KR101504828B1 - Autometic sms sending method and server - Google Patents

Abstract

Provides a technology that can solve problems easily and conveniently even when a call is not possible. An automatic character transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an automatic character transmission device receiving an automatic character transmission request input from a first user terminal; Receiving an input of a character content and a character transmission time from the first user terminal upon receiving the automatic character transmission request input; And when receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, when the time of receiving the telephone call request belongs to the character sending time, the telephone call request from the second user terminal is terminated And transmitting a text message corresponding to the content of the character to the second user terminal.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to an automatic SMS transmission method and apparatus,

The present invention relates to a technology for automatically transmitting characters from a portable terminal. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technology for automatically transmitting characters from a portable terminal to a portable terminal, And more particularly, to a technique for enhancing convenience of the apparatus.

Recently, with the spread of portable terminals becoming popular, users are exchanging their own objects with their counterparts through a voice call function through a portable terminal.

When making business and personal calls through a portable terminal, it is most likely that calls are made naturally only when both users are in a situation where they can make calls. However, a case where one user can not make a call frequently can occur.

For example, in a situation such as a meeting or a business trip, the user can not respond to a received call request. In such a case, the user generally has to hang up and call another party when the work is terminated . In this case, the other party may feel uncomfortable due to lack of communication when there is an important purpose, and there may be a problem with the user because the communication is difficult.

In order to solve such a situation, a conventional technology used in a portable terminal generally allows a user to select his / her own situation as character information set to a portable terminal when receiving a telephone call, Technology.

However, even in such a case, it has been pointed out that it is inconvenient to the situation of a user who receives a call request, for example, a ringing of a telephone in an important situation, since a character has to be sent without receiving a call after receiving the call request.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing a ringing tone to a user who receives a call, It is possible to easily notify the other party of the situation and to provide a measure to cope with the situation in which the other party can not receive the call, so that a technique for solving the problem easily and conveniently even when the call is impossible The purpose is to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic character transmission method comprising: receiving an automatic character transmission request input from a first user terminal; Receiving an input of a character content and a character transmission time from the first user terminal upon receiving the automatic character transmission request input; And when receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, when the time of receiving the telephone call request belongs to the character sending time, the telephone call request from the second user terminal is terminated And transmitting a text message corresponding to the content of the character to the second user terminal.

An automatic character transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an automatic character transmission request receiving unit for receiving an automatic character transmission request input from a first user terminal; A character transmission information setting unit configured to receive, from the first user terminal, an input of a character content and a character transmission time when the automatic character transmission request input is received; And when receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, when the time of receiving the telephone call request belongs to the character sending time, the telephone call request from the second user terminal is terminated And a call control unit for transmitting a text message corresponding to the content of the character to the second user terminal.

According to the present invention, when a call is made in a time zone set by the user, the character automatically selected by the user or directly input is transmitted to the terminal requesting the call without outputting information indicating that a call request such as a telephone call is issued. Accordingly, when the user sets a specific time zone and inputs character content indicating that the user is unable to make a call because the user is in a certain situation, the user who has requested the call to the user can recognize the situation of the user, There is an effect that can be.

In addition, since a user who receives a telephone call can automatically transmit his / her situation to the other party without ringing a ringing tone, it is possible to transmit information on a countermeasure when the call is impossible to the other party without inconvenience It is possible to solve the problem easily, and it is possible to provide convenience that does not suffer interference with the current situation.

On the other hand, if the user is in an important situation regardless of the current situation, an effect that the user is not inconvenienced can be expected.

1 and 2 are flowcharts of an automatic character transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of an automatic character transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 6 are examples of screens displayed on a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an automatic text transmission method and apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are intended to illustrate the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, equivalent inventions performing the same functions as the present invention are also within the scope of the present invention.

In addition, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, it is to be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different 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 describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

1 and 2 are flowcharts of an automatic character transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an automatic character transmission method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be performed by hardware such as an automatic text transmission device, which will be described with reference to FIG. Hereinafter, a description will be made of a situation in which the automatic character transmission apparatus (hereinafter referred to as " apparatus ") performs an example.

In the present invention, the apparatus may be implemented as a separate server connected to user terminals through a network, or may be included in hardware of a portable terminal. In the present invention, receiving a request or input from the first or second user terminal will be understood as receiving the input through the input means of the corresponding terminal.

First, the device receives a step (S10) of receiving an automatic character transmission request input from a first user terminal which is a terminal of the user to receive a telephone call, that is, the user of the present invention to automatically transmit characters.

Step S10 refers to a step in which the device receives the input when the user selects a menu that is basically installed in the portable terminal by using the input means of the first user terminal or installs an application or the like received from the outside to the portable terminal, It may mean receiving an input requesting to run the installed application and perform its function.

