by accessing the dynamic authentication unit 110 with the authentication key and confirming that the dynamic authentication key is normally issued by the dynamic authentication unit 110.

Next, the authentication confirmation unit 250 determines whether the first service provider 120 that has requested the location information based on the ID of the first service provider 120 can be trusted.

The agent history manager 260 extracts the location information of another application service agent platform in which a profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID included in the location information request is stored from the database 270, and requests the location information of the agent system 210. To send).

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a user profile sharing system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user profile sharing system includes a user interface agent 300, a licensed certification authority 310, and application service agent flatforms 320 and 340. ) And a user agent history agent platform (330).

The application service agent platform (320, 340) is composed of Local Preference Search Agent, Local Preference Updata Agent, Recommend Agent, Authenticaiton Agent, Agent History Updata Agent, User Profile Agent and User Prefernce DB. The application service agent platforms 320 and 340 may include various other agents for providing services.

The Local Preference Search Agent searches for the presence of a user profile in the application service to be provided to the user.

Local Preference Updata Agent provides customized service according to user profile in the application service and then updates local interest DB or received from other application service agent platform when the application service does not have user profile. After providing customized service using user profile, update local interest information DB.

The recommended agent provides a customized service for each application service using a user profile provided from the local 320 or another agent platform 340.

The authentication agent (Authenticaiton Agent) checks the authentication of the dynamic authentication key presented by the user from the authorized certification authority 310 when the user profile is requested from the other agent platform 340 to protect the user's information.

In addition, when the authentication agent requests a user profile from another agent platform 9340, the authentication agent checks the authentication of whether the requested agent is a trusted agent for mutual information protection.

The Agent History Updata Agent updates the user profile history information left by the application service to the User Agent History Agent Platform.

The user agent history agent platform consists of Authentication Agent, DF Search Agent, Agent History Search Agent, and User Prefernce DB.

When the authentication agent receives a profile location information request from the application service agent platform, the authentication agent verifies the authentication of the dynamic authentication key presented by the application service agent platform from the certification authority. In addition, the authentication agent checks the authentication whether the application service agent platform that requested the location information of the profile is a trusted agent for mutual information protection with the application service agent platform.

The DF Search Agent finds the address information of the agent platform having the latest user profile information in the user interest DB.

Agent history search agent (Agent History Search Agent) retrieves the agent with the latest profile information of the user requested from the other agent platform and delivers the information to the requested agent platform.

Here's how to share a user profile around each configuration.

The user is provided with the service through the user interface agent 300. When the user interface agent 300 transmits a dynamic authentication key grant request message including a user interface agent ID to the certification authority 310, the certification authority 310 grants a dynamic authentication key corresponding to the user interface agent. .

Then, the user interface agent 300 transmits a service request message including a service content and item, a dynamic authentication key, and a user interface agent ID to be provided by the user to the application service agent platform 320.

The application service agent platform 320 searches whether the profile corresponding to the user interface agent ID is stored in the local interest information DB.

If there is a profile corresponding to the local interest DB, the application service agent platform 320 provides a customized service based on the profile. If not, the application service agent platform 320 requests the user agent history agent platform 330 for location information of the profile.

When the user agent history agent platform 330 receives the location information request, the user agent history agent platform 330 authenticates the application service agent 320 that has requested the location information through the authorized certification authority 310 with the dynamic authentication key transmitted along with the location information request. Perform. In addition, the user agent history agent platform 330 checks the reliability of the application service agent platform 320.

The application service agent platform 320 receiving the location information from the user agent history agent platform 330 accesses another application service agent platform 340 corresponding to the location information and requests a profile.

The application service agent platform 340 receiving the profile request accesses the certification authority 310 based on the dynamic authentication key sent with the profile request to perform authentication, and the application service agent platform 320 transmitted with the profile request. The reliability is checked by accessing the user agent history agent platform 330 based on the ID of.

In addition, the application service agent platform 340 receiving the profile request returns the corresponding profile.

The application service agent platform 320 which has obtained the profile provides the application service to the user based on the profile, and updates the user's interest information acquired in accordance with the service provision in its own profile.

Then, the application service agent platform 320 notifies the user agent history agent 330 that the profile has been updated, and the user agent history agent 330 updates the location information where the latest profile is located according to the profile update notification.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow in an application service agent platform for sharing a user profile according to the present invention.

3 and 4, the service request receiving unit 200 receives a service request message of the user (S400). The service request message includes a user interface agent ID, a dynamic authentication key obtained from an accredited certification authority, and a service item (content).

