KR101383518B1 - Management system for mobile business card and exchange method of multiple business card using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile business card management system and a multi-user business exchange method using the same. The mobile business card management system according to the present invention comprises multiple user terminals which register user′s business card information in a business card management server using a business card management application and includes a master terminal which requests to hold a business card exchange meeting for multiple users and a slave terminal which requests to take part in the meeting, which has been held upon the master terminal′s request; and a business card management server, which keeps the business card information of each user terminal, creates the business card exchange meeting upon the master terminal′s request, provides a certain user terminal with the current status of participants of the business card exchange meeting, and sends the certain user terminal the business card information of the other participants based on the current status of the participants. [Reference numerals] (101) Master terminal; (102) Slave terminal; (200) Business card management server; (AA) Send the current status of participants; (BB) End a meeting; (CC) Store business card information; (S401) Launch a business card management application; (S402) Select exchange of a meeting; (S403) Select creation of a meeting; (S404) Request creation of a meeting; (S405) Send a message requesting for entering the password; (S406) Enter the password; (S407) Send the password; (S408) Create a password-registered meeting; (S409) Send the room number and current status of participants; (S410) Display the current status of participants; (S411) Launch a business card management application; (S412) Select exchange of a meeting; (S413) Select participation in a meeting; (S414) Send a signal requesting for participation in a meeting; (S415) Send a message requesting for entering a room number and the password; (S416) Enter the room number and the password; (S417) Send the room number and the password; (S418) Add participant's information; (S419) Send the current status of participants; (S420) Display the current status of participants; (S422) Send a signal indicating that the meeting will finish; (S423) Send business card information; (S424) Store the business card information

Description

MOBILE BUSINESS CARD AND EXCHANGE METHOD OF MULTIPLE BUSINESS CARD USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a mobile business card management system, and more particularly, to a mobile business card management system and a multi-party business card exchange method using the same to make a business card using the application of the smartphone and exchange the produced business card with the other party.

Recently, with the proliferation of smartphones, business card exchange methods using smartphones have emerged one after another. The exchange of business cards using a smartphone without using a paper business card has advantages in terms of management and cost. For example, it is easy to follow-up management of exchanged business cards, and if personal information written on the business card such as a company, title, contact information, address, etc. is changed, the card can be immediately updated as well as updated already.

The electronic business card exchange method, for example, may be used to exchange business cards by using the information that the parties exchange business cards by lightly touching (bumping) or shaking the smartphones, or by using information that they are in the same location. There is also a way.

In a method of shaking or contacting smartphones, a short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth is used. Therefore, in order to specify the exchange target of the business card, it uses a small communication distance and a specific operation (shake, contact) of short-range wireless communication.

In addition, in the method using the location information, the target person of the business card is identified using the location information acquired by the smart phone.

However, the method of shaking or contacting smart phones with each other for business card exchange is somewhat cumbersome and can exchange business cards only 1: 1. .

In addition, the method of exchanging business cards based on location is different: there is an advantage of exchanging business cards in many ways, but the work of recognizing the location has to be preceded.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to use a smartphone application through a simpler procedure, as well as 1: 1: multi-way to exchange business cards in a group To provide a mobile business card management system and a multi-party business card exchange method using the same.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a user terminal that registers its own business card information to a business card management server using a business card management application, and requests to establish a meeting for a multilateral business card exchange. A plurality of user terminals including a master terminal and a slave terminal for requesting to participate in the meeting opened at the request of the master terminal; And storing business card information received from each of the plurality of user terminals, generating the meeting for a multi-party business card exchange according to a request of the master terminal, and providing the user terminal with the status of meeting participants participating in the meeting. And the business card management server for transmitting the business card information of the remaining meeting participants to the plurality of user terminals based on the current status of the meeting participants.

In the mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the card management server may be configured to notify change information to other user terminals through server synchronization when changing their own card information from any user terminal among the plurality of user terminals. Can be.

In the mobile card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the card management server includes: a user authentication / registration module for identifying a user by using login information input from the user terminal and granting a system use right according to the user; A business card generation module for generating an electronic business card in accordance with information selected or input from the user terminal; A meeting generation module for generating a business card exchange meeting according to a request for opening the business card exchange meeting of the master terminal and assigning an identification factor to identify the meeting: and a business card information of the user terminal based on the current status of the meeting participants It may include a meeting exchange module for providing the business card information of the remaining meeting participants other than the plurality of user terminals.

