KR101090145B1 - Method and system for obtaining a phone number of mobile terminal using mo service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for obtaining the phone number of a mobile terminal through a MO(Message Oriented) service are provided to obtain a smart phone number of a service user through a MO service. CONSTITUTION: A content server(30) extracts an identification number and a telephone number of a mobile terminal(10) from a message. The content server matches the identification number with the telephone number. The content server receives the identification number from the mobile terminal. The content server searches for the received identification number that is matched with the stored identification number. The content server extracts the searched identification number and the matched telephone number.

Description

Method and system for obtaining a phone number of mobile terminal using MO service}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for acquiring a mobile number of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, lists and stores a unique number and a phone number of a mobile terminal using a MO service, and uses the unique number of the mobile terminal. A method and system for obtaining a telephone number of a mobile terminal.

Recently, with the dissemination of applications that meet various needs of smartphone users, the dissemination of smartphones is rapidly spreading. At this time, the service provider providing the content through the application installed on the smartphone will use the phone number of the smartphone to perform billing or subscriber authentication.

Conventionally, an application installed in a smartphone reads a phone number of a smartphone through an API (Application Programming Interface) and provides a phone number to a service provider. However, the phone number of the smartphone corresponds to personal information, and in order to prevent harm caused by indiscriminate personal information leakage, recently spreading smartphones block the API to read the phone number, the application can obtain the phone number. Is being released.

However, blocking the method of acquiring the telephone number used for billing according to the use of the content may frustrate the service provider's willingness to provide and develop the content, which may impede the development of the current IT industry. There is a problem.

In order to solve this problem, the user can directly input the phone number of the terminal from the user or use the method of using IPLS, but problems of user inconvenience and consistency verification (theft of other users' phone numbers) remain.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is to provide a method and system for a service provider to obtain a smart phone number of a service user using a MO service.

In addition, the present invention provides a method and system for acquiring a phone number of a smartphone using a unique number of the smartphone.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the following preferred embodiments.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a system for obtaining a phone number of a mobile terminal using a MO service, a mobile terminal for creating an SMS or MMS message describing the unique number of the mobile terminal and transmitting it to the MO system, wherein The message includes a server identifier corresponding to the content server; A MO system for receiving the message and transmitting the message to a content server corresponding to the server identifier; And extracting the unique number and the phone number of the mobile terminal from the message, matching and storing the unique number and the phone number, and when the unique number is received from the mobile terminal, matches the received unique number among the stored unique numbers. After retrieving the unique number, it may include a content server for extracting a phone number matching the retrieved unique number.

The mobile terminal may include an application module installed in the mobile terminal to provide a predetermined service and request creation of the message according to a preset operation; A message creation module for creating the message with the unique number of the mobile terminal at the request of the application module; And it may include a communication module for transmitting the created message to the MO system.

Here, the content server, the message analysis unit for extracting the unique number and the phone number of the mobile terminal from the message; An information management unit for matching and listing the unique number and the telephone number; A data storage unit for storing the listed unique number and telephone number; A communication unit for receiving the message from the MO system and receiving a unique number from the mobile terminal; A data retrieval unit for retrieving a unique number corresponding to the received unique number among the stored unique numbers when the unique number is received from the mobile terminal; And a phone number acquisition unit for extracting a phone number matched with the searched unique number.

The mobile terminal may further include an encryption module for encrypting contents of the message and a unique number transmitted from the mobile terminal to the content server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for acquiring a phone number of a mobile terminal performed in a mobile terminal and a content server connected to a MO system through a communication network is unique to the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal via the MO system. Receiving an SMS or MMS message describing the number; Extracting a unique number and a phone number of the mobile terminal from the message; Matching and storing the extracted unique number and the phone number; Receiving a unique number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal; Searching for a unique number corresponding to the received unique number among the stored unique numbers; And extracting a phone number matched with the searched unique number.

Generating an encryption public key between the mobile terminal and the content server; Encrypting the contents of the message at the mobile terminal; And encrypting, at the mobile terminal, a unique number of the mobile terminal received from the mobile terminal.

Here, the message may be written in correspondence with a preset operation of an application installed in the mobile terminal to provide a predetermined service.

