KR101409820B1 - Couple matching service providing method using social network service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a lover connection service using a social network service, and more particularly, to a service providing server for providing a lover connection service, including: (1) acquiring a friend list from a user's social network service; (2) receiving a selection of the other party from the acquired friend list from the user terminal and registering it as a favorite object; (3) determining whether the user matches the favorite object registered by the partner terminal of the selected partner; And (4) transmitting a connection success signal to the user terminal and the counterpart terminal when it is determined that the user is a favorite object in accordance with the determination result of step (3) And transmitting a loosening connection failure signal to the user terminal. In the step (3), if there is no registered favorite object of the selected counterpart, transmitting an invitation message anonymously through the social network service It is a feature of the configuration.
According to the method for providing the lover connection service using the social network service proposed in the present invention, the service providing server registers a favorite object in the friend list acquired from the social network service, and registers the user as a favorite object By transmitting the signal of success of the connection of the lover, it is possible to confirm each other 's mind without confessing directly to a favorite opponent, and it can be connected to the lover safely without risk of confession.
In addition, according to the present invention, since signals and messages are not transmitted to the counterpart terminal when the counterparts do not like each other, there is no risk associated with the confession failure and the user's satisfaction can be improved. By sending the confession message anonymously according to the request, even if it is not connected as a lover, the user can express his / her mind in a roundabout way if desired.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method for providing a connection service using a social network service,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lover connecting service, and more particularly, to a lover connecting service providing method using a social network service.

If there has been a field that has attracted a lot of people from the past, it would be a relationship between men and women. Conventional dating services are developing in a way to arrange meetings online. In other words, it is possible to arrange a meeting between two sexes that are likely to succeed by introducing a certain person whose identity is based on rational information through a general investigation, beyond marginal restrictions of marriage partners or romantic partners, will be.

However, most of these marriage matchmaking companies provide dating services based on marriage, so it is difficult to use them for dating purposes. In addition, it presents and grades information on members' academic background, property, health status, and preferred reason, so it is not only overly closed, but also a person who has good personal and social evaluation and healthy style, In case of bad, there is a problem that the chance of meeting is limited due to low evaluation. In recent years, a method for providing a real-time couple matching service using a compatibility for social dating, which can overcome these limitations and match with various other parties and enjoy social dating, has been disclosed (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2013-0026557 ).

However, instead of meeting new people, school seniors, members of clubs, friends of college, work colleagues, etc. can meet at any time around. However, if there is a favorable feeling in the surrounding reason, it may be difficult to confess with introspective personality, and it can be an inconvenient relationship by confession. Therefore, there is a need for a method of connecting a lover so that users who are already familiar with an already known acquaintance can confirm their mind without revealing their existence.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the previously proposed methods. The present invention registers a favorite object in a friend list acquired from a social network service by a service providing server, , It is possible to confirm each other's heart without confessing to a person whom he likes directly by transmitting the signal of success of the connection of the lover, so that the lover connection service using the social network service which can be connected to the lover safely without risk of confession And a method of providing the same.

In addition, since the present invention does not transmit a signal or a message to a counterpart terminal when the counterpart terminal is not a favorite object, there is no risk associated with a confession failure and thus user satisfaction can be improved. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a lover connection service using a social network service, in which a confession message is anonymously transmitted according to a user's preference, thereby allowing a user to express his /

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a connection service using a social network service,

A service providing server providing a lover connection service,

(1) acquiring a buddy list from a user's social network service;

(2) receiving a selection of the other party from the acquired friend list from the user terminal and registering it as a favorite object;

(3) determining whether the user matches the favorite object registered by the partner terminal of the selected partner; And

(4) If it is determined that the user is a favorite object in accordance with the determination result of the step (3), the controller transmits a connection success signal to the user terminal and the counterpart terminal, And transmitting a loose connection failure signal to the user terminal,

In the step (3), if there is no registered favorite object of the selected counterpart, the invitation message is transmitted anonymously through the social network service.

Preferably, in the step (2)

The user terminal can proceed with a payment process for a predetermined fee.

More preferably, the fee in step (2)

And may be proportional to the number of the selected counterparts.

More preferably, in the step (4)

If the result of step (3) does not match, it is possible to return some of the commission paid.

Preferably, in the step (2)

Receives more affection information about the favorite object from the user terminal, and can transmit the affection information input by the user to the opposite terminal anonymously.

More preferably, the affection information includes at least one of:

And may include a profile that the user intends to disclose to the favorite subject.

More preferably, the affection information includes at least one of:

The affection step may include an affection step selected by the user terminal according to a degree of affection of the user with respect to the selected counterpart among a predetermined number of affection steps set according to the degree of affection.

