KR20010086918A - e-mail transfer method, wherein advertisement attached by a user - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for transmitting an E-mail to which a user advertisement is attached is provided to select and insert an advertisement into a part of the E-mail when a user transmits the E-mail. CONSTITUTION: A background is determined through a paper selection(1201). An advertisement to be inserted into an E-mail is selected from a banner advertisement DB, and a position designation item is determined to complete a transmitting message(1202,1203). The completed web mail is transmitted, and a user advertisement attachment type advertisement mail is repeatedly revised and the revised advertisement is transmitted.

Description

{E-mail transfer method, wherein advertisement attached by a user}

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting an advertisement attached to a user, and more particularly, to a method for transmitting an advertisement attached to an user, wherein a user selects and inserts an advertisement in a portion of the email when the email is transmitted.

Email services are the basic means of exchanging information on the Internet that allows communication without the need for FTP and Web services. It is an absolutely necessary service used to deliver messages between individuals.

E-mail has become a means of smooth communication due to the increase of the Internet business and the increase of the communication population, but the example of exploitation is the damage caused by spam mail. Spam mail is sent by email from a subject to a large number of individuals for commercial purposes, such as product advertisements or polls. Unless a method of blocking spam is invented, advertisements caused by spam mail continue to cause mental damage to recipients.

The present invention is the application of postcards or cards sent from the Internet online, and by selecting the type of mail, according to the personal preferences of the advertisement posts by arbitrarily placing a part of the advertisement posts at any position on the background picture Advertisement via e-mail delivered online by letting it send itself will be activated as a more effective means of advertisement, since the advertisements are intimately accessed between the sender and the receiver. (Where the sender and receiver are normal online personal users)

The first object of the present invention for this purpose is to provide a means for the user to limit the risk of spam mail delivery through the user classification in the process of e-mail transmission and reception.

The second task is to provide a means of reducing the confusion a user experiences when temporarily exposed to a large amount of advertising, by identifying a large number of advertisements and guiding the advertisement.

A third problem is to provide a means for fixing a part of an advertisement post at an arbitrary position in the mail together with the type of mail.

1 is a representative diagram of a user advertised email system.

2 is a flowchart of an operation of an advertisement mail.

3 is a flowchart of a mail sending operation.

4 is a flow diagram of a web mail master operation.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart showing an example of a unit for starting a user homepage connection and executing a user advertisement type mail service in the configuration of FIG. 1; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a unit for executing an access to an advertiser homepage and a profit type advertisement mail advertisement registration service in the configuration of FIG. 1; FIG.

7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the mail service of FIG.

8 is a flow chart of the operation of the bulletin board advertising service of FIG.

9 is a flowchart of point accumulation of revenue advertisement mail service.

10 is a flow diagram of the proceeds of refund.

The user advertisement attachment email based on the web according to the present invention for achieving the above object is composed of a member system (1), an advertisement management system (2), a webmail server (3), a webmail master (4).

Define for each name and list the components.

1. Membership Management System: Support DB for membership management. Accumulated points for the member's activities are credited to the member DB. It consists of member DB and member activity DB.

2. Ad Management System: Supports the advertisement registration system on the web to register advertisements remotely. It consists of Advertiser DB, Ad Management DB, Banner Ad DB.

3. Web mail server: An electronic mail that is implemented on the web and includes electronic location information and additional information.

4. Web mail master: serves as a guide to refund the user to the accumulation of the frequency of web mail usage through the activity advertising DB. It also documents the statistics through analyzing the number of advertisement views and attached advertisements on the web.

Each element is defined as

1. Membership Management System : A system for registering and managing users who want to use user advertisement attachment emails.

a) Member's DB: ID, password, Korean name, English name, social security number, occupation, company name, contact information, e-mail address, membership, termination date, hobby, grade, mobile phone, association phrase, transaction bank, dividend, web launch Stored and managed.

b) Member activity DB: A database that shows the activity information of registered members. It consists of activity classification, recipient, title, cumulative points, deletion classification, point reserve, and total number of inquiry comments.

