KR101876134B1 - Method, system and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for assisting real-time collaboration - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting real-time collaboration, comprising: identifying a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time; Transmitting the input data to all of the devices of the plurality of users including the at least one user when input data associated with the collaboration room is generated from at least one user, And applying the transmitted input data to the collaboration room in real time.

Description

[0001] METHOD, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ASSISTING REAL-TIME COLLABORATION [0002]

The present invention relates to a method, system and non-temporal computer-readable recording medium for supporting real-time collaboration.

In recent years, research and development has been actively carried out on technology that supports multiple users to collaborate with each other based on a cloud server, and there are already a variety of collaborative tool services launched on the market.

As an example, although collaboration tools based on chat methods (eg, Evernote, Colby, Tigris, etc.) provide users with the ability to send and receive messages to each other, There is a lack of real-time sharing of visual content.

As another example, collaborative tools based on visual methods (e.g., jam board, non-canvas, etc.) have been introduced, but even with these prior arts, each of a plurality of users participating in collaborations If you do not provide the ability to enter visual changes for a given user, or even if the above functionality is provided, there may be some time delay (I.e., the reaction speed experienced by the user is not sufficiently fast).

Accordingly, the present inventors propose a technique for realizing input data associated with a collaboration room in all devices of a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room in real time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve all the problems of the prior art described above.

The present invention specifies a plurality of users participating in a collaborative room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time, and when at least one user among a plurality of users generates input data associated with the collaboration room The input data is transmitted to all the devices of the plurality of users including one user and the input data transmitted in the collaboration room provided by each of the plurality of users is applied in real time, The other purpose is to allow the changes to be applied in real time to all devices of a plurality of collaborating users.

In order to accomplish the above object, a representative structure of the present invention is as follows.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting real-time collaboration, comprising: identifying a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time; Transmitting the input data to all of the devices of the plurality of users including the at least one user when input data associated with the collaboration room is generated from at least one user, And applying the transmitted input data to the collaboration room in real time.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for supporting real-time collaboration, comprising: a collaboration user management unit for specifying a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time; The input data associated with the collaboration room is transmitted from at least one user of the plurality of users to the device of each of the plurality of users including the at least one user, And an input data management unit for applying the transmitted input data in real time to the collaboration room being provided.

In addition, there is provided another method, system, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for recording a computer program for carrying out the method for implementing the present invention.

According to the present invention, input data associated with a collaboration room can be applied in real time to all devices of a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room. Therefore, a collaboration room provided by each device of all users participating in collaboration can be input The effect that the data can be updated quickly according to the data is achieved.

Further, according to the present invention, an effect is achieved in which each of a plurality of users participating in collaborations can interact substantially simultaneously using their own devices.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an overall system for supporting real-time collaboration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of a service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen in which a collaboration room and objects to be collaborated are provided through a user device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room collaborating using their own devices according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a user participating in a collaboration room inputs drawing data that can be visually displayed on a canvas of a collaboration room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain features, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in connection with an embodiment. It is also to be understood that the position or arrangement of the individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is to be limited only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled, if properly explained. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several views.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

Configuration of the entire system

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an overall system for supporting real-time collaboration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an overall system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a communication network 100, a service providing system 200, a user device 300, and an external server 400.

First, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication network 100 may be configured without regard to communication modes such as wired communication and wireless communication, and may be a LAN (Local Area Network), a Metropolitan Area Network), a wide area network (WAN), and the like. Preferably, the communication network 100 referred to herein may be the well-known Internet or World Wide Web (WWW). However, the communication network 100 may include, at least in part, a known wire / wireless data communication network, a known telephone network, or a known wire / wireless television communication network, without being limited thereto.

For example, the communication network may be a wireless data communication network, such as a WiFi communication, a WiFi-Direct communication, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication, a Bluetooth communication (for example, Low energy communication), infrared communication, ultrasonic communication, and the like, at least in part.