Preferably, in the step (3)

If a favorite object is not registered within a predetermined time corresponding to the transmitted invitation message, it can be determined as a mismatch.

Preferably,

If the user terminal having received the loosening connection failure signal in step (4) does not modify or delete the favorite object, the step (3) may be processed at a predetermined time interval to confirm whether or not the user matches.

Preferably, in the step (4)

If the result of step (3) does not match, an anonymous confession message may be transmitted to the other terminal according to a request from the user terminal.

According to the method for providing the lover connection service using the social network service proposed in the present invention, the service providing server registers a favorite object in the friend list acquired from the social network service, and registers the user as a favorite object By transmitting the signal of success of the connection of the lover, it is possible to confirm each other 's mind without confessing directly to a favorite opponent, and it can be connected to the lover safely without risk of confession.

In addition, according to the present invention, since signals and messages are not transmitted to the counterpart terminal when the counterparts do not like each other, there is no risk associated with the confession failure and the user's satisfaction can be improved. By sending the confession message anonymously according to the request, even if it is not connected as a lover, the user can express his / her mind in a roundabout way if desired.

Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system for implementing a method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates a method of providing a friend connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, by adding a friend list to a user terminal.
FIG. 4 illustrates a method of providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a user terminal for selecting a partner in a friend list; FIG.
FIG. 5 illustrates a method of providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a user terminal registering a favorite object.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a partner terminal receiving an invitation message in a method of providing a client connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a user terminal or a counterpart terminal that has received a connection success signal in a method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used throughout the drawings.

In addition, in the entire specification, when a part is referred to as being 'connected' to another part, it may be referred to as 'indirectly connected' not only with 'directly connected' . Also, to "include" an element means that it may include other elements, rather than excluding other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a block diagram of a system for implementing a method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, a system for implementing a method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a service providing server 100, a user terminal 200, and a partner terminal 300 ). ≪ / RTI >

That is, according to the present invention, when the service providing server 100 registers a favorite object in the friend list acquired from the social network service, and when the user and the other party register each other as a favorite object, , You can check each other's hearts without confessing to your favorite opponent, and you can be connected to your lover safely. Further, since the present invention does not transmit a signal or a message to the counterpart terminal 300 when the counterpart terminal 300 is not a favorite object, the risk associated with a confession is not burdened, and the user satisfaction can be improved.

Hereinafter, each component constituting a system for implementing a method of providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The service providing server 100 may be a server that provides a lover connection service. The service providing server 100 permits connection between the user terminal 200 and the counterpart terminal 300 through a network including the Internet, an intranet, a wired / wireless communication network, and a mobile communication network, and registers a favorite object input from each terminal And provide a matching service to the lover. The service providing server 100 accesses a server providing a social network service through a network, collects a friend list of the user, further collects information of the selected partner in the friend list, and can use the friend information for connection.

The user terminal 200 can securely transmit a favorite heart to a friend registered as a friend in a social network service using a lover connection service provided by the service providing server 100, . The user can access the service providing server 100 through the network to register a favorite object, and can pay a commission based on the connection of the lover using the user terminal 200. [

The counterpart terminal 300 may be a counterpart terminal registered as a favorite object by the user using the coupon connection service provided by the service providing server 100. [ The other party can access the service providing server 100 in the same manner as the user and register a favorite object in the friend list of the social network service. In other words, the other party may also register a favorite object as one of the users, and may access the service providing server 100 through an invitation message and register a favorite object.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 200 or the counterpart terminal 300 may be various communication terminals such as a computer, a notebook computer, a PDA, and the like, which can use the network. In particular, the user terminal 200 or the counterpart terminal 300 may be a smart phone, a smart note, a tablet PC, a smart camera, a smart phone, or the like capable of changing or expanding a substantial part of functions through an application program (hereinafter referred to as " And may be a smart device such as a smart TV. That is, by installing and executing an application for implementing a method of providing a lover connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user can easily and conveniently use the lover connection service in cooperation with a social network service have. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described terminals of the user terminal 200 or the correspondent terminal 300 of the present invention. The terminal may be connected to the service providing server 100 through a network, The user terminal 200 or the counterpart terminal 300 of the present invention can play a role regardless of the specific terminal type.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a method of providing a friend connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: acquiring a friend list from a user's social network service (S100) (S200), a step S300 of judging whether or not a favorite object registered by the counterpart terminal 300 matches the user, and a step S300 of confirming whether or not the user is a favorite object. , And if not, transmitting a loop connection failure signal (S400).

