KR20020066477A - Method and System for Supporting Telephone Number Storage in Portable Voice Communication Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for storing telephone numbers in a portable voice communication terminal are provided to uniformly store a plurality of telephone numbers in the portable voice communication terminal of a user. CONSTITUTION: A user logs in a web server through a PC(100). The user inputs personal items of person to be stored in a portable phone on a screen and registers the personal items in a database of a system(102). If the user completes the input of data and pushes a register button, the inputted data are stored in a client data table of the database(104). The user selects whether the entire records are downloaded or some records are selectively downloaded, and pushes an execution button(106). A push module of the web server transmits the name of the selected record, the telephone number, and E-mail address data to the portable phone through a WAP(Wireless Application Protocol) proxy server and a wireless communication network(108).

Description

Method and System for Supporting Telephone Number Storage in Portable Voice Communication Terminal

The present invention relates to an information providing system and an information providing method through the Internet. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for forming a plurality of records in a database according to a request of a client terminal and transmitting the same to another terminal.

Mobile phone users typically store the phone numbers of people they frequently dial into the phone and use them to dial the other party's phone number when attempting to talk to a particular party. Most of the phone numbers stored in the phone book of the mobile phone are inputted and stored by the user, and some of the call back numbers included in the message received by the SMS are automatically or manually stored. Included. Since a mobile phone is often used while moving, it is often impossible to refer to a notebook or diary when making a call. Thus, a phone book in such a phone has a great meaning unlike a landline phone.

On the other hand, with the development of communication technology and the demand for communication quantitatively and qualitatively, wireless communication networks and communication services through them are rapidly evolving. For example, analog cellular networks have been almost completely replaced by digital cellular networks in recent years, with the IMT-2000 network with enhanced data and video communications capabilities expected in the coming years. In addition, even in the digital cellular communication network which currently provides services for most mobile phones, the type of service provided by the exchange is increasing day by day.

As such wireless communication networks and communication services evolve, users of wireless communication services often replace terminals with new ones. On the other hand, the terminal replacement may be made according to the user's taste, fashion change or terminal loss. In the case of replacing the terminal as described above, the user has to re-enter all or part of the telephone numbers stored in the existing terminal to the new terminal, which is not cumbersome. On the other hand, the operation of inputting and storing a plurality of phone numbers in the terminal can be said to be necessary even for those who use the plurality of terminals. In particular, in such a case, since the phonebooks stored in the plurality of terminals do not coincide with each other, there is a possibility that the called party's telephone number is not stored in the terminal currently being used at the time of the call, resulting in a feeling of frustration.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a phone number storage support method that allows a user of a portable voice communication terminal such as a mobile phone to store a plurality of phone numbers in their terminal uniformly. do.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number storage support system suitable for implementing the method.

1 is a view showing a preferred embodiment of the telephone number storage support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating in detail program modules loaded and executed on the web server of FIG. 1; FIG.

3 is a flow diagram illustrating one embodiment of a phone number storage support method performed by the system of FIG.

4 is a view showing an example of a record input screen provided by a web server in step 102 of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a record selection screen for selecting a record to download in step 106 of FIG.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing another embodiment of a phone number storage support method according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number data uploading process according to another embodiment of a method for supporting phone number storage according to the present invention;

8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of matching data stored in a mobile phone with data stored in a database in a phone number storage support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a WAP document displayed on a screen of a mobile phone to inform a user of records having a difference in step 172 of FIG.

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10a: PC 10b, 15: mobile phone

20: phone number storage support system 22: web server

24: Database 26: WAP Proxy Server

28: WTA server 30: radio switching center

32: IWF 34: base station

In the telephone number storage supporting method of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, first, the personal data including the name and telephone number of another person is received from the user through an open communication network and registered in the storage means. The human data is transmitted to the portable voice communication terminal through a wireless communication network so that the human data is stored in the terminal. Data transmission to the portable voice communication terminal may be automatically performed immediately after data registration, or may be performed in response to a request for transmission from the terminal.

