System and method for interlocking process between emoticon and avatar

PURPOSE: An emoticon and avatar interconnection method and a system for the same are provided to interconnect an emoticon, input during a chatting to an avatar for making the other side effectively recognize an intention by changing looks of the avatar according to the emoticon. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a chatting server(100), an emoticon server(105), an avatar server(110), and a central controller(250). The emoticon server(105) includes an emoticon search module(200), an emoticon extractor(205), an emoticon recognizer(210), and an emoticon database(215). The emoticon search module(200) searches for an emoticon included in chatting contents input by a client by referring to the emoticon database(215). The emoticon extractor(205) extracts the searched emoticon from the chatting contents, and transmits it to the emoticon recognizer(210). The emoticon recognizer recognizes a meaning of the extracted emoticon by referring to the database(215). The avatar server(110) includes an emoticon interconnecting module(220), an avatar image extractor(225), an avatar image application module(230), an avatar controller(235), an avatar image database(240), and a registered avatar database(245). The emoticon interconnecting module(220) receives the meaning of the emoticon from the emoticon recognizer(210), and transmits it to the avatar image extractor(225). The avatar image extractor(225) extracts avatar images, corresponding to the meaning of the emoticon, from the avatar database(240).