Here, the step of receiving the unique number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, when the mobile terminal receives a predetermined service subscription, termination, or inquiry command from the user, the mobile terminal to the content server of the mobile terminal It may be a step of transmitting a unique number.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium in which a combination of instructions for carrying out the method for acquiring a telephone number of the mobile terminal is tangibly embodied and in which a program readable by a digital information processing apparatus is recorded. Can be.

The present invention has an effect that a service provider can provide a method and system for obtaining a smartphone phone number of a service user using a MO service.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of preventing the theft of another person's phone number by obtaining the phone number of the smart phone using the unique number of the smart phone.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system for obtaining a phone number of a mobile terminal using a MO service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a content server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of a system for obtaining a phone number of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a table showing a list of mobile terminal unique numbers and mobile terminal telephone numbers according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of obtaining a phone number of a mobile terminal to which an encryption algorithm is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring a phone number of a mobile terminal by a content server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present application, the term including or having is intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or a combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features or numbers, step It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or the addition of an operation, a component, a part, or a combination thereof. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a system for acquiring a phone number of a mobile terminal using a MO service according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a block diagram of a content server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the system for obtaining a phone number of the mobile terminal 10, the mobile terminal 10, the MO system 20, and the content server 30 are connected through a communication network 40. Here, the communication network 40 may be applied without limitation as long as it is a communication network capable of data communication between the above devices. For example, the communication network 40 may be an internet network or a mobile communication network or a combination thereof. In addition, the communication network 40 may have a complex form in which some sections are wired and some sections are wireless. In addition, some sections of the communication network 40 may be a short range wireless communication network.

The mobile terminal 10 may be applied without limitation as long as a predetermined application such as a mobile phone or a smart phone is downloaded and a data communication terminal is possible. However, it will be described on the assumption that the mobile terminal 10 is a smart phone 10 for convenience of description below.

Smartphone 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the application (for example, education content providing application, etc.) is driven in accordance with the user's operation, a message (SMS or MMS message to transmit to the content server 30) ) Is sent to the MO system 20. At this time, the content of the message written in the smart phone 10 is a unique number (for example, UDID, serial number, etc.) of the smart phone 10. According to another embodiment of the invention, the message content may be encrypted for confidentiality. Encryption can be accomplished with a public key infrastructure (PKI).

Referring to Figure 2, looking at the configuration of the smart phone 10 in detail as follows. The smartphone 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an application module 11, a message writing module 12, a communication module 13, and further include an encryption module 14. The application module 11 is installed in the smart phone 10 to perform a function of providing a predetermined service. When the application module 11 is driven according to a user's manipulation, the application module 11 transmits a message creation request to the message creation module 12 according to a preset operation. At this time, the format of the message is an SMS or MMS message. The message creation module 12 performs a function of creating a message with the unique number of the smart phone 10 at the request of the application module 11. Here, the written message is transmitted to the MO system 20 through the communication module 12. In addition, the encryption module 14 encrypts the contents of the message and the unique number transmitted from the smartphone 10 to the content server 30 (that is, transmitted without passing through the MO system 20). .

When the MO system 20 receives the message, the MO system 20 transmits the received message to the content server 30 corresponding to the server identifier (eg, special number) included in the message. That is, the information transmitted to the content server 30 using the message is a phone number and a unique number of the smartphone 10. Here, the MO service provided through the MO system 20 refers to sending an SMS or MMS message from a mobile terminal (mobile phone, smart phone, etc.) to a PC or a server and receiving an answer thereof as an SMS or MMS message. Currently, SMS or MMS messages can only be sent from cell phone to cell phone on the web. However, MO service allows users to send SMS or MMS messages to servers or PCs with specific mobile phone numbers.

The content server 30 extracts the phone number and the unique number of the smart phone 10 from the received message, and matches and stores the phone number and the unique number of the smart phone 10. After that, when the unique number is received from the smart phone 10, the content server 30 searches for a unique number that matches the received unique number among pre-stored unique numbers, and then extracts a phone number matching the matching unique number. do. Accordingly, the content server 30 may obtain the phone number of the smartphone 10 using the unique number of the smartphone 10.

