Method for notifying reception of message including user-set keyword, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for executing the same

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program, which when executed by a computer, configures the computer to perform:

receiving message data from a server, the message data including a message and metadata associated with the message;

determining whether at least one keyword is included in the message;

updating chat room data of a reception chat room to include reception information of the message including the keyword based on results of the determining and the metadata, the reception chat room being a chat room including the message, the reception information being information indicating whether the message includes the at least one keyword or not; and

displaying a chat room list based on the chat room data, the chat room list including (1) reception chat rooms having the message with the at least one keyword and (2) inclusion information corresponding to each of the reception chat rooms, the inclusion information indicating inclusion of the at least one keyword in the message.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein in response to a determination that the at least one keyword is included in the message,

the updating includes updating the chat room data of the reception chat room such that the chat room data of the reception chat room includes information that the message includes the at least one keyword is received, and

the displaying includes displaying at least a part of the at least one keyword in a region where the chat room list is displayed.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to perform:

receiving a first input of a user with respect to a region where the chat room list is displayed; and

displaying a preview window in response to the first input,

wherein the displaying a preview window includes displaying at least one chat message, from among one or more chat messages included in the reception chat room, having the at least one keyword based on the chat room data of the reception chat room, and

wherein the displaying a chat room list includes displaying the chat room list in a first display region, and the displaying a preview window includes displaying the preview window in a second display region.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 3 , wherein

the second display region is displayed to overlap the first display region, and

the second display region is displayed prior to the first display region in a region where the first display region and the second display region overlap each other.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein in response to a determination that the at least one keyword is included in the message, the computer is further configured to perform changing a display format of a region of the chat room list based on the chat room data.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein in response to a determination that the at least one keyword is included in the message, the displaying a chat room list further includes displaying the reception chat room that have received the most messages with the at least one keyword at a top of the chat room list.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to perform:

receiving a second input of a user with respect to a region of the chat room list; and

displaying at least one chat message included in the reception chat room in response to the second input,

wherein the displaying at least one chat message includes,

displaying the at least one keyword in a first display format in response to the at least one chat message including the at least one keyword, and

displaying the at least one chat message in a second display format in response to the at least one chat message not including the at least one keyword, the second display format distinguished from the first display format.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to perform initializing the reception information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to set the at least one keyword per chat room.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the receiving includes receiving at least one piece of message data, the at least one piece of message data including at least one type of keyword,

the updating includes updating the chat room data of the reception chat room such that the chat room data of the reception chat room includes reception information of the at least one type of keyword, and

the displaying a chat room list includes (1) displaying the chat room list based on the chat room data, the chat room list including inclusion information of the at least one type of keyword in the at least one piece of message data, and (2) displaying at least a part of the at least one type of keyword in the chat room list.

11. A message providing method comprising:

receiving message data from a server, the message data including a message and metadata associated with the message;

determining whether at least one keyword is included in the message;

updating chat room data of a reception chat room to include reception information of the message including the keyword based on results of the determining and the metadata, the reception chat room being a chat room including the message, the reception information being information indicating whether the message includes the at least one keyword or not; and

displaying a chat room list based on the chat room data, the chat room list including (1) reception chat rooms having the message with the at least one keyword and (2) inclusion information corresponding to each of the reception chat rooms, the inclusion information indicating inclusion of the at least one keyword in the message.

12. The message providing method of claim 11 , wherein, in response to a determination that the at least one keyword is included in the message,

the updating includes updating the chat room data of the reception chat room such that the chat room data of the reception chat room includes information that the message includes the at least one keyword is received, and

the displaying includes displaying at least a part of the at least one keyword in a region of the chat room list where the chat room list is displayed.

13. The message providing method of claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining a first input of a user with respect to one chat room a region where the chat room list is displayed; and

displaying a preview window in response to the first input,

wherein the displaying a preview window includes displaying at least one chat message, from among one or more chat messages included in the reception chat room, having the at least one keyword based on the chat room data of the reception chat room, and

wherein the displaying a chat room list includes displaying the chat room list in a first display region, and the displaying a preview window includes displaying the preview window in a second display region.

14. The message providing method of claim 11 , further comprising:

changing a display format of a region of the chat room list based on the chat room data in response to a determination that the at least one keyword is included in the message.

15. The message providing method of claim 11 , wherein the displaying a chat room list further includes displaying the reception chat room that have received the most messages with the at least one keyword at a top of the chat room list in response to a determination that the at least one keyword is included in the message.

16. The message providing method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a second input of a user with respect to a region of the chat room list; and

displaying at least one chat message included in the reception chat room in response to the second input,

wherein the displaying at least one chat message includes,

displaying the at least one keyword in a first display format in response to the at least one chat message including the at least one keyword, and

displaying the at least one chat message in a second display format in response to the at least one chat message not including the at least one keyword, the second display format distinguished from the first display format.

17. The message providing method of claim 11 , further comprising:

initializing the reception information.

18. The message providing method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one keyword is settable per chat room.

19. The message providing method of claim 11 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving at least one piece of message data, the at least one piece of message data including at least one type of keyword,

the updating includes updating the chat room data of the reception chat room such that the chat room data of the reception chat room includes reception information of the at least one type of keyword, and

the displaying a chat room list includes (1) displaying the chat room list based on the chat room data, the chat room list including inclusion information of the at least one type of keyword in the at least one piece of message data, and (2) displaying at least a part of the at least one type of keyword in the chat room list.