Telephone number storage support system for achieving the above another technical problem is to receive the personal data including the name and phone number from the transmitting terminal and transmit to the portable voice communication terminal so that the human data can be stored in the portable voice communication terminal. The registration means receives the human data from the transmitting terminal through an open communication network and stores in the data storage means, and the transmitting means transmits the human data to the portable voice communication terminal via a wireless communication network to store the human data in the portable voice communication terminal. To be able. In one embodiment, the transmitting means transmits the human data to the portable voice communication terminal in response to the request of the portable voice communication terminal. However, in another embodiment, the transmitting means automatically transmits the human data to the portable voice communication terminal by WAP push immediately after data registration.

Further, in a preferred embodiment, the transmitting means includes protocol conversion means for converting data based on a wired internet protocol into data based on a wireless internet protocol and converting data based on a wireless internet protocol into data based on a wired internet protocol. The system transmits the human data to the portable voice communication terminal in a form suitable for the wireless internet internet protocol. In addition, the system may further include handshaking means for matching the data registered in the storage means with the data stored in the portable voice communication terminal. The handshaking means accepts the first human data stored in the portable voice communication terminal, reads out the second human data stored in the data storage means and compares them, and replaces the second human data with the first human data at the user's option. The second human data is transmitted to the portable voice communication terminal so that the first human data is replaced with the second human data.

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

Figure 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the telephone number storage support system according to the present invention. In a preferred embodiment, the telephone number storage support system 20 may be connected to the data terminal of the user's data terminal 10a via wired Internet, and to the user's wireless voice communication terminal 15 via a wireless communication network. Can be. The wireless communication network may be a digital cellular network or an IMT-2000 network. The data terminal 10a is provided with a device for connecting to the Internet, and is equipped with a web browser capable of accepting and displaying web documents via the Internet. For example, a personal computer (PC) can be used as this data terminal 10a. On the other hand, as the wireless voice communication terminal 15, other terminals capable of voice communication, including cellular telephones and IMT-2000, can be used. In the following description, the data terminal and the wireless voice communication terminal will be described as "PC" and "mobile phone" for convenience.

The telephone number storage support system 20 accepts a registration request for a plurality of telephone number data held by a user from the PC 10a via the Internet, and stores the plurality of telephone number data included in the registration request in a database. . In addition, the phone number storage support system 20 transmits the phone number data to the mobile phone 15 through a wireless communication network so that the data can be stored in the mobile phone 15. The telephone number registration request and the telephone number data may be accepted from a separate cellular phone 10b other than the cellular phone 15 which is the target to be transmitted by the user. This case is suitable when the user changes the mobile phone or uses a plurality of mobile phones.

Data transmission and reception between the phone number storage support system 20 and the PC 10a is performed according to the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). However, in the preferred embodiment, data transmission and reception between the telephone number storage support system 20 and the cellular phone 15 is performed in accordance with a wireless access protocol (WAP). In one embodiment, the telephone number storage support system 20 sends the telephone number data stored in the database to the cellular phone 15 by WAP push immediately after registration in response to the registration request. However, in another embodiment of the present invention, the telephone number storage support system 20 may transmit the telephone number data to the cellular phone 15 in response to a download request of the cellular phone 15.

Referring to FIG. 1, the telephone number storage support system 20 includes a web server 22, a database 24, and a WAP proxy server 26. In addition, as will be described later, the telephone number storage support system 20 may further include a wireless telephony application (WTA) server 28.

The web server 22 provides WWW-based content as an HTTP response in response to the HTTP request from the PC 10a. Such content may include various contents provided by an operator, as well as system introduction information and system usage information. In addition, the web server 22 provides a web document for registering a telephone number in response to a request from the PC 10a, receives the telephone number data from the PC 10a, and stores it in the database 24. As described above, in the preferred embodiment, the web server 22 registers the data in the database 24, and immediately after registering the data in the database 24, the telephone number data to the cellular phone 15 by WAP push via the WAP proxy server 26. Send them. However, in another embodiment of the present invention, the web server 22 may accept the download request of the cellular phone 15 via the WAP proxy server 26 and transmit phone number data to the cellular phone 15 in response. have.