Referring to Figure 3, looking at the configuration block of the content server 30 in detail as follows. Content server 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a message analysis unit 31, information management unit 32, data storage unit 33, communication unit 34, data search unit 35, and phone number acquisition And part 36. Here, the message analysis unit 31 performs a role of extracting the unique number and the phone number of the smart phone 10 by analyzing the message transmitted from the smart phone 10 via the MO system 20. In addition, the information management unit 32 provides a function of matching and listing the unique number and the phone number of the smart phone 10. In addition, the data storage unit 33 performs a function of storing the listed unique number and phone number. In addition, the communication unit 34 receives a message from the MO system 20 and performs a function of receiving a unique number from the smart phone 10. In addition, when the unique number is received from the smart phone 10, the data search unit 35 performs a function of searching for a unique number corresponding to the received unique number among the stored unique numbers. The phone number obtaining unit 36 extracts a phone number matched with the searched unique number.

4 is a view illustrating an operation flow of a system for obtaining a phone number of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a mobile terminal unique number and a mobile terminal phone number according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the list of tables.

Referring to FIG. 4, an application (eg, an education content providing application) installed in the smartphone 10 is driven according to a user's manipulation (S105).

In step S110, the smartphone 10 writes an SMS or MMS message for transmission to the content server 30. Here, the content of the message is a unique number (for example, UDID, serial number, etc.) of the smart phone 10. In addition, the smartphone 10 stores a server identifier (eg, a server special number) of the content server 30 to receive the message. That is, when the application is downloaded and installed in the smart phone 10, the server identifier of the content server 30 may be downloaded and stored together as related information. In addition, whether the message format is SMS or MMS may be set to change automatically according to the size of the content of the message. That is, when the content of the message to be created exceeds the capacity of the SMS can be converted to MMS.

In step S115, the smartphone 10 transmits the created message to the MO system 20, and the MO system 20 transmits the message to the content server 30 corresponding to the server identifier included in the received message (S120). ). Through the steps S115 and S120 the content server 30 may obtain the phone number and the unique number of the smart phone 10 together. That is, the content server 30 may obtain the phone number of the smartphone 10 from the calling number of the message, and may obtain the unique number of the smartphone 10 from the contents of the message. Here, since the phone number and the unique number of the smart phone 10 are provided together, there is an effect that the stealing the phone number of another person can be blocked by changing the calling number of the SMS message.

In step S125, the content server 30 may analyze the received message to extract the phone number and the unique number of the smart phone 10, and then match and store the phone number and the unique number.

The content server 30 lists and stores the phone numbers and the unique numbers of the plurality of smartphones 10 installed with the application through steps S105 to S125 (see FIG. 5).

In step S130, the smartphone 10 transmits the unique number of the smartphone 10 to the content server 30. Here, step S130 may be performed every time the application is driven, or may be performed only when a user subscribes to a specific service, terminates, or checks whether a service is subscribed.

In step S135, the content server 30 compares the received unique number and the stored unique number. As a result of the comparison, if there is a unique number that matches the received unique number among the stored unique numbers already listed, the content server 30 extracts the stored telephone number matching the matching unique number. The content server 30 may obtain the phone number of the smart phone 10 through steps S130 and S135, and because the unique number of the smart phone 10 is used when obtaining the phone number of the smart phone 10, It is effective to prevent unauthorized phone number theft. In this case, the obtained phone number may be used for billing or subscriber authentication according to service use. For example, when a user subscribes to a monthly fee service according to the use of an application, the content server 30 may transmit the obtained phone number to a billing server (not shown) to charge the phone number user.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of obtaining a phone number of a mobile terminal to which an encryption algorithm is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the description overlapping with the description of FIG. 4 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 6, an encryption public key is generated between the smartphone 10 and the content server 30 in step S102. Public-key cryptography is a type of cryptography that allows users who have not previously shared their secret key to communicate securely. In general, the public key has the function of locking and the private key has the function of opening the locked one.

