KR20030010160A - Apparatus and method for delivering same SMS message to multiple mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for transmitting the same short message to many receiving mobile communication terminals is provided to interwork a PC for storing many grouped receiving terminal numbers and many short messages with an originating mobile communication terminal, thereby multi-transmitting the same short message to many receiving communication terminals. CONSTITUTION: A user drives an SMS messenger program(S100). The user retrieves receiver groups, and selects a specific receiver group to which a short message is transmitted(S102). The user selects the short message to be transmitted to corresponding receivers(S104). A packet management process generates packet data to be transmitted(S106). A port manager transmits a data packet to a multi SMS transmitter through a set communication port(S108). A data sort decider decides whether the packet data is directly transmitted to an originating mobile communication terminal or is downloaded data(S110,S112). If control information is a transmission command, a controller transmits the packet data to the originating mobile communication terminal(S114). The mobile communication terminal temporarily stores a receiving terminal number and the short message in a memory(S116). The controller connects a call by the corresponding telephone number, and transmits the short message to a receiving terminal(S118).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] Apparatus and method for delivering same SMS message to multiple mobile terminal}

The present invention relates to a short message service (SMS), and more particularly, to a method for easily sending a same SMS message to a plurality of receiver side mobile terminals of a specific group using a mobile communication terminal, and a sender for the same. A portable individual device attached to a side mobile communication terminal.

In general, SMS is a service for transmitting and receiving a text message to the mobile communication terminal, it is used to deliver a simple intention to the other at low cost.

We encounter situations in which we need to send the same message to groups of organizations, organizations, corporations, communities, etc. in our daily lives, for example, when an urgent matter arises in the company and a contact person needs to contact several employees at once. Etc. can be mentioned.

In this case, in order to be contacted by SMS, the same message content and individual recipient number must be repeatedly entered and transmitted, which is extremely time consuming and inconvenient.

In order to solve this problem, Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2000-75218 stores a plurality of destination terminal phone numbers in a memory queue in order to transmit the same SMS to a plurality of destination terminals, and the phone stored in the memory queue by a control unit. The present invention provides a method for transmitting a short message in a terminal in which a number is automatically connected to a repetitive read and a called terminal and then the SMS is transmitted to the called terminal.

In addition, Korean Patent Application Publication No. 97-68254 discloses a method of transmitting the same SMS to multiple GSM terminals by grouping addresses of a receiving GSM terminal and automatically repeating the grouped addresses together with an SMS message and a service center address. An SMS transmission method to a plurality of GSM terminals is disclosed which can be transmitted by a simple operation.

However, the conventional techniques have the inconvenience of having to input a desired telephone number and a message to be sent to the calling terminal.

In particular, in the prior art, in order to deliver the same short message to a plurality of mobile communication terminals, a separate dedicated gateway device, a TCP / IP socket and a dedicated line using the Internet network should be provided.

The present invention is to solve the above problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention to provide a method for multiple transmission of the same short message to a plurality of incoming mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of multiplexing the same short message to a plurality of destination mobile communication terminals capable of overcoming a limitation of an input interface and a storage capacity of the mobile communication terminal.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a portable PC which transmits the same short message to a plurality of destination mobile communication terminals by interworking a personal PC storing the grouped destination terminal numbers and a plurality of short message messages with the calling mobile terminal. To provide a device.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the appended claims.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system to which the method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of incoming mobile communication terminals according to the present invention is applied.

2 is a view showing the functional configuration of the SMS messenger program installed in the PC according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an external configuration and an internal functional configuration of a portable multiple SMS transmission device according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sending multiple SMS messages directly from an SMS messenger program of a PC according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sending a multiple SMS message using a portable multiple SMS transmission device according to the present invention.