2. Ad management system : Advertisement on the web to register advertisement remotely

As supporting the lock system,

a) Advertiser DB: It consists of business name, person in charge, contact information, business registration number, ID, total advertisement amount, password, association phrase.

b) Ad Management DB: Ad DB managed by the advertiser's application, ad classification, advertising registration fee, ad unit price code, advertising amount, cumulative number of clicks, dividends, click rank, ad type code, business code, deposit classification, account It consists of a number, credit card number, and location code.

c) Banner advertising DB: ad classification code, ad search, total clicks, actual clicks

3. Web mail server : An electronic mail that is implemented on the web and includes electronic location information and additional information.

a) Web mail: A user's advertisement-type email on the web is an email sent by the user, which is a web mail made with the direct intention of the user and an implied appointment between the recipients.

b) location information: user-attached email on the web; In use, the location information of the banner advertisement is designated by the location code as the upper left, upper right, left, right, lower left, lower right, and the like.

c) Additional Information: Information to support clip art and user mail page for using web mail in various forms.

4. Webmail master : serves as a guide to refund the user to the accumulation of the frequency of webmail use through the activity advertising DB.

In addition, the statistical data through analyzing the number of advertisement views and attached advertisements on the web is analyzed.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a representative embodiment of a system for attaching a user advertisement email board through the Internet according to the present invention, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 1.

The configuration of FIG. 1 can be broadly classified into four parts.

The first configuration is for the use of email on the client side. The web supports a hypertext format for selecting and displaying advertisements from the mail client 120 and the post client 100 that compose general mail over the Internet. Browser 110.

In the second configuration, the web server 210 is composed of a member DB (211: DB server) for receiving and registering personal information of the client and an advertiser DB (212) for inputting advertiser information, and a member whose member activity is stored. The advertisement publishing mall comprising an activity DB 223 and a banner advertisement DB 221 that stores the contents of the advertisement and is classified into a search code, and an advertisement management DB 222 that calculates the unit price of the advertisement and the number of clicks of the advertisement by the user. The server 220 and the user-created clip art or commercial clip art inputted through the web mail server 230 are disclosed and documented through the clip art DB 231, and the position position on the e-mail of the banner advertisement is designated. The web server 230 notifies the client of the positioning information 232 for fixing the banner advertisement on the e-mail in the selected position.

The member activity information DB 360 of the user's point information according to the client's advertisement access is notified to the bank credit company 400 through the web mail master (eg, IBM Payment Suite, a SET-based payment system).

The third configuration allows the advertiser to analyze the advertisement through the user banner advertisement access means 320 and the hypertext format of the advertiser input means 300 for placing an advertisement or promotion, access to a web server, advertiser registration, and various histories. It consists of a web browser (310, e.g. Netscape) for querying.

The fourth configuration consists of a creditor or bank 400 that responds to requests from webmail masters.

2 is a web mail advertisement mail flow chart is an operation process for feedback to the company's advertising concept to the advertising management DB to determine the advertiser's registration and advertisement registration and how much of the user's interest and attention through the advertisement It will be described with reference to Figure 2 as shown below.

The advertisement provider or advertiser connects to the web server 210 for advertisement registration or permission (1), and the web server calls the CGI 213 (2), and newly registers with the advertiser DB 212 through the CGI or already The registered advertiser is queried (3) to allow access to the web server (4), and the permission is answered through the web browser 210 (5).

The advertiser information is stored in the banner advertisement posting database (6) (7) through the advertisement server (8), and the web mail server calls the advertisement requested from the advertisement server and transmits it to the advertisement server. 13) The advertisement management DB (9) inputs and stores information on the called advertisement data. In addition, by using the member information to store the member activity information calling the advertising material in the member activity DB (10).

The data stored and accumulated in the above advertisement management DB and member activity DB is called through the web mail master.

