Patent ID: 9716676
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An instant messaging service provision server, comprising: an interest information collection module executed by a hardware device that collects user interest information input by a user of a third-party service terminal or derived from a service use pattern of the user from the third-party service terminal; a reception module executed by a hardware device that receives a request for provision of a list of open chat rooms from the third-party service terminal; and a messaging service provision module executed by a hardware device that manages a list of a plurality of created open chat rooms each having a theme and provides the third-party service terminal with the list of open chat rooms having a theme associated with the user interest information collected from the interest information collection module, according to the request for provision of the list of open chat rooms, wherein the messaging service provision module receives a service terminal user's friend list set in a third-party service, which is currently being used by the third-party service terminal, from a third-party service provision server, provides the received friend list to the third-party service terminal, and relays transmission and reception of messages between the service terminal user and other users included in the friend list according to a request from the third-party service terminal, without terminating the third-party service.