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10: Personal Computer 11: SMS Messenger Program

20: multiple SMS transmission device 30: mobile communication terminal

40: cable

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of destination mobile communication terminals is achieved by using a portable multiple SMS transmission device connected to the mobile communication terminal. A method of sending an identical SMS message to a user, the method comprising: (A) storing an SMS message to be used with a group recipient address in the multiple SMS transmission device; (B) detecting a request for sending a specific SMS message for a specific group of recipients to the multiple SMS transmission device; (C) the address of all individual recipients in the group of recipients requested by the multiple SMS sending device and the same SMS message requested are sent to the mobile communication terminal with an SMS sending command; And (D) sequentially transmitting the SMS message to the respective recipient address by the mobile communication terminal. It includes.

Preferably, the multiple SMS transmission device is connected to a personal computer installed with an SMS messenger program, the method comprising: (a) storing a plurality of group recipient addresses and SMS messages in the SMS messenger program; (b) detecting a download request for a specific group of recipient addresses and SMS messages in the SMS messenger program; And (c) downloading and storing the recipient address of the corresponding group requested by the SMS messenger program and the SMS message to the multiple SMS transmission devices; It further includes.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of incoming mobile communication terminals, the mobile communication terminal, a multiple SMS transmission device connected to the mobile communication terminal, and the multiple SMS. A system comprising a personal computer having an SMS messenger program connected to a transmission device, the system comprising: (I) storing a recipient address and an SMS message for each group in the SMS messenger program; (II) detecting a request for sending a specific SMS message for a specific group of recipients to the SMS messenger program; (III) all the individual recipient addresses in the specific group of recipients requested by the SMS messenger program and the same SMS message requested are sent to the multiple SMS sending devices together with an SMS sending command; (IV) transmitting all individual recipient addresses, SMS messages, and SMS sending commands in the specific group of recipients sent by the multiple SMS sending device directly to the mobile communication terminal; And (V) sequentially transmitting the SMS message to the respective recipient address by the mobile communication terminal; It includes.

Portable multi-SMS transmission apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned other object, stores the SMS address to be used with the recipient address for each group, and is connected to the mobile communication terminal when necessary, the specific same SMS message for a specific group of recipients Detects a request for sending a message, and transmits the address and the requested SMS message of all individual recipients in the requested group to the mobile communication terminal together with a sending command, thereby sequentially sending the corresponding SMS message to the corresponding individual recipient address by the mobile communication terminal. To be sent out.

Preferably, the portable multiple SMS transmission device has an external display and keypad, has an average business card size, and has at least one data communication port.

In addition, the SMS messenger program connected to the personal computer downloads and stores the SMS message to be used and the SMS message to be used in the personal computer.

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

Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 illustrates a configuration of a system to which a method of transmitting the same short message to multiple destination mobile communication terminals according to the present invention is applied.

The system of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 30 such as a cellular phone and a PCS, a portable multi SMS transmission device 20 selectively attached to a car kit connector of the mobile communication terminal, and the portable multi SMS transmission. Data communication between the personal computer (PC) 10 and the components 10, 20, and 30, in which the device 20 is provided with a plurality of destination terminal addresses and a separate program for transmitting SMS messages, is installed. It consists of a cable 40.

First, referring to FIG. 2, the functional configuration of the SMS messenger program 11 installed in the personal computer 10 will be described.

The SMS messenger program 11 includes a graphical user interface (GUI) unit 12, a database unit 13, an API (Application Program Interface) processor 14, a packet management processor 15, and a port manager unit. It consists of (16).

The graphical user interface (GUI) unit 12 is a portion composed of graphic images and buttons for management and use of a user and displayed on a monitor. Therefore, the user can transmit his intention to the messenger program 11 by simply selecting the graphic image and the button.

The database unit 13 stores and manages a recipient address (that is, a called terminal number) for each group input by a user and a plurality of short message data.

The recipient addresses are grouped and stored according to characteristics such as alumni, company colleagues, relatives, etc. according to a special relationship with a user. Thus, a number of related recipient addresses belong to one group.

The plurality of short message data is short text data of less than 200 characters previously input and stored by a user.

Preferably, the database unit 13 has a formatted number of short message data as an initial value.

The API processing unit 14 executes processing for GUI commands, accesses a database, and executes searching, updating, deleting and editing of data.

