KR100793411B1 - Method for providing service of calling connection sound using e-mail - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service method of presenting a ring back tone, and more particularly, to a service method of presenting a ring back tone using e-mail. According to the present invention, a ring back tone selection step of selecting a desired ring back tone; A rate payment step of receiving a rate for a ring tone; An email information input step of receiving email information; An email transmission step of transmitting a ring back tone gift email; An e-mail receiving step of receiving a ring-up tone gift e-mail and inputting a mobile phone number for setting a ring-up tone; And a call connection tone gift service method including requesting a call connection tone setting step of setting a call connection tone to a receiver mobile phone by requesting a corresponding mobile communication company server to set up the call connection tone according to a mobile phone number of a receiver. According to the method of presenting the ring back tone service, the desired ring back tone can be easily presented to the desired party through e-mail. Even if it is possible to give the recipient the desired ring back tone via email.

Ringtone, Email, Ring to You, Coloring, Gift, Letter, Cell Phone, Mobile Phone

Description

Method for providing service of calling connection sound using e-mail}

1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart sequentially showing that a ring-tone gift service is provided according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view showing a list for selecting a ring back tone provided to a caller computer;

4 is an exemplary view showing a bill payment window for performing a bill payment for the ring back tone;

5 is an exemplary diagram showing an email composition window for a sender to input email information;

6 is an exemplary view showing a ring tone gift email provided by a receiver;

7 is an exemplary view showing a mobile phone number input window for receiving a mobile phone number to set the ring tone.

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110 ... caller 120 ... caller computer

130 ... Internet 140 ... Telephone Server

150 ... receiver 160 ... receiver computer

170 Mobile carrier server 180 Receiver phone

The present invention relates to a service method of presenting a ring back tone, and more particularly, to a service method of presenting a ring back tone using e-mail.

In general, the ring back tone is a sound for informing the caller that the caller attempts to connect to the caller before the call is received, when the caller calls the callee. It is changed to use.

Users using the Internet can access a variety of music through the Internet, and use a variety of music provided by a mobile carrier or a music site, such as ringtones of their mobile phones or the ring tone as described above.

However, the ring back tone is not a sound that the user hears, but a sound that is heard when the other party makes a call to his mobile phone, so once set, it is often used without frequent changes.

In addition, since the user can listen to various music on a music site provided on the Internet, the user may want to present his / her favorite music as a ring back tone to a lover, a friend or a family.

As described above, when a user wants to present a favorite music to a counterpart, a service for easily presenting a ring tone to the counterpart is required.

In addition, when presenting a ring tone by sending an SMS to the other party, there is a problem that you must deliver a message of the meaning that you want to convey in a concise short text, the long form of the letter form containing the content to convey your meaning There is a need for a service method for delivering content.

The present invention has been created by the necessity as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a service method for presenting a desired ring back tone through an e-mail.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. In addition, the objects and advantages of the invention may be realized by the means and combinations indicated in the claims.

Call ring tone gift service method using an e-mail according to the present invention, the call ring tone selection step of receiving a mobile phone ring tone provided by a portal site including an Internet music service site or an email service; A fee payment step of adding a fee for the ring back tone and receiving the fee from the caller through a predetermined payment method; An e-mail information input step of receiving e-mail information including an e-mail address, an e-mail subject, and e-mail contents of the recipient who is provided with the ring back tone; An email transmission step of transmitting a ring back tone gift email including the ring back tone and the email information to an email address of the receiver input in the email information input step; An e-mail receiving step of receiving the call ring tone gift e-mail transmitted in the e-mail transmission step and receiving a mobile phone number for setting the call ring tone from the receiver; And requesting to set the ring back tone to the corresponding mobile communication company server according to the mobile phone number of the receiver input in the e-mail receiving step.

In addition, when the call connection tone gift e-mail is returned from the recipient's e-mail server, the rate payment step may be canceled.

In addition, the predetermined payment method in the billing step, it is preferable to perform the payment through the process of transmitting the authentication number to the caller's mobile phone via SMS, and receives the authentication number from the caller to authenticate.

Furthermore, the ring tone gift service method using the e-mail transmits an SMS requesting a recipient e-mail address to the mobile phone number when the recipient's mobile phone number is inputted instead of the e-mail address in the e-mail information input step. It is preferable to store the gift e-mail in the temporary storage DB and receive the recipient's e-mail address from the receiver and transmit the ring tone gift mail stored in the temporary storage DB to the e-mail address.

In addition, the ring tone gift service method using the e-mail, when receiving the e-mail address to receive the ring tone from the recipient, present the domain of the selectable e-mail address and input the ID portion excluding the domain portion selected from the recipient It is desirable to receive and enter the email address.