Next, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the service providing system 200 specifies a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time, The method comprising: transmitting input data to all devices of a plurality of users including at least one user when input data associated with a collaboration room is generated from at least one user; By applying the input data to be transmitted in real time, it is possible to perform a function of applying the changes applied to the collaboration room in real time to all devices of a plurality of users in collaboration.

The configuration and function of the service providing system 200 according to the present invention will be described in detail through the following detailed description. Although described above with respect to the service providing system 200, this description is exemplary and at least some of the functions or components required for the service providing system 200 may be provided to the user device 300 or external It is apparent to those skilled in the art that it may be realized within the server 400 or included in the user device 300 or the external server 400.

Next, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the user device 300 includes a function of providing a service for supporting a user to collaborate with another user while sharing a predetermined object in real time through a virtual collaboration room A digital device having a memory means such as a smart phone, a tablet, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, a mobile phone, and the like, May be employed as the user device 300.

In particular, the user device 300 may include a predetermined application (not shown) that supports a user to receive service from the service providing system 200. Such an application may be downloaded from the above-mentioned service providing system 200 or an external server 400 operating a known app store.

Next, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the external server 400 may provide the service providing system 200 or the user device 300 with an object to be collaborated. Objects that can be objects of collaboration will be described in detail through the following detailed description.

Configuration of service delivery system

Hereinafter, the internal configuration of the service providing system 200 performing the important functions for the implementation of the present invention and the functions of the respective components will be described.

2 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of a service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a service providing system 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a collaboration user management unit 210, a shared object management unit 220, an input data management unit 230, a user interface management unit 240, A database 250, a communication unit 260, and a control unit 270. The shared object management unit 220, the input data management unit 230, the user interface management unit 240, the database 250, the communication unit 260, and the control unit 270 according to an embodiment of the present invention. May be program modules, at least some of which communicate with an external system (not shown). These program modules may be included in the service providing system 200 in the form of an operating system, an application program module, and other program modules, and may be physically stored in various well-known storage devices. These program modules may also be stored in a remote storage device capable of communicating with the service providing system 200. [ These program modules include, but are not limited to, routines, subroutines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types as described below in accordance with the present invention.

First, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the collaborative user management unit 210 performs a function of specifying a plurality of users participating in a collaborative room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time can do.

Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user can create a new collaboration room on a service screen of a web page, an application, or the like, provided through the device 300 of the user, or enter into an existing collaboration room The collaborative user management unit 210 can specify a plurality of users participating in the collaborative room as the subject of collaboration as described above.

Next, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the shared object management unit 220 manages objects requested or uploaded by at least one user among a plurality of users participating in the collaborative room, So that a plurality of users participating in the collaboration room can perform a function of collaborating using the shared object.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, objects to be collaborative or shared include characters and code that are stored in the service providing system 200 or the user device 300 or can be accessed through the communication network 100, , Digital information consisting of voice, sound, picture, picture, moving picture, or individual information element. Such objects may comprise, for example, data such as text, drawings, images, video, audio, hyperlinks, or a combination of at least two of these data.

Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the shared object management unit 220 may implement a collaborative room based on a known technology such as Adobe Flash Player, Node.js, It should be noted that the techniques that can be utilized in implementing the collaboration room in the present invention are not necessarily limited to those listed above.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen in which a collaboration room and objects to be collaborated are provided through a user device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, multiple users (Guest 1, 3, 4, 7, 5 and 8 of FIG. 3) are provided in a web page format by the service providing system 200 according to the present invention It can be assumed that the user is participating in the collaboration room provided.

Referring to FIG. 3, each of the five users participating in the collaborating room can use the text input tool or the drawing tool provided in the collaborating room to create text 310 or drawing 320 desired on the canvas of the collaboration room, The user can insert an image 330 directly displayed on the canvas of the collaboration room and insert a memo box 340 containing a predetermined text on the collaboration room, A hyperlink 350 for a large object such as a file, video, audio, or the like can be inserted on the canvas and a chat window 360 can be called to communicate with another user on the canvas of the collaboration room.