The packet management processor 15 configures a group recipient address and a short message to be downloaded to the portable multiple SMS transmission device 20 in a data packet or is immediately sent to the calling mobile terminal 30. Recipient address and short message for each group are composed of data packet with AT command.

That is, when a specific group and a specific message are selected by the user, the API processing unit 14 retrieves the recipient address of the specific group and the selected message data from the database unit 13, and retrieves the search result from the packet management process unit 15. To pass). The packet management processor 15, which has received the search result, determines whether the command from the user is a download command or a send command to configure appropriate transport packet data.

The transport packet data thus configured is transmitted to a data communication port such as a COMx port of the personal computer 10 for delivery to the portable multiple SMS transmitter 20.

The port manager unit 16 configures the environment (port setting, bit / second, data bit, stop bit, flow control) of data communication ports (ie, COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4) included in the personal computer 10. And manages data transmission / reception processing with the multiple SMS transmission apparatus 20 connected to the set port.

Accordingly, the transport packet data is transmitted to the multiple SMS transmission device 20 through the set port.

Next, with reference to Figure 3 looks at the external configuration and internal functional configuration of the portable multiple SMS transmission device 20 according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the multi-SMS transmission apparatus 20 functionally includes a control unit 23, a data type determination unit 24, a memory unit 25, a keypad unit 26, a display unit 27, and a multi-SMS. And a sending unit 28.

In addition, the multiple SMS transmission device 20 includes a plurality of input buttons 22, a display 21 and at least one data communication port (not shown).

The memory unit 25 stores a plurality of grouped recipient addresses (ie, called terminal phone numbers) and a plurality of short message data downloaded from the personal computer 10.

The keypad 26 has a selection button 22 for selecting a group of called terminal telephone numbers and short message data stored in the memory 25, and a communication link secures the selected group of called terminal telephone numbers and the short message. And a transmission button 22 for instructing transmission to the originating mobile terminal 30.

The display unit 27 is made of a flat panel display such as an LCD to display the incoming call group and the short message selected by the selection button to the user.

The data type determination unit 24 decodes a control command of a data packet transmitted from the personal computer 10 and stores the data in the memory unit 25 or whether the data is data to be directly transmitted to the calling mobile terminal 30. Determine whether it is data. The information thus determined is transmitted to the controller. Therefore, the control unit 23 transfers the transmitted data packet to a data communication port (communication port connected to a mobile communication terminal) or stores the transmitted data packet in the memory unit 25.

The multi-SMS sending unit 28 configures the individual recipient address of the group and the short message according to a sending command instructed by the user into a data packet including an SMS sending command, and transmits the calling mobile communication terminal ( To 30).

The controller 23 controls the components as a whole.

In addition, the multiple SMS transmission device 20 preferably has a size similar to that of a conventional pager for convenient portability.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, a process of transmitting the same short message according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to a plurality of incoming mobile communication groups grouped will be described.

Example 1

First, FIG. 4 is a process in which a recipient address and a designated short message are transmitted from the personal computer 10 to the mobile communication terminal 30 via the portable multiple SMS transmission device 20, and the short message is repeatedly transmitted to a plurality of designated destination terminals. To show.

The user uses the SMS messenger program 11 of the personal computer 10 to group mobile phone numbers of recipients related to the user in advance, and inputs and stores the mobile phone numbers of the grouped recipients so that a plurality of recipient addresses are grouped. Database it.

In addition, a database of a number of short messages is inputted by storing and inputting a typical message that is likely to be used frequently.

In the state where the database construction work is completed, the user connects the data communication port (ie, COMx port) of the personal computer 10 and one communication port of the multiple SMS transmission device 20 with the serial communication cable 40. . In addition, the user connects the other communication port of the multiple SMS transmission device 20 and the car kit connector of the calling mobile communication terminal 30 with a small 18-pin data communication cable 40.

