Granted Patent B2

US 9,936,476 · App. 14/972,335 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Inventors: JungHo Shin (Seongnam-si, KR); Seong Hoon Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jungmin Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Bo Yoon Choi (Seongnam-si, KR)

Assignee: LINE CORPORATION

H04W64/00H04L51/32H04L67/10H04W4/021

Abstract

Claims (64)

1. A user terminal connected to a system to provide social network service (SNS) comprising:

a hardware processor, and

a memory containing instructions that cause the processor to execute a process including:

sending a friend request for initiating a communication within the SNS and location information of the user terminal of a first user having an application for the communication, and receiving user information of at least one other user terminals of at least one second users, said at least one other user terminals having the same application as the first user, and

controlling a display of the user terminal to display a current location of the first user and the user information of the at least one of the second users present within a predetermined distance based on received location information of the other user terminal,

wherein, within the display, a particular region of the display is set as a current location of the user terminal,

wherein, the process further includes displaying the user information of the at least one of the second users as a friend to which the first user can communicate within the SNS when the user information of the at least one of the second users is selected in the user terminal,

wherein the display is configured to display a map that shows locations of the at least one other user terminal, and wherein the display is configured to rotate an indication line so as to function as a radar system and sequentially display the at least one other user terminal as the indication line is rotated.

2. The user terminal of claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to change a scale of the map according to an operation of the user.

3. The user terminal of claim 1 , wherein the process further includes controlling the display so that the longer the distance is, the farther a location, in which the user information is displayed, is from the particular region.

4. The user terminal of claim 1 , wherein the process further includes sending user information selected by the user among the displayed user information.

5. A method performed by a user terminal to provide social network service (SNS), said method including the steps of:

sending the friend request for initiating a communication within the SNS and location information of terminal of a first user having an application for the communication to the system and receiving user information of at least one other user terminals of at least one second users, said at least one other user terminals having the same application as the first user, and

controlling a display of the user terminal to display a current location of the first user and the user information of the at least one of the second users present within a predetermined distance based on received location information of the other user terminal, the controlling further controlling the display so that a particular region of the display is set as a current location of the user terminal,

controlling the display to display the user information of the at least one of the second users as a friend to which the first user can communicate within the SNS when the user information of the at least one of the second users is selected in the user terminal,

displaying a map that shows locations of the at least one other user terminal, and

rotating an indication line so as to function as a radar system and sequentially displaying the at least one other user terminal as the indication line is rotated.

6. The method of claim 5 , further including changing a scale of the map according to an operation of the user.

7. The method of claim 5 , further including controlling the display so that the longer the distance is, the farther a location; in which the user information is displayed, is from the particular region.

8. The method of claim 5 , further including sending user information selected by the user among the displayed user information.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an executable program to perform a method performed by a user terminal to provide social network service (SNS), said method including the steps of:

sending the friend request for initiating a communication within the SNS and location information of terminal of a first user having an application for the communication to the system and receiving user information of at least one other user terminals of at least one second users, said at least one other user terminals having the same application as the first user,

controlling a display of the user terminal to display a current location of the first user and the user information of the at least one of the second users present within a predetermined distance based on received location information of the other user terminal, the controlling further controlling to display so that a particular region of a display of the user terminal that is set as a current location of the user terminal,

controlling the display to display the user information of the at least one of the second users as a friend to which the first user can communicate within the SNS when the user information of the at least one of the second users is selected in the user terminal,

displaying a map that shows locations of the at least one other user terminal, and

rotating an indication line so as to function as a radar system and sequentially displaying the at least one other user terminal as the indication line is rotated.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further includes changing a scale of the map according to an operation of the user.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further includes controlling the display so that the longer the distance is, the farther a location, in which the user information is displayed, is from the particular region.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further includes sending user information selected by the user among the displayed user information.

