Abstract: A method and a user terminal for providing contents to a user, and a method and a server for providing contents to a user terminal. The method for providing contents to a user includes: displaying, by a user terminal, a first list including a first content belonging to a first set and a second content belonging to a second set different from the first set in a first region on a chat room screen; when a user's interaction with the first content is received, displaying, by the user terminal, a first interface for requesting contents in the first set; and when a user's interaction with the first interface is received, displaying, by the user terminal, an icon indicative of the first set on the screen and a second list including at least one content belonging to the first set in the first region.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recommending emoticons, the method including: displaying, by a user terminal, a first emoticon related to first meta information; and displaying, by the user terminal, first and second recommendation groups, the first and second recommendation groups each comprising at least one recommended emoticon corresponding to the first emoticon, wherein at least one recommended emoticon included in the first recommendation group is related to at least one piece of first associated meta information corresponding to the first meta information, wherein at least one recommended emoticon included in the second recommendation group is related to at least one piece of second associated meta information that corresponds to the first meta information and is different from the first associated meta information, and wherein the first meta information and the first and second associated meta information are different.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recommending emoticons, the method including: displaying, by a user terminal, a first emoticon related to first meta information; and displaying, by the user terminal, first and second recommendation groups, the first and second recommendation groups each comprising at least one recommended emoticon corresponding to the first emoticon, wherein at least one recommended emoticon included in the first recommendation group is related to at least one piece of first associated meta information corresponding to the first meta information, wherein at least one recommended emoticon included in the second recommendation group is related to at least one piece of second associated meta information that corresponds to the first meta information and is different from the first associated meta information, and wherein the first meta information and the first and second associated meta information are different.

Abstract: An operating method of a terminal on which an application for an instant messaging service is installed includes receiving a selection of a user for an interfacing object displayed in a predetermined area of a chat window for the instant messaging service, switching, in response to the receiving, an input mode in the chat window to a mode for generating a timeline emoticon, generating the timeline emoticon in which a plurality of emoticons selected by the user in the chat window are included in time series, according to the switching of the mode, and transmitting a chat message including the timeline emoticon, wherein the plurality of emoticons included in the timeline emoticon are displayed in the chat window.

Abstract: A method and a user terminal for providing contents to a user, and a method and a server for providing contents to a user terminal. The method for providing contents to a user includes: displaying, by a user terminal, a first list including a first content belonging to a first set and a second content belonging to a second set different from the first set in a first region on a chat room screen; when a user's interaction with the first content is received, displaying, by the user terminal, a first interface for requesting contents in the first set; and when a user's interaction with the first interface is received, displaying, by the user terminal, an icon indicative of the first set on the screen and a second list including at least one content belonging to the first set in the first region.

Abstract: Provided is a content recommendation method. The content recommendation method includes: receiving, by a user terminal, text information from a user through a text input window of a chatting room, outputting, by the user terminal, a first content set including at least a part of contents related to keyword information to be mapped to the text information, outputting, by the user terminal, a first preview content for a first content included in the first content set, receiving, by the user terminal, an interaction from the user, and in response to the interaction, outputting, by the user terminal, a second preview content for a second content to replace the first preview content, wherein the second content is a content related to the keyword information.

Abstract: Provided are a method and server for providing a content list. The method and server for providing a content list includes: providing source content to a chat room, receiving a request for providing a content list related to the source content from a first terminal of a first member; providing at least one of a first content list including at least one keyword-related content selected from among the entire contents stored in the server based on a keyword of the source content and a second content list including at least one group-related content belonging to the same group as a group of the source content among the entire contents, receiving information on selection content selected by the first member among the contents included in the at least one content list, from the first terminal, and providing the selection content to the chat room.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing an in-game messenger service comprising: storing a game program in a platform server; associating an in-game messenger program for the game program; and transmitting the in-game messenger program associated with the game program to a user terminal as the game program is transmitted from the platform server to the user terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing an in-game messenger service comprising: storing a game program in a platform server; associating an in-game messenger program for the game program; and transmitting the in-game messenger program associated with the game program to a user terminal as the game program is transmitted from the platform server to the user terminal.