The content of the SMS or MMS message created in step S110 is encrypted. That is, the unique number of the smartphone 10, which is the content of the message, is encrypted using the public key, and the encrypted message is transmitted to the content server 30 through steps S115 and S120. In step S125, the content server 30 decrypts the content of the message using the private key, and stores the unique number and the phone number of the smartphone.

Further, in step S130, the smartphone 10 encrypts the unique number of the smartphone 10 using the public key and transmits the encrypted unique number to the content server 30, and the content server decrypts the received encrypted unique number in a subsequent procedure. Perform

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring a phone number of a mobile terminal by a content server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, in step S210, the content server 30 receives an SMS or MMS message with a unique number of a smartphone using a MO service. That is, the SMS or MMS message created in the smartphone 10 is transmitted to the content server 30 via the MO system 20.

In addition, in step S220, the content server 30 extracts the unique number and the phone number of the smart phone 10 from the received message, and matches and stores the unique number and the phone number. Then, when the unique number of the smart phone 10 is received from the smart phone 10 (S230), the unique number matching the received unique number of the stored unique number is retrieved (S240). In step S250, the content server 30 extracts the stored phone number matched with the retrieved unique number.

The method for acquiring a telephone number of a mobile terminal according to the present invention described above may be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also include those implemented in the form of carrier waves such as transmission over the Internet. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

10: mobile terminal
20: MO system
30: Content Server
40: communication network

Claims (9)

In the system for obtaining a mobile number of the mobile terminal using the MO service,
A mobile terminal for creating an SMS or MMS message having a unique number of the mobile terminal and transmitting the same to a MO system, wherein the message includes a server identifier corresponding to a content server;
A MO system for receiving the message and transmitting the message to a content server corresponding to the server identifier; And
After extracting the unique number and the phone number of the mobile terminal from the message, matching and storing the unique number and the phone number, and if a unique number is received from the mobile terminal, the unique number matching the received unique number of the stored unique number After retrieving the number, the phone number obtaining system of a mobile terminal comprising a content server for extracting the phone number matching the retrieved unique number. The method of claim 1,
The mobile terminal,
An application module installed in the mobile terminal to provide a predetermined service and request creation of the message according to a preset operation;
A message creation module for creating the message with the unique number of the mobile terminal at the request of the application module; And
And a communication module for transmitting the created message to the MO system. The method of claim 1,
The content server,
A message analyzer extracting a unique number and a phone number of the mobile terminal from the message;
An information management unit for matching and listing the unique number and the telephone number;
A data storage unit for storing the listed unique number and telephone number;
A communication unit for receiving the message from the MO system and receiving a unique number from the mobile terminal;
A data retrieval unit for retrieving a unique number corresponding to the received unique number among the stored unique numbers when the unique number is received from the mobile terminal; And
And a telephone number acquisition unit for extracting a telephone number matched with the searched unique number. The method of claim 2,
The mobile terminal,
And a cryptographic module for encrypting contents of the message and a unique number transmitted from the mobile terminal to the content server. Claims [1] A method for acquiring a telephone number of a mobile terminal performed in a content server connected to a mobile terminal and a MO system through a communication network.
Receiving an SMS or MMS message with the unique number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal via the MO system;
Extracting a unique number and a phone number of the mobile terminal from the message;
Matching and storing the extracted unique number and the phone number;
Receiving a unique number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal;
Searching for a unique number corresponding to the received unique number among the stored unique numbers; And
And extracting a phone number matched with the searched unique number. The method of claim 5,
Generating an encryption public key between the mobile terminal and the content server;
Encrypting the contents of the message at the mobile terminal; And
And a step of encrypting in the mobile terminal a unique number of the mobile terminal received from the mobile terminal. The method of claim 5,
The message is a method of obtaining a phone number of a mobile terminal, characterized in that written in accordance with a predetermined operation of the application installed in the mobile terminal to provide a predetermined service. The method of claim 5,
Receiving the unique number of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal,
When the mobile terminal receives a predetermined service subscription, termination, or inquiry command from the user, the mobile terminal transmitting the unique number of the mobile terminal to the content server. . A recording medium on which a combination of instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 5 to 8 is tangibly embodied and in which a program readable by a digital information processing apparatus is recorded.

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