KR100440270B1 - Location tracking system of mail receiver and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mail receiver location tracking system and method for tracking the location of a mail recipient when a mail received from a web page on the Internet is checked using a mail check program and a mail check program in a local computer. .

More specifically, a mail sending page within an Internet homepage or a mail sending program on a local computer forcibly includes a specific HTML command or Java applet source, and after the mail containing the specific HTML command or Java applet source is sent, Checking Mail in Web Browsers Using the Internet When checking mail on the homepage or mail checking program on the local computer, the recipient's location information is sent to the mail acknowledgment server by the specific HTML command or Java applet included in the mail. Done. At this time, the server relates to a system and method for recording the location of the mail recipient using the location information of the recipient and the connection attempt information, and transmits it to the mail sender and a specific mail address, and uses the receiver mail receiving location as the tracking data of the recipient.

Description

LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEM OF MAIL RECEIVER AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a mail receiver location tracking system and method for tracking a mail recipient's location when checking mail using a mail confirmation system in a local computer and a mail confirmation system on the Internet among communication fields on the Internet using a communication medium. .

Recently, the use of e-mail has been maximized by the rapid increase of Internet users and the information transmission method using the Internet. However, the use of e-mail allows the media to confirm that the offender is often used for criminal purposes, such as asking victims for money. At this point, the necessity of criminal arrest has led to the need for e-mail tracking. If the victim receives an e-mail and responds to the offender, the offender will check the e-mail. If the victim is able to pinpoint the offender, the criminal can be arrested.

For this reason, mail tracking systems and methods are needed, depending on the specific agency or purpose.

Conventional mail-related systems are mostly systems for acknowledgment after sending a mail. In addition, the use of proxy servers and virtual IPs used on the Internet makes it difficult for current acknowledgment mail systems to accurately locate recipients. The use of the proxy server was used to improve the download speed of websites accessed through a web browser in the early days of the Internet, but it is currently used as a hacking technique to deceive its location and access a website. In the case of the virtual IP, unlike the real IP which is shown to reduce the risk of hacking, the IP system is built on the inside of the network so that it cannot be seen in the external network. The WHOIS service does not tell which agency they belong to. In addition, if only the real IP of the organization to which the virtual IP belongs to extract the problem that the virtual IP can not determine the exact location of the computer.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when the mail recipient checks the mail, the mail receiver delivers the location information of the mail receiver to the specific mail address or the sender's mail address, and the virtual IP and the virtual IP are If you are using a proxy server, as well as the real IP of your organization, extract the location of the proxy server, and if the recipient is using a proxy server, or if you used a proxy server, which proxy server was used by the WHOIS service. And the WHOIS service's real IP result to find the location of the organization that the virtual IP belongs to, and the computer's WHOIS service result value of the real IP to find out the address of the computer using the virtual IP to receive the address. After grasping, map service using address and phone number Its purpose is to provide a system and method for tracking the location of the receiver in real time by linking the service.

1 is an exemplary view briefly showing the configuration of a system for applying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating components of each component system in FIG. 1; FIG.

3a, 3b, 3c is a flow chart showing the operation of the mail receiver location tracking system in FIG.

Figure 4 is an exemplary view showing a mail transmission active window displayed when sending a mail applied to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an illustration of mail sender information and recipient information recorded in a database according to the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view of setting a received mail location determiner according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is an exemplary view showing the location information of the recipient transmitted from the mail recipient location tracking system according to the mail confirmation of the recipient according to the present invention.

8 is an exemplary view of a WHOIS service connected from a receiving IP of FIG. 7.

9 is an exemplary diagram of result values obtained from the WHOIS service of FIG. 8;

10 is an exemplary view of receiving confirmation position on a map obtained using the address value obtained from the WHOIS service of FIG. 9;

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: computer for sending mail

2: computer for receiving mail

3: internet

4: mail recipient location tracking server

5: Email sender and receiver information database

6: mail server

The present invention for achieving the above object will be more clearly understood through the following detailed description and embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings as well as the preferred embodiment.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a means for forcibly inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet for calling a PHP service in a mail receiver location tracking server to deliver the location information of a sender in an email to be sent; Means for receiving the sender's location information, means for notifying the recipient's location information collected by the HTML tag or Java applet as a return mail to the specific mail address or sender when the recipient confirms the mail, and the notified return mail. A location of the mail recipient comprising means for including location information of the recipient in the device, means for connecting the location information in the notified return mail to the WHOIS service, and a means for linking the result obtained from the WHOIS service with the map service; A mail recipient location tracking system for tracking ,

In particular, whether or not the IP of the proxy server exists by using a function that extracts a list of proxy servers in PHP by calling the PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking server using an HTML tag that is forcibly inserted in the email to be sent. Can be extracted.