In addition, the ring tone gift service method using the e-mail, when the e-mail address of the recipient is not input for a certain time from the recipient, a) provides the sender with information that the e-mail address is not input from the recipient via SMS or e-mail Or b) cancel the billing performed in the billing step, or c) resend the SMS requesting a recipient email address to the cell phone number.

In addition, in the step of setting the ring back tone, it is preferable to directly set the ring back tone of the receiver in the corresponding mobile communication company server which is requested to set the ring back tone.

Further, the step of setting the ring back tone, for transmitting the SMS about the setting of the ring back tone from the corresponding mobile communication company server that is requested to set the ring back tone, and to set the ring back tone through the mobile phone of the receiver It is preferable to connect to the server of the mobile communication company, and set the call connection tone as the call connection tone of the receiver cellular phone.

In addition, the ring back tone gift service method using the e-mail is the ring back tone present e-mail transmitted in the e-mail transmission step, the call ring tone is deleted by the receiver or the mail service system of the receiver before the step of setting the ring back tone; The providing server may be requested to resend the ring tone gift email from the sender or the receiver and resend the ring tone gift email to the email address of the receiver.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a system configuration for configuring a RBT gift service through an e-mail according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a sequential process of implementing a RBT gift service using an e-mail according to the configuration shown in FIG. It is a flow chart shown.

As shown, the method for presenting a ring-tone connection service through an email of the present invention includes a ring-tone selection step, a bill payment step, an e-mail information input step, an e-mail transmission step, an e-mail reception step, and a call connection sound setting step.

The step of selecting a ring back tone is to select a desired ring back tone by a caller through a site on the Internet, and to receive and select a desired ring back tone through various sites such as a site providing music or a portal site providing an e-mail service. (S205).

As shown in FIG. 3, a list of various pieces of music is provided to the caller computer 120 of the caller 110 from the call ring tone providing server 140 associated with the music providing site or the mail service portal site, and the caller 110. The search may perform a search through a title, a singer, a company providing a sound source, and the like, provided on a website.

Here, the call connection sound providing server 140 may be a music providing site so as to provide music on its own, and may be a portal site where a mail service is performed, and a site or a mail service portal site providing the music. The music providing site or the mail service portal site in conjunction with the music service or mail service to provide a link ring sound in conjunction with these sites can be implemented, of course, associated with each site It should be appreciated that the methodology can be implemented in a variety of ways.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described by taking a call connection sound providing server 140 including a music providing site and a mail service portal site as an example.

When the desired music is selected from the caller 110 and the listen button 310 is input by the caller 120, the caller 120 may receive a part or all of the selected music, and the setting button 320 may be used. The caller 110 may set his or her mobile phone ringing sound or a call connection sound.

Such a configuration can be variously implemented according to a site providing music, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The caller 110 completes the selection of music to present the ring back tone, and proceeds to the next step according to the input of the gift letter button 330 provided in the form of an icon as shown in FIG.

The billing step is to charge a charge for the selected ring back tone from the caller, the charge is billed from the caller, the confirmation of the ring tone to present through the billing guide window 400 as shown in FIG. A phrase may be provided and a fee for the ring back gift and a fee method.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a small payment method using a mobile phone is described as an example, but various payment methods such as card payment and point payment may be used, and payment may be made by various combinations of the payment methods.

The billing information window 400 is displayed on the screen of the caller computer 120 (S210) and at the same time the authentication code is transmitted to the caller's mobile phone through the SMS connection server 140, the caller 110 is SMS When the authentication number received through the input to the authentication number input window 410, the payment for the ring back tone is completed (S215).

When the payment step is completed, an e-mail creation window 500 for creating an e-mail as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the sender computer 120, and the e-mail information input step is performed.

The e-mail information input step receives the e-mail address of the recipient 150 in the address window 510, receives the subject of the e-mail in the subject window 520, and displays the content to be displayed by the sender. The step is received through (S220).

Here, the e-mail address of the receiver 150 may be configured to employ a configuration that can be input by selecting an address already set, such as an address book, and knows the mobile phone number of the recipient, even if the recipient's e-mail address is not known It employs a service method that allows to send an e-mail that presents a gift, specific details will be described below.

The e-mail subject is entered in the subject window 510 as a subject indicating the contents of the letter, and the contents delivered by the sender are written in the contents window 530 to complete the call ring tone gift e-mail.

Here, the content of the e-mail through the content window 530 may be a method of inserting a web page format such as HTML, as well as a text content, and inserting an image file. It is possible to create the contents of the mail.

Therefore, since the contents of the caller 110 can be created and delivered along with the ring back tone present, the display of the call back tone present in comparison with the delivery of the short message, such as SMS, in conveying the content of a thank-you, a confession of love, etc. Along with this, the mind of the caller 110 can be accurately transmitted.