As such, when a data link is secured between the personal computer 10, the multiple SMS transmission device 20, and the calling mobile communication terminal 30, the user can select a specific icon present on the operating system screen of the personal computer 10. By selecting, the SMS messenger program 11 is driven. (S100)

When the SMS messenger program 11 is driven, a group of recipients is searched using a specific graphic identifier and a menu of a graphical user interface, and a specific group of recipients to which a short message is to be sent is selected (S102).

At this time, the API processing unit 14 retrieves, extracts, and temporarily stores the mobile phone numbers of the recipients belonging to the selected recipient group from the database unit 13.

When the selection of the recipient group is completed, the user selects a short message to be sent to the corresponding recipients (S104). That is, the user directly inputs a new short message using the input device of the personal computer 10 or inputs a database. The specific short message stored in the unit 13 is called, and the API processing unit 14 temporarily stores it.

In this manner, in the state in which the recipient address and the short message are selected, the packet management processor 15 generates transmission packet data so that the selected plurality of recipient addresses and the short message data can be transmitted to the outside through the communication port (S106).

That is, the packet management processor 15 bundles the recipient address, the short message and the transmission control information to a certain length to form a data packet in block units. The data packet thus formed is transferred to the port manager unit 16, and the port manager unit 16 transmits the data packet to the multiple SMS transmission apparatus 20 through the set communication port (S108).

The control unit 23 of the multiple SMS transmission device 20 receiving the packet data instructs the data type determination unit 24 to determine the transmission type of the received packet data. The data type determination unit 24 analyzes the transmission control information from the header portion of the packet data to determine whether the corresponding packet data is data to be directly transmitted directly to the calling mobile communication terminal 30 or download data. , S112)

At this time, when it is determined as download data, the control information is transmitted to the control unit 23, and the control unit 23 separates the packet data into a recipient address and a short message and stores each of the corresponding storage areas of the memory unit 25. (S200)

On the other hand, if the control information is a transmission command in step S112, the control unit 23 transmits the packet data back to the calling mobile terminal 30 through the communication port (S114).

The mobile communication terminal 30 having received the packet data through the car kit connector unit temporarily stores the destination terminal telephone number and the short message in memory, respectively (S116).

In this state, the control unit of the mobile communication terminal 30 reads the stored terminal telephone number, connects to the corresponding telephone number, and transmits the short message to the called terminal.

This short message transmission is repeated until the last telephone number in memory.

Example 2

Unlike the first embodiment, the present embodiment downloads and stores a plurality of grouped recipient addresses and a plurality of short messages from the personal computer 10 in advance to the multi-SMS transmission apparatus 20, and transmits multiple SMS when necessary. The apparatus 20 is connected to the calling mobile terminal 30 to repeatedly transmit the same short message to a plurality of called terminals.

Therefore, the user carries the multiple SMS transmission device 20 of the size of a business card in usual times, and if necessary, multi-sends a short message to a plurality of destination terminals belonging to a specific group by using his mobile communication terminal 30. It is possible to do

Hereinafter, the multi-SMS transmission method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

The user selects a group to which a short message is to be sent by searching for a group of recipients currently stored in the memory unit 25 by using a selection button on the keypad unit 26 of the multi-SMS transmission apparatus 20. (S202 )

At this time, the control unit 23 of the multi-SMS transmission apparatus 20 reads the telephone number of the receiving terminal belonging to the selected recipient group and stores it in a temporary memory in the control unit 23 (S204).

In the state in which the recipient group is selected, the user uses the selection button of the keypad unit 26 to display a plurality of short messages currently stored in the memory unit 25 on the display 21, and the desired outgoing message among the displayed short messages. (S206)

When the outgoing message is selected, the control unit 23 reads the selected outgoing message data from the memory unit 25 and stores it in the temporary memory in the control unit 23. (S208)

When the selection of the recipient group and the outgoing message is completed, the control unit 23 generates an AT command of an automatic SMS sending function instructing the mobile communication terminal 30 to automatically send a short message.

The multiple SMS sending unit 28 generates the transmission packet data based on the recipient address of the receiver group (i.e., the telephone number of the called terminal), the short message and the AT command (S212).

