Patent ID: 9589304
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method of providing a social network service (SNS), the method comprising: a user account creation displaying process of displaying creation of a user account by a user terminal; a relationship change displaying process of displaying a relationship change between the user account and other user accounts; a user account change displaying process of displaying activity of the user account; and an off-line activity displaying process of displaying off-line activity of the user account, wherein the user account creation displaying process comprises a user account tree creating and displaying process of creating a user account tree expressing the user account and displaying the created user account tree in a graphic, wherein the relationship change displaying process comprises: wherein the user account change displaying process displays a change process of the activity of the user account in a graphic of the user account tree, the change process being divided into a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages corresponding to life cycle of the user account tree comprising a series of processes of creation, growth, decay and extinction, and the respective stages of the life cycle of the tree being expressed in different graphic information corresponding to the graphic of the user account tree, wherein the off-line activity display process comprises: a process of creating an event tree separate from the user account tree to display the created event tree into an event tree graphic so as to correspond to an event associated with the off-line activity of the user account; and a process of displaying the event tree graphic in different graphic information corresponding to the life cycle including a series of processes of creation, growth, decay and extinction of the tree depending on a degree of participation of the other user accounts with respect to the event and the duration of the event.