On the other hand, the web server 22 may accept the phone number registration request and the phone number data from a mobile phone 10b other than the mobile phone 15, which is a target that the user wants to download. In this case, the user can use the cellular phone 10b to select and execute, for example, the " upload phone number " function on the WAP menu provided by the system, so that all the telephone numbers stored in the cellular phone 10b are stored in the system database ( 24) can be uploaded. On the other hand, the web server 22 may compare the phone number data stored in the mobile phone 15 with the data registered in the database 24 and match them in response to the request of the mobile phone 15.

At least some of the web documents provided by the web server 22 to perform such a phone number registration and download function include server scripts such as ASP or PHP, and / or client scripts such as Javascript. In addition, the web server 22 may include separate component software in addition to these script programs. Programs (including scripts and component software) loaded and executed in the web server 22 will be described later with reference to FIG. 2. On the other hand, the web server 22 is linked to the database 24 by an interlocking means such as CGI, ODBC, or JDBC.

The WAP proxy server 26 is connected to the web server 22, and is also connected to the switch 30 of the wireless communication network through an interworking function 32. The IWF 32 is a gateway that allows a wireless communication network and a wired network to be connected. Since the device is well known to those skilled in the wireless communication field, detailed description thereof will be omitted. The WAP proxy server 26 converts the WAP protocol stack to the WWW protocol stack and vice versa to convert the WWW protocol stack into the WAP protocol stack, thereby allowing the mobile phone 15 to access the web server 22.

That is, in the embodiment in which the web server 22 downloads the telephone number data to the cellular phone 15 immediately after data registration, the WAP proxy server 26 converts the contents including the telephone number data into the WAP protocol and transmits the contents. The WAP browser mounted on the telephone 15 allows this to be understood and stored in the address book. On the other hand, in the embodiment of downloading according to the client's request, the WAP proxy server 26 converts the WAP request from the cellular phone 15 into a WWW request so that the cellular phone 15 can send its web server 22 its own. The request can be sent and the WAP browser mounted on the mobile phone 15 can understand the response content by converting the response of the web server 22 into the WAP protocol and transmitting the request. Meanwhile, in another embodiment of the present invention, the telephone number data stored in the database 24 may be directly provided by the WTA (Wireless Telephony Application) server 28 after being converted into WML (Wireless Markup Language). .

2 specifically shows program modules loaded and executed on the web server 22. In the preferred embodiment, membership management module 50, record registration / update module 52, push module 54, inquiry / response module 56, upload module 58 and handshaking module 60 Include. As described above, in the preferred embodiment these program modules are implemented by server scripts or separate application programs. Meanwhile, FIG. 2 shows a database 24, which includes a member table 70 and a client data table 72.

The member management module 50 accepts a member registration request via wired Internet or wireless Internet by WAP, and stores member information in the member table 70 of the database 24. In addition, the member management module 50 modifies or deletes the stored member information according to the request of the PC 10a or the mobile phone 15. The record registration / update module 52 receives data contained in the telephone number data registration request from the PC 10a and stores it in the client member table 72 of the database 24. In addition, the record registration / update module 52 allows a user to modify or edit the data stored in the client member table 72 through the PC 10a.

The push module 54 transmits to the cellular phone 15 via the WAP proxy server 26 by WAP push when the member has selected to download immediately upon request for phone number data registration or upon upload. The inquiry / response module 56 accepts an inquiry request of the cellular phone 15 and provides the cellular phone 15 with telephone number data stored in the client data table 72 of the database 24 in accordance with the inquiry request. The upload module 58 accepts the data uploaded from the mobile phone 10b and stores it in the client data table 72 of the database 24. The handshaking module 60 compares and matches the telephone number data stored in the cellular phone 15 with the data registered in the database 24 in response to the handshaking request of the cellular phone 15. When a handshaking request is received from the cellular phone 15, the handshaking module 60 receives telephone number data through the upload module 58 or directly from the cellular phone 10b, and receives the received data from the database ( The data registered in 24) is compared.

Hereinafter, the operation of the system of FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9.

3 illustrates an embodiment of a phone number storage support method performed by the system of FIG. 1.

First, a user who wants to store a phone number in his mobile phone 15 through the system of the present invention logs in to the web server 22 through the PC 10a (step 100). If the user has already registered, he / she enters his / her username (ID) and password during the login process. If not, the member registration process is first performed. Member registration can be performed not only through the wired Internet, but also through the wireless Internet using a mobile phone.

