METHOD FOR PROVIDING EMOTICONS IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE USER DEVICE SERVER AND APPLICATION IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD

摘要

A method for a terminal to provide an emoticon, the method comprising the steps of: storing a keyword dictionary including matching texts for each keyword; checking whether the input text exists among matching texts of the keyword dictionary when text is input; In the case of matching text of a specific keyword stored in a keyword dictionary, the method includes requesting an emoticon recommendation for the specific keyword from a server, and displaying a result of the emoticon recommendation received from the server on a screen. The keywords included in the keyword dictionary are keywords to which recommended emoticons are matched.