KR200201892Y1 - Apparatus for providing web based information which can be accessed by telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a web-based information providing apparatus that can be dialed. The web-based information providing apparatus capable of dial-up according to the present invention is a web-based information providing apparatus, which is connected to a user via a telephone line or a data line, and collects and updates information to be provided to the user through the Internet. Internet homepage management unit for managing; A database for storing and providing information to be provided to each household, including information collected and updated through the Internet homepage; And an interface means connected to the user via a telephone line or a data line and providing the user with information stored in the database in response to a user's request for information inquiry.

According to the web-based information providing apparatus capable of dial-up according to the present invention, the user can easily access all the information that the web server can access through the Internet or public broadcasting, as well as via the computer as well as the Internet access through the computer. There are advantages to be made.

Description

Apparatus for Providing Web Based Information Which Can Be Accessed by Telephone}

The present invention relates to a web-based information providing apparatus, and more particularly, to a web-based information providing apparatus capable of dial-up to obtain information through the Internet using a telephone even when a user cannot access the Internet.

There are two types of online information providing services which are conventionally performed, namely, a web-based information providing service based on the Internet, and an additional communication service via a telephone.

The web-based information providing service is a method in which a user runs an internet web browser on a computer to directly access a home page where an information providing service is provided and directly obtain necessary information. The additional communication service through a telephone is a method of obtaining a voice message from information provided by a service provider by calling a telephone number of a service provider providing an information service. It is important for such an online information providing service to properly obtain desired information in a desired form when a user needs it.

Conventional web-based information providing service method can be provided with a wide variety of information over the Internet, while the user can be provided only when the user is connected to the Internet, so in a situation where the user can not access the Internet Not suitable for use

In addition, the conventional additional communication service through the telephone provides only a limited range of information uniformly determined by the additional communication service providers, such as weather information, traffic information, and the like, and the information update period is long. The disadvantage is that it does not provide up-to-date information quickly.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the object of the present invention is a telephone connection that can easily obtain a variety of information desired by the user through a telephone connection as well as Internet access through a computer. It is to provide a web-based information providing apparatus possible.

1 is a block diagram of a web-based information providing apparatus capable of dialing up according to the present invention;

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the web server shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the telephone processing unit shown in FIG.

In order to achieve the above object, a web-based information providing apparatus capable of dialing up according to the present invention, in a web-based information providing service apparatus, is connected to a user via a telephone line or a data line, and is provided to the user through the Internet. An Internet homepage manager that manages the information to be provided is collected and updated; A database for storing and providing information to be provided to each household, including information collected and updated through the Internet homepage; And an interface means connected to the user via a telephone line or a data line and providing the user with information stored in the database in response to a user's request for information inquiry.

Hereinafter, a web-based information providing apparatus capable of dialing up according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a web-based information providing apparatus capable of dialing up according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a web-based information providing apparatus capable of dialing up according to the present invention includes a web server 11 connected to a telephone line or a data line with a user and transferring information retrieved from the Internet to the user; And a database 12 for storing and managing information, a telephone line connecting portion 13 connecting the telephone line and the web server, and a data line connecting portion 14 connecting the data line and the web server.

The web server 11 manages an Internet home page providing an information providing service, grasps a user's request transmitted through a data line or a telephone line, and finds information on the service request in the database 12 so that the user can Convert to the desired format, and output through the Internet, telephone line or data line.

In addition, the content of the information is updated, and information related thereto is modified or added and stored in the database 12.

The telephone line connection unit 13 performs a function of receiving and managing a call when the user connects to the web server 11 through a telephone, and delivering voice or sound information provided to the server through the telephone line. .

The information provided by the web server 11 is stored in the database 12, and the content of the storage is added or updated by the web server 11.

The user is connected to a web server through a telephone line over a telephone or a data line over the internet. At this time, the telephone line and the data line are connected to the web server through the telephone line connecting portion 13 and the data line connecting portion 14, respectively.

The web server 11 accesses the Internet in real time when a user's request comes in, and updates the contents of the database 12 non-real time or regularly.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the web server shown in FIG.

The Internet homepage manager 21 operates the Internet homepage operated by the web server and reflects the contents on the homepage every time the information in the database is updated.

The database manager 22 extracts necessary information from a database storing information related to a service to be provided by a web server, or reflects the information when necessary to modify, update or add information.