The agent history request unit 210 requests and receives the location information of the platform where the profile corresponding to the received user interface agent ID is located from the database manager 240 (S410).

The profile requesting unit 220 requests and receives a profile after accessing the application service agent platform corresponding to the received profile location information (S420 and S430).

In addition, the updater 230 identifies a user's interest information by providing a personalized service based on the received profile, generates and updates its own profile, and transmits the updated profile to the database manager 240. The database manager 240 has the latest profile location information.

5A is a flow diagram illustrating an embodiment of a user interface agent requesting a service in a file sharing system according to the present invention.

3 and 5A, the user interface agent 300 transmits a dynamic authentication key granting request including a unique ID to an authorized certification authority (dynamic increment) 310, and the dynamic authentication unit 310 is a user. Grant a unique dynamic authentication key to the interface agent ID (S500).

The user interface agent 300 granted with the dynamic authentication key generates a service request message including the granted dynamic authentication key and transmits the generated service request message to the application service agent platform 310 providing the service to be provided (S505).

The application service agent platform 320 provides a service in a conventional manner if there is a user profile in the application service agent platform 320 as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, and if there is no user profile, the method of sharing a user profile according to the present invention. Accordingly, the user profile is stored and receives the user profile from the other application service agent platform 340 to provide a customized service.

5B is a flow diagram illustrating the flow of one embodiment of a user agent history platform for sharing user profiles in accordance with the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 5B, when the authentication confirmation unit 250 receives a profile location information request of the application service agent platform 320 (S520), the authentication verification unit 250 issues a dynamic authentication key based on the user dynamic authentication key included in the request. It connects to an authorized certification authority 310 and authenticates whether the dynamic authentication key is normally issued (S525). In addition, the authentication check unit 250 checks the reliability of the application service agent platform based on the ID of the application service agent platform 320 included in the request (S530).

The agent history manager 260 extracts and returns the profile location information from the DB 270 when the authentication and the reliability of the application service agent platform 320 requesting the profile location information are verified through the authentication checker 250 (S535). ).

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). Include. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

According to the present invention, even if a user profile (user information, user interest information) does not exist in various application services in a ubiquitous environment, any application service may share user's interest by sharing a user profile of another application service agent platform having the same platform structure. Can provide customized service.

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A service request receiving unit which receives an application service request message of a user; A database manager configured to store and manage location information of an application service platform storing a profile including personal information and interest information; An agent history request unit requesting and receiving location information of an application service platform storing a profile corresponding to the user from the database manager; A profile requesting unit requesting and receiving a profile of the user by accessing an application service agent platform corresponding to the received location information; And An update unit configured to update the location information of the platform stored in the database manager after reflecting the interest information of the user identified according to the personalized service provision in the profile after providing the personalized service to the user based on the profile; User profile sharing system, characterized in that it comprises a. delete The method of claim 1, The database manager, An authentication confirmation unit for performing authentication on the user when receiving the location information request from the agent history request unit; A database for storing and managing location information of an application service platform having a profile including personal information and interest information; And And a history management unit extracting and returning location information corresponding to the user from the database if the user is a legitimate user as a result of the authentication. The method of claim 1, And a dynamic authentication unit for issuing a dynamic authentication key and checking whether the dynamic authentication key is normally issued when receiving the normal authentication confirmation request of the issued dynamic authentication key after issuing the dynamic authentication key. The database manager receives a location information request message including a dynamic authentication key issued to the user, and returns the location information corresponding to the location information request message when it is confirmed that the dynamic authentication key is normally issued through the dynamic authentication unit. User profile sharing system, characterized in that. Receiving an application service request message of a user; Extracting location information of an application service platform storing a profile corresponding to the user from a database storing and managing location information of an application service platform including a profile including personal information and interest information; Requesting and receiving a profile of the user by accessing an application service agent platform corresponding to the received location information; And After providing the personalized service to the user based on the profile, reflecting the user's interest information identified according to the personalized service provision in the profile, and updating the location information of the platform stored in the database. User profile sharing method, characterized in that. delete The method of claim 5, The location information extraction step, Performing authentication for the user; And extracting and returning location information corresponding to the user from the database if the user is a legitimate user as a result of the authentication. The method of claim 5, The location information extraction step, And returning location information corresponding to the location information request message after authenticating the user through a dynamic authentication key issued to the user. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the user profile sharing method of claim 5 on a computer.

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