KR100564030B1 - Apparatus and method for providing information using data mail - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and method using a data mailbox to promptly provide desired information to Internet phone users, which stores various information in a database and corresponds to the information requested by the registered Internet phone users. Since it is immediately provided to the Internet phone users, compared to the conventional compared to the multiple times through the site, it is possible to save the call charges and to provide information services by the minimum path.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing information using data mail}

1 is a block diagram of an information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an exemplary diagram of an information storage area in a database employed in describing embodiments of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view showing a form of notifying information to a subscriber in the embodiment description of the present invention.

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10a, 10n: Internet Phone 20: Server

30: information collector 40: database

The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and method using a data mailbox, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing information requested by a subscriber using a mobile terminal capable of using the Internet in real time.

Conventionally, a portable mobile terminal having a mailbox function has a function of storing a caller's voice message and storing and displaying a caller's voice and a call number when the called party wants to hear the voice message.

In addition, a portable mobile terminal having a simple function as described above has been developed into a portable mobile terminal capable of accessing the Internet by combining with Internet technology. Currently, a person who owns a portable mobile terminal can acquire information through the Internet using his portable mobile terminal.

However, when searching for information using the portable mobile terminal (hereinafter referred to as an Internet phone) capable of accessing the Internet, a specific site (ie, a site where the corresponding Internet phone user is registered as a subscriber) by key operation of the corresponding Internet phone. ), Select the desired homepage from the various homepages provided by the specific site, find the description of the content you want to see in the homepage, and click on it to display the corresponding content on the screen.

In this case, the information that the Internet phone user wants to see can be viewed by only one site access rather than several site accesses, but most of the information can be viewed only by visiting several sites. .

In the related art, there is a hassle that an Internet phone user has to access a site and search for information that he / she wants to see.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing apparatus and method using a data mailbox to promptly provide desired information to Internet phone users.

In order to achieve the above object, an information providing apparatus using a data mailbox according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises: information collecting means for collecting various kinds of information on the Internet;

A database for storing information collected by the information collecting means for each type and storing information of subscribers who have registered; And

An information provider that registers a membership of a person who owns an Internet-enabled mobile terminal, stores the subscriber's information in the database, and reads information on the options requested by the subscriber from the database and transmits the information to the corresponding subscriber. Server.

In addition, the information providing method using a data mailbox according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of storing a variety of information on the Internet in a database for each type, and storing the information of subscribers registered in the database;

Determining whether there is information requested by the subscriber among information stored in the database; And

If there is information requested by the subscriber, the information is transmitted to the corresponding subscriber.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention in more detail.

1 is a system configuration diagram in which the present invention is employed, and reference numerals 10a to 10n denote Internet phones capable of using the Internet as well as ordinary mobile phones.

Those who use the Internet phones 10a to 10n can wirelessly communicate with the server 20 on the operator's side, which operates an information providing site that immediately sends the information required by Internet phone users using the data mailbox function. . The Internet phone user can subscribe to the information providing site as a member.

In addition, the data mailbox function refers to a function of storing various types of information in the database 40 for each type and reading and providing information requested by the registered Internet phone user from the database 40.

The server 20 instructs the information collecting unit 30 to collect various types of information on the Internet and store the information in the database 40 according to the type. In addition, the server 20 collects the contents of options (e.g., sports, securities, games, real estate, economy, etc.) required by the registered Internet phone users and stores the stored contents in the database 40. Upon sending to the subscriber, the subscriber is notified that the requested option has been sent.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the information on the requested option is transmitted, the character screen of the video corresponding to the characteristic of the option is displayed.

And, in the embodiment of the present invention, although the options required by the registered Internet phone users can be limited to two for each individual, it can be increased as needed.

The information collecting unit 30 collects various kinds of information carried on the Internet according to the information collection command of the server 20 and stores the information in the database 40 according to options.

The database 40 is divided into storage areas according to the options as illustrated in FIG. 2. And, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the database 40 shows the subscription details (eg, ID and password of each subscriber and what options are required by each subscriber) of Internet phone users who have subscribed to the server 20. There is also an information storage area.

Next, an information providing method using a data mailbox according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, in the embodiment of the present invention, those who use the Internet phones 10a to 10n must be registered as members.

