System and method for providing information interactively by instant messaging application

Abstract

A method that uses a processor to provide information, the method includes establishing a conversation session between a terminal and a software bot through an instant messaging application executed in the terminal for an instant messaging service; displaying a map on a screen of the terminal; transmitting a request to the software bot through the conversation session for querying information associated with at least one point selected in the map on the screen of the terminal by an user of the terminal or a region corresponding to the at least one point; receiving the information associated with the at least one point or the region from the software bot through the conversation session; and displaying the received information the screen of the terminal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method that uses a processor to provide information, the method comprising:
 establishing a conversation session between a terminal and a software bot through an instant messaging application executed in the terminal for an instant messaging service;   displaying a map on a screen of the terminal;   transmitting a request to the software bot through the conversation session for querying information associated with at least one point selected in the map on the screen of the terminal by an user of the terminal or a region corresponding to the at least one point;   receiving the information associated with the at least one point or the region from the software bot through the conversation session; and   displaying the received information the screen of the terminal.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the information associated with the at least one point or the region includes weather information of the at least one point or the region, traffic information of the at least one point or the region, accommodation information of the at least one point or the region, radiation level information of the at least one point or the region and schedule information of the user of the terminal associated with the at least one point or the region.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein transmitting the request comprises transmitting a message including position identification information corresponding to the at least one point or the region to an information providing system providing the instant messaging service in conjunction with the instant messaging application, and   wherein receiving the information comprises receiving a result, from the information providing system, searched by the information providing system through a database associated with the software bot.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein displaying the received information comprises displaying the received information within the conversation session.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein receiving the information comprises receiving the information through a push alarm of the terminal, between the terminal and the software bot provided from the instant messaging application of the terminal.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the software bot is one of a plurality of software bots capable of being registered to the messaging application and the received information associated with the at least one point or the region is different based on a type of the software bot.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 transmitting time identification information inputted or selected by the user of the terminal to the software bot through the conversation session,   wherein receiving the information comprises receiving information corresponding to the time identification information among the information associated with the at least one point or the region.   
     
     
         8 . A method that uses a processor to provide information, the method comprising:
 receiving a request from a terminal, through a conversation session established between the terminal and a software bot using an instant messaging application executed in the terminal for an instant messaging service, for querying information associated with at least one point selected in a map on a screen of the terminal by an user of the terminal or a region corresponding to the at least one point;   retrieving the information associated with the at least one point or the region from a database; and   transmitting the retrieved information to the terminal.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the information associated with the at least one point or the region includes weather information of the at least one point or the region, traffic information of the at least one point or the region, accommodation information of the at least one point or the region, radiation level information of the at least one point or the region and schedule information of the user of the terminal associated with the at least one point or the region.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the database is a database associated with the software bot among a plurality of databases.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the software bot is one of a plurality of software bots capable of registering to the messaging application and the retrieved information associated with the at least one point or the region is different based on a type of the software bot.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 ,
 wherein transmitting the retrieved information comprises transmitting to the terminal over a network to be displayed through a push alarm of the terminal.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the receiving the request comprises further receiving time identification information inputted or selected by the user of the terminal from the terminal,   wherein retrieving the information comprises further retrieving information corresponding to the time identification information among the information associated with the at least one point or the region.   
     
     
         14 . A system to provide information, the system comprising:
 a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon; and   at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions which configure the processor to,
 receive a request from a terminal, through a conversation session established between the terminal and a software bot using an instant messaging application executed in the terminal for an instant messaging service, for querying information associated with at least one point selected in a map on a screen of the terminal by an user of the terminal or a region corresponding to the at least one point, 
   retrieve the information associated with the at least one point or the region from a database, and   transmitting the retrieved information to the terminal.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the information associated with the at least one point or the region includes weather information of the at least one point or the region, traffic information of the at least one point or the region, accommodation information of the at least one point or the region, radiation level information of the at least one point or the region and schedule information of the user of the terminal associated with the at least one point or the region.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the database is a database associated with the software bot among a plurality of databases.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the software bot is one of a plurality of software bots capable of registering to the messaging application and the retrieved information associated with the at least one point or the region is different based on a type of the software bot.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the retrieved information to the terminal over a network to be displayed through a push alarm of the terminal.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the processor is further configured to receive time identification information inputted or selected by the user of the terminal from the terminal and retrieving information corresponding to the time identification information among the information associated with the at least one point or the region.