Advertisers are provided via web mail masters the frequency and user preferences of their weekly and monthly users' needs.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a webmail sending flow diagram illustrating a process in which a registered member receives a portion of the advertising revenue as a user directly enters an advertisement into a mail when the registered member uses the webmail service.

A user who wishes to use a user ad-attached email registers as a member and accesses the web server 210 through the client web browser (1), the web server calls the CGI 213 (2), and the member through the CGI. In the case of a newly registered member or an existing registered member in the DB 211, the user is inquired (3) permission to access the web server (4), and the permission is answered through the web browser 210 (5).

The member generates the user advertisement attachment type mail through the mail service server 230 (6) (7) according to the member DB information 211. That is, the user advertisement attachment type mail is generated by selecting the type of mail, calling the clip art DB 231 and the location information DB 232 and inserting the banner advertisement selected by the user according to the response. The advertisement posting server 220 called from the mail service server 230 receives the advertisement called from the banner advertisement DB 221 and responds to the web mail server.

The clip art 8 requested by the web mail server is retrieved from the clip art DB 231, and the location information specifying the location of the clip and the banner advertisement is retrieved from the location information DB 232 to retrieve the user advertisement type mail. Complete it. Clip art is a term that generally refers to pictures of small animal shapes for decoration. The location information DB is a database including information on locations that can be designated on an email for each banner advertisement. The location where the banner advertisement may be provided is preferably at the top, center, or bottom of the email transmission document, and the advertisement provider may allow the user to select the plurality of locations.

The advertisement posting server 220 stores the type of advertisement used by the member in the member activity DB 222 and the advertisement management DB 223 and accumulates the number of clicks and the accumulated points.

The web mail master 240 converts the information recorded from the advertisement management DB 222 and the member activity DB 223 into points, and notifies the member of the refund amount of the advertisement revenue through the web browser. You can ask the Master to recover the converted amount (13)

FIG. 4 illustrates a role of a web mail master, which illustrates a process of paying an advertisement fee and a refund operation of a member and an advertiser through a client web browser and a web browser dedicated to an advertiser, and will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

The user of the user's advertisement attachment e-mail is created (240, 220, 231, 232, 233) at the same time as the mail registration (230, 220, 231, 232, 233) according to the registration and revenue-type e-mail use procedures as members. In accordance with the member's request for refund (1) through the client web browser (110), a refund request to the designated creditor or bank (400) or a credit inquiry (3) is transferred to the member.

The advertisement registered in the user's advertisement attachment email calculates the advertisement cost according to the cumulative point so that the user who is a member is charged with the advertisement point by converting the accumulated point 240 generated at the same time as the mail use (230,220,231,232,233) according to the advertisement attachment type using procedure (2). )do. The advertiser provides the internal advertisement analysis data 2 through the web mail master through the advertiser-specific web browser 310. Internal advertising analysis data refers to the frequency and user tendency of the company's weekly and monthly users. The advertising fee is paid (5) through a designated credit company or bank (400). (4) Enter the user advertisement attachment type mail service.

It may also include the role of the SET-based electronic payment payment gateway for making a payment request 804 to the bank or credit institution 400 for the cash payment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a unit for starting a user homepage connection and executing a user advertisement type mail service in the configuration of FIG. 1, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 5.

When the user starts to access the homepage, the user receives the data from the web server (1001) and displays the display on the homepage (1002). If it is not a member by searching whether the member is 1003, the member is registered 1004 and the member activity DB is registered 1005.

In the case of the member, the user waits for the user service selection from the user 1006, and if the user wants to use the email by waiting for the user selection 1007, the e-mail advertisement is started according to the e-mail advertisement using procedure (1008). If you want to register a post on the bulletin board according to the bulletin board advertising procedure (1009), and if you want to look up other history information other history information query (1012). The user can select each of the services at the same time, each of the services can be carried out in conjunction with a web browser or can be performed independently. The observer can abort 1010 by shutting down a client that is running for each of the services that are running and can also select a full exit 1011.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a unit for starting an access to an advertiser homepage and executing a profitable advertisement mail advertisement registration service in the configuration of FIG. 1, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 6.