In addition, after inserting the Java applet into the outgoing mail using the Java applet compulsorily inserted into the e-mail to be sent, the Java applet calls the mail receiver location tracking server, and then the location of the recipient sent from the Java applet. And IP obtained through HTTP protocol header analysis, if the two IP addresses are wrong, the proxy server is used. If the IP addresses are the same, the method further includes a comparison means not using the proxy server. In addition, it uses HTML tag to call PHP service in mail receiver location tracking server to extract information of virtual IP using function in PHP, and if there is information of virtual IP, use virtual IP, otherwise virtual IP It further comprises a comparison means not used.

Forcibly inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet for calling a PHP service in a mail receiver location tracking server to deliver the location information of the sender in the email to be sent; receiving the location information of the sender; When the receiver checks the mail, notifying the receiver of the location information collected by the HTML tag or the Java applet as a return mail to a specific mail address or sender, and including the location information of the receiver in the notified return mail. And a mail receiver location tracking method for tracking the location of the mail recipient comprising the step of connecting the location information in the notified return mail to the WHOIS service and showing the user to the map service. Is provided.

In particular, it is possible to extract the presence or absence of the IP of the proxy server by using a function of extracting a list of proxy servers in PHP by calling the PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking server using the HTML tag. After inserting Java applet into outgoing mail, send Java applet to call mail receiver location tracking server, then compare IP address obtained from HTTP protocol header analysis. If it is wrong, it uses a proxy server, and if it is the same, it further includes a comparison step of not using a proxy server.

In addition, by using the HTML tag to call the PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking server to extract the information of the virtual IP using a function in PHP, if there is information of the virtual IP to use the virtual IP, otherwise the virtual IP It further includes a comparison step that does not use.

The overall system configuration of the present invention is configured as shown in Fig. 1, wherein reference numeral 1 is a user computer connected to a mail receiver location tracking server, reference numeral 2 is a recipient computer for checking received mail, and reference numeral 3 Is the Internet connecting the reference numbers 1 and 2, the reference number 4 is a mail receiver location tracking server, the reference number 5 is the sender information of the reference number 1 and the receiver location information of the reference number 2, receiving and mail authentication number It is a database to be stored, reference numeral 6 is a mail server for transmitting mail, and a geographic information system (GIS) linked with reference numeral 4 is not shown.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the components of each component system in FIG. 1, by using a web browser to connect to a mail receiver location tracking server 4 from a mail sender computer to send mail from any location where the Internet is connected. It is also possible to send mail from the mail sender computer using a dedicated mail sending program.

The mail receiver location tracking server 4 includes a mail sender information storage section for storing a mail sender, an insertion processing section for forcibly inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet into the mail contents created by the sender using an agent (SM-agent); A processing unit for processing the acknowledgment mail, and a database for storing information of the transmission and reception mail.

The mail receiver computer 2 may be a mail receiving homepage of a web browser capable of displaying mail document contents in an HTML form without any dedicated browser for receiving mail, or any program capable of receiving mail. (6) can be used as long as it is a server capable of sending mails from the Internet.

3A, 3B, and 3C are flowcharts illustrating the operation of the mail receiver location tracking server. As shown in FIG. 3, FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C are diagrams illustrating operations of a mail receiver location tracking server. As shown in 4, the mail is written in the mail input screen. When the mail is created as described above, an agent (SM-agent) performing data communication with the mail receiver tracking server is inserted into the mail and transmitted.

When the recipient (SM-agent) is inserted and confirmed by the recipient, the agent (SM-agent) is operated without the recipient knows the signal to the acknowledgment mail processing unit of the mail recipient tracking server and the acknowledgment mail processing unit After confirming the receipt, the HTML processor or the applet sends the code created by the HTML tag or Java applet to the SM-agent by the insertion processor that inserts the HTML tag or the Java applet into the mail content created by the sender. Forced insertion In addition, the insertion processing unit transmits the sender's information to the mail receiver location tracking server as shown by reference number 100 (the sender's mail address, the recipient's mail address, the mail subject, the transmission date, the transmission time, and the email authentication number) of FIG. After inputting into the database is transmitted to the mail server 6 through the Internet. The HTML tag or Java applet transmitted to the agent (SM-agent) and inserted into the sender's mail includes the receiver's location information (receive date, reception time, recipient's internet address, recipient's computer name, proxy's internet address, virtual address) shown in FIG. IP Internet address) and the like, and the agent (SM-agent) transmits the collected location information of the recipient to the mail recipient location tracking server, and the location information of the recipient is recorded in a database. The location can be tracked.