When the user connects through the telephone line, the telephone processor 23 receives the contents and transmits the information provided by the web server as a voice signal. At this time, the information provided by the web server is created by the voice-only data editor 25.

When the user connects to the web server through the data line using a computer connected through the Internet, the data communication processing unit 24 grasps the user's request, finds a suitable information in the database, and transmits the information again through the data line. At this time, the information provided by the web server is created by the data editor 26 dedicated to data communication.

On the other hand, the scheduler 25 allocates resources to tasks so that the input work instructions can be performed fairly and manages the tasks to be executed.

FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the telephone processor shown in FIG.

When the user connects via a telephone line, the telephone processor shown in Fig. 3 receives the contents and transmits the information provided by the web server as a voice signal.

In Fig. 3, the telephone receiver 31 receives the voice of the telephone call from the user and detects the DTMF signal. The received voice signal is transmitted to the voice recognition unit 33 and the DTMF signal detection result is transmitted to the work processor 36.

The voice recognition unit 33 recognizes the voice received by the telephone receiver 31 and transmits the result to the work processor 36. The telephone transmitter 32 transmits the voice and sound signals transmitted from the work processor 36 or the voice signal generated by the voice synthesizer 35 through the telephone line. In the voice synthesizer 35, when the information provided by the work processor 36 is a text, the voice synthesizer 35 generates a voice signal and transmits the information to the phone transmitter 32. The call manager 34 manages a call with a user. The job processing unit 36 performs a function of grasping a user's request through a telephone line and finding appropriate information in the database and transmitting the information to the user. In addition, the information requested by the user is transmitted to the telephone transmitter 32 when stored in the database as a voice or sound signal, and transmitted to the voice synthesizer 35 when stored in a text form.

Functions that can be implemented by using a web-based information providing apparatus that can be dialed by the present invention are as follows.

-Online traffic information service

When you dial a unique phone number on a web server using a mobile or fixed phone, the phone line connection picks up the call. The user speaks the service he wants to receive. If the user wants to receive the online traffic information service, for example, the voice information is pronounced by the voice recognition unit of the telephone processing unit of the web server and sends a message to the database management unit of the web server. The database management unit searches the database with the received message and sends the relevant traffic information to the speech synthesis unit of the telephone processing unit of the web server. The voice synthesis unit converts the text-based information into voice and sends it back to the user through the telephone.

If a user requests information about the shortest or less congested route to a destination, for example, pronounce it "shortest route" and the web server will search for and inform you of the route.

In the conventional ARS system, the information provider records the information in advance and updates it regularly, whereas in the present invention, the latest information may be automatically provided in real time by the web server.

-Listen to online web broadcasts

According to the web-based information providing apparatus capable of telephone connection according to the present invention, it is possible to listen to the Internet broadcast broadcast through the Internet. To this end, the user connects to the server using a telephone, and when pronounced 'broadcast', the user is connected to the database manager and plays the previously recorded Internet broadcast contents. The broadcast content is updated by the web server by accessing the homepage of the internet broadcasting station.

-Listen to public broadcasts over the phone

When the web server can receive a public broadcast such as a television or radio broadcast, the user can dial in to the web server and listen in real time to an audio signal of a broadcast received by the web server through a telephone line.

In the web-based information providing apparatus capable of dial-up according to the present invention, during the output of the provided information or after the output is completed, the user selects any one of the types of services provided to provide the corresponding service. Includes features

In addition, during the service providing function, when the user's pronunciation for the service connection is incorrect, the user may inform the user of the most similar service type recognized from the user's pronunciation by voice.

As described above, according to the web-based information providing apparatus capable of dial-up according to the present invention, the user can access all the information that the web server can access through the Internet or public broadcasting, as well as the Internet connection through a computer. There is an advantage that can be easily obtained through the telephone connection.

Claims (3)

In the web-based information service device, An internet homepage manager connected to a user through a telephone line or a data line and managing information on which information to be provided to the user is collected and updated through the Internet; A database for storing and providing information to be provided to each household, including information collected and updated through the Internet homepage; And And an interface means connected to a user via a telephone line or a data line and providing information stored in the database to the user in response to a user's information inquiry request. The method of claim 1, The interface means includes: a telephone processor for processing information inquiry through a telephone line; And a data communication processing unit for processing information inquiry through a data line. The method of claim 2, The telephone processing unit may include a voice recognition unit for receiving an information inquiry through a telephone line; And a speech synthesizer configured to provide a result of searching the database for the information inquiry through a telephone line.