In the e-mail information input step, to display the call ring tone information 540 such as the title, the singer of the call ring tone present in the lower part of the e-mail creation window 500 so that the caller to the correct ring back tone Make sure that it is checked.

The e-mail transmitting step includes transmitting the ring back tone gift e-mail to the e-mail address of the receiver 150 input in the e-mail information input step. Through the receiver 130, it may be transmitted to the email server (not shown) of the receiver 150 (S230) and may be confirmed through the receiver computer 180.

In addition, it is preferable that a configuration capable of confirming whether the receiver 150 receives the e-mail by receiving feedback of the call connection tone gift e-mail from the receiver 150 may be adopted.

Here, in the e-mail information input step, when the sender 110 does not know the e-mail address of the receiver 150 and only the mobile phone number of the receiver, the e-mail is automatically transmitted.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, the address window 510 for writing the recipient's email address is provided with a message 550 for inputting a mobile phone number if the recipient's email address is not known.

Therefore, when the sender 110 does not know the e-mail address of the receiver 150, the caller 110 receives a mobile phone number through the address window 510.

When a mobile phone number other than the e-mail address of the receiver 150 is input to the address window 510 (S235), the call ring tone will be presented to the receiver 150 by the call ring tone providing server 140. The SMS requesting an address reply is transmitted to the receiver mobile phone 180 through the mobile communication company server 170 (S240), and the ring back tone providing server 140 transmits the recipient's email address from the receiver 150. Received (S245) and the ring tone gift email is sent to the received e-mail address (S230).

For example, when receiving an email address from the recipient, presenting a domain of a selectable email address in an email address consisting of an ID and a domain, such as ID@abc.com of the email address, and excluding a domain portion selected from the recipient. It is possible to employ a configuration that receives only the ID portion to allow the recipient 150 to receive the e-mail address comfortably.

Here, in the process of requesting an e-mail address to the receiver 150, the ring tone gift e-mail is temporarily stored in the ring back tone providing server 140 during a waiting period for receiving the recipient's e-mail address from the receiver 150. It is temporarily stored and stored in 142, when the e-mail address is received from the recipient 150 will be transmitted to the mail server of the recipient 150 (S230).

On the other hand, when the receiver 150 does not receive the email address of the receiver 150 for a predetermined time, the call connection tone providing server 140 sends the receiver 150 to the caller 110 through SMS or email. By sending the guide information that the e-mail address can not be received from the information that it is impossible to send the ring tone e-mail can be informed, or it is preferable to configure to cancel the payment for the ring tone e-mail transmission.

Alternatively, it is possible to resend the SMS requesting the recipient email address to the recipient mobile phone 180 to receive the recipient email address.

Here, when the mail server of the receiver 150 exceeds the capacity or the call connection tone gift e-mail is returned due to an error of the system (S250), the payment for the ring tone gift mail performed in the charge settlement step is performed. It is desirable to cancel (S255).

Next, an e-mail receiving step in which the RBT present email is normally transmitted to the receiver 150 and the receiver 150 receives the RBT present email will be described.

The e-mail receiving step is a step of receiving the call ring tone gift e-mail transmitted in the e-mail sending step, and inputting a mobile phone number to set the ring back tone, which is received by the receiver 150 through the receiver computer 160. When the opened email is opened, the received mail screen 600 as shown in FIG. 6 is provided.

That is, along with basic email items such as recipients, senders, subjects, contents, etc., information such as the title, singer, etc. of the received ring back tone is provided. The connection sound setting button 620 may be provided.

Therefore, the receiver 150 requests a pre-listen function through the pre-listen button 610. Accordingly, the receiver 150 may listen in advance before setting the ring back tone, and thus may not be set when the call ring tone is not set. Make sure

Here, when the receiver 150 inputs a signal for requesting setting through the call connection tone setting button 620, the mobile phone number input window 700 as shown in FIG. 7 is provided through the receiver computer 180. The receiver 150 inputs the number of the mobile phone to which the call connection tone is to be set in the mobile phone number input window 700 to complete reception of the email (S260).

On the other hand, when the call connection tone gift email transmitted in the email transmission step is deleted by the receiver 150 or the mail service system of the receiver 150 before the call connection tone setting step, the call connection sound providing server 140 Receiving a request to resend the ring tone gift email from the sender 110 or the recipient 150 can be implemented to resend the ring tone gift email to the email address of the receiver 150.

By the above configuration, the receiver 150 can receive the call connection tone gift email deleted due to his mistake or the spam mail blocking function of the mail server.

The call connection tone setting step may be performed by transmitting a signal requesting setting of the call connection tone to the corresponding mobile communication company server 170 according to the mobile phone number of the receiver 150 input in the email receiving step. Set a ring tone (S265).

