Method and apparatus for providing information by using messenger
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHongju LEE, Sungpyo YOON
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Abstract
A user device which can provide information related to text, which is input into a messenger, on a background screen of the messenger, and a method for providing information in the user device are provided. The method includes displaying a conversation exchanged through a messenger, detecting text related to a content in the conversation, displaying a content image matched to the content on a background of the conversation, and providing information related to the content in response to selection of the content image.
Claims17
A method for providing information in a user device, the method comprising:
- displaying a conversation exchanged through a messenger;
- detecting text related to a content in the conversation;
- displaying a content image matched to the content on a background of the conversation;
- and
- providing information related to the content in response to selection of the content image.
A user device comprising:
- a touch screen configured to display a conversation exchanged through a messenger and a content image related to a content, and to receive an input corresponding to selection of the content image in a state of displaying the content image;
- and
- a control unit configured to recognize the content in the exchanged conversation, to perform a control operation for displaying the content image matched to the content on a background of the messenger, and to perform a control operation for displaying information related to the content in response to the selection of the content image.
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for performing:
- displaying a conversation exchanged through a messenger;
- detecting text related to a content in the conversation;
- displaying a content image matched to the content on a background of the messenger;
- and
- providing information related to the content in response to selection of the content image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.