When step S10 is performed, the device performs step S20 of receiving an input on the content of the character and the character transmission time from the first user terminal. A detailed description of step S20 will be made with reference to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the apparatus performs step S21 of outputting a character input interface to the display unit of the first user terminal.

As described above, the character input interface may include a menu capable of inputting the content of the character and the character transmission time.

For example, by displaying the list on the first user terminal so that the list of contents of at least one character based on the first user terminal can be selected, it is possible to select any one of the contents of the characters included in the list A menu may be included and output in the character input interface.

The list may include at least one character information fixedly determined so that the user can select character information corresponding to his / her situation. In this case, a list is displayed on the character input interface, and a menu for selecting character information in the list and a menu for inputting a character transmission time can be assigned to each area and displayed.

Alternatively, the character input menu may be included and output so that the user can directly input the contents of the character through the input means. In this case, a character input menu allowing the user to directly input the contents of the character through the input means and a menu for selecting the character transmission time can be assigned to the character input interface and output to the respective areas.

On the other hand, if the character can be directly input, the device can perform the step of outputting the contact selection menu to the display unit of the first user terminal together with the character input interface (S22).

To this end, the device may load the contact information stored in the first user terminal and output a contact selection menu to the display of the first user terminal, which can select at least one of the contact information in one area of the character input interface.

If any one of the contact information is selected through the selection input for the contact selection menu during the input of the character contents through the input means of the first user terminal with respect to the character input menu among the character input interfaces, (S23). ≪ / RTI >

For example, 'I am on vacation. When you receive the input of 'If you have a question,' and after you have selected the contact information corresponding to 'XXX Agency', you will receive an input of 'I would like to contact you'. If you have any questions, please contact XXX agent (including contact link information) '.

In this case, the second user receiving the transmitted character can select the corresponding contact link information and receive the contact information or transmit the telephone or text to the portable terminal corresponding to the contact immediately.

In this way, the first user can explain his / her situation through his or her own terminal, while providing the second user with information on a solution for solving the current situation. There is an effect that can be made.

Referring again to FIG. 1, when the input of the character contents and the character transmission time is received from the input means of the first user terminal in steps S20 to S23, the device stores the contents and the terminal of another user When receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, terminating the telephone call request from the second user terminal when the time of receiving the telephone call request belongs to the set character sending time, To the second user terminal (S30).

That is, when information on the contents of the characters and the character transmission time is received in steps S10 and S20 to S23, the device stores the information in the database. Then, when the first user terminal detects that a telephone call is received, the device first determines whether the time at which the telephone call was received belongs to the set character transmission time.

If a call is received at a time not belonging to the character sending time, information indicating that a telephone call request has been received, for example, a telephone ring tone or vibration, is output to the first user terminal to inform the user that the telephone has been received.

However, when a telephone is received in a time zone belonging to the text sending time, the above-mentioned ringing tone does not output vibration, that is, information indicating that the telephone call request is received is omitted and the telephone call request is terminated.

Then, a text message including the content of the character set directly to the terminal of the second user is transmitted.

In this case, the device temporarily stores information on the details of the text message transmitted to the second user terminal by performing steps S10 to S30, and transmits a text message to the display unit of the first user terminal after transmitting the text message. (Not shown) indicating that the second user terminal has been transmitted to the second user terminal.

Of course, in this case, it is possible to minimize the inconvenience of the user due to the output of the notification information by controlling the information to be output without any notification information.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the device controls to output to the first user terminal information informing that the telephone call request has been received even though the telephone call request is received at a time belonging to the character transmission time zone according to the second user terminal Time).

For example, as in step S22, it is possible that certain contact information is included in the character content, that is, the contact information entered through the character input interface exists.

At this time, if the time at which the telephone call request is received belongs to the text sending time, and the second user terminal to which the telephone call request is sent is selected and input and is the terminal corresponding to the contact information included in the character content, (E.g., call reception tone and vibration) indicating that the telephone call request has been received from the terminal to the first user terminal.

According to the present invention, the first user informs the second user of his / her situation, and if the user is urgent, provides the second user with the contact information of the other person through the character input interface, and can process the second contact. In the case of receiving a telephone call from another person included in a character, it is mostly a situation that is very important, that is, a situation in which the first user has to process it.

In this case, a case in which the first user must respond is set as the above embodiment without ending all the calls, and in this case, by notifying that the telephone call request has been received even if the character is automatically transmitted, There is an effect that the first user can respond quickly if it is unavoidable.

