US 11,930,234 B2
Method for providing subscription service, system, user device, and application implementing the method
Seunghyung Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Dasul Oh, Seongnam-si (KR); Eunju Oh, Seongnam-si (KR); Samki Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); and Soo Yeun Jang, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to KAKAO CORP, Jeju-si (KR)
Filed by KAKAO CORP., Jeju-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,587.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0100719 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034928 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2668 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a subscription service by a terminal installed with an instant messaging application, through interworking with an application server, the method comprising:
displaying recommendation boards recommended by the application server on an interface screen;
receiving a request for subscribing to a specific channel that has published a recommendation board selected from among the recommendation boards, from a user; and
transmitting information on the specific channel to the application server and requesting registering the specific channel as a subscription channel; and
displaying a board recently published in the subscription channel on the interface screen,
wherein each board displayed on the interface screen is a content distribution unit that includes a plurality of contents curated for publishing, and is exposed along with a name of a channel publishing a corresponding board, and
wherein the specific channel publishing the recommendation board is an account that has subscribed to a service providing the instant messaging application.