In step S100, the service providing server 100 can acquire the friend list from the user's social network service. That is, according to the present invention, the user can connect with a friend or a friend who is already known in the user's social network service by a lover rather than connecting the user with a friend who does not know at all. The service providing server 100 receives the account information of the social network service from the user terminal 200 and receives the friend list registered in the user account of the corresponding social network service through the network.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user terminal 200 for adding a friend list in a method of providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, in step S100 of the method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a user selects a desired social network service, and the user account information of the selected social network service You can log in by typing. The service providing server 100 may access the user account through the information input from the user terminal 200 to collect the user's friend list. In step S100, a friend list may be obtained from a plurality of social network services according to a user's request.

In step S200, the service providing server 100 receives the selection of the other party from the friend list acquired from the user terminal 200, and registers it as a favorite target. That is, the user selects a favorite person as a counterpart in the friend list, and the service providing server 100 registers the selected counterpart as a favorite object in the user's account, and can use the selected counterpart to connect the lover.

In addition, in step S200, the user terminal 200 receives more affection information about the favorite object, and can transmit the affection information input in the partner terminal 300 anonymously. At this time, the affection information may include a profile or confession to be disclosed to a user who is liked by the user. That is, in step S200, although the user does not directly know who the user is in the range to which the user wants to communicate to the other party, indirect information such as a member of the same company or a member of the same club is transmitted to the other terminal 300).

In addition, the affection information may further include an affection step selected by the user terminal 200 according to the degree of affection of the user with respect to the selected counterpart among a predetermined number of affection steps set according to the affection level. In step S200, the affection information is anonymously transmitted to the other party at the request of the user, so that the user can transfer his / her mind to the other party before or after connection with the lover.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user terminal 200 for selecting a partner in a friend list in a method of providing a partner connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, in step S200 of the method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a service providing server 100 acquires a social network service It is possible to output a friend list so that the user can easily select it. In addition, by making it possible to search by name, telephone number, e-mail address, social network service account, etc., the user can select the other party without knowing the exact name or the like.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user terminal 200 registering a favorite object in a method of providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, in step S200 of the method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention, a contact is selected from a friend list as shown in FIG. 4, And can register the favorite object in the service providing server 100 by using the " Register " button after inputting the affection information. At this time, the affection level included in the affection information may be an expression of the degree of affection such as interest, liking, etc., and may be helpful in conveying the mind through affection.

On the other hand, in step S200, the service providing server 100 can proceed to the user terminal 200 with a payment process for a predetermined fee. That is, the user can pay the service providing server 100 a predetermined fee for registration of a favorite object. The payment process can be carried out in various ways such as bank transfer, credit card, micropayment of mobile phone, point, coupon, etc., and can be made by a general payment process which is processed in online or mobile payment. Further, the fee in step S200 may be proportional to the number of the selected counterparts. That is, in the present invention, a user can register a plurality of parties as a favorite object, and a predetermined fee can be generated for each of the parties.

In step S300, the service providing server 100 can determine whether or not the user is in agreement with the favorite object registered by the partner terminal 300 of the selected partner. That is, in step S300, it can be determined whether the user and the other party have registered each other as a favorite object. At this time, the other party may have registered a favorite object in advance in the service providing server 100 using the counterpart terminal 300.

On the other hand, in step S300, if there is no registered favorite object of the selected party, the invitation message can be transmitted anonymously via the social network service. That is, if the other party registered as a favorite object of the user does not use the method of providing the lover connection service using the social network service according to the embodiment of the present invention provided by the service providing server 100, If not, the invitation message can guide the user to register their favorite object. At this time, by transmitting the invitation message anonymously, it is possible to prevent the other party from perceiving the user.

Further, in the present invention, since the friend list acquired from the social network service is used, the invitation message can be transmitted using the social network service in which the user and the other party are registered as friends. As described above, by using the social network service, an invitation message can be transmitted anonymously easily and conveniently without inputting additional information for sending an invitation message. In addition, the service providing server 100 can increase the number of members and improve the success rate of the connection by the invitation message.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a counterpart terminal 300 receiving an invitation message in a method of providing a coupon connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 6, in step S300 of the method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an invitation message transmitted by the service providing server 100 is received by the partner terminal 300 can do. The other party's terminal 300 can receive an invitation message in a note of a social network service of the other party, an instant message, or the like. Depending on the embodiment, the other party's terminal 300 can be a Short Message Service (SMS), a Multi Message Service (MMS) The invitation message may be received.

In response to the transmitted invitation message, the other party installs an application for implementing a method of providing a partner connection service using the social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention in the partner terminal 300, selects a social network service It is possible to process the counterpart terminal 300 with the step S100 of transmitting the friend list and the step S200 of registering the favorite object. The service providing server 100 can process the step S300 at a predetermined time interval to confirm whether or not they are matched so that they can be connected to each other by registering their favorite objects. Of course, if the other party registers as a favorite object, the user can process the steps S100 through S400 as a user to determine whether or not the user can be connected to a lover.