When the advertiser starts to access the homepage, the web server receives the access (1101) and displays the homepage (1102). In addition, if the advertiser 1103 is searched for and is not the advertiser, the advertiser registration 1104 is performed and the advertiser DB 1105 is registered.

In the case of an advertiser, an advertisement registration selection wait (1106) is made, and when an advertisement registration selection (1107) is desired to register an email advertisement, an email advertisement is started (1108) according to the email advertisement registration procedure. When the bulletin board advertisement is desired, the bulletin board advertisement may be started according to the bulletin board advertisement registration procedure (1109), and when the other advertisement statistics related history information inquiry is desired, other advertisement statistics related history information inquiry 1112 may be requested. The advertiser may select each advertisement registration at the same time, and each advertisement registration may be performed in conjunction with a web browser or may be performed independently. The spectator may abort by terminating 1110 the client that is running for each of the services that are running and may also select a full termination 1111.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the mail service of FIG. 1, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 7.

The user advertisement attachment-type advertisement mail sets a background through a paper selection 1201, selects an advertisement to be added to the mail from the banner advertisement DB, and determines a positioning item 1202 to complete the message 1203 to be created and sent. You can send the completed web mail and repeat the user-advertised advertisement mail.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the bulletin board advertisement service of FIG. 1, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 8.

The bulletin board advertisement service selects a background through a paper selection 1301, selects an advertisement to be added to the e-mail from the banner advertisement DB, determines a positioning item (1302), and creates a content 1303 to be posted. You can register the bulletin board and repeat the bulletin board advertisement service.

FIG. 9 illustrates a point accumulation flow operation of a profit advertisement mail service, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 9.

When the member registration, advertisement registration, advertisement mail, type selection, bulletin board advertisement is selected (1401), a response (1402) is selected from the banner advertisement DB (1403) and location information is input (1404). It accumulates the number of clicks of the advertisement in the advertisement management DB and accumulates pointers in the member activity DB. (1405, 1406) The cumulative point of the user is converted through the web mail master (1409), and is repeatedly executed depending on whether the mail is sent or not. (1407,1408).

FIG. 10 illustrates a flow of a refund process, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 10.

Together with the mail service server 1501, the user searches for the frequency of use according to the use of the advertisement-attached mail and adds the personal cumulative pointer (1502, 1503). The display is displayed on the web browser according to the instructions of the web mail master (1504). The credit request or bank payment is notified to the user's refund request (1505, 1506). The refund results are displayed in a web browser. If there is no refund request from the user, it returns to the mail service server.

User-attached email is to send an email to the recipient by selecting a email that is a member of the web document and attaching a certain form of advertisement when sending the mail.The recipient receives the advertisement along with the contents of the mail. Recipients as well as members can send advertisements. In addition, the user himself is the subject of the advertising activity, but there is no obligatory act to send the mail for promotion to several people gradually disappear, so that the damage caused by spam mail can be significantly reduced.

The present invention is applied to a postcard or a card sent from the Internet online, and selects the type of mail to fix the position of the part of the advertisement posts on the background picture according to the personal preferences of the individual, so that the ad sending by the sender's will Self-delivered e-mails delivered online will be activated as a more effective means of advertising because the advertisements are intimately accessible to the recipient, and the user can be reimbursed a portion of the proceeds according to active advertising activities.

In addition, the advertiser can be confident about the effect of the advertisement on the advertising sending behavior by the user, it will be an advertising means that the user can replace the method of operating the advertising advertising via email.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described using specific terms, such descriptions are for illustrative purposes only, and it is understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims. Should be done.

Claims (1)

In the method of sending a user-attached email to the user to insert the ad arbitrarily when the user sends an e-mail, An email step of the user composing an email; An advertisement selecting step of selecting an advertisement to be attached to the e-mail; A position selecting step of selecting a position to place the advertisement in the e-mail; And And sending the e-mail.