In addition, the present invention in the multi-party business card exchange method using a mobile business card management system including a master terminal, slave terminal and business card management server, (a) the process of accessing the business card management server through the business card management application in the master terminal; and; (b) requesting, from the master terminal, to establish a business card exchange meeting for the multi-party business card exchange to the business card management server, and inputting a password; (c) registering the password in the business card management server, generating a business card exchange meeting matching the password, and then assigning an identification factor to the generated business card exchange meeting and transmitting the identification card to the master terminal; (d) accessing the business card management server through the business card management application at the slave terminal; (e) requesting the slave terminal to participate in the business card exchange meeting established for the multilateral business card exchange at the card management server, and inputting an identification factor and a password assigned to the business card exchange meeting; (f) transmitting the status of participants participating in the business card exchange meeting from the business card management server to the master terminal and the slave terminal; And (g) transmitting the business card information of the remaining participants except the business card information of the user terminal from the business card management server to the master terminal and the slave terminal based on the meeting participant status.

In the multi-party business card exchange method using a mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, (h) the business card exchange meeting in the master terminal receiving the status of the participants participating in the business card exchange meeting by the step (f) The method may further include transmitting a business card exchange meeting closing signal indicating that all the participants who want to participate in the card to the card management server before the process (g).

According to the mobile business card management system according to the present invention and the multi-party business card exchange method using the same, not only 1: 1 business card exchange but also all participants wishing to exchange business cards during multi-party business card execution, after running the business card management application in the business card management tab, By simply inputting a meeting number and the like, a mobile business card of all meeting members can be sent in a batch.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile business card management system according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a business card exchange process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a business card exchange process according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of a user terminal when exchanging a business card using a mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and these may vary depending on the intention of the user, the operator, or the precedent. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile business card management system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality (n) user terminals 100 and a business card management server 200. The user terminals 101 to 103 are connected to the business card management server 200 through a wired or wireless communication network to transmit and receive data.

The user terminal 100 accesses the business card management server 200 through the business card management application to perform business card creation, business card information modification, business card exchange request and business card exchange meeting creation request, and provided by the business card management server 200. It is an information device using various additional information. The user terminal 100 is a terminal capable of downloading and executing a business card management application by accessing a network capable of bidirectional data communication such as wired and wireless Internet, and may be a representative example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and includes not only a mobile communication terminal including a smart phone but also a memory processor such as a desktop or laptop, a workstation, a palmtop, a personal digital assistant, a web pad, etc. Digital devices with computing power may also be adopted as the user terminal 100.

The business card management server 200 stores and updates business card information and various additional information created through the user terminal 100. In addition, according to the business card exchange request of the user terminal 100, a variety of types of business card exchange such as 1: 1, 1 :, or multi: can be made. In addition, if there is a change in the card information being stored, it supports the function of automatically notifying the service users of the change through cloud-based server synchronization. It also supports advanced address book management features such as meeting management and multi-text sending.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a business card management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the business card management server 200 according to the present embodiment is a user authentication / registration module 210, business card generation module 220, business card modification module 230, synchronization module 240, meeting generation module It may include various functional modules 201, such as 250, meeting exchange module 260, a database (DB) such as member information DB (270), business card information DB (280), meeting information DB (290) 202 may include.

The user authentication / registration module 210 identifies a user using login information input from a user terminal and grants a system use authority according to the user.

The business card generation module 220 performs a function of generating a personal business card (name card) according to the information selected or input from the user terminal. Here, the business card generation module 220 preferably provides a convenient production tool so that the user can easily create a business card. For example, users can create personalized business cards by editing, adding, and deleting various texts, images, figures, and multimedia information similar to functions provided in general document writing or presentation applications. In addition, by providing a template of a specific form and the user to select it, it is easier to produce a business card.

The mobile business card produced by the business card generation module 220 is stored in the business card DB 280.

The business card modifying module 230 allows a user to modify or update a pre-made business card.

The synchronization module 240 allows the business card information DB 280 to be updated in real time when the user modifies the pre-made business card.

The meeting generation module 250 performs a function of generating a meeting for a multi-party (meeting, group) business card exchange according to a meeting opening request of a master terminal among user terminals.