When the login is completed, the user selects a menu for inputting telephone number data on the initial screen provided by the system. As an HTTP response to the HTTP request according to the data input menu selection, the web server 22 transmits the web document for the telephone number input screen to the PC 10a. 4 shows an example of a phone number input screen. The user may input the personal information of the persons to be stored in the mobile phone 15 on the screen of FIG. 4 and register it in the database 24 of the system (step 102).

In the preferred embodiment, the data transmitted by the telephone number storage support system 20 to the cellular phone 15 is limited to a name, a telephone number, an e-mail address, and the like, but the web server 22 receives from the user PC 10a. The data also includes data such as address and date of birth. The user can later utilize the data of the additional field not downloaded to the cellular phone 15 for personal information management purposes. At the bottom of the phone number input screen of FIG. 4, records that have been registered so far are displayed in a table form. The user can optionally modify or delete the registered records. On the other hand, the screen of Figure 4 is configured to be able to input only one record, in another example of the present invention may be able to simultaneously input and edit multiple records on one screen.

When the user completes the data entry and presses the "register" button, the entered data is stored in the client data table 72 of the database 24 (step 104). This data editing and registration operation is performed by the record registration / update module 52 shown in FIG. When data registration and update are completed, the web server 22 asks the user to select a record to transmit to the cellular phone 15. 5 shows an example of a record selection screen for selecting a record to download. On the screen of Fig. 5, the user selects to download the entire record or selectively downloads only a part of the records, and then presses the "Execute" button (step 106). In response, the push module 54 of the web server sends the name, phone number and e-mail address data of the selected record to the cellular phone 15 by WAP push via the WAP proxy server 26 and the wireless communication network. (Step 108).

Figure 6 shows another embodiment of a phone number storage support method according to the present invention. In the embodiment of Fig. 3, the data is transmitted to the cellular phone 15 by WAP push immediately after the telephone number data is registered in the database. In the embodiment of Fig. 6, however, the telephone number is once registered in the database. When a separate download request is received from 15), the data are transmitted to the cellular phone 15.

With the phone number data entered by the member logged in and stored in the client data table 72 of the database 24 (steps 120 to 124), the inquiry / response module 56 of FIG. In step 126, it is determined whether an inquiry request is received. When an inquiry request is received from the cellular phone 15, the inquiry / response module 56 of the web server 22 asks the user to select a record to send. Accordingly, the cellular phone 15 displays a record selection screen for selecting a record to download, and the user can select to download the entire record or selectively download only a part of the records on the screen. Step 128). In response to the user's selection, the web server 22 transmits the name, phone number and e-mail address data of the selected record to the cellular phone 15 by WAP push via the WAP proxy server 26 and the wireless communication network. (Step 130).

On the other hand, as described above, when the user changes the mobile phone or uses a plurality of mobile phones, the phone number registration request and the phone number data are carried separately from the mobile phone 15, which is a target to be transmitted by the user. It may be accepted from the telephone 10b. 7 shows such a phone number data upload process. When the user logs in to the system using the mobile phone 10b and selects the "upload phone number" function on the WAP menu provided by the system (steps 140 and 142), the upload module 58 of the web server is portable. Request telephone numbers to be transmitted to telephone 10b (step 144). When the cellular phone 10b transmits the telephone numbers stored therein (step 146), the upload module 58 of the web server stores the received data in the client data table 72 of the database 24 (see Step 148). The telephone number data stored in the database may be immediately transmitted to the cellular phone 15 by WAP push as in the embodiment of FIG. 3 or by a download request of the user as in the embodiment of FIG.

On the other hand, the user may compare the telephone number data stored in the cellular phone 15 with the data registered in the database 24 and match them. 8 illustrates a process of matching data stored in a mobile phone with data stored in a database in the phone number storage support system of FIG. 1.

In order to match the data, the user logs into the system using the mobile phone 15 and selects the "handshaking" function on the WAP menu provided by the system (step 160). In response to the handshaking request, the handshaking module 60 of the web server requests the cellular phone 15 to transmit all telephone numbers stored therein (step 162). Upon receiving phone numbers from the mobile phone 15 (step 164), the handshaking module 60 of the web server compares the received data with the data stored in the client data table 72 of the database 24. It is determined whether there is a difference record (steps 166 and 168).