13. A server device connected to a plurality of user terminals to provide social network service (SNS) comprising:

a storage;

a hardware processor and

a memory containing instructions that cause the processor to execute a process including:

receiving location information of a user terminal of a first user which has an application for communication and allows the location information to be shared in response to a friend request for initiating a communication within the SNS from at least one other user terminals of at least one second users, said at least one other user terminals having the same application as the first user;

identifying at least one of the second users present within a predetermined distance based on the location information of the user terminal of the first user having an application for the communication and location information of the other user terminal that is allowed to be shared;

identifying and sending the user information of the other user terminal to the user terminal; and

setting a relationship between the first user and the at least one of the second users as a friend to which the first user can communicate within the SNS when the user information of the at least one of the second users is selected in the user terminal,

wherein the process further includes sending the user information so that a display of the user terminal displays a map that shows locations of the at least one other user terminal, and

wherein the process further includes sending the user information so that the display rotates an indication line so as to function as a radar system and sequentially displays the at least one other user terminal as the indication line is rotated.

14. The server device of claim 13 , wherein the process further includes sending the user information so that the display changes a scale of the map according to an operation of the user.

15. The server device of claim 13 , wherein the process further includes sending the user information so that a display of the user terminal displays so that the longer the distance is, the farther a location, in which the user information is displayed, is from the particular region.

16. The server device of claim 13 , wherein the process further includes receiving user information selected by the user among the displayed user information.

17. A method performed by a server device connected to a plurality of user terminals to provide social network service (SNS), said method including the steps of:

storing, by the server device, location information of the user terminal;

receiving, by the server device, location information of the user terminal of a first user which has an application for communication and allows the location information to be shared in response to a friend request for initiating a communication within the SNS from at least one other user terminals of at least one second users, said at least one other user terminals having the same application as the first user;

identifying, by the server device, at least one of the second users present within a predetermined distance based on the location information of the user terminal of the first user having an application for the communication and location information of the other user terminal that is allowed to be shared;

identifying and sending, by the server device, the user information of the other user terminal to the user terminal;

setting, by the server device, a relationship between the first user and the at least one of the second users as a friend to which the first user can communicate within the SNS when the user information of the at least one of the second users is selected in the user terminal,

displaying, in a display of the user terminal, a map that shows locations of the at least one second user other user terminal, and

rotating an indication line so as to function as a radar system and sequentially displaying the at least one other user terminal as the indication line is rotated.

18. The method of claim 17 , further including changing a scale of the map according to an operation of the user.

19. The method of claim 17 , further including sending, by the server device, the user information so that a display of the user terminal displays so that the longer the distance is, the farther a location, in which the user information is displayed, is from the particular region.

20. The method of claim 17 , further including receiving, by the server device, user information selected by the user among the displayed user information.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an executable program to perform a method performed by a server device connected to a plurality of user terminals to provide social network service (SNS), said method including the steps of:

storing, by the server device, location information of the user terminal;

receiving, by the server device, location information of the user terminal of a first user which has an application for communication and allows the location information to be shared in response to a friend request for initiating a communication within the SNS from at least one other user terminals of at least one second users, said at least one other user terminals having the same application as the first user;

identifying, by the server device, at least one of the second users present within a predetermined distance based on the location information of the user terminal of the first user having an application for the communication and location information of the other user terminal that is allowed to be shared;

identifying and sending, by the server device, the user information of the other user terminal to the user terminal; and

setting, by the server device, a relationship between the first user and the at least one of the second users as a friend to which the first user can communicate within the SNS when the user information of the at least one of the second users is selected in the user terminal,

wherein the method further includes displaying, in a display of the user terminal, a map that shows locations of the at least one other user terminal, and

wherein the method further includes rotating an indication line so as to function as a radar system and sequentially displaying the at least one other user terminal as the indication line is rotated.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further includes changing a scale of the map according to an operation of the user.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further includes sending, by the server device, the user information so that a display of the user terminal displays so that the longer the distance is, the farther a location, in which the user information is displayed, is from the particular region.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further includes receiving, by the server device, user information selected by the user among the displayed user information.

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