The Internet phone user accesses the server 20 to apply for membership, and the server 20 includes information necessary for membership (for example, each subscriber's ID and password, options required for each subscriber, etc.). The screen is displayed, and the registration operation is completed by the procedure of accurately filling in the corresponding item by the Internet phone user.

In this way, a plurality of Internet phone users are set to be registered as members and the operation thereafter will be described.

The server 20 instructs the information collecting unit 30 to collect various kinds of information on the Internet. The information collecting unit 30 collects various kinds of information on the Internet and stores it in the database 40.

At this time, the database 40 stores information corresponding to the information storage area partitioned according to options. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, information related to sports is stored in order in the information storage area of sports, information related to securities is stored in order in the information storage area of securities, and information related to economy is economic information. It is stored in order in the storage area. In addition, the database 40 stores the subscription details (e.g., ID and password of each subscriber, information on what options are requested by each subscriber, etc.) in the corresponding information storage area. Step 100).

After that, if the server 20 has the contents of the option requested by the Internet phone user who is currently registered among the contents of the various options stored in the database 40 ("Yes" in step 110), Send the contents of the option to the Internet phone of the corresponding Internet phone user. At the same time, the content of the option has been sent (step 120).

The information transmitted to the Internet phone of the Internet phone user is automatically stored in the mailbox of the Internet phone. In addition, an indication indicating that the content of the option has been sent is displayed on the display means 50 formed in the folder of the Internet phone as illustrated in FIG. 4, which meets the characteristics of the option requested by the user of the Internet phone. It is displayed as a video character or an animated video.

On the other hand, in the above description of the embodiment of the present invention, the information was automatically transmitted to the mailbox of the Internet phone immediately after the information was transmitted, but notified that the information transmission is made first, if the folder of the Internet phone to open the corresponding information It is also possible to take the method of transmitting, even if the information transmission is made in spite of this, if the folder of the Internet phone is not opened, the information is automatically sent to the mailbox of the Internet phone.

Further, even after providing the corresponding information to the registered Internet phone user, the information collecting unit 30 continuously collects the information and stores it in the database 40, thereby always sending new information to the subscriber subscribers.

According to the present invention as described above, since various information is stored in a database, the information requested by the registered Internet phone users is immediately provided to the corresponding Internet phone users. There is an advantage that can save the call cost by not going through, and receive the information service by the minimum path.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified and modified within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, such modifications and changes should be regarded as belonging to the following claims. will be.

Claims (9)

Information collecting means for automatically collecting various kinds of information on the Internet; A database for storing information collected by the information collecting means for each type and storing information of subscribers who have registered; And Register the membership of the person who owns the Internet-enabled mobile terminal and store the information of the subscriber in the database, and read the contents of the required option set by the subscriber in the database without the subscriber's additional request. An information providing apparatus using a data mailbox comprising a server of an information provider for transmitting to a data mailbox of a subscriber mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, The server provides an information providing apparatus using a data mailbox, wherein the server provides a mobile terminal of the subscriber with a display shape indicating that the contents of the requested option are transmitted when the contents of the option requested by the subscriber are transmitted. The method of claim 2, The display shape is an information providing device using a data mailbox, characterized in that the character screen of the video that meets the characteristics of the option. The method of claim 1, The information of the registered subscriber is an information providing apparatus using a data mailbox, characterized in that the optional ID and password of the subscriber and information that the subscriber wants to receive. Automatically collecting various types of information on the Internet and storing the information in a database for each type, and storing the subscriber's information in the database; Determining whether there is information on a request option set by the subscriber in advance among information stored in the database without a subscriber request; And And when the information requested by the subscriber is found, reading the information from a database and transmitting the information to the data mailbox of the corresponding subscriber mobile terminal. The method of claim 5, The subscriber is an information providing method using a data mailbox, characterized in that the owner owns a mobile terminal capable of using the Internet. The method of claim 6, The information of the subscribed subscriber is an information providing method using a data mailbox, characterized in that the optional ID and password of the subscriber and the information that the subscriber wants to receive. The method of claim 7, wherein The information providing method using the data mailbox characterized in that when the information on the option requested by the subscriber transmits the display shape indicating that the content of the requested option is transmitted to the mobile terminal of the subscriber. The method of claim 8, The display shape is an information providing method using a data mailbox, characterized in that the character screen of the video corresponding to the characteristics of the option.

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