If it is determined in step 168 that there is no record with a difference, the web server transmits a notification message to the cellular phone 15 that the data stored in the phone is the same as the data registered in the system (step 170). On the other hand, if it is determined in step 168 that there is a difference record, a guide message including the difference record is transmitted to the mobile phone 15 (step 172). 9 shows an example of a WAP document displayed on a screen of a mobile phone to inform a user of records with differences.

On the screen of FIG. 9, phone numbers registered in the system but not stored in the mobile phone, telephone numbers stored only in the terminal, and numbers registered in the system and numbers stored in the mobile phone are different for the same person. do. You can choose to download all or some of the phone numbers registered in the system but not stored in the mobile phone, and you can choose to upload all or some of the phone numbers stored only in the terminal. have. In addition, for the number registered in the system and the number stored in the mobile phone, it is possible to select to match them based on the terminal stored data or the system registered data.

When the user completes the selection and presses the "Execute" button, a match selection signal including the selection is sent to the web server 22 via the WAP proxy server 26 (step 174). The handshaking module 60 of the web server determines whether the user has selected one or more of download / upload / match (step 176), and then requests and accepts the data to be uploaded according to the user's selection. The data is stored in the mobile station or transmitted to the mobile phone 15 (step 178).

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. For example, in the above description, the mobile telephone 15 is illustrated as a target terminal for transmitting, storing, and storing a telephone number. However, the terminal may be a portable terminal capable of other voice communication. In addition, in the above description, although phone number data is downloaded by the WAP, the phone number data may be transmitted via SMS in the embodiment to be modified. This embodiment is particularly suitable when there are few added records. In another variation, a separate client program is loaded in the terminal, so that the client program may interpret data frames transmitted by the web server or the WTA server and store them in the address book. Since such a program can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art based on the above description, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As such, the embodiments described above are to be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, the present invention enables a user of a portable voice communication terminal to easily input and edit a plurality of telephone numbers through a wired Internet and to store them in his or her own terminal. Therefore, when carrying a plurality of terminals or changing a terminal, a user can avoid the trouble of inputting a telephone number individually.

Claims (8)

A phone number storage support method that allows a user to easily store personal data including a person's name and phone number in a portable voice communication terminal. (a) providing predetermined data storage means; (b) accepting the human data via an open communication network and storing in the storage means; And (c) transmitting the personal data to the terminal via a wireless communication network so that the personal data is stored in the terminal; Phone number storage support method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) is automatically performed after step (b). The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) (c1) accepting the human data transfer request from the terminal; And (c2) transmitting the personal data to the terminal through the wireless communication network in response to the transmission request; Phone number storage support method comprising a. A telephone number storage support system for receiving personal data including a name and a telephone number from a transmitting terminal and transmitting the personal data to a portable voice communication terminal to be stored in the portable voice communication terminal. Data storage means; Registration means for receiving the human data from the transmitting terminal via an open communication network and storing in the data storage means; And Transmitting means for transmitting the human data to the portable voice communication terminal via a wireless communication network so that the human data is stored in the portable voice communication terminal; Phone number storage support system comprising a. 5. The telephone number storage supporting system according to claim 4, wherein said transmitting means transmits said human data to said portable voice communication terminal in response to a request of said portable voice communication terminal. The method according to claim 4, wherein the transmitting means Push means for transmitting the human data to the portable voice communication terminal by a WAP push; Phone number storage support system comprising a. 7. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the open communication network is wired internet, The transmission means Protocol conversion means for converting data based on a wired internet protocol into data based on a wireless internet protocol and converting data based on a wireless internet protocol into data based on a wired internet protocol; And a telephone number storage support system for transmitting the personal data to the portable voice communication terminal in a form suitable for a wireless internet internet protocol. The method of claim 4, wherein Accept first human data stored in the portable voice communication terminal, read second human data stored in the data storage means, compare the first human data with the second human data, and select the user of the portable voice communication terminal. Therefore, a handshaking means for replacing the second human data with the first human data or transmitting the second human data to the portable voice communication terminal so that the first human data is replaced with the second human data; Phone number storage support system further comprising.