Thereby, when the user is in a critical situation and is unable to make a call, and it is difficult to receive a ring tone or the like, even if a call is received, the ringing is not transmitted and the call is immediately terminated. At the same time, by informing the user who has requested the telephone of the information about the situation in which the telephone is ended, the user who has requested the telephone can be prevented from feeling inconvenience due to the impossibility of communication.

In particular, by transmitting the contact information of another person who can solve the current situation by the embodiment of FIG. 2, the user who requested the telephone can cope with the situation corresponding to the telephone call without inconvenience, There is an effect that can be minimized.

3 is a block diagram of an automatic character transmission apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, portions overlapping with those of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be omitted.

3, an automatic character transmission apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an automatic character transmission request receiving unit 11, a character transmission information setting unit 12, and a call control unit 13 .

The automatic character transmission request receiving unit 11 performs a function of receiving an automatic character transmission request input from the first user terminal 20. [ Upon receipt of the automatic character transmission request input, information indicating that the request input has been received is transmitted to the character transmission information setting unit 12.

Upon receiving the information indicating that the automatic character transmission request input has been received, the character transmission information setting unit 12 performs a function of receiving the input of the character content and the character transmission time from the first user terminal 20. [ In other words, it is possible to perform the series of functions mentioned in the description of S20 and Fig. 2 in Fig.

The call control unit 13 receives a telephone call request from the second user terminal 30 to the first user terminal 20 and when the time at which the telephone call request is received belongs to the text sending time, Terminates the telephone call request from the first user terminal 30 and transmits a text message corresponding to the contents of the character to the second user terminal 30.

As described in the description of FIG. 1, in the case of a terminal corresponding to a contact included in a character, the second user terminal can be controlled to output information indicating that a telephone call request has been received to the first user terminal 20 . In addition, when the text message is transmitted according to the present invention, the call control unit 13 can control the corresponding information to be output to the display unit of the first user terminal 20.

4 to 6 are examples of screens displayed on a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring first to FIG. 4, a character input interface 100 is shown. The character input interface 100 is provided with a character input menu 101 for inputting the contents of characters, a contact selection menu 103 for selecting contacts to be included in the characters, and a time selection menu Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 102 < / RTI >

On the other hand, referring to FIG. 5, it can be confirmed that the contact link information 111 is added by referring to the character content in the character input interface 110. The contact link information 111 is information that can add the contact selection menu 112 to the contents of the character when the user selects the contact selection menu 112 as described above.

The contact link information 111 may be provided as link information upon transmission as a text message to the second user terminal or may be provided by converting the contact into character information.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which information 120 relating to the text transmission history is displayed. As a result, the user who has set up the automatic character transmission can confirm information about when a text message is transmitted and who made a call without receiving a call. In particular, according to the embodiment, by displaying the information 121 of the second user who made the telephone call request, it is possible to conveniently confirm who made the telephone call.

The above-described automatic character transmission method according to the present invention can be executed by an application installed in a terminal (which may include a program included in a platform or an operating system basically installed in the terminal) (I.e., a program) directly installed on the terminal by a user through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server related to the service. In this sense, the automatic text transmission method according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application installed in a terminal or installed directly by a user (i.e., a program) and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a terminal .

Such a program may be recorded on a recording medium that can be read by a computer and executed by a computer so that the above-described functions can be executed.

As described above, in order to execute the automatic character transfer method according to each embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned program may be stored in a computer code such as C, C ++, JAVA, or machine language that can be read by a processor (CPU) Code).

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, such code may further include memory reference related code as to what additional information or media needed to cause the processor of the computer to execute the aforementioned functions should be referenced at any location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer .

In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server, etc., to perform the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a computer's communication module (e.g., a wired and / ) May be used to further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

The functional program for implementing the present invention and the related code and code segment may be implemented by programmers in the technical field of the present invention in consideration of the system environment of the computer that reads the recording medium and executes the program, Or may be easily modified or modified by the user.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical media storage, and the like.

Also, the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded may be distributed to a computer system connected via a network so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, any of at least one of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above and transmit the result of the execution to at least one of the other distributed computers, and transmit the result The receiving computer may also perform some of the functions described above and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

In particular, a computer-readable recording medium storing an application, which is a program for executing the automatic character transmission method according to each embodiment of the present invention, includes an application store server, an application or a web server associated with the service A storage medium (e.g., a hard disk, etc.) included in the application provider server of the application server or an application providing server itself.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium on which an application, which is a program for executing the automatic character transfer method according to each embodiment of the present invention, is readable not only in general PCs such as general desktops and laptops, but also smart phones, tablet PCs, PDAs Personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile communication terminals, and the like, and it should be interpreted as all devices capable of computing.