3, various objects provided on the collaboration room can be shared in real time to all the devices 300 of the five users participating in the collaboration room.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room collaborating using their own devices according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, it can be seen that a collaboration room in which various objects are shared is provided in each of the seven user devices 300 in the same manner.

Next, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the input data management unit 230 receives input data (hereinafter referred to as input data) associated with a collaboration room (or an object shared on a collaboration room) from at least one user among a plurality of users participating in the collaboration room It is possible to transmit input data to all devices of a plurality of users participating in the collaboration room including at least one user who has generated input data.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the input data management unit 230 may apply the input data transmitted in the real time to the collaboration room provided in the device of each of a plurality of users participating in the collaboration room Function can be performed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an object shared in a collaborative room may be an object existing in a collaboration room at a time when input data is generated or an object newly created in a collaboration room by input data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to transmit input data to devices of all users participating in a collaborative room without excluding the user who generated the input data, (Or objects shared on a collaborative room), it is no longer necessary to determine which user has generated the input data or which user should selectively transmit the input data, It is not necessary to perform an operation necessary for selecting only a part of users and transmitting input data only to the selected devices of some users.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to dramatically shorten the time required for input data generated from a user participating in a collaboration room to be applied to devices of all users participating in the collaboration room.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a user participating in a collaboration room inputs drawing data that can be visually displayed on a canvas of a collaboration room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In Figure 5, after a first user draws a predetermined flow chart 510 on the canvas of the collaboration room, the second user draws to modify the above flowchart, and the third user draws an X mark in the above flowchart It is assumed that drawing is performed.

In this case, the input data management unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention may convert the drawings made by the first user, the second user, and the third user into the first input data, the second input data, As shown in FIG. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first input data, the second input data, and the third input data include coordinates, traces, speeds, and line types of drawings performed by the first user, , Line thickness, and the like.

In addition, the input data management unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention may store all of the first input data, the second input data, and the third input data specified above as the first user device, the second user device, The first input data, the second input data, and the third input data in a collaborative room provided by both the first user device, the second user device, and the third user device, by transmitting the first input data, the second input data, All of them can be applied quickly.

Specifically, the input data management unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention can implement the first input data, the second input data, and the third input data on the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer, respectively The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer may be sequentially stacked and displayed on the canvas of the collaboration room according to the order in which each input data is generated.

Next, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the user interface management unit 240 may include a user interface (e.g., various buttons, a menu bar, and a canvas) associated with various functions that can be implemented in the collaboration room according to the present invention A graphical user interface (GUI) or the like). 5, the user interface management unit 240 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a user interface management unit 240, such as an image attachment, a photographed photo attachment, a save, an import, a print, an email, a pointing, A user interface that supports a variety of collaboration functions such as refresh, delete, draw, chat, voice chat, video chat, and the like can be executed by a user.

Next, the database 250 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may store data on various objects requested by or uploaded to a collaboration room by a plurality of users, input data generated by a plurality of users, and the like. Although the database 250 is shown in FIG. 2 as comprised and configured in the service providing system 200, the database 250 may be provided separately from the service providing system 200, according to the needs of those skilled in the art implementing the present invention. . On the other hand, the database 250 in the present invention is a concept including a computer-readable recording medium, and may be a broad database including not only a consultation database but also a data record based on a file system, Even if the set can retrieve the data and extract the data, it can become the database 250 in the present invention.

Next, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 260 can perform a function of enabling data transmission / reception to / from the service providing system 200. [

Finally, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 270 includes a collaboration user management unit 210, a shared object management unit 220, an input data management unit 230, a user interface management unit 240, a database 250, And the communication unit 260 can be controlled. That is, the control unit 270 according to the present invention controls the flow of data from / to the outside of the service providing system 200 or the data flow between the respective components of the service providing system 200, The shared object management unit 220, the input data management unit 230, the user interface management unit 240, the database 250, and the communication unit 260, respectively.

The embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium. The non-transitory computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., either alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the non-transitory computer-readable recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be those known to those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of non-transitory computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks magneto-optical media), and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules for performing the processing according to the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, I will say.

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Claims (8)

A method for implementing real-time collaboration in a service providing system, the method comprising: a collaboration user management unit and an input data management unit;
Wherein the collaborative user management unit comprises: a step of specifying a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time;
Wherein the input data management unit is operable, when input data associated with the collaboration room is generated from at least one user of the plurality of users, performing the operations required to selectively transmit the input data to a particular user, Transmitting the input data to all of the plurality of users including the user of the plurality of users non-selectively, and
Wherein the input data management unit applies the transmitted input data in real time to the collaboration room implemented in each device of the plurality of users,
Wherein the object is stored in a database connectable to each device of the plurality of users and transmitted in real time to all of the devices of the plurality of users,
Wherein the input data includes drawing data that can be visually displayed through a collaboration room implemented in each device of the plurality of users,
Wherein the drawing data includes non-visualized information about at least one of a coordinate, a trace, a speed, a line type, and a line thickness of a drawing performed by the at least one user,
The drawing data is visualized on a layer that can be virtually stacked, and the layers are stacked and displayed according to the order in which the drawing data is generated,
In the transmitting step, when the input data management unit generates first input data and second input data associated with the collaboration room from the first user and the second user, respectively, the first user and the second user, Transmitting the first input data and the second input data to all the devices of the plurality of users including the two users,
In the application step, the input data management unit may apply both the first input data and the second input data transmitted in real time to the collaboration room implemented in the device of each of the plurality of users,
Wherein the first input data and the second input data are implemented on a first layer and a second layer, respectively, and the first layer and the second layer are arranged in the order in which the first input data and the second input data are generated, Are sequentially stacked and displayed on the collaboration room,
An object requested or uploaded by at least one user of the plurality of users is shared by all of the plurality of users,
The object includes at least one of a drawing, text, image, video, audio, memo, chat, video call, web page and hyperlink
Way. delete delete delete delete delete A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for carrying out the method according to claim 1. A system for supporting real-time collaboration,
A collaborative user management unit for specifying a plurality of users participating in a collaboration room, which is a virtual space in which objects to be collaborated are shared in real time; and
The method of claim 1, further comprising: when input data associated with the collaboration room is generated from at least one user of the plurality of users, performing the operations required to selectively transmit the input data to a particular user, And an input data management unit for transmitting the input data to all the devices of the users of the plurality of users in a non-categorized manner and applying the transmitted input data to the collaboration room implemented in each device of the plurality of users in real time,
Wherein the object is stored in a database connectable to each device of the plurality of users and transmitted in real time to all of the devices of the plurality of users,
Wherein the input data includes drawing data that can be visually displayed through a collaboration room implemented in each device of the plurality of users,
Wherein the drawing data includes non-visualized information about at least one of a coordinate, a trace, a speed, a line type, and a line thickness of a drawing performed by the at least one user,
The drawing data is visualized on a layer that can be virtually stacked, and the layers are stacked and displayed according to the order in which the drawing data is generated,
Wherein the input data management unit is operable when the first input data and the second input data associated with the collaboration room are respectively generated from the first user and the second user among the plurality of users, Transmitting the first input data and the second input data to all of the devices of the plurality of users,
Wherein the input data management unit applies both the first input data and the second input data transmitted in real time to the collaboration room implemented in each device of the plurality of users,
Wherein the first input data and the second input data are implemented on a first layer and a second layer, respectively, and the first layer and the second layer are arranged in the order in which the first input data and the second input data are generated, Are sequentially stacked and displayed on the collaboration room,
An object requested or uploaded by at least one user of the plurality of users is shared by all of the plurality of users,
The object includes at least one of a drawing, text, image, video, audio, memo, chat, video call, web page and hyperlink
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