On the other hand, in step S300 of the present invention, if a favorite object is not registered within a predetermined time corresponding to the transmitted invitation message, it can be determined as a mismatch. That is, if the other party does not register a favorite object within a predetermined time, such as 24 hours, 48 hours, etc., despite the transmission of the invitation message, the user can be prevented from waiting for an excessively long time.

In step S400, when the service providing server 100 confirms that it is a favorite object in accordance with the determination result of step S300, it transmits a connection success signal to the user terminal 200 and the correspondent terminal 300, If the result does not match, the user terminal 200 may transmit a loose connection failure signal. That is, in step S400, it is possible to transmit a signal indicating whether a connection is successful or a connection failure, in accordance with the determination result of step S300. In the case of success, a signal is transmitted to both the user terminal 200 and the counterpart terminal 300, A signal may be transmitted only to the user terminal 200 so as not to receive the success or failure signal related to the other person, not the relation with the favorite object registered by the counterpart.

On the other hand, in step S400, if it is determined as a result of the judgment in the step S300, it is possible to return some of the paid commissions. In other words, if the lover is connected, the service providing server 100 completely receives the commission paid in step S200. However, if the lover connection fails, it is possible to return some of the paid commissions or to register a favorite object again Thereby allowing the user to re-enter the lover connection at low cost.

In addition, if the user terminal 200 having received the connection failure signal in step S400 does not modify or delete a favorite object, it is possible to check whether or not the user terminal 200 matches the predetermined object by processing step S300 at predetermined time intervals. That is, even if the connection of the lover fails, since the user can register or change the object that the counterpart likes later, in the present invention, the success rate of the lover connection can be improved by processing the step S300 at a predetermined time interval.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a user terminal 200 or a counterpart terminal 300 receiving a connection success signal in a method of providing a connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 7, in step S400 of the method for providing a connection service using a social network service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a connection success signal is transmitted to the user terminal 200 or the partner terminal 300 as a push message Lt; / RTI > According to an embodiment, a signal indicating the success of the connection may be transmitted through SMS, MMS, or the like, and may be transmitted using a social network service registered as a friend by the user and the other party.

On the other hand, in step S400, if the result of the determination in step S300 is NO, the anonymous confession message can be transmitted to the partner terminal 300 at the request of the user terminal 200. [ In other words, if the lover connection fails, the other party does not receive any message or signal, so the user may want to convey his / her mind to the other party even if there is a favorite person. Accordingly, the user terminal 200 can receive the confession message and transmit the confession message to the correspondent terminal 300.

The present invention may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention.

100: service providing server 200: user terminal
300:
S100: acquiring a friend list from the user's social network service
S200: registering the selection of the other party as a favorite object
S300: a step of judging whether or not the user matches the user who is registered by the partner terminal
S400: When it is confirmed that they are liked to each other, a signal indicating the success of the connection is transmitted. If they do not match,

Claims (10)

A service providing server providing a lover connection service,
(1) acquiring a buddy list from a user's social network service;
(2) receiving a selection of the other party from the acquired friend list from the user terminal and registering it as a favorite object;
(3) determining whether the user matches the favorite object registered by the partner terminal of the selected partner; And
(4) If it is determined that the user is a favorite object in accordance with the determination result of the step (3), the controller transmits a connection success signal to the user terminal and the counterpart terminal, And transmitting a loose connection failure signal to the user terminal,
In the step (3), if there is no registered favorite object of the selected opposite party, the user and the other party send an invitation message anonymously through a social network service registered as a friend, and in response to the transmitted invitation message And if it is determined that a favorite object is not registered within a predetermined time, it is determined as a mismatch.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (2)
And a payment process for a predetermined fee is performed in the user terminal.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the fee in step (2)
And the number of the selected counterparts is proportional to the number of the selected counterparts.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein in the step (4)
And if not, returning a part of the fee paid in step (3).
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (2)
Receiving the affection information for the favorite object from the user terminal and anonymously transmitting the received affection information to the partner terminal in an anonymous manner.
6. The method according to claim 5,
Wherein the profile includes a profile that the user wants to disclose to the user who likes the service.
6. The method according to claim 5,
And a love step selected by the user terminal according to a degree of affection of the user with respect to the selected counterpart among a predetermined number of affection phases set according to the degree of affection. Delivery method.
delete The method according to claim 1,
(3) is performed at a predetermined time interval to confirm whether or not the user terminal that received the connection failure signal in step (4) corrects or deletes a favorite object. A method of providing a lover connection service using a social network service.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step (4)
And if it does not coincide with the determined result of the step (3), transmits an anonymous confession message to the other terminal according to a request of the user terminal.

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