In addition, a computer capable of reading a recording medium on which an application, which is a program for executing an automatic character transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention, is read may be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) , The application may be downloaded to the general PC from the application providing server and installed in the mobile terminal through the synchronization program.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to at least one. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

An automatic text transfer apparatus,
Receiving an automatic character transmission request input from a first user terminal;
Receiving an input of a character content and a character transmission time from the first user terminal upon receiving the automatic character transmission request input; And
Upon receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, terminating the telephone call request from the second user terminal when the time of receiving the telephone call request belongs to the character sending time And transmitting a text message corresponding to the content of the character to the second user terminal,
Wherein the step of receiving an input for the content of the character and the character dispatch time comprises:
Outputting a character input interface to a display unit of the first user terminal as an interface for inputting the contents of the character; And
Receiving an input of the first user terminal to the character input interface,
The step of outputting the character input interface to the display unit of the first user terminal as an interface capable of inputting the contents of the character,
Loading contact information stored in the first user terminal; And
And outputting, to the display unit of the first user terminal, a contact selection menu that allows at least one of the contact information to be selected in one area of the character input interface,
Wherein receiving the input of the first user terminal for the character input interface comprises:
When receiving a selection input for at least one of the contact information from the user terminal, adding the selected contact information to the contents of characters input to the character input interface,
When receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, the time when the telephone call request is received belongs to the character sending time, and the second user terminal corresponds to the selected contact information And outputting information indicating that the telephone call request has been received from the second user terminal to the first user terminal when the terminal is a terminal that receives the telephone call request. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the transmitting to the second user terminal comprises:
Wherein when the telephone call request is terminated, information indicating that the telephone call request has been received is omitted from the first user terminal and the telephone call request is terminated. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of receiving an input for the content of the character and the character dispatch time comprises:
Outputting a list of contents of at least one character previously stored in the first user terminal to a display unit of the first user terminal; And
And receiving a selection input for one of the contents of at least one character included in the output list from the first user terminal. delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
And outputting information indicating that the text message has been transmitted to the second user terminal on the display unit of the first user terminal when the text message has been transmitted to the second user terminal Features automatic character transfer method An automatic character transmission request receiving unit for receiving an automatic character transmission request input from a first user terminal;
A character transmission information setting unit configured to receive, from the first user terminal, an input of a character content and a character transmission time when the automatic character transmission request input is received; And
Upon receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, terminating the telephone call request from the second user terminal when the time of receiving the telephone call request belongs to the character sending time And a call control unit for transmitting a text message corresponding to the content of the character to the second user terminal,
Wherein the character transmission information setting unit,
Outputting a character input interface to a display unit of the first user terminal as an interface for inputting the contents of the character, receiving an input of the first user terminal to the character input interface,
The method comprising the steps of: loading contact information stored in the first user terminal when the character input interface is output to the display unit of the first user terminal as an interface capable of inputting the contents of the character, A contact selection menu for selecting at least one of the information,
When receiving a selection input for at least one of the contact information from the user terminal upon receiving the input of the first user terminal with respect to the character input interface, To the contents of "
The call control unit,
When receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, the time when the telephone call request is received belongs to the character sending time, and the second user terminal corresponds to the selected contact information The control unit controls to output information informing that the telephone call request is received from the second user terminal to the first user terminal. An automatic text transfer apparatus,
Receiving an automatic character transmission request input from a first user terminal;
Receiving an input of a character content and a character transmission time from the first user terminal upon receiving the automatic character transmission request input; And
Upon receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, terminating the telephone call request from the second user terminal when the time of receiving the telephone call request belongs to the character sending time And transmitting a text message corresponding to the content of the character to the second user terminal,
Wherein the step of receiving an input for the content of the character and the character dispatch time comprises:
Outputting a character input interface to a display unit of the first user terminal as an interface for inputting the contents of the character; And
Receiving an input of the first user terminal to the character input interface,
The step of outputting the character input interface to the display unit of the first user terminal as an interface capable of inputting the contents of the character,
Loading contact information stored in the first user terminal; And
And outputting, to the display unit of the first user terminal, a contact selection menu that allows at least one of the contact information to be selected in one area of the character input interface,
Wherein receiving the input of the first user terminal for the character input interface comprises:
When receiving a selection input for at least one of the contact information from the user terminal, adding the selected contact information to the contents of characters input to the character input interface,
When receiving the telephone call request from the second user terminal to the first user terminal, the time when the telephone call request is received belongs to the character sending time, and the second user terminal corresponds to the selected contact information And outputting information indicating that the telephone call request has been received from the second user terminal to the first user terminal when the terminal is a terminal for performing automatic character transmission, And recorded on the recording medium.

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