The meeting exchange module 260 provides a business card of a user corresponding to each of the master terminal requesting to open a meeting and the slave terminals requesting to participate in an established meeting to exchange business cards to other user terminals except for the user terminal of the corresponding user. It performs the function.

The member information DB 270 stores various types of information input when a user registers at a user terminal. Here, it is preferable that a user who creates and stores a mobile business card essentially registers as a member, and a user who simply views the stored information may not be required to register separately.

The business card DB 280 stores a business card (name card) of each user produced by the business card generation module 220.

The meeting information DB 290 stores meeting related information opened for exchanging business cards such as meeting name, meeting password, meeting participants, and the like.

Referring to the business card exchange method using a mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration is as follows.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a business card exchange process according to an embodiment of the present invention, the present embodiment shows a 1: 1 business card exchange process between user terminals.

1 and 3, first, a user who wants to exchange business cards executes a business card management application on each of the user terminals 101 and 102 (S301), and then selects a 1: 1 exchange menu in the business card exchange tab ( Touch and click) (S302, S303).

Next, the respective business terminals 101 and 102 collide with each other (bump) to exchange business cards (S304), and store the exchanged business card information (S305).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a business card exchange process according to another embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment exchanges business cards between a plurality of user terminals.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, one of the meeting members who wants to exchange business cards executes a business card management application on their user terminal, that is, the master terminal 101 (S401). Here, the master terminal 101 refers to a terminal possessed by a user who requests to open a business card exchange meeting to the business card management server 200 for exchanging business cards among a plurality of users. The terminal possessed by the remaining members of the meeting is a slave terminal. Referred to as 102. In the present embodiment, the first user terminal of FIG. 1 may be the master terminal 101, and the second user terminal and the third user terminal may be the slave terminal 102.

Next, the master terminal 101 touches (clicks) the business card exchange tab to select a meeting exchange (S402), and then selects a meeting creation (S403) to open a new meeting for business card exchange in the business card management server 200. The request meeting generation request signal is transmitted (S404).

Next, the business card management server 200 receiving the meeting creation request signal transmits a message requesting a password input for opening a new meeting to the master terminal 101 (S405).

Next, when the master terminal 101 enters a password (for example, 2523) (S406) and transmits it to the business card management server (S407), the business card management server 200 generates a new meeting by identifying a factor, that is, meeting A number (room number, for example, A1242) is assigned and the corresponding password is registered (S408). Here, the identification factor of the meeting opened for exchanging business cards, for example, the meeting number (room number) can be automatically given by the business card management server 200, another example, the master terminal 101 meeting with the password You can also assign a name (meeting name) that can be used to specify.

Next, when the meeting number and participant status are transmitted from the business card management server 200 to the master terminal 101 (S409), the participant status is displayed on the master terminal 101 (S410). Here, the participant status can be provided only the information of the master terminal 101 user because the meeting for the business card exchange is newly opened, the participant status is updated in real time in the order that the participants enter the opened meeting room. (Displayed).

Next, the master terminal 101 may enter a meeting name (group name) for specifying a meeting and then select to save, which may be omitted as an optional process.

Next, the remaining members who want to exchange business cards to run a business card management application to their user terminal, that is, slave terminal 101 (S411).

Next, the master terminal 101 touches (clicks) the business card exchange tab to select a meeting exchange (S412), and then selects a meeting participation (S413). The meeting opened for business card exchange in the business card management server 200 is selected. The signal for applying to participate is transmitted (S414).

Next, the business card management server 200 receiving the meeting participation request signal transmits a message requesting input of the meeting number and password of the meeting to participate in (S415).

Next, the slave terminal 102 enters the meeting number (for example, A1242) and password (for example, 2523) (S416) and transmits to the business card management server 200 (S417).

Next, add the information of the user of the corresponding slave terminal 102 to the status of the participants of the meeting opened by the corresponding meeting number (for example, A1242) in the business card management server (200) (S418), the updated status of the participants It transmits to the terminal 102 (S419). Here, the participant status may include basic information such as the name and contact information of the participant who wants to exchange business cards.

Next, the participant status is displayed on the slave terminal 102 (S420). Here, the updated participant status when the new participant is added in step S418 is also transmitted to the master terminal 101 to display the updated participant status.

