Method and apparatus for providing user profile

Abstract

Disclosed are a server for providing a profile and a profile providing method performed by the server. A profile providing method performed by a server according to an example embodiment includes adding an interfacing object indicating that a user account is identity-verified to a profile interface of the user account, in accordance with the user account which is identity-verified, providing the profile interface including the interfacing object to another user account, in response to a request of the profile received from another user account, checking whether another user account is identity-verified in response to a request of certificate information of the user account received from another user account, and providing the certificate information to another user account based on whether another user account is identity-verified.

1 . A user profile providing method which is performed in a server, comprising:
 adding an interfacing object indicating that a user account is identity-verified to a profile interface of the user account, in accordance with the user account which is identity-verified;   providing the profile interface including the interfacing object to a terminal of another user account, in response to a request of the profile received from the terminal of the another user account;   checking whether another user account is identity-verified in response to a request of certificate information of the user account received from the terminal of the another user account; and   providing the certificate information to the terminal of the another user account based on whether another user account is identity-verified,   wherein the certificate information includes at least one of verified real name information and verified qualification information.   
     
     
         2 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing of the certificate information includes:
 providing the certificate information to the terminal of the another user account when the another user account is identity-verified.   
     
     
         3 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing of the certificate information includes:
 limiting to provide the certificate information to the terminal of the another user account when the another user account is not identity-verified.   
     
     
         4 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing of the certificate information includes:
 activating a display function of the certificate information of the profile interface, based on a display setting of the certificate information of the user account; and   displaying the certificate information through the profile interface to the terminal of the another user account which is identity-verified.   
     
     
         5 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 acquiring verified real name information corresponding to the user account,   wherein the providing of the certificate information includes:   displaying at least a part of the verified real name information based on a display setting of real name information of the verified real name information of the user account.   
     
     
         6 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 acquiring at least one verified qualification information corresponding to the user account based on the verified real name information of the user account,   wherein the providing of the certificate information includes:   displaying qualification information based on a display setting of the corresponding qualification information of the user account so as to correspond to each of at least one verified qualification information.   
     
     
         7 . The user profile providing method of  claim 6 , wherein the acquiring of qualification information includes:
 receiving a request of issuing first qualification information associated with a first issuing organization from a terminal of the user account; and   acquiring the first qualification information corresponding to the user account from the first issuing organization, based on the verified real name information of the user account.   
     
     
         8 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the request of the profile includes:
 a request through a search based on the verified qualification information included in the certificate information, and   the providing of the profile interface includes:   providing the profile interface to the terminal of the another user account, based on a search permission option set to correspond to the user account, in response to the search of the another user account.   
     
     
         9 . The user profile providing method of  claim 8 , wherein the search permission option includes: at least one of an option which allows the user account to be searched, an option which does not allow the user account to be searched, and an option which allows the user account to be searched only by an account related to the user account. 
     
     
         10 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the interfacing object is displayed through the profile interface in form of a visual mark. 
     
     
         11 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the interfacing object is displayed through the profile interface in a form of any one of a plurality of visual marks, based on the verified qualification information included in the certificate information. 
     
     
         12 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the user account is generated by subscribing to a service provided by the server and
 the service includes at least one of a social network service and an instant messaging service.   
     
     
         13 . The user profile providing method of  claim 1 , wherein the adding of an interfacing object to the profile interface of the user account further includes:
 checking whether the user account is identity-verified in response to the request to display a profile certificate received from a terminal of the user account; and   requesting the terminal of the user account to verify the identity when the user account is not identity-verified.   
     
     
         14 . A user profile providing method performed in a user terminal using a user account, the method comprising:
 requesting a profile of another user account from a server;   displaying a profile interface of the another user account received from the server -the profile interface including an interfacing object indicating that the another user account is identity-verified;   requesting, from the server, certificate information of the another user account in response to a user input related to the interfacing object; and   displaying the certificate information of the another user account received from the server, based on whether the another user account is identity-verified,   wherein the certificate information includes at least one of verified real name information and verified qualification information.   
     
     
         15 . The user profile providing method of  claim 14 , wherein the displaying of the certificate information includes:
 displaying the certificate information of the another user account when the another user account is identity-verified; and   displaying limitingly the certificate information of the another user account when the another user account is not identity-verified.   
     
     
         16 . A computer program which is coupled to hardware to be stored in a medium to execute the user profile providing method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         17 . A server: comprising:
 at least one processor configured to add an interfacing object indicating that a user account is identity-verified to a profile interface of the user account, in accordance with the user account which is identity-verified, provide the profile interface including the interfacing object to a terminal of another user account, in response to a request of the profile received from the terminal of the another user account, check whether the another user account is identity-verified in response to a request of certificate information of the user account received from the terminal of the another user account, and provide the certificate information to the terminal of the another user account based on whether the another user account is identity-verified; and   a memory configured to store the certificate information,   wherein the certificate information includes at least one of verified real name information and verified qualification information.   
     
     
         18 . The server of  claim 17 , wherein when the certificate information is provided, the processor is configured to provide the certificate information to the terminal of the another user account when the another user account is identity-verified and limits to provide the certificate information to the terminal of the another user account when the another user account is not identity-verified. 
     
     
         19 . The server of  claim 17 , wherein when the certificate information is provided, the processor is configured to activate a display function of the certificate information of the profile interface, based on a display setting of the certificate information of the user account and display the certificate information through the profile interface to the terminal of the another user account which is identity-verified. 
     
     
         20 . The server of  claim 17 , wherein the interfacing object is displayed through the profile interface in a form of a visual mark.