The control unit determines whether or not a transmission command is instructed by the user, and if the transmission command does not exist, instructs the multi-SMS sending unit 28 to wait.

On the other hand, if there is a transmission command from the user (that is, a transmission button is selected), the control unit 23 instructs the multi-SMS sending unit 28 to transmit the packet data (S216).

That is, the controller 23 checks whether or not a data link is secured between the multiple SMS transmission apparatus 20 and the calling mobile terminal 30, and if it is not secured, outputs an error and secures it. Instructs the multi-SMS sender 28 to transmit the packet data to the calling mobile terminal 28.

The mobile communication terminal 30 having received the packet data through the car kit connector unit temporarily stores the destination terminal telephone number and the short message in memory, respectively (S218).

In this state, the control unit of the mobile communication terminal 30 reads the stored terminal phone number, connects to the call number, and transmits the short message to the called terminal.

This short message transmission is repeated until the last telephone number in memory.

Although the above embodiments describe a case in which the PC 10, the multiple SMS transmission device 20, and the mobile communication terminal 30 are connected with a wired cable 40, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this example. It is also possible to perform wireless data communication using a short range wireless communication protocol such as Bluetooth without using a wired cable.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this and the range of equality of the technical idea of this invention by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible.

According to a method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of incoming mobile communication terminals of the present invention and a portable device therefor, it is easy in any situation by using the SMS basic service of a mobile communication terminal, the majority of which possesses a stable infrastructure. It is very convenient to be able to send the same SMS message to multiple recipients.

Claims (6)

A method for easily sending the same SMS message to all recipients of a specific group by using a portable multi-SMS transmission device connected to a mobile communication terminal, (A) storing the SMS message to be used with the group recipient address in the multiple SMS transmission device; (B) detecting a request for sending a specific SMS message for a specific group of recipients to the multiple SMS transmission device; (C) the address of all individual recipients in the group of recipients requested by the multiple SMS sending device and the same SMS message requested are sent to the mobile communication terminal with an SMS sending command; And (D) sequentially transmitting the SMS message to the respective recipient address by the mobile communication terminal; Method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of incoming mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The multiple SMS transmission device is connected to a personal computer on which an SMS messenger program is installed, (a) storing a plurality of group recipient addresses and SMS messages in the SMS messenger program; (b) detecting a download request for a specific group of recipient addresses and SMS messages in the SMS messenger program; And (c) downloading and storing the recipient address of the corresponding group requested by the SMS messenger program and the SMS message to the multiple SMS transmission devices; Method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of incoming mobile communication terminal further comprising. A system comprising a mobile communication terminal, a multiple SMS transmission device connected to the mobile communication terminal, and a personal computer provided with an SMS messenger program connected to the multiple SMS transmission device, (I) storing a group of recipient addresses and SMS messages in the SMS messenger program; (II) detecting a request for sending a specific SMS message for a specific group of recipients to the SMS messenger program; (III) all the individual recipient addresses in the specific group of recipients requested by the SMS messenger program and the same SMS message requested are sent to the multiple SMS sending devices together with an SMS sending command; (IV) transmitting all individual recipient addresses, SMS messages, and SMS sending commands in the specific group of recipients sent by the multiple SMS sending device directly to the mobile communication terminal; And (V) step of sequentially sending the SMS message to the respective recipient address by the mobile communication terminal; Method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of incoming mobile communication terminal comprising a. Stores the SMS message to be used with the group recipient address and is connected to the mobile terminal when necessary, detects a request to send a specific same SMS message for a specific group of recipients, and addresses and requests of all individual recipients in the requested group. And transmitting the received SMS message to the mobile communication terminal together with a transmission command so that the SMS message is sequentially transmitted to the respective recipient address by the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein Portable external SMS transmission device having a display and keypad on the outside, having an average business card size, at least one data communication port. The method of claim 4, wherein A portable multiple SMS transmission device connected to a personal computer for downloading and storing SMS messages to be used for group recipient addresses and SMS messages through an SMS messenger program installed in the personal computer.