Next, after checking the participant status updated in real time in the master terminal 101 (S421), the meeting closing signal is transmitted to the business card management server. Here, the meeting closing signal may be a signal indicating that all participants who participate in the business card exchange meeting participated.

Next, in the business card management server 200 that receives the meeting closing signal from the master terminal 101, the business card information of all members participating in the meeting opened for the meeting business card exchange is displayed on the master terminal 101 and the slave terminal 102. ) So that the business cards can be exchanged multilaterally.

Next, when the business card information received from the master terminal 101 and the slave terminal 102 is stored (S424), the business card information of all participants participating in the meeting business card exchange is the terminal of each participant, that is, the master terminal 101 and the slave terminal. Stored in 102, the multi-party business card exchange is completed. Here, the exchanged business card is automatically notified and updated to the service users through the server synchronization when changing the business card information.

Figure 5 shows an example of the screen of the user terminal when exchanging multi-party business card, that is, the exchange of business cards in a meeting unit using a mobile business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile business card management system according to the present embodiment includes a meeting that has not been previously closed when the user exits the business card exchange screen and returns again, in addition to the functions described in the above description with reference to FIG. 4. A notification message window will pop up to inform the user that it is possible, and all the cancel buttons can be notified to the user through ALRET.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, both the business establishment and participants who wish to exchange business cards execute the business card management application, and then, via the business card exchange tab, enter a password, a meeting number, and the like, and then perform a mobile business card of all the meeting members. Can be sent in batches.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and it is intended that the scope of the present invention encompasses not only the following claims, but also equivalents thereto.

100: user terminal 200: business card management server

Claims (5)

A user terminal that registers a user's business card information to a business card management server using a business card management application, comprising: a master terminal requesting to open a business card exchange meeting for a multi-party business card exchange, and participating in the meeting opened by a request of the master terminal A plurality of user terminal including a slave terminal requesting a; And
Store the business card information received from each of the plurality of user terminals, generate the business card exchange meeting according to the request of the master terminal, provide the user terminal with the status of participants participating in the business card exchange meeting, and the business card exchange meeting And a business card management server for transmitting the business card information of the remaining participants except the business card information of the user to a plurality of the user terminals based on the participant status.
According to claim 1, wherein the business card management server
Mobile card management system, characterized in that configured to notify the change information to the other user terminal through the server synchronization when changing the user's business card information in any user terminal of the plurality of user terminals.
According to claim 1 or 2, wherein the business card management server
A user authentication / registration module for identifying a user by using login information input from the user terminal and granting a system use authority according to the user;
A business card generation module for generating an electronic business card in accordance with information selected or input from the user terminal;
Meeting creation module for generating the business card exchange meeting according to the request for opening the business card exchange meeting of the master terminal to give an identification factor that can specify the meeting: And
And a meeting exchange module for providing card information of the remaining meeting participants to the plurality of user terminals based on the meeting participant status.
In the multi-party business card exchange method using a mobile business card management system including a master terminal, slave terminal and business card management server,
(a) accessing the business card management server through the business card management application at the master terminal;
(b) requesting, from the master terminal, to establish a business card exchange meeting for the multi-party business card exchange to the business card management server, and inputting a password;
(c) registering the password in the business card management server, generating a business card exchange meeting matching the password, and then assigning an identification factor to the generated business card exchange meeting and transmitting the identification card to the master terminal;
(d) accessing the business card management server through the business card management application at the slave terminal;
(e) requesting the slave terminal to participate in the business card exchange meeting established for the multilateral business card exchange at the card management server, and inputting an identification factor and a password assigned to the business card exchange meeting;
(f) transmitting the status of participants participating in the business card exchange meeting from the business card management server to the master terminal and the slave terminal; And
(g) transmitting the business card information of the remaining participants except the user's business card information to the master terminal and the slave terminal based on the meeting participant status, using the mobile business card management system. How to exchange business cards.
The business card exchange meeting of claim 4, wherein (h) all participants participating in the business card exchange meeting participate in the business card exchange meeting at the master terminal receiving the current status of the participants participating in the business card exchange meeting by the step (f). A method of exchanging business cards using a mobile business card management system, further comprising the step of transmitting a closing signal to the business card management server before the step (g).

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