Since the method for setting the call connection sound may be variously made according to the method for setting the call connection sound of the mobile communication company, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with two examples.

In the first method, the call connection sound providing server 140 transmits a request signal for setting a call connection sound to the mobile communication company server 170, and the call connection sound of the receiver mobile phone 180 is transmitted from the mobile communication company server 170. This is how you set it yourself.

This method does not require an additional process because the receiver establishes a call connection sound of the receiver mobile phone 180 without additional process of the receiver 150.

In addition, the call connection sound of the mobile phone may be set in a different manner according to the corresponding mobile communication company. When the second method transmits a request signal for setting the call connection sound from the call connection sound providing server 140 to the mobile communication company server, The mobile communication company server 170 transmits an SMS related to a call connection tone setting to the receiver mobile phone 180, and the receiver 150 transmits the SMS according to the SMS transmitted to the receiver mobile phone 180. ), And the call connection sound of the receiver 150 is set.

Here, the method of setting the call connection sound may be implemented in various ways depending on the method employed by each mobile communication company.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described.

As described above, according to the method of presenting a ring back tone using the email of the present invention, it is possible to easily present a desired ring back tone through an e-mail to a desired party.

In addition, when the counterpart cannot receive an e-mail, the payment of the fee may be canceled and an unfair payment of the fee may be prevented.

Moreover, by adopting a configuration that can receive feedback of the email address through the SMS to the recipient, even if the recipient's email address is not known, the desired ring back tone can be presented to the recipient through the email.

In addition, it is adopted in the ring back tone setting scheme of various mobile carriers has the advantage of receiving the ring back tone service provided by each mobile carrier.

Claims (9)

A ring back tone selection step of selecting a ring back tone for a mobile phone provided by a portal site including an internet music service site or an e-mail service; A fee payment step of adding a fee for the ring back tone and receiving the fee from the caller through a predetermined payment method; An e-mail information input step of receiving e-mail information including an e-mail address, an e-mail subject, and e-mail contents of the recipient who is provided with the ring back tone; An email transmission step of transmitting a ring back tone gift email including the ring back tone and the email information to an email address of the receiver input in the email information input step; An e-mail receiving step of receiving the call ring tone gift e-mail transmitted in the e-mail transmission step and receiving a mobile phone number for setting the call ring tone from the receiver; And And a call ring tone setting step of setting the call ring tone on a receiver's mobile phone by requesting the corresponding mobile communication company server to set the call ring tone according to the mobile phone number of the receiver input in the email receiving step. The billing step, the ring tone gift service method using the e-mail, characterized in that when the call back tone gift e-mail is returned from the recipient's email server cancels the charge for the ring back tone gift e-mail. delete The method of claim 1, The predetermined payment method in the billing step of the present invention transmits the authentication number to the sender's mobile phone via SMS, and receives the call through the e-mail, characterized in that the payment is performed through the process of authenticating the authentication number from the caller. Service method. The method of claim 1, If the recipient's mobile phone number is entered instead of the email address in the email information input step, an SMS requesting the recipient's email address is transmitted to the mobile phone number, and the call back tone gift email is stored in a temporary storage DB from the recipient. And receiving the e-mail address of the receiver and transmitting the ring tone gift mail stored in the temporary storage DB to the e-mail address. The method of claim 4, wherein When receiving the e-mail address to receive the ring back tone from the recipient, the e-mail address is characterized by presenting the domain of the selectable e-mail address and receiving the ID portion excluding the selected domain portion from the recipient RBT gift service method using. The method of claim 4, wherein If the recipient's email address has not been entered for some time from the recipient, a) providing the sender with information that no email address has been entered from the recipient via SMS or email, or b) cancel the fee payment performed in the rate payment step, or c) Receiving a ring back tone gift service method using an e-mail, characterized in that the mobile phone number resends an SMS requesting a recipient e-mail address. The method of claim 1, The call connection tone setting step, the call connection tone gift service method using an e-mail, characterized in that for setting the call connection tone of the receiver directly from the mobile communication server server is requested to set the ring tone. The method of claim 1, In the step of setting the ring back tone, the mobile communication server receiving the request for setting the ring back tone transmits an SMS regarding the setting of the ring back tone to the receiver mobile phone, and sets the corresponding ring back tone through the receiver's mobile phone. Connecting to the server of the communication company, the ring back tone gift service method using an e-mail, characterized in that the ring tone set to the ring tone of the receiver mobile phone. The method of claim 1, If the RBT gift email transmitted in the email transmission step is deleted by the receiver or the mail service system of the receiver before the RBT setting step, the RBT server provides a RBT gift email from the sender or the receiver. Receiving a request for retransmission of the RBT present email method, characterized in that for retransmitting the RBT present email to the email address of the receiver.

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