FIG. 5 shows mail sender information and other mail recipient information according to the present invention. When a mail receiver checks a mail, it is displayed by an HTML tag or Java applet forcibly inserted into the mail by the agent (SM-agent). The receiver's location information is collected, and the collected recipient's location information is transmitted to the mail recipient location tracking server, and the receiver location information and the reception time are recorded in the database as shown in FIG. 5, and the reception flag of FIG. It is written as 'y' to record the reception in the database. After this procedure, if a specific mail address is set by the administrator as shown in FIG. 6 before sending the location information for tracking the receiver to the sender, the location information of the receiver is transmitted to the set specific mail address. The reason for this is to allow the management of multiple recipient mails with a small staff.

If the specific mail address is not set, the location information of the receiver is delivered to the user who sent the mail. The recipient's location information is as shown in FIG. 7, who checked the mail of whom, what is the subject of the sent mail, the date and time sent, the received date and time, the mail receiving IP, the name of the computer, the IP of the proxy server, It consists of virtual IP and mail receiving key. The receiving IP is directly connected to a web page that can use the WHOIS service through an HTML hyperlink. When the user clicks the mouse, the WHOIS screen appears as shown in FIG. If you have a proxy IP, you can use which proxy server you use with the WHOIS service, just as with the WHOIS service of the receiving IP.

The basic principle of the WHOIS service is to have information about the institution corresponding to the IP of the Internet and return the information of the institution when a query is entered, and the band of the corresponding Internet address is set in each country. If the WHOIS information of the IP band is not obtained, WHOIS services of other countries can be used. The result obtained by using the WHOIS service is displayed as shown in FIG. 9, and the location of the user who receives the mail by querying the location and the map linking service at the top of FIG. 9 using the address obtained from the WHOIS information is identified as shown in FIG. 10. .

Although the present invention has been disclosed for purposes of illustration and description, it is not intended to be limited to the form of the foregoing embodiment. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that many variations and modifications are possible. While the present invention has been selected and disclosed with respect to the preferred embodiments described above in order to illustrate the best principles of the invention, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. .

As described above, the mail receiver location tracking system and method thereof of the present invention extract both the virtual IP and the real IP of the organization to which the virtual IP belongs, as well as the location of the proxy server when the proxy server is used, so that the mail recipient is a proxy server. If you are using a proxy server, and if you have a proxy server, you can find out which proxy server you are using, find the location of the organization that your virtual IP belongs to through real IP, and find out in real time which computer you have received mail from. It can be tracked, and also through the received IP information, you can find out which country the IP is used in. In this way, you can search WHOIS at the WHOIS service institution that corresponds to the IP. Address from a user's verified address As you type, you can search for a map of the address in real time, so that if you abuse the e-mail, you can make it easier for the offender to identify and arrest the offender in real time at the time of checking the message. There is a synergistic effect.

Claims (6)

(correction) Means for forcibly inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet to call a PHP service in a mail receiver location tracking server to convey the sender's location information in the email to be sent; Means for receiving location information of the sender; Means for notifying a specific mail address or sender of the location information of the receiver collected by the HTML tag or Java applet as a return mail when the receiver checks the mail; Means for including location information of a recipient in said notified return mail; Means for connecting location information in the notified return mail to a user by connecting to a WHOIS service; Means for associating results from WHOIS services with guidance services; Mail receiver location tracking system that tracks the location of mail recipients. (delete) (correction) The method of claim 1, Use the function to extract the proxy server list in PHP by calling the PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking server using HTML tags, and extract the presence or absence of the IP of the proxy server, or use the Java applet to extract the Java applet. After inserting and sending in the outgoing mail, have the Javaapplet call the mail recipient location tracking server, and then compare the IP address obtained by analyzing the HTTP protocol header with the location of the recipient sent from the Javaapplet. And means for comparing, if not equal, without using a proxy server. (correction) Forcibly inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet to call a PHP service in a mail receiver location tracking server to deliver the sender's location information in the email to be sent; Receiving location information of the sender; When the recipient checks the mail, notifying the specific mail address or sender of the location information of the receiver collected by the HTML tag or the Java applet as a return mail; Including location information of a recipient in the notified return mail; Connecting location information in the notified return mail to a user by connecting to a WHOIS service; Associating the results obtained from the WHOIS service with the guidance service; A method for tracking the location of mail recipients that tracks the location of mail recipients. (delete) (correction) The method of claim 4, wherein Use the function to extract the list of proxy servers in PHP by calling the PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking server using HTML tags, or extract the presence or absence of the IP of the proxy server, or use the Java applet to extract the Java applet. After inserting and sending in the outgoing mail, have the Javaapplet call the mail recipient location tracking server, and then compare the IP address obtained by analyzing the HTTP protocol header with the location of the recipient sent from the Javaapplet. A comparison step that uses the same and does not use a proxy server if it